This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Abbott, LaCroix, Keyandwy, Gulpin, Davenport, Clement, Bellant, Rapin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HGB.2ACI/480 Message Board Post: Any information on these individuals would be so appreciated. Samuel was born 1783 in Detroit and died 1851 on Mackinac Island. Have been told that Mary Bridgette LaCroix is related to the Gulpin's of the island - would like to verify. Source: Governor and Judges Journal, Proceedings of the Land Board of Detroit, 1915 (Page 164) 23. The Abbott's were among the wealthy people of Detroit and at the time of the fire lost heavily. Samuel was one of six children. (4) Samuel, born 1775, married Miss St. Croix, of St. Louis, MO, and settled at Mackinac. She was living at Green Bay, Wisconsin, in 1888. Samuel Abbott is buried in a crypt in the Catholic Cemetery at Mackinac Island. ......................................................................... ...................................................... Samual Abbott, Sr., went to Mackinaw Island and was a very prominent citizen of the island. He was an officer in the militia in 1805, and held many appointed and elected offices on the island,among them Justice of the Peace, Judge of Probate, Notary Public, Collector of Customs, and Mayor. After 1816, he worked for the American Fur Company. Samuel married Mary Bridgette LaCroix, of St. Louis, Mo., some time prior to 1838, as a real estate transfer was made in both their names that year. Mary Bridgette was the daughter of Pierre and Marie LaCroix, in whose name and deed was signed on Mackinaw in 1822. Samuel and Mary Bridgette Abbott had three children, Samual, Margaret and Caroline. Margaret married Pierre Keyandwy (Name: Pierre Kiwandaway Age at Death: 40 Years Place of Birth: Date of Death: April 20, 1857 Cemetery: St. Ignatius Could not find a marker in the St. Ignatius Catholic Cemetery. Please email with any information at: longlakegranny@aol.com Have many pictures and would love to share! Also have a lot of information on Goudreau, Davenport, Clement, Bellant, Rapin