| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Tenth Generation662. Jean Baptiste POURCEAU II was born about 1710 in Haum, Bishopric of Chambray, France. He came to the New World via/on Ship: "Loire" with his father. The surname on the ship list was spelled "Pourceau". The ship list was dated 11 August 1720. The ship arrived at Old Biloxi on 9 November. He died about 4 May 1763 in Louisiana, USA.1542 Jean was buried on 6 May 1763 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA.1543 He had his estate in succession on 11 February 1767 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA although the opening date of the succession is not known. On this date, a tutor for the minor children of Jean Baptiste Pourceau (Pourciau) was elected. It is likely that his widow had opened the succession due to her intention to marry Mathurin Desmoulin with whom she signed a marriage contract on this same day.1544 Marie Thérèse CHÂTLIN and Jean Baptiste POURCEAU II842 were married on 17 September 1737 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA.1,11,1545 They1,11,1545 appeared in the census in 1745 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA. 663. Marie Thérèse CHÂTLIN was born in 1722 in (Avoyelles Parish), Louisiana, USA.1151,1257 She on 7 January 1782 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA, Marie signed a declaration or Will (Volonté) giving the use of all her possessions to her son, Jean Baptiste fils, immediately following her death as a tribute to his hard work and tender care.1546 She died on 20 October 1785 at the age of 63 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA.1547 [Note: Marie Thérèse's 2nd marriage was to Mathurin Desmoulin on 16 February 1767 at Pointe Coupée. The couple had signed a marriage contract on 11 February 1767. The couple had one son born before their marriage: George Chalin was born on 7 December 1764 and baptized on 17 December 1764 at (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana as the illegitimate son of Marie Thérèse Chalin, widow of Jean Baptiste Pourciaux. However, when his parents married on 16 February 1767, he was legitimated as the son of George Desmoulin and Chalin. At that time, he was re-baptized with the Desmoulin surname (Dumoulin) although his birth date on this 2nd baptismal record was listed as 17 December 1764 (the date of his original baptism) rather than the 7 December 1764 birthdate which was listed on his first baptismal record.] Children were:
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