François Chauvin (Chauvin) de Lery (abt. 1728 - 1786)

Born about 1728 in New Orleans, Louisiana, New France [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Marguerite de la Chaise — married 23 Jul 1763 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Descendants

Died 15 Dec 1786 at about age 58 in New Orleans, Louisiana, New Spain

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Biography

François Chauvin de Lery dit Boisclair was born about 1728 in New Orleans, a son of Joseph Chauvin and Françoise Laurence LeBlanc. Although his father's surname was Chauvin, his own and his children's surnames evolved into variations of de Lery, Delery, and Chauvin de Léry.

He married Marie Vincent De la Chaise on 26 July 1763 at the Saint Louis Church, now Cathedral, in New Orleans, Louisiana, New Spain.^[1][2]

Twenty-two children were born from this marriage, but only eight of them left descendants.^[1]

Their known children were:

1. François Chauvin Delery (1764)^[1]
2. Rose Melicere Chauvin Delery (1766)^[1]
3. Nicolas François (Chauvin) Delery (1769)^[1]
4. Marie Louise Chauvin Delery (1770)^[1]
5. Charles Louis Boisclair Chauvin Delery (1772)^[1]
6. Charlotte Louise Chauvin Delery (1774)^[1]
7. Marie Chauvin Delery (1775)^[1]
8. Pélagie Honorine Chauvin Delery (1776)^[1]
9. Jacques Monplaiser Delery (1780)^[1]
10. Rosa Chauvin Delery (1780)^[1]
11. Marie Anne Constance Chauvin Delery (1781)^[1]
12. Martina Constancia Delery (1781)^[1]
13. Marie Amanda Chauvin Delery (1784)^[1]

Coup d'état

From Acadians in Gray:

... On the evening of October 26 (1768), Bienville de Noyan persuaded dozens of Cabahonncer Acadians to march to New Orleans. Bienville de Noyan employed a stratagem to convince the otherwise peaceful Acadians to participate in the coup d'état. On the night of October 27, the Acadians took up the march downriver. On the way, they were joined by dozens of farmers from the German Coast led by Joseph Roué de Villeré. The large force of "rebels" reached the western entrance to New Orleans the following day. Two of the lead conspirators, Joseph Milhet, Jean's brother; and Jean-Baptiste Payen de Noyan of Chapitoulas, Bienville de Noyan's older brother, Attorney-General Lafrénière's son-in-law, and a landowner at Cabahannocer, issued the Acadians and Germans provisions and ushered them into the city. Merchant Pierre Caresse led some of the rebel militiamen to the home of François Chauvin de Léry, Chauvin de Lafrénière's first cousin, where they were supplied muskets and generous drafts of Bordeaux wine.....^[3]

He died in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1786. ^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14} Stanley Arthur Clisby, Old Families of Louisiana, pp. 181-182
2. ↑ Grace King, Creole families of New Orleans, page 136 (PDF)
3. ↑ Steven A. Cormier, The First Acadians in Louisiana - Acadians in Gray, Book eight: A New Acadia

See also:

• Francois Chauvin de Lery dit Boisclair
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rnelsonla&id=I6137
• Hardy Grace L., The Hardys of Louisiana and Their Ancestors (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1985), Page 60.
• Louisiana, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1756-1984