Joseph Prisque Paget (1717 - 1764)

Born 1717 in Neuville, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Biography

Joseph Prisque Paget has French origins.

Joseph Prisque Paget lived
in Canada, Nouvelle-France.

Research Notes:

Note: " A prominent French family of Kaskaskia in the middle of the 18th century, by name Pierre Pagé (1715-1752), and less likely his brother Joseph Prisque Pagé (1717-1764), who owned a mill at Kaskaskia; both were murdered by Indians. "^[1]

Joseph Prisque Paget (Lepage)

Sex: M

Birth: 11 Apr 1717 in Neuville, Port Neuf, Quebec, Quebec

Death: 1764 in Paget Mill, near Fort Kaskasie, Illinois Territory

Father: Possibly Joseph Paget: " Joseph Paget was probably the father of Prix Pagi (although there is a difference in the orthography of the names). Prix Pagi erected a mill on the site where Mr. Daniel Reily's mill stands. He was murdered in the mill by the Indians." ^[2]

Family

Marriage:

Married: Marie Francoise Dufresne on 2 Feb 1750 at Fort Kaskaskie, Illinois.

Marie Francoise Dufresne: Birth: ABT 1730 in , of Illinois Territory.

Children:

Marie Francoise Paget: Birth: ABT 1755 in of Kaskaskia, Illinois Country. Death: AFT Oct 1780 in of New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana

Jean Baptiste Paget (Lepage) 1761 - 1809

Helene Price Paget: Birth: ABT 1765 in of New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana. ^[3][4]

Paget's Mill

" . Certain it is, however, that a mill was standing there one hundred and fifty years ago. According to the title records, now in possession of Mr. Riley, the name of him that owned the mill at period was Prix Pagi. [This name is somewhat confounded with that of Paget, and as the French pronounce both names the same, it is probably that it is the same name, though spelled differently. Peck and Reynolds both employ Peget, in reference to this miller, but the name in the deed of conveyance which Mr. Riley holds, is spelled Pagi.] He erected a stone building, and manufactured flour for the New Orleans and Mobile markets. How long he continued to run the mill is not known, but he lost his life in one of those tragic scenes common to Indian barbarity. One day while superintending the operations of the mill, the premises were attacked by a band of Kickapoo Indians, and he was murdered in a most shocking manner. When the attack was made upon the mill, a negro escaped by a back way, fled to the town and gave the alarm. The people came and found the body of Pagi upon the floor mangled and cut to pieces. The head was severed from the body, scalped, and thrown into the hopper.

After the death of Pagi, the mill was abandoned, and became a ruin - the walls only remaining. About the year 1795, General Edgar purchased the tract of land and rebuilt the mill"^[5]

" Mons. Paget, who is said to, have introduced the water mill into the country, had an excellent establishment of this description, which combined the operations of sawing and grinding " ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ [( https://earlychicago.com/encyclopedia_letter_d/)]
2. ↑ [(( Father of "Prix Pagi" : http://genealogytrails.com/ill/randolph/kaskaskia/historicalsketches.html)]
3. ↑ [(https://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/trees/157659/I127830/prisque-paget/individual)]
4. ↑ [(http://genealogytrails.com/ill/randolph/kaskaskia/historicalsketches.html)]
5. ↑ [(( Riley's Mill: http://genealogytrails.com/ill/randolph/kaskaskia/historicalsketches.html)]
6. ↑ [( page 119 : https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1829776.pdf)]