Jeanne Rochon (abt. 1756 - bef. 1806)

Born about 7 Oct 1756 in Mobile, Louisiana, New France

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Parent — married 7 Apr 1772 in Mobile

Descendants

Died before 1806 before about age 49 in Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Jeanne Rochon has French origins.

Research Notes:

Note: French women generally kept their given surname upon marriage during this period of time. Their children kept their father's surname. ^[1][2] Baraboo-1 16:21, 22 February 2018 (EST)

Note: " (G GC) Jeannie/Juana Rochon (C: 10/7/1756) Married Charles/Carlos Parent/Parant on 4/7/1772 (Parents Francois Parent and Marie Anne Arlu)" "Juana" is probably a Spanish version of Jeanne. ^[3] Baraboo-1 16:36, 22 February 2018 (EST)

Family Information

Jeanne Rochon

Born in Mobile, Alabama, USA on 1756 to Jean Rochon and Marie Josephe Milon. Jeanne Rochon married Charles Parent and had 7 children.

Father

Jean Rochon Born: 25 Dec 1728 Death: 07 Feb 1764

Mother

Maire-Josephe Millon Born: 1738

Spouse:

Charles Name: Parent Gender: M

Born: 22 January 1737 Parish/City: Mobile, Alabama Country: United States USA

Death: 1803 - Age: 66 Parish/City: Saint-Tammany, Madisonville, Louisiana Country: United States USA ^[4]

Children

Juana-Celeste Parent 05 Mar 1773 Charles Parent Jeanne Rochon married: Fortin Louis

Charles Parent 19 Apr 1789 1868 Charles Parent Jeanne Rochon married: Kreps Rosalie Roman Hedwig

Aimee-Francoise Parent 27 Feb 1797 Charles Parent Jeanne Rochon married: Roman Andre-Bienvenu

Louisa Parant 28 May 1778 Charles Parent Jeanne Rochon

Pierre Parant 22 Jul 1781 Charles Parent Jeanne Rochon

Joseph-Ursin Parant 22 Aug 1785 11 Jan 1790 Charles Parent Jeanne Rochon

Josephine Parant 26 Jan 1792 Charles Parent Jeanne Rochon ^[5][6]

Imported gedcom data

Note: Thank you to Phil Smith for creating WikiTree profile Rochon-73.

Jean Rochon was born circa 1755. ^[7]

She married Charles Parent Sr., on April 7, 1772 at Mobile in the absence of the priest, therefore it wasn't recorded until June 23, 1773.^[8]

She died before 1806 at Louisiana, Jacques Phelipe Guinault was the testamentary executor of Jeanne Rochon, Widow of Charles Parent.^[9]

0 @I01884@ INDI 2 1 NAME Jeanne /Rochon/ 3 1 SEX F 4 1 BIRT 5 2 DATE 1756 6 1 FAMS @F0813@ 7 1 FAMC @F1655@

Died DECEASED

Christening: 7 OCT 1756. Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States.

FSFTID K69T-3W8.

Sources

1. ↑ [( https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coutume_de_Paris)]
2. ↑ [( http://www.genealogie.umontreal.ca/en/NomsEtPrenoms)]
3. ↑ [(http://www.frenchcreoles.com/Early%20Creole%20Homes/Beginnings%20Files/SimonRochon.pdf)]
4. ↑ [(http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Parent_Charles&pid=25161)]
5. ↑ [(https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/jeanne-rochon_18713752)]
6. ↑ [(http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Rochon_Jeanne&pid=25162)]
7. ↑ Frederick S. Ellis, St. Tammany Parish L'Autre Cote du Lac (Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Co., 1981) p.58.
8. ↑ Love's Legacy: The Mobile Marriages Recorded in French, Transcribed, with Annotated Abstracts in English, 1724-1786 by Jacqueline Olivier Vidrine. University of Southwestern Louisiana: Lafayette, LA, 1985.

   p. 363 Text:

   Mob. mb I:51a-2

   June 23, 1773

   Certification of marriage celebrated by Mr. Gourdon,¹ minister, April 7, 1772.

   Charles Parent²

   Jeanne Rochon³

   Witnesses signing:⁴ Rochon, impossible to identify without the signature itself; (Joseph) Badon; (Joseph) Chastang, l'aine; (Francois Louis Masurier.

   1. One Gordon was chplain of the 21st (British) Regiment at Moile. MPA, English Dominion, I, 515. Perhaps he was the Reverand William Gordon, widower with four children at Mobile in 1780. Hamilton, Colonial Mobile, 313n.

   2. Apparently the son of Francois Parant and Marie Anne Arlut who was baptized January 22, 1738. He was sixty-three years old in July 1800. Mob. bb I:121; ASP I:665.

   3. Possibly the daughter of Jean Rochon and Marie Joseph Milon, who was baptized October 7, 1756. Mob. bb I:194.

   4. These are not signatures: the names were written by the priest to show signatures that appeared either on the 1772 record or on a different original record of this 1773 certification.

   p. 361 note text

   Father Ferdinand had left Mobile in August, 1770 and did not return until June, 1773. In the absence of a priest, the marital union could have taken place by mutual consent before their family and friends or before a Protestant minister.

9. ↑ Ancestry.com. Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy, 1719-1820 (Free) Document Date: 2/26/1806 Notary: Broutin, Narcisse Document Number: 87 Location: Orleans (including Chapitoulas). Master: Jeanne/wid Charles Rochon/Parent Master's Gender: 1 Name: Bagondon Name Type: African Gender: male Race: black Age: 60 Freed: self-purchase Slave was freed. Reasons: for payment sold or inventoried as an individual Value of Sale: 350 Sale Common Price: 613 Comments: Jacques Phelipe Guinault is the testamentary executor of Jeanne Rochon, Widow Charles Parent. She is deceased. Her executprs & heirs are issuing this freedom.