Jean Baptiste Bouton (abt. 1720 - abt. 1770)

Born about 1720 in Laval, Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France

Husband of Anne (Censier) Bouton — married 31 Aug 1745 in Destrehan, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana

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Family

Spouse: Anne Censier Known Children:

Marie Francoise Bouton

Charles Hyacinth Bouton, baptized 9 Sep 1748.^[1]

Anne Bouton, baptized 22 Mar 1751. ^[2]

|Marie Anne Bouton

Madeline Bouton, wed Amable Letourneau in 1779.^[3]

Nicolas Bouton, born 1 Nov 1769.^[4]

Biography

Jean Baptiste Bouton was born to Jean Mathurin Bouton and Francoise Portier around 1720 in what was probably Laval, Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France. His marrriage record^[5]says he is from La Valle, Diocese of Angers while his brother, Mathurin's^[6] says he is from La Valle, Diocese of Nantes . I was unable to find their baptism records, but I did find the record for a Jeanne Bouton with the same parents being buried at the age of 3 years on 14 Feb 1720 in Laval, Mayenne, France.^[7]

Jean Baptiste wed Anne Censier on 31 Aug 1745 at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Destrehan, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana.^[5] According to his daughter Anne's 1751 baptism record, Jean Baptiste was described as a burgher and tailor in New Orleans.^[2]

By the time of the September 1763 Census of the German Coast, the family was living on the second coast which included Upper St. Charles Parish and St. John the Baptist Parish. His household consisted of him, Jean-Baptiste Bouton, 1 woman, 1 boy under age 14, 4 girls under age 12. They had 2 bulls or oxen, 3 cows, and 1 musket. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records, Volume 1, 1718-1750, p.32
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records, Volume 1, 1718-1750, p.38.
3. ↑ Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records Volume 3, p.36 & 192.
4. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, 1770-1803, volume 2, p.139.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records, Volume 1, 1718-1750, p.32.

   Text: BOUTON [2BOUTTON] Jean Baptiste (Mathurin and Francoise PORTIER), native of La Valle, Diocese of Angers, m. Anne SANCIE, Aug. 31, 1745, w. Jean Baptiste MONPIERE [@MONTPIERRE], the bride's beau-pere, Pier [@Pierre] GARSOIN [@GARCON], the bride's beau-frere, Jacques ROMAN, Nicolas ROUSSAU [@ROUSSEAU], Etienne DAIGLE, LEGROS (SCB, B1, 36) p.234 SANCIE [@SANCIES, SENSIE] Anne (Francois and Magdelaine BAPTISTE), native of Arkansas, Diocese of Quebec, m. Jean Baptiste BOUTON, Aug. 31, 1745 (SCB, B1, 36)

   Marriage Record for Jean Baptiste Bouton & Anne Censier

6. ↑ Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records, Volume 1, 1718-1750, p.32.

   Text: BOUTON [@BOUTTON] Maturin (Jean and Francoise PORTIERE), native of La Valle Diocese of Nantes, m. Marianne DE ROCHE, April 27, 1741, w. MONPIERRE [@MONTPIERRE], J. LANCLOS, Jean MALBOEUF, Piere [@Pierre} GARSONT [@GERSON], Jean KATZEBERG, Mariane BOURGOISE (SCB, B1, 11).

7. ↑ Burial Record for Jeanne Bouton, Archives Departmentales de la Mayenne,right hand side, 4th entry or image 238 of 294 in film 4 E147/11-(1715 (fev.)-1721 (avril))
8. ↑ Voorhies, Jacqueline K., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianans: Census Records of the Colony, 1758-1796, General Census of the German Coast taken by Sieur Lange, Captain of the Militia, in September, 1763, p.83.

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