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MALABRE MANUSCRIPT

ST. DOMINGUE INDEMNITY RECORDS

From Volume 3

 

Volume: 1832-1833

Parish: #17 Borgne

Jurisdiction: Le Cap

Name of former proprietors:

1. Lemercier Duquesnay (Marie Elisabeth), widow of Chantucq by first marriage, and by second marriage of Mr. Fougue.

2. Lemercier Duquesnay Francois, proprietor of the second property.

Nature of the proprieties:

Those making claim (6 claims):

1. Lemercier Duquesnay (Marie Elisabeth), widow of Chantucq by first marriage, and by second marriage of Mr. Fougue.

2. Lemercier Duquesnay Francois, proprietor of the second property.

3. Lemercier-Duquesnay (Anne Petronille), widow of Daure.

4. Lemercier Duquesnay Bonne-Elizabeth.

5. Lemercier Duquesnay Anne-Lise

6. Maurice (Genevieve-Renee), widow of Merimee by first marriage, and by second of Mr. Lemercier Duquesnay former proprietor.

Representives, in the proportions attached, of the said Mr. Lemercier Duquesnay.

Nature of the properties:

1. Coffee plantation

2. Coffee plantation

Name on rural properties:

1. Chantucq

Successively

2. Justal, Gourrie and Duquesnay

Name of rural property & designation of the districts or towns:

1 & 2. Boucan-Moka

Date of decision: 13 March 1832

Date payment remitted: 1 April 1832

Total of the indemnity allowed:

2600.00

3937.50

3937.50

3937.50

3937.50

3250.00

Comment by Malabre manuscript on claimants:

1. Daughter of Francois le Mercier DuQuesnay and his wife Marie Gournier. She was born at Cap Francois 1 Oct. 1764. Her second husband was Jean Joseph Fouque.

3. and 5. The Duquesnay record gives Anne-Lise as wife of Du Dore and not Anne-Petronille. [ Mr. Malabre wonders whether these 2 are names of one and the same person, but 2 persons made a claim for the Indemnity. JFS].


Volume: 1832

Parish: #26, Gonaives

Jurisdiction: Port-de-Paix

Name of former proprietors:

Philippe Lemercier Duquesnay

Those making claim (3 claims):

Lemercier Duquesnay

1. Marie Claudine Francoise, widow by first marriage of Mr. Andre, and baronne [error] de Boisfontaine by second marriage

2. Jeanne Marie, wife of Onffroy

3. Charles

4. Marie Guillaume

5. Philippe Armand

6. Antoine Joseph

7. Jean Baptiste Henri

8. Jacques Urbain

9. Victor Achille

10. Marie Francoise, wife of Duverger.

Heirs, for the amounts attached, of their father and grandfather, former proprietor.

Nature of the properties:

Cotton mill

Name on rural properties:

La Desolee

Name of rural property & designation of the districts or towns:

Gonaives

Date of decision:

9 May, 1831

Date payment remitted:

1 July, 1831

Total of the indemnity allowed:

891.66

891.67

891.67

Comment by Malabre manuscript:

Also see heirs of Sebastien Duverger and Marie Madelaine Zolly, his wife, Parish 27 St. Marc, Volume 1832-1833. [see below]

Lemercier Duquesnay heirs were: Victor Achille, Marie Francoise Uranie wife of Duverger, Charles, Marie Guillaume.


Volume: 1830

Parish: #21, Gros-Morne

Jurisdiction: Port-de-Paix

Name of former proprietors: Lemercier Duquesnay (Philippe)*1

Those making claim (3 claims):

Lemercier Duquesnay,

1. Marie Claudine Francoise, widow of Mr. Andre by first marriage, and by second marriage Baron Boisfontaine *2

2. Jeanne Marie Marcelle, wife of Onffroy *3

Heirs of their father the former proprietor, each of one third of the total,

3. Victor Achille *4

4. Marie Francoise Uranie, wife of Duverger *5

5. Charles *6

6. Marie Guillaune *7

7. Philippe Armand *8

8. Antoine Joseph *9

9. Jean Baptists Henri *10

10. Jacques Urbain *11

Joint heirs for the last third of the total, of their uncle [Malabre replaced this with grandfather] former proprietor.

Nature of the properties: Coffee plantation

Name on rural properties: Duquesnay

Name of rural property & designation of the districts or towns: Boucan-Richard

Date of decision: 23 Nov, 1829

Date payment remitted: 1 January 1830

Total of the indemnity allowed:

2,708.33

2,803.33

2,708.34

Comments by Malabre manuscript:

*1 Philippe Lemercier Duquesnay (1742-1795) who married Marie Francoise le Febvre.

* 2 & 3 Daughters of Philippe (1742-1795)

*4, 5, 6, 7 Grandchildren of Philippe (1742-1795), and children of Philippe Lemercier Duquesnay (1771-1825) by his first wife M. F. Duverger.

*8, 9, 10, 11 Grandchildren of Philippe (1742-1795) and children of Philippe Lemercier Duquesnay (1771-1825) by his second wife M. L. Reynier de la Haye-Vauvert.


Among the heirs of Sebastien Duverger and his wife Marie Madelaine Zolly (or Jolly), Nos. (1) 10006 (2) 11680, Parish No. 27, Saint Marc (See Duverger Family records for full copy), we find:

2. Lemercier Duquesnay (Victor-Achille)

3. Marie Francoise Uranie, wife of Duverger

4. Charles

5. Marie Guillaune.

The first five being heirs of two thirds of the estate of their grandfather and grandmother.

______________________________

Among the heirs of Jean Andre, junior, Nos (1) 9766 (2) 8013, Parish No. 26, Gonaives, we find:

10. Lemercier Duquesnay (Marie Claudine Francoise) widow of Andre junior by first marriage, and by second marriage of Baron de Boisfontaine.


 

Volume: 1832

Parish: #41 Cap Dame Marie

Jurisdiction: Jeremie

Name of former proprietors:

1. Delahaye (Jacques), dit Vauvert, Leysson

2. Marie Elisabeth, his wife

3. Antoine

Those making claim:

Delahaye

1. Antoine, dit Lesson

2. Elisabeth Rose, widow of Herard

3. Jeanne Adelaide, wife of Desforges-Seret

4. Marie Louise Felicite, wife of Lemercier-Duquesnay

Heirs of their father, mother and uncle, former proprietors.

Nature of the properties:

1. Dwelling place

2. Plantation cultivated in cotton, coffee and indigo

Name on rural properties:

Delahaye Leysson

Name of rural property & designation of the districts or towns:

Tapion Blanc

Date of decision: 21 November 1831

Date payment remitted: 1 January 1832

Total of the indemnity allowed:

39, 930.00


Volume: 1830

Parish: #20, Port de Paix

Jurisdiction: Port de Paix

Name of former proprietors:

Ricard (Lazare)

Those making claim:

Lemercier Duquesnay, Marie Elisabeth, widow of Chantucq by first marriage, and by seond marriage of Mr. Fouque, holding goods in common with her last husband, universal legatee of the former proprietor

Foque

2. Marie Desiree

3. Marie Cecile, wife of Fernandez

Sole heirs of their abovenamed father.

Nature of the properties:

Coffee plantation

Name on rural properties:

Ricard, then Fouque

Name of rural property & designation of the districts or towns:

Bas de Sainte-Anne

Date of decision: 1 June 1829

Date payment remitted: 1 July 1829

Total of the indemnity allowed: 7,800.00


Volume: 1832 - 1833

Parish: #26 Gonaives

Jurisdiction: Saint Marc

Name of former proprietors:

1. Lefevre Dufosse (Jean)

2. Canelle (Vincent)

Those making claim:

1. Lemercier Duquesnay (Marie Claudine Francoise) widow of Andre by first marriage, and wife by second marriage of Mr. Boisfontaine.

2. Jeanne Marie Marcelle, wife of Onffroy

3. Victor Achille

4. Marie Francoise Uranie, wife of Duverger

5. Charles

6. Marie Guillaume

7. Philippe Armand

8. Antoine Joseph

9. Jean Baptiste Henri

10. Jacques Urbain

11. Sartori (Charles)

12. Victor Eugenie

13. Mathilde

14. Marie Madeleine

15. Clementine

16. Louis Constantin

17. Alexandre Victor

18. Angelique Isabelle

19. Vincent

20. Etienne Woofoin Augustin

21. Edmond

Settlement to the said claimants collectively.

Nature of the properties:

Coffee plantation

Land

Name on rural properties:

Lefevre Dufosse

Vincent Canelle

Name of rural property & designation of the districts or towns:

Riviere de la Brande

Date of decision: 26 December 1831

Date payment remitted: 1 March 1832

Total of the indemnity allowed: 10,802.77


Volume: 1829

Parish: #32 Croix des Boquets

Jurisdiction: Port au Prince

Name of former proprietors:

1. Hanus de Jumecourt (Charles Arnould Ignace)

2. Descloches (Marie Madeleine Mathieu), his wife

Those making claim:

Hanus de Jumecourt

1. Pierre Charles

2. Marie Rose Francoise Constance

Sole heirs of their ancestors, former proprietors.

Nature of the properties:

Sugar works

Name on rural properties:

Gasnier

Name of rural property & designation of the districts or towns:

Place du Cul-de-Sac

Date of decision: 15 Dec. 1828

Date payment remitted: 1 Jan. 1829

Total of the indemnity allowed: 94,792.80


Volume: 1830

Parish: #32 Croix-des-Boquets

Jurisdiction: Port au Prince

Name of former proprietors: Descloches, Charles Louis Joseph Mathieu

Those making claim:

Among the heirs are

Hanus de Jumecourt

9. Pierre Charles

10. Marie Rose Francoise Constance

Sole heirs of their grandmother, born Marie Madeleine Descloches, heiress of her father, former proprietor, for 11/120 of the total


Volume: 1831

Parish: #8, Grande Riviere

Jurisdiction: Le Cap

Name of former proprietors:

1. Baron Boisfontaine (Pierre)

2. Monteuil (Marie) his wife

Those making claim:

Baron-Boisfontaine:

1. Pierre Joseph

2. Pierre

3. Rose

4. Adelaide, widow of Harper

Presenting themselves as heirs of their father and mother, former proprietors

Bequet (Clement), presenting himself as having been placed in possession of the succession to the former proprietors, by a judgment of the civil tribunal of la Rochelle on 30 July 1826.

Nature of the properties:

1. Coffee plantation

2. Brick field

Name on rural properties:

Baron-Boisfontaine

Name of rural property & designation of the districts or towns:

Grande Riviere

Date of decision:

2 November 1830

Date payment remitted:

1 Dec. 1830

Total of the indemnity allowed:

1,625.00


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