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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.
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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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