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Andrew Dunning bought quite a large tract of land near the first church in Brunswick, in whose organization he was so largely helpful, as he was a very devout Presbyterian, and very close to the home of the faithful minister, Rev. Mr. Woodside. He cultivated this farm, and also did much work as blacksmith for the early settlers. By all who knew him he was respected . for his great honesty and integrity of character. The wife of Andrew Dunning was Susan Bond, who is said to have lost her life in the burning of the home in 1737-38. Their five sons were born before the coming to America. These children were: I. Lieu- tenant James, born 1691, mentioned below. 2. Andrew, born 1702, a brave soldier in the Indian wars, and who was shot by the savages while crossing the river near Brunswick, March 22, 1724, or 1726. 3. Robert, who was shot with his brother Andrew by the Indians. 4. William, who removed to York, Maine, where he died, June 13, 1783, having married Deborah Donnell and become the father of a large family. Two of his sons moved to Harpswell, Maine, at an early date, becoming
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the ancestors of a long line of sea captains and noble men and women. 5. Captain David, born 1705, died in Brunswick. August 16, 1793, aged eighty-eight years. Ile was a sol- dier in the revolutionary war, selectman of Brunswick, deacon of the Congregational church, and built a block house on the site of the present postoffice. He became the owner of nearly all the land on which Brunswick Village now stands, and had great influence in the town; he had a large family, and a long line of worthy descendants.
( II) Lieutenant James, son of Andrew and Susan (Bond) Dunning, born 1691, died Brunswick, Maine, June 8, 1752. He lived on his father's homestead, to which he added much. Ile was known far and wide as "the famous Indian fighter," and saved many lives and towns from the savages. In 1727 he served in Captain William Woodside's com- pany, and in 1757 in Captain John Getchell's famous company. He was on a committee to the general court of Massachusetts, selectman of Brunswick, had much to do in the incor- poration of the town, and made his strong and patriotic influence felt in various ways. Lieu- tenant James Dunning married Martha Lithi- gow, daughter of Robert Lithgow, who came from Ireland to Topsham, Maine, about 1721. Lieutenant James Dunning had a large family of sons and daughters, who, with their de- scendants, have done much to help and cheer the world. Among these have been brilliant scholars, fine business men, clergymen of ear- nest faith, and worthy citizens of many towns, cities and states.
(III) James (2), son of Lieutenant James (1) and Martha (Lithgow) Dunning, born Brunswick, Maine, July 31, 1738, died at Brunswick, August 1I, 1781. He was a patriot of the truest type. He became one of the pioneer settlers at Bangor, Maine. His lot was at the mouth of the Kenduskeag stream, on the southwest side, and was lot number IO, in Holland's survey, and is said to have con- tained one hundred acres. He also owned a quarter part in a sawmill. His estate was ap- praised at $440. James Dunning married, at Brunswick, December 25, 1763, Jane Wood- side, born Brunswick, May 14, 1742, died Ban- gor, Maine, March 28, 1792, daughter of Cap- tain William and Ann (Vincent) Woodside, and granddaughter of Rev. James Woodside and of Captain William Vincent, thus being a woman of "royal religious and patriotic her- itages." The family was one of whom the parents were justly proud because of the chil- dren's sturdy zeal, honesty and helpfulness
wherever they lived. Among the descendants is James E. Dunning, so long an editor at Bangor and Portland, the author of many articles and books, and now United States con- sul at Milan, Italy.
(IV) James (3), son of James (2) and Jane ( Woodside) Dunning, was an influen- tial citizen at Bangor, Levant and Charleston, Maine, and married, March 8, 1786, Anna Thomas, who died at Charleston, March 30, 1825, aged fifty-eight years. Their children were: Dorothy, Jane, Rachel, Will- iam, Solomon, Reuben, Olive, Eliza, Mary, Caroline Holbrook and Isaac Cary. All but two of these children married and reared fam- ilies.
(V) Solomon, son of James (3) and Anna (Thomas) Dunning, born Brunswick, May 7, 1800, died Charleston, October 4, 1871. He moved to Charleston when young, and re- ceived a good education in the schools there. Like his ancestors in the Dunning and other family lines, he was very active and indus- trious. He had a large farm, conducted a country store very successfully, and was one of the most shrewd and careful buyers and sellers in the state. He thus accumulated a large fortune for his times. He was very helpful in all enterprises which tended to make the town one of strength and honor. He was selectman, tax collector and treasurer for the town for many years, representative to the Maine legislature in 1850-56, and county com- missioner of Penobscot county. He was one of the staunch supporters of the Baptist church, and a man of earnest faith. His good influence was widely felt in the state. Mr. Dunning married, January 20, 1829, Susan Kingsbury, born Brewer, Maine, September 28, 1805, died Charleston, 1892. The children were : Hannah Jane; Henry, for many years connected with the Youth's Companion office in Boston, Massachusetts; William Emmons, Harrison, Horatio, Eudora, Freeland, Emily, and Rachel, who died in infancy; a family of truly sterling qualities.
(VI) William Emmons, son of Solomon and Susan `(Kingsbury) Dunning, born Charleston, March 31, 1835, is one of the high- ly esteemed residents of that town. Until 1853 he helped conduct his father's farm, and then went to California, where he remained until 1864, being engaged in mining and lun- bering. Returning to Charleston he purchased his father's farm, which he carried on until 1906, when he retired from business and moved to a home in the village. Like his fa- ther, he lias always been a sturdy Republican
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and was representative to the Maine legislature in 1876. He is a member of Olive Branch Lodge, of Charleston, A. F. and A. M. Like so many of his Dunning ancestors who have seen many years, he is active and wide-awake with a keen and cheery outlook on life. Mr. Dunning married, in 1864, Susan Wylie, who died in 1902, the daughter of William Wylie, of Frankfort, Maine, a true helpmeet and be- loved neighbor.
(VII) Richard T., son of William E. and Susan (Wylie) Dunning, was born at Charles- ton, September 10, 1865, and resides with his father.
HINCKS The Hinckses were originally of Chester, England, and it is quite probable that the American progenitor of those mentioned below came from that city or its immediate vicinity. Some of the early ancestors in New England ac- quired considerable prominence in the colonial military service, also in a judicial and political capacity.
(I) John Hincks, the first of the name in New England, arrived from the mother coun- try in 1670 or 1672 and settled in Great Is- land, New Castle, now Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He was a councillor for the province of New Hampshire, and assistant in the court of chancery from 1683 to 1686. June 10 of the latter year he was appointed chief justice, and was also captain of the fort on Great Island. He continued in office as coun- cillor, judge and captain until the overthrow of the colonial government in April, 1689. March 1, 1692, he was again appointed coun- cillor in the new charter issued by William and Mary, which created a new government for New Hampshire, and became the president of the council. In 1696-97 he was again cap- tain of the King's fort, then called Fort Will- iam and Mary. In 1699 he was appointed chief justice of the superior court and captain of the fort, and served in each capacity until 1707. He is known to have been living in New Castle, August 29, 1722, and his death occurred prior to 1734. John Hincks married Elizabeth, born in Boston, November 1, 1657, daughter of Judge Nathaniel Freyer, of Ports- mouth. They had one son, Samuel, and sev- eral daughters.
(II) Samuel, only son of John and Eliza- beth (Freyer) Hincks, was born in Great Is- land about 1680. He was graduated from Harvard College in 1701 ; entered the colonial military service, in which he attained the rank of captain ; at one time commanded Fort Mary
and the garrison at Winter 'Harbor, near Biddeford, Maine. In the colonial archives preserved at the state house in Boston is to be seen the original copy of a treaty made with one of the eastern tribes of Indians, signed at Falmouth, Maine, August 5, 1726, by Samuel Hincks and several other promi- nent colonial officials. He married Mrs. Elizabeth (Winslow) Scott, widow of Joseph Scott, of Boston, and daughter of Edward and Elizabeth ( Hutchinson) Winslow. She was a granddaughter of John and Mary (Chilton) Winslow. John Winslow, who came in the "Fortune" in 1621, was a brother of Gov- ernor Edward Winslow, the "Mayflower" Pil- grin1. Mary Chilton, also a "Mayflower" Pil- grim, was a daughter of James Chilton, one of the signers of the famous compact. Ed- ward Winslow married (first) Sarah Hilton and (second) Elizabeth Hutchinson, daughter of William Hutchinson and his famous wife Anne Hutchinson, the last-named of whom occupies a prominent place in colonial history on account of her opposition to the theological doctrines in vogue at that period.
(III) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (1) and Elizabethı (Winslow) (Scott) Hincks, was a student at Harvard College, but probably did not graduate. For many years he taught school at Truro, on Cape Cod, and was known as "The Learned Schoolmaster of Truro." In 1795 he moved to Bucksport, Maine, where he died in 1804. He was married in Truro to Susannah, daughter of Jonathan Dyer of that town. Of this union there were thirteen chil- dren, and Jesse Y., the next in line of descent, was the youngest.
(IV) Jesse Y., son of Samuel (2) and Susannah (Dyer) Hincks, was born in Truro, January 1, 1776, died in Bucksport, December 29, 1853. He was married April 4, 1795, to Ruth Pain Rich, born July 5, 1780. Children : I. Mary, born December 16, 1797. 2. Ruth, April 17, 1801, died in April, 1852. 3. Jesse, February 28, 1802, died the same day. 4. Elizabeth P., December 15, 1803. 5. Jesse, who will be again referred to. 6. Rebecca R., July 15, 1808. 7. Betsey, February 19, 1811. 8. Reuben G., February 23, 1813. 9. John W., August 23, 1817. 10. Joseph F., March 8, 1820, died July 25, same year.
(V) Captain Jesse, second son and fifth child of Jesse Y. and Ruth P. (Rich) Hincks, was born in Bucksport, January 13, 1806, died in Brewer, Maine, February 14, 1883. Like most of the male inhabitants of his native town he followed the sea and became a master mar- iner. He was married in Bucksport, Novem-
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ber 20, 1827, to Ehza 1. Eldridge, born in that town, August 31, 1807, died in Brewer, No- vember 17, 1881. She was a daughter of Elisha D. and Phebe ( Lewis) Eldridge, and granddaughter of Captain John and Elizabeth ( Hamlin ) Lewis. Captain John Lewis served in the revolutionary war as master on board the Continental schooner "Warren," thirty-two guns. He was captured by the British, who conveyed him to Liverpool, whence he was brought to Marblehead on the Cartel sloop "Pacific" and exchanged. Captain Jesse and Eliza L. ( Eldridge) Hincks were the parents of ten children : 1. Julia S., born July 6, 1829, died February 18, 1861. 2. Mary M., March 10, 1830, died in 1907. 3. Elizabeth G., No- vember 30, 1832, died March 26, 1906. 4. Jesse Y., see next paragraph. 5. Jane L., Sep- tember 15, 1836, died June 19, 1840. 6. Jo- sephine, February 15, 1839. 7. Louisa, May 19, 1841, died June 17, 1893. S. Phebe L., December 25, 1843, died July 12, 1900. 9. Emma D., March 13, 1846. 10. John E. R., April 26, 1849, died May 5, 1886.
(\'I) Jesse Y. (2), fourth child and eldest son of Captain Jesse and Eliza L. (Eldridge) Hincks, was born in Brewer, April 30, 1834. He began his studies in the public schools of his native town and concluded them at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Kents Hill. Entering the service of the old European and North American Railway Company as a con- ductor he served in that capacity until he found it advisable to relinquish railroading, and going to Marlboro, Massachusetts, he en- gaged in the manufacture of wooden boxes. The burning of his factory some two years later caused him to return to Maine, and in 1876 he bought a farm in Old Town. About the year 1885 he engaged in the dry goods business in Old Town with John M. Stowe, under the firm name of Stowe & Hincks. This firm was subsequently succeeded by that of Hunt, Stowe & Hincks, and occupied a por- tion of the Indian Agency store. Mr. Hincks retired from business in 1898. In politics he acts independently. He is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Decem- ber 14, 1869, he married Elizabeth F., born in Old Town, March 10. 1849, daughter of Joseph Locke and Amelia C. (Le Ballister) Smith. Joseph L. Smith, born November 30, 1817, died January 8, 1892, was a son of Asa and Mary J. ( Corwin) Smith. Asa Smith was born May 26, 1786, died August 26, 1867. Amelia C. (Le Ballister) Smith was born Sep- tember 15. 1817, daughter of Thomas and Hannah ( Keen) Le Ballister. She died Au-
gust 8, 1894. Jesse Y. and Elizabeth F. (Smith) Hincks have one son, Joseph L. S.
(VII) Joseph L. S., son of Jesse Y. (2) and Elizabeth F. (Smith) Hincks, was born in Bangor, Maine, December 23, 1871. He at- tended the public schools of Old Town and concluded his education with a commercial course at Eastman's Business College, Pough- keepsie, New York. He began his practical business training as a grocer's clerk in Old Town, but subsequently accepted the position of assistant manager with the Eastern Trust and Banking Company, in which capacity he continued for eleven years. In 1899 he ac- quired a half interest in the undertaking and casket manufacturing business, becoming as- sociated with Charles E. Rackliff, whose in- terest he purchased in 1902, and as sole pro- prietor of the business he has since carried it on with success. At the present time he is manufacturing caskets on quite an extensive scale, principally for the wholesale trade. Po- litically he is independent and has served two years as city treasurer at different times under both parties. Mr. Hincks is far advanced in the Masonic Order, being a member of Star in the East Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Old Town ; Mount Moriah Chap- ter, Royal Arch Masons; St. John Com- mandery, Knights Templar; Eastern Star Lodge of Perfection, Princes of Jerusalem, all of Bangor; the Maine Consistory, Portland; Kora Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, Lewiston, and Kineo Chapter Eastern Star, thirty-second degree Mason. He also affiliates with Phintheas Lodge, Knights of Pythias ; Tarratine Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; the Maccabees, and the Woodmen, all of Old Town.
September 2, 1902, Mr. Hincks married Au- tense L. Cousens, born February 10, 1881, daughter of James W. and Marion (Water- house ) Cousens, of Stillwater, Maine. Her fa- ther was a son of William and Mary ( Sawyer) Cousens, and her mother was a daughter of Oliver A. and Nellie ( Houston) Waterhouse. Mr. and Mrs. Hincks had one child, Marion Elizabeth, born July 22, 1903, died June 28, 1907.
John Gilmore, immigrant an- GILMORE cestor, was of Scotch-Irish ancestry and descended from the Gilmores of Paisley, Scotland. He was born in Ulster province, north of Ireland, came to this country about 1700 and settled at Wey- mouth, Massachusetts, and died in Raynham, Massachusetts, July 24. 1741. His wife Agnes
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died March 18, 1752. The Gilmores of Lon- donderry and Windham, New Hampshire, came about the same time and are closely re- lated.
(II) James, son of John Gilmore, came to Massachusetts with his parents and the early Scotch pioneers, and died in Raynham, Mas- sachusetts, November 19, 1773. James mar- ried, in 1725, Thankful Tyrrel, of Weymouth, born September 20, 1705, daughter of William Jr. and Abigail Tyrrel. Thankful Tyrrel Gil- more is mentioned in her father's will in 1727. Thankful died February 20, 1789, in her eighty-fourth year. Headstones of James and Thankful at North Raynham. Children: I. Adam, baptized at West Bridgewater in 1742. 2. Agnes, baptized at West Bridgewater in 1742. 3. Thankful, born 1738. 4. William, born 1740. 5. Tyrrel, born March 24, 1744, mentioned below. 6. Whitefield, born Novem- ber 12, 1745, settled at New Bedford, New Hampshire, where he married Margaret Gil- more, born November 6, 1743.
(III) Tyrrel, son of James Gilmore, born in or near Raynham, March 24, 1744, married Hannah Cook, of Foxboro, Massachusetts. He was a soldier in the revolution, a private in Captain Benjamin Hawes's company, Colo- nel John Smithi's regiment, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 (P. 466, Vol. VI, Mass. Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution). He lived in Attleboro or Wrentham, and it seems died in the service the following May, Children of Tyrrel and Hannah (Cook) Gil- more: I. William, of Franklin, Massachusetts ; married Molly Hill. 2. Samuel, mentioned be- low. 3. Hannah, married Richard Fisher, of Franklin, Massachusetts. 4. Rachel, married Eben Crowningshield, of Cumberland, Rhode Island.
(IV) Samuel, son of Tyrrel Gilmore, was born in Attleboro or Wrentham, Massachu- setts, August II, 1765, and was a soldier in the revolution, serving under Captain Hunt and Colonels Greaton and Jackson ; length of service, three years. He settled in Orrington, afterward Brewer and now Holden, Maine, be- fore 1797, and married Reumah Hathorn or Hawthorn, who was born in Taunton, Massa- chusetts, September II, 1767. Samuel Gil- more died February 27, 1845; his wife died January 26, 1864, aged ninety-six years four months fifteen days. Headstones of Samuel and Renmah at East Holden. Children, born in Holden : 1. David, born September 8, 1788, mentioned below. 2. Eunice, married Elias Field ( published August 25, 1815). 3. Lucy, born Angust 4, 1793. married John Wiswell,
of Frankfort (published February 17, 1814), parents of Arno Wiswell, of Ellsworth, and grandparents of Andrew P. Wiswell, late chief justice of Maine. 4. John Smith, born Janu- ary 27, 1795, died August 1, 1797. 5. Reumah, born June 18, 1798, married Daniel Field. 6. Hannah, born October 27, 1800, married Jona- than Hurd, April 15, 1822. 7. Samuel, born July 23, 1803, married Phelia Hurd. His sec- ond wife was Sarah Brown, born in Harmony, Maine, September 8, 1825. He died April 14, 1889; Sarah died April 15, 1889; they were both buried the same day. 8. Mary Gates, born September 9, 1805. 9. Nancy Tyrrel, born May 6, 1809. 10. John Smith, born Sep- tember 30, 1812, died February 6, 1905.
(V) David, son of Samuel Gilmore, born in Holden, Maine, September 8, 1788, mar- ried (intention dated June 12, 1811, at Orring- ton) Sally Coombs, daughter of Benjamin Coombs, a descendant of the Huguenots, born in Poland, April 6, 1794, died January 20, 1876. David was a farmer and millwright and said to have been the first white child born in Holden. He died April 12, 1868. Children, born at East Brewer, now Holden: I. Rufus, born September 11, 1812. 2. Tyrrel, born July 12, 1815, mentioned below. 3. William, "For- ty-niner." 4. Sally E. 5. Plebe Coombs, born July 9, 1822. 6. Amanda. 7. Eunice F. 8. Albert Franklin. 9. David, went to California in the early fifties. 10. Nancy L. II. Merrit. 12. Otis, born August, 1838, served as first ser- geant in civil war, Fifteenth Maine Volunteers, also in Nineteenth unassigned infantry as cap- tain. After the war he was postmaster at Brewer. Died January 18, 1890. 13. Byron C., born May, 1840, served two years in the civil war in second Maine Volunteers, later as deputy provost marshal in Bangor under Major E. Low; in 1864 he was commissioned lieutenant and subsequently captain Company F, Thirty-first Maine Volunteers ; killed before Petersburg, Virginia, June 30, 1864.
(VI) Tyrrel (2), son of David Gilmore, was born July 12, 1815, in East Brewer, and died May 28, 1890. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. Settled in Dedham, Maine, teaching school in winter, conducting his farm in summer, and from 1859 to 1870 carried on blacksmithing at Dedham village. For some years he was superintendent of schools in Dedham, Maine, a member of the Congregational church. He married Mary W. Pearl, daughter of Peter and Rebecca (Spofford) Pearl, of Boxford, Massachusetts. Children : 1. Pascal P., born June 24, 1845, mentioned below. 2. Myron T., born Jan-
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uary II, 1847, resides in San Diego, Califor- nia : president San Diego Savings Bank; in civil war enlisted Company B, Fifteenth Maine Volunteers. 3. John E., born December 4, 1848, resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 4. Francis H., born Alay 3. 1852, resides in Wagoner, Oklahoma. 5. George A., born Oc- tober 18. 1853, died in Fergus Falls, Minne- sota, May 23, 1889. 6. Mary A., born Jan- uary 24, 1862, married Dr. Willis F. Hart, of Camden.
(VII) Hon. Pascal P., son of Tyrrel Gil- more, was born in Dedham, June 24, 1845. He attended the public schools and graduated from the E. M. C. S. at Bucksport, Maine. En- listed in the Sixteenth Regiment, Maine In- fantry, in the civil war, and during his term of service was not off duty a single day, though in several hard-fought battles, the last being Five Forks, Virginia, April 1, 1865, and was present at Appomattox, Virginia, when Gen- eral Lee surrendered April 9, 1865. Leaving school in 1867 he went to Muskegon, Michi- gan, surveying and inspecting lumber several years. He was a farmer and conveyancer in Dedham until 1891, but has since resided in Bucksport. He has been prominent in public affairs and served ten years as chairman of the board of selectmen and fifteen years as super- visor of schools in his native town. In poli- tics he has always been a Republican, repre- senting his district two terms as representative and as state senator for one term, serving on important committees, and was counted aniong the active and leading men in the legislature. From 1891 to 1896 he was state liquor com- missioner. Mr. Gilmore is president of the Bucksport National Bank, which owes its ex- istence and standing among the prosperous and conservative banks of the state to his ef- forts and good judgment. President of Bucks- port Water Company since 1895. In January, 1907. he was elected state treasurer of Maine, and the same year became president of the Maine Insurance Company of Portland. He is identified with fraternal organizations as fol- lows: Member of the Grand Army of the Re- public, being the first commander of W. L. Parker Post in Dedham, also aide-de-camp with rank of colonel on staff of General W. W. Blackmar, commander-in-chief in 1904. Patron in Verona Grange, Bucksport. Member St. Andrew's Society, Scottish Benevolent, Port- land, Maine. His Masonic affiliations are as follows: Felicity Lodge, No. 191, F. and A. M., Bucksport; Hancock Royal Arcanum Chapter. No. 19, Bucksport ; Bangor Council, No. 5. Bangor ; Blanquefort Commandery, No.
13, Ellsworth ; Eastern Star Lodge of Perfec- tion, Bangor ; Palestine Council, P. of J., Ban- gor ; Bangor Chapter of Rose Croix, Bangor ; Maine Consistory, Portland; Mystic Shrine, Kora Temple, Lewiston.
October 25, 1881, he married Alma M. Hart, of Holden, born July 28, 1859, daughter of Henry T. and Lauretta (Wiswell) Hart. They have one daughter, Madge, born December 15, 1884. Mrs. Gilmore is a descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. Her great-grand- father, Captain Jacob Hart, was a sergeant in the war of the revolution. He was born in Walpole or Wrentham, Massachusetts, and set- tled in Holden, Maine, about 1800.
The Roussin family is of an- ROUSSIN cient French origin. The most prominent branch had its fam-
ily seat at Tournaisis, France, and bore these arms : D'or au chevron de gules acc. en chief de deux hures de sanglier d'argent et en p. d'une quintefeuille du meme.
(1) Jean Roussin, immigrant ancestor, was among the early pioneers from France to Que- bec, and from him of the name are descended in Canada. Children: 1. Jean Isaac, married Madelene Singerese; (second) October 28, 1655, Marie Lessard at Quebec. 2. Nicholas, mentioned below.
(II) Nicholas, son of Jean Roussin, born in Canada, died March 7. 1697, at L'Ange Gar- dien. He married Madeleine Paradis, daugh- ter of Pierre Paradis. She was born in 1653 and died November 29, 1669, at Chateau Richer. He married (second) Madeleine Tremblay, born 1658, died April 10, 1726, daughter of Pierre Tremblay. Child of first wife: I. Marie, born November 25, 1669, married, November 5. 1685, Pierre Tremblay. Children of second wife: 2. Jacques, born Oc- tober 22, 1685, married, April 12, 1712, Made- leine Guyon ; he died November 13. 1753. 3. Nicholas, born January 14. 1688, married, 1711, Marie Anne Goulet : ( second) August 13. 1741, Marie Ann Coté : he died May 19. 1762, at St. Augustin. 4. Joseph, born 1689. married Anne Jacob. 5. Jean. born 1690, niar- ried Marie Anne Genevieve Posé, born 1697. 6. Louis, born 1695. mentioned below.
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