Jean Baptiste Amable Drouillard^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}

1731 - 1788  (56 years)

• Name	Jean Baptiste Amable Drouillard
  Born	09 Nov 1731
  Christened	10 Nov 1731	Sts. Anges, Lachine
  	GODPARENTS: Jean Baptiste Rapin and Francoise Chenie
  Gender	Male
  Died	02 Jan 1788	River Raisin, Monroe, Michigan
  Buried	07 Jan 1788	Ste. Anne, Detroit
  Notes	Ste. Anne of Detroit Parish Records page 588, 09 Jan 1764 buried Etienne Drouillard, died 08 Jan, age about 1 month, son of Jean Bpte. Drouillard, habitant living on the south coast called Misere and Charlotte Guignar(d). Saint Etienne, his parents in legitimate marriage. (This possibly refers to a child of Jean Baptiste and Charlotte Bigras, but if this is true, then the child would have been baptized at Assumption with the name Gabriel.) In 1766 John Baptiste furnished 1000 Cwts, of flour for his Majesty's troops. They moved later to River Raisin. John Baptiste died there but was taken back to Detroit to be buried January 7, 1788. His estate was sold at auction to James Allen for 52 livres. The following is an excerpt from a letter written January 28, 1788 by Father Dufaux (pastor of St. Anne's in Detroit) to Bishop Hubert. (Pare, op. cit. p. 238) "The River Raisin is being settled by people who are at a loss what to do. Thirty-two inhabitants have already built cabins along the river; many propose to join them in the spring. At present more than a hundred farms have been staked out there. I really believe that in a short time a pastor will be necessary. I intend to go there this spring to mark out a piece of land for a cemetery; but I will not bless it until a chapel or a house has been built for the priest who may be sent there. Who will be charged with this little mission? The pastor of Assumption or of St. Anne's? I should like to know your Lordship's wishes in that regard. Poor Jean Baptiste Drouillard, who was just getting started in the new settlement, died there. Those who brought his body to the fort nearly perished on the way. I chanted a funeral service for him a few days ago." Taken from "Genealogie des Drouillards" by Hazel M. (Lauzon) Delorme, available at the Société Franco-Ontarienne Library in Belle River, Ontario.
  Person ID	I254	Drouillard
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2009

  
  

  Father	Jean Baptiste Drouillard,   b. 14 Feb 1707,   d. 25 Feb 1754 to 1755  (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Marie ELISABETH Rapin,   b. 06 Jun 1712,   d. 06 May 1787  (Age 74 years)
  Married	05 Feb 1731	Ste. Anges, Lachine
  	Witnesses to the marriage were Joseph Argentcour dit Drouillard, brother, Jean Chenin, cousin, Jean Baptiste Rapin, father, Jean Janson, grandfather, Antoine Rapin, uncle, Barbe Rapin, aunt
  Notes	In 1733, the family was living at Soulanges. Between 1741-1744 they were at St. Joseph-de-la-Riviere-des-Prairies. In 1746 they were back at Lachine. Jean Baptiste moved his family to Detroit 26 Jul 1749 where he had received a land grant of three arpents on the south shore of the river. We know that Jean Baptiste died sometime between March 1754 and the middle of 1755, so there has been speculation that he was part of Beaujeu's force that fought at Fort Duquesne in 1755. [SK]
  Family ID	F154	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marie Charlotte Bigras dit Fauvel,   b. 05 Sep 1739,   bur. 02 Mar 1802, St. Antoine, River Raisin, MI
  Married	25 Feb 1754	Ste. Anne, Detroit
  Children	+ 1. Jean Baptiste Drouillard,   b. 27 Jan 1755, Cote de Misere, South Coast of Detroit ,   d. After 1810, River Raisin, MI + 2. CHARLES Bonaventure Drouillard,   b. 10 Aug 1756 + 3. Therese Drouillard,   b. 1758,   bur. 11 Oct 1796, St Antoine, River Raisin, MI + 4. Nicolas Drouillard,   b. 21 Dec 1759, Cote de Misere, South Coast of Detroit ,   d. 10 Aug 1805, Ste. Antoine, River Raisin  (Age 45 years) + 5. Joseph Drouillard,   c. 08 Mar 1762, Assumption, South Coast of Detroit   6. Gabriel Drouillard,   c. 27 Nov 1763, Assumption, South Coast of Detroit ,   d. 08 Jan 1764 + 7. Dominique Drouillard,   c. 09 Nov 1764, Assumption, South Coast of Detroit ,   d. 09 Mar 1824, St. Antoine, River Raisin, MI  (Age ~ 59 years)   8. Marie Josephe Drouillard,   c. 25 Nov 1766, Assumption ,   d. 16 Jan 1767  (Age ~ 0 years)
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2004
  Family ID	F131	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections. Vol. VIII, 411 (1885) Vol. X, 238,322,348,602(1886) [S19] The Windsor Border Region, Ernest J. Lajeunesse, C.S.B., ((Toronto: The Champlain Society, University of Toronto Press, 1960)), 273, 333 . [S21] Michigan Censuses 1710-1830, ed. Donna Valley Russell , ((Detroit: Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, Inc., 1982)). 1) Sept-Oct 1762: lot on River Canard, financial status was poor, p 22: 2) August 1765, pp 31 & 33 3) January 1768, p 36 4) March 1779: noted that he owned one slave, p 44 5) July 1782: resided on South Shore - Sandwich, p 51 [S20] Genealogy of the Drouillard Families of St Clair Co., Michigan, Elizabeth L. (Warner) Droulard , 15. [S28] The Catholic Church in Detroit, 1701-1888 , George Pare, (Detroit: Gabriel Richard Press, 1951), 238 . [S54] Descendants of Simon Drouillard, Donald F. Drouillard, Norman W. Drouillard and Mark J. Drouillard, 3-1.