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                                                            1754                                                                 
                                                                   A R M A M E N T
                                   The Jean Alexandre bound for the Gaspe Peninsula

N° 58                    DEPARTMENT OF GRANVILLE

Crew  of the ship The Jean Alexandre  built in1750  at Granville weighing 200 tons
draughting 12 feet, loaded 10 feet unloaded , 2 decks, 2 poops owned and armed by Sieur Francois Boismare at Granville under command  of Sieur Jean Coquet bound for the Gaspe peninsula.
Of which the crew is paid for the sums drawn off line.

Departed  Granville February 28, 1754                       Returned Granville : January 29, 1755

The names in blue are in my data-base, in green, its my ancestors
Names Hometown Age Stature Color hair Grade service years Wage Annotations
 

Officers
Maurice BOISNARD   Granville   Captain    
Jean COQUET Granville 33 medium blond Captain 350  
Luc FORTERIE   Granville 23 small chestnut Volunteer 350  
Ollivier BOUGOURD    Granville 23 tall chestnut 12 250  
François CAHOREL Granville 20 small chestnut 10 200  
Charles PIVES  Granville 20 medium chestnut Surgeon 125  
Guillaume BOUQUEREL  Falaise 26 medium chestnut Volunteer 100  
Jacques BOISNARD    Granville 15 Volunteer 00  
François BOISNARD   Granville 17 small brown Volunteer 200  
 
Sailors
François THELOS   Granville 37 tall chestnut Assistant cannon shooter 200  
Gilles DUVAL Granville 28 small chestnut Quartermaster 210  
Gervais HUREL  Granville 43 medium brown Disabled 174  
François LE GENTIL  Granville 51 medium chestnut 15 165  
Louis CHAMPION St Michel des Loups 34 small brown 15 230  
René LE LANDAIS  Granville 35 tall chestnut 15 163  
François BONNEMER Granville 53 medium chestnut Quartermaster 180  
Julien MÉQUIN Iquelon 53 medium chestnut 15 180  
Jean COQUET  St Pair 33 medium chestnut 15 170  
Jean BERNOIS   St Michel des Loups 27small chestnut 14 166  
Jean CROZ   Longueville 53 small chestnut 15 168  
Jean GAUTIER   Granville  30 medium chestnut 15 170  
Nicolas HOQUIGNY  Lingreville  45 small brown 15 175  
François DIGERIT    49 small chestnut Assistant cannon shooter 190 Deserted at Marseille
François GOUTIÈRE  Lingreville  26 medium chestnut 13 180  
Jacques LE GAGNEUR   Coutances 28 small blond 12 226  
Pierre MAHIET Granville  30 medium chestnut 15 175  
Gilles YBERS  Donville   22 medium chestnut 10 136  
Thomas LEPEUX   Hauteville  28 small chestnut 12 138  
Jacques HÉLIE Lingreville  24 medium chestnut 11 126  
Nicolas LEBARBIER  Granville  22 small chestnut 11 150  
Pancrasse LAMORS  St Planchers  27 medium chestnut 12 144  
Nicolas COQUET  St Pair    29 medium brown 12 150  
Jean-Baptiste MEQUIN   Iquelon   21 small chestnut 10 126  
Estienne FOSSARD  Granville 20 small brown 10 110  
Nicolas ROUSSET St Pair   28 medium chestnut 12 126  
Thomas EPRON  St Nicolas de Granville  25 medium chestnut 12 00  
Pierre LE ROUX   Guehebert   21 medium chestnut 10 80  
Charles COLIBERS  Bricqueville  22 tall brown 10 123  
Julien LAMORS     Anctoville  33 medium chestnut 11 130  
François MOUSALEUR  Cherbourg  22 medium brown 10 100 Permit of November 10, 1753
Jaques LE MOUCHOIR   Coutances  32 small chestnut Head waiter 80  
Pierre LIBOIS   Granville 30 medium black 12 110  
Guillaume PERDRIES     24 small black 10 63  
Pierre GRUAIS  Mont Huchon  21 medium chestnut 10 100  
Jean GUILLOT St Nicolas de Coutances  21 small black 11 110  
François L’ECAUBÉ   Blainville   20 small black 10 60  
François LE VICAIRE    Granville 40 medium chestnut Quartier-maître 220  
Thomas BLIN   Granville 28 medium chestnut 15 205  
Jacques François BAZIRE  Granville 28 small brown 10 150  
Gaud BEQUET   Granville 30 small black Disabled throughout 165  
Charles HEQUIS   Coutances  32 small chestnut 14 135  
Nicolas LE COUPÉE   Granville 29 small brown 15 210  
Thomas EPRON    Granville 25 medium chestnut 12 120  
Jean LE DOUX    Regneville  34 small chestnut Quartermaster 170  
Henry MESNARD    Tourville   27 medium brown 12 110  
Joseph LE HÉRITIER Cherbourg     25 medium chestnut   132 Did not board
Permit of November 29, 1753
Jean-Baptiste GODEMER  Lingreville   23 small chestnut 11 100  
Jean LE METAY   St Jean    22 small brown 9 120  
Pierre CRUCHON  Granville 23 medium chestnut 12 220  
Pierre COUILLARD Granville 22 medium chestnut 11 100  
 

Novices
Jean GROSSIN   Anneville  24 small chestnut Novice 143 140  
Nicolas AMOUR Coulouvres   21 medium chestnut Novice 93 120 Deserted Marseilleon December 10, 1754
Nicolas FLEURY   Vasteville   24 medium chestnut Novice 3rd Voyage 110  
René GODFROY Gefosses   19 small blond Novice 134 60 Did not board
Robert LAMARRE  Bayeux      23 small brown Novice 2nd Voyage 80  
Adrien DAUVIZ Muneville le Brugard  26 medium chestnut Novice 3rd Voyage 70 Died on December  21, 1754 
Louis LECLERC   St Sauveur    19 medium chestnut Novice  156 80  
Etienne DAUTO    Mont Huchon   21small black Novice  80 90  
Louis JOURDAN   Cherbourg      21 tall black Novice 95.4 51 Permit of December 28, 1753
Pierre FLEURY  Cherbourg      20 medium black Novice 96.6 51 Permit of December 18, 1753
Philippe BOURGES  Cherbourg      23 medium chestnut Novice 95.5 51 Deserted at Gaspe July 22, 1754
Permit of December 28, 1753
Jean LE GALLAIS     St Jean de la Haye   23 small brown Novice 191 35  
Julien LAIRES    St Jean de la Haye   18 medium chestnut Novice 191 40  
François LEFRANC   St Jean de la Haye   19 small chestnut Novice 192 40  
Adrien LE CHARTIER  St Planchers    19 small blond Novice 192 24  
Jean DEVOU     Granville     19 small brown Novice 192 60  
Louis LE TERRY      Granville     25 small chestnut Novice 90 115  
Michel GRANDIN     Gratot    18 small chestnut Novice 177 50  
Gilles LEFRANCOIS     Treilly      23 small chestnut Novice 132 80  
Jean Pierre GUILLOT    Coutances    18 small brown Novice 192 00  
François PERRES      Brainville  19 small chestnut Novice 192 30  
Alain DUJARDIN    Vains    22 small black Novice 197 35 Died June 9, 1754
Guillaume PÉLERIN    St Pair      21 small chestnut Novice 197 35 Deserted at Gaspe June 4, 1754
 

Ship's boys
Jacques FOULON      Granville    18 small black Mousse 43    
Adrien DUJARDIN       Muneville    18 small black Mousse 89    
Charles GUÉRIN  Muneville 15 Mousse 93     Did not board 
Yves CARUEL  Coutances   12 Mousse 125    
François LE LIÈVRE    Granville    14 Mousse 124    
Luc LE HÉRISSÉ     Granville    13 Mousse 101    
Jean GROU      Longueville   16 Mousse 107    
Jean LE GENTIL Granville    14 Mousse 125   Died on March 11, 1754
Pierre VADER   Granville    14 Mousse 116    
 
Passengers for Gaspe Peninsula
Nicolas CLOSAY   St Pair    43 tall chestnut      
Nicolas BEUST    père St Pair    43 medium chestnut Assistant cannon shooter   Parent with our family Nicole
Joseph NICOLE  St Pair    25 medium brown     Brother of my direct ancestor  Olivier, established in Quebec
Michel LAISNÉ      Les Biards   27 small black      
Jean BEUST       fils St Pair    15 small blond     Parent with our family Nicole
established in Quebec where he have more descendants.
Nicolas LESÉNÉCHAL    Vezins   25 medium brown      
 
The majority of the passengers are in my data base (Homepage) or Here
Roll found at the Archives Historiques de la Marine, Cherbourg 50 France by our attention June, 2006

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