1757
A R M A M E N T
La Nimphe
in pursuit of
the enemy
N° 28 D E P A R T M E N T
of GRANVILLE
Crew of the Corsair Le Granville built in 1757 at Granville weighing 200 tons armed for Warfare with 24 cannons of 6 " having 14 bombards 100 guns,60 sabres draughting 11 feet loaded 8 feet unloaded, 2 decks, 2 poops, Owned and armed by Sieur François Boisnard at Granville commanded by Captain Sieur de la Forterie bound in pursuit of the enemy which crew he paid the sums drawn off lines
Departed Granville November 26, 1757 Taken by English March 22, 1758
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Officers |
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| Name | Hometown | Age, Stature, Hair Colour | Grade, service years | Wages | Annotations |
| Jacques de la Forterie | Granville | 36 medium brown | Captain | ||
| Pierre Auguste Louvel | Granville | 39 medium chestnut | First Mate / Captain | ||
| Pierre Guérin | Granville | 29 medium chestnut | Volunteer / First Mate | ||
| Jacques Saillard | Granville | 31 medium chestnut | Captain/ 1st Lieutenant | ||
| Nicolas André Jouvin | Granville | 37 medium chestnut | Assistant cannon shooter /1st Lieutenant | ||
| Jean Fougeray | Granville | 43 medium chestnut | Captain/ 1stLieutenant | ||
| Thomas Duparc | Granville | 36 medium brown | 1st Lieutenant / Volunteer | ||
| Ollivier Ganne | Granville | 57 medium brown | 1stLieutenant/ Disabled | ||
| Jacques Pignollet | Granville | 32 medium brown | 1st Lieutenant / Assistant cannon shooter | ||
| Charles Pivert | Granville | 24 medium black | Scribe | ||
| Louis Allais | Avranches | 22 small brown | Ensign / Volunteer | ||
| Clair du Hamel | Granville | 17 small chestnut | Ensign | ||
| Charles Saillard | Blainville | 26 small blond | |||
| Pierre Dubois | Paris | 23 medium black | Interpeter | 400 | |
| Samson Grosselin | Géfosse | 33 small chestnut | Captain of catches of warship/ Assistant cannon shooter |
400 | |
| Jean André Cahorel | Granville | 29 tall black | Surgeon | 250 | |
| Michel Jourdan | Granville | 37 tall black | 2nd Surgeon | 200 | |
| Jean François Asselin | St Lo | 20 medium chestnut | 3rd Surgeon | 120 | |
| Jean des Touches | Granville | 37 medium chestnut | Lieutenant/Volunteer | ||
| Jacques Dole | Montmartin | 28 medium brown | Chaplain | 300 | |
| Yves le Bran | St Brieux | small chestnut | Pilot/Boatswain's mate | 400 | Permis du 19/11/1757 |
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Marine Officers |
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| Guillaume Hamel | Granville | 49 medium chestnut | Leading hand | 360 | |
| Jacques Guérandes | Granville | 26 small black | Disabled | 400 | |
| Jean Ruel | Granville | 29 medium brown | Quartermaster | 180 | |
| Jean Pigeon | Granville | 37 medium black | Carpenter/worker | 360 | |
| Jean Bazire | Iquelon | 25 small chestnut | Cannon shooter master /First mate | 350 | |
| Jacques Couset | Granville | 41 small brown | Master caulker /First mate | 360 | |
| Nicolas Fougeray | Granville | 39 medium chestnut | Leading hand | 350 | |
| Nicolas Le Muet | Granville | 43 small black | Leading hand | 320 | |
| Nicolas Toupet | Granville | 19 medium chestnut | Leading hand | 326 | |
| Julien Laninsse | Granville | 19 medium chestnut | Leading hand | 330 | |
| Pierre Joseph Louvel | Granville | 24 small black | Boatswain's mate | 350 | |
| Jean Héroux | Granville | 25 small black | Boatswain's mate | 350 | |
| Nicolas le Comte | Granville | 23 medium chestnut | Boatswain's mate | 350 | |
| Guillaume Jouvin | Granville | 31 medium chestnut | Launchmaster | 350 | |
| Nicolas le Barbier | Granville | 25 small chestnut | Launchmaster | 340 | |
| André Boucheron | Granville | 30 tall chestnut | Launchmaster/Inhabitant | 330 | |
| Jean Véval | Granville | 36 tall chestnut | Launchmaster | 330 | |
| Jacques Ollivier | Munéville | 27 medium brown | 340 | ||
| Claude Guiffard | St Planchers | 47 small chestnut | Assistant cannon shooter | 320 | |
| Gilles le Mesle | du Lioz | 33 medium chestnut | 350 | ||
| Jean Baptiste Martin | Coutances | 19 small chestnut | 350 | ||
| Melchior Couzet | Granville | 36 medium chestnut | Leading hand | 350 | |
| Nicolas Delille | Bricqueville | 29 medium black | 370 | ||
| Jean le Dasle | Granville | 35 medium brown | Leading hand | 360 | |
| Thomas Gourdan | Granville | 45 medium chestnut | Leading hand | 360 | |
| Jean Mahier | Granville | 21 medium chestnut | Leading hand | 344 | |
| Jean François Hélie | Granville | 22 medium chestnut | Leading hand | 340 | |
| Pierre Lemoine | Hambie | 22 small brown | Leading hand | 360 | |
| Julien Camber | Iquelon | 45 small chestnut | Disabled | 350 | |
| Jean Duval | Granville | 50 small brown | Assistant cannon shooter | 330 | |
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Sailors |
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| François Marie | Canada | 28 medium brown | 300 | ||
| Pierre Fromage | Créance | 24 small chestnut | 340 | ||
| André Grosin | Carolle | 30 medium chestnut | Inhabitant | 325 | |
| François Geffroy | La Haye Penel | 52 tall chestnut | Inhabitant | 300 | |
| Jacques Danset | Quetreville | 42 small black | 300 | ||
| François Gosse | Granville | 35 small chestnut | Leading hand | 300 | |
| Thomas Guilbert | La Haye Penel | 23 small black | 330 | ||
| Jean Périers | Coutance | 29 small chestnut | 312 | ||
| François Gourdan | Granville | 20 small chestnut | 280 | ||
| Luc le Tourneur | Granville | 55 small brown | Assistant caulker | 250 | |
| François Narbonne | Granville | 24 small chestnut | 300 | ||
| Vincent Balard | Granville | 20 small black | 280 | ||
| Thomas Cotard | Coudeville | 30 medium chestnut | 280 | ||
| Gilles Bouland | Coutance | 22 small brown | 280 | ||
| Julien Montagne | Bois Roger | 22 small chestnut | 283 | ||
| Nicolas Fleury | Granville | 31 medium black | 340 | ||
| Pierre Hébert | Granville | 33 medium chestnut | 340 | ||
| Jean Coujiard | Granville | 29 small chestnut | 320 | ||
| Pierre Marais | Gefosse | 36 medium brown | 320 | ||
| Jacques severic | Gefosse | 33 medium brown | 310 | ||
| Jean Baptiste Severic | Gefosse | 23 medium brown | 310 | ||
| Nicolas Giot | Linverville | 39 small chestnut | Leading hand | 372 | |
| Guillaume Forcet | Blainville | 24 medium chestnut | 372 | ||
| Pierre Chardot | Blainville | 20 small chestnut | 260 | ||
| Louis Dupont | Avranches | 25 medium black | Head waiter | 350 | |
| François le Hideux | Longueville | 41 small brown | Assistant cannon shooter | 374 | |
| Jean le Vieux | Granville | 30 medium black | Cook | 250 | |
| Jean Raciquot | Longueville | 24 small brown | 374 | ||
| Nicolas le Sonneur | Reneville | 17 medium black | 350 | ||
| René Braye | Channière | 24 small black | Cook | 300 | |
| Pierre Perrier | Blainville | 49 medium black | 320 | ||
| Michel le Tenier | Reneville | 18 small chestnut | 150 | ||
| Louis Bidel | Gefosse | 28 medium chestnut | 310 | ||
| Gilles le François | Quetreville | 24 medium black | Cook | 260 | |
| Jacques Eustache Vincent | 20 medium chestnut | 306 | |||
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Volunteers |
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| Jean Le Loup | N.D des Champs | 26 medium blond | |||
| Robert Joseph Daubigny | Avranches | 17 small chestnut | |||
| Julien la Barbe | Coutance | 20 small black | |||
| Ollivier Jourdan | Granville | 14 | |||
| Antoine Guérin | Coutances | 16 small chestnut | |||
| Jean Mignon | Granville | 12 | |||
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Novices |
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| Nicolas Duchesne | St Pair | 20 medium chestnut | 300 | ||
| Pierre Cottière | Cambernon | 26 medium brown | 2nd Voyage | 250 | |
| Jean le Bufle | Granville | 19 small rusty | 280 | ||
| Jean Simon | Urville | 20 medium chestnut | 2nd Voyage | 320 | |
| Pierre le Riveran | Orval | 22 tall black | 300 | ||
| Pierre Guel | Mon Réal | 19 small chestnut | 1st Voyage | 200 | |
| Jean Lefevre | la Rond Haye | 27 tall black | 2nd Voyage | 180 | |
| Charles Guissard | Granville | 19 small brown | 1st Voyage | 60 | |
| Guillaume Fontaine | St Michel des Loups | 18 small blond | 2nd Voyage | 50 | |
| Jean Ravenel | Thorigny | 25 medium black | 1st Voyage | 90 | |
| Georges Fontaine | Sartilly | 18 medium black | 1st Voyage | 80 | |
| Gilles Hamel | Lagohannier | 20 medium black | 1st Voyage | 70 | |
| Jacques Luc Forgo | St Pair | 19 medium brown | 1st Voyage | 45 | |
| Jacques Gautier | Bassilly | 20 small blond | 1st Voyage | 50 | |
| Michel Chardot | Gouville | 20 small black | 260 | ||
| Julien Benoit | Linverville | 20 medium black | 2nd Voyage | 305 | |
| François Vauvin | Gefosse | 20 medium brown | 1st Voyage | 180 | |
| Louis Fillastre | Creance | 21 tall chestnut | 2nd Voyage | 150 | |
| Gaud Guille | Granville | 17 medium blond | 2nd Voyage | 36 | |
| François Raciquot | Longueville | 21 medium blond | 2nd Voyage | 36 | |
| Guillaume Coudray | St Pair | 26 small black | 1st Voyage | 80 | |
| Louis le Massé | Maré | 22 medium chestnut | 130 | ||
| Jacques Benoit David | Coutances | 21 small chestnut | 1st Voyage | 150 | |
| Jean Esnol | Regneville | 17 | 120 | ||
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Soldiers |
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| Jean Philipes Delanes | Argentan | 27 medium black | Captain of arms | 100 | |
| André Leretour | Argentan | 30 tall black | Sergeant | 80 | |
| Antoine le Chasseur | Tire Pied | 23 small chestnut | 50 | ||
| François Burel | St Germain en Laye | 24 tall black | 60 | ||
| Jean Evard | Lagohannière | 16 medium blond | 50 | ||
| Guillaume Joseph Meneuf | Aras | 34 medium chestnut | 150 | ||
| Jean Cantin | Coutance | 18 medium chestnut | 60 | ||
| François Marcellin | Villers Montagne | 17 small chestnut | 110 | ||
| Pierre Germain L' Auxerois |
Paris | 24 medium chestnut | 150 | ||
| Jacques Fleury | Dauville | 26 medium black | 200 | ||
| Jacques Guilbert | Sartilly | 30 medium black | 100 | ||
| Jean le Jean | Sartilly | 19 medium chestnut | 60 | ||
| François le Roty | Pirou | 24 medium black | 153 | ||
| François Leclair | Mont Corville | 18 medium chestnut | 150 | ||
| Thomas Blézor | Bois Roger | 26 small chestnut | 150 | ||
| Guillaume Buisson | St Michel de la Pierre | 20 medium chestnut | 150 | ||
| Jacques Encoinard | Coudeville | 35 tall chestnut | 100 | ||
| François Donandon | Quais | 28 medium black | 60 | ||
| Gabriel Mariette | Granville | 29 medium brown | 60 | ||
| Jean Malzar | Percy | 22 tall black | 80 | ||
| Louis Azouf | Paris | 23 small black | 60 | ||
| Simon Azouf | Trémy des Landes | 21 medium brown | 60 | ||
| Jean Roger | Burey | 21 tall chestnut | 70 | ||
| Jean Paturel | St Pierre Langers | 19 medium black | 80 | ||
| François le Landais | Reneville | 17 small black | 150 | ||
| Estienne Berny | L' Antre du Cornier | 19 small rusty | 150 | ||
| Louis L' Hote | Coutances | 30 medium brown | 100 | ||
| Jean Huvé | Iquelon | 22 small brown | 70 | ||
| Jean Hergais | St Jean le Thomas | 17 small black | 30 | ||
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Ship's boys |
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| Ollivier Roger | Granville | 12 | 70 | ||
| René Gouvin | Granville | 16 | 60 | ||
| Jean Gourdan | Granville | 14 | 120 | ||
| Joseph Duval | Granville | 15 | 90 | ||
| François le Licoré | Granville | 15 | 96 | ||
| Denis le Nonet | Granville | 12 | 1st Voyage | 40 | |
| Thomas L' Aimé | Granville | 14 | 36 | ||
| Joseph Paulmire | Granville | 13 | 40 | ||
| Pierre Desmons | 14 | 1st Voyage | 36 | ||
| Jacques L' Epine | Coutances | 16 | 1st Voyage | 40 | |
| Guillaume Leufouré | St Aubin | 15 | 1st Voyage | 36 | |
| Bernard David | Granville | 12 | 1st Voyage | 24 | |
| Charles Lamort | La Barberie | 14 | 1st Voyage | 24 | |
| Jean Auger | Granville | 12 | 1st Voyage | 30 | |
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Supplement of November 28, 1757 |
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| Michel Fontaine | Avranches | 18 small chestnut | Volunteer | ||
| Michel Ermange | Granville | 12 | Ship's boy | 36 | |
| Louis Pichard | Granville | 12 | " | 36 | |
| Nicolas Pigeon | Granville | 12 | " | 36 | |
| Jean Trotin | Granville | 13 | " | 36 | |
| Jean Laforge | Granville | 18 | Volunteer | ||
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Supplement of January 20, 1758 |
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| Pierre François Jourdan | Granville | 50 tall black | First Mate | ||
| Denis des Forges | Granville | 22 medium brown | Sailor | 280 | |
| Bernard Laurent | Hudimesnil | 30 medium black | " | 240 | |
| Jacques Ravenel | La Haye Penel | 37 medium chestnut | Cannon shooter helper | 250 | |
| Charles Nivier | Annoville | 25 medium black | 260 | ||
| Jean Quinette | Granville | 20 small chestnut | 250 | ||
| Simon Letourneur | Hauteville | ||||
| Le Guichard Novice | Hauteville | 20 medium black | 100 | ||
| René le Goubé | Hauteville | 22 medium chestnut | 100 | ||
| Jean Besnièrde | Hambourg | 30 medium chestnut | Ensign | ||
| Robert Jouanne | Granville | 21 medium chestnut | 280 | ||
| Bon Godefroy | Granville | 21 medium black | 280 | ||
| Jullien Sanior | Rousigny | 21 medium chestnut | 150 | ||
| Jouachim Mepre | Mothe | 33 medium chestnut | 250 | ||
| Thomas Lehodé | Granville | 35 small black | Master of catches of warship | 300 | |
| Pierre Pain | Perriers | 20 tall chestnut | Ensign/Volunteer | ||
| René Cataisse | St Jean | 14 | Ship's boy | ||
| Jacques Grimbor | Granville | 24 small chestnut | Pilot helper /Lieutenant | ||
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159 peoples at all |
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