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                                                                                               1755
                                             A R M A M E N T

Le Jean Alexandre  bound for the  Gaspe Peninsula

N° 75             D  E P A R T M E N T of  GRANVILLE

Crew of the ship  Le Jean Alexandre built in 1753 at Granville weighting  200 tons, draughting 12 feet loaded,  10 feet unloaded, 2 decks, 2 poops.

Owned and armed by Mr François Boisnard at Granville under the command of
Captain Jacques Forterie  Tbound for theGaspe Peninsula
Whose crew paid for advances of wages the sums drawn off lines

Departed Granville : March 15, 1755

Names Hometown Ages stature haircolor Grade Services years Wages Annotation
Officers
Jacques Forterie Granville 35 medium black Captain 450  
Guillaume Jourdan Granville 34 small chestnut Assistant of launchmaster 300  
François Drieux St Malo 23 medium chestnut   250  
Pierre Salmon St Malo 16  medium chestnut   165  
Jacques Boisnard Granville 17 medium chestnut   00  
Charles Pives Granville 22 medium black Surgeon 120  
Michel Duval St Pair 16 medium black   100  
 
Sailors
Jean Bidet Granville 42 small black Quartermaster 270  
Jean Gautier Granville 31 medium chestnut 15 240  
François Lechevalier Granville 34 small black 15 220  
Jean Benoit St Michel des Loups 29  small black 13 200  
Louis Champion St Michel des Loups 34  small brown 15 270  
Nicolas Lemaréchal St Michel des Loups 34 moyen brun 15 270  
Aubin Champion St Michel des Loups      medium chestnut 12 270  
Charles Colibon Granville 32 medium black 14 210  
Aubin Le Basle Granville 32 medium black 14 210  
Louis Puhot Granville 31 medium blond 15 210  
Jacques Couzet Granville 41 small brown Assistant caulker 260  
Pierre Le Lavandier ? 40  medium chestnut Head waiter 220  
Jean Bougouin Granville 43 small chestnut Assistant caulker 130  
Pierre Foubin Granville 27 medium brown 12 225  
Jean Pestel Granville 29 medium brown 15 220  
Michel Germain Granville 41 tall chestnut 15 230  
Simon Dupont St Jean Thomas 38  small chestnut Inhabitant (resident) 220  
Thomas Courtoize Hudimesnil 21 small black 12 132  
Jean L'Enfant Hudimesnil 24  small black 12 130  
Gilles Ybert Granville 23  medium chestnut 11 190  
Jean Letellier Granville 25  medium chestnut 15 162  
Charles Bitel St Planchers 34  small chestnut 12 162  
Jullien Heulin St Planchers 29  medium black 13 162  
Jean Coudray St Planchers 24 small black 12 162  
Jacques Foulon Granville 20  small black 10 130  
Nicolas Aumont Coulouvray 21 medium chestnut 10 135  
François Simone Senilly 26  small black Inhabitant (resident) 150  
Thomas Blin Granville 29 medium chestnut 15 240  
Jean Le Basle Granville 32 medium brown Quartermaster 140  
François Anquetil St Denis 24 medium black 10 126  
Jean-Baptiste Dubois St Denis 21  medium chestnut 10 126  
François Teurtrie St Denis 22 medium chestnut 12 95  
Charles Bucher Granville 20 medium chestnut 10 110  
Jean Brière Granville 24  small brown 11 165  
Pierre Chastel Bouillon 23 small chestnut 12 159  
Jean Allain Avranches 23  small chestnut 12 129  
Charles Quesnel Hautteville 22  small black 10 180  
Jean Cardonnel Granville 29  medium chestnut 13 150  
Charles Jeanne Granville 29  small black   240  
Adrien Dujardin Muneville 19  small black 10 110  
Allain Hervé Granville 33  medium black Head waiter 190  
Pierre Duparque Vains 23 small black 10 150  
 
Novices
Pierre Boistard Granville 17 Novice 120  
Jacques Hamel Quetreville 20  small black Novice 170  
Philippe Coudray St Jean 18 Novice 80  
Pierre Cocquière Lambernon 22 medium blond Novice 95  
Charles Chauvin Granville 19 Novice 115  
Charles Leloquet St Ursin 24 medium black Novice 140  
Jean Le Becq Bouillon 24 small brown Novice 78  
Jacques Jerre Muneville 27 medium black Novice 90  
Jean Dairou Granville 20 small brown Novice 90  
Julien Letourneur Granville 18 Novice 135  
Pierre Bernier Granville 17 Novice 100  
Nicolas Du Posné St Michel des Loups 20  small black Novice 100  
François Allain Marcé 18  medium chestnut Novice 50  
Elie Du Bocq Marcé 18  medium chestnut Novice 50  
Marin Guimbert La Haye Penel 20  medium chestnut Novice 48  
Jacques Jouvin Granville 22 small blond Novice 50  
Jean Groult Granville 17 Novice 60  
Robert Hallais Mont Viron 21 medium blond Novice 50  
Ollivier de L'Epault St Jean 19 small chestnut Novice 60  
Jean Pierre St Jean-Thomas 20 small brown Novice 53  
Jean Huc Lavendelle 20 small chestnut Novice 80  
Jean Le Lahonnel St Malo de la Lande 21 medium blond Novice 55  
 
Ship's boy
Bernard Coudray St Jean de Champs 16 Ship's boy 60  
Jean Groult Quertreville 16 Ship's boy 50  
François Du Fresne St Michel des Loups 17 Ship's boy 36  
François Lelièvre Granville 15 Ship's boy 18  
François Bougouin Granville 11 Ship's boy 20  
François Cardin Granville 13 Ship's boy 20  
 
Passengers for the Gaspe Peninsula
Michel Banville Bouillon 45  medium chestnut      
Pierre Bonver Bouillon 22 small chestnut      
Louis Le Roux St Pair 22 medium blond      
Jacques Bataille Bouillon 21  medium chestnut      
Jean Banville Bouillon 16  medium chestnut      
Michel Jolie St Pair 35  medium black      
Jean Des Touches Granville 34 medium chestnut      

Original copy at Archives Historiques de la Marine, Cherbourg 50 France, discovered by our attention, June 2006.

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