Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent^[1]

1724 - 1794  (70 years)

• Name	Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent
  Born	1724	Longwy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France
  Christened	04 Apr 1724	St. Dagobet Church, Diocese of Treves, France
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Aug 1794	New Orleans, Louisiana   [2]
  Buried	09 Aug 1794	New Orleans, Louisiana   [2]
  Person ID	I1948	Stewart
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2008

  
  

  Father	Antoine de St. Maxent,   b. Abt 1710, Longwy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth Lecocq
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	12 Jan 1725
  Family ID	F1345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth de La Roche,   b. 1734, New Orleans, Louisiana ,   d. 9 Feb 1809, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 75 years)
  Children	1. Marie Elizabeth de St. Maxent,   b. 03 Feb 1752, New Orleans, Louisiana ,   d. Spain  [Birth] + 2. Marie Felicité de St. Maxent,   b. 27 Dec 1755, New Orleans, Louisiana ,   d. 1800, Madrid, Spain  (Age 44 years)  [Birth] + 3. Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent,   b. 01 Nov 1758, New Orleans, Louisiana  [Birth]   4. Maximillian Francois de St. Maxent,   b. 22 Apr 1761, New Orleans, Louisiana ,   d. 24 Nov 1825, Havana, Cuba  (Age 64 years)  [Birth]   5. Maria Victoria de St. Maxent,   b. 30 May 1763, New Orleans, Louisiana ,   d. 1814, Mexico  (Age 50 years)  [Birth]   6. Honoré Sosthene de St. Maxent,   b. 11 Jun 1765, New Orleans, Louisiana  [Birth]   7. Marie Anne Joseph de Notre Dame de Mont Carmel de St. Maxent,   b. 28 Jul 1767, New Orleans, Louisiana ,   d. 1833, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 65 years)  [Birth]   8. Marie Antoinette Joseph de St. Maxent,   b. 17 Jan 1770, New Orleans, Louisiana ,   d. 1833  (Age 62 years)  [Birth]   9. Celestin Honoré de St. Maxent,   b. 27 Feb 1773, New Orleans, Louisiana ,   d. 30 Jan 1819, Manchac, Louisiana  (Age 45 years)  [Birth] + 10. Marie Héloïse Mercedes de St. Maxent,   b. 25 Sep 1775, New Orleans, Louisiana ,   d. 21 Mar 1831, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 55 years)  [Birth]
  Documents		The Family Gilbert Antoine de Saint Maxent and Elizabeth LaRoche (PDF file) Family of Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent (pdf file)
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2008
  Family ID	F651	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1724 - Longwy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France Christened - 04 Apr 1724 - St. Dagobet Church, Diocese of Treves, France Died - 8 Aug 1794 - New Orleans, Louisiana Buried - 09 Aug 1794 - New Orleans, Louisiana  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents » Slide Show		Rider's Digest, May 19, 1969 - Did you Know? About the home of Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent
  		Rider's Digest, Jan 27, 1969 - Did you Know? Short story on Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent's life.
  		French Ancestors of Felicite de St. Maxent (1 of 4) Article published about the family of Felicite de St. Maxent, reprinted in the New Orleans Genesis, September 1968, Volume 15, Number 68 Originally printed in the Revue de Louisiana in the Summer of 1977, by Eric Beerman
  		French Ancestors of Felicite de St. Maxent (2 of 4) Article published about the family of Felicite de St. Maxent, reprinted in the New Orleans Genesis, September 1968, Volume 15, Number 68 Originally printed in the Revue de Louisiana in the Summer of 1977, by Eric Beerman
  		French Ancestors of Felicite de St. Maxent (3 of 4) Article published about the family of Felicite de St. Maxent, reprinted in the New Orleans Genesis, September 1968, Volume 15, Number 68 Originally printed in the Revue de Louisiana in the Summer of 1977, by Eric Beerman
  		French Ancestors of Felicite de St. Maxent (4 of 4) Article published about the family of Felicite de St. Maxent, reprinted in the New Orleans Genesis, September 1968, Volume 15, Number 68 Originally printed in the Revue de Louisiana in the Summer of 1977, by Eric Beerman

  
  

  Histories

  Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent Biography

  
  

• Notes

  ST. MAXENT, Gilbert Antoine, merchant, Indian agent. Born, Longy, France, April 1724; son of Gilbert Antoine St. Maxent and Elizabeth Le Cocq. Emigrated to French Louisiana, ca. 1744. Business activities: operated New Orleans mercantile firm, 1749-1794; awarded government monopoly to trade with Illinois Indians, 1763; received land grant covering Chef Menteur area of New Orleans, 1763; sponsored settlement of St. Louis with commercial partner Pierre Laclède (q.v.), 1764. Married, 1749, Elizabeth La Roche, of New Orleans. Children, including Marie Elizabeth, wife of Luis de Unzaga (q.v.), and Marie Félicité (q.v.), wife of Bernardo de Gálvez (q.v.). Government service: named official Spanish Indian Commissioner by Alejandro O'Reilly (q.v.), 1770; fought in the campaigns of Bernardo de Gálvez, 1779-1781; named commander of the Louisiana Militia, 1783. Died, New Orleans, August 8, 1794; interred St. Louis Cemetery. L.T.C. Source: James J. Coleman, Jr., Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent: The Spanish-Frenchman of New Orleans (1968). Source: http://lahistory.org/site36.php Buried: Ecclesiastical Burial by Friar Joaquin de Portillo, St. Louis Cathedral

  
  

• Sources

  [S55] Family St. Maxent-LaRoche, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Antoine_de_St._Maxent. [S6] Archdiocese of N.O. Sacr. Rec. v05 (1791-1795), Earl C. Woods, (New Orleans, La. : Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1987), F379 .N553 W66 1987 REF V.5., 339 (Reliability: 3). Gilberto Antonio ST. MAXENT, native of Lorraine, 66 yr., colonel of the royal army attached to the staff of this bastion, married in this city to Isabel LA ROCHE, interred Aug. 9, 1794, died Aug. 8, 1794 (SLC, F4, 13)