Jean-Baptiste dit LaChance CAILLOT1
4th Aug 17621 - before 29th Mar 18111
Life History
4th Aug 1762 |
Born in Kaskasia, Illinois, Louisiana Territory, New France.1 |
23rd Jul 1787 |
Married Thérèse GOSSIAU in Kaskasia, Illinois, Louisiana Territory, New France.1 |
27th Jun 1791 |
Birth of daughter Félicité CAILLOT in Sainte Geneviève, Missouri, New France.2,1 |
after Mar 1804 |
Death of Thérèse GOSSIAU in Arkansas Post, Arkansas, Louisiana Territory.1 |
before 29th Mar 1811 |
Died in Arkansas Post, Arkansas, Louisiana Territory.1 |
Notes
- Jean-Baptiste Caillot was born in Illinois, a part of New France, oneyear before the territory was taken from France by the British.
Jean-Baptiste was nicknamed LaChance ("dit LaChance," meaning "calledLaChance"). In English this means "Chance". Such names were given toFrench soldiers. The "dit" name LaChance was given to his fatherNicholas Caillot dit LaChance, and he apparently continued that aspart of his name designation, as I have found was common in somegenerations. A family genealogy shows the name "dit LaChance" for allthe sons of Nicholas. Sometimes the "dit" name would become so wellknown that it would be taken as the name of the family lineage insubsequent generations.
Nicholas was born in France, and came to Louisiana Territory of NewFrance as a young man, where he did spend some time in service as asolider. A descendant, Mary Jo Freeman, states in her genealogy ofthe Dumont family that Nicholas was enumerated in the 1798 census ofNew France, where he stated he had been born in France. Mary Jo fromher research thought it likely Nicholas was born in the Rhône RiverValley.
Jean-Baptiste and all his siblings were born in Kaskasia. He was bornin 1762, while it was still French territory.
Nicholas married Marianne Giard about 1741 in Kaskasia, Illinois, (nowRandolph County,) New France, where Marianne was born. Mary Jo saysthat Nicholas and Marianne moved to Sainte Geneviève, Missouri, withJean-Baptiste, after they married. Factors seem to indicate thiswould be after Jean-Baptiste's second marriage, to Therèse Gossiau, on23 July 1787. This would make their move likely in the winter of1787.
In 1803, the year Louisiana Territory was purchased by the USA,Jean-Baptiste is listed by his anglicized name, John B Caillot. Heand Therèse were living at that time on a land grant in New MadridCounty, Missouri Territory, USA.
For excellent details on Nicholas and his family, see Mary Jo Freeman,
--http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=merrygo&id=I10920
Sources
- 1. RootsWeb -- Mary Jo Freeman, Dumont Family
- http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=merrygo&id=
- 2. Ancestry Trees
- Brian Demoe, Demoe/Dumont Family Tree,