Jean Baptiste Honoré Destrehan de Beaupré

1716 - 1765  (49 years)

• Name	Jean Baptiste Honoré Destrehan de Beaupré
  Born	27 Jan 1716	Touraine, Department d’indie-et-Loire, Centre, Paris, France   [1]
  Christened	29 Jan 1716	l’église paroissiale Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs, Paris, France   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Feb 1765	New Orleans, Louisiana   [3]
  Person ID	I1107	Stewart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Jean Baptiste Destrehan,   b. France
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Marguerite du Saunoy,   b. France
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F379	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jeanne Catherine de Gauvrit,   b. 25 Oct 1729, New Orleans, Louisiana ,   d. 29 Sep 1773  (Age 43 years)
  Married	Bef 1746  [4]
  Children	+ 1. Jean Baptiste Honoré Destrehan de Beaupre,   b. 09 Oct 1749,   d. 05 Jun 1775  (Age 25 years)  [Birth] + 2. Jeanne Marguerite Marie Destrehan,   b. 23 Mar 1751, New Orleans, Louisiana ,   d. 26 Sep 1814, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 63 years)  [Birth] + 3. Jeanne Marie Destrehan,   b. 14 Nov 1753, New Orleans, Louisiana ,   d. Jun 1798, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 44 years)  [Birth] + 4. Marie Elizabeth Destrehan,   b. 8 Feb 1755, New Orleans, Louisiana ,   d. 27 Mar 1817, Bayou Road, Louisiana  (Age 62 years)  [Birth]   5. Jeanne Catherine Destrehan,   b. Abt 1756,   d. Aft 1773  (Age ~ 18 years)  [Birth]   6. Jean Baptiste Louis Destrehan de Beaupré,   b. 7 Feb 1758, New Orleans, Louisiana ,   d. Bef 09 Dec 1776  (Age 18 years)  [Birth] + 7. Jean Noël Destrehan de Tours,   b. 12 Dec 1759,   d. 9 Oct 1823, Destrehan Plantation, Destrehan, Louisiana  (Age 63 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 26 Feb 1765 - New Orleans, Louisiana  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents » Slide Show		Biography of Jean Baptiste Destréhan de Beaupré
  		Reconstructed Baptismal Certificate in the French Archives
  		Reconstructed Baptismal Certificate in the French Archives Note: Grok AI was used to transcribe and translate this document. **Transcription (original French)** Extrait des registres des baptêmes de l'église paroissiale Saint Nicolas des Champs à Paris Emeraude. Le mercredi vingt neuvième janvier de l'année mil sept cent seize a été baptisé par nous prêtre soussigné Jean Baptiste né avant hier fils de Jean Baptiste Destréhan trésorier payeur des gages des communautés d'arts et métiers de Paris et de dame Marguerite du Saussay sa femme demeurants rue Jean Robert le parrain François Joseph Desseffe domestique demeurant rue Jean Robert la marraine Elisabeth Le Jeune demeurant rue Jean Robert laquelle a déclaré ne savoir signer de ce interpellée le parrain a signé Collationné sur l'original et délivré par moy prêtre docteur de Sorbonne vicaire de la dite église soussigné à Paris a troisième décembre mil sept cent cinquante quatre Signé : Du Bertrand vicaire --- **English translation** Extract from the baptismal registers of the parish church of Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs in Paris. On Wednesday, the twenty-ninth of January in the year one thousand seven hundred sixteen was baptized by us, the undersigned priest, Jean Baptiste, born the day before yesterday, son of Jean Baptiste Destréhan, treasurer-paymaster of the wages of the communities of arts and crafts of Paris, and of Dame Marguerite du Saussay, his wife, residing on rue Jean Robert; the godfather François Joseph Desseffe, servant, residing on rue Jean Robert; the godmother Elisabeth Le Jeune, residing on rue Jean Robert, who declared that she does not know how to sign when questioned about it; the godfather signed. Compared with the original and issued by me, priest, doctor of the Sorbonne, vicar of the said church, undersigned, in Paris on the third of December one thousand seven hundred fifty-four. Signed: Du Bertrand, vicar --- **Notes** - The baptism took place on **29 January 1716**. The child, Jean Baptiste Destréhan, was born on **27 January 1716**. - The certified extract (collation) was issued much later, on **3 December 1754**. - Minor spelling variations typical of the period (e.g., ?moy? for ?moi?, ?a? for ?à?) have been preserved in the transcription. Many thanks to Sheryl de Bie Betard for uncovering this.

  
  

• Notes

  Nephew of the Capuchin Father Raphael (M. Raphael Destrehan) de Luxembourg, Chaplain and Vicar General of the Chapel of St. Louis, 1723-1734 and founder of the first school in Louisiana. [5] Came to the colony in 1722 with his family to function as treasurer for the King. Earned the enmity of Gov. Kerlerec for aiding the Commissaire de Rochemore. Expelled from the colony by the irate Gov. who declared that he was too wealthy and dangerous a man to remain in LA. The true cause, was said to be that he supported Rochemore, the French Government Indtendant, who was close friend of Destrehan. Further study indicates that he came into conflict with Gov. Kerlerec over a French edict of March, 1724 that had been extended to LA, declaring Jews the enemies of the christian name who should not be allowed to reside in LA. If they stayed in spite of the edict, their goods and persons should be confiscated. A Jew from Jamaica, Diaz Anna came to New Orleans on a trading mission and Rochemore had the vessel and cargo seized in keeping with the edict. Kerlerec sent soldiers to drive away the guard and restored the property to Anna. He also had Belot, Rochemore's secretary, and Marigny de Mandeville, Destrehan, de Lahoupe, Bossu and other officers arrestedand, within days, shipped them to France under the watch of Grandmaison. As the vessel approached the coast of France, she was driven by a storm on that of Spain and entered the port of St. Sebastian. Grandmaison, according to Kerlerec's instructions, went to deposit the dispatches in the hands of the consul of France. Belot and his companions in misfortune accompanied the messenger to the consulate. The dispatches being delivered were placed on a table, from which it is supposed they were purloined by one of the consul's visitors, while he was attending on the others, whose attention had been drawn to some fine engravings on the waifs of the apartment. On their arrival in Paris, Belot and his associates filled the court with their complaints of Kerlerec's arbitrary proceedings. He was universally blamed, dismissed, returned to France and jailed. The rest of the party returned to the Colony and resumed their lucrative occupation. Jean Bte. was imprisoned in the Bastille for nearly 13 months while his sister cared for the children as his trial progressed. He was able to clear himself but Kerlerec was returned to France to face charges and imprisonment. Jean Baptiste. returned to the colony with only his oldest son, Jean, Jr. and the news that the king was about to give the colony over to Spain. He died in 1765, leaving his brother Louis as his executor in LA and his sister to the same function in France where she had the children. When the Spanish took over, they made an attempt to confiscate the Destrehan estate. Not to be daunted, Marguerite Marie, in France arranged a marriage for for her neice, goddaughter and namesake, Jeanne Marguerite Marie to Jean Etienne de Boré de Mauléon in France. Then she married off her second neice, Jeanne Marie to the son of the richest family in New Orleans, de Marigny de Mandeville. The estate was safe. In 1746 he was appointed Comptroller of the Colony by Vaudreil, Governor of the colony (just after the dissolution of the Company of the Indies). Born: Date of Birth previously listed as 1672 per the books Legacy of Louisiana (p114) and To Reach Afar (p142) which I now believe to be erroneous. It is likely the birth year of his father, Jean Baptiste Destrehan.

  
  

• Sources

  [S137] Dictionnaire de la noblesse, François-Alexandre Aubert de La Chesnaye Des Bois, (Paris : Chez Schlesinger, 1863-1876.), 269 (Reliability: 2). [S149] Archives de Paris, 15 (Reliability: 3). Paris Archives, page 15 The above link was found at Wiki-Tree, Destrehan by Sheryl (de Bie) Bethard. Thank you so much, it solves a lot of problems :) [S205] To Reach Afar, Horace H. Harvey, Katherine Harvey Rogér, Louise Destrehan Rogér D'Oliveira, (Hercules Publishing Co., 1974), 23. Jean Baptiste Honore Destrehan de Beaupre died in New Orleans on February 26, 1765. [S205] To Reach Afar, Horace H. Harvey, Katherine Harvey Rogér, Louise Destrehan Rogér D'Oliveira, (Hercules Publishing Co., 1974), 19. After the Company of the Indies was dissolved and Vaudreil was Governor he appointed Jean Baptiste Honore Destrehan de Beaupre in 1746 to be the Comptroller of the Colony. By then Destrehan had married Jeanne Catherine de Gauvret (Gauvry) daughter of Captain Jean Baptiste de Gauvret (Gauvry), an officer in Bienville's troops and Jeanne Catherine Pierre. [S1] Legacy of Old Louisiana, Louise Destrehan Rogér D'Oliveira, et. al., (Louise D. R. D'Oliveira), 114.