Adm./Sir Antoine Garoutte

Source: The Garoutte History, 1775-1985 by Ellan Douglas Thiesen

Baptismal Record of Antoine Garoutte:

No. 2686 D., Department of des Bouches-du-Rhone, Ville de Marseille, Jan 19 1695

Marriage witnesses:

Me Honore Jean, Attorney at Marseilles

J. B. Turien, hat decorator

Nicolas Beaumont, navigator

Philibert Pinatel, pulley maker

Antoine Veyren, Major church clerk

Source: The Garoutte History, 1775-1985 by Ellan Douglas Thiesen

Baptismal Record of Antoine Garoutte:

No. 2686 D., Department of des Bouches-du-Rhone, Ville de Marseille, Jan 19 1695

Marriage witnesses:

Me Honore Jean, Attorney at Marseilles

J. B. Turien, hat decorator

Nicolas Beaumont, navigator

Philibert Pinatel, pulley maker

Antoine Veyren, Major church clerk

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Interests: Some of The Admiral (Sir) Antoine Garoutte's Merchant Shipping deals were a joint partnership of M.M. Rigaud, Vernet & Company Shipping out of Marseille, Kingdom of France and Geneva, Switzerland. This profitable Merchant Shipping Business dealt in Sugars and Tobaccos from Saint Dominique Colony. They also used their Merchant and Privateer vessels to ship Arms and Materials to French Colonies in Saint Dominique and Canada. The d'Espinassy de Venel Family also had a merchant branch to fund their estates in the Kingdom of France. Both Garoutte and d'Espinassy Families were exempted from tax.

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Activities: Antoine Garoutte, sailed to Saint Dominique Colony during the Seven Years War, also known as San Domingue and Saint Domingue, which was a French Colony on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola and was named after Saint Dominic, now is Haiti, on orders of The (King) Louis XV of France who was the Navy Minister, orders given on February, 17, 1753 by letter from the Royal Castle in Versailles, Kingdom of France [7] [8] when Michael was 2 years old. Antoine's Brother Jean Joseph Garoutte was appointed to (Captain) of the Royal French Coast Guard by the Navy Minister The (King) Louis XV of France on the same day Antoine Garoutte was ordered to set sail for San Domingue. [9] Holy Chalice

Antoine Garoutte commanded the Vessel The Great Saint Simon in this departure [10] [11] and Antoine Garoutte died about 1760.

The name of the ship Great Saint Simon is probably named after Saint Simon the Zealot, who was one of the original 12 Apostles of Christ.

There is an Inlet and Town in Canada by Quebec now named Saint Simon and there are two books which describe how it came to be named Saint Simon, according to their history, a very fast 20 Gun Top Deck Sloop French Corvette War Ship, by the name of Saint Simon came through the Inlet in an attempt to escape the pursuing British Fleet about 1759 - 1760 and a battle took place there on land and water, the town was later named after this French Corvette. [12] [13] (Seigneurs) d'Lascours and (Seigneurs) de Boisson de Lascours

The (Lady) Marie Anne d'Lascour's Father was The (Baron) of the La Scours, (Lord) Henri d'Lascours, and his name is listed in the Dictionary of the Nobles of the Kingdom of France. Through Michael’s Mother The (Lady) Marie Anne d’Lascours, there are Lords of Boisson, Kingdom of France which connects them to the Ancient Regime of the Kingdom of France and earlier, 13th Century Nobility known simply as the Ancient Nobility, through this line, The (Lady) Anne’s Great Grandmother on her Father’s line was The (Lady) Anne de Boisson (born, 1599) and her Father was (Lord, SEIGNEUR) Louis de Boisson (born, 1570) the Chevalier (Knight, Lord) of Boisson, they lived in a Château (Castle) de Boisson. The Uncle of The (Baron) Henri d'Lascours name was Henry d'Lascours, he was a Catholic Priest and a Conseiller du Roy, which is a member of the (Royal Council) to The (King) of France. de Boisson

The Boisson counseled the (Counts) and were allied with Bionneau, to Castellane, to Piolenc. The (Lady) Anne’s Grandfather on her Father's line was (Lord, SEIGNEUR) Louis d’Lascours (born, 1617) and he was the Mayor of Marseille, Kingdom of France. [14]

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Bio notes: According to Historical Passages and Documentation, [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] Michael Antoine Garoutte was born into French Nobility in the Château (Castle) Garoutte in Marseille, Kingdom of France, Baptized in Notre Dame, Des Accoules Parish in Marseille, Kingdom of France [42] and was conferred Confirmation there also, which was once called Chrismation or Christening. Part of the Parish was burned in 1794 during the French Revolution for hosting political meetings, but it was rebuilt. The Baptism, Chrismation and other Records survived the partial destruction of this Church. [43] Antoine Garoutte was an (Admiral) of the Royal French Navy, a wealthy Le (Capitaine) of Vessels, a Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis, and later the (Attorney General) of the Southern Division of the Kingdom of France for a short time (Called: Provence, Pronounced: Antoine's Father, Henri Garoutte was also the (Attorney General) of the Southern Division of the Kingdom of France before him. Michael Antoine Garoutte's Mother was The (Lady) Anne de La Scours (d'Lascours), her real name was The (Lady) Marie Anne d'Lascours of the Nobility.

The Garoutte Family were also connected to the Landed Gentry of the Kingdom of France, which is Nobility of the Land, and the Garoutte's were also Nobility of the Sword and of the Cloth. Some of them (Brothers, Sisters, Nephews, etc. of Antoine Garoutte) were untitled Nobles. The Noblesse Uterine which is the Nobility of the Female Bloodline still exists and is recognized in the Female Bloodline from the Eldest Daughter of Michael Antoine Garoutte.