Jupiter, slave of Bernard Dubroca

From http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/pointecoupee/history/family/dubroc...

Bernard Dubruca's will, filed Feb. 11, 1819, as #67 in the West Baton Rouge Courthouse, lists his wife Manette and his son Valentin as heirs. His inventory shows "Jupiter, a Negro man, old". It was Jupiter's Daughter/ granddaughter, Mary Ann Jupiter, who was the slave mistress of Valentin, Bernard's son.

It is believed that Mary Ann was the daughter of an African slave/companion of Bernard Dubroca's, named Jupiter. Jupiter accompanied Bernard from the Mobile area to the Baton Rouge locale and stayed with him for many years. Mary Ann and Valentin, Bernard's son, apparently grew up together and shared a loving bond as adults that developed during their childhood. Her April 30, 1910 burial record, in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery,  lists her name as "Mary Ann Dubroca" and her age as 107.