Santyaque / Santiago "Jacques" Paris

Jacques Paris, was indeed Haitian, a native of the town of Jérémie. He was a free "quadroon" (1/4th black and 3/4s white) and a carpenter by traide. His marriage to Marie Laveau took place on August 4, 1819, in St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. The senior pastor of the congregation of the Cathedral, the Capuchin Friar Antoinio de Sedella from Spain, officiated at the ceremony. Affectionately nicknamed Pere Antoine by his parishioners, Sedella was New Orleans' most popular priest and is said to have been a close friend and mentor of Marie Laveau. Jacques Paris was one of the thousands of Haitian refugees who fled from the turmoil of the Revolutionary War and arrived in New Orleans in 1809.