Louis DEMARANVILLE

Male - 1772


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  • Name Louis DEMARANVILLE  [1, 2, 3
    Birth Paris, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death Bef 1773  Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death Between 26 Jun and 28 Sep 1772  Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • "DeMaranville Genealaogy": Legend says Louis DeMaranville was born in Paris, France, and was a young officer in the army, age 19. One morning while walking in the garden he saw his new step-mother punishing his little sister and becoming enranged pulled out his sward and knocked her bonnet off. To escape a worse punishment he was put on bord a war ship of which Francis Crapo was Captain. This vessel was wrecked off th shor of Cape Cod, and four men and the boy Peter Crapo were saved in a boaat said to have landed at Plymouth, Mass. The boy Peter Crapo about 12 years of age was bound out by his brother the Captain to Francis Coombs of Middleboro, Mass. No date is given of their coming but it was probably before 1700--A rhyme of the men's names I have heard repeated by descendants of the five families, was
      Louis Demaranville and Louis Voteau.
      Old Peter Juckett and Francis Crapeau.
      Peter Crapo buys land in Rochester, Mass. as early as 1703 and was married in 1704. At the time of this marriage Louis DeMaranville is said to make a vow that he would not marry until he could marry a daughter of Peter Crapo, which in 1730 he did, and is said to have had thirteen children, of several of which I find no mention. It is said that while waiting for his future wife to grow up that he cleared up an exceedingly nice farm for those days and built thereon a wall so wide that a yoke of oxen could be driven on top thereof, a portion of this wall is shown today on the old homestead near Braley's Station, in Dartmouth, Mass. It is said also that Louis named his first child Chaumont after the Duke of Chaumont. An old pewter porringer said to belong to Louis is yet shown and is in the hands of a descendant Mrs. Abbie J. Brooks of New Bedford, Mass.
      A deed dated 1773 refers to Lois as lately deceased and while we do not know how old he was at his death, yet if our legend is true he must have been more than 100 years old, and it has been claimed 110. The family has been noted for its longevity, also for its musical and inventive abiltity.
      It is not known how much truth there is in this legend, but this we do know that the men mentioned in the rhyme and the boy Peter Crapo were all in the town of Rochester and married before 1735 and therefore could not have been of the Arcadians (who were not driven out until after 1740) as has been alleged.
      The spelling of the name has differed among many branches and often in the same family I find it DeMaranville, DeMoranville, Demeanvlle, Maranville, Moranvlle, and Ranville, and should be pronounced MeMaranville with each a, as in ran. I have made no attempt to show which each one uses, as I only use first and middle names in the following pages.....
    Person ID I18254  Main Tree

    Family Susanna CRAPO,   b. 05 Nov 1707, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 28 Dec 1757 (Age > 50 years) 
    Marriage 08 Dec 1730  Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Children 
     1. Frances DEMARANVILLE,   b. 1737   d. Aft 1793 (Age > 57 years)  [Natural]
     2. Louis DEMARANVILLE, Jr.,   b. 1739   d. 1849, Cazenovia, Madison County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 110 years)  [Natural]
     3. Stephen DEMARANVILLE,   b. 15 Aug 1750, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Sep 1827, Poultney, Rutland, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Natural]
     4. Elizabeth DEMARANVILLE,   b. Abt 1740   d. Bef 15 Apr 1775 (Age < 35 years)  [Natural]
     5. Gabriel DEMARANVILLE,   b. 1741, Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1816, Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Natural]
     6. Thankful DEMARANVILLE,   b. 1745  [Natural]
     7. Susanna DEMARANVILLE,   b. Bef 1739   d. 1818, Conneaut, Ashtabula, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 79 years)  [Natural]
     8. Chaumont DEMARANVILLE,   b. Between 22 Feb 1730 and 1731, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dartmouth or Freetown, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
     9. John DEMARANVILLE,   b. Abt 1744   d. 15 Jun 1834, Monroe, Ashtabula Co., Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [Natural]
     10. Charles DEMARANVILLE,   b. Bef 1744, Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1834 (Age > 90 years)  [Natural]
     11. Mary DEMARANVILLE,   b. 30 Jul 1735, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
    Family ID F05265  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S02656] Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations Vol. 13 William White.

    2. [S00091] "The Peter Crapo Clan" by Richley H. Crapo, (Name: Name: Updated 7 Dec 2005;;).

    3. [S03885] "DeMaranville Genealogy" by George Leander Randall.

    4. [S03542] Vital Records of Rochester Massachusetts to the year 1850 Vol II-Marriages & Deaths.

    5. [S02709] New England Ancestors: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.