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The LaLancette listed above, who died in October, 1721, could have been the LaLancette on the ship, Le Philippe. Jeanne could have been his wife. The chll^ Charles, cannot be explained, unless he had been five years old. In that case, he could have been the son of Jeanne and LaLancette. In any event, this is the earliest known family by the name LaLancette. The next time we read of a LaLancette or Fayard is in a legal situation involving Jean FAYARD dit LaLANCETTE.
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It would seem that Jean FAILLARD dit LaLANCETTE would have been bom ! the colony. The reason for this supposition is that Jean is married by 1744 to Francois* FISSEAU, who was born in 1728. Had Jean come to the colony as a child in 1720, or	>
been born there, his age would approximate somewhat the age of Francoise. If he con* -earlier, and there is no record of this, his age would have been more out of proportion , with hers. In 1744 she was 16 years old. It is recognized, though, that older men	*
frequently married younger girls and had rather large families. It is then, that there is	^
a considerably difficult situation here to show that Jean FAYARD dit LaLANCETTE iso	fr
son of the LaLancette who died in 1721. Yet, thf- author is of this belief. The earlier s LaLancette was a soldier and, perhaps, Jean follows in the footsteps of his father. Thn i is, though, strictly speculation, but it seems plausible that a son could have been bora to this LaLancette and managed to survive his difficult early years, possibly being reor*c an orphan in another home and then follows the profession of his father.
It is said that Jean FAILLARD dit LaLANCETTE was from Canada, the son of Pierre FAYARD of France and Catherine ARBOUR. In the Dictionnaire National des Canadiens FrOncais (1608-1760), Volume I, p. 484, by Msgr. Irenee Lussier of the Institut Genealogique Drouin of Montreal, Canada, can be found Jean FAYARD dit LaFEUILLADE, son of Pierre and Catherine ARBOUR, of St. Gervais, Commune de V!?* diocese of Limoges, Limousin, France. However, this Jean FAYARD dit LaFEUILLADf married Catherine THIBAUT on Novemoer 15, 1754, in Montreal. At the same time,
Jean FAILLARD dit LaLANCETTE was married in Louisiana to Francoise FISSEAU and already had several children by 1754 and others would follow after that date. It wojld seem, then, that further consideration of this Canadian Jean as an ancestor to Gulf Coast families would not be correct. Even the alias, LaFeuillade, is not the same.
There are still other genealogists who think, but do not insist on, that the FAFARD family of early Detroit and Illinois might be ancestors to the Coast FAYARDS. However, in the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society Journal, Volume XXXIII, i there is a reference to the Cadillac Papers giving the census of Detroit in the year 17'^ I A Francois FAFARD dit DELORME, farmer, a Jean FAFARD and his daughter, Marguer* \ are mentioned. But no connection can be seen between this Fafard family and the Fayards of the Gulf Coast.
The name LaLancette, as was seen earlier, was an added name preceded by the French word "dit" ("known as" or "called"). At times the name FAYARD was yet at other times the same person was called LaLANCETTE . The two names were inj** changeable. LaLancette continued to be used, particularly in the Bay St. Louis-De |S ? area until the late 1820's or thereabouts, after which it seems to have disappeared. ?