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On June 1, 1761, after presenting themselves to. the
Judge vicar of the province of New Orleans and pastor of the'
parish of St. Louis, Luis Fayard and Martha Cargare by
matrimonial contract and thS publication of th* three
banns on the appointed day?> according to ?the prescriptions
of the Council of Trent and!with no canonical Impediments,
give each other by mutual consent; that Is, Luis Fayard,
native of Deer Island, legitimate son of Pedro (Jean) Fayard
and Pranclsca Broussea (Flsseau), his parents, and Martha
Gargare, legitimate daughter of Miguel Cargare and Martha Ocqul
(Paquet) her parents, give their mutual consent In spoken
words to this true and legitimate marriage. In presence of
the witnesses, Carlos Vanteur, Daniel Santo, Santiago Dupre,
Juan Bautista Olivier, on the 15th day of the same month and
year above sign their signatures. (MB 1, p. 106, Act 203 of St.
Louis Cathedral.)	i	_	...	.	-	,
1 Fattfer Tyrlllo de Barcelona
(It oust be said in all candor that there ig^no certain date as to when the Fayard family came to the Coast. In two documents Louis lk listed first as a native of Pass Christian and, second, as a native of Deer Island. Yet there Is no evidence whatever that his parents, Jean and Francolse, lived on the Culf Coast. Francolse'slsister * Marie Louise, had married ac an earlier date, probably
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during the 1750's, to Jean Baptiste Christian Ladner, a first generation Ladner, and she war living evrti at that time in the Bay St. Louis area where her fanlly was reared.)
The earliest reference to the effect that Loula and Martha were living In the Biloxi area is chat Louis' nane appears on a Spanlah grant to Jacques
Hathurln (Ladner) and Nicholas Ctrcaux dated April 28, 1784 (Mobile County Csnss-
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logical Libra.,, Mobile, Ala.), in wtflch this property's boundarlea are given.
Since land from a grant had to be lived orl^or cultivated, it may even be that Louli and Martha had lived on the Coaat from shortly after cheir marriage.
To his honor, Henry Crlmsrest, Lieutenant Colon'll of Infantry, Civil and Military Covernor of the Town of Mobile
and lta District.
Junes Hathurln and Nlcholaa Carceaux, Inhabitants of this 1ur1sd1ciIon, humbly pray and wish to maka your honor their most huabe representations in order that you may be pleased to honor theai with your protection.