Susanna Laurens

1774 - 1856  (81 years)

Jean Mouchon

Abt 1765 - 1835  (70 years)

Birth	Abt 1765	? Geneva or Lucerne, Switzerland
Died	29 May 1835	New Orleans, Louisiana
Family	Susanna Laurens           b. 28 Jan 1774, Baradères, Saint-Domingue
Married	5 Aug 1797	New York State
Children	+ 1. Paul Phoeneme Mouchon           b. Abt 1799, New York City, New York + 2. Isabella Narcisa Mouchon           b. 29 Oct 1803, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba   3. Alexandre Manual Mouchon           b. Abt 1806   4. Benjamin Mouchon           b. Abt 1808

Paul Phoeneme Mouchon

Abt 1799 - 1856  (57 years)

Birth	Abt 1799	New York City, New York
Died	10 Feb 1856	New Orleans, Louisiana
Father	Jean Mouchon           b. Abt 1765, ? Geneva or Lucerne, Switzerland
Mother	Susanna Laurens           b. 28 Jan 1774, Baradères, Saint-Domingue
Married	5 Aug 1797	New York State
Family	Adelaide (Adele) Ferlot           b. 2 Jul 1793, Plattenville, Assumption Parish, Louisiana
Children	1. Jules Theodule Mouchon           b. 1 Nov 1826, New Orleans, Louisiana + 2. Marie Antoinette Mouchon           b. 1831, New Orleans, Louisiana

Adelaide (Adele) Ferlot

1793 - Abt 1837  (43 years)

Birth	2 Jul 1793	Plattenville, Assumption Parish, Louisiana
Died	Abt 1837	Cheniere Caminada, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Father	Maturin Chevalier Ferlot           b. 1772
Mother	Francoise Olive Pitre           b. Abt 1771
Married	9 May 1786	Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana
Family	Paul Phoeneme Mouchon           b. Abt 1799, New York City, New York
Children	1. Jules Theodule Mouchon           b. 1 Nov 1826, New Orleans, Louisiana + 2. Marie Antoinette Mouchon           b. 1831, New Orleans, Louisiana

Isabella Narcisa Mouchon

1803 - 1861  (57 years)

Birth	29 Oct 1803	Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Died	24 Aug 1861	New Orleans, Louisiana
Buried	St. Louis Cemetery #2, New Orleans, Louisiana
Father	Jean Mouchon           b. Abt 1765, ? Geneva or Lucerne, Switzerland
Mother	Susanna Laurens           b. 28 Jan 1774, Baradères, Saint-Domingue
Married	5 Aug 1797	New York State
Family	Jacques Degrange           b. 30 Mar 1808, Lescheraines, Savoie, France
Children	1. Marie Louise Degrange           b. Abt Jul 1838 + 2. Joseph H. Degrange           b. 15 Mar 1839

Jacques Degrange

1808 - 1861  (53 years)

Birth	30 Mar 1808	Lescheraines, Savoie, France
Christened	30 Mar 1808	Lescheraines, Savoie, France
Died	4 Oct 1861	New Orleans, Louisiana
Buried	5 Oct 1861
Father	Joseph Degrange           b. 28 Mar 1767, Le Noyer, Savoie, France
Mother	Marion Desusse           b. Cruseilles, Haute-Savoie, France
Married	9 Sep 1788	Cruseilles, Haute-Savoie, France
Family	Isabella Narcisa Mouchon           b. 29 Oct 1803, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Children	1. Marie Louise Degrange           b. Abt Jul 1838 + 2. Joseph H. Degrange           b. 15 Mar 1839

Alexandre Manual Mouchon

Abt 1806 - 1832  (26 years)

Birth	Abt 1806
Died	14 Nov 1832	New Orleans, Louisiana
Father	Jean Mouchon           b. Abt 1765, ? Geneva or Lucerne, Switzerland
Mother	Susanna Laurens           b. 28 Jan 1774, Baradères, Saint-Domingue
Married	5 Aug 1797	New York State

Benjamin Mouchon

Abt 1808 - 1876  (68 years)

Birth	Abt 1808
Christened	20 Jun 1820	New Orleans, Louisiana
Died	31 Mar 1876	New Orleans, Louisiana
Father	Jean Mouchon           b. Abt 1765, ? Geneva or Lucerne, Switzerland
Mother	Susanna Laurens           b. 28 Jan 1774, Baradères, Saint-Domingue
Married	5 Aug 1797	New York State
Family	Antoinette Charpieau

Antoinette Charpieau

- 1837

Died	26 Dec 1837	New Orleans, Louisiana
Family	Benjamin Mouchon           b. Abt 1808

• Name	Susanna Laurens
  Birth	28 Jan 1774	Baradères, Saint-Domingue
  Gender	Female
  Death	7 Jan 1856	New Orleans, Louisiana   [1]
  	vol. 17, page 312
  Will probate	12 Jan 1856	New Orleans, Louisiana
  	as “Veuve Jean Mouchon,” widow of Jean Mouchon.
  Origins
  Notes	She was from Saint-Domingue. She most likely fled the slave revolts on the islands in the 1790s. Many of those fleeing went to Cuba, esp. to Santiago, where their daughter Isabel was born. Benjamin's baptismal certificate notes the parents' origins. The only person I can find who might be her in the 1850 census is the "widow Laurent," living in the 3rd Ward, 1st Municipality of New Orleans, but she is aged 39 (and born in Lousiana), not over 75.
  Person ID	I5016
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2025

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Jean Mouchon           b. Abt 1765, ? Geneva or Lucerne, Switzerland           d. 29 May 1835, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	5 Aug 1797	New York State
  Children	+ 1. Paul Phoeneme Mouchon           b. Abt 1799, New York City, New York           d. 10 Feb 1856, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 57 years) ▻ Adelaide (Adele) Ferlot + 2. Isabella Narcisa Mouchon           b. 29 Oct 1803, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba           d. 24 Aug 1861, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 57 years) ▻ Jacques Degrange   3. Alexandre Manual Mouchon           b. Abt 1806             d. 14 Nov 1832, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 26 years)   4. Benjamin Mouchon           b. Abt 1808             d. 31 Mar 1876, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 68 years) ▻ Antoinette Charpieau
  Family ID	F3532	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 28 Jan 1774 - Baradères, Saint-Domingue  Marriage - 5 Aug 1797 - New York State  Death - 7 Jan 1856 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Will probate - 12 Jan 1856 - New Orleans, Louisiana   = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents		Baptismal certificate for Isabel "Buison" I have transcribed and translated this in the "Degrange/McMillan Correspondence" (kept on the Louisiana Histories page). Isabel Narcisa "Buison" is here described as the daughter of Susanna "Laurren" and "Juan Buison." Later, however, this name appears regularly as "Mouchon." Why the name is different here is a mystery.
  		Death certificate for Suzanne Laurens (d. 1855) Transcription: " . . . on this day, to-wit the twelfth of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five . . . personally appeared Mrs. Antoine Lubue, Secretary of the Church Wardens of the Cathedral of St. Louis, residing in the City of New Orleans < >, on St. Anne Street, who hereby declares that Mrs. Jean Mouchon, born Suzanne Laurens, a native of Barades, Island of Santo Domingo, aged eighty two years, departed this life in a house situated on Thalie Streed, near Apollo, on the tenth of January of the present year (January 10th, 1855) at 9 O'Clock AM. . . "

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Certificate of Death, New Orleans.