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jhe Fayard Family
receiving notning, while Marieanne, her husband, Pierre, and Marie Louise were enjoying fhe benefits of the estate. This no doubt aggravated Jean and Francoise to the point of a jylt. Inasmuch as Jean FAYARD was literate (he signs most documents), he shoulders the burden of the suit in his wife's favor.
The initial petition to the Superior Council was made by Jean FAYARD on May 21, 1748, a document which he signs as "FAYARD". The copies of the originals of the documents used in this paper are from the Louisiana State Museum. They were translated by the author, who feels that despite the poor handwriting, the meaning of the passage, if an exact translation could not be made, has been faithfully maintained.
Jean Fayard dit LaLancette humbly requests in the name of his wife, Francoise Fisseau, for a division of succession, saying that at the death of Nicholas Fisseau, he left two daughters, one of whom the suppliant married. Fisseau had left a house built on posts in the ground (stilts) on 2/3 of the land, a slave man, a slave woman and a slave child as seen through an inventory. It is stated that Marianne La Garenne, the surviving widow and mother of the two girls, had already sold l/3 of the property, and fearing that through her husband's request (Pierre de Lorme), with whom she had contracted a second marriage, she would divert the little that remained from her children.
This considered, Sirs, if you please, will permit the plaintiff,
Fayard, to have cited at the first day of the next session of the Council,
Pierre de Lorme, in his name as husband of Dame Marianne La Garenne, in order that he be condemned to give up the share which accrues to the two daughters, one of whom is his wife, the other his sister-in-law.
In this way justice would be done.
PETITION TO SUPERIOR COUNCIL BY JEAN FAYARD DIT LA LANCETTE FOR DIVISION OF SUCCESSION May 21, 174a
The permission from the Council to cite Mr. De Lorme was given on the same day. It was signed by D'Auberville as follows:
Permission is given to cite the defendant on the first day of the new session of the Council in New Orleans on May 21, 1748.
D'Auberville
PERMISSION TO CITE PIERRE DE LORME May 21, 1748
On the following day, May 22, Mr. deLORME was served notice of the citation, was done by the sheriff of the day, LeNORMAND, who delivered the paper to Mr. DeLORME's home, giving it to Mr. DeLORME himself. It orders deLORME to appear on
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