Michael Antoine Garoutte
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Michel Antoine Garoutte anglicized as: Michael Antoine Garoutte (12th of April, 1750 – 29th of April, 1829 ) was a member of the first
He was the first owner of the La Fayette Tavern in Pleasant Mills, New Jersey, United States.[1][2][3]
He belonged to a very old
Garoutte's favored nephew was
Michel Antoine Garoutte was one of the founding
, Republic of France is named after his family.Additional research into historical documentation indicates the specific
Michel Antoine Garoutte's
Michel Antoine Garoutte's niece the Lady Claire Charlotte Espinassy-Garoutte is academically famous for her written works namely History of Europe, History of France, How To Be a Lady and Nouvel Abrégé de l'Histoire de France à L'usage des Jeunes Gens -- where the present-day nobility of numerous countries in the world as well as Universities still use these works to teach about the Nobility, European History and other topics.
The book named the
Early life
Garoutte was born on the 12th of April in 1750 in the
Garoutte went to some of the same schools as his friend Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, the
After being pardoned in the King
Military service
Garoutte was in the Battle of Chestnut Neck where the British burned down his ships in the Mullica River, New Jersey Colony. His Privateer activities involved overtaking British Merchant vessels and British Navy Vessels, taking the seized goods to Little Egg Harbor where the goods would be sent across the river through the Delaware and to Valley Forge to supply General George Washington's military forces. He also secured artillery for the Patriot military forces.
Garoutte later served on the brig-of-war Enterprise and sloop-of-war Racehorse as a naval officer in the American Continental Navy.
Shortly after the
Return to France
Garoutte returned to the Kingdom of France arriving in 1787 where he was given gifts by the King Louis XVI and the Queen Marie Antoinette and again in January 1793 where his nephew was a member of the Council that decided Louis XVI's fate in the Trial of Louis XVI.
On his return to the Kingdom of France in 1787 his sister wrote the following letter:
Dear Sister-in-law:
I have seen with the greatest satisfaction my brother, your husband, after an absence of twelve years, without ever having heard from him. I assure you his arrival has given us the greatest pleasure, particularly so, as he informs me he has established himself and is so happy as to possess a respectable wife. I cannot think after all my brother has said, although he sets no bounds to the praises he gives you, yet I cannot help thinking he is inwardly chagrined, particularly when he speaks of his children. Can it be that my brother is not happy? Alas! He deserves to be for the natural goodness of his heart. Since he conceals his troubles from me, I address myself to you, madam, for to beg you to form me and shall be most happy if it is the means of removing them.
I will not conceal from you that your husband belongs to the first Nobility of Provence in France and, therefore, I beg you to be well persuaded of the sincere friendship with which I am for life, madam, dear Sister-in-law,
Your very humble servant,
Magdeleine Garoutte D'Espinassy
P.S. Have the goodness to embrace for me and my husband, your dear children, in waiting until I have the pleasure of taking in my arms little Nancy, whom my brother has promised me and I agree to educate, conformable to the education of her Father. My son, who is Captain of the Corps of Royal Artillery, now is Captain Francois, is ignorant that his uncle is with us but my daughter, who enjoys with me the pleasure of her uncle's company, embraces her little cousins, waiting with impatience to see little Nancy.
La Fayette Tavern
Garoutte started a Tavern in Pleasant Mills, New Jersey and named it The La Fayette Tavern undoubtedly after his childhood friend and school fellow the Marquis de La Fayette.
Garoutte's Tavern saw patrons the Corsican King of Spain
Death
Garoutte died on the 29th of April in 1829 at the age of 79 on the road in Pemberton, New Jersey determined to make his way back to France. He was buried in Pleasant Mills.
Garoutte mentioned in his journal that he was angry at John Sevier, Junior for stealing his daughter Sophia Garoutte from him and he "lost hope of ever seeing her again". He left the house of Governor John Sevier after Sevier took Garoutte's silver coins.
After he left he wrote the following entry in his journal:
I left the house of the blacksmith and the Seviers, after they had served me with the greatest villainy in the world, and I am determined after my death to make them know their evil conduct, and on October 23rd I arrived at the home of my daughter Mary Earling, after 4 days of walking, because I had left without having a penny in my pocket.
Garoutte then decided to sail back to France but he never made it.
References
- ^ Clerks Office of Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. Tavern Licenses: Deed Book: A3.
- ^ Iron In The Pines: The Story of New Jersey's Ghost Towns and Bog Iron, Page Number: 204
- ^ The Wharton Ledgers, Volume: 14, Page Number: 344
- ^ Camden County Centennial, 1844 - 1944
- ^ Dictionnaire de la noblesse contenant les généalogies, l'histoire & la chronologie des familles nobles de la France, l'explication de leurs armes et l'état des grandes terres du royaume, poffédées a̿ titre de principautés, duchés marquifats, comtés, vicomtés, baronies, &c., par création héritages, alliances donations, substitutions mutations, achats ou autrement par De La Chenaye-Desbois et Badier, Tome: 18, Volume: 18, Page: 957
- ^ The French and American History of Michael Garoutte and His Descendants, 1775 - 1975, Third Edition, Page Number: XXXI. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- ^ The French and American History of Michael Garoutte and His Descendants, 1775 - 1975, Third Edition, Page Number: XXXV. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- ^ Sevier Family History Book, Page Number: 524
- ^ Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Year: 1907, Volume: 31, Page Numbers: 588, 589
- ^ Chronicle Telegram, Section: B-6, Sunday, July 4, 1971