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Joseph Le Moyne de Sérigny (Marquis de Sérigny)


NationalityFrench 
RolesNaval Sailor, Administrator 
Date of Birth22.7.1668 - Montreal ref:631
First Known Service1686ref:631
WifeMarie Elisabeth Héron - Married 21.11.1699, La Rochelle ref:631
Son
Pierre Joseph Charles Antoine Le Moyne de SérignyFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1716-1753
ref:631
Grandson
Henri Honoré Le Moyne de Sérigny (Comte de Sérigny)French
Naval Sailor
Marine
Service 1756-1818
ref:631
Grandson
Honoré François Xavier Le Moyne de SérignyFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1811
ref:631
Brother
Charles II Le MoyneFrench
Administrator
Service 1725-1726
ref:631
Brother
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (Sieur d'Iberville et d'Ardillières)French
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Merchant Sailor
Service 1686-1702
ref:631
Brother
Louis Le Moyne de ChateaugayFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1694
ref:673
Brother
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de BienvilleFrench
Administrator
Service 1697-1743
ref:631
Brother
Antoine Le Moyne de ChateaugayFrench
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Service 1727-1743
ref:631
Last Known Service1734ref:631
Date of Death12.9.1734 - Rochefort ref:631

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
  Appointed Marquis de Sérignyref:631
28.5.1686 Garde de la Marineref:673
28.5.1686 At Rochefortref:673
1.1692 Enseigne de Vaisseauref:673
16935.1694, Enseigne de Vaisseauref:673
5.1694 , Enseigne de Vaisseauref:673
8.169410.1694Successful expedition against the English from Fort York (Fort Bourbon) on Hudson Bay .ref:673
1.1.1696 Lieutenant de Vaisseauref:673
5.16967.1696Mission to Hudson Bay with the "Hardi" and the "Dragon" .ref:673
17011702Command of the "Palmier" . Mission to Louisiana during which he enriched himself . Returning to France he bought the Seigneury of the Loire - now Loire les Marais - in Aunis and acquired from the Royal Treasury a number of "coast guard captaincies" .ref:673
1706 Expeditions against the English in the West Indies, command the "Coventry" in a squadron of 12 ships under the command of his brother Iberville . Sack and plunder of St Christopher and Nevis. Sérigny and his brother were accused of making illicit profits from the sale of merchandise and provisions that the Department of the Navy had supplied for the needs of the expedition and from the sale of the booty seized in Nevis. Sérigny and his brother came into disgrace for several years.ref:673
1706 
Le Coventry (50) 1704-1709
French 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Lieutenant de Vaisseau, and Commanding Officer
ref:673
7.1718 Order to drive a West India Company ship to Louisiana and to take command of the colony for two years , jointly with his brother Le Moyne de Bienville , founder of New Orleans .ref:673
1719 Capitaine de Vaisseauref:673
1719 Appointed l’Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint-Louisref:673
1719 Franco-Spanish war , attack and capture of the Spanish Fort of Pensaloca , Florida , occupied until 1722 .ref:673
17231734Appointed Commandant de la Marine at Rochefort

aka Gouverneur du Port

ref:673

Sources


IDNameAuthorType
ref:631Geneanet Web Site
ref:673Parcours d'officiers dans la Royale Web Site
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