Jean François Louis de Brach

Jean François Louis de Brach (28 May 1668 – 24 September 1739) was a French naval officer who was governor of Martinique from 1728 to 1739.

Jean François Louis de Brach
Governor of Martinique
In office
1728–1739
Preceded byJacques Charles de Bochard de Noray de Champigny
Succeeded byAndré Martin de Pointesable
Personal details
Born(1668-05-28)28 May 1668
Died24 September 1739(1739-09-24) (aged 71)
Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationNaval officer

Life

Jean François Louis de Brach was born on 28 May 1668.[1] His parents were François Louis de Brach, seigneur de la Mothe-Montussan (died 1701) and Marie de Lootins.[2] He joined the navy and was a garde-marine in 1685, enseigne de vaisseau in 1691 and lieutenant de vaisseau in 1692.[1]

In 1717 Brach married Marie Thérèse Boutou de La Baugissière in Rochefort. Their children were Jean (1718–93), François (born 1720), Renée Justine, Marie Anne Louise and Bertille.[2] In 1725 he bought Esnandes from Jean Gâtebois, director of the Compagnie des Indes. His son, also Jean-François-Louis de Brach[lower-alpha 1], was seigneur d’Esnandes at the time of the French Revolution.[4]

Brach was promoted to capitaine de frégate in 1727 and was appointed governor of Martinique the same year. He replaced Jacques Charles Bochart, sieur de Champigny, and was succeeded by André Martin, Sieur de Pointesable. He was made commander of the Windward Islands in 1728, acting for the governor general. Brach died on 24 September 1739 in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime.[1]

Notes
  1. Brach's son Jean-François-Louis was a capitaine de vaisseau and seigneur of Enandes des Moulières.[3] Jean married Catherine Gaigneron in 1758.[2] Their daughter Marie-Eulalie married Benjamin Louis Charles Brochard de La Rochebrochard, a member of the king's guard, on 17 February 1784. Brochard de La Rochebrochard emigrated in 1791 during the French Revolution.[3]

Citations
  1. Brach, Jean François Louis de – iREL.
  2. Pierfit.
  3. Saint Allais 1815, p. 129.
  4. Lafon 1992.

Sources
  • "Brach, Jean François Louis de", iREL: Instruments de Recharche en Ligne (in French), Archives nationales (France), retrieved 2018-08-28
  • Lafon, Françoise (1992), Esnandes village d'Aunis, La Rochelle: Société d’Archéologie et d’Histoire de l’Aunis, retrieved 2018-08-28
  • Pierfit, "François Louis de BRACH", Geneanet (in French), retrieved 2018-08-28
  • Saint Allais, Nicolas Viton de (1815), Nobiliare universel de France, ou recueil général des généalogies historiques des maisons nobles de ce royaume (in French), retrieved 2018-08-28
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