According to Linda Landry Woolford, Nicolas Prevost was born in Flanders, France and came to America as a soldier and settler for the Fort Jean Baptiste at the Natchitoches Post (present-day Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, LA). He came by order of Governor Antoine de LaMothe Cadillac to help Louis Juchreau de St. Denis, the commandant at the Natchitoches Post, halt Spain from acquiring new lands in French territory. About 1723 Nicolas Prevost married Yves Dubos and for a short while they made their home in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA. Moving to Pointe Coupée Parish, LA, they became prosperous. After becoming widowed, Yves Dubos returned to New Orleans to live with her son Paul Prevost
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Several sources indicate that Nicolas Prevost dit Collet was from La Rochelle, Departement de Charente-Maritime, France
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Msgr. Bodin indicates that Nicolas Prevost was from LaRochelle, France
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Nicolas Prevost was a witness at the marriage of his daughter Nicole Prevost to François Mayeux, son of Pierre Mayeux and Marie Cellier, on 11 February 1745 in Pointe Coupée Parish, LA. Other witnesses were Pierre Mayeux (father of the groom), Pontalba (Commandant of the Post), Trenonay Chanfret, Meullion, J. Herbert, Paul Moro and Pierre Duroche
886,887,741,888. Nicolas Prevost and Yves Dubos were also witnesses to the civil marriage contract for this marriage which was signed on 10 February 1745 in Pointe Coupée Parish, LA. Other witnesses were François Mayeux, Marie Françoise Manne, Pontalba, Paul Morot, Trenaunay Chanfret, J. Herbert, Arnoux (Notary)
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Nicolas Prevost was a witness at the marriage of his son Joseph Prevost to Magdeleine Mayeux, daughter of Pierre Mayeux and Marie Cellier, on 15 Apr 1749 in Pointe Coupée Parish, LA. Other witnesses were François Mayeux and Etienne Mayeux
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Nicolas Prevost and Genevieve Mayeux, wife of Jean Decuir, were godparents at the baptism of their grandson François Mayeux, son of François Mayeux and Nicole Prevost, on 22 September 1748 in Pointe Coupée Parish, LA
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In the 1745 Census of Pointe Coupée Nicolas Prevost was living with his wife Yves Dubos and his children Pierre (age 21), Joseph (age 19), Antoine (age 3) and Marie Françoise (an infant at the breast). He had one male and one femal black slave, 1 horse, 6 cattle, 4 hogs, 4 muskets, no pistols, 6 pounds of powder, 10 pounds of lead & ball, 50 measures of corn, 10 measures of beans, 3 measures of tobacco and 25 arpents of cultivated land
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Nicolas Prevost and his wife Yves Dubos were godparents at the baptism of Paul Moro, son of Paul Moro and Julienne Laurant, on 16 June 1745 in Pointe Coupée Parish, LA
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Nicolas Prevost and Marie Anne Cheval, wife of Pierre Gervais, were godparents at the baptism of Anne Marie Durocher, daughter of Pierre Durocher and Catherine Guichard, on 1 July 1742 in Pointe Coupée Parish, LA
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Nicolas Prevost was a witness to the marriage license of Marie Magdelaine Provost, daughter of Nicolas Provost and Marie Françoise Quebedeaux, to Pierre Nezat, widower of Catherine Bourri, on 24 August 1765 at Pointe Coupée Parish, LA
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In the 1726 Census of Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, LA (taken in January, 1726) Nicolas Prevost is censused with his wife and child. At this time he had no hired hands, no slaves, no cattle or horses and four arpents of cleared land. He was an inhabitant of the town of Natchitoches, LA
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Nicolas Prevost and Marie Anne Bocquet were godparents at the baptism of Marie Louise, an adult female Indian belonging to Lebrun, on 16 May 1734 in Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, LA
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Nicolas Prevost and Catherine Mesliers were godparents at the baptism of Nicolas, an adult Negro belonging to Jacques de la Chaise, on 31 March 1737 in Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, LA
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Witnesses at the marriage of François Mayeux and Nicole Prevost on 11 February 1745 in Pointe Coupée Parish, LA were Pierre Mayhieux (father of the groom), Marie Françoise Manne (his step-mother), Nicolas Provost called Collet (father of the bride), Dame Juen Dubos, Trenonay Chanfret, Meullion, Joseph Herbert, Paul Moro, Jean Joseph Delfau de Pontalba (Commandant of the Pointe Coupée Post) and Pierre Duroche
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On 5 December 1735 in Natchitoches Parish, LA Nicolas Prevost purchased land from Jean Roland under opposition of Sr. Petit
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According to Linda Landry Woolford, Nicolas Prevost was born in Flanders, France and came to America as a soldier and settler for the Fort Jean Baptiste at the Natchitoches Post (present-day Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, LA). He came by order of Governor Antoine de LaMothe Cadillac to help Louis Juchreau de St. Denis, the commandant at the Natchitoches Post, halt Spain from acquiring new lands in French territory. About 1723 Nicolas Prevost married Yves Dubos and for a short while they made their home in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA. Moving to Pointe Coupée Parish, LA, they became prosperous. After becoming widowed, Yves Dubos returned to New Orleans to live with her son Paul Prevost
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Yves Dubos, wife of Nicolas Prevost, and Pierre Mayeux were godparents at the baptism of their granchild Françoise Mayeux, daughter of François Mayeux and Nicole Prevost, on 24 February 1747 in Pointe Coupée Parish, LA
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Yves Dubos died in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA in October, 1784. The funeral record from the St. Louis Cathedral only provides the year 1784; however, the record immediately preceding the funeral record of Yves Dubos is another record dated 29 October 1784. Furthermore, the succession of Yves Dubos printed in the “Louisiana Historical Quarterly” confirms that the estate received a bill for her last treatment and that the treatment occurred during the timeframe 18 - 30 October 1784. Her funeral bill is dated 1 November 1784. This information indicates strongly that Yves Dubos probably died on 30 October 1784
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Nicolas Prevost and his wife Yves Dubos were godparents at the baptism of Paul Moro, son of Paul Moro and Julienne Laurant, on 16 June 1745 in Pointe Coupée Parish, LA
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Nicolas Prevost and Yves Dubos were witnesses to the civil marriage contract for this marriage which was signed on 10 February 1745 in Pointe Coupée Parish, LA. Other witnesses were François Mayeux, Marie Françoise Manne, Pontalba, Paul Morot, Trenaunay Chanfret, J. Herbert, Arnoux (Notary)
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Yves Dubos and Robert Avare were godparents at the baptism of Robert Dupre, son of Jacques Dupre dit La Suisse and Anne Marie Philipelau, on 6 December 1736 in Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, LA
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Yves Dubos and _______ d’Herbanne were godparents at the baptism of Hyves, a Negro belonging to d’Herbanne and the son of Jean Baptiste and Marie, on 2 January 1736 in Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, LA
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Witnesses at the marriage of François Mayeux and Nicole Prevost on 11 February 1745 in Pointe Coupée Parish, LA were Pierre Mayhieux (father of the groom), Marie Françoise Manne (his step-mother), Nicolas Provost called Collet (father of the bride), Dame Juen Dubos, Trenonay Chanfret, Meullion, Joseph Herbert, Paul Moro, Jean Joseph Delfau de Pontalba (Commandant of the Pointe Coupée Post) and Pierre Duroche
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According to her succession, Yves Dubos lived on Burgundy Street in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA after the death of her husband. Burgundy Street is in the Vieux Carré or French Quarter District of New Orleans. She lived in a 10-foot by 300-foot wooden home on a 15-foot by 60-foot lot. The house had shingles and a brick chimney. The house was between that of Miguel Metzinger and her daugher-in-law Felicite Perpetue Bujo, widow of Paul Prevost. At the time of her death Yves Dubos owned a quadroon named Bernard (12 years of age), a large earthen jar, a foot tub, a bed with two matresses - straw and feather, four pots, a chest and three chairs. Her estate was valued at 640 pesos. The home was purchased at the estate sale of Yves Dubos on 15 Mar 1785 by her daughter-in-law Felicite Bujol for 200 pesos payable in 12 months
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