Francois Joseph Neptune Type: Person Identifier: 210504 Title: Francois Joseph Neptune Unique ID: Francois Joseph Neptune Standard Name: Neptune Manuscript Name: Francis Joseph Francis Joseph Neptune Francis Joseph Neptune, Gov. Francis Joseph, Governor Francis Joseph Neptane Francois Joseph Ethnicity: Passamaquoddy Penobscot Family: Father of Francois Francois Joseph Neptune Father of Jean Baptiste Francois Joseph Neptune Husband of Marie Francois Joseph Neptune Place Event: Eastport, ME Place Vital: Casco Bay, ME Date: 1759-09-14 1765 1770-06-11 1776 1776-00-00 1777-00-00 1777-08 1778-11-13 1779 1781 1792 1792-11-10 1793-05-21 1794-06-26 1794-09-29 1794-11-20 1794-11-24 1795-02-10 1796-08-07 1797-09-10 1798-05-08 1813 1813-01-14 1816-08-03 1817-09-18 1819 1819-06-02 1827-01-31 1828-11-11 1828-11-18 1828-11-24 1831 1831-01-10 1831-06-24 1831-07-11 1832 1832-03-06 1834-01-01 1834-02-20 1834-03-07 Alias: Francis Joseph Events that this Person attendedItem 128246 Agreed to a resolve to have Massachusetts buy land at Pleasant Point for Passamaquoddies.Item 128272 Relinquished land on Schoodic River and received grant of 10 acres at Pleasant Point.Item 102571 Signed a treaty with Massachusetts with others.Item 131866 witnessed marriage of Joseph Frasncis Neptune and Marie Marthe. By J. CheverusItem 127136 Mentioned.Item 106501 Wrote to Mass. Gov John Brooks requesting a replacement for Father Romagne. Undated letter,; Brooks was Gov 1816-1823.Item 102568 Petitioned Massachusetts representatives for land. A Passamaquoddy Chief.Item 101184 Undated letter from Jon. Allan found with MA Resolves 1792, ch 185. Letter re: retaining landItem 132930 Paid by agent Farnsworth.Item 133122 Wrote letter regarding the school.Item 133123 Wrote in support of Kellogg.Item 133724 Complained that agent Goulding had been removed.Item 104368 A chief of the Passamaquoddies addressed by Gov. Carleton.Item 135492 Petitioned NB Lieut. Gov. Douglas asking for land at Eel Brook with Francois Joseph.Item 110495 Fought in the Revolution.SpouseItem 210580 Marie Francois Joseph NeptuneParentsItem 216985 Jean Baptiste NeptuneItem 216983 Jean Baptist NeptuneChildrenItem 210502 Francois Francois Joseph NeptuneItem 210530 Jean Baptiste Francois Joseph NeptuneItem 204187 Jean Francois Joseph NeptuneItem 216445 Anselme Francois Joseph NeptuneItem 204328 Therese Marie FrancoisItem 210520 Jacques Francois Joseph NeptuneItem 210574 Marguerite Francois Joseph NeptuneItem 210579 Marie Francois Francois Joseph NeptuneItem 210609 Michel Francois Joseph NeptuneItem 214324 Jean Pierre Jerome Francois Joseph NeptuneItem 218191 Francois Joseph NeptuneItem 210524 Jacques Vincent Francois Joseph NeptuneItem 210660 Therese Marie Francois Joseph NeptuneItem 210547 Joseph Francois Joseph NeptuneMentions of this PersonItem 39798 State agreed to pay him $100 for services in the Revolution.Item 39800 To be supplied by agent.Item 39760 Agreed to a resolve to have Massachusetts buy land at Pleasant Point for Passamaquoddies.Item 39761 Agreed to a resolve to have Massachusetts buy land for them at Pleasant Point.Item 39759 Relinquished land on Schoodic River and received grant of 10 acres at Pleasant Point.Item 39753 Louis Neptune took his medal. He was the late chief's son.Item 39792 Signed a treaty with Massachusetts with others.Item 39781 His daughter Denn. is shown in a watercolor by Lieutenant Villars.Item 39764 Received a letter from Bishop Cheverus about missionaries.Item 39758 Said to have been with Montcalm when he died.Item 39786 Fought for the Americans.Item 39757 Lt. John Preble lodged a complaint against him for breaking and entering his house.Item 39762 witnessed marriage of Joseph Frasncis Neptune and Marie Marthe. By J. CheverusItem 39784 Mentioned.Item 39797 Wrote to Mass. Gov John Brooks requesting a replacement for Father Romagne. Undated letter,; Brooks was Gov 1816-1823.Item 39790 Petitioned Massachusetts representatives for land. A Passamaquoddy Chief.Item 39788 Undated letter from Jon. Allan found with MA Resolves 1792, ch 185. Letter re: retaining landItem 39789 Undated letter from Jon. Allan found with MA Resolves 1792, ch 185. Letter re: retaining landItem 39793 Addressed Massachusetts representatives, complained of timber cutting and impositions of traders.Item 39794 Passamaquoddy chief. Visited Pagan and Chipman, who had sent the Passamaquoddies a message regarding boundaries.Item 39796 Promised to keep the peace with the Americans; styles himself as chief of the "Merishate, Penobscot and Passamaquoddy Indians."Item 39763 Thomas Millidge copied his birch bark map of a route from the Saint John to the Penobscot.Item 39772 Deceased; "age 99 -- a worthy man. Shot the coxwain in a British boat approaching Machias during the Revolutionary War.Item 39767 Appointed Deacon Jacques Vincent to receive money for him.Item 39771 Paid by agent Farnsworth.Item 39766 Wrote in support of Kellogg.Item 39774 Wrote letter regarding the school.Item 39768 Petitioned with others for state for aid.Item 39775 Agent gave him money for pension.Item 39769 Complained that agent Goulding had been removed.Item 58092 Wrote the governor asking him to reinstate agent Peter Goulding.Item 39755 Promised to keep the peace with the British.Item 39778 Told Stillman that "strange Indians" were coming with wampum following "our late rumpuss in New Brunswick."Item 39756 Requested ammunition from the town. Governor of Passamaquoddies.Item 39791 A chief of the Passamaquoddies addressed by Gov. Carleton.Item 39780 Passamaquoddy governor whose son was thrown into the water by Nathaniel Goddard.Item 39765 Petitioned NB Lieut. Gov. Douglas asking for land at Eel Brook with Francois Joseph.Item 39754 Traded there, no rum bought, corn,sug.,flour inst.Item 39802 Fought in the Revolution.Item 39783 Fought with other Indians in the battle.Item 39770 Chief of the Passamaquoddies; mother was Penobscot.Item 39799 Passamaquoddy chief, "an aged man of quiet disposition."Item 60163 Traded at Machias.Item 60168 Traded at Machias.Show 38 moreSource Manuscripts for this PersonItem 300003 Acts and Resolves, Public and Private, of ...Item 300022 Acts and Resolves of the Maine Legislature ...Item 300062 Documentary History of the State of Maine ...Item 300071 Bourque, Bruce J. Twelve Thousand Years: ...Item 300809 Ms letter, Cheverus to the Passamaquoddies ...Item 300131 Davis, Harold A. An International Community ...Item 300164 Eckstorm, Fannie Hardy. Old John Neptune ...Item 300214 Ganong, William F., ed. The Journal of Captain ...Item 300242 Holy Cross Cathedral Records. Holy Cross ...Item 300315 Massachusetts Archives. Boston, Mass.Item 300342 Maine Historical Society Manuscript Collection ...Item 300324 Maine Recorder. Limington, Maine.Item 300365 Maine State Archives Executive Council Report ...Item 300368 Maine State Archives Indian Affairs Box. ...Item 300381 1831 Memorial of Chief Francis Joseph Neptune ...Item 300399 National Archives of Canada.Item 300424 New York Public Library.Item 300445 Papers at the Huntington Free Library, The ...Item 300463 Pickering, Henry G. Nathaniel Goddard, a ...Item 300509 Land Petitions: Original Series, RS965. Indian ...Item 300535 Smith, Stephen. Account Book. Manuscript ...Item 300540 Soctomah, Donald. Hard Times at Passamaquoddy ...Item 300541 Soctomah, Donald. Let Me Live as My Ancestors ...Item 300619 Williamson, William D. The History of the ...Show 18 more Relationships Enlarge Citation “Francois Joseph Neptune,” HRI-FNE, accessed December 8, 2025, https://hrifne.avantlogic.net/digitalarchive/items/show/57738.Item210504 Save this item as a PDF file
