Francois Laurent Type: Person Identifier: 207987 Title: Francois Laurent Unique ID: Francois Laurent Standard Name: Laurent Laurent(?) Manuscript Name: Captain Francis Lolon Frances Lolar Francis Lola, Capt. Francis Lolan, Capt. Francis Lolar, Capt. Francis Lolon Francis Loring Francisue Lawler Francois Francois Laurent Francois Lola Frank Loring Frans Loring, Capt. Ethnicity: Penobscot Family: Father of Elisabeth Francois Laurent Father of Joseph Francois Laurent Place Event: Boston, MAOld Town, ME Place Vital: Bangor, MEOld Town, ME Date: 1810-06-19 1812-01-24 1815 1817-01-03 1818 1818-06-29 1819-02-10 1820-08-17 1820-08-24 1820-10-07 1823 1823-01-24 1823-06 1824 1824-02-09 1824-06-22 1824-07 1825-01-31 1825-06-24 1825-06-26 1826-11-06 1827-07-29 1828 1828-06-08 1829-06-16 1829-06-21 1829-12-30 1830 1830-02-11 1830-02-12 1830-07-04 1830-08-16 1831-05-29 1831-06-30 1831-07-07 1831-11-07 1832 1832-12-28 1833-02-15 1833-03-20 1833-07-26 1833-09-09 1834-12-31 1835-08-07 1836-05-28 1837-06-05 1837-06-28 1837-07-12 1838-01-23 1839-03-23 1840-02 1840-02-03 1840-02-05 1840-02-13 1843 1843-01 1843-02-04 1843-09-21 1844-01-01 1848 1858-03-27 Alias: Big Frank Capt. Francis Events that this Person attendedItem 105597 Paid $50 for travel to legislature.Item 128288 At a meeting re: land dealings.Item 128293 Petitioned re: timber, church, etc.Item 128301 In council, matters re: priest's house. A captain.Item 128310 Signed a treaty with the State of Maine.Item 128313 At council meeting; captain.Item 128479 Head of families 7 persons.Item 128484 Head of household; 7 persons.Item 129029 On Gen. Blake's "Indian Roster for the Fall 1815", 3 souls, 1 hunter.Item 132260 census of Penobscot Indians, 67 years old.Item 132270 census of Penobscot Indians, 32 years old.Item 132652 Petitioned ths senate.Item 132774 Received presents because he was not present at meeting on 09/24/1818 with General Blake.Item 132780 Signed a receipt to Blake for 100 bushels of corn supplied by Massachusetts.Item 103074 Tribal representative to the Maine Legislature.Item 105596 Tribal representative to the Maine Legislature.Item 110189 Petitioned.Item 100549 Petitioned to defend agent Hayford.Item 100937 Petitioned for new agent. Hayford provides shoddy goods, lived too far away, let their fishing privelege out to rent.Item 101050 Petitioned in Penobscot.Item 103210 Petitioned for money to repair school house and church.Item 133119 Wrote to complain about Joshua Chamberlain.Item 133120 Voted no support for agent Joshua Chamberlain.Item 125978 Signed a petition announcing peace within the Penobscots; want Capt. Pierre Thomas to be paid for oxen.Item 133381 Wrote to ask payment to Cobb for work on the church.Item 133384 Expenses to Portland paid by agent.Item 133387 Ordered agent to pay a merchant.Item 133391 Ordered agent to pay Deacon Francois.Item 133393 Ordered agent to pay Jean Pierre Mohawk.Item 133491 On agent's 1836 list for provisions. Seven in family.Item 133500 Penobscots petition for money to send leaders to Caughnawaga (Canawaga); want a priest instead of a school master. (Different from the letter with identical text dated 01/30/1844 in MSAECR 54.)Item 133702 Penobscot leaders who petitioned agent to furnish delegates with clothing in preparation for a trip to "a general meeting of the tribes of Northern Indians at Luke mountain in Canada."Item 133710 Agent's 1837 vouchers for supplies.Item 133711 Agent's 1837 vouchers for supplies.Item 133720 Paid for assistance in surveying Indian townships 1 & 2.Item 133725 Signed a proclamation deposing John Attean.Item 133726 "So many Indians are not willing to sell land."Item 133739 Petitioned to prevent sale ot two townships.Item 103247 Petitioned for up to $1000 (from the Indian fund) for a conference with the Saint Johns and Pasamaquoddy Indians. Indefinitely postponed.Item 133748 Petitioned re: election law failed. Tribe realizes it can't live by hunting, must adopt agriculture; state agent bribed Governor and Lieut. Governor (drunkards, $500 each) to support sale of 4 townships.Item 133749 Petitioned that Penobscot land titles be vested in the Indians, not the state, as inducement to agriculture. Indefinitely postponed.Item 133750 Petitioned to elect governor by ballot.Item 133751 Petitioned to elect tribal officers by ballot.Item 133779 Signed a petition as among those agrieved by sale of the four Indian townships.Item 133815 Resolve in favor of certain (Penobscot) Indian ChiefsItem 133823 Signed a treaty with Massachusetts.Item 134033 Sponsored Pierre at baptism.Item 134042 Sponsored Mary at baptism.Item 134071 Son Joseph was baptized.Item 134072 Daughter Elisabeth was baptized.Item 134155 Sponsored Marie Ann at baptism.Item 134156 Sponsored Soc Soseph at baptism.Item 134546 Petitioned the General court with others petitioned regarding land title.Show 47 moreSpousesItem 204409 Therese AgnesItem 204402 Catherine Francois LaurentItem 204401 Agathe : Wife of Francois LaurentItem 204407 Marie Marie Francois LaurentItem 204410 Therese Francois LaurentItem 204408 Sarah Francois LaurentChildrenItem 204403 Elisabeth Francois LaurentItem 204406 Joseph Francois LaurentItem 208006 Jean Michel LaurentItem 208097 Victoire LaurentItem 208086 Pierre Michel Francois LaurentSiblingItem 206884 Jacques JosephKinsmanItem 208094 Suzanne LaurentItem 207984 Eunice Francois LaurentItem 208056 Marie Francois LaurentItem 208077 Noel LaurentMentions of this PersonItem 32681 Paid $50 for travel to legislature.Item 32627 Signed a timber price agreement. Appointed timber agent.Item 32631 Meeting at Governor's house; to assist agent.Item 32642 In council, matters re: priest's house. A captain.Item 32644 Petitioned re: timber, church, etc.Item 32652 At a meeting re: land dealings.Item 32628 Signed a treaty with the State of Maine.Item 32673 Head of families 7 persons.Item 32674 Eighth island north of Oldtown named for him and Jacques has 25 acres; see Capt Francois (Loring) as head of household.Item 32675 Head of household; 7 persons.Item 32671 Addressed the Maine State Legislature.Item 32626 On Gen. Blake's "Indian Roster for the Fall 1815", 3 souls, 1 hunter.Item 32625 Itinerant actor met and hired kidnapped Saco native John Johnson.Item 32667 census of Penobscot Indians, 32 years old.Item 32668 census of Penobscot Indians, 67 years old.Item 32624 Petitioned ths senate.Item 32677 Received presents because he was not present at meeting on 09/24/1818 with General Blake.Item 33291 Signed a receipt to Blake for 100 bushels of corn supplied by Massachusetts.Item 32678 Tribal representative to the Maine Legislature.Item 32679 Tribal representative to the Maine Legislature.Item 32684 Petitioned.Item 32629 Paid for guiding Treat on Saint John and Penobscot in 1820. MSAECW 411 suggests this was Francois Laurent.Item 32686 Petitioned for new agent. Hayford provides shoddy goods, lived too far away, let their fishing privelege out to rent.Item 32687 Petitioned for new agent. Hayford provides shoddy goods, lived too far away, let their fishing privelege out to rent.Item 32688 Petitioned to defend agent Hayford.Item 32689 Petitioned in Penobscot.Item 32685 Petitioned for money to repair school house and church.Item 32645 Wrote to complain about Joshua Chamberlain.Item 32646 Voted no support for agent Joshua Chamberlain.Item 32682 Signed a petition announcing peace within the Penobscots; want Capt. Pierre Thomas to be paid for oxen.Item 32632 Paid by agent.Item 32640 Wrote to ask payment to Cobb for work on the church.Item 32630 Expenses to Portland paid by agent.Item 32647 Ordered agent to pay Deacon Francois.Item 32649 Ordered agent to pay a merchant.Item 32650 Ordered agent to pay Jean Pierre Mohawk.Item 32658 On agent's 1836 list for provisions. Seven in family.Item 32666 Penobscots petition for money to send leaders to Caughnawaga (Canawaga); want a priest instead of a school master. (Different from the letter with identical text dated 01/30/1844 in MSAECR 54.)Item 32659 Agent's 1837 vouchers for supplies.Item 32660 Penobscot leaders who petitioned agent to furnish delegates with clothing in preparation for a trip to "a general meeting of the tribes of Northern Indians at Luke mountain in Canada."Item 32661 Agent's 1837 vouchers for supplies.Item 32633 Paid for assistance in surveying Indian townships 1 & 2.Item 32648 Signed a proclamation deposing John Attean.Item 32676 "So many Indians are not willing to sell land."Item 32643 Petitioned to prevent sale ot two townships.Item 32683 Petitioned for up to $1000 (from the Indian fund) for a conference with the Saint Johns and Pasamaquoddy Indians. Indefinitely postponed.Item 32662 Petitioned re: election law failed. Tribe realizes it can't live by hunting, must adopt agriculture; state agent bribed Governor and Lieut. Governor (drunkards, $500 each) to support sale of 4 townships.Item 32663 Petitioned to elect governor by ballot.Item 32664 Petitioned to elect tribal officers by ballot.Item 32665 Petitioned that Penobscot land titles be vested in the Indians, not the state, as inducement to agriculture. Indefinitely postponed.Item 32657 Signed a petition as among those agrieved by sale of the four Indian townships.Item 32638 Resolve in favor of certain (Penobscot) Indian ChiefsItem 32641 At council meeting; captain.Item 56879 Signed a treaty with Massachusetts.Item 32690 Release of Penobscot Claims, August 17, 1822Item 32634 Sponsored Marie Susanne at baptism.Item 32635 Sponsored Marie Ann at baptism.Item 32636 Sponsored Mary at baptism.Item 32637 Sponsored Pierre at baptism.Item 32639 Daughter Elisabeth was baptized.Item 32651 Baptized, 3 days old.Item 32654 Son Joseph was baptized.Item 32655 Wife Marie died.Item 32656 Sponsored Soc Soseph at baptism.Item 32672 With Treat in ascent of Kahtadin.Item 32623 Petitioned the General court with others petitioned regarding land title.Item 32680 Williamson says he's Castine's Grandson: Robardee=d'Abadie.Show 61 moreSource Manuscripts for this PersonItem 300003 Acts and Resolves, Public and Private, of ...Item 300031 Penobscot Records. Bangor Public Library ...Item 300077 Brewer, Josiah. 1823 Journal. Maine Historical ...Item 300152 Eastern Argus, Portland Maine. September ...Item 300160 Eckstorm, Fannie Hardy Gen. John Blake’s ...Item 300273 Johnson, John W. The Life of John W. Johnson ...Item 300287 Knowlton, J. C. “Census of the Penobscot ...Item 300315 Massachusetts Archives. Boston, Mass.Item 300342 Maine Historical Society Manuscript Collection ...Item 300348 Maine Law Library list of tribal representatives ...Item 300364 Maine State Archives Journal of the Executive ...Item 300365 Maine State Archives Executive Council Report ...Item 300366 Maine State Archives Executive Council Warrant ...Item 300368 Maine State Archives Indian Affairs Box. ...Item 300370 Maine State Legislature Graveyard, Maine ...Item 300371 Maine State Archives Legislative Index.Item 300894 Maine State Library.Item 300376 1818 Treaty Between Massachusetts and the ...Item 300375 1795 Resolve Regarding a Treaty Between the ...Item 300434 Old Town Register. Portland Chancery, Portland ...Item 300447 Pawling, Micah, ed. Wabanaki Homeland and ...Item 300619 Williamson, William D. 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