Jacques Nepveu
Jacques Nepveu, sieur de Pouançay (died 1683), was a colonial governor serving France in Tortuga and Saint-Domingue, the French settlement on Hispaniola. He succeeded his maternal uncle Bertrand d'Ogeron during the 1670s.[1][2]
Government
Nepveu's administration was connected with French buccaneering. In 1678 he assembled men to join the naval expedition that Count d'Estrées was preparing against the Dutch island of Curaçao.[3]
His dealings with Spanish authorities also included negotiation. A 1680 agreement with the envoy Juan Bautista Escoto placed a boundary between the French and Spanish settlements at the Guayubín River. In January 1681 Nepveu requested two garrisons of 25 men each.[1]
Property and death
Nepveu inherited property from d'Ogeron and from his brother Charles Nepveu de la Pivoterie. The family estates included plantations worked by enslaved people and indentured workers.[1][2]
He made a will at Petit-Goâve in January 1683 naming François de Gallichon as his principal heir. Nepveu died that year, and inventories of the inherited property followed at Petit-Goâve, Léogane and Cul-de-Sac.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ferrer Rodríguez, Joan M. “1677: El plan de invasión de Santiago de los Caballeros según el testimonio de un engagé”. Revista ECOSUASD, 31(27), 2024, pp. 97–110. DOI: 10.51274/ecos.v31i27.pp97-110. Historical discussion and biographical appendix; in Spanish.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rossignol, Bernadette and Philippe. “« Papiers Beauharnais » du Fonds Debien aux AD33”. Généalogie et Histoire de la Caraïbe, 2014, pp. 15–16, 23 and 29. Historical study and summaries of estate records; in French.
- ↑ Haring, C. H. The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century. London: Methuen, 1910, chapter VI, pp. 220–222.