Jerome Creely (1761-?) and Therese Lefebvre (1761-?)

Jerome Creely Parents

Born: 4 May 1761 in Kaskaskia, Randolph, Illinois.^1,2

Christened: 5 May 1761 in Kaskaskia, Randolph, Illinois.²

Married: Therese Lefbvre, 2 August 1785 in Fort de Vincennes, Knox, Indiana.³

Died: ?

Therese Lefebvre

Born: 3 November 1761 in Fort de Vincennes, Knox, Indiana.³

Christened: 1 December 1761 in Fort de Vincennes, Knox, Indiana.³

Died: ?

Children

1. Antoine Creely (born and christened 15 May 1786 in Fort de Vincennes, Knox, Indiana;⁴ died 1 May 1803).⁵

4. Julie Creely (born and christened 10 November 1794 in Vincennes, Knox, Indiana).⁶

5. Charles Creely (born and christened 14 May 1797 in Vincennes, Knox, Indiana).⁶

6. Eleanor Creely (born 5 January 1800;⁶ christened 6 January 1800 in Vincennes, Knox, Indiana).⁶

7. Jerome Creely (born 17 May 1802;⁶ christened 18 May 1802 in Vincennes, Knox, Indiana).⁶

Notes on Jerome Creely

Sold his share of a house he inherited to his brother, Jean Baptiste Creely, on 18 July 1783 for 500 livres "in money, flour, or cattle."⁸
Was in the area of Vincennes, Knox, Indiana by 1783.⁹
In 1820 he still lived in Vincennes, Knox, Indiana.¹⁰

Notes on Therese Lefebvre

Sources

1. Belting, Natalia Maree. Kaskaskia Under the French Regime, p. 97.

2. Beauregard, Marthe F. La population des forts fraçais d'Amérique, v. 2, p. 123.

3. Beauregard, v. 2.

4. Wolfe, Barbara Schull. St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church Records: Marriages and Deaths, 1749-1838, p. 83.

5. Beauregard, v. 2, p. 39.

6. Wolfe, p. 40.

7. Register of Old Cathedral parish, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (marriage record, 12 August 1817).

8. Raymond Hammes manuscripts, II, 949.

9. Smith, Clifford Neal. French and British Land Grants in the Post Vincennes (Indiana) District, 1750-1784, p. 22.

10. 1820 Federal Census of Vincennes, Know, Indiana.

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