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- BIRTH:
- Evidence for him being the son of Francois Sellier Faucour includes (1) his name, which appears to incorporate those of his father and grandfather, (2) the fact that he is listed as the co-owner of the Champ-Fleurs Estate in the 1819, which is described as "late the property of F.S. Faucour," and (3) the fact that that the entire estate was sold in September 1824 by the "heirs of the late Faucour."
- As no birth record for him is found in the records of Marigot, Saint-Martin, where 4 older siblings have birth and baptismal records up to March 1793, it is assumed that he was born in Trinidad and Tobago after 1793.
- Since he is listed as having been commissioned a Captain in the local Trinidad Militia on 16 July 1816 (see below), he must have been at least 15 years of age at this point (the age at which free Trinidadian men were required to enlist in the Trinidad Militia in 1816, and officer commissions were bought from the Governor or his Secretary, so could theoretically go to a person at any age), so he would have been born before 16 July 1801. [Source for information on the Trinidad Militia: Randolph T. Jones, "The Trinidad Militia, 1801-38," Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research 82, no. 330 (2004): 132-54. Accessed December 13, 2020. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44231056 ].
MARRIAGE:
- The 1851 Census of Trinidad, Ward of Aricagua, shows an entry for his family that strongly suggests that he was married twice.
- His second wife was Jeanne Suzanne Ach?, supported by two pieces of evidence.
>First, Jeanne Suzanne Ache Faucour Sellier was the leading name in a list of sellers in the sale of two pieces of land from the Mont D'Or estate in 1849 and 1850 (and the Ach? surname was that of a prominent contemporary family that owned an estate in that part of Trinidad). This transaction is recorded in "Selected Trinidad Land Transactions -- From 1810 to the Early 1860s," page 4, available on this website at this link.
>Second, her full married and maiden names are given in an entry for the sale of one-quarter of L'Esperance Estate in the Quarter of Guanapo on 14 April 1858 from Jean Germaine Elizabeth Sage Widow Ach? to Jeanne Susanne Ach? Widow Sellier. This transaction is recorded in "Selected Trinidad Land Transactions -- From 1810 to the Early 1860s," page 118, available on this website at this link.
MILITARY:
- Captain in the Loyal Trinidad Light Infantry Battalion, Second Division, Trinidad Militia, with a commissioning date of 16 July 1816 [Source: The Trinidad Almanac for the Year of Our Lord, 1827 (Port of Spain, Trinidad: J. Holman & Co., 1827), page 32].
OCCUPATION:
Transitioned from being the co-owner of a sugar plantation in 1819 to being the owner of cocoa plantations in 1822 and beyond.
LAND HOLDINGS:
- Described as a co-owner of Champ Fleurs Estate in the Quarter of Aricagua in the 1819 Triennial Plantation Slaves Register, by a return dated 21 January 1819. This document is at the National Archives of the UK (TNA), T 71/508, folio 1142, "The Triennial Return of F. H. Sellier Faucour for the Plantation called Champ Fleurs in the Quarter Called Aricagua," image available in "Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834," Trinidad, "1819, Plantation Slaves," image 207, on Ancestry at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1129/images/CSUK1812_133749-00206. Champ Fleurs was a sugar plantation that was owned in previous Plantation Slaves Registers by his father, Fran?ois Sellier Faucour.
- Described as the owner of La Retraite Estate in the Quarter of Guanapo (with 32 slaves) in the 1822 Triennial Plantation Slaves Register, by a return dated 16 January 1822. This document is at TNA, T 71/511, folios 1509-1511, "The Triennial Return of Fran?ois Honor? Sellier Faucour for the Plantation called La Retraite in the quarter called Guanapo," image available in "Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834," Trinidad, "1822, Plantation Slaves," images 306-308, on Ancestry at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1129/images/CSUK1812_133752-00305. This was a cocoa plantation, and it was registered as a new plantation in 1822 on page 177v (image 181) of the 1822 Plantation Slaves register.
- Sold La Retraite Estate (comprising 74 and 1/4 quar?es, or about 238 acres) on 2 July 1824 to Claude and Joseph Girod, as evidenced in "Selected Trinidad Land Transactions -- From 1810 to the Early 1860s," page 113, a copy of which transaction is shown in the Documents section of this page, and which is available on this website at this link.
- His sale of La Retraite Estate and most of his slaves there to Claude and Joseph Girod is also evidenced by the estate being described in its 1825 Triennial Plantation Slaves Register return as being "late the property of Fran?ois Honor? Sellier Faucour" and being owned by Claude Fran?ois Girod and the heirs of the late Joseph Girod. This document is at TNA, T 71/513, folio 1686, "The Triennial Return of Claude Fran?ois Girod for the Plantation called La Retraite In the Quarter of Guanapo," image available in "Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834," Trinidad, "1825, Plantation Slaves," images 251, on Ancestry at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1129/images/CSUK1812_133754-00250.
- Sold his interests (as one of the "heirs of the late Faucour") in Champ Fleurs Estate on 25 September 1824, as evidenced in "Selected Trinidad Land Transactions -- From 1810 to the Early 1860s," page 2, a copy of which transaction is shown in the Documents section of this page, and which is available on this website at this link.
- It would appear that he combined the proceeds of the sale of La Retraite Estate and his interests in Champ Fleurs Estate to purchase the land that became the Mont D'Or Estate.
- Described as the owner of Mont D'Or Estate in the Quarter of Aricagua (with 12 slaves) in the 1825 Triennial Plantation Slaves Register, by a return dated 20 January 1825. This document is at TNA, T 71/513, folio 1712, "The triennial Return of Fran?ois Honor? Sellier Faucour for the Plantation called Mont D'or in the quarter of Aricagua," image available in "Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834," Trinidad, "1825, Plantation Slaves," image 277, on Ancestry at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1129/images/CSUK1812_133754-00276. This was a cocoa plantation, and it was registered as a new plantation in 1825 on page 175v (image 179) of the 1825 Plantation Slaves register.
- Described as the owner of Mont D'Or Estate in the Quarter of Aricagua (with 9 slaves) in the 1828 Triennial Plantation Slaves Register, by a return dated 28 January 1828. This document is at TNA, T 71/515, folio 1931, "The Triennial Return of John McKay for the Plantation called Mont D'or in the quarter of Aricagua," image available in "Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834," Trinidad, "1828, Plantation Slaves," image 276, on Ancestry at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1129/images/CSUK1812_133756-00275.
- Purchased part of a property known as Buena Vista in the Quarter of Aricagua (comprising 6.5 quar?es, or about 21 acres) from Abb? Alexis Joseph Gobert on what appears to be 22 February 1830 [the year is partially obscured], as evidenced in "Selected Trinidad Land Transactions -- From 1810 to the Early 1860s," page 2, available on this website at this link.
- Described as the owner of Mont D'Or Estate in the Quarter of Aricagua (with 9 slaves) in the 1831 Triennial Plantation Slaves Register, by a return dated 27 January 1831. This document is at TNA, T 71/517, folio 2110, "The Triennial Return of F.H. Sellier Faucour for the Plantation called Mont D'or in the Quarter of Aricagua," image available in "Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834," Trinidad, "1831, Personal and Plantation Slaves," image 754, on Ancestry at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1129/images/CSUK1812_133757-00753.
- Sold 2 and 3/4 quar?es of land (8.8 acres) in Le Vivier Estate in the Quarter of Aricagua to Juan de Escoviche on 17 November 1832. Identified simply as "Faucour Sellier" on this entry, evidenced in "Selected Trinidad Land Transactions -- From 1810 to the Early 1860s," page 3, available on this website at this link.
- Described as the owner of Mont D'Or Estate in the Quarter of Aricagua (with 11 slaves) in the 1834 Triennial Plantation Slaves Register, by a return dated 22 January 1834. This document is at TNA, T 71/519, folio 2417, "The Triennial Return of F.H. Faucour Sellier for the Plantation called Mont D'or in the Quarter of Aricagua," image available in "Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834," Trinidad, "1834, Plantation Slaves," image 349, on Ancestry at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1129/images/CSUK1812_133759-00348.
DEATH:
- His wife and heirs sold two pieces of property from the Mont D'Or estate on 27 August 1849 and 15 May 1850, indicating that he had died sometime between the 1834 return on his Register of Slaves and these dates. This transaction is recorded in "Selected Trinidad Land Transactions -- From 1810 to the Early 1860s," page 4, available on this website at this link.
- His wife was listed as "Jeanne Susanne Ach? Widow Sellier" in a land sale in the Quarter of Guanapo dated 14 April 1858. This transaction is recorded in "Selected Trinidad Land Transactions -- From 1810 to the Early 1860s," page 118, available on this website at this link.
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Aft 1793 - Bef 1849 (~ 55 years)
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