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Pierre Morpain


NationalityFrench 
RolesNaval Sailor, Privateer 
Date of Birth9.2.1686 - Blaye ref:631
First Known Service1703ref:631
A.K.A.de Morpain, Louis Pierre Morpain, Morpain de Blayeref:631
WifeMarie-Joseph d'Amours de Louvière - Married 13.8.1709, Port Royal ref:631
Last Known Service1745ref:631
Date of Death20.8.1749 - Rochefort ref:631

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
1703 Started to sail .ref:631
17061707He obtained his first command in Saint-Domingue (island of Haiti) in 1706, on the "Intrepid", with the commission to pursue the English vessels in the Caribbean Sea. During his career, Morpain enjoyed astonishing success as a privateer. In 1706, on his own, he sailed up to the New England coast where he made two major captures, a slave ship and a frigate laden with provisions. Having sailed on the nearest French port, he anchored at Port-Royal, in August 1707, his two catches in tow.The arrival of food supplies was greeted by the locals as a manifestation of Providence ; by June Port-Royal had come under the siege of 1,600 New England troops under John March and supplies were exhausted. A week after Morpain’s arrival, still larger forces stormed again but were forced to withdraw. In his report to the Minister of the Navy, Pontchartrain, Governor Daniel d'Auger de Subercase said: Morpain with his buccaneers "helped us beat them well and left us 700 quarts of flour without which we would infallibly have been embarrassed".   At the first and Second Siege of Port Royal , Acadia. Morpain returned to Saint-Domingue with his captive slaves.    ref:631
1709 
Le Marquis de Choiseul (Unknown) 1709
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown
, Capitaine de Corsaire, and Commanding Officer
ref:631
6.17151717Appointed Capitaine de Port at Île Royaleref:631
1721 Capitaine de Flûteref:631
3.1744 Captain of a Fire-Shipref:631
10.6.174421.10.1744
Le Succès (Unknown) 1744-1744
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Schooner
, Capitaine de Corsaire, and Commanding Officer
ref:2089
1745 
Le Castor (26) 1745-1747
French 26 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Capitaine de Frégate Légère, and Commanding Officer
ref:631

Notes on Officer


Homeportref:692

Saint Domingue and Port Royal , Acadie


Captainref:692

Captain maybe of the Castor



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