Pioneer. Born likely about 1750, possibly in Kaskaskia per the theory of historian Ann Keatings. The traditional origin of St Marc Haiti has been under fire since its inception. It derives from Jeremie Joseph a Haitian national and proposed descendant of JBPS. Considering the claim of descent from a famous individual it too greatly biases the account. Also his claim of education in France is easily disproved as JBPS famously signed his name with a backward S, something he likely would not have done been he educated properly in Europe. Instead he was likely the freed slave named Jean from Kaskaskia that Ann Keatings noted.
He married a Potawatomi woman named Kitiwaha who was baptized as Catherine. He worked as an engage, assisting on trade expeditions, before being arrested by the British on suspicion of being an American rebel. After a brief imprisonment he was released and made the manager of a trading outpost near Detroit, called the Pines. This quick rise in status shows a considerable amount of business savvy and charisma.
He arrived in Chicago in 1788, being the first non-indigenous settler of what would become the third largest city in the US. He sold his land in Chicago after twelve years and moved south to St Louis. His wife predeceased him as well as his son JBPS II. Rather destitute he promised all his land and inventory to his neighbor Eulalia Barada to take care of him in his old age and see that he was buried.
He passed away in 1818 and a project seeks to find his remains to this day. His tombstone stands where he traditionally was said to be buried.
He married a Potawatomi woman named Kitiwaha who was baptized as Catherine. He worked as an engage, assisting on trade expeditions, before being arrested by the British on suspicion of being an American rebel. After a brief imprisonment he was released and made the manager of a trading outpost near Detroit, called the Pines. This quick rise in status shows a considerable amount of business savvy and charisma.
He arrived in Chicago in 1788, being the first non-indigenous settler of what would become the third largest city in the US. He sold his land in Chicago after twelve years and moved south to St Louis. His wife predeceased him as well as his son JBPS II. Rather destitute he promised all his land and inventory to his neighbor Eulalia Barada to take care of him in his old age and see that he was buried.
He passed away in 1818 and a project seeks to find his remains to this day. His tombstone stands where he traditionally was said to be buried.
Pioneer. Born likely about 1750, possibly in Kaskaskia per the theory of historian Ann Keatings. The traditional origin of St Marc Haiti has been under fire since its inception. It derives from Jeremie Joseph a Haitian national and proposed descendant of JBPS. Considering the claim of descent from a famous individual it too greatly biases the account. Also his claim of education in France is easily disproved as JBPS famously signed his name with a backward S, something he likely would not have done been he educated properly in Europe. Instead he was likely the freed slave named Jean from Kaskaskia that Ann Keatings noted.
He married a Potawatomi woman named Kitiwaha who was baptized as Catherine. He worked as an engage, assisting on trade expeditions, before being arrested by the British on suspicion of being an American rebel. After a brief imprisonment he was released and made the manager of a trading outpost near Detroit, called the Pines. This quick rise in status shows a considerable amount of business savvy and charisma.
He arrived in Chicago in 1788, being the first non-indigenous settler of what would become the third largest city in the US. He sold his land in Chicago after twelve years and moved south to St Louis. His wife predeceased him as well as his son JBPS II. Rather destitute he promised all his land and inventory to his neighbor Eulalia Barada to take care of him in his old age and see that he was buried.
He passed away in 1818 and a project seeks to find his remains to this day. His tombstone stands where he traditionally was said to be buried.
He married a Potawatomi woman named Kitiwaha who was baptized as Catherine. He worked as an engage, assisting on trade expeditions, before being arrested by the British on suspicion of being an American rebel. After a brief imprisonment he was released and made the manager of a trading outpost near Detroit, called the Pines. This quick rise in status shows a considerable amount of business savvy and charisma.
He arrived in Chicago in 1788, being the first non-indigenous settler of what would become the third largest city in the US. He sold his land in Chicago after twelve years and moved south to St Louis. His wife predeceased him as well as his son JBPS II. Rather destitute he promised all his land and inventory to his neighbor Eulalia Barada to take care of him in his old age and see that he was buried.
He passed away in 1818 and a project seeks to find his remains to this day. His tombstone stands where he traditionally was said to be buried.
Bio by: Joe Froeter
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