Pierre Esteve-One of Original Civilian Settlers of Detroit with Cadilac
Robb Russell
Cadillac began granting land to villagers in Fort Ponchartrain in 1707.
Between March 1707 and June 28, 1710, he made some 150 land grants,
including 68 village lots to private individuals, 31 farms and 13
gardens.
Source:
http://www.historydetroit.com/places/ribbon_farms.asp
Lot #23: Pierre Esteve
Note: Pierre Esteve waas the sixth great grandfather of Marie Elizabeth
Rushlow (married Calvin F. Bussinger)
The 68 individual lots were granted as follows (most were 20 by 25
feet):
Pierre Chesne
Andre Chouet
Pierre Faverau dit LeGrandeur
Joseph Despre
Salomon Joseph du Vestin
Pierre Leger dit Parisien
Bonnaventure Compien dit L'Esperance
Jacob de Marsac dit Desrocher
? D'Argenteuil
Jean Richard
Jean Labatier dit Champagne
Estienne Bontran
Pierre Hemard
Antoine Dupuis dit Beauregard
Jacques L'Anglois
Guillaume Bovet dit Deliard
Michael Masse
Michel Campau (53 feet on Antoine Street by 17 feet on Ste. Anne
Street)
Louis Normand
Francois Tesee
Pierre Chantelon
Francois Bienvenu dit de L'Isle
Pierre Esteve (Marie Rushlow is his descendent through her mother's
family)
Blaise Surgere
Pierre Poirier
Antoine Ferron
Pierre Tacet
François Fafard de Lorme
Michel Dizier (Disier)
Jacob de Marsac
Rencontre
Desloriers
Xaintonge
Jacques du Moulin
Guilleaume Aguet
Louis Gastineau
Joseph Parent
? Sirier
? Quilenchive
? Derance
? du Figuier
? La Montagne
Pierre Mallet
Antoine du Fresne
Jean Baptiste Chornic
Jean Casse
Paul L'Anglois
Jerome Marliard
Andre Bombardie
Pierre du Roy
Pierre Roy
Francois Margue
Antoine Magnant
Francois Bonne
Touissaints Dardennes
Pierre Bassinet
Francois Brunet
Antoine Beauregard
Marie Le Page (the first known female landowner in the Detroit area)
Jacques Campau
Jean Serond
Pierre Robert
? L'Arramee
Rene Le Moine
Jacques Le Moine
Paul Guillet
Joseph Rinaud
Antoine Tuffe dit du Fresne
Ribbon farm was the name given to the original land grants given by
Antoine Cadillac. The lots were typically up to 200 feet wide and up to
3 miles in length (the narrow width being parallel with the Detroit
River).
Ribbon farm grants were free, but only in the sense that grantees
didn't have to "buy" the land. There were plenty of rules and
regulations, some of which resulted in payment or taxes being levied.
Rules varied from grant to grant; some of these rules follow.
No hares, rabbits, pheasants or partridges on the property could be
killed.
An annual rent was to be paid. Rates varied, from 5 livres to 5 livres
6 deniers (about $3.10).
A fee was charged for trading privileges (10 livres).
All grain was to be ground at Cadillac's mill at a charge of 8 pounds
per minot (about a bushel).
Grantees were required to help erect an annual Maypole at Cadillac's
home or pay 3 livres annually.
Grantees couldn't assume a trade that was reserved for Cadillac's
artisans (this included blacksmith, armorer, cutler or brewer). Anyone
could apply to Cadillac for a license in any of these trades. Joseph
Parent's fee for a license to shoe horses was 600 livres, 2 hogsheads
of all, and free shoeing for all of Cadillac's horses.
Improvements on the land had to begin within three months of ownership.
Granted land could not be sold or used as collateral without Cadillac's
permission.
If the sale of granted land was approved by Cadillac, he was given the
first opportunity to buy.
A fine of one-fourth the value of the land was charged to those who
sold their land.
Grantees were to provide the village with timber for boats and
fortifications when necessary.
Goods could be imported to the land, but any clerk used for this
purpose had to be a resident of Fort Ponchartrain du Detroit.
Landowners were not permitted to sell liquour to Native Americans.
On St. Martin's day, a fee of a certain number of fowls, a certain
dozen eggs and a certain measure of grain per arpent (land measure of
the time) had be paid.
All bread was to be baked in Cadillac's ovens.
Some of original grantees include: Guion, Witherell, Livernois,
Riopelle, M. St. Aubin, the widow Beausseron, Trudeau, Magnau, Des
Rivieres, De Ruisseau, Comparet Dufresne, Hubert, Lacroix, Monier.
Later names include Robert Chene, Jean Chapotone, Desrocher, Beaubien,
Robert Navarre, Eustache, Meloche, Moran, Gilbert, Seguin, Barois,
Gamelin, Caron, Labadie, Cicot, Burrois, Debutes, Godet, Audrey, De
Quindre, and De Lille.