Anne Perry was the first* wife of Peter Stephen Du Ponceau (earlier in life called Pierre-Étienne Du Ponceau)- the French aid-de-camp, translator and lover (at the time) of the illustrious Gay Revolutionary War General Friedrich Wilhelm Von Steuben, General George Washington's Chief of Staff and the man hired by Franklin and Washington to train the ragtag Colonial Army. After the War, Du Ponceau moved to Philadelphia and went on to become a renowned linguist, jurist, and philosopher.
She was from Massachusetts, the eldest of two known daughters among of 11 children of Presbyterian pastor, Rev. Joseph Perry, originally of Windsor CT, and his wife, Sarah Lawrence Perry, of Groton, Massachusetts. After her parents' death she moved to Philadelphia where she met DuPonceau.
They had 3 children - Edward, born June 17, 1789; Louisa Frances/Françoise, born July 25, 1790, and named after his mother; and Peter Stephen, born June 14, 1792. The two sons were snatched from him in infancy, and on August 1, 1792, his beloved Anne was taken, a mere seven weeks after giving birth to his namesake and probably as a consequence of it.
Louisa would later marry François Gabriel Gareshé on Oct. 13, 1809, and they had one daughter, that Louisa named "Anne Latouche" Gareshé (b.? d. Paris 1897) after her devoted stepmother (Monsier Duponceau's 2nd wife), and 2 sons, Du Ponceau Francis Gareshé, born Feb. 24 1812, and baptized Mar. 28, 1812 and Joseph Gabriel Du Ponceau Gareshé", was baptized in Philadelphia according to the rites of the Reformed church on June 3, 1820 (Du Ponceau's 60th birthday), having been born, "as the parents said," on Nov. 6, 1819.
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*Duponceau married his 2nd wife, Anne Latouche,(1759 - Oct. 3,1817)of New York, (sometimes spelled "La Touche") on Sept. 12, 1794. They had no children. From "In Search of Peter Stephen Du Ponceau" by Wm. A Tieck:
"She had been born of Huguenot parentage in 1759, which made her about nine years older than the first Mrs. Du Ponceau and a year older than her husband. An orphan, she was left without protection when the British occupied New York. Upon learning of this, Chancellor Livingston's mother, who knew the family, at once brought her to Clermont, the palatial Hudson River estate of the 'lower manor' Livingstons about thirty miles above Poughkeepsie. It was apparently in this setting that Du Ponceau came to know Miss Latouche. Early in 1783, on one of his leaves of absence from the Department of Foreign Affairs, Chancellor Livingston took Du Ponceau with him on a visit to New York, and the young secretary 'staid some time' at Clermont. A romantic involvement with Miss Latouche may well have developed on this occasion. Be that as it may, she became
Du Ponceau's second wife on September 12, 1794,in a ceremony performed by Bishop Samuel Provoost of Trinity Church, New York.
"The second Mrs. Du Ponceau was 'a very lovely girl' of delicate constitution. A long period of failing health preceded her demise on October 3, 1817...Indications are that during the twenty-three years of her married life, the second Anne was a dutiful wife to Du Ponceau and a devoted stepmother to Louisa, as witness the fact that Louisa bestowed upon her only daughter the name 'Anne
Latouche.'"
She was from Massachusetts, the eldest of two known daughters among of 11 children of Presbyterian pastor, Rev. Joseph Perry, originally of Windsor CT, and his wife, Sarah Lawrence Perry, of Groton, Massachusetts. After her parents' death she moved to Philadelphia where she met DuPonceau.
They had 3 children - Edward, born June 17, 1789; Louisa Frances/Françoise, born July 25, 1790, and named after his mother; and Peter Stephen, born June 14, 1792. The two sons were snatched from him in infancy, and on August 1, 1792, his beloved Anne was taken, a mere seven weeks after giving birth to his namesake and probably as a consequence of it.
Louisa would later marry François Gabriel Gareshé on Oct. 13, 1809, and they had one daughter, that Louisa named "Anne Latouche" Gareshé (b.? d. Paris 1897) after her devoted stepmother (Monsier Duponceau's 2nd wife), and 2 sons, Du Ponceau Francis Gareshé, born Feb. 24 1812, and baptized Mar. 28, 1812 and Joseph Gabriel Du Ponceau Gareshé", was baptized in Philadelphia according to the rites of the Reformed church on June 3, 1820 (Du Ponceau's 60th birthday), having been born, "as the parents said," on Nov. 6, 1819.
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*Duponceau married his 2nd wife, Anne Latouche,(1759 - Oct. 3,1817)of New York, (sometimes spelled "La Touche") on Sept. 12, 1794. They had no children. From "In Search of Peter Stephen Du Ponceau" by Wm. A Tieck:
"She had been born of Huguenot parentage in 1759, which made her about nine years older than the first Mrs. Du Ponceau and a year older than her husband. An orphan, she was left without protection when the British occupied New York. Upon learning of this, Chancellor Livingston's mother, who knew the family, at once brought her to Clermont, the palatial Hudson River estate of the 'lower manor' Livingstons about thirty miles above Poughkeepsie. It was apparently in this setting that Du Ponceau came to know Miss Latouche. Early in 1783, on one of his leaves of absence from the Department of Foreign Affairs, Chancellor Livingston took Du Ponceau with him on a visit to New York, and the young secretary 'staid some time' at Clermont. A romantic involvement with Miss Latouche may well have developed on this occasion. Be that as it may, she became
Du Ponceau's second wife on September 12, 1794,in a ceremony performed by Bishop Samuel Provoost of Trinity Church, New York.
"The second Mrs. Du Ponceau was 'a very lovely girl' of delicate constitution. A long period of failing health preceded her demise on October 3, 1817...Indications are that during the twenty-three years of her married life, the second Anne was a dutiful wife to Du Ponceau and a devoted stepmother to Louisa, as witness the fact that Louisa bestowed upon her only daughter the name 'Anne
Latouche.'"
Anne Perry was the first* wife of Peter Stephen Du Ponceau (earlier in life called Pierre-Étienne Du Ponceau)- the French aid-de-camp, translator and lover (at the time) of the illustrious Gay Revolutionary War General Friedrich Wilhelm Von Steuben, General George Washington's Chief of Staff and the man hired by Franklin and Washington to train the ragtag Colonial Army. After the War, Du Ponceau moved to Philadelphia and went on to become a renowned linguist, jurist, and philosopher.
She was from Massachusetts, the eldest of two known daughters among of 11 children of Presbyterian pastor, Rev. Joseph Perry, originally of Windsor CT, and his wife, Sarah Lawrence Perry, of Groton, Massachusetts. After her parents' death she moved to Philadelphia where she met DuPonceau.
They had 3 children - Edward, born June 17, 1789; Louisa Frances/Françoise, born July 25, 1790, and named after his mother; and Peter Stephen, born June 14, 1792. The two sons were snatched from him in infancy, and on August 1, 1792, his beloved Anne was taken, a mere seven weeks after giving birth to his namesake and probably as a consequence of it.
Louisa would later marry François Gabriel Gareshé on Oct. 13, 1809, and they had one daughter, that Louisa named "Anne Latouche" Gareshé (b.? d. Paris 1897) after her devoted stepmother (Monsier Duponceau's 2nd wife), and 2 sons, Du Ponceau Francis Gareshé, born Feb. 24 1812, and baptized Mar. 28, 1812 and Joseph Gabriel Du Ponceau Gareshé", was baptized in Philadelphia according to the rites of the Reformed church on June 3, 1820 (Du Ponceau's 60th birthday), having been born, "as the parents said," on Nov. 6, 1819.
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*Duponceau married his 2nd wife, Anne Latouche,(1759 - Oct. 3,1817)of New York, (sometimes spelled "La Touche") on Sept. 12, 1794. They had no children. From "In Search of Peter Stephen Du Ponceau" by Wm. A Tieck:
"She had been born of Huguenot parentage in 1759, which made her about nine years older than the first Mrs. Du Ponceau and a year older than her husband. An orphan, she was left without protection when the British occupied New York. Upon learning of this, Chancellor Livingston's mother, who knew the family, at once brought her to Clermont, the palatial Hudson River estate of the 'lower manor' Livingstons about thirty miles above Poughkeepsie. It was apparently in this setting that Du Ponceau came to know Miss Latouche. Early in 1783, on one of his leaves of absence from the Department of Foreign Affairs, Chancellor Livingston took Du Ponceau with him on a visit to New York, and the young secretary 'staid some time' at Clermont. A romantic involvement with Miss Latouche may well have developed on this occasion. Be that as it may, she became
Du Ponceau's second wife on September 12, 1794,in a ceremony performed by Bishop Samuel Provoost of Trinity Church, New York.
"The second Mrs. Du Ponceau was 'a very lovely girl' of delicate constitution. A long period of failing health preceded her demise on October 3, 1817...Indications are that during the twenty-three years of her married life, the second Anne was a dutiful wife to Du Ponceau and a devoted stepmother to Louisa, as witness the fact that Louisa bestowed upon her only daughter the name 'Anne
Latouche.'"
She was from Massachusetts, the eldest of two known daughters among of 11 children of Presbyterian pastor, Rev. Joseph Perry, originally of Windsor CT, and his wife, Sarah Lawrence Perry, of Groton, Massachusetts. After her parents' death she moved to Philadelphia where she met DuPonceau.
They had 3 children - Edward, born June 17, 1789; Louisa Frances/Françoise, born July 25, 1790, and named after his mother; and Peter Stephen, born June 14, 1792. The two sons were snatched from him in infancy, and on August 1, 1792, his beloved Anne was taken, a mere seven weeks after giving birth to his namesake and probably as a consequence of it.
Louisa would later marry François Gabriel Gareshé on Oct. 13, 1809, and they had one daughter, that Louisa named "Anne Latouche" Gareshé (b.? d. Paris 1897) after her devoted stepmother (Monsier Duponceau's 2nd wife), and 2 sons, Du Ponceau Francis Gareshé, born Feb. 24 1812, and baptized Mar. 28, 1812 and Joseph Gabriel Du Ponceau Gareshé", was baptized in Philadelphia according to the rites of the Reformed church on June 3, 1820 (Du Ponceau's 60th birthday), having been born, "as the parents said," on Nov. 6, 1819.
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*Duponceau married his 2nd wife, Anne Latouche,(1759 - Oct. 3,1817)of New York, (sometimes spelled "La Touche") on Sept. 12, 1794. They had no children. From "In Search of Peter Stephen Du Ponceau" by Wm. A Tieck:
"She had been born of Huguenot parentage in 1759, which made her about nine years older than the first Mrs. Du Ponceau and a year older than her husband. An orphan, she was left without protection when the British occupied New York. Upon learning of this, Chancellor Livingston's mother, who knew the family, at once brought her to Clermont, the palatial Hudson River estate of the 'lower manor' Livingstons about thirty miles above Poughkeepsie. It was apparently in this setting that Du Ponceau came to know Miss Latouche. Early in 1783, on one of his leaves of absence from the Department of Foreign Affairs, Chancellor Livingston took Du Ponceau with him on a visit to New York, and the young secretary 'staid some time' at Clermont. A romantic involvement with Miss Latouche may well have developed on this occasion. Be that as it may, she became
Du Ponceau's second wife on September 12, 1794,in a ceremony performed by Bishop Samuel Provoost of Trinity Church, New York.
"The second Mrs. Du Ponceau was 'a very lovely girl' of delicate constitution. A long period of failing health preceded her demise on October 3, 1817...Indications are that during the twenty-three years of her married life, the second Anne was a dutiful wife to Du Ponceau and a devoted stepmother to Louisa, as witness the fact that Louisa bestowed upon her only daughter the name 'Anne
Latouche.'"
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