Jacques Gouin Ecuyer Sieur de Beauchesne

 

• January 2, 1652
  He was born in Saint-Malo, Brittany, France
   

• December 18, 1692
  Letter of marque from Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse and Admiral of the French Navy to Jacques Gouin de Beauchene to arm the frigate named the Prudent de Saint Malo as a privateer.
  Source: AD64 B8700  p 20
   

• December 24, 1692
  Registration at the Admiralty of Bayonne of the letter of marque of Sieur Jacques Gouin de  Beauchesne to arm the Prudent de Saint Malo.
  Source: AD64 B8700  p 26
   

• June 30, 1693
  Sieur Antoine d'Arcy de la Varenne received instructions from Comte de Ponchartrain, Secretary of State for the Navy, to form a squadron to stop the Dutch trading of whales in Spitzberg:

  • Vessel the Pélican under command of Captain de la Varenne

  • Frigate the Aigle under command of Captain Joannis Suhigaraychipy, also known as Coursic or Croisic

  • Frigate the Favory under command of Captain Louis de Harismendy

  • Vessel the Prudent de Saint Malo, privateer of Saint Malo, under command of Sieur Gouin de Beauchesne

  Source: AN Marine B/4/14 (2)  f°522
               Philippe Henrat: French Naval Operations in Spitsbergen During Louis XIV's Reign
   

• April 21, 1694

  Letter of the King to Sieur du Brouillant: "I have appointed three of my vessels and a privateer of St Malo under the command of Sieur de Saint Clair to make the race in the septentrional seas of America and I give the order to Sieur de Saint Clair to send to Plaisance the captures he will make…"

  Source: AN Colonies B/17 f°59

   
  Comte de Ponchartrain Secretary of State for the Navy instructs Sieur de Saint Clair to form a squadron to stop the English from trading on the Grand Bench of Newfoundland:

  • Captain de Saint Clair commands the Gaillard (vessel)

  • Captain Joannis Suhigaraychipy also known as Coursic or Croisic commands the Aigle (frigate)

  • Captain Louis de Harismendy commands the Favory (frigate)

  • Sieur Gouin de Beauchesne commands the Prudent (vessel), privateer of Saint Malo

  Source: AN Marine B/2/96 f°94
   

• May 28, 1694
  Letter of marque from Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse and Admiral of the French Navy to Jacques Gouin de Beauchene to arm the Prudent de Saint Malo as a privateer.
  Source: AD64 B8702  v 111/204
   

• November 20, 1694
  The Prudent, under command of Sieur de Beauchesnes, arrived at Bayonne.
  Source: AN Marine B/2/100 (3)  f°343
   

• July 26, 1730
  He died in Saint-Malo, Brittany, France