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I will only show my branch of the Yax tree but where there is an *, this will show that I have addition information on that family. You may email me if you would like to see what I have on the line.

CHILDREN OF MICHEL AND CATHERINE YAX

*Marie Catherine Yax b)2/2/1747 Detroit Mi d)9/27/1792 Detroit Mi
Married 2/15/1762 to Jean Baptiste Rivard.

     Angelique Yax b)2/2/1748 Detroit Mi d)12/30/1764 Detroit Mi
Married 1/30/1764 to Tranquille Turcot.

     Louis Michel Yax b)11/13/1751 d)May 1813 Grosse Pointe Mi.

     *Cecile Yax b)9/30/1753 Detroit Mi. Married 1/12/1767 to Louis
Michel Tremblay.

     Marie Joseph Yax b)12/24/1755 Detroit Mi d)5/15/1764 Detroit Mi.

     Simon Yax b)11/25/1758 Detroit Mi d)5/18/1821 Married 2/18/1805
to Isabelle Mauger.

     *Jean Baptiste William Yax b)1/27/1760 Grosse Pointe Mi married
1782 to Marie Tremblay.

     *Jean Baptiste Guillaume Yax b)11/15/1761 Grosse Pointe Mi
married 1781 to Marie Judith Chretienne Huvet-Champagne.

     (2)Pierre Yax b)4/7/1763 Grosse Pointe Mi d)11/21/1826 Detroit
Mi. married 6/2/1783 to Marie(Mary)Joseph Ferton.

     Joachim Yax b)11/18/1768 Grosse Pointe Mi d)5/14/1769 Detroit Mi

     Nicolas Yax b)10/4/1770 Grosse Pointe Mi d)11/26/1772 Detroit Mi

2. Pierre and Marie Joseph Yax

(2)PIERRE(PETER)YAX and MARIE(MARY) JOSEPH FERTON were married
6/2/1783 in Detroit Mi.  Pierre Yax was the first settler in the
area, now know as New Baltimore Mi.  Pierre Yax was issued two land
grants one signed by President John Quincy Adams on 7/3/1826, which
traced a "Land Patent" back to him in 1812 when Michigan was still
part of the Northwest Territory. The other by President Woodrow
Wilson signed in May 1915.  This second one was more then likely
given to his son or a grandson named Pierre because Pierre died in
1826.  Pierre and Marie had nine children.


     Pierre Yax b)2/23/1784 Detroit Mi. Married 7/3/1815 in Detroit
to Monica Huvet dit Champagne.

     Francis Xavier Yax b)7/22/1785 Detroit Mi. Married 11/14/1805 in
Detroit Mi to Archange Thomas.

     Mary Clara Yax b)6/1/1787 Detroit Mi.

     *Helena Yax b)About 1790 Detroit Mi. Married 11/25/1806 in
Detroit Mi. to John Baptist Saucier.

     *Bridget Yax b)10/25/1793 Detroit Mi. d)7/2/1850 Mt. Clemens Mi.
Married 10/26/1812 in Detroit Mi too Simon Cadet.

     Veronica Yax b)2/17/1797 Detroit Mi d)2/17/1797

     (3)Hubert Yax b)3/24/1798 Detroit Mi Married 2/18/1822 in Detroit
Mi. to Angelica Syre dit Cadieu.

     *Euphrosia Yax b) 12/10/1801 Detroit Mi. Married 1/31/1820 in
Detroit Mi. to Joseph Huyet dit Champagne.
     Gilbert Yax b)4/7/1805 Detroit Mi d)July 1854 Assumption Sandwich
Canada. Married 2/24/1829 in Macomb County Mi. to Archange Godfroy
Balard.