Maria Josefa Catalina Griffon D’Anneville de Villiers

I represent Maria Josefa Catalina Griffon D’Anneville de Villiers (called Marie). I was born in New Orleans in 1752. My parents were Antonio Simon, “naval notary, bureau functionary,” and Catarina Poupar, both natives of Illinois. I was the wife of Lt. Lt. Col. Jean Marcos Coulon de Villers, a Spanish officer who commanded the Louisiana Regiment and also commanded the fort at St. Marks de Apalache. We married in New Orleans in 1784. I am buried in St. Michael’s cemetery.