I believe I have made progress on my earlier post on William Hart Gautier (1822-1910) married to Catharine Ann Tyson. Through other posts here and elsewhere I believe that his his parents are Thomas Nicholas Gautier and Eliza Ann Brown. I believe this is the same Thomas Nicholas Gautier that was commander of the United States naval forces at Wilmington, N.C., 1808-1813.

I also feel that his parents were Pierre Boudet - 1729-1791 (who changed his name to Peter Gautier after fleeing France to England to avoid religious persecution) and Anne Manson.

I felt comfortable about all of this till I saw Thomas Nicholas's Grave on Find A Grave:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=ga...;

His dates are 1764-1848. These dates jive with the collection of papers donated to UNC which mention his dates:

http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/g/Gautier,Thomas_N.html

Now for the confusion. I had his dates, from Ancestry.com, as 1780-1854.

I also found who I though was his son William H Gautier, in two 1850 Census's:

1850- Living in Wilmington with E.A. Gautier b abt 1805 , who might be Eliza Ann his widowed Mother.
1850- Living in Bladen with the Tyson family of which he married Catharine Ann Tyson who is in that household


If anyone can help me figure out my William H Gautier's ancestry I would appreciate it!

Tony Hargrove