I am searching for the names of the parents of Nicholas Bodin dit Miragouin, who was an early settler of Mobile, Ala, and he received a French land grant of 14,000 arpents of land which comprise present day Bellingrath Gardens and he was the husband of Francois Paille, and the father of Marie Anne Jospehe Bodin who was the wife of Andre Claude Boutte. I know that Nichoals Bodin claimed he was from Mons Louis, France. Is Nichoals Bodin dit Miragouin a grandson of Jean Bodin?
The name Miragouin, means musketter and the name of his plantation was called Musketter Plantation, prior to coming to the Province of Louisiana did Nicholas Bodin dit Miragouin serve as a musketter to the King of France? And that was the reason why he was given such as large land grant of 14,00 arpents of land then he owned Mons Louis island off the Alabama coast, were these French land grants as a thank you gift for being in the household calvary of the King of France? Please help