Joseph Thebaud

Joseph Thebaud (1772-1811) was an agent of the French East India Company, and later in about 1792 founded Thebaud Brothers, a commission house in New York City.

A nineteenth century account of his life states that he first settled in Boston, where he stayed for a short time, then moved to New Haven, where he married Felicité Le Breton, a daughter of a gentleman from Martinique.

Moving again to New York, he set up in business and became one of the leading merchants of the city. He lived at 121 Beekman Street, and had his counting-room opposite, at No. 11. He had a country house on a site where Orchard Street later ran.

Thebaud was an amateur botanist and passionately fond of flowers. His greenhouses were at the time the wonder of the town. He took great pride in showing his flowers. His neighbors were David Dunham, Cornelius Dubois, and the Stuyvesant family. He founded the French Benevolent Society of New York, and was a leading director and friend to the old Mechanics' Bank.

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*Cite book
publisher = Carlton
last = Scoville
first = Joseph Alfred
title = The Old Merchants of New York City
location = New York
accessdate = 2008-08-20
date = 1863
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=thIwAAAAIAAJ