PIERRE . PER
RIN . LEFILS
(Pierre Perrin Lefils)
Most likely the father of Antoine Perrin Lejeune (see ANTOINE PERRIN LEIEVNE).
Map of where specimens of PIERRE.PERRIN.LEFILS blades were found
1. Fort Michilimackinac, Michigan ( 1715-1763)
2. Fort St.Joseph, Niles, Michigan, United States (1691-1760)
3. Rock Island, Wisconsin, United States (1600s to the 1750s)
References and specimens for PIERRE.PERRIN.LEFILS
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| Name : clasp knife | Blade type : type 1 |
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| Site name or provenance: Mackinac County, Michigan |
Approx. date of site : 1671-1760 French presence in Mackinac County spawned over 90 years from 1671 to 1760) ( Father Marquette established a Jesuit mission in 1671 in St. Ignace - In 1761 the French relinquished Fort Michilimackinac to the British who had assumed control of Canada as a result of their victory in the French and Indian War.) |
| Approx. date of discovery : 2003 |
Hallmark : No Hallmark
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Markings : PIERRE.PER RIN.LEFILS |
Current collection : KG collection, Canada |
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| Name : clasp knife | Blade type : type 1 |
| Blade length (cm) : 10.8 | Blade width (cm) :1.8 |
| Blade thickness (mm) : 1.5 | Length from heel to pin (cm) : 1 |
| Site name or provenance: Mackinac County, Michigan | Approx. date of site : 1671-1760 |
| Approx. date of discovery : 2003 |
Hallmark :
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Markings :
P(I) RIN.LEFI(-)(-) |
Current collection : KG collection, Canada |
| Name : clasp knife | Blade type : type 1 |
| Site name or provenance: Fort Michilimackinac | Approx. date of site : 1715-1763 |
| Approx. date of discovery : 1959-1969 |
Reference :
Stone, Lyle M., Fort
Michilimackinac, 1715-1781: An Archaeological Perspective on the Revolutionary Frontier, Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing, 1974. (page 265)
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Markings :
IERRE. B (E) - (I)-. (LEI)ILS (Most likely the mark of PIERRE.PERRIN.LEFILS )
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Current collection : Fort Michilimacknac Collection |
| Name : clasp knife | Blade type : type 1 |
| Site name or provenance: Fort St.Joseph, Niles, Michigan | Approx. date of site : 1691-1760 |
| Approx. date of discovery : 1949 |
Reference : 5. Hulse, Charles, A., An
archeological evaluation of Fort St.Joseph : An eighteenth century military
post and settlement in Berrien county, Michigan, 1977.
(page 300)
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Markings :
PIERRE. PER (R)IN. IEFIL. S 2 specimens This mark may be represented at Fort Michilimackinac by the fragmentary marks show below. IERRE . B ( E )- ( I ) - . ( LEI ) ILS
PIERRE . B_(R) |
Current collection : Fort St Joseph Museum |
| Name : clasp knife | Blade type : type 1 (pointed clasp knives) |
| Site name or provenance: Rock Island, Wisconsin | Approx. date of site : 1600s to the 1750s |
| Approx. date of discovery : 1969 -1974 |
Reference : Ronald J. Mason, Rock Island,
Historical Indian Archaology in the Northern Lake Michigan Basin, Kent
State University Press. (page 200)
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Markings :
P?PERE.PER above TIF. X-Unit A., Period 3 or 4
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Current collection : LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY (Anthropology Departement) |