Rene Beluche separated from Jean Laffite in 1822 to join Simon Bolivar and by 1823 JL had a Letter of Corso (a privateering license) from Gran Colombia and had become a Captain for one of their corsair vessels. Don't you think that maybe it was Rene Beluche who encouraged JL to join Simon Bolivar's naval force which consisted mostly of corsairs?
One of the ancestors of Rene Beluche once visited the home of my dear friend Dr. Tomas Arias in Panama and told Dr. Arias that he was writing and publishing a biography of Rene Beluche. Dr. Arias knew that I was searching for the armed Colombian schooner 'General Santander' and for Jean Laffite, so he asked this Beluche decendant if he knew about Jean Laffite and he told him "yes" and that he included this in his Beluche biography. This was back in 2005 or so and then a few months later Dr. Arias passed away. Dr. Arias was a researcher for the Smithsonian Institute and an expert in genetic anthropology and genetic pharmacology. He had contacted me because his grandfather Parra of Baracoa had married a Laffite in Baracoa before marrying his grandmother and before reaching Panama. He become aware of Jean Laffite and Pierre Laffite when he contacted me and by coincidence this descendant of Rene Beluche visited him at this home during the time of our correspondence. I do not know if this Beluche ever published this book. His last name is Beluche and he lives in Panama.
Most of the men that become top leaders during Simon Bolivar's movement were free masons and this is why I asked if by any chance Jean, Pierre or Alexandre Laffite were free masons because of the possibility that Rene Beluche becoming the Grand Admiral of teh Venezuelan Navy and even being buried next to Simon Bolivar that was a 33 degree mason, the highest degree in the Masonic tradition. Jean Lafitte was involved in the independence of Mexico and Gran Colombia and in all the independence movements most of its leaders were free masons including the US. Andrew Jackson was a free mason and he was willing to let Jean, Pierre and Alexander Laffite join him to defeat the British in New Orleans.
There were several masonic lodges in Saint Domingue where Jean, Pierre and Alexander Laffite lived. There were several masonic lodges in New Orleans during the time that Jean, Pierre and Alexander Laffite lived in New Orleans. There was one masonic lodge in Baracoa when Jean, Pierre and Alexander Laffite visited Baracoa and Pierre Laffite lived in Baracoa and even married in Baracoa. I was not aware of this until I ran into a couple of articles and book chapter about this just several months ago. So, I wonder and keep wondering if JL, PL or/and AL were masons or had strong relation to masons. I just have this question.
One of the ancestors of Rene Beluche once visited the home of my dear friend Dr. Tomas Arias in Panama and told Dr. Arias that he was writing and publishing a biography of Rene Beluche. Dr. Arias knew that I was searching for the armed Colombian schooner 'General Santander' and for Jean Laffite, so he asked this Beluche decendant if he knew about Jean Laffite and he told him "yes" and that he included this in his Beluche biography. This was back in 2005 or so and then a few months later Dr. Arias passed away. Dr. Arias was a researcher for the Smithsonian Institute and an expert in genetic anthropology and genetic pharmacology. He had contacted me because his grandfather Parra of Baracoa had married a Laffite in Baracoa before marrying his grandmother and before reaching Panama. He become aware of Jean Laffite and Pierre Laffite when he contacted me and by coincidence this descendant of Rene Beluche visited him at this home during the time of our correspondence. I do not know if this Beluche ever published this book. His last name is Beluche and he lives in Panama.
Most of the men that become top leaders during Simon Bolivar's movement were free masons and this is why I asked if by any chance Jean, Pierre or Alexandre Laffite were free masons because of the possibility that Rene Beluche becoming the Grand Admiral of teh Venezuelan Navy and even being buried next to Simon Bolivar that was a 33 degree mason, the highest degree in the Masonic tradition. Jean Lafitte was involved in the independence of Mexico and Gran Colombia and in all the independence movements most of its leaders were free masons including the US. Andrew Jackson was a free mason and he was willing to let Jean, Pierre and Alexander Laffite join him to defeat the British in New Orleans.
There were several masonic lodges in Saint Domingue where Jean, Pierre and Alexander Laffite lived. There were several masonic lodges in New Orleans during the time that Jean, Pierre and Alexander Laffite lived in New Orleans. There was one masonic lodge in Baracoa when Jean, Pierre and Alexander Laffite visited Baracoa and Pierre Laffite lived in Baracoa and even married in Baracoa. I was not aware of this until I ran into a couple of articles and book chapter about this just several months ago. So, I wonder and keep wondering if JL, PL or/and AL were masons or had strong relation to masons. I just have this question.
Does anyone have any comments or thoughts about this?
I am not sure about Jean Laffite, but definitely Pierre Laffite was a Free Mason and held offices in that group. How do I know this? In many of Pierre Laffite's signatures, he used a code of dots and slashes after his name that signifies "Past Worthy Master Mason.' A 33rd degree Mason (my late uncle) confirmed this for me about two years ago when I showed him the signature. Another person using this same signature code in New Orleans at the time was Barthelemy Lafon. Since both Pierre Laffite and Dominique You were Free Masons, it seems highly likely that Jean Laffite also was one, though no proof has been found (yet).
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