jan 1, 1826 - Immigration: Puerto Rico

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John Laurent did not return to Haiti. He instead migrated to Puerto Rico as a farmer in a plantation of the duke of Crillon (François Félix de Crillon, IV, a French General at the service of Spain, Who has been given lands in Puerto Rico by the king, in 1776, with permission to send foreign families to cultivate them. In 1792 the conditions were renegotiated and the Duke was allowed to sell lands to solvent Catholic foreigners, residing in Spanish kingdoms. It was granted both Duke and their settlers a period of four years for the start of the farms.

The governor Don Ramon Castro, given the word like circumstances, did not allow them entry into the bay of San Juan on June 3, 1796 and they were forced to anchor in the island of Saint Tomás with their ship loaded with 59 slaves, three workers and their families, and more relevant agricultural utensils. They corresponded with the duke of Crillon Mahon to overcome these difficulties.

Kercado and LeDoux Not only requested to enter Puerto Rico, but the authorization to sell timber abroad from their plantation +4000 beefs and 2000 mules to recover from the losses suffered consequent to the refusal of the governor Castro. They also asked authorization to establish a surgeon apothecary, doctor and a chaplain to say mass at their place.
These last request, were granted as well as selling timber, but not the one on cattle, despite the favorable report from the secretary of the Royal treasury Don Francisco Savedra, who defended the settlers, noting that they were not miserable upstarts in search of fortune, but wealthy individuals and practices in colonial works, who have capital and workers, which is very convenient for the agricultural development of Puerto Rico.

The Kercado and LeDoux families went together to Puerto Rico. They were close friends and an 1826 a Madame LeDoux signed for herself and for M. Gustav de Kercado at the Madame Natalie Solis, a petition concerning the end definitely due to the planters by the government.

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