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Michael Antoine Garoutte Pronounced in French as: Mikel guh-roo (April 12, 1750 – April 29, 1829) was a member of the first nobility of Provence in the Kingdom of France. He was a Privateer in the early war for American Independence and ascended to the rank of Lieutenant in the first American Continental Navy.
He was the first owner of the LaFayette Tavern in Pleasant Mills, New Jersey, United States of America.
He belonged to a very old Provencal family of the nobility. He and his sister the Lady Marie Magdeleine Garoutte and her family were Revolutionaries, they were among the first nobles to reform the French government in the French Revolution. Garoutte's favored nephew was French Revolutionary Army General Antoine Joseph Marie d'Espinassy. He was also one of the founding Catholics of Pennsylvania.
The street named Garoutte in Marseille, France is named after his family.
Michel Antoine Garoutte's maternal grandfather was Baron Henri d'Lascour, who was the 1st cousin of Louis Capet the King of France.