no one questioned the legality of her using the name mayfair , but accepted her word that it was a family custom later , her only daughter , angelique , was to do the same thing charlotte wore the emerald necklace given her by her mother until she died thereafter jeanne louise wore it , and passed it on to her fifth child , angelique , who was born in 1725 by the time this daughter was born , jeanne louise 's husband was mad and confined to 'a small house ' on the property , which from all descriptions seems to be the house in which petyr was imprisoned years before it is doubtful that this man was the father of angelique and it seems reasonable , though by no means certain , that angelique was the child of jeanne louise and her brother peter angelique called peter her 'papa ' in front of everyone , and it was said among the servants that she believed peter was her father as she had never known the madman in the outbuilding , who was chained in his last years rather like a wild beast it should be noted that the treatment of this madman was not considered cruel or unusual by those who knew the family it was also rumored that jeanne louise and peter shared a suite of connecting bedrooms and parlors added to the old plantation house shortly after jeanne louise 's marriage whatever gossip circulated about the secret habits of the family , jeanne louise wielded the same power over everyone that charlotte had wielded , maintaining a hold upon her slaves through immense generosity and personal attention in an era that was famed for quite the opposite jeanne louise is described as an exceptionally beautiful woman , much admired and much sought after she was never described as evil , sinister , or a witch those whom the talamasca contacted during jeanne louise 's lifetime knew nothing of the family 's european origins runaway slaves frequently came to jeanne louise to implore her intervention with a cruel master or mistress she often bought such unfortunates , binding them to her with a fierce loyalty she was a law unto herself at maye farre , and did execute more than one slave for treachery however , the goodwill of her slaves towards her was well known angehque was jeanne louise 's favorite child , and angelique was devoted to her grandmother , charlotte , and was with the old woman when she died .