Michel Antoine Garoutte anglicized as: Michael Antoine Garoutte ( 12th of April, 1750 – 29th of April, 1829 ) was a member of the first nobility of Provence in the Kingdom of France. He was a Pirate and 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 in , New Jersey, United States. Michel Antoine Garoutte was one of the founding Catholics of the U.S. State Pennsylvania. The street named Garoutte in present-day Marseille, Republic of France is named after his family.