- Pierre Foretier
Pierre Foretier (
January 12 1738 –December 3 1815 ) was afur trade r, seigneur and official inLower Canada .He was born in
Montreal in 1738, the son of a shoemaker who died when Pierre was nine. He became a merchant supplying goods to fur traders. In 1764, he married Thérèse Legrand, daughter of a Montreal merchant. He owned his own store and operated a store for his father-in-law. He partnered withJoseph Périnault in several fur trading expeditions. In 1765, with Périnault, he purchased a large part of the sub-fief of Closse and the seigneury of Île-Bizard, later buying out his partner and purchasing the remainder of these properties. After 1767, he operated on his own before taking onJean Orillat as a partner in 1774. Foretier also purchased property in the faubourg Saint-Laurent in Montreal. During the American invasion of 1775-6, he helped supply Canadian forces, despite having his home occupied by an American colonel and his entourage.He was named a justice of the peace in 1779. Foretier was among those who lobbied for constitutional reform in the province; he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the legislative assembly in 1792. Foretier later served in the milita, serving as colonel from 1804 until his death at Montreal in 1815.
His daughter Marie-Amable married
Denis-Benjamin Viger ; his daughter Marie-Élizabeth married judgeLouis-Charles Foucher . His grandsonHugues Heney later represented Montreal East in the legislative assembly and served in the province's Executive Council.External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=2405 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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