Jacob De Witt

Jacob De Witt

Jacob De Witt (September 17 1785 – March 23 1859) was a Quebec businessman and political figure.

He was born in Windham, Connecticut in 1785, of Dutch descent, and came to Montreal with his family around 1802. He set up a hardware business with a partner in 1814, opening his own business three years later. He owned a steamship that transported goods on the Saint Lawrence River and owned land and a sawmill in Beauharnois County. De Witt was elected to represent Beauharnois in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada and elected again in 1834. Although he supported the parti patriote, he did not take an active part in the Lower Canada Rebellion. He was a charter member of the Bank of Canada and one of the founders of La Banque du Peuple at Montreal. De Witt was elected to represent Leinster County in an 1842 by-election; he was reelected in 1844. He was elected in Beauharnois in 1848 and in Châteauguay in 1854. He helped organize and served as chairman for the Anti-Seigniorial Tenure Convention and signed the Montreal Annexation Manifesto. De Witt helped establish the Montreal and Bytown Railway and was a founder and director of the Montreal City and District Savings Bank.

He died in Montreal in 1859.

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* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3868 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]


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