- Jacob Jordan
Jacob Jordan (
September 19 1741 –February 23 1796 ) was a seigneur, businessman and political figure inLower Canada .He was born in
England in 1741 and came to Quebec in 1761 or earlier. He was an agent atMontreal for aLondon -based firm that supplied provisions for British troops in North America. Jordan held lands inNew Brunswick andVermont . He expanded into the grain trade and also became agent for the Saint-Maurice ironworks. In 1767, he married Ann Livingston; they had ten children. In 1776, he was named deputy paymaster general. In 1784, he purchased the seigneury of Terrebonne, which includedgristmill s valuable to Jordan for the production of flour, fromPierre-Paul Margane de Lavaltrie . He was also partner in the operation of atobacco factory, the Montreal Distilling Company and a bakery at Montreal. He also became involved in thefur trade , in competition with theNorth West Company . Jordan represented Effingham County in the1st Parliament of Lower Canada .He died at Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne (later Terrebonne) in 1796, while still in office.
His son Jacob represented Effingham in the legislative assembly from 1796 to 1800.
External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=1979 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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