Jacques-Nicolas Perrault, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Jacques-Nicolas Perrault
- Jacques-Nicolas Perrault (August 6, 1750 – August 7, 1812) was a seigneur, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born in Quebec City in 1750, the son of Jacques Perrault and grandson of Pierre Boucher de Boucherville.
- He entered his father's business and continued in business after his father died in 1775.
- Like his father, Perrault later referred to himself as Perrault l'aîné.
- In 1779, he married Marie-Anne, the daughter of merchant Jean-Baptiste Amiot; she died in 1782.
- Like other businesspeople of the time, he lobbied for a representative assembly for the province.
- Perrault was a captain in the local militia and a justice of the peace.
- He received the seigneury of La Bouteillerie (or Rivière-Ouelle) from his uncle, gaining full ownership in 1792 when his mother died.
- In 1793, he settled at Rivière-Ouelle, where he had married Thérèse-Esther Hausman, the widow of a local merchant.
- With the aim of developing his seigneury, he purchased property which include a sawmill, barley mill and blacksmith's stop; he built a wharf and set up a sugar bush.
- He was named colonel in the local militia.
- Perrault was elected to represent Cornwallis in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada in 1804; he was named to the Legislative Council in 1812.
- While in the assembly, he supported legislation that banned judges from being members of the legislative assembly. He was found dead in his bath at Rivière-Ouelle in 1812 after having been ill for several days. His brother Olivier was a judge and also served in the legislative council.
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