Paul-Joseph Le Moyne de Longueuil, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian colonial administrator (1701-1778)
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Place of Birth: Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
About Paul-Joseph Le Moyne de Longueuil
- Paul-Joseph Le Moyne de Longueuil (September 17, 1701 – May 12, 1778) was a seigneur and colonial army officer in New France and governor of Trois-Rivières from 1757 to 1760.The son of Charles le Moyne de Longueuil, Baron de Longueuil and Claude-Élisabeth Souart d’Adoucourt, he was born in Longueuil and entered the army in France in 1717, becoming lieutenant in 1719.
- In 1726, he became lieutenant in the colonial army and commander of Fort Frontenac; the following year, Longueuil became captain of his owner company.
- From 1728 to 1730, he took part in the unsuccessful campaign against the Foxes.
- In October 1728, he married Marie-Geneviève Joybert de Soulanges; through this marriage, he acquired the seigneuries of L’Islet-du-Portage, Pointe-à -l’Orignal on the Ottawa River and Soulanges.
- In 1729, he was granted the seigneury of Nouvelle-Longueuil.
- Several of these properties were located on major fur trading routes.
- He became commandant of Fort Saint-Frédéric in 1739.In 1743, Longueuil became commandant at Detroit.
- During the War of the Austrian Succession, the neighbouring native tribes revolted against the French but Longueuil was later able to reestablish peace in the region.
- In 1748, he was named town major for Quebec City and, in the following year, he was named king's lieutenant.
- In 1757, he was named governor for Trois-Rivières.After Montreal was captured in 1760, Longueuil was sent to France.
- In 1764, he returned to Canada to settle his affairs and to convince his family to return to France.
- He sold the seigneury of L’Islet-du-Portage; the remaining properties came under the control of his son Joseph-Dominique-Emmanuel, who later served in the Legislative Council of Lower Canada.
- Longueuil returned to Tours in France without his family.
- He later died at Port-Louis at the age of 76.Longueuil was awarded the cross of Saint-Louis in 1744. His daughter Geneviève married Louis Liénard de Beaujeu de Villemonde.
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