Pierre Jarret de Verchères
Pierre Jarret de Verchères (c. 1679 – 1708) was a French-Canadian military officer.[1] His father, François, was the founder of Verchères, now a suburb of Montreal, Quebec.[1] In 1691, as a teenager, along with his older sister Madeleine and his younger brother Alexandre, he helped defend his father's fort for a week.[1] Jarret de Verchères was killed in 1708 after his raiding party was ambushed following an attack on Haverhill, Massachusetts.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Dupré, Céline (1979) [1969]. "Jarret de Verchères, Pierre". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. II (1701–1740) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
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