Jean-Baptiste Raymond
Jean-Baptiste Raymond (December 6, 1757 – March 19, 1825) was a seigneur, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.
Life
He was born in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies in New France in 1757 and entered the fur trade at an early age. He later became a merchant at La Tortue (later Saint-Mathieu). In 1784, he married Marie-Clotilde, the daughter of Montreal merchant Charles-François Girardin. He inherited the seigneury of Lac-Matapédia from his mother but was forced to sell it in 1796 due to financial difficulties with his business. He was elected to the Legislative *embly of Lower Canada for Huntingdon County in 1800 and reelected in 1804. In 1801, he moved to La Prairie. He went into business with his son Jean-Moïse around 1805. Raymond was involved in the sale of dry goods and also invested in real estate. He was made a justice of the peace and also served as a captain in the militia. He helped organize a meeting held in 1822 to protest a proposed union of Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
He died in La Prairie in 1825.
His daughter Marie-Geneviève-Sophie married the merchant Joseph M*on. His daughter Clotilde married Paul-Théophile Pinsonaut, they were the parents of Pierre-Adolphe Pinsoneault. His widow married Edme Henry in 1828.
External links
- "Jean-Baptiste Raymond". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online:ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National *embly of Quebec.