Wawatam

male
Wawatam (fl. 1762 - 1764) was an Ojibwa chief at Michilimackinac. He is known through his rescue of British trader Alexander Henry from the...
Patrick Sinclair

Patrick Sinclair

male, deceased (1820)
Patrick Sinclair, was from Lybster, Scotland and joined the British army at about age 18 and was involved in a 1758 attack of Guadeloupe. By 1760,...

John Tanner

male, deceased (1846)
John Tanner ("c." 1780 - d. in or after 1846) was the son of the Rev. John Tanner of Virginia. He was born in 1780 and his family moved to the...
Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre

Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre

male, deceased (1755)
Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre (October 24, 1701 - September 8, 1755) traced his lineage to a number of New France's prominent families. Most...

John Biddle

male, deceased (1859)
John Biddle (March 2, 1792-August 25, 1859) was a delegate to the United States Congress from the Michigan Territory. Biddle was born in...
William Grant

William Grant

male, deceased (1810)
William Grant was a Scottish-born fur trader and businessman in Lower Canada. He was born in Kirkmichael, Scotland in 1743 and came to Quebec...
Toussaint Pothier

Toussaint Pothier

male, deceased (1845)
Toussaint Pothier was a businessman, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born Jean-Baptiste Pothier in Montreal in 1771, the son...
Jean-Baptiste Faribault

Jean-Baptiste Faribault

male, deceased (1860)
Jean-Baptiste Faribault was a trader with the Indians and early settler in Minnesota. His father Barthélemy Faribault, a lawyer of Paris, France, s...

George McBeath

male, deceased (1812)
George McBeath (ca 1740 - December 3 1812) was a fur trader, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born in Scotland around 1740...

Constant Le Marchand de Lignery

male
Constant Le Marchand de Lignery, generally known as "Lignery" (baptized March 27, 1662, Charentilly, near Tours, France-February 19, 1732,...