François-Marie Perrot

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François-Marie Perrot
Born1644
Governor of Acadia
(1684–87)
SpouseMadeleine Laguide Meynier
Children6

François-Marie Perrot (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa maʁi pɛʁo]; 1644–1691) was born in Paris and Seigneur de Sainte-Geneviève.

Biography

He was appointed

governor of Montreal by a royal commission in 1670 and arrived in New France
that year. Records do show his tenure as 1669–84.

In 1669 he married Madeleine Laguide Meynier, a niece of

Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve
.

On October 29, 1672, he was granted the island that now bears his name (Île Perrot to the west of Montreal Island) as a seignory.[1]

Perrot was the

Louis-Alexandre des Friches de Meneval
.

References

  1. ^ "Île Perrot". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 9 November 2017.

Eccles, W. J. (1979) [1966]. "Perrot, François-Marie". In Brown, George Williams (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. I (1000–1700) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.

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