Jean Baptiste Desroches (1621-1684) 8th great-grandfather
son of Jean Antoine Desroches (1585-1652) and Antoinette Unknown (1585-_)
Birth 1621 • Le Bois, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France
Death 23 AUG 1684 • Pointe Aux Tembles, Montreal, Canada
Marriage 1647 to Francoise Godé (Gaudet) (1631-1715)
By 1664, Jean Baptiste Desroches was a Montreal merchant and fur trader.
1664, 5 février, Engagement de Pierre Parusseau à Jean Desroches. Translated: 1664, Feb 5, Engagement of Pierre Parusseau to Jean Desroches [fur trader] — Notary Bassett.
1667, 12 aout, Société Jean Desroches, Isaac Nafrechoux, Toussaint Beaudry, Nicolas Perrot.
In 1667 Nicolas Perrot, explorer and fur trader, formed a trading company with Jean Desroches, Isaac Nafrechoux, and Toussaint Beaudry. Together they traveled west to the Ottawas country. Traveling still further west, Perrot and his partners became the first French traders to deal with the Algonquian tribes near Green Bay in 1668.
Working to break the trade monopoly the Ottawas had over the western tribes, Perrot opened direct trade relations with the Potawatomi and established himself as an Indian diplomat by settling a dispute between the Potawatomi and the Menominee. Perrot returned to Montreal with furs in 1670.
Above: Perrot’s Contract for the Western Trade, source: page 124, The French Regime in Wisconsin and the Northwest, by Louise Phelps Kellogg, Heritage Books, 2007 - History - 474 pages
More about: “PERROT, NICOLAS,” SEE: Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 2, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/perrot_nicolas_2E.html
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