1747 in Canada

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Events from the year 1747 in Canada.

Incumbents

Governors

Events

11 February – At the Battle of Grand Pré, Col. Arthur Noble's detachment of British troops from Massachusetts, face off against a French and Mi'kmaq force under Nicholas Antoine Coulon de Villiers. Noble and around 70 of his soldiers were killed.^[3]
Marguerite d'Youville (Born Varennes, Quebec October 1701 Died December 28, 1771) founds the Sisters of Charity or the Grey Nuns of Montreal.
Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière was appointed to be Governor of New France.^[4]

Births

Sir John Thomas Duckworth, a naval officer who became the governor of Newfoundland: February 9, 1747 (England) - Aug 31, 1817.^[5]
Samuel Gale, a surveyor and land agent in Lower Canada (Quebec): born in England Oct 14, 1747.^[6]

Deaths

January 18: Michel Bégon, commissary of the Marine, councillor in the parlement of Metz, France, inspector general of the Marine, intendant of New France, intendant of Le Havre, of the admiralty of Normandy, and of naval forces (b.1667)
August 8: Madeleine de Verchères, daughter of François Jarret, a seigneur in New France, and Marie Perrot (b.1678); Madeline (alt spelling) achieved recognition when, as a young girl, she successfully fought off Iroquois attackers and helped to save Fort Vercheres (Quebec).^[7]

Historical documents

Louisbourg fell because of French failings that should not be expected to happen again, and peace will likely see it returned to France^[8]

"Seems to be a degree of treason" - Trade carried on with impunity from Rhode Island, New York and Philadelphia with New France^[9]

From as far away as Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin fears seeming weakness of British will turn Six Nations and other Indigenous against them^[10]

New England troops at Minas defeated but parolled in Winter 1747 by French, whose supporting fleet from France is destroyed in May^[11]

Referring to Sable Island cranberries, author calls that fruit "a most exquisitely agreeable acid sauce for all roast meats"^[12]

Thousands of caribou cross Hayes River, though they have been scarce because Indigenous people kill females before their calves are born^[13]

"Both Factory Servants and Indians" hunt geese in "Goose Moon" (new moon nearest March 25) in swamps along Hudson Bay^[14]

"The Indians do not express so much Art in any thing, as they do in the Make of these Canoes[, and] are very dexterous in the Use"^[15]

Beliefs held by Hudson Bay region Indigenous people, including those that lead them to attack Inuit and other peoples^[16]

"The Flesh of the Buffalo tasted of Musk" - Northwest Passage seekers shoot muskox bull, and ill crewmen feel better after eating it^[17]

Intendant Hocquart donates building materials for new Tadoussac church, and priest agrees to celebrate mass every St. Anne's Day for him^[18]

References

^ Guéganic (2008), p. 13.
^ "George I". Official web site of the British monarchy. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
^ "Attack at Grand-Pré National Historic Event". Parks Canada. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
^ "Biography – BARRIN DE LA GALISSONIÈRE, ROLAND-MICHEL, Marquis de LA GALISSONIÈRE – Volume III (1741-1770) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
^ "Biography – DUCKWORTH, Sir JOHN THOMAS – Volume V (1801-1820) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
^ "Biography – GALE, SAMUEL (1747-1826) – Volume VI (1821-1835) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
^ "Heritage History - Homeschool History Curriculum". Archived from the original on 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
^ "All Queen Ann's War" The Case Re-stated; or an Examine of a late Pamphlet, Intitled, The State of the Nation for the Year 1747, etc. (December 31, 1747), pgs. 43-4. Accessed 28 October 2021 (See other expressions that victory was not to be expected; also see "English bad negotiators, and why")
^ William Douglass, footnote A Summary, Historical and Political, of the[...]British Settlements in North-America; Vol. I (1755), pg. 307. Accessed 2 November 2021
^ (Benjamin Franklin), Plain Truth (November 17, 1747), U.S. National Archives. Accessed 3 November 2021 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-03-02-0091 (scroll down to "And is our Country")
^ William Douglass, "His design was to quarter at Minas" A Summary, Historical and Political, of the[...]British Settlements in North-America; Vol. I (1755), pgs. 324-6. (See also French account (in English) of battle) Accessed 2 November 2021
^ William Douglass, footnote A Summary, Historical and Political, of the[...]British Settlements in North-America; Vol. I (1755), pg. 335. Accessed 2 November 2021
^ Caribou migration (March 1747), An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[....]Vol. II (1749), pg. 17. (See Indigenous ways of hunting caribou) Accessed 28 October 2021
^ Goose hunting An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[....]Vol. II (1749), pg. 30. Accessed 28 October 2021
^ Birchbark canoes An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[....]Vol. II (1749), pgs. 37-9. Accessed 28 October 2021
^ "We are now speaking of these People" An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[....]Vol. II (1749), pgs. 40-7 ff. (continued from "Krick Indians") Accessed 28 October 2021
^ "Some of the Boats People" An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[....]Vol. II (1749), pg. 260. Accessed 29 October 2021
^ Journal of Father Coquart (1747), The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. LXIX. Accessed 3 November 2021 http://moses.creighton.edu/kripke/jesuitrelations/relations_69.html (scroll down to Page 137)

External links

Media related to 1747 in Canada at Wikimedia Commons

Historic plaque, 1747 attack at Grand Pre

[1] Guéganic (2008), p. 13.

[2] "George I". Official web site of the British monarchy. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2016.

[3] "Attack at Grand-Pré National Historic Event". Parks Canada. Retrieved 27 May 2024.

[4] "Biography – BARRIN DE LA GALISSONIÈRE, ROLAND-MICHEL, Marquis de LA GALISSONIÈRE – Volume III (1741-1770) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".

[5] "Biography – DUCKWORTH, Sir JOHN THOMAS – Volume V (1801-1820) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".

[6] "Biography – GALE, SAMUEL (1747-1826) – Volume VI (1821-1835) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".

[7] "Heritage History - Homeschool History Curriculum". Archived from the original on 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2013-12-31.

[8] "All Queen Ann's War" The Case Re-stated; or an Examine of a late Pamphlet, Intitled, The State of the Nation for the Year 1747, etc. (December 31, 1747), pgs. 43-4. Accessed 28 October 2021 (See other expressions that victory was not to be expected; also see "English bad negotiators, and why")

[9] William Douglass, footnote A Summary, Historical and Political, of the[...]British Settlements in North-America; Vol. I (1755), pg. 307. Accessed 2 November 2021

[10] (Benjamin Franklin), Plain Truth (November 17, 1747), U.S. National Archives. Accessed 3 November 2021 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-03-02-0091 (scroll down to "And is our Country")

[11] William Douglass, "His design was to quarter at Minas" A Summary, Historical and Political, of the[...]British Settlements in North-America; Vol. I (1755), pgs. 324-6. (See also French account (in English) of battle) Accessed 2 November 2021

[12] William Douglass, footnote A Summary, Historical and Political, of the[...]British Settlements in North-America; Vol. I (1755), pg. 335. Accessed 2 November 2021

[13] Caribou migration (March 1747), An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[....]Vol. II (1749), pg. 17. (See Indigenous ways of hunting caribou) Accessed 28 October 2021

[14] Goose hunting An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[....]Vol. II (1749), pg. 30. Accessed 28 October 2021

[15] Birchbark canoes An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[....]Vol. II (1749), pgs. 37-9. Accessed 28 October 2021

[16] "We are now speaking of these People" An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[....]Vol. II (1749), pgs. 40-7 ff. (continued from "Krick Indians") Accessed 28 October 2021

[17] "Some of the Boats People" An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[....]Vol. II (1749), pg. 260. Accessed 29 October 2021

[18] Journal of Father Coquart (1747), The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. LXIX. Accessed 3 November 2021 http://moses.creighton.edu/kripke/jesuitrelations/relations_69.html (scroll down to Page 137)

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