In 1765, with Montreal merchant Pierre Foretier, he purchased a large part of the seigneury of Île-Bizard and the sub-fief of Closse, later selling his share to Foretier.
He was born in Montreal in 1738, the son of a shoemaker who died when Pierre was nine.
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