Jacques Barbel ( c. 1670 – 30 July 1740) was a French soldier in

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tota ...

who stayed in the country and became a part of the history of Quebec. His daughter,

Marie-Anne Barbel Marie-Anne Barbel (26 August 1704 – 16 November 1793) was a French-Canadian Businesswomen who lived in New France. She is notable for leading several successful business enterprises after the death of her husband, Louis Fornel. Early life M ...

and her husband,

Louis Fornel Louis Fornel (August 20, 1698 – May 30, 1745) was a Canadian merchant, explorer, and seigneur in New France. Involved in maritime trade and both born and married into prominent Quebec families, Louis Fornel was among the partners Louis Bazil co ...

became successful merchants as well. Barbel was an active participant in the region from 1687. He at various times was a judge, a royal notary and an important legal practitioner. He was a seigneur and, for a time, acted as secretary to the

Intendant of New France The Intendant of New France was an administrative position in the French colony of New France. He controlled the colony's entire civil administration. He gave particular attention to settlement and economic development, and to the administration o ...

Michel Bégon de la Picardière Michel Bégon de la Picardière (21 March 1667 – 18 January 1747)R. M. Dipanda. Black Race, Who Are You?: Great Black Race Chronoholocaust Cataclysm'. Xlibris US; 28 January 2018. . p. 458–. was an early administrator in charge of the French ...

References

*
''Genealogie Quebec''
(''French'') 1670 births 1740 deaths People of New France {{NewFrance-stub