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About Jacob Jordan
- Jacob Jordan (September 19, 1741 – February 23, 1796) was a seigneur, businessman and political figure in Quebec and Lower Canada. He was born in England in 1741 and came to Canada in 1761 or earlier.
- He was an agent at Montreal for a London-based firm that supplied provisions for British troops in North America.
- His business partner at Quebec was Colin Drummond, father of General Sir Gordon Drummond.
- Jordan held lands in New Brunswick and Vermont.
- He expanded into the grain trade and also became agent for the Saint-Maurice ironworks.
- In 1767, he married Ann Livingston; they had ten children.
- In 1776, he was named deputy paymaster general.
- In 1784, he purchased the seigneury of Terrebonne, which included gristmills valuable to Jordan for the production of flour, from Pierre-Paul Margane de Lavaltrie.
- He was also partner in the operation of a tobacco factory, the Montreal Distilling Company and a bakery at Montreal.
- He also became involved in the fur trade, in competition with the North West Company.
- Jordan represented Effingham County in the 1st Parliament of Lower Canada. He died at Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne (later Terrebonne) in 1796, while still in office. His son Jacob represented Effingham in the legislative assembly from 1796 to 1800.
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