Porlier, Jacques "James"

1767 - 1839  (71 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 44 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Porlier, Jacques "James"
  Nickname	James
  Born	23 Dec 1767	Montreal, , Quebec, Canada
  Christened	24 Dec 1767
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Aft 1820
  Judge for Brown County, Wisconsin
  Residence	1825	, Brown County, Wisconsin, USA
  1825 Michigan Census for Brown County (Wisconsin Territory)
  Name: Jacques Porlier State: MI County: Brown County Township: Green Bay Year: 1825 Record Type: Tax List Database: MI Early Census Index
  Died	12 Jul 1839	Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Biography	Aft 1839
  Name: Jacques Porlier Birth: 1765 Death: 1839 fur trader, judge, b. Montreal, Canada. He was educated in a Jesuit seminary in Montreal. In 1791 he moved to Green Bay, where he clerked for a time in the store of Pierre Grignon (q.v.) and tutored the Grignon children. He soon entered the Indian trade, and, with various partners, spent the next several years trading in the St. Croix and upper Mississippi River region. From 1798 to 1805, Porlier, in partnership with Noel Rocheblave, competed seriously with Jacob Franks (q.v.) and Robert Dickson (q.v.) in the struggle for control of the northwestern Wisconsin fur trade. On the death of his partner in 1805, Porlier joined forces with Robert Dickson's fur company, and in 1806 followed that company into its merger with the Michilimackinac Co. In 1811 Porlier purchased shares in John J. Astor's newly organized Southwest Fur Co., thus beginning an association that eventually led to his financial ruin. During the War of 1812, Porlier fought with the British; following the war he continued to trade in Wisconsin, despite the decline of the fur trade in the area, the growing power of the Astor interests, and the government licensing system, which was disadvantageous to non- American citizens. Porlier, like most of the Green Bay traders, grew ever deeper in debt to the Astor interests, and in 1821 yielded to the suggestions of the American Fur Co. and helped organize the Green Bay Co. This company, designed to monopolize the fur trade of Wisconsin, and presumably to facilitate debt payments to Astor, in reality drove the traders even deeper into debt. Eventually unable to pay, Porlier lost most of his Green Bay lands to Astor. He had become an American citizen in 1821, and continued to live in Green Bay until his death. From 1820 until Wisconsin became a territory in 1836 Porlier served by appointment as chief justice of the Brown County Court. Colls. State Hist. Soc. Wis., 7 (1876), 19 (1910), 20 (1911); K. W. Porter, J. J. Astor (2 vols., Cambridge, 1931); WPA MS; J. Porlier Papers. The Wisconsin Historical Society has manuscripts related to this topic. See the catalog description of the Jacques Porlier Papers for details.
  Person ID	I134940	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Porlier, Jacques,   b. 13 May 1723,   d. Abt 18 Dec 1782  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Gamelin, Marie Lacriox dit,   b. Bef 1749,   d. Abt 6 Nov 1780, Montreal, , Quebec, Canada  (Age ~ 31 years)
  Family ID	F56413	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Grésie, Marguerite,   b. Abt 1778,   d. Abt 1844  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Married	Abt 1793  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Porlier, Jacques "James" II,   b. Abt 1796,   d. Abt 1839, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 43 years)   2. Porlier, Paul,   b. Between 1804 and 1810,   d. 17 Sep 1894  (Age ~ 90 years)   3. Porlier, Louis Baptiste,   b. 1 Jan 1814,   d. 16 May 1896  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2018
  Family ID	F53085	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 23 Dec 1767 - Montreal, , Quebec, Canada Residence - 1825 Michigan Census for Brown County (Wisconsin Territory) - 1825 - , Brown County, Wisconsin, USA Died - 12 Jul 1839 - Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S1423] Recollections of Augustin Grignon, Recollections of Augustin Grignon, (Recollections of Augustin Grignon), page 32.