Background
Due to the premature death of his father, Jean-Baptiste"s family was divided up and he fell under the custody of an elder brother who ran the tannery and other business interests of the family.
Due to the premature death of his father, Jean-Baptiste"s family was divided up and he fell under the custody of an elder brother who ran the tannery and other business interests of the family.
By the early 1730s he had taken over the family tannery and entered into various business arrangements to further this enterprise. By 1747 he had expanded into buying and selling land on the Saint Lawrence. The Seven Years" War and the subsequent English rule was devastating to many businesses of the time and Jean-Baptiste"s holdings were no exception.