Background
Lery, Joseph Gaspard Chaussegros De was born on July 20, 1721. Son of Gaspard Chaussegros and Marie-Renee (Le Gardeur de Beauvois) de Lery.
Lery, Joseph Gaspard Chaussegros De was born on July 20, 1721. Son of Gaspard Chaussegros and Marie-Renee (Le Gardeur de Beauvois) de Lery.
Attended Quebec Seminary, 1731-1734.
Assistant engineer French-Canadian Army, 1739. Travelled to Louisiana in war with Chickasaw Indians, 1739-1742. Engineer at Crown Point, 1743, supervised finishing of Fort Saint Frederic.
Commissioned 1st ensign, 1748, Lieutenant, 1751.
Surveyed constrns. at Detroit and in Allegheny River Valley, 1754-1755. Commissioned captain, 1757.
Fought in French and Indian War, 1757. Member Quebec Legislative Council, 1778.
Member Lower Canada Legislative Council, 1791.
Kept journals of his trips from 1748-1759 (published in Rapport de L’Archiviste de la Province de Quebec, 1926-1929).
Member Quebec Legislative Council, 1778. Member Lower Canada Legislative Council, 1791.
Married Louise Martel de Brouague, 1753.