Background
He was the son of Jean-Baptiste Cugnet, dean of the faculty of law of the Université de Paris, and Madeleine Baudin.
He was the son of Jean-Baptiste Cugnet, dean of the faculty of law of the Université de Paris, and Madeleine Baudin.
He was director of the Domaine d"Occident in New France. In 1719, he went to New France. Cugnet was administrator for the Domaine du Roi or King"s Posts, a large territory on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence.
In 1730, he was named to the Conseil Supérieur.
Cugnet was a partner in the Saint-Maurice ironworks. When the ironworks failed, he was pursued by the company"s creditors and was forced to declare personal bankruptcy in 1741.
Cugnet became owner of the seigneury of Saint-Étienne in 1737. From that year until 1749, he held the lease on the Tadoussac trading post.
He died at Quebec City in 1751.