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François-Joseph Bissot
François-Joseph Bissot (19 May 1673 – 11 December 1737) was a son of François Byssot de la Rivière and was a member of the Quebec bourgeois.
Bissot had a varied career as a merchant and navigator but is best known as a co-seigneur of Mingan, the other being his brother, Jean-Baptiste Bissot de Vincennes.
References.
- "Seigneurie de Mingan, Quebec, Canada"
- "Havre-Saint-Pierre (municipality)"
François-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes
François-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes (17 June 1700 – 25 March 1736) was a French explorer and soldier who established several forts in what is now the U.S. state of Indiana, including Fort Vincennes.
François-Marie Bissot was born in Montreal to Jean Baptiste Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes and Marguerite Forestier on June 17, 1700. He was named François Margane after his godfather and uncle. In 1717, he joined his father at Kekionga, a village of