Lawsuit of John Antrobus, plaintiff, vs. Alexander McKay, John Davy, and Thomas Richardson, defendants over sale of land in Berthier, Quebec

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Judgement in favour of Antrobus for sum of £224 5s 9p plus £8 13s 2p and 5s for the writ. See article from the Quebec Gazette, May 18, 1786.Antrobus is probably the merchant and of fice holder of this name in Trois Rivieres. Baptised July 6, 1756 in Cockermouth, Cumberland, married on March 29, 1787 in Trois Rivieres to Catherine Cuthbert, died May 8, 1820 and is buried in Trois Rivieres. He first appears in Quebec Cty in the 1780s as a grocer engaged in a sizable retail trade and engaged in provisioning fisheries and the West Indies. He and other merchants sent flour, bread, oats and biscuit to Newfoundland and imported fish, seal oil and seal skins. One of the best-known merchants in the colony, he was prosperous enough to buy land. Show more