Justices of the peace appointed in the district of Quebec, 1810-1837

The table below lists all individuals appointed as justices of the peace in the district of Quebec from 1810 to the Rebellions, excluding ex officio justices. Eventually the list will be expanded to include commissions before 1810. Given that the information presented here comes entirely from the commissions, rather than from extensive prosopographical research, there may be errors in spellings.

G indicates a general commission of the peace; A indicates a commission of association, followed by the date in the form YYMMDD. The general commissions for Quebec were as follows:

G64: 24/8/1764
G65: 22/5/1765
G76: 14/8/1776
G85: 18/4/1785
G88: 24/7/1788
G94: 2/4/1794
G99a: 22/5/1799
G99b: 19/6/1799
G10: 13/1/1810
G15: 22/11/1815
G21: 28/6/1821
G28: 15/2/1828
G30: 14/10/1830
G33: 10/7/1833
G36: 22/8/1836

For more information on the commissions of the peace and the appointment process, see the book, pages 55-60.

 

Name and birth/death dates Commissions Probable residence
Ainslie, Gilbert G10 G15 G21 Quebec
Allen, John G36 Megantic
Allison, Thomas G10 G15 G21 Quebec
Allsopp, George Waters G10 G15 G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Cap-Santé
Anderson, Anthony G28 G30 G33 G36 Quebec
Anderson, David G21 Quebec
Angers, François G36 Pointe-aux-Trembles
Antrobus, Edmund W.R. G28 G30 G33 Quebec
Atkinson, Henry G30 G33 G36 Quebec
Aubert de Gaspé, Ignace G10 Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
Aylwin, Charles Felix A260612
Baillargé, Thomas G36 Quebec
Bainbridge, Newman G21 G28 G30 G33 Saint-Nicolas
Baird, Ebenezer G36 Quebec
Bazille, Louis A180620 G21
Beaulieu, Isaac M., G36 Rivière-Ouelle
Beaumont, A.B. de G15 G21
Bedard, Joseph G36 Saint-Jean-Deschaillons
Belair, Louis G10 G15 G21 G28 G36 Baie-Saint-Paul
Belanger, J. E. G36 Saint-Anselme
Bélanger, Jean A140617 G15 G21 Quebec
Bélanger, Joseph A130107
Bell, Matthew G10 G21 Quebec
Bernier, François-Marcel G21 Cap-Saint-Ignace
Bernier, Louis G15 G21 Château-Richer
Berthelot, Amable A241130 G28 G30 Quebec
Berthelot, Michel A220514 Quebec
Bertrand, Louis G21 G28 Île-Verte
Besserer, Louis-Théodore G36 Quebec
Bigaouette, Jean B. G36 Quebec
Black, George G36 Quebec
Black, James A240527
Blackwood, John G10 Quebec
Blaiklock, Henry Musgrave A260612 G28 Leeds
Blanchet, François G15 G21 Quebec
Boisseau, Ignace-Gaspard A170407 G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Saint-Thomas
Boisseau, Nicolas G10 G15 G21 Saint-Thomas
Bonneville, J-B G21 G28 Sainte-Marie-Nouvelle-Beauce
Borne, Michael G36 Ancienne Lorette
Boucher, Louis A110513 G15 G21 Saint-Thomas
Bouchette, Joseph sr. A240608 G28 Quebec
Bouffard, Jean G33 G36 Saint-Henri
Bouffard, Louis P350702
Bouthillier, Jean G30 G33 Beauport
Brassard, Jean A230430 G28 Malbaie
Brunet, Jean-Olivier A260612
Buchanan, Alexander C. G33 Quebec
Burnett, Peter G21 Quebec
Burray, Peter G33 G36 Leeds
Burton, Samuel Judge A241130 G28 Quebec
Buteau, François G36 P370413 Quebec
Caldwell, Henry John A260612 G28 G30 G33 Rivière-du-Loup
Caldwell, John G10 Lauzon
Callbeck, Montagu Thomas G10
Callbeck, Phillip Franklin G10 G21 G28 P311231 Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Campbell, Hervey Moses G21
Campbell, John Saxton G30 G33 Quebec
Canac dit Marquis, Pierre G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Saint-André
Caron, Alexis G15 G21 Quebec
Caron, Augustin G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Saint-Joachim / Ste-Anne-du-Nord
Casault, Thomas G28 Kamouraska
Casgrain, Charles G28 G30 G33 G36 Rivière-Ouelle
Casgrain, Eugene G36 L'Islet
Casgrain, Pierre G10 G15 G21 G28 G36 Rivière-Ouelle
Cazault, Charles G36 Saint-Jean-Île-d'Orleans
Cazault, Thomas G36 Kamouraska
Chamberland, Felix G33 G36 Île-Verte
Chapais, Charles jr. G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Rivière-Ouelle
Chaperon, George G21 G28 Baie-Saint-Paul
Chavigny de la Chevrotière, Ambroise G15 G21  
Chenet, Antoine-Gabriel A240527 G28 G30 G33 Cap-Saint-Ignace
Chevallier, Louis A260612 G28 G33 Mecatina
Chinic, Martin A260612
Christie, Robert A260612 G28 G30 Quebec
Cimon, Andre G36 Baie-Saint-Paul
Clapham, John G. G28 G30 G33 G36 Quebec
Clark, Dr. John G36 Sainte-Famille-Île-d'Orleans
Clouet, Michel A230401 G28 G30 G33 Quebec
Coffin, James G21
Coffin, Sir Isaac G10 G15 P311231 G33 Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Coltman, John G10 G21 Quebec
Coltman, William B. G10 Quebec
Coote, John G36 Saint-Sylvestre
Côté, David-Alexis A180620 G21
Couillard, Antoine-Gaspard A170407 G21 G28 G30 Quebec
Couillard, J-B G15 A250214 Pointe-Levy
Cuthbert, Ross G10 Quebec
D'Assilva, Pierre G36 Quebec
D'Estimauville, Chevalier Robert A230430 G28 Quebec
D'Estimauville, J-B A110910 G15 Quebec
Davidson, Henry G28 Pointe-Levy
Davidson, John G15 G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Quebec
Davidson, Walter G21
Davies, William Henry Allen P311231 G33 Malbaie
De Lachevrotiere, André G36 Deschambault
De Léry, Charles jr. G15 G21 A220514 G28 G30 G33 G36 P370413 Quebec
Defoy, Charles M., N. P. G36 Quebec
Deguise, Joseph G21 Kamouraska
Demers, Julien A181110 G21 Sainte-Croix
Denechau, Claude G10 G15 G21 G28 Quebec
Desbarats, Pierre-Édouard G15 G21 G28 Quebec
Desgagné, Germain A140617 G15 G21 G28 Malbaie
Despres, Joseph Couillard G21 G28 Saint-Roch
Dionne, Amable G15 G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Kamouraska
Doucet, Pierre P311231 G33 G36 Quebec
Dube, Vincent G36 Rivière-Ouelle
Duberger, J-B G33 G36 Malbaie
Dubord, Hvpolite G36 Quebec
Duchesnay, J-B Juchereau A100208 A220514 G28 G30 Quebec
Duchesnay, Michel-Louis Juchereau G15 G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Quebec
Duchesnay, Narcisse G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 P370413 Quebec
Duchouquet, Pierre G10 Berthier
Dufour, Bonaventure G21 G28 Baie-Saint-Paul
Dufresne, Louis F. G30 G33 G36 Ancienne Lorette
Dunière, Louis G10 Berthier-sur-Mer
Durette, François G21 Quebec
Duschesnay, Antoine Juchereau G10 Beauport
Eschenback, Etienne G36 Saint-Roch
Fargues, Thomas G21 G28 Quebec
Filtean, Joseph G36 Lotbiniere
Finlay, William G28 G30 G33 Quebec
Fisher, John C. G28 Quebec
Fletcher, John G15 G21 Quebec
Fortier, François G36 P370413 G30 G33 Saint-Michel
Fortier, François G36 Saint-Michel
Fortier, Richard Achille P311231 G33 G36 Sainte-Marie-Nouvelle-Beauce
Fournier, Charles G21 G28 Saint-Charles
Fournier, François G30 G33 G36 Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
Fraser, Alexander G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Lac Temiscouata
Fraser, Alexander G33 G36 Saint-André
Fraser, Dugald A240527 Matane
Fraser, John G33 Quebec
Fraser, Joseph A130107 G15 G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Saint-François
Fraser, Malcolm G10 Quebec
Fraser, Peter G10 G15 Île-Verte
Fraser, Simon A120718 G21 Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
Fraser, William A180620 G21 G28 Malbaie
Freer, Noah G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Quebec
Frobisher, Benjamin Joseph G15 Quebec
Gagnon, Pierre A191210 G21 G28 Île-d'Orléans
Gamache, Joseph G30 G33 G36 L'Islet
Gariepy, Louis G36 Deschambault
Gauvreau, André G36 Sainte-Luce
Gauvreau, François G36 Kamouraska
Gauvreau, Pierre P311231 G33 G36 Rimouski
Glackemeyer, Louis-Edouard G36 Quebec
Godbout, Alexander G36 Quebec
Goff, Zacharia G33 G36 Leeds
Gore, Ralph A241130
Goudie, John A220514 Quebec
Gowan, Hammond G30 G33 G36 P370413 Quebec
Green, James A220514 G28 Quebec
Gregoire, Olivier G36 Saint-Nicholas
Guay, François X. G36 Pointe-Levy
Hackett, William G21 Quebec
Hale, Edward G15 G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Portneuf
Hall, Amos G21 Ireland
Hall, Amos jr. G33 G36 Ireland
Hall, William G28 P311231 G33 Broughton
Hamel, Joseph G36 Quebec
Hamel, Victor G36 Quebec
Hamilton, George A140617 G15 G28 New Liverpool
Hamilton, Robert G21
Hargrave, Walter G36 Inverness
Harrower, Charles G36 Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
Harrower, David A110722 G15 G21 Quebec
Harrower, Robert G15 G21 G28 G30 Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
Henderson, Gilbert G28 G30 G33 G36 Frampton
Henderson, William A240527 G28 G30 G33 G36 Quebec
Holmes, William G21 G28 G30 G33 Quebec
Huot, Charles G21 Quebec
Huot, Charles P. G36 Baie-Saint-Paul
Joliffe, James Hare G10 Quebec
Jones, John jr. G28 G30 G33 G36 Quebec
Jones, Joseph G28 G30 Quebec
Jones, Thomas G36 Rivière-du-Loup
Julyan, Robert G33 G36 Frampton
Kemble, William A260612 G28 Quebec
Keogh, James G36 Ireland
Kerr, James H. G28 Quebec
King, C. G30 G33 G36 Saint-Antoine
La Fontaine, Jean de G10
La Gorgandière, Louis Fleury de G10 G15 G21 Deschambault
La Gorgandière, Olivier de G15 G21 G28 G30 Deschambault
Lacombe, François-Xavier G21  
Lambly, John A220514 G28 G30 G33 G36 Quebec
Lambly, T.R. G36 Halifax
Lanaudière, Antoine Ovide de G15 G21 Saint-Vallier
Langevin, Jean A260612 G28 G30 G33 G36 Quebec
Larue, Abraham A191115 G21 P311231 G33 Cap-Saint-Ignace
Larue, Augustin G21 Saint-Vallier
Larue, Damase G36 Saint-Antoine
Larue, F-X G15 G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Pointe-aux-Trembles
Larue, George A220514 G28 G30 G33 Cacouna
Larue, Joseph G36 Pointe-aux-Trembles
Larue, Nazaire P311231 G33 G36 Saint-Jean-Île-d'Orleans
Laterrière, Michel P. G28 G30 Baie-Saint-Paul
Laterrière, Pascal G21 Les Éboulements
Laterrière, Pierre de Sales A130107 G21 Les Éboulements
Launiere, Leger G36 Saint-Michel
Le May, J-B G10
Leaycraft, Jeremiah G36 Quebec
Leclerc, Louis G36 Quebec
Lee, Thomas G30 Quebec
Lefebvre, F-X A180303 G21 Saint-Henri
Legaré, Joseph G36 Quebec
Legendre, Louis G15 G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Lotbinière
Lehouillier, Augustin A240527 G28 Sainte-Marie-Nouvelle-Beauce
Lehouillier, François G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Sainte-Marie-Nouvelle-Beauce
Lelievre, Roger G30 G33 Quebec
Lemesurier, Henry G28 G30 G33 G36 Quebec
Lemoine, Henry G21 G28 G33 G36 Château-Richer
Letellier de Saint-Juste, François A200222 G21 G28 Rivière-Ouelle
Letourneau, G. G36 Saint-Thomas
Levesque, Isidore G36 Les Éboulements
Lindsay, Errol B. G30 G33 Quebec
Lindsay, William G21 G28 Quebec
Lindsay, William Burns G33 G36 Quebec
Lord, Peter C. G33 G36 Ireland
Lymburner, Matthew G10 G21 Quebec
Martin, Jean Baptiste G36 Saint-Paschal
Martineau, Augustin G36 Saint-Anne-de-la-Pocatière
Masse, Edouard A230430
Massé, Jean A110513 G15 Saint-Thomas
Massé, Pierre A100407 A120718
Massue, Louis G30 G33 G36 Quebec
McKenzie, James G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Quebec
McKie, Thomas G33 Halifax
McKillop, Archibald G30 G33 G36 Inverness
McLean, John G30 G33 Ireland
McNicholl, Peter G21
McNider, John G21 Quebec
McNider, Matthew G10 G28 Quebec
McPherson, Daniel A110722 G15 G21 G28 Saint-Thomas
McPherson, John A130107 G15 G21 G28 Saint-Thomas
McPherson, Laughlin T. G36 Quebec
McTavish, James Chisholm A240527
Methot, François X. G36 Quebec
Methote, Louis G30 G33 G36 Sainte-Croix
Michaud, Edouard G36 Saint-André
Miville dit Deschene, Joseph G36 Saint-Roch
Monro, David G10 Quebec
Montizambert, Louis G21 G28 Quebec
Morin, Amable G21 Saint-Roch
Morin, J-B G10 G28 Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud
Morin, Moise A281106 G30 G33 Rivière-du-Loup
Morrin, Joseph A260612 G28 G30 G33 G36 Quebec
Morrison, Septimus A220514
Munsey, John Francis P350702
Mure, John G10 Quebec
Naters, Thomas G21
Neilson, John A140617 G15 G21 G30 G33 G36 Quebec
Noël, J-B-T G10 G15 G21 Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly
Noel, Jean Baptiste G36 Saint-Antoine
Oliva, Jacques G21 G28 G30 G33 Saint-Thomas
Oliva, Thomas C. A240527 G28 P370413 Quebec
Ouellet, Joseph G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Trois-Pistoles
Painter, John G10 Quebec
Panet, Bernard-Antoine A240527 A281106 Quebec
Panet, Louis A220514 G28 G30 G33 Quebec
Paradis, François X. G36 Quebec
Paradis, Pierre A250214 G28 G36 Saint-Henri
Paré, F- X G21 G28 Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud
Parent, Antoine A. G36 Quebec
Parent, Etienne G36 Quebec
Parent, Joseph G36 Quebec
Paterson, Andrew A220514 G28 Quebec
Patterson, Peter G21 Montmorency
Pelisson, Charles G36 Saint-Paschal
Pelletier, Pierre G36 Quebec
Pemberton, George G36 Quebec
Pemberton, William A260612
Perrault, Charles-Norbert A240527 G28 Quebec
Perrault, Jacques G10 Rivière-Ouelle
Perrault, Joseph-F. G21 Quebec
Perron, Joseph G36 Île-aux-Coudres
Phillips, William G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Quebec
Phillips, William M. G30 Leeds
Phillot, Henry A240709
Pineau, Olivier G36 Saint-Germain
Pinguet, Charles G10 G15 Quebec
Pitt, Thomas G10 Kamouraska
Planté, Joseph G10 G21 Quebec
Porut, Jacques G21
Poulin, Jean-Marie G21 Saint-Joachim
Poulin, Louis G36 Sainte-Famille-Île-d'Orleans
Pozer, George G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Quebec
Pozer, William G28 G30 G33 G36 Aubert-Gallion
Price, William G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Quebec
Puize, Remi A191204 G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Saint-Anne-de-la-Pocatière
Pyke, Edward G21 Frampton
Quirouet, François G21 G30 G33 Saint-Gervais
Quirouette, Remi G36 Quebec
Racey, John A180303 G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Quebec / Beauport
Redfern, Joseph G36 Ireland
Reid, Henry P350605
Reny, Jean-Joseph P311231 G33 G36 Sainte-Marie-Nouvelle-Beauce
Rinfret, François G36 Cap-Santé
Riverin, Antoine G10 G15 Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie
Riverin, Charles G10 G15 G21
Robertson, Charles G28 G30 G33 G36 Fief de Villeray / Pointe Levi
Robertson, Samuel A260612 G28 G33 Mecatina / Saint-Paul
Robin, Philip G10 G15 Gaspé
Roe, Peter G30 G33 G36 Leeds
Ross, John G21
Rousseau, Edouard G36 Quebec
Roy, Etienne Ferreol G21 G28 G30 Beaumont
Roy, Joseph G33 G36 Saint-Gervais
Ruel, Laurent G21 Saint-Gervais
Ruel, Louis A200101 G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Saint-Gervais
Russel, Henry J. A230226 G28 G30 G33 Quebec
Salaberry, Charles de G15 Quebec
Salaberry, Louis de G10 G15 Quebec
Scalon, Patrick G36 Saint-Sylvestre
Scott, Maurice G36 Saint-Nicholas
Scott, Thomas G10 Quebec
Sheppard, William Greet A241207 G28 G30 G36 Quebec
Simon, Hubert N. G36 Malbaie
Smith, Charles A260612 G28 G30 G33 G36 Quebec
Smith, John Gow A240527 G28 G30 G33 Saint-Anne-de-la-Pocatière
Smith, Lauchlin G10 G15 G21  
Smith, William G10 G15 Quebec
Stewart, John G15 G21 Quebec
Stewart, William A220514 G28 Quebec
Stott, Thomas A260612 G28 Quebec
Sutherland, Daniel G21 G28 Quebec
Symes, Robert G36 Quebec
Taché, Charles G15 G21 Grande-Anse
Taché, J-B G15 G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Kamouraska
Taché, Pascal G10 G15 G21 G28 Kamouraska
Tasché, Etienne P. G36 Saint-Thomas
Taschereau, Antoine-Charles G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Sainte-Marie-Nouvelle-Beauce
Taschereau, George L. G28 Sainte-Marie-Nouvelle-Beauce
Taschereau, Jean-Thomas A120526 G15 G21 Quebec
Taschereau, P-E G33 G36 Sainte-Marie-Nouvelle-Beauce
Taschereau, Thomas-P-J G10 G15 Sainte-Marie-Nouvelle-Beauce
Taylor, George G21 Quebec
Tessier, Michel G36 Quebec
Têtu, Charles H. G36 Rivière-Ouelle
Tetu, Felix A220514
Têtu, Felix G36 Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
Têtu, Felix G36 Trois-Pistoles
Têtu, Vital G36 Quebec
Thibodeau, Pierre C. G36 Cap-Santé
Thomas, Francis T. G21 G28 G30 G33 Quebec
Thompson, John Gawler
Quebec
Thurber, David G36 Ireland
Tourangeau, Jean G. G36 Quebec
Tourangeau, Joseph N. G36 Quebec
Tremain, Benjamin G10 G15 G21 G28 Quebec
Tremblay, Alexis G36 Malbaie
Tremblay, J-B G10 G15 G21 G28 Baie-Saint-Paul
Trinder, Henry G36 Quebec
Trottier, René G21
Trudelle, Ambroise G21 Saint-Ambroise
Trudelle, Augustin G15 G21 Rimouski
Turgeon, Abraham A140617 G15 G21 G28 Saint-Gervais
Turgeon, Charles G36 Quebec
Turgeon, Louis A100208 G21 Saint-Charles-de-Beaumont
Vassal De Monviel, François G15 G21 G28 Quebec
Verrault, Germain-Alexandre A200215 G21 L'Islet
Vézina, J-Louis G21
Von Iffland, Anthony G33 G36 Quebec
Voyer, Charles G15 Quebec
Voyer, Jacques G15 G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Quebec
Walker, William G28 Quebec
Waller, Jocelyn G21 Saint-Gilles
Walsh, John A130324 G15 G21 G28 Sainte-Marie-Nouvelle-Beauce
Ware, William A240527 G28 Frampton
Waune, William G28 G30 Frampton
White, Thomas G21 Quebec
Wicksteed, Gustavus William A260612 G28 Saint-Gilles
Wilson, Thomas G10 G15 G21 G28 G30 G33 G36 Quebec
Wolff, Alexander Joseph A260612 G28 G30 G33 G36 Val-Cartier
Woolsey, John W. G21 Quebec
Wyss, Frederick A220514 G28 G30 G33 G36 Rivière-Ouelle
Young, Thomas A. G28 Quebec