Lot #1 Pierre Chesne Lot #2 Andre Chouet Lot #3 Pierre Faverau Lot #4 Joseph Despre Lot #5 Salomon Joseph du Vestin Lot #6 Pierre Leger Lot #7 Bonnaventure Compien Lot #8 Jacob de Marsac Lot #9 M. D'Argenteuil Lot #10 Jean Richard Lot #11 Jean Labatier Lot #12 Etienne Bontran Lot #13 Pierre Hemard Lot #14 Antoine Dupuis Lot #15 Jacques L'Anglois Lot #16 Guillaume Bovet Lot #17 Michael Masse Lot #18 Michel Campau Lot #19 Louis Normand Lot #20 Francois Tesse Lot #21 Pierre Chantelon Lot #22 Francois Bienvenu Lot #23 Pierre Esteve Lot #24 Blaise Surgere Lot #25 Pierre Poirier Lot #26 Antoine Ferron Lot #27 Pierre Tacet Lot #28 Francois Fafard de Lorme Lot #29 Michel Dizier Lot #30 Jacob de Marsac Lot #31 Rencontre Lot #32 Desloriers Lot #33 Xaintonge Lot #34 Jacques du Moulin Lot #35 Guilleaume Aguet Lot #36 Louis Gastineau Lot #37 Joseph Parent Lot #38 Sirier Lot #39 Quilenchive Lot #40 Derance Lot #41 Du Figuier Lot #42 La Montagne Lot #43 Pierre Mallet Lot #44 Antoine du Fresne Lot #45 Jean Baptiste Chornic Lot #46 Jean Casse Lot #47 Paul L'Anglois Lot #48 Jerome Marliard Lot #49 Andre Bombardie Lot #50 Pierre du Roy Lot #51 Pierre Roy Lot #52 Francois Margue Lot #53 Antoine Magnant Lot #54 Francois Bonne Lot #55 Touissaints Dardennes Lot #56 Pierre Bassinet Lot #58 Antoine Beauregard Lot #57 (maybe) Francois Brunet Lot #59 Marie Le Page Lot #60 Jacques Campau Lot #61 Jean Serond Lot #62 Pierre Robert Lot #63 L'Arramee Lot #64 Rene Le Moine Lot #65 Jacques Le Moine Lot #66 Paul Guillet Lot #67 (?) Joseph Rinaud Lot #68 Antoine Tuffe Detroit Places | Mission House

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1708 Land conveyances

1708 Map with Lot Numbers

Detroit 1708 vs. Detroit 2001

To see the name of the person or family to whom a lot was granted, hold your mouse pointer over that lot in the map below (note: this feature may not work for Netscape users; if you have difficulty, please scroll down for a list of landholders with their associated lot number):
1708 Land Conveyances

Lot #1: Pierre Chesne
Lot #2: Andre Chouet
Lot #3: Pierre Faverau
Lot #4: Joseph Despre
Lot #5: Salomon Joseph du Vestin
Lot #6: Pierre Leger
Lot #7: Bonnaventure Compien
Lot #8: Jacob de Marsac
Lot #9: M. D'Argenteuil
Lot #10: Jean Richard
Lot #11: Jean Labatier
Lot #12: Etienne Bontran
Lot #13: Pierre Hemard
Lot #14: Antoine Dupuis
Lot #15: Jacques L'Anglois
Lot #16: Guillaume Bovet
Lot #17: Michael Masse
Lot #18: Michel Campau
Lot #19: Louis Normand
Lot #20: Francois Tesse
Lot #21: Pierre Chantelon
Lot #22: Francois Bienvenu
Lot #23: Pierre Esteve
Lot #24: Blaise Surgere
Lot #25: Pierre Poirier
Lot #26: Antoine Ferron
Lot #27: Pierre Tacet
Lot #28: Francois Fafard de Lorme
Lot #29: Michel Dizier
Lot #30: Jacob de Marsac
Lot #31: Rencontre
Lot #32: Desloriers
Lot #33: Xaintonge
Lot #34: Jacques du Moulin
Lot #35: Guilleaume Aguet
Lot #36: Louis Gastineau
Lot #37: Joseph Parent
Lot #38: Sirier
Lot #39: Quilenchive
Lot #40: Derance
Lot #41: Du Figuier
Lot #42: La Montagne
Lot #43: Pierre Mallet
Lot #44: Antoine du Fresne
Lot #45: Jean Baptiste Chornic
Lot #46: Jean Casse
Lot #47: Paul L'Anglois
Lot #48: Jerome Marliard
Lot #49: Andre Bombardie
Lot #50: Pierre du Roy
Lot #51: Pierre Roy
Lot #52: Francois Margue
Lot #53: Antoine Magnant
Lot #54: Francois Bonne
Lot #55: Touissaints Dardennes
Lot #56: Pierre Bassinet
Lot #58: Antoine Beauregard
Lot #57: (maybe) Francois Brunet
Lot #59: Marie Le Page
Lot #60: Jacques Campau
Lot #61: Jean Serond
Lot #62: Pierre Robert
Lot #63: L'Arramee
Lot #64: Rene Le Moine
Lot #65: Jacques Le Moine
Lot #66: Paul Guillet
Lot #67: (?) Joseph Rinaud
Lot #68: Antoine Tuffe

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Glossary:
Algonquin

General term used to describe Native Americans of the following tribes (and others): Delaware, Fox, Huron, Miami, Ojibwa (Chippewa), Ottawa, Potawatomi, Sac, Shawnee and Winnebago.
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arquebus

A 39 pound (approximate) musket that two men would prop on a tri-pod and fire with a small torch. The arquebus was used by Champlain's men against the Iroquois to defend the Hurons. This may be the cause of decades of Iroquois abuse of the Hurons.
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clay and wattle

Building technique used in the construction of chimneys in the early days of Fort Ponchartrain. The technique involved piling sticks and packing them - inside and out - with clay and mud.
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Colbertism

Name for early French mercantilism in America, which Jean-Baptiste Colbert was influential in developing.
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conges

Trade permits issued by the Canadian government/court of France in the late 1600s to early 1700s.
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coureurs de bois

Very early French inhabitants of the current US and Canada who gave up their farmsteads for lives in the fur trade. They often lived with Native Americans.
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District of Hesse

Land district provisioned by the Canadian Council on July 24, 1788. The area was on the east side of the Detroit River.
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Fox

"Properly ""Mesh-kwa-ki-hug"". Native American tribe living in the area between Saginaw Bay and Thunder Bay at the time Detroit was founded. The French called the tribe Renyard. An allied tribe of the Sacs and Mascoutin."
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Huron

A Native American tribe that built a village near Fort Ponchartrain.
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Iroquoian

General term sometimes used to describe Native Americans of the following tribes: Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca.
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Iroquois

"A Native American tribe known for antagonizing and brutalizing the Hurons (see also arquebus)"
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Mascouten

Native American tribe living in the Grand Traverse Bay area at the time Detroit was founded. An allied tribe of the Foxes and Sacs. Also spelled Mascoutin.
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Miami

A Native American tribe that built a village near Fort Ponchartrain.
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Muskhogean

General term used to describe Native Americans of the following tribes: Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Creek.
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New York Currency

First standard currency used in Detroit (first used in 1765).
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Ottawa

A Native American tribe that built a village near Fort Ponchartrain.
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Outagamies

Native American tribe living in the Grand Traverse Bay area at the time Detroit was founded. An allied tribe of the Foxes (and Sacs?).
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Plains Indians

General term used to describe Native Americans of the following tribes: Apache, Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, and Pawnee (Pani).
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Potawatomi

A Native American tribe that built a village near Fort Ponchartrain.
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Quebec Act

Act of June 22, 1774, in which British Parliament decides to exercise English law in criminal cases and old French provincial law in civil cases in western settlements. The idea was to discourage people from settling in the west.
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Renyard

See Fox
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ribbon farms

Original land grants given by Cadillac. The lots were typically around 200 feet wide at the river front, with lengths up to 3 miles.
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Sac

See Sauk
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Sakis

See Sauk
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Sauk

Native American tribe living in the area between Saginaw Bay and Thunder Bay at the time Detroit was founded. The French called the tribe Sakis; English and Americans generally call them Sacs. An allied tribe of the Foxes/Renyards and Mascouten.
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Shoshonean

General term used to describe Native Americans of the following tribes: Bannock and Shoshone.
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Treaty of Montreal

Treaty ending the war between the Iroquois and France and England. Negotiations began in July of 1698 and the treaty was signed in August of 1701.
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Treaty of Ryswick

September 20, 1697 treaty ending war between France and England.
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voyageurs

Early French explorers who traveled mainly by water.