Capt Richard Jacques (1704, Newbury, Massachusetts – 1745, Louisbourg, Cape Breton); an American colonial officer who served during Father Rale's War. He was responsible for the death of Father Sébastien Rale in the Battle of Norridgewock.
Jacques was the son-in-law of the leader of the expedition Johnson Harmon. [1] Jacques married Harmon's daughter five months before they served together at Norridgewock. [2] He settled in Harpswell, Maine at Merriconeag Neck (1727). He served in the Siege of Louisbourg (1745). [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] He was the commander of the 8th Company of the Second Massachusetts Regiment under Samuel Waldo. [9] Family oral tradition indicated that he returned from Louisbourg and died in battle in Maine. [10] However contemporaneous sources indicate that he did not return from Louisbourg, and that on May 18, Mi'kmaw forces killed Capt. Jacques there. [11] [12]
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Capt Richard Jacques (1704, Newbury, Massachusetts – 1745, Louisbourg, Cape Breton); an American colonial officer who served during Father Rale's War. He was responsible for the death of Father Sébastien Rale in the Battle of Norridgewock.
Jacques was the son-in-law of the leader of the expedition Johnson Harmon. [1] Jacques married Harmon's daughter five months before they served together at Norridgewock. [2] He settled in Harpswell, Maine at Merriconeag Neck (1727). He served in the Siege of Louisbourg (1745). [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] He was the commander of the 8th Company of the Second Massachusetts Regiment under Samuel Waldo. [9] Family oral tradition indicated that he returned from Louisbourg and died in battle in Maine. [10] However contemporaneous sources indicate that he did not return from Louisbourg, and that on May 18, Mi'kmaw forces killed Capt. Jacques there. [11] [12]
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