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Isaac Deschamps

Isaac Deschamps

Canadian politician

Isaac Deschamps (c. 1722 – 11 August 1801) was a Canadian judge, and politician.

Born in Switzerland or England, Deschamps came to Nova Scotia in 1749. Believe to have been a bilingual Huguenot.[1] He participated in the Bay of Fundy Campaign (1755) at Fort Edward to remove the Acadians. He was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for 1759 to 1760 for Annapolis County and represented Falmouth Township from 1761 to 1770 and Newport Township from 1770 to 1783. In 1761, he was appointed judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and judge of probate for Kings County. In 1783 he was appointed to the Nova Scotia Council. From 1785 to 1788, he was the Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. He is buried in the Old Parish Burying Ground (Windsor, Nova Scotia).

Many of his recordings are held at the Nova Scotia Archives. [2]

Family

Isaac Deschamps, by his first marriage he had one son; mr. secondly 17 Oct. 1758 Sarah Ellis in Halifax, NS; d. 11 Aug. 1801 in Windsor, NS[3]    

References

  1. [1]
    "Ordre de déportation des Acadiens". www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  2. [2]
    Archives, Nova Scotia (2020-04-20). "Nova Scotia Archives - Isaac Deschamps". Nova Scotia Archives. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  3. [3]
    "Biography – DESCHAMPS, ISAAC – Volume V (1801-1820) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2024-04-03.


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