Pennsylvania state historical marker in Coatesville
Born
Pierre Bisaillon
c. 1662
Saint-Jean-d'Aubrigoux, diocese of Clermont, Auvergne, Haute-Loire, France
Died
July 18, 1742(1742-07-18) (aged 80)
near Conoy Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Nationality
New France
Occupation(s)
Explorer, fur trader, interpreter, coureur des bois
Years active
1686–1728
Known for
Travels with Henri de Tonti and collaboration with James Logan
Spouses
Martha Combe (1693–1764), Marie Thérèse Kouaga or Osunesa
Parent(s)
Benoit Bisaillon (b. 1638) and Louise-Françoise Blaise Dublay (b. 1642)
Relatives
Brothers: Benoit Bisaillon (1663–1700)
Michel Bisaillon (1660–c. 1728)
Étienne Bisaillon (1659–1697)
Daughter: Jahanna Beselion (b. 1690)
Peter Bisaillon (also Bezellon, Bizaillon, and other spellings), (baptized Pierre) (c. 1662 – 18 July 1742) was a New France fur trader and interpreter who spent most of his career in Pennsylvania engaged in trade with Native American communities. Bisaillon and other coureurs des bois dominated the Pennsylvania fur trade during the late 17th and early 18th century, as they were skilled hunters and trappers and had established good relations with local Native American tribes. Bisaillon and his colleagues were regarded with suspicion by Pennsylvania authorities, however, and he was frequently accused and jailed on false or minor charges. He was eventually forced out of the fur trade, but retired a wealthy man.
PeterBisaillon (also Bezellon, Bizaillon, and other spellings), (baptized Pierre) (c. 1662 – 18 July 1742) was a New France fur trader and interpreter...
and eventually traded for furs in Tennessee, Ohio and Pennsylvania. PeterBisaillon (1662–1742) Jacques Le Tort (1651–1702) James Le Tort (1675-1742) The...
in prices. For a few years Chartier and his French-Canadian friends PeterBisaillon and Jacques Le Tort ran a smuggling operation, bringing furs from Detroit...
summer of 1686 by Henri de Tonti, Jacques Cardinal, Jean Couture, PeterBisaillon, and three other Frenchmen as a trading post near the site of a Quapaw...
eventually became a fur trader in partnership with Martin Chartier and PeterBisaillon. His first trading post was on the Schuylkill River. Around 1700 they...
collaborated with other French-Canadians living there at the time, including PeterBisaillon and Martin Chartier, as well as the future mayor of Philadelphia, James...
was once known as "Old Peter's Road," a trade route used by the French-Canadian fur trader PeterBisaillon (1662-1742). Bisaillon's route probably followed...
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