Joseph Marest Explained

Joseph Marest (19 March 1953 in Chartres, France – October 1725 in Montreal),^[1] was a Jesuit missionary in New France in the late 1600s and early 1700s. He is known chiefly for remaining in Michilimackinac/ St. Ignace Mission as missionary to the Ottawas after Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac moved the center of the French fur trade from Fort de Buade to Fort Detroit in 1701.^[2]

He served in the straits of Mackinaw from 1700 to 1714^[3] at St. Ignace and Michilimackinac. He came to New France about 1686 and arrived at Michilimackinac in 1688. After serving in 1690 with Nicolas Perrot's failed mission the Sioux country,^[4] Marest returned to the straits of mackinaw. Joseph Marest was the brother of Jesuit Pierre-Gabriel Marest, who served in the Illinois country.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Biography – MAREST, JOSEPH-JACQUES – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography. www.biographi.ca. 2016-04-13.
2. Book: Marchand, Philip. Ghost Empire: How the French Almost Conquered North America. 2009-02-24. McClelland & Stewart. 9781551991757. 244. en.
3. Book: Folwell, William Watts. A History of Minnesota. 1921-01-01. Minnesota Historical Society. 44. en.
4. Book: The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church. Herbermann. Charles George. Pace. Edward Aloysius. Pallen. Condé Bénoist. Shahan. Thomas Joseph. Wynne. John Joseph. 1913-01-01. Encyclopedia Press. en.
5. Book: Leavelle, Tracy Neal. The Catholic Calumet: Colonial Conversions in French and Indian North America. 2011-11-29. University of Pennsylvania Press. 978-0812207040. 195. en.