# Joseph Pernette

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{{short description|Canadian politician}}
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'''Joseph Pernette''' (1728–1807)<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=UAvyE0pN5akC&pg=PA313&lpg=PA313 Hamilton, William B ''Place Names of Atlantic Canada'', p.313]</ref> was a German-born merchant and political figure in [Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia). He represented Lunenburg County in the [Nova Scotia House of Assembly](/source/Nova_Scotia_House_of_Assembly) from 1761 to 1770.

He was born in [Strasbourg](/source/Strasbourg), served in the [Breton Volunteers](/source/Breton_Volunteers) and then came to Nova Scotia as a [Foreign Protestants](/source/Foreign_Protestants) with [Edward Cornwallis](/source/Edward_Cornwallis) in 1751. Pernette served as an aide-de-camp during the taking of [Quebec City](/source/Quebec_City) in the [Battle of the Plains of Abraham](/source/Battle_of_the_Plains_of_Abraham).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=878# |title=Desbrisay, Mather B ''The History of the County of Lunenburg'' (1970) p. 137 |access-date=2 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615033950/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=878# |archive-date=15 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He first settled at [Halifax](/source/Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia) but later moved to the [New Dublin](/source/New_Dublin%2C_Nova_Scotia) area. He built a [gristmill](/source/gristmill) and a [sawmill](/source/sawmill) on the [LaHave River](/source/LaHave_River) and also built the first ship on the river. Pernette served as [justice of the peace](/source/justice_of_the_peace), deputy surveyor and was colonel in the local militia, participating in the defense of Lunenburg during the [Raid on Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (1782)](/source/Raid_on_Lunenburg%2C_Nova_Scotia_(1782)).<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/historycountylu00desbgoog#page/n70/mode/2up Joseph Pernette to Franklin, letter, dated at La Have, July 3, 1782, reprinted in DesBrisay, Mather Byles, History of the County of Lunenburg, Toronto: Wesley Briggs, 1895, 65-67.]</ref> He also conducted a census of the area and constructed a road to [Lunenburg](/source/Lunenburg%2C_Nova_Scotia). Pernette also operated a ferry connecting that road to the road to [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool%2C_Nova_Scotia).

His daughter Charlotte married [Charles Morris](/source/Charles_Morris_(1759%E2%80%931831))<ref>[http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/morris_charles_1759_1831_6E.html ''Charles Morris'' at the Canadian Dictionary of Biography]</ref> and his daughter Catherine married [Garrett Miller](/source/Garrett_Miller_(politician)).<ref>{{cite book |title=The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983: A biographical directory |editor=Elliott, Shirley B. |editor-link=Shirley Elliott |author=Public Archives of Nova Scotia |publisher=Province of Nova Scotia |year=1984 |ISBN=0-88871-050-X |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse }}</ref>

== References ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060822141947/http://www.fortpointmuseum.com/foundingfathers.asp LeHave River Fort Point Museum, Founding Fathers]
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Category:1728 births
Category:1807 deaths
Category:18th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
Category:18th-century Canadian merchants

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