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Surveyor of Detroit
In 1761 appointed surgeon in Detroit for the army and navy. Returned to New York in 1764 with Col. Gladwyn, and in 1765 appointed under Sir William Johnson surgeon for the Indians. Went down with Col. Croghan to the Illinois, was taken prisoner below the Wabash by the Kickapoos, etc.; a captive about three months, brought to Detroit and released. Came back to New York, and in 1767 returned again to Detroit, and appointed surgeon for the garrison by Gen. Haldeman.
In 1770 married Marian Navarre, who died in 1773. In 1778 married Genevieve Jadot, who died in New York in 1821. In 1786 sold the farm, now the property of En. Cap, and removed to New York. The father of G. Jadot or Jadeau was from Lovaine, in Alsace, a Major in the militia in Canada, was sent to the Indians, with presents, at the Miami, Fort Wayne, and killed.
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