Date Published:
July 2007

L’Encyclopédie de l’histoire du Québec / The Quebec History Encyclopedia

David Chabrand Delisle

Delisle, David Chabrand (1730?-1794), clergyman, was born at Auduxe, France, about 1730. He is said to have been a Jesuit, and to have been converted to Protestantism. In 1796 he came to Montreal from England as the authorized Protestant clergyman; and he continued as rector of the parish of Montreal until 1794. He died at Montreal on June 28, 1794. In 1769 he married Margaret Henry; and by her he had three sons and four daughters. At the time of his death he was chaplain to the garrison at Montreal.

Source: W. Stewart WALLACE, The Encyclopedia of Canada, Vol. II, Toronto, University Associates of Canada, 1948, 411p., pp. 194-195.