The Chambly Lands
Marguerite d’Youville and her companions also inherit the Charon Brothers’s property in Chambly owned since 1724. Wheat, oats, and peas are grown, and chickens, turkeys, beef, calves and lambs are raised, all of which supplies the General Hospital.
Land owned in Chambly in 1747, in Notes and plans/Sister Saint-Jean-de-la-Croix, s.g.m., circa 1908. Grey Nuns of Montréal’s Archives, General Administration’s Fonds, G06-A-1-04-planche 1
Due to the low yield and significant expenses it entails, part of the property is sold and the profit is used to acquire the Seigneury of Châteauguay in 1765.
Letter from Intendant François Bigot to Marguerite d’Youville, 5 February 1751. Grey Nuns of Montréal’s Archives, Marguerite d’Youville’s Fonds, AMY-B-1-09
Over the years the Grey Nuns sell off parcels of their Chambly land until the final portion is sold in 1844.