page_title: Roderick Mackenzie of Terrebonne
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: Roderick Mackenzie of Terrebonne / Family
caption_attribution_description: English: Lieutenant John Mackenzie (1794-1871) of Terrebonne, Quebec, Sohn von Roderick Mackenzie
context_page_description: Lt.-Colonel The Hon. Roderick Mackenzie of Terrebonne was a prominent Canadian fur trader, landowner and politician. He was a partner in the North West Company and a member of the Beaver Club at Montreal. He was a lifelong friend and the private confidante of his first cousin, Sir Alexander Mackenzie. He was an intellectual who established a library at Fort Chipewyan and both wrote and published works on the fur trade. In 1801 he made his home at Terrebonne, Quebec, purchasing the Seigneury in 1814, although he was forced by a court action to relinquish his title to the property in 1824. He continued to live there until his death. He held many public appointments, most notably as a member of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada.
context_section_description: While in the North West, Mackenzie took a wikt:country wife, by whom he had four children. In 1803, at Montreal, he married Marie-Louise-Rachel Chaboillez, daughter of Charles Chaboillez. Through this marriage he became the brother-in-law of Simon McTavish and connected to Joseph Frobisher, who was married to his wife's first cousin. They were the parents of two sons and three daughters who survived infancy. Roderick Mackenzie's nine surviving children were:
  Nancy Mackenzie (c. 1790−1851), was the country wife of John George McTavish, partner of the North West Company and member of the Beaver Club, through his kinsman Simon McTavish. He was the second son of the Chief of Clan MacTavish, Dugald MacTavish (1782−1855), of Kilchrist Castle; Sheriff of Campbeltown. They were the parents of five children.
  Anne Louisa Mackenzie (c. 1793−1833), married Angus Bethune, the eldest of the several distinguished sons of the Rev. John Bethune. Anne Louisa Mackenzie is great-grandmother to Norman Bethune, famous Canadian physician.
  Lieut. John Mackenzie (1794−1871), a wealthy merchant, entrepreneur and Postmaster of Terrebonne. At Montreal, he married Mary Catherine Oldham, daughter of The Hon. Jacob Oldham (1768−1824), nephew of The Hon. Jacob Jordan, and his wife Madeleine Campion. They were the parents of six children.
  Catherine Margaret Mackenzie (b. 1800), married Robert Lester Morrogh, formerly of Quebec City, nephew of The Hon. Robert Lester. Their eldest daughter, Susan, married Sir Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Prime Minister of Quebec.
  Rachel Mackenzie. In 1843, she married Jean-Baptiste Bruyère (1809-1859), of Châteauguay.
  Lt.-Colonel Alexander Mackenzie (1805−1862), was an officer in the British Army and a partner in the North West Company. In 1833, at Montreal, he married Marie-Louise Trottier DesRivières (1812−1890), youngest daughter of François-Amable DesRivières (1764−1830) and a niece of The Hon. James McGill. They were the parents of fourteen children. Their eldest daughter, Louise, married The Hon. Louis-Rodrigue Masson, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
  Charles Roderick Mackenzie (b. 1816), became a lawyer at Montreal.
  Anne Caroline Mackenzie (1822−1867), married Joseph Wilfrid Antoine Raymond Masson, a brother of the previously mentioned Louis-Rodrigue Masson - two of the sons of The Hon. Joseph Masson, of Terrebonne.
  Henry Oldham Mackenzie (1825−1879), of Montreal.
caption: Lieutenant John Mackenzie (1794−1871), the eldest son of Roderick Mackenzie. Painted by William Berczy, 1811
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