Pierre Jarret de Verchères

Pierre Jarret de Verchères ({{circa|1679}} – 1708) was a French-Canadian military officer.{{cite DCB |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/jarret_de_vercheres_pierre_2E.html |title=Jarret de Verchères, Pierre |first=Céline |last=Dupré |volume=2}} His father, François, was the founder of Verchères, now a suburb of Montreal, Quebec. In 1691, as a teenager, along with his older sister Madeleine and his younger brother Alexandre, he helped defend his father's fort for a week. Jarret de Verchères was killed in 1708 after his raiding party was ambushed following an attack on Haverhill, Massachusetts.