Believed to have been born in Switzerland, he worked as an agent for Samuel Waldo, who speculated in land, in South Carolina and Massachusetts (including what is now the state of Maine) during the 1730s.
Believed to have been born in Switzerland, he represented Lunenburg township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1759 to 1763. He worked as an agent for Samuel Waldo, who speculated in land, in South Carolina and Massachusetts (including what is now the state of Maine) during the 1730s.