Son and third child of Jean-Claude Panet and Marie-Louise Barolet. Jean-Antoine had 13 brothers and sisters including Archbishop Bernard-Claude Panet.
Following in the line of his father, he practiced in the legal profession entering the practice as a public notary in 1772 and additionally as a lawyer in 1773. During the American Revolution, he served in the militia defending the town of Quebec in 1775, later attaining the rank of Lieutenant-colonel in the militia.
As a land holding manager, he acquired the Seigneurie de Bourg-Louis (around the present day St-Raymond de Portneuf) in 1777.
On 7 October 1779, at 28 he married Louise-Philippe Badelard (18yo) in Notre-Dame de Quebec. They had 15 children
- Bernard-Antoine (1780-1854)
- Marie-Louise (1782-1784)
- Marie-Genevieve (1783-1784)
- Marie-Louise (1784-1795)
- Marie Manette (1785-1787)
- Charlotte (1786-1787)
- Charlotte (1787-1790)
- Marie Manette (1788-1866 - married Taschereau)
- Suzanne-Esther (1789-1790)
- Philippe (1791-1855)
- Esther (1792)
- Louis (1794-1884)
- Charles (1797-1877)
- Suzanne (1799-1811)
- Charlotte (1803)
Jean-Antoine was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for the Upper Town of Quebec in 1792, and became the first speaker of the Assembly. In parallel to this, he was appointed a judge at the Court of Common Pleas in 1794 by which time he resigned his role as speaker of the Assembly but remained as an elected representative, but returned as speaker in 1797 until 1815. He would be reelected to the Assembly in 1796, 1800, 1804 and later in 1814 serving until his death. He was buried in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Quebec on 20 May 1815.
Following in the line of his father, he practiced in the legal profession entering the practice as a public notary in 1772 and additionally as a lawyer in 1773. During the American Revolution, he served in the militia defending the town of Quebec in 1775, later attaining the rank of Lieutenant-colonel in the militia.
As a land holding manager, he acquired the Seigneurie de Bourg-Louis (around the present day St-Raymond de Portneuf) in 1777.
On 7 October 1779, at 28 he married Louise-Philippe Badelard (18yo) in Notre-Dame de Quebec. They had 15 children
- Bernard-Antoine (1780-1854)
- Marie-Louise (1782-1784)
- Marie-Genevieve (1783-1784)
- Marie-Louise (1784-1795)
- Marie Manette (1785-1787)
- Charlotte (1786-1787)
- Charlotte (1787-1790)
- Marie Manette (1788-1866 - married Taschereau)
- Suzanne-Esther (1789-1790)
- Philippe (1791-1855)
- Esther (1792)
- Louis (1794-1884)
- Charles (1797-1877)
- Suzanne (1799-1811)
- Charlotte (1803)
Jean-Antoine was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for the Upper Town of Quebec in 1792, and became the first speaker of the Assembly. In parallel to this, he was appointed a judge at the Court of Common Pleas in 1794 by which time he resigned his role as speaker of the Assembly but remained as an elected representative, but returned as speaker in 1797 until 1815. He would be reelected to the Assembly in 1796, 1800, 1804 and later in 1814 serving until his death. He was buried in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Quebec on 20 May 1815.
Son and third child of Jean-Claude Panet and Marie-Louise Barolet. Jean-Antoine had 13 brothers and sisters including Archbishop Bernard-Claude Panet.
Following in the line of his father, he practiced in the legal profession entering the practice as a public notary in 1772 and additionally as a lawyer in 1773. During the American Revolution, he served in the militia defending the town of Quebec in 1775, later attaining the rank of Lieutenant-colonel in the militia.
As a land holding manager, he acquired the Seigneurie de Bourg-Louis (around the present day St-Raymond de Portneuf) in 1777.
On 7 October 1779, at 28 he married Louise-Philippe Badelard (18yo) in Notre-Dame de Quebec. They had 15 children
- Bernard-Antoine (1780-1854)
- Marie-Louise (1782-1784)
- Marie-Genevieve (1783-1784)
- Marie-Louise (1784-1795)
- Marie Manette (1785-1787)
- Charlotte (1786-1787)
- Charlotte (1787-1790)
- Marie Manette (1788-1866 - married Taschereau)
- Suzanne-Esther (1789-1790)
- Philippe (1791-1855)
- Esther (1792)
- Louis (1794-1884)
- Charles (1797-1877)
- Suzanne (1799-1811)
- Charlotte (1803)
Jean-Antoine was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for the Upper Town of Quebec in 1792, and became the first speaker of the Assembly. In parallel to this, he was appointed a judge at the Court of Common Pleas in 1794 by which time he resigned his role as speaker of the Assembly but remained as an elected representative, but returned as speaker in 1797 until 1815. He would be reelected to the Assembly in 1796, 1800, 1804 and later in 1814 serving until his death. He was buried in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Quebec on 20 May 1815.
Following in the line of his father, he practiced in the legal profession entering the practice as a public notary in 1772 and additionally as a lawyer in 1773. During the American Revolution, he served in the militia defending the town of Quebec in 1775, later attaining the rank of Lieutenant-colonel in the militia.
As a land holding manager, he acquired the Seigneurie de Bourg-Louis (around the present day St-Raymond de Portneuf) in 1777.
On 7 October 1779, at 28 he married Louise-Philippe Badelard (18yo) in Notre-Dame de Quebec. They had 15 children
- Bernard-Antoine (1780-1854)
- Marie-Louise (1782-1784)
- Marie-Genevieve (1783-1784)
- Marie-Louise (1784-1795)
- Marie Manette (1785-1787)
- Charlotte (1786-1787)
- Charlotte (1787-1790)
- Marie Manette (1788-1866 - married Taschereau)
- Suzanne-Esther (1789-1790)
- Philippe (1791-1855)
- Esther (1792)
- Louis (1794-1884)
- Charles (1797-1877)
- Suzanne (1799-1811)
- Charlotte (1803)
Jean-Antoine was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for the Upper Town of Quebec in 1792, and became the first speaker of the Assembly. In parallel to this, he was appointed a judge at the Court of Common Pleas in 1794 by which time he resigned his role as speaker of the Assembly but remained as an elected representative, but returned as speaker in 1797 until 1815. He would be reelected to the Assembly in 1796, 1800, 1804 and later in 1814 serving until his death. He was buried in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Quebec on 20 May 1815.
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