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Ellice invested some of his profits in mortgages and land. For example, in January 1770 he was granted a royal grant near Cooperstown encompassing 20,000 acres (8,100 ha). In 1795, he purchased the 324-square-mile (840 km 2 ) seigneury of Villechauve (also known as Beauharnois) from Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière, for £9000 and had a large manor house built there.
Alexander Ellice was born 3 October 1791 in London, the son of the merchant and fur trader Alexander Ellice, and Ann Ellice (née Russell). In 1795, his father purchased the Seigneury of Villechauve from Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière.
The firm, known as Phyn, Ellice and Company following Duncan’s retirement in 1767, prospered and expanded; in 1768 Ellice’s brother Robert, and in 1769 the Detroit fur trader John Porteous, were taken into the partnership.
Alexander Ellice (fur trader) explained. Alexander Ellice (17431805) was a Scottish merchant, landowner and lawyer who made his fortune in the North American fur trade. Early life. He was born in Auchterless, Scotland, the eldest of five sons of a successful miller, also named Alexander Ellice, and was baptised on 28 May 1743.
埃利斯（Ellice）于1776年回到北美，并在蒙特利尔（Montreal）建立了亚历山大·埃利斯（Alexander Ellice）和公司。 他经常在蒙特利尔和伦敦之间来回旅行。 由于健康状况不佳，他于1802年退休，尽管在1804年他和他的儿子 爱德华 试图购买控制权 哈德逊湾公司 支付103,000英镑。
Fils d’un meunier prospère, Alexander Ellice étudia au Marischal College, à Aberdeen, en Écosse, et fut admis au barreau écossais. Prévoyant, semble-t-il, avoir peu de chances de succès dans sa profession et dans sa terre natale, il emmena en 1765 ses quatre frères à Schenectady, dans la colonie de New York. Au début de 1766, avec ...
Another young man Johnson assisted was Normand MacLeod, who by 1776 was working as a fur trader at Detroit. Johnson also gave work to James Phyn and Alexander Ellice, also Scottish emigrants, getting them to supply trade goods to military posts in the Great Lakes area.
