David Lomeron

Lomeron was born at Chinon in France in a Huguenot merchant family.

His relatives, Samuel Georges and Jean Macain, were the famous merchants and shipowners from La Rochelle who established a lucrative partnership with Charles de Biencourt, vice-admiral of Acadia in fishing and fur-trading business. They took Lomeron into the service and sent him to Canada in 1613. During this period, Lomeron acted as Biencourt’s commercial agent in France. Despite the growing rivalry of French, English and Dutch traders in the region, the business profit stayed intact. Between 1614 and 1617, the trade along the coast became so good that vessels from La Rochelle visited Biencourt each spring.

After Charles de Biencourt’s death in about 1623, Lomeron entered the service for Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour between 1633 and 1636.

He is credited for building Port Lomeron or Chebogue, a fort and trading post located in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia which was destroyed by the English in 1628.