Woolrych was closely related to the
Christies and to their relatives, the Tunstall family, who ultimately
followed them as _Seigneurs proprietaires_ of Lacolle. The Seigniory,
granted in 1727 to Sieur Louis Denis de la Ronde, and anew in 1743 to
Daniel Lienard de Beaujeu, had been bought, totally undeveloped, along
with seven others, shortly after the Conquest by General Gabriel
Christie, an officer of Wolfe, who became Commander-in-Chief in Canada,
and died in 1799. His handsome stone Manorhouse and mill are to be seen
at Chambly. He was a connection of the Schuylers by marriage. On his
death his properties fell to his son General Napier Burton Christie, who
had married the daughter of General Burton, to whom the dying Wolfe sent
his last order--to cut off the French retreat at Beauport. Napier Burton
Christie having died without issue, the eight seigniories de Bleury,
Repentigny, de Lery, de Beaujeu, Chambly, Noyan, Sabrevois and Chazy
passed to William Plenderleath, a natural son of Gabriel, under his
will, which is discussed in the case of _King_ vs _Tunstall_.
Finally, by William Plenderleath Christie's will of 1842 and death in
1845, the Seigniory of Lacolle passed to the two sons and the grandson
Gabriel, of the Reverend James Tunstall, of Montreal. Portraits of
General Christie, his wife, his son Napier, two of his brothers, and two
of his children, are in the Chateau.
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