General Notes:

This Bernard family in the course of time was called St Bernard; several
descendants named St Bernard lived along the River St Clair. William
was a trader in Detroit. In 1762 he bought a farm on the North East
Coast of Detroit. This farm was patented from the French Government by
Charles Chene on 14 Jul 1734. The farm became the residence of the
Bernard family and ownership of it passed to the son, Hippolyte Bernard,
who sold it to Francis de Paul Malcher in 1802. Under the American
regime this farm is called Private Claim No. 16. Francis de Paul Malcher
deeded the farm 8 Apr 1808 to five trustees representing the Catholic
Church on the North East Coast of Detroit. From that time on the farm
belonged to the church and was called the "Church-Farm".