 Sieur Pierre de Joybert de Soulanges et de Marson lived here when the fort was attacked in 1674 by Dutch naval captain Jurriaen Aernoutsz during the Franco-Dutch War.After the death of Soulanges in 1678 it was occupied by the d'Amours brothers, Louis and Mathieu, who are recognized as the first farmers at Jemseg.So farming in this area has a 300-year history although nowadays strawberries, potatoes and market vegetables are the chief crops grown while beef cattle and light horses are the only stock traded commercially.