 For a time, he also owned a small portion of the seigneuries of Rigaud-Vaudreuil, Gentilly, Perthuis, Beauvais, Rivière-Duchesne, and Sainte-Barbe-de-la-Famine.He died in office in Quebec City at the age of 58.His grandson Ulric-Joseph Tessier served in the legislative assembly for the Province of Canada and the Canadian senate and was also mayor of Quebec City.