Director of the copper mines of Chessy and Sain-Bel, near Lyon, he was the father of the metallurgist Gabriel Jars the younger (1732–1769), author of the Voyages métallurgiques.
In the tree’s words (in French): “directeur des mines de Chessy (69) et Saint-Bel (69)”. Died: 23 May 1770, Lyon (69). Ancestor no. 296 of Augustin Cochin, on his father’s side, in the Pierfit collaborative tree on Geneanet.
- Parent of
- Antoine Gabriel Jars (1728 – ?)
- Married
- Jeanne Marie Valioud