Name: Jean GAUDET II Surname: Gaudet Given Name: Jean Suffix: II _AKA: GODET Sex: M Birth: ABT 1653 _UID: 4C3B493C3EEED411AFD90050DA8458AF5A8C Note: !BIRTH-RESIDENCES: Arsenault, H&G, p. 554, 555 (Port Royal). Birthyear given as 1643 (after p arents immigrated to Acadia). Settled at Pisiguit.

!BIRTH-PARENTS-MARRIAGES-CHILDREN: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS, vols . 1-6; 1630-1775; Quebec, Le Conseil de la Vie Francaise en Amerique, 1965; p. 1386 (Pisiguit ); Univ. of Calif., Berkeley Library, CS31 A77 MAIN. Born 1643, son of Jean & Nicole COLESO N of Port Royal, Jean [II] married 1st around 1671 to Marie COMEAU [Marie Francoise?], daught er of Pierre & Rose BAYOL of Port Royal; two children are listed. He married 2nd around 168 1 to Jeanne HENRY (no parents listed); three children are under this marriage.

!CENSUS: 1671, Acadia, Port Royal, age 18 years. Living with aged parents, only child listed.

!CENSUS: 1678, Clarence J. d'Entremont, "Recensement de Port-Royal," in MEMOIRES DE LA SOCIET E GENEALOGIQUE CANADIENNE-FRANCAISE; vol. 22, no. 4; p. 230; sent by PERSI in Jun 1999. On ve rso of Folio 18: Nicolle COLLORON [sic], widow of GODET, living as head of household with Jea n GODET [her widowed son] and one boy and one girl [his children]. They have 3 arpents of lan d, with 8 head of cattle.

!CENSUS: 1686, Port Royal, Acadia (p. 16), age 45 years [sic], living with his 80-year-old mo ther, who is listed as head of household, and his second? wife Jeanne HENRY, 30, their 2 chil dren, and 3 children of his former marriage. They have 1 gun, 4 arpents worked land, 4 cattle , 4 sheep and 3 pigs. He is listed (p.17) a 2nd time as age 33 years [born 1653]. His wife is only listed by f irst name Jeanne, and the 2 children of the first marriage [Enfans du prem'r Lict.] are give n exactly the same as on p. 16 before, and the 2 girls of the second marriage are named [no t 3 unnamed as on first entry]. Has one died? Now they have 2 guns, still 4 arpents worked la nd 10 cattle, 17 sheep and 4 pigs. His mother is no longer listed. Dead? [Why the discrepancy , both in age, number of children, and details missing? Was the second entry a correction, an d to indicate deaths? If so, what is his true age?]

!CENSUS: 1693, Les Mines, Acadia, age 47 [sic], a widower, living with 3 daughters and a son . They have 15 cattle, 10 sheep, 10 hogs, on 6 arpents, with 1 gun.

!CENSUS: 1698, Port Royal, Acadia. He has remarried to Jeanne LE JEUNE, age 47. No children a re listed, but they have 3 cows, 4 sheep, 3 hogs, 1 1/2 arpents, and 1 gun. [Where is his for mer land?] Jean GODET is 42 years [sic] [5 years younger than wife].

!CENSUS: 1708, La Heve, age 58 years (sic). Change Date: 1 May 2010 at 13:32:00

Father: Jean GAUDET b: ABT 1575 in , , , France Mother: Nicole COLLESON b: ABT 1607 in , , , France

Marriage 1 Marie Francoise COMEAU b: ABT 1654 in Port Royal, , , Acadia Married: ABT 1672 in Port Royal, , , Acadia Children

Francoise GAUDET b: ABT 1673 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
Jean GAUDET III b: ABT 1675 in Port Royal, , , Acadia

Marriage 2 Jeanne (dit Robert) HENRY b: ABT 1656 Married: ABT 1680 in , , , Acadia Children

Marie GAUDET b: ABT 1681 in , , , Acadia
Jeanne GAUDET b: ABT 1685 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
Anne Marie GAUDET b: ABT 1689 in Port Royal, , , Acadia

Marriage 3 Jeanne LEJEUNE dit Briard b: ABT 1651 in , , , Acadia Married: ABT 1694 in , , , Acadia 1

Sources: Title: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes Author: Stephen A. White Publication: 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999 Page: p. 876 JOSEPH #1a Text: She married 2nd around 1694 to Jean GAUDET (widower of Francoise COMEAU & Jeanne HENRY).