Denis Gaudet

The family of Denis GAUDET and Martine GAUTHIER

[44416] GAUDET, Denis (Jean & .. [85509]), born about 1625 (rec. 1671) or 1623 (rec. 1693), buried 1709-10-11 Port-Royal (Acadie)

• married about 1644, from .. (Acadie)

GAUTHIER, Martine (..), born about 1619 (rec. 1671), died before census 1678

1) Anne, born about 1644 or 1646 (rec. 1671), married about 1663 Pierre VINCENT

2) Marie1, born about 1651 (rec. 1671) or 1650 (rec. 1686, rec. 1699), died Port-Royal (bim) (Acadie), married about 1666 Olivier DAIGLE, married about 1685 John puis Jean FARDEL ou FREDELLE

3) Pierre l'aîné, born about 1651 (rec. 1671, rec. 1686), 1652 (rec. 1693, rec. 1698) or 1651 (rec. 1699), died after census 1714, married about 1672 Anne BLANCHARD

4) Pierre le jeune, born about 1654 (rec. 1671, rec. 1686), married about 1675 Marie BLANCHARD

5) Marie2, born about 1657 (rec. 1671), 1661 (rec. 1686) or 1657 (rec. 1693), died Port-Royal ou Rivière-aux-Canards (bim) (Acadie), married about 1673 Martin AUCOIN

http://www.francogene.com/quebec--genealogy/044/044416.php

http://larryvoyer.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I71911&tree=...

ID: I1406

Name: Denis GAUDET

Sex: M

Birth: 1625 in France

Birth: 1625

Death: UNKNOWN

Father: Jean GAUDET b: 1575

Mother: Marie DAUSSY

Father: Jean GAUDET b: 1575

Mother: Marie DAUSSY

Marriage 1 Martine GAUTHIER b: 1627 in France

Married: 1644 in Canada

Children

Marie Jeanne GAUDET b: 1657 in Acadia, Canada

_AKAN: Denis-Jehan

Nicole Coleson n'est pas sa mère naturelle. Le nom de sa mère naturelle est inconnue. En 1704, à Port-Royal, il était veuf et demeurait avec son fils Pierre. En 1671, au recencement, il vivait avec sa femme et 5 enfants.

Laborer Married 1645 in Port Royal

Children Anne 1646 Marie 1650 - 2 May 1734 Pierre (eldest) 1652 - 8 Dec 1741 Pierre the younger 1654 Marie 1657

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1678 Acadia Census, Port Royal
Onis Godet, widower [Denis Gaudet]
his son Pierre (the younger) and his wife Marie Blanchard with their children are listed with him.

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!INTERIM SOURCE NOTE: This person is part of the generation that came to Acadia from France or was a member of the first few succeeding generations who lived in Acadia in the 1600s and early 1700s.
Information on this person is from one or more of the secondary sources listed below. Until I find the time to add the specific source information (volume/page and exact source) this interim note willhave to suffice. The sources are:
Denis Beauregard's Dictionnaire Genealogique de la Ancienne Acadie is located at http://www.francogene.com/dgaa/index.php (explanation in both English and French at viewer's option; dictionnaire in French). His Francogene, an extensive list of Acadian genealogical sources and bibliography is located at http://www.francogene.com/acadia/resources.php (in English).
Acadian History and Genealogy website (gives brief history of Acadia and some selected Acadian family trees), at http://www.craftconn.com/genealogy/acadianh.htm (in English).
Acadian and French Canadian Ancestral Home (a searchable data base of web sites with information on early Acadian families, at http://www.acadian.org/ (in English).
Center for Acadian Studies, University of Moncton (New Brunswick), has short genealogies of 37 Acadian families, at http://www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ceaac/node/55 (in French).
See also, Stephen White's Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Acadiennes (in French, but available with an English supplement), the best and most recent secondary source for Acadian family information, described and available for purchase at http://www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ceaac/node/38

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!Connecticut Maple Leaf,Vol.6,Number 4,Winter 1994,p.347. !Denis GAUDET, 46, wife, Martine GAUTHIER 62; children: Anne 25, Marie 21, Pierre 20, Pierre 17, Marie 14; cattle 9, sheep 13. [1671 Census] !Dennis Gaudet, with the help of his 2 sons, carved a large domain for himself along the banks of the Port-Royal river. The community was known as "Village des Gaudet" and is now the town of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. Denis Gaudet's son, Pierre dit le Jeune(the younger), became the owner of one the largest establishments in the valley. His property included 23 acres of land, 20 cattle,32 ewes and 15hogs. After the brutal expulsion of the Acadiens, the Gaudets settled chiefly in the Memramcook area of New Brunswick, at Baie-Sainte-Marie in Nova Scotia and in Saint-Jacques-de-l"Achigan in Quebec.(St.John Telegraph-Journal, Tuesday,Aug.2,1994;p.A6)

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1698 Acadian Census, Port Royal
Denis Godet, widower, 82

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97 YEARS OLD ON STONE THREE DIRECT LINES OF SIBLINGS Census of 1678 Onis (Denis) Godet, Widower Pierre Godet & Marie Blanchard 4 acres 6 cattle 2 boys: Pierre, 3, 1675 Antoine, 5 months, 1678

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1693 Acadian Census, Port Royal
Denis Godet, widower, 70
Pierre Godet (the younger) 39, Marie Blanchard, 37,
Children: Pierre 16, Anthoine 13, Germain 11, Guillaume 9, Denis 7, Marie 5, Jean 3.
20 cattle, 32 sheep, 15 pigs, 29 arpents, 2 guns.

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!Source: Historie Et Genealogie Des Acadiens, by Bona Arsenault

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!BIRTH-FATHER-CENSUS-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-BURIAL: Stephen A. W hite, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 16 36-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes , 1999, 2 vols.; pp. 667 & 668; own copy. #2: !BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEA LOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1600-1800; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 197 8, vols. 2-6; p. 555 (Port Royal); own copy. Denis GAUDET , born 1625, son of Jean, married around 1644 to Martine GA UTHIER; five children. !CENSUS: 1671, Port Royal, Acadia, age 46 years, occupatio n Laborer (Plowman). Living with wife Martine GAUTIER, ag e 52. They have 5 children, 2 of them married. 2 of the 3 g irls are named Marie, the 2 boys Pierre, all without trad e except as laborers. Worthwhile land 6 arpents, 9 cattle a nd 13 sheep "tantpetites que grandes." He is living next d oor to his father and 2nd wife, Nicolle COLLESON, but is no t mentioned in Jean's entry as a married child. Too old? !CENSUS: 1678, a widower. !CENSUS: 1693,age 70 years. !CENSUS: 1698, age 82 years (sic).

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1671 Acadia Census, Port Royal
Denis Gaudet, 46, wife, Martine Gauthier 52;
children (the first 2 married): Anne 25, Marie 21, Pierre 20, Pierre 17, Marie 14;
9 cattle & 13 Sheep.

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Denis Gaudet 1657 and Marie Blanchard 1656 Named Two of Their children Pierre My name is Laurie Robillard and my mother is Jacqueline Vincent an Acadian line. The connection from Gaudet and Vincent isthat Pierre Vincent b 1631 married Marie Anne Gaudet. her father was Denis Gaudet b 1625. These people immigrated from France and were Catholic. Most did not know how to read and write. They were family centered and hard workers. They had a particular way of farming. They pushed back the sea by building dykes and planted wheat and other grains in the marshland. They were also soldiers fighting the British when France was at war fighting England. They needed large families to upkeep the dykes built of wood and mud. Denis Gaudet born 1625 (my direct line) and his wife Anne Martine Gauthier(my direct line) named two of their sons Pierre. Why? Pierre Gaudet L'aine (meaning the eldest) born 1682 in Port Royal, Acadie (now Annapolis Royal,Nova Scotia) and Pierre Gaudet Lejeune meaning the Youngest born in 1654n Port Royal, Acadie (now Annapolis Royal) Back then if one child died they would name the next the same name. This isn't the case both of the son's grew up to create a family of theirown. The father's name is Denis so it wasn't to keep the family name. They must have given nicknames to those kids to differentiate the two. Maybe Pierrot for the oldest or Pitree or petit Pierre forthe youngest. Pierre Gaudet Lejeune married 1674 at age 20 in Port Royal, Acadie (now Annapolis Royal) to Marie Blanchard born 1656 in Port Royal, her parents Jean Baptist Blanchard born 1611 and Radegonde Lambert born 1621 (her mother was Indian) . Pierre Gaudet L'ainer married in abt 1673 at Port Royal, Acadie (now Annapolis Royal) to Anne-Marie Blanchard born 1644 in Port Royal, Acadie. She isolder than him by 14 years. Her parents Jean Baptiste Blanchard born 1611 and mother Marie Radegonde Lambert born 1621. To make things more complicated for genealogist the two brothers named five of their children by the same name. Pierre of course, Denis, Jean, Marie Anne Jeanne. I can understand both brothers wanted to keep the name Denis and Pierre in the family but other than that why copycat. Starting with Pierre Gaudet L'ainee 1652-1714 married to Anne-Marie Blanchard 1644- after 1714. They had 9 children. Pierre b.1674 the dad was 22 yrs so they must have gotten married abt 1673, Claude, Antoine, twins Marie Anne and Madeleine Marie ,Jeanne, Denis, Augustin, Jean. Back then the men tended the farms, fishing, planting ,harvesting, and hunting, trading fur trade or surplus wheat withBoston. The strong women raised the kids practically on their own. Next Pierre Gaudet Lejeune 1654-1741 married to Marie Blanchard in 1674 in Port Royal had 10 children. Pierre 1676 married MadeleinePellerin, Antoine 1978 married Marie Louise Bourg, Germain 1680 , Guillaume 1683 married Marie Boudrot, Denis 1685 married Anne Doucet, Marie Marguerite 1688 married Bernard Germain, Jean 1690 married Marie Madeleine Brun, Bernard 1692 married Marguerite Pellerin and Marie Doucet, Marie Anne 1694 married Jean Baptist Prejean, Jeanne 1698 married Alexandre Pellerin. All the children were born at Port Royal, Acadie. Five of their children married into the Pellerin family and two of their children into the into the Pellerin family and two of their children into the Doucet family. They all married in Port royal except for two who got married in Beaubassin.

References

• 1671 Acadie Census - shown to be 46 years old which estimates birth to be 1625.
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gaudet-16

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Category: Acadia, Immigrants from France
Category:Port-Royal, Acadie

Biography

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"Du premier lit naquit vers 1625 son fils Denis, qui a convolé, vers 1645, avec Martine Gauthier. Denis et Martine ont mis au monde cinq enfants, dont deux fils qui portaient le prénom Pierre."≤ref>White, Stephen A. La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des "Retrouvailles 94", Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994). English translationGaudet≤/ref>
Denis is estimated to have been born in France in 1625, his father is Jean Gaudet and his mother is unknown≤ref name="White">White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes” 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999. p, 668≤/ref>
While it isn't known exactly when the family arrived in Acadie (see father Jean), Denis married Martine Gauthier in Port Royal probably in 1645≤ref name="White" />. They had five children between 1646 and 1657, all of whom married into well known first families.≤ref name="White"/>.
Around the time of the treaty of Breda (1667), which officially restored Acadia to France, Denis Gaudet migrated towards the top of the PortRoyal river. His now adolescent sons would be assured of their own possession of land to begin their own establishments. They were the first colonists in this locality situated about 20 kilometres upriver from the fort., described as ≤blockquote> "... the country upstream of the river where we find the prairies (marshes) virtually continuous for more than 12 leagues, among which flow numerous streams that come from the hills and mountains nearby; the forests are plentiful to the waters edge... and there are many bright clearings a long way from the shores..."≤/blockquote>≤ref>Lescarbot, Marc. Histoire de la Nouvelle-France (Version 1617), Project Gutenberg, Auigust 8, 2007 ebook, unconfirmed source≤/ref>
Denis and his two sons both named Pierre (one surnamed l'Ainé, and the other le Jeune), constructed the new farm on the north bank. There were five habitations at one "Godet Village," at the north-east end ofthe valley, at a place where the river turns to the south and the space which separates the North and South Mountains gets wider≤ref>GeorgeMitchell , surveyer mapped in 1733 (copy not found)≤/ref>. The location of Gaudet Village is to the south-east of the present Riverside Cemetery, at the inner limits of the town of Bridgetown≤ref> Coward, Elizabeth. Bridgetown, Nova Scotia: Its History to 1900, Kentville Publishing Company, 1955, page unavailable≤/ref> , on land which later belonged to the Chipman family and who correspond to number 133 in the cadastral survey of Grandville Township. They went onto create a large domain on both sides of the river in that area.
In the census of the Port Royal river valley in 1671, Denis Gaudet gives his age as 46 years old, his wife Martine Gauthier was 52 years old. They had five children, two were married: Anne Gaudet was 25 years old (married to Pierre Vincent); Marie Gaudet was 21 years old (marriedto Olivier Daigre, who lived opposite Gaudet Village on the south bank); Pierre Gaudet l'Ainé, aged 20; Pierre Gaudet le Jeune, aged 17; Marie Gaudet, aged 14. All were farmers. Denis had six arpents of cultivated land, nine horned cattle and 13 sheep, some large, some small.≤ref>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1671 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie. 1671 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found atCensus microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752” Images 3-14.≤blockquote>Denis GAUDET, 46, wife, Martine GAUTHIER 62; Children (the first 2 married): Anne25, Marie 21, Pierre 20, Pierre 17, Marie 14; cattle 9, sheep 13.≤/blockquote>≤/ref> By 1678 Martine had died≤ref>Tim Hebert; 1678 Port Royal Acadian Census noting that the correlations for this census were done by Rev. Clarence J. d'Entremont, Fairhaven, Massachusetts.1678 Census≤blockquote>Onis Godet Widower≤/blockquote>≤/ref> and Denis lived either with or next to his son PIerre and Marie Blanchard.
In the census of Port Royal in 1693, Denis Gaudet was a widower aged 70 years. He was head of the household, living with his son Pierre le Jeune who married Marie Blanchard. He had a sizeable piece of propertyat 29 arpents. ≤ref>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1693 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1693 Census Transcribed. The original censuscan be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archivesof Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 62-108≤blockquote> Denis GODET (widower) 70, Pierre GODET 39, Marie BLANCHARD (Pierre's wife) 37, Pierre 16, Anthoine 13, Germain 11, Guillaume 9, Denis 7, Marie 5, Jean 3; 20 cattle, 32 sheep, 15 pigs, 29 arpents, 2 guns≤/blockquote>≤/ref> He was still living in 1698 next to his son Pierre the younger although now all the property was listed as Pierre's. ≤ref> Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1698 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie1698 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 110-150≤blockquote>Denis GODET widower 82≤/blockquote>≤/ref>
Even though he isn't listed in any further censuses, Dennis died in Port Royal in October 1709, aged 97 years and was buried there 11 October 1709.≤ref>Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Port-Royal, N.-É.)-1870 C-1870 (image 198) http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1869/198?r=0&s=5≤/ref>≤ref>Nova Scotia Archives, "An Acadian Parish Remembered - The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755," register RG 1 volume 26 page 222; online database with images, Burial≤/ref>

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