Jean Gaudet

• Sources:
  • 1671 Acadie Census - shown to be 96 years old which estimates birth to be 1575.

-https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gaudet-21

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Jean Gaudet (abt. 1575 - bef. 1678)

Jean "Jehan" Gaudet aka Godet

Born about 1575 in Martaize, Loudun, Vienne, France

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Husband of Unknown (Inconnu) Gaudet — married about 1621 in France

Husband of Nicole Colleson — married about 1652 in Acadie

Father of Françoise Gaudet, Denis Gaudet, Marie Gaudet and Jean Gaudet

Died before 1678 in Port Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

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Origins. Some family trees list Jean Gaudet as originating from Martaizé (Vienne) France. The Belle-Isle-en-Mer declarations in 1767 indicate that Acadian descendants of Jean Gaudet's daughters Marie and Françoise believed that they came from France with their husbands. Thus Massignon[1] concludes that the Acadian surnames of Gaudet, Hebert, and LeBlanc were already allied in France. Moreover, a certain Jean Gaudet was censitaire in 1634 on land at Martaizé (Vienne) in the Seigneurie d’Aulnay. [2] A part of those that arrived in Acadia during the 17th century, were native of this commune. However, Massignon's research failed to find any relevant baptismal or marriage records.

White and Godbout interpret the phrasing of the Belle-Isle-en-Mer declarations regarding coming from France with their spouse as not necessarily meaning that the two came together and at the same time, but simply that both the husband and wife had come from France.

First Spouse and Children. Some family trees identify Jean Gaudet's first spouse as Marie Daussy. This is based on a discussion in a French periodical Nova Francia (Spring 1927, Vol. II, p.188) describing a Gaudet family Jean from Abbeville Picardy who was 59 years old in 1727, the son of Jean Gaudet and Marie Daussy. The birth date for this Jean Gaudet Jr. (about 1668 in France) is inconsistent with the Acadian Jean Gaudet Jr, whose parents (Jean and Nicole Colleson) were settled in Port Royal Acadia at that time.[3] Another hypothesis is that Jean's first spouse was Amerindian, and that Jean's daughters had two different mothers. Mitochondrial DNA from several descendants of Marie and Francoise indicate that their haplogroup was European (J), and identical to one another, indicating that they were sisters of the same European mother.

Arrival in Acadia. The Gaudet families are found in the 1671 Acadian Census but when did they arrive there? Various time frames are proposed.

1) The ancestor Acadien arrived in America, shortly after 1634. Father Léopold Lanctot, o.m.i., claims that Jehan Godet arrived in Acadia very early, by 1610, with Charles de Biencourt. Some authors think that his first wife was Micmac but this is not very easy to prove. In the work " A feudal colony in America " Edme Rameau hinted in a note that a Metis branch that would have been a part of this family. On the other hand, if he arrived with Razilly by 1634, his first children were born in France and his first wife would not be of MicMac origin.

2) Others think that Jean GODET arrived in Acadie by 1610, or even with Champlain in 1604, would have returned to France to look there for his family. This version is more reconcilable with the tenants of those who believe that he might have left by 1634.

3) In view of his age, he could have been part of the first expedition of Poutrincourt. He is one of those rare French that remained in Acadie after the siege of Port Royal by the Kirk brothers.

4)Stephen White[4] lists the children's marriages as follows based on the ages of their first known children: Françoise married an unknown Mercier c1644 and Daniel LeBlanc c1650. Marie married Etienne Hébert c1650. Daniel LeBlanc was one of the signatories attesting to the accomplishments of d'Aulnay in Acadia. Since d'Aulnay died in May 1650[5], Daniel likely arrived in Acadia before that time.[3]

Although it is not clear when Jean arrived, the timeline below sets out some of the events in his life in context with the history of Acadian settlement.

Biography

Jean Gaudet migrated from France to Acadia.

"Father Archange Godbout described Jean Gaudet as the Abraham of Acadia, because of his numerous descendants."[6] Jean was the ancestor of 10% of the little Acadian settlement, with his two sons and two daughters, 22 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Jean Gaudet was born around 1575.[4] About 1622, he married a woman whose name is unknown. The couple had 3 children born in France: [4]

Marie-Francoise, b. 1623 Denis, b. 1625 Marie, b. 1633

Around 1652, Jean married a second time, to Nicole Colleson. Around 1653 they had a son Jean.[4]

By 1671 Jean Gaudet, age 96, is the oldest inhabitant of Port-Royal. He was living with his second wife Nicole, age 64, and their son Jean. His three oldest children were married.[7]

Jean died before 1678.[4][8]

Timeline

c1575 birth, in France c1622 marriage to Unknown Spouse c1623 birth, daughter Françoise c1625 birth, son Denis c1633 birth, daughter Marie 1632 Treaty Saint-Germain-en-Laye cedes Acadia to France; Razilly brings ~300 elite men[9] 1636 Arrival of the first French families to settle permanantly[1] c1650 Jean's daughters marry in France before Oct. 1650 Jean's son in law Daniel LeBlanc arrives in Acadia with wife Françoise Gaudet c1652 Jean marries 2nd wife Nicole Colleson c1653 birth, son Jean 1654 British capture Port-Royal; French settlement ceases 1667-70 Treaty of Breda cedes Acadia to the French; settlement resumes[10] 1671 residence, in Port-Royal before 1678 death

Biographie

"Le Père Archange Godbout a décrit Jean Gaudet comme étant l'Abraham de l'Acadie, tant nombreuse est sa descendance.[6]

Jean Gaudet est né vers 1575.[4] Il épousa une femme inconnue vers 1622.[4] Entre 1623 et 1633, le couple a eu 3 enfants: Françoise, Denis, et Marie.[4]

Vers 1652, Jean épousa Nicole Colleson. Vers 1653, le couple a eu un fils Jean.

Jean est mort avant 1678.[4]

Sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Massignon, Geneviève. "Les parlers français d'Acadie, enquête linguistique", Librairie Klincksieck, Paris, 1962, 2 tomes. P. 32 (first French families in Acadia) p45 (Double bond between Landry and Bourg family suggesting common origin in France); p37-38 (d'Aulnay Seigneurie in France where Gaudet surname is found; also mentioned p47-48

2. ↑ Genevieve Massignon's article " La seigneurie de Charles de Menou d'Aulnay, gouverneur de l'Acadie, 1635-1650", published in 1963 in French.Gaudet Genealogy

3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 White, Stephen A. English Supplement to the Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes. Moncton NB: Centre D'Études Acadiennes, 2000, p 139(spouse of Jean Gaudet), p 210(Daniel LeBlanc)

4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 ”Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes” (DGFA); Stephen A. White; 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999. p.666-668

5. ↑ Dunn, Brenda. A History of Port Royal / Annapolis Royal 1605-1800. Nimbus Publishing, p vii,ix,1-12 (early European settlement); p21 (Death of d'Aulnay).

6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 WHITE, Stephen A. "The genealogy of the thirty-seven host families of" Retrouvailles 94 "", Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne , vol. 25, Nos . 2 and 3 (1994), Gaudet Gaudet

7. ↑ 1671 Census Transcription at Port Royal: Jean GAUDET 96, wife, Nicole COLLESON 64; Child: Jean 18; cattle 6, sheep 3.

8. ↑ CENSUS: 1678 Port Royal, Acadia, Nicolle Colleron (sic) is listed as widow of GODET

9. ↑ George MacBeath, “RAZILLY, ISAAC DE,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed May 10, 2019, [http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/razilly_isaac_de_1E.html Razilly

10. ↑ William I. Roberts, 3rd, “SEDGWICK, ROBERT,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed May 10, 2019, [http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/sedgwick_robert_1E.html Sedgwick

See Also:

1686 Acadian Census at Port Royal: Nicole COLLESON 80. Jean GODET her son 45, Jeanne HENRY his wife 30; children: Francoise 13, Jean 12, and three other children by his first wife; 1 gun, 4 arpents, 4 cattle, 4 sheep, 3 hogs. 1686 Census Transcription

Undocumented Genealogy.com Notes

Information from Jennifer Payne, family tree which requires account: http://www.gencircles.com/users/harrison-md/2/data/385 (http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/3829/acadian_history.html this link defunct) Gaudet was originally from the village of Martaize, Vienne, France and he arrived in Acadia in 1636 with his second wife, Nicole Coleson, and his two children from his first marriage, Francoise who later married Daniel LEBLANC, and Denis who would marry Martine Gauthier. Jean and Nicole Coleson had two children after arriving in Acadia: Marie-Anne who married Etienne HEBERT and Jean who married Jeanne Henry

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1671 Acadian Census: Jean GAUDET 96, wife, Nicole COLLESON 64; child: Jean 28, cattle 6, sheep 3.

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«b»Discussion«/b»
«b»Origins. «/b»
Some family trees list Jean Gaudet as originating from Martaizé (Vienne) France. The Belle-Isle-en-Mer declarations in 1767 indicate that Acadian descendents of Jean Gaudet's daughters Marie and Françoise believed that they came from France with their husbands. Thus Massignon concludes that the Acadian surnames of Gaudet, Hebert, and LeBlanc were already allied in France. Moreover, a certain Jean Gaudet, was censistaire in 1634 on land at Martaizé (Vienne) in the Seigneurie d'Aulnay. A part of those that arrived in Acadia during the 17th century, were native of this commune. However, Massignon's research failed to find any relevant baptismal or marriage records.

White and Godbout interpret the phrasing of the Belle-Isle-en-Mer declarations regarding coming from France with their spouse as not necessarily meaning that the two came together and at the same time, but simply that both the husband and wife had come from France.

«b»First Spouse and Children. «/b»
Some family trees identify Jean Gaudet's first spouse as Marie Daussy. This is based on a discussion in a French periodical Nova Francia (Spring 1927, Vol. II, p.188) describing a Gaudet family Jean from Abbeville Picardy who was 59 years old in 1727, the son of Jean Gaudet and Marie Daussy. The birth date for this Jean Gaudet Jr. (about 1668 in France) is inconsistent with the Acadian Jean Gaudet Jr, whose parents (Jean and Nicole Colleson) were settled in Port Royal Acadia at that time.[3] Another hypothesis is that Jean's first spouse was Amerindian, and that Jean's daughters had two different mothers. Mitochondrial DNA from several descendents of Marie and Francoise indicate that their haplogroup was European (J), and identical to one another, indicating that they were sisters of the same European mother.

Arrival in Acadia. The Gaudet families are found in the 1671 Acadian Census but when did they arrive there? Various time frames are proposed.

1) The ancestor Acadien arrived in America, shortly after 1634. Father Léopold Lanctot, o.m.i., claims that Jehan Godet arrived in Acadia very early, by 1610 , with Charles de Biencourt. Some authors think that his first wife was Micmac but this is not very easy to prove. In the work " A feudal colony in America " Edme Rameau hinted in a note th at a Metis branch that would have been a part of this family. On the other hand if he arrived with Razilly by 1634, his first children were born in France and his first wife would not be of MicMac origin.

2) Others think that Jean GODET arrived in Acadie by 1610, or even with Champlain in 1604, would have returned to France to look there for his family. This version is more reconcilable with the tenants of those who believe that he might have left by 1634.

3) In view of his age, he could have been part of the first expedition of Poutrincourt. He is one of those rare French that remained in Acadie after the siege of Port Royal by the Kirk brothers.

4)Stephen White lists the children's marriages as follows based on the ages of their first known children: Françoise married an unknown Mercier c1644 and Daniel LeBlanc c1650. Marie married Etienne Hébert c1650. Daniel LeBlanc was one of the signatories attesting to the accomplishments of d'Aulnay in Acadia. Since d'Aulnay died in May 1650, Daniel likely arrived in Acadia before that time.

Although it is not clear when Jean arrived, the timeline below sets out some of the events in his life in context with the history of Acadian settlement.

«b»Biography«/b»
"Father Archange Godbout described Jean Gaudet as the Abraham of Acadia, because of his numerous descendents." Jean was the ancestor of 10% of the little Acadian settlement, with his two sons and two daughters, 22 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.

Jean Gaudet was born around 1575. About 1622, he married a woman whose name is unknown.

«b»The couple had 3 children born in France:«/b»
1.) Marie-Francoise, b. 1623

2.) Denis, b. 1625

3.) Marie, b. 1633

Around 1652, Jean married a second time, to Nicole Colleson. Around 1653 they had a son Jean.

By 1671 Jean Gaudet, age 96, is the oldest inhabitant of Port-Royal. He was living with his second wife Nicole, age 64, and their son Jean. His three oldest children were married.

Jean died before 1678.

«b»Timeline«/b»
c1575 birth, in France
c1622 marriage to Unknown Spouse
c1623 birth, daughter Françoise
c1625 birth, son Denis
c1633 birth, daughter Marie
1632 Treaty Saint-Germain-en-Laye cedes Acadia to France; Razilly brings ~300 elite men
1636 Arrival of the first French families to settle permanantly
c1650 Jean's daughters marry in France
before Oct. 1650 Jean's son in law Daniel LeBlanc arrives in Acadia with wife Françoise Gaudet
c1652 Jean marries 2nd wife Nicole Colleson
c1653 birth, son Jean
1654 British capture Port-Royal; French settlement ceases
1667-70 Treaty of Breda cedes Acadia to the French; settlement resumes
1671 residence, in Port-Royal
before 1678 death

Nicole Colleson
BIRTH 11 Jun 1612
Loudun, Departement de la Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France
DEATH 1690 (aged 77–78)
Port Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada
BURIAL
Garrison Graveyard
Annapolis Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada
MEMORIAL ID 168710474 · View Source

She married Jean Gaudet in France in 1628, after his first wife died. They are the parents of the following:

1) Marie (1633-1710) md (a) Etienne Hebert and (b) Dominique Gareau

The following two grandchildren (Jean Gaudet and Francoise Comeau's children) were living with her on the 1678 census record:

1) Francois (1673-1758) md Charles Dorion
2) Jean (1675-) md Elisabeth Bourg

Nicole was listed as 64 on the 1671 census. She was living with her son Jean, his wife Jeanne Henry, and their family, on the 1686 census record. She is not listed on the 1693 census record, so she died sometime between the two.

Birth info and death date provided by Nicole La Faive #17167635.

MERGE ALERT: First wife of Jean Gaudet is not known - do not merge, adding a wife.
Reason This Information Is Correct:
The name of Jean GAUDET's first wife is not currently known to historical records or noted by acclaimed Acadian researcher, Stephen A. White (see image in "Sources" section above). A wife's name should not be filled in or added UNLESS one can provide documentary evidence (such as church, legal, or census records, etc.) and a logical argument that would override and replace current scholarship. I've started this in the "Discussions" section rather than notes so that entries can be made to this thread. Let's work together to keep the FamilySearch record of Jean GAUDET clean and based only on known documentary evidence. Citing someone else's compiled genealogy or things found on the internet are not evidence (they are unsupported assertions).

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weRelate:
Jean Gaudet
Birth  1575 • France
Death  1671 • Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Marriage  1622 • 1652 • France
Spouse  nicole colleson
https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Jean+Gaudet+%283%29

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Jean Gaudet
Birth  30 January 1575 • Martaizé, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France
Death  29 April 1671 • Port-Royal, Acadia, New France
Parents  Jean Gaudet
Spouse  Marie Daussy • Marie Mercier D'Aussy • Nicole Colleson
Children  Denis Gaudet • Françoise Gaudet • Jean Gaudet • Marie Gaudet

Lead confidence: 5
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/L62H-H2S

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Jean Gaudet
Birth  1575 • Loudun, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France
Death  1671 • Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Lead confidence: 4
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/G3ZQ-73T

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Geni:
Jean Gaudet
Birth  Jan 30, 1575 • Martaizé, Vienne, France
Death  Apr 29, 1671 • Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents  Francoise • Jean Gaudet
Siblings  Aubin Godet • Francois Gaudet • Moise Gaudet
Spouse  Nicole Colleson
Children  Denis Gaudet • Jean Gaudet • Marie Anne Gaudet • Marie Francoise Gaudet • Marie Gaudet

Lead confidence: 3
Jean Gaudet

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John Gaudet
Birth  Quebec, Canada
Spouse  Mary Sampson

Lead confidence: 3
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/LTYM-1DD

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JEHAN GAUDET Jehan Gaudet was born in France, about 1575, probably in the seigniory of Aulnay, the parish of Martaizé, in the area of Poitou-Charentes, of the current department of Vienna. Part of those which became the Acadian ones at the 17th centuries, were originating in this commune. The acadian ancestor arrived to America, little after 1634. He is oldest living theRoyal one. With the censusof 1671, Jean (Jehan) Gaudet (Cup), the worthy senior of the colony is then 96 years old. He thus has, in France 29 or 30 years, at the time of the foundation of Port-Royal, and since he is then in the strength of the age, he had to belong to the first forwarding of Poutrincourt. It is l.un of these rare French who remains in Acadie, after the catch of Port-Royal by the Kirth brothers. It marriedby twice, in France, that is to say towards 1598, wife who remains still unknown, in spite of writings specifying wrongly a certain Marie Daussy, by genealogists of which some admitted to have made error, and about 1628, with Nicole Colleson, born about 1600. A girl of the three children, who belong certainly to the first marriage, concerns us in this genealogical description, by creating bonds to my mother Pierrette Boisvert. This girl, Francoise Gaudet, born in 1623, married before 1644, with Jehan Mercier, in first wedding. Her husband deceased, it remariée himself about 1650, with Daniel Leblanc, born in 1626, unknown parents, probably originating in Poitou. With the acadian census of 1686, with Port-Royal, Daniel Leblanc and his wife, Francoise Gaudet, are 60 years old. Daniel Leblanc is one of notable with Port-Royal and, when on May 24, 1690, Sir William Phipps, which has just seized the place, requires on behalf of the inhabitants of Port-Royal and among those of the river of the same name, to choose six of them to form the Council, in order to keep peace among them and to manage justice there, Daniel Leblanc is one of those on which the s.arrête choice. He dies with th e St. Lawrence vault between the years 1693-1698. Their son, Pierre Leblanc, born in 1664, wife in 1684, Marie-Élisabeth Terriot, then in 1689, Madeleine Borough, girl of Jean Borough and Marguerite Martin. A second girl, this time of the second marriage of Jehan Gaudet and Nicole Colleson, Marie Gaudet, born about 1633, becomes l.épouse in 1650 of the ancestor Étienne Hébert, whose two their children weave other bonds of descents which interest us in this genealogy. The first, Marguerite Hébert, born in 1652, wife the ancestor Jacques-Nicolas LePrince. Second Étienne Hébert, born in 1654, wife in 1678, Jeanne Comeau, born in 1662, girl of Pierre-Étienne Comeau and Pink Bayols. The father Archange Godbout described Jehan Gaudet as being l.Abraham of l.Acadie, so much numerous is his descent.D.après the census of 1671, Jehan Gaudet was born about 1575. We are unaware of the date of his death, like that of his wife, Nicole Colleson, Coleson or Colson, who are 60 years old, with the censusof 1686, with Port-Royal.

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!Census Acadian 1671: Jean Gaudet age 96, wife Nicole Colleson; child:Jean 28, cattle 6, sheep 3.

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At the age of 96 years, in the 1671 Census of Port Royal, Acadia, Jean was shown to be the oldest inhabitant of that settlement.

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In the 1678 census for Port Royal, the writer states that he is dead at this time, listing his wife as a widow.

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!BIRTH: Generations ... Past to Present, Vol. 1, by Phobe Chauvin Morrison, p. 183. Published by Terrebonne Genealogical Society, Houma, LA. Book located in Dallas Public Library. !MARRIAGE: Generations ... Past to Present, Vol. 1, by Phobe Chauvin Morrison, p. 183. Published by Terrebonne Genealogical Society, Houma, LA. Book located in Dallas Public Library.

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Notes on this page, unless otherwise noted, are by Leonard William Gaudet

A.K.A. Jean/Jehan Gaudet/Godet - Ronald Joseph Arthur Gaudet

Jean (Jehan) Gaudet is considered to be the patriarch of the Gaudet family because he was the oldest & first Gaudet known to have come to Acadia. - Ronald Joseph Arthur Gaudet

According to Massignon, in 1671 Jean Gaudet had 22 grand-children and 10 great-granchildren thus become the ancestor of one-tenth of the Acadian population. - Thom McCabe

The Gaudet Family Coat of Arms

In the 15th century, only royalty and some in the bourgeois class had coats of arms. None of the Acadian pioneers had coats of arms. Today, anyone can apply to the Canadian Heraldic Authority in Ottawa for a coat of arms. It was agreed upon at one of the 1993 general meetings of the Gaudet Association in New Brunswick, that Monsieur Robert Pichette, Fellow de la Société héraldique du Canada, be approached and asked if he would design a coat of arms that would represent the Acadian Jean Gaudet from Martaizé, France and all of his descendants. The coat of arms created for the 1994 reunion of theGaudet families of Acadia at St-Joseph, New Brunswick, consists of the symbols which refer to the etymology of the name and the origins of our first ancestor Jean (Jehan) Gaudet, who settled in Acadia about 1636. According to Albert Dauzat from his Etymology Dictionary of Family names of France, Gaudet is known to derive from Gaudon, ancient German baptismal name of Waldo, from Waldon, governor. The spelling "Godet,"
means "a manufacturer of godets" (pots, bowls or glass). Two dictionaries describe the godet as a small drinking bowl with no stem or handle, of which the brim is lobed (rounded divisions). In botany,a godet refers to the shell or cap that holds the acorn from an oak tree. To show the etymology of the Gaudet name, a "godet" is surmounted under the acorn in the shield. The color green, called sinople in heraldic language, reminds us that Jean Gaudet and his son, Denis, originating from Martaizé, near Loudun, Department of Vienne, France, had first settled as farmers on the north bank of the Port Royal river, opposite Prée Ronde. The acorn is a symbol of strength and firmly rooted deep in the soil of Acadia. The acorn represents the Acadian roots of the Gaudet family and their loyalty to the land they had farmed. Acadia is symbolized by the star; this symbol was adopted at Miscouche, P.E.I. in 1884 with the French tri-color for the Acadian national flag. The Port Royal river is represented by the wavy bands,
which is the method used in heraldry for water; and the division of the shield symbolizes a port. The fleur de lis is an ancient emblem of France. The motto "On parle de toi," translated into French from the Latin phrase "fabula narratur," expresses very well, the spirit and continuity of the Gaudet family in the history of Acadia. The blazonment of the Gaudet family coat of arms is as follows: Chapé-ployé au 1 fascé-ondé d'argent et d'azur au godet d'or en pointe surmonté d'un gland de chêne aussi d'or, 2 de sinople à étoile à cinq rais d'or à dextre et à une fleur de lis du même à senestre. Sur un listel sous l'écu, la devise: "On parle de toi."

Jean Gaudet (Godet) was listed as a censitaire on the fief at Martaizé in 1634. Martaizé was part of the seigneury of Aulnay, the property of Nicole de Jousserand, who was the mother of Charles d'Aulnay, governor of Acadia from 1636 to 1650. The village of Martaizé and it's environs was called the "fief de Beaulieu" or sometimes "Rallette." The church of Saint-Maurice de Martaizé still exists to this day. The inventory document of Nicole de Jousserand's fief de Beaulieu in the parish of Martaizé, (Archives Départementales de l'Indre et Loire, Série C, Liasse 601, signed before the notaries Messieurs Aubri and Pasquier, at Loudun on the 21st October 1634) states the following: "Je em en la fresche des Godets desclares douze boisseaus froment mesure de Loudun et trois derniers de cens a rente feodalle deue par Jean Gendre, Jean Godet, René Godet le jeune, Francois Godet, la veufve Vincent Besard, Pierre Giroire et Renée Besard sa femme Jean Besard, Simon Joubert les heritiers Pierre Bourg de sauseau et les
heritiers Francois Godet par raison d'une piece du terre et signer estant en terre et signer estant en terre est du Rondonay le tout contenant ensemble et tenant deux septiers six boisseaus..." (A "fresche" is an old French word for rent due to the seigneur from his or her fief)

Jean Gaudet and his son Denis, came together from France about the year 1636. They settled first on the north bank of the Port-Royal river, opposite la Prée Ronde (Round Hill), about ten miles upriverfrom the fort, on property that still belonged to the Gaudet family in 1710.

Extract from the census of Port Royal, Acadia, dated November 1671: Laboureur- Jehan Gaudet aagé de quatre vingt et seize ans, sa femme Nicolle Colleson aagée de soixante et quatre ans. Leurs enfant Jehan Gaudet aagé de 28 ans, Leurs terre en Labour trois arpens en deux places, Leurs bestes a cornes six pièces, Leurs brebis trois pièces.

Jean Gaudet had two brothers, Aubin and François. They were born between 1552 and 1596 and they died between 1566 and 1674; presumedly in France. - Ronald Joseph Arthur Gaudet

Not sure if the rest of Jehans children came with him to Acadia when he came with his son, Dennis. - Ronald Joseph Arthur Gaudet

On November 12, 1999, Susan (DuBois) Pacheco posted a message on the Gaudet Family Genealogy Forum that the first wife of Jean may have been a woman named Marguerite Martin. Susan's E-mail address is spacheco@middlesexbank.com - Ronald Joseph Arthur Gaudet

This is from a compilation of research by Glenn Laffy and of others, submitted to Glenn Laffy. May not be published without permission.

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Source: Genealogy of the French in North America

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JEHAN GAUDET Jehan Gaudet est né en France, vers 1575. Sûrement dans la seigneurie d'Aulnay, dans la paroisse de Mortaizé, en Mortagne au Perche. L'ancêtre acadien est arrivé en Amérique, peu après 1634. Il est le plus vieil habitant de Port-Royal. Au recensement de 1671, Jean (Jehan) Gaudet (Godet), le vénérable doyen de la colonie est alors âgé de 96 ans. Il a donc, en France 29 ou 30 ans, lors de la fondation de Port-Royal, et puisqu'il est alors dans la vigueur de l'âge, il a dû faire partie de la première expédition de Poutrincourt. Il est l�un de ces rares français qui restent en Acadie,après la prise de Port-Royal par les frères Kirth. Il s'est marié par deux fois, en France, soit vers 1598, avec Marie Daussy et vers 1628, avec Nicole Colson, née vers 1600. Deux filles des trois enfants, qui relèvent certainement du premier mariage Gaudet/Daussy, nous concernent dans cette description généalogique, en créant des liens jusqu'à ma mère Pierrette Boisvert. La première, Françoise Gaudet, née en 1623, s'est mariée avant 1644, avec Jehan Mercier, en première noce. Son mari décédé, elle s'est remariée vers 1650, avec celui qui devient l'ancêtre des Leblanc, Daniel, né en 1626, de parents inconnus, probablement du Poitou. Au recensement acadien de 1686, à Port-Royal, Daniel Leblanc et son épouse, Françoise Gaudet, ont 60 ans. Daniel Leblanc est l'un des notables à Port-Royal et, quand le 24 mai 1690, Sir William Phipps, qui vient de s'emparer de la place, exige de la part des habitants de Port-Royal et de ceux de la rivière du même nom, de choisir six d'entre eux pour former un Conseil, afin de garder la paix parmi eux et d'y administrer la justice, Daniel Leblanc est l'un de ceux sur qui le choix s�arrête. Il décède à la chapelle Saint-Laurent entre les années 1693-1698. Leur fils, Pierre Leblanc, né en 1664, épouse en 1684, Marie-Élisabeth Terriot, puis en 1689, Madeleine Bourg, fille de Jean Bourg et Margueri te Martin. La deuxième fille du couple Gaudet/Daussy, Marie Gaudet, née vers 1626, devient l�épouse en 1650 de l'ancêtre Étienne Hébert, dont deux de leurs enfants tissent d'autres liens de descendances qui nous intéressent dans cette généalogie. La première, Marguerite Hébert, née en 1652, épouse l'ancêtre Jacques-Nicolas LePrince. Le deuxième Étienne Hébert, né en 1654, épouse en 1678, Jeanne Comeau, née en 1662, fille de Pierre-Étienne Comeau et de Rose Bayols. Le père Archange Godbout a décrit Jehan Gaudet comme étant l�Abraham de l�Acadie, tant nombreuse est sa descendance. D�après le recensement de 1671, Jehan Gaudet est né vers 1575. Nous ignorons la date de son décès, ainsi que celui de son épouse, Nicole Coleson (Colson), qui a 60 ans, au recensement de 1686, à Port-Royal.

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! Jean arrived in Acadia (Canada) about 1636. Jean is supposed to have had two
wives, as of 04 Apr 1996 only one has been identified by me. "Serait
originaire de Martaize, departmant de la Vienne, France." Probably a quote
from Bona Arseneau.
Jean's birthplace came from Steve Natalie's wevsite, 'Germain-Acadian Coast Genealogy', 26 May 2001.
www.acanian-home.org/mothers.html "Denis Gaudet had come to Acadia with his father, Jean, who was 96 in 1671and who had remarried to Nicole Coleson from the Scottish group that had settled at Port-Royal(Scotish Fort in 1629)."

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Emgrated to Acadie in 1636. Burial record lists his age as 103 years.

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http://www.umoncton.ca/etudeacadiennes/centre/white/gaudet.html GAUDET Le P¨re Archange Godbout a dcrit Jean Gaudet comme tant l'Abraham de l'Acadie, tant nombreuse est sa descendance. D'apr¨s le recensement de 1671, Jean Gaudet serait n vers 1575. Nous ignorons le nom de sa premi¨re pouse. Vers 1652, il s'est mari ' Nicole Colleson. Du premier lit naquit vers 1625 son fils Denis, qui a convol, vers 1645, avec Martine Gauthier. Denis et Martine ont mis au monde cinq enfants, dont deux fils qui portaient le prnom P ierre. Pierre Gaudet l'a"n, n vers 1652, prit pour femme, vers 1672, Anne Blanchard, fille de Jean Blanchard et de Radegonde Lambert, et veuve de Fran·ois Gurin. Il demeurait ' Port-Royal, o il est dcd le 8 dcembre 1741. Bernard Gaudet tait l'a"n des neuf enfants de Pierre Gaudetet d'Anne Blanchard. Il est n vers 1673. ° lge de vingt ans il pousa Jeanne Thriault, fille de Claude Thriault et de Marie Gautreau. Bernard s'est teint ' Port-Royal, le 17 mars 1751. Bernard Gaudet et Jeanne Thriault ont eu huit enfants, dont Pierre, surnomm Pitre, n vers 1695. Ce dernier se maria, ' Port-Royal, le 26 novembre 1720, ' Marie Belliveau, fille de Charles Belliveau et de Marie Melanson. Pierre dit Pierrotte Gaudet, fils de Pitre, est n ' Port-Royal, le 8 janvier 1723. Celui-ci a convol, vers 1747, avec Marie-Madeleine Aucoin, fille de Ren Au coin et de Madeleine Bourque. Il s'tablit ' Memramcook, se rfugiant ' la rivi¨re Miramichi apr¨s la chute du fort Beausjour. Peu apr¨s, il fut emprisonn au fort Cumberland avec sa femme. Regagnant sa libert apr¨s le trait de Paris de 1763, Pierrotte se fixa ' Pisiguit pendant quelques annes avant de revenir ' Memramcook, o il est dcd, le 25 ao~t 1813. !REF: Le Grand arrangement des Acadiens au Quebec, Father Adrien Bergeron presented a certain Marie DAUSSY as being the first wife of Jean GAUDET who arrived in Arcadia about 1640; AGE, Vol. XXV #2 & #3, Apr/Jul 1996, p. 38. !REF: Marie Daussy, wife of Jean Gaudet (translated fromMemories de la Societe genealolique Canadienne-francais, Vol. XL, 1989, p. 299. !REF: Nova Francia, Spring of 1927; said Jean GAUDET, of Abbeville, Picardie, 59 years in 1727, that there was a maritime register by virtue of that of Colbert, son of Jean and of Marie Daussy, md to Jacqueline Harquebout. Master of the ship received by becoming an admiral of Abbeville the 18th of Feb. 1700; ....we dare say that at the moment of the birth in France in or about 1668, of Jean Gaudet, Jr. Mast of the ship, the old Jean Gaudet, Acadian, well settled at Port Royal, was not md to Marie Daussy, but rather to Nicole Colleson, who according to the age she declared at the census of 1671 in Acadia, was in her sixties. !REF: Bergeron's Grand Arrangement des Acadiens, p. 269, Vol. III, contains the above error. !REF: AGE, Vol. XXV; The name of the first wife of Jean GAUDET, ancestor of all the Gaudet;s of America, remains unknown to this day - Apr/Jul 1996. !

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!Source: Historie Et Genealogie Des Acadiens, by Bona Arsenault Arrived Acadia 1636 !Source: Historie ET Genealogie Des Acadiens, By Bona Arsenault Arrived Acadia 1636

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Jean Gaudet and his two wives
Jean GAUDET is the first known person named GAUDET in Acadia. He was born about 1575, probably in France. The names and residence of his parents are unknown (they are not Jean GUAUDET and Marie DAUSSYas frequently asserted - see entries in Sources and Discussion sections below). The name of his first wife is unknown. There were probably more children, but the ones known to be his children by later historical records are: Francoise (b. abt. 1623); Denis (b. abt 1625); and Marie (b. abt 1633). At some point in after Marie's birth in 1633 and before 1653 (the birth of the first known child by his next known wife, Nicole COLLESON), Jean's first wife died. He marries Nicole COLLESON before 1653, the birth of their only known child Jean. Thus only 2 wives and 4 children can be definitively ascribed to Jean GAUDET, although there were likely more children. In 1671, Jean is enumerated on the census in Port Royal, Acadie as 96 years old, his profession being a laborer. He died before 1678 as he is not enumerated in that census. This is the sum total of information known about Jean GUADET.

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He came to Acadia in 1635; His two brothers, Aubin and Francois, stayed in France.

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Brief "Gaudet" History Overview: Most re
Brief "Gaudet" History Overview:
Most research suggest that the Gaudet family originated from Piotou-Charentes region of France. Within this region is a place called "Martaize" (located south of the town of Loudun). It is believed that around 1575, Jehan (Jean) Gaudet was born there.
There is little documentation of Jean Gaudet (Jehan Godet). He is the subject of much debate amongst Gaudet and Acadian researchers. Some genealogist suggest he had at least two siblings, Francois andAubin, both born after 1551. One source has Aubin accompanying Jean and his three children to Acadia in 1636. Jean's date of birth is estimated in the year 1575. Even more debate surrounds the topic of Jean's first wife. Some believe her name was Marie Daussy. However, current research disagrees with this theory therefore many documents should list her as "unknown". Jean had three children with his first wife, a daughter, Francoise, a son, Denis, and another daughter, Marie. All of these children were born in France. After his last child, there will be no further evidence of his first wife. Perhaps she died during child birth or on the voyage to the new world. Jean was the first of the Gaudet to arrive in Acadia (Nova Scotia) and probably arrive there in 1636. He is sometimes referred to as "Abraham of Acadia". In 1652, he married his second wife, Nicole Colleson in Port Royal. Again his family grew with the addition of his son, Jean, born in 1653. In the Acadian Census of Port Royal in 1671, Jean's age is listed at 96 years old and living on his farm with wife Nicole, then 64, and their 18 year old son Jean. He is in ownership of six cattle and nine sheep. It's believed that Jeandied at about 97, in 1672. Roughly 10 per cent of all Acadians can claim ancestry to him. The two daughters of Jehan are sometime referred to as the "mother's of Acadia" since they would give birth to the families of LeBlanc and Herbert.
The Gaudet family, the descendants of Jehan, lived in peace in Acadia. We would find our family in the heart of Acadia, along the Annapolis River. Further up the river, many settled in a community known as "Ville de Gaudet (Gaudet Village)". This area is today is now the town of Bridgetown. From the 1707 census, we learn that Bernard and his father Pierre where living there. Several generations were raised along the river, until the incidents of 1755. In 1755, the year of the "Great Deportation", the Acadians were expelled from the British control area. Many families were shipped off to distant lands, such as Louisiana or Massachusetts, and many of these families were broken apart. In 1755, Pierre (dit Pitre) and his family (along with one of his son's, Joseph) were living in the Port Royal area. Some research suggest they fled towards Beaubassin, only to be imprisoned at Fort Beaujour (which was by then taken over by the British and renamed Fort Cumberland). Research shows that Josephand his wife, Anne Gertrude LeBlanc (married 1757), had their first two children in New Brunswick (perhaps the Miramichi area) but return to Port Royal by the mid-1760s to have their third child (14 children in total?). Their second child, our Nicolas (dit Niclis), was born in the Miramichi area around 1761... imagine starting a new family and having to raise your children in such a turbulent time. Those few years must have been difficult for our family. The fear of being sent away, imprisonment and even death where likely concerns for Joseph and his new wife. For next several generations, our Gaudet family would move around the western shore of Nova Scotia (LeBlanc Cove, St. Mary's Bay, Church Point), and then settling between the two communities of Concession and Corberrie. Ben and Eva would make a home in Corberrie, raising 10 children their, and then lay to forever rest there. Their children would expand as far as Lynn, Massachusetts and as close as Little Brook, Nova Scotia. WhenDaley Gaudet would leave Little Brook to visit family in Corberrie, he hitched up his oxen and the trip would take about three days (Today, it's a nice 15 minute car ride). The families worked on their farms and would at time work at the local mill or in the fishing industry.

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Jean GAUDET 96, wife, Nicole COLLESON 64; child: Jean 18, cattle 6, sheep 3. [1671 Census]

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Added by jahenault on 4 Apr 2008Originally submitted by GenevaSwis to Hodnett-Price-Gauthier-Normand and more on 15 Nov 2007
The rich and ancient history of the Gaudet family name dates back to the time when France was immersed in the Dark Ages where this celebrated family has been seated since ancient times.This name from the Normandy region of France is derived from the Norman-French given name Gaudi, which means ruler.Arrived in Port Royal, Acadia, in 1636 from Martaise, France. Settled at Port Royal.JEAN GAUDET married twice. Godbout states that he had four children: Francoise, Denis, Marie and Jean. He reasoned that Francoise and Denis were born of Jean's first wife (name unknown); that Marie and Jean were born of Nicole COLLESON, his second wife; that the first three were born in France; and that Jean came to Acadia after 1633 with his second wife. GODBOUT considered that COLLESON was a French name rather than traceable to the Scots settlers who accompanied Sir William ALEXANDER, as has been suggested.Jean is listed in the 1671 census as a 96-year-old farmer (laboureur) living in Port Royal with his64-year-old wife Nicole COLLESON. Still living with them was their 18-year-old son Jean. They had six head of cattle, three sheep, and three acres of land under cultivation.MASSIGNON identified GAUDET as a name found in Martaize among tenants of d'AULNAY's seigniory. She also noted that in 1671 Jean GAUDET had 22 grand- children and 10 great-grandchildren, thus becoming the ancestor of one tenthof the Acadian population.Children of Jean Gaudet are:Denis Gaudet, born 1625 in France; died October 11, 1709 in Port Royal, Acadia.Francoise Gaudet, born 1626 in Martaize, France; died 1698 in Port Royal, Acadia.Child of Jean Gaudet and Nicole Colleson is:Marie Anne Gaudet, born 1633 in Martaize, France; died July 30, 1710 in Port Royal, Acadia.Jean Gaudet, born 1643 in Port Royal, Acadia.He was 61 years old in 1636, when he and his brother, Aubin, migrated to L'Acadie, traveling to a colony still far from a certain thing, a new and risky venture. The British colony at Jamestown was less than 30 years old. The Pilgrims had landed at Plymouth but 16 years before. It would be 40 yearsbefore Marquette and Joliette would explore the Mississippi Valley, nearly 50 before LaSalle wouldplant his cross at the river's mouth and claim Louisiana for France. George Washington would not be born for more than 100 years. Jean Gaudet had come to clear forest into farmland, build dikes to reclaim tidal marshes, hew timbers for his home and keep a family fed while he was doing it. He would farm his Annapolis Basin lands for more than 30 years, dying at the age of 97. He was one of my first ancestors in North America, and there was a lot of history packed into his lifetime. Jean Gaudet and his second wife, Nicole Colleson, were among the first families settled in Acadie. Until now, the French who had come to North America, except for the wives of one or two officials, were mostly contract workers who were employed in the fisheries or fur trade, and who returned to France once their stint was done. Jean Gaudet was one of the first Frenchmen who would come to Acadie to stay. Three children--Francoise, Denis and Marie--came with him. Another, Jean, was probably born in the New World. Jean Gaudet was a farmer, and he and others who came at the time brought skills and crafts useful in building and running a colonyAccording to the 1671 census, Jean would have been born around 1575. We do not know the name of his 1st wife; son Denis born around 1625. Around 1652 Jean married 2nd to Nicole COLLESON. Father Archange GODBOUT described him as the Abraham of Acadia, so numerous are his descendants.Arrived in Acadia around 1636. Married a second time around 1628 [sic] to Nicole COLESON [in France]. Had only 2 children known in Acadia by 1st wife. Only two children listed of 2nd marriage, one born before emigration [%28Marie%29 Francoise would have been about 3 years old], and one son Jean II, born 1643, when father was around 68 years old?CENSUS: 1671, Port Royal, Acadia, age 96 ("quatre ving et seize"), name spelled Jehan. Living with second wife Nicolle COLLESON, age 64, and their son Jehan, 18 [was he born when Nicole was 46]. Their worked land consisted of 3 arpents,in 2 places. They have 6 head of cattle and 3 sheep. His occupation is listed as Laboureur [Plowman or Farmer], as are most in the community. They are listed as the second family on the census, rightafter the important "Chirurgeon," Jacob [Jacques] BOURGEOIS. Jean is the oldest man in the community. His son Denis's household is listed next, with six arpents.

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The Story of Jean Gaudet
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Added by cajungirl803 on 14 May 2008Originally submitted by Hamel_2007 to Hamel Family Tree on 25 Dec 2006
There is little documentation of Jean Gaudet (Jehan Godet). He is the subject of much debate amongst Gaudet and Acadian researchers. Some genealogists suggest he had at least two siblings, Francois and Aubin, both born after 1551. One source has Aubin accompanying Jean and his three children to Acadia in 1636.Since he is listed as 96 years old in the Port Royal census of 1671, Jean's date of birth is estimated to be 1575. Even more debate surrounds the topic of Jean's first wife. Some

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JEHAN GAUDET Jehan Gaudet est né en Fra
JEHAN GAUDET

Jehan Gaudet est né en France, vers 1575. Sûrement dans la seigneurie d'Aulnay, dans la paroisse de Mortaizé, en Mortagne au Perche.

L'ancêtre acadien est arrivé en Amérique, peu après 1634. Il est le plus vieil habitant de Port-Royal. Au recensement de 1671, Jean (Jehan) Gaudet (Godet), le vénérable doyen de la colonie est alors âgé de 96 ans. Il a donc, en France 29 ou 30 ans, lors de la fondation de Port-Royal, et puisqu'il est alors dans la vigueur de l'âge, il a dû faire partie de la première expédition de Poutrincourt. Ilest l�un de ces rares français qui restent en Acadie, après la prise de Port-Royal par les frères Kirth.

Il s'est marié par deux fois, en France, soit vers 1598, avec Marie Daussy et vers 1628, avec Nicole Colson, née vers 1600. Deux filles des trois enfants, qui relèvent certainement du premier mariage Gaudet/Daussy, nous concernent dans cette description généalogique, en créant des liens jusqu'à ma mère Pierrette Boisvert.

La première, Françoise Gaudet, née en 1623, s'est mariée avant 1644, avec Jehan Mercier, en première noce. Son mari décédé, elle s'est remariée vers 1650, avec celui qui devient l'ancêtre des Leblanc,Daniel, né en 1626, de parents inconnus, probablement du Poitou. Au recensement acadien de 1686, à Port-Royal, Daniel Leblanc et son épouse, Françoise Gaudet, ont 60 ans. Daniel Leblanc est l'un des notables à Port-Royal et, quand le 24 mai 1690, Sir William Phipps, qui vient de s'emparer de la place, exige de la part des habitants de Port-Royal et de ceux de la rivière du même nom, de choisir six d'entre eux pour former un Conseil, afin de garder la paix parmi eux et d'y administrer la justice, Daniel Leblanc est l'un de ceux sur qui le choix s�arrête. Il décède à la chapelle Saint-Laurent entre les années 1693-1698. Leur fils, Pierre Leblanc, né en 1664, épouse en 1684, Marie-Élisabeth Terriot, puis en 1689, Madeleine Bourg, fille de Jean Bourg et Marguerite Martin.

La deuxième fille du couple Gaudet/Daussy, Marie Gaudet, née vers 1626, devient l�épouse en 1650 de l'ancêtre Étienne Hébert, dont deux de leurs enfants tissent d'autres liens de descendances qui nousintéressent dans cette généalogie.

La première, Marguerite Hébert, née en 1652, épouse l'ancêtre Jacques-Nicolas LePrince. Le deuxième Étienne Hébert, né en 1654, épouse en 1678, Jeanne Comeau, née en 1662, fille de Pierre-Étienne Comeau et de Rose Bayols.

Le père Archange Godbout a décrit Jehan Gaudet comme étant l�Abraham de l�Acadie, tant nombreuse est sa descendance. D�après le recensement de 1671, Jehan Gaudet est né vers 1575. Nous ignorons la date de son décès, ainsi que celui de son épouse, Nicole Coleson (Colson), qui a 60 ans, au recensement de 1686, à Port-Royal.

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!BIRTH-CENSUS-OCCUPATION-MARRIAGES-CHILDREN-DEATH: Stephe n A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENN ES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acad iennes, 1999, 2 vols.; p. 666; own copy. #1: !BIRTH-CENSUS-MARRIAGES-CHILDREN: Web page of Univ. of Monc ton, Centre d'etudes acadiennes, by Stephen White, on the 3 7 Acadian families hosting the 1994 World Congress; orig. p ublished by La Societe historique acadienne, CAHIERS; vol . 25, no. 2&3 (Apr-Sep 1994), at (http://www.umoncton.ca/et udeacadiennes/centre/white/sha.html). According to the 167 1 census, Jean would have been born around 1575. We do no t know the name of his 1st wife; son Denis born around 1625 . Around 1652 Jean married 2nd to Nicole COLLESON. Father A rchange GODBOUT described him as the Abraham of Acadia, s o numerous are his descendants. !BIRTH-IMMIGRATION-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Bona Arsenault, HISTO IRE ET GENEALOGIE, p. 554 (Port Royal). Born around 1575, o riginally from Martaize', department of Vienne, France (Foo tnote cites Genevieve Massignon. LES PARLERS FRANCAIS D'ACA DIE, vol. 1, p. 47.) Arrived in Acadia around 1636. Marrie d a second time around 1628 [sic] to Nicole COLESON [in Fra nce]. Had only 2 children known in Acadia by 1st wife. [Wer e they the only ones to accompany him and 2nd wife? They wo uld have been around age 13 and 11. Did other children rema in in France?] Only two children listed of 2nd marriage, on e born before emigration [%28Marie%29 Francoise would have bee n about 3 years old], and one son Jean II, born 1643, whe n father was around 68 years old? !NAME: Another Jean GAUDET was buried at St. Velluire [Fran ce?] on 2 Jan 1654 at the age of 82 years [born ABT 1572] . A relative? See Jarvis Ahnentafel, FCAGR, vol. 7, no. 2. !RESIDENCES: "In 1634 a Jean GAUDET was listed as a copyhol der in the seigneurie at Martaize, department of Vienne, Fr ance belonging to Sr. d'Aulnay (ref. Massignon)." (Acad. De s, v. 2) !MARRIAGE: E-mail posting at (ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com ) #359 on 28 Dec 1998 by Pierre GIROUARD (pierreg@aei.ca) . He cites an article by Jean Gaudette, "Marie Daussy, Femm e de Jean Gaudet," in SOCIETE GENEALOGIQUE CANADIENNE FRANC AISE; vol. 40, no. 4; p.299. Adrien Bergeron, LE GRAND ARRA NGEMENT DES ACADIENS AU QUEBEC [1981; vol. 3, p.269] has Je han GAUDET married 1st about 1598 to Marie DAUSSY; they arr ived in Acadie around 1640. He married 2nd to Nicole COLESO N. But in a phone conversation with Bergeron in autumn 198 2 he confessed that he was mistaken on this point. !IMMIGRATION: Janet Jehn, ACADIAN DESCENDANTS, vol. I; 1620 -1785; Covington, KY, author, 1972; pp. 18-32; own copy. Je an GAUDET (1575-1671) arrived in Acadia in 1636 from Martai ze, France leaving his brothers Aubin and Francois behind ; he settled at Port Royal. He married twice, but name of f irst is unknown; two children. Jean married 2nd to Nicole C OLESON about 1628 [sic] at Port Royal; two children. !CENSUS: 1671, Port Royal, Acadia, age 96 ("quatre ving e t seize"), name spelled Jehan. Living with second wife Nico lle COLLESON, age 64, and their son Jehan, 18 [was he bor n when Nicole was 46?]. Their worked land consisted of 3 ar pents, in 2 places. They have 6 head of cattle and 3 sheep . His occupation is listed as Laboureur [Plowman or Farmer] , as are most in the community. [Does his son do the labor? ] They are listed as the second family on the census, righ t after the important "Chirurgeon," Jacob [Jacques] BOURGEO IS. Jean is the oldest man in the community. His son Denis' s household is listed next, with six arpents. [Do their lan ds abut?]

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Jean Gaudet serait originaire de Martaîzé, département de Vienne en France, arrivé en Acadie vers 1636, marié en seconde noce vers 1628 à Nicole Coleçon.
Enfants issus d'un premier mariage; Françoise 1623, Denis 1625.Enfants issus d'un second mariage; Marie 1633, Jean 1643. Réf. Arsenault Bona istoire générale des acadiens tome 2 p. 554

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Subject: HEBERT/GAUDET Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 09:54:32 -0500 From: (efavre@linknet.net) To: bobwes@concentric.net

When I answered your message re the wife of Jean Gaudet, I recalledthe following quotation, but could not put my hands on it. Here it is from ACADIAN GENEALOGICAL EXCHANGE, VOL XXV, #2&3, April & July1996,published by Janet Jehn, p 38:
"MARIE DAUSSEY, WIFE OF JEAN GAUDET (translated from MÉMOIRES DE LASOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉALOGIQUE CANADIENNE-FRANÇAIS, VOL XL, 1989, P 299) In his monumental work titled Le Grand arrangement des Acadiens auQuebec, Father Adrien Bergeron presented acertain Marie Daussey as being thefirst wife of Jean Gaudet who arrived in Acadia about 1640.From a telephone conversation in the Fall of 1982, Father Bergeron told me that he hadfound this information in an issue of NOVA FRANCIA, Spring of1927, in whichissue a correspondent who signed "Dr. L

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"spoke of said Jean Gaudet, of Abbeville, Picardy, 59 years in 1727, that there was a maritimeregister by virtue of that of Colbert, son of Jean and of Marie Daussey, marriedto Jacqueline Harquebout. Master of a ship by becoming an admiral ofAbbeville the 18th Feb., 1700. This anonymous doctor responded thus to aquestion from the genealogist Placide Gaudet, who in an earlier issue of the review inquired regarding the origin of this family. One does not need a long exzplanation to realize that this French Gaudet family could not inany way attach itself to the Acadian Gaudet family; moreover, Placide Gaudetdid not retain these erroneous explanations in hislater genealogical work.Father Bergeron also, after more ample verification of the documentation,admitted without delay that he was evidently misled on this point. We dare tosay that at the moment of thebirth in France in about 1688 of JeanGaudet, Jr., mast of the ship, the old Jean Gaudet, Acadian, well settled at PortRoyal, was not married to Marie Daussey but rather to Nicole Coleson, whoaccording to the age she declared at the census of 1671 in Acadia, was in her sixties....... The name of the first wife of Jean Gaudet, ancestor of all the Gaudetsof America, remains unknown to this day."
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There is much controversy concerning this man. According to FrenchScholars he M. Marie DAUS SY ca. 1598 in Fr., 2nd m. NicoleCOLESON/COLLESON CA.1628 in Fr. Additionally there are records that marryhim to a Leonore Femme ?MERCIER. To addto the muddle Steve White liststhe COLLESON M. as 1652. His is further exacerbated by a Date of DEATHfo Jean dit Jehan of 1636. Local sources are Rod Wilscam, Jeanette Dinwoodie and Ed Barrieau.I will not add my name to the debate butwill simply report the facts.

Jean Gaudet (Godet) was listed as a censitaire on the fief at Martaizhe village of Martaizsh of Martaizouze boisseaus froment mesure de Loudun et trois derniers de cens a rente feodalle deue par Jean Gendre, Jean Godet, Renoubert les heritiers Pierre Bourg de sauseau et les heritiers Francois Godet par raison d'une piece du terre et signer estant en terre et signer estant en terre est du Rondonay le tout contenant ensemble et tenant deux septiers six boisseaus..." (A "fresche" is an old Frenchword for rent due to the seigneur from his or her fief)
Jean Gaudet and his son Denis, came together from France about the year1636. They settled first on the north bank of the Port-Royal river,opposite la Pronged to the Gaudet family in 1710.
Extract from the census of Port Royal, Acadia, dated November 1671: Laboureur- Jehan Gaudet aagen Labour trois arpens en deux places, Leurs bestes a cornes six pi
Jean Gaudet had two brothers, Aubin and Fran
Not sure if the rest of Jehan's children came with him to Acadia when hecame with his son, Dennis. - Ronald Joseph Arthur Gaudet
On November 12, 1999, Susan (DuBois) Pacheco posted a message on theGaudet Family Genealogy Forum that the first wife of Jean may have been awoman named Marguerite Martin. Susan's E-mail address isspacheco@middlesexbank.com - Ronald Joseph Arthur Gaudet

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Jean Gaudet was born Abt. 1575 in Martaize, Vienne, France1, and died1672 in Port Royal, Acadia2. He married (2) Nicole Colleson 1628 inFrance3, daughter of Nicolas Colleson and Genevieve Petit.
Notes for Jean Gaudet: ACADIAN DESCENDANTS, Vol I, pg 18. Arrived in Port Royal, Acadia, in 1636from Martaise, France. Settled at Port Royal. JEAN GAUDET married twice. Godbout states that he had fourchildren:Francoise, Denis, Marie and Jean, the first three of whom becameancestors of ours. He reasoned that Francoise and Denis were born ofJean's first wife (name unknown); that Marie and Jean wereborn of NicoleCOLLESON, his second wife; that the first three were born in France; andthat Jean came to Acadia after 1633 with his second wife. GODBOUTconsidered that COLLESON was a French name rather than traceable to theScotch settlers who accompanied Sir William ALEXANDER, as has beensuggested.
ARSENAULT states that Jean GAUDET probably came to Acadia after 1636,having married Nicole COLLESON "en deuxieme noces" about 1628. Jean islisted in the 1671 census as a 96-year-old farmer (laboureur)living inPort Royal with his 64-year-old wife Nicole COLLESON. Still living withthem was their 18-year-old son Jean. They had six head of cattle, threesheep, and three acres of land under cultivation.
MASSIGNON identified GAUDET as a name found in Martaize among tenants ofd'AULNAY's seigniory. She also noted that in 1671 Jean GAUDET had 22grand- children and 10 great-grandchildren, thus becoming the ancestor ofone tenth of the Acadian population.
AGE, Apr/Jul 96, Page 38 - Marie Daussey was NOT the first wife of Jean
Children of Jean Gaudet are: Denis Gaudet, born 1625 in France; died October 11, 1709 in Port Royal,Acadia. Francoise Gaudet, born 1626 in Martaize, France; died 1698 in Port Royal,Acadia. Child of Jean Gaudet and Nicole Colleson is: MarieAnne Gaudet, born 1633 in Martaize, France; died July 30, 1710 inPort Royal, Acadia. Jean Gaudet, born 1643 in Port Royal, Acadia.
all of above from Internet: "Someday" Steve and Natalie Flemings Homepage
and translated from the webpages of Robert Rachon :Liste des Petronymes" : JEHAN GAUDET Jehan Gaudet was born in France, towards 1575. Surely in the seignioryof Aulnay, the parish of Mortaiz,̌ in Mortagne Perche. The acadianancestor arrived to America, little after 1634. He is the oldest livingat Port Royal. With the census of 1671, Jean (Jehan) Gaudet (Cup), theworthy senior of the colony is then96 years old. He thus has, in France29 or 30 years, at the time of the foundation of Port-Royal, and since heis then in the strength of the age, he had to form part of the firstforwarding of Poutrincourt. It is one of these rare French who remains inAcadie, after the capture of Port-Royal by the Kirth brothers. He marriedby twice, in France, that is to say towards 1598, with Marie Daussy andtowards 1628, with Nicole Colson, born towards 1600. Two girls of thethree children, who belong certainly to the first Gaudet/Daussy marriage,concern us in this genealogical description, by creating links to mymother Pierrette Boisvert. The first, Francoise Gaudet, born in 1623,married before 1644, with Jehan Mercier, in first wedding. Her husbanddeceased, she remariě towards 1650, with that which becomes theancestor of Leblanc, Daniel, born into 1626, unknown parents, probably ofPoitou. With the acadian census of 1686, with Port-Royal, Daniel Leblancand his wife, Francoise Gaudet, are 60 years old. Daniel Leblanc is oneof notable with Port-Royal and, when on May 24 1690, Sir William Phipps,which has just seized the place, requires on behalf of the inhabitants ofPort-Royal and among those of the river of the same name, to choose sixof them to form the Council, in orderto keep peace among them and tomanage justice there, Daniel Leblanc is one of those on which the choicerests. He dies with the St. Lawrence vault between the years 1693-1698.Their son, Pierre Leblanc, born in 1664, took to wife in 1684,Marie-Élisabeth Terriot, then in 1689, Madeleine Borough, girl of JeanBorough and Marguerite Martin. The second girl of the coupleGaudet/Daussy, Marie Gaudet, born towards 1626, becomes the wife into1650 of the ancestor Étienne Hb̌ert, whose two their children weave otherlinks of descents which interest us in this genealogy. The first,Marguerite Hb̌ert, born in 1652, wife the ancestor Jacques-NicolasLePrince. Second Étienne Hb̌ert, born in 1654, took to wife in 1678,Jeanne Comeau, born in 1662, girl of Pierre-Étienne Comeau and RoseBayols. The father Archange Godbout described Jehan Gaudet as beingAbraham of Acadie, so much many is his descent. According to the censusof 1671, Jehan Gaudet was born towards 1575. Weare unaware of the dateof his death, like that of his wife, Nicole Coleson (Colson), who is 60years old, with the census of 1686, with Port-Royal.
following from internet: Notes for Jean Gaudet: He arrived in Acadie in 1636 a widower, leaving his brothers Aubin andFrancois behind; he settled at Port Royal. In the 1671 census of Port Royal, Acadia is shown Jean Gaudet age 86 andNicolle Colleson age 64. Property showed that he owned 6 cattle and 3sheep.

Jean (Jehan) Gaudet is considered to be the patriarch of the Gaudet family because he was the oldest & first Gaudet known to have come to Acadia.
According to Massignon, in 1671 Jean Gaudet had 22 grand-children and 10 great-granchildren thus become the ancestor of one-tenth of the Acadian population.
Jean (Jehan) Gaudet settled in Acadia about 1636.
According to Albert Dauzat from his Etymology Dictionary of Family names of France, Gaudet is known to derive from Gaudon, ancient Germanbaptismal name of Waldo, from Waldon, governor. The spelling "Godet,"means "a manufacturer of godets"(pots, bowls or glass). Two dictionaries describe the godet as a small drinking bowl with no stem or handle, of which the brim is lobed (rounded divisions). In botany, a godet refers to the she

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Jehan Gaudet
Birth  about 1575 • Poitou, France
Death  about 1675 • Acadieville, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada
Spouse  Inconnue
Children  Denis Gaudet • Marie Anne Gaudet

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Jehan Gaudet
Birth  1575 • France
Death  1675 • Canada
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