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Denis Gaudet
Born 1625 in Martaizé, Loudon, Vienne, Francemap
Son of Jean Gaudet and Unknown (Inconnu) Gaudet
Brother of Marie-Francoise Gaudet, Marie Gaudet and Jehan Gaudet [half]
Husband of Martine Gauthier — married about 1645 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Canadamap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Anne Gaudet, Marie Gaudet, Pierre Gaudet, Pierre Gaudet and Marie Gaudet
Died 11 Oct 1709 in Port Royal, Acadiemap
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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."[1] Around the time of the treaty of Breda (1667), which officially restored Acadia to France, Denis Gaudet migrated towards the top of the Port Royal 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. They went on to create a large domain on both sides of the river in the region of present Bridgetown, Nova Scotia. 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. A map drawn by the surveyor George Mitchell in 1733 shows five habitations at one "Godet Village," at the north-east end of the valley, at a place where the river turns to the south and the space which separates the North and South Mountains gets wider. The author of the history of the town of Bridgetown, Elizabeth Coward, who knows the region thoroughly, places the location of Gaudet Village to the south-east of the present Riverside Cemetery, at the inner limits of the town of Bridgetown, on land which later belonged to the Chipman family and who correspond to number 133 in the cadastral survey of Grandville Township. At the start of the 17th century, the lawyer-poet Marc Lescarbot described the surroundings at the top of the river (translated from French): "...we are full of desire in seeing 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..."
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 (married to 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 (an arpent = roughly 5/6 of an acre), nine horned cattle and 13 sheep, some large, some small.
In the census of Port Royal in 1693, Denis Gaudet was a widower aged 70 years. He was living with his son Pierre le Jeune who married Marie Blanchard.
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1671 Acadian Census at Port Royal: Denis GAUDET, 46, wife, Martine GAUTHIER 62; Children (the first 2 married): Anne 25, Marie 21, Pierre 20, Pierre 17, Marie 14; cattle 9, sheep 13.
1678 Acadian Census at Port Royal: Onis Godet, Widower; Pierre Godet; Marie Blanchard; 4 acres, 6 cattle, 2 boys: 3 1675, 5/M 1678.
White, Stephen A., Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert. Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes. Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999, Print, 667.
? 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). (Gaudet)
Information from Jennifer Payne
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/3829/acadian_history.html 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 http://www.gencircles.com/users/harrison-md/2/data/385
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