Claude GAUDET

Claude married Marguerite BLOU about 1700 in Beaubassin, Acadie. Marguerite (daughter of Jacques BLOU and Marie GIROUARD) was born in 1680 in Beaubassin, Acadie; died after 1723 in Beaubassin, Acadie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jean-Baptiste GAUDET was born in 1707 in Beaubassin, Acadie; died after 1741 in Nicolet, Qc.
2. Charles GAUDET was born on 8 Sep 1716 in Beaubassin, Acadie; died on 21 Dec 1794 in Bécancour, Qc.

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Pierre Gaudet dit l'Ainé settled on land west of his young er brother, Pierre le Jeune. In the census of the Port Roya l river valley for the year 1686, Pierre Godet l'Ayné was 3 5 years old, his wife Anne Blanchard was 41 years old, thei r children were: Gérard (stepson), aged 20 years; Bernard , aged 13; Pierre, aged 11; Claude, aged 9; Abraham, aged 7 ; Marie, aged 4; Madeleine, aged 4; and Jeanne, aged 2. Pie rre l'Ainé had 4 arpents of cultivated land. In the 169 3 census of the Port Royal river valley, Pierre Godet l'Ayn é gives his age as 41 years old, his wife Anne Blanchard wa s 48 years old; their children were: Bernard, aged 19 years ; Pierre, aged 17 years; Claude, aged 15; Abraham, 13; Magd eleine and Marie (twins), 11; Jeanne, 9; Augustin, 7; and J ean, aged 3 years. Pierre l'Ainé had 26 arpents of cultivat ed land, 10 cattle, 12 sheep, 10 pigs, and 3 shot guns. Pi erre l'Ainé left the Port Royal river valley in 1696, leavi ng his farm to his eldest son, Bernard "le Vieux" (the old) , who married Jeanne Terriot. In 1698, the farm had an orch ard of 50 trees. Bernard became the chief of the branch o f Gaudets who perpetuated in this place at the same time wi th the descendants of his uncle Pierre Gaudet dit le Jeune , his neighbor.
Pierre l'Ainé settled at Beaubassin, where he expanded th e most vast marshland on the east coast of North America. H e built his home on the hill beside the Tintamarre (today T antramar) river.

Pierre married Anne BLANCHARD about 1672 in Port Royal, Acadie. Anne (daughter of Jean BLANCHARD and Radegonde LAMBERT) was born about 1645 in Port Royal, Acadie; died after 1714 in Beaubassin, Acadie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Around the time of the treaty of Breda (1667), which offici ally restored Acadia to France, Denis Gaudet migrated towar ds the top of the Port Royal river. His now adolescent son s would be assured of their own possession of land to begi n their own establishments. They were the first colonist s in this locality situated about 20 kilometres upriver fro m the fort. They went on to create a large domain on both s ides of the river in the region of present Bridgetown, Nov a Scotia. Denis and his two sons both named Pierre (one su rnamed l'Ainé, and the other le Jeune), constructed the ne w farm on the north bank. A map drawn by the surveyor Georg e Mitchell in 1733 shows five habitations at one "Godet Vil lage," at the north-east end of the valley, at a place wher e the river turns to the south and the space which separate s the North and South Mountains gets wider. The author of t he history of the town of Bridgetown, Elizabeth Coward, wh o knows the region thoroughly, places the location of Gaude t Village to the south-east of the present Riverside Cemete ry, at the inner limits of the town of Bridgetown, on lan d which later belonged to the Chipman family and who corres pond to number 133 in the cadastral survey of Grandville To wnship. At the start of the 17th century, the lawyer-poet M arc Lescarbot described the surroundings at the top of th e river (translated from French):
"...we are full of desire in seeing the country upstre am of the
river where we find the prairies (marshes) virtually c ontinuous
for more than 12 leagues, among which flow numerous st reams
that come from the hills and mountains nearby; the for ests are
plentiful to the waters edge... and there are many bri ght clearings
a long way from the shores..."

In the census of the Port Royal river valley in 1671, Den is Gaudet gives his age as 46 years old, his wife Martine G authier was 52 years old. They had five children, two wer e married: Anne Gaudet was 25 years old (married to Pierr e Vincent); Marie Gaudet was 21 years old (married to Olivi er Daigre, who lived opposite Gaudet Village on the south b ank); Pierre Gaudet l'Ainé, aged 20; Pierre Gaudet le Jeune , aged 17; Marie Gaudet, aged 14. All were farmers. Denis h ad 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 w idower aged 70 years. He was living with his son Pierre l e Jeune who married Marie Blanchard.

Denis married Anne-Martine GAUTHIER in 1645 in Port-Royal, Acadie. Anne-Martine (daughter of Philippe GAUTHIER and Marie-Marguerite PICHON) was born in 1629 in France; died in 1711 in Rivière-aux-Canards, Acadie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jean married Radegonde LAMBERT in 1642 in Port Royal, Acadie. Radegonde (daughter of Jean LAMBERT and Micmac INDIAN) was born about 1621 in France; died about 1656 in Beaubassin, Acadie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jehan married Nicole COLESON in 1628 in France. Nicole was born on 11 Jun 1612 in France; died in 1690 in Port-Royal, Acadie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Philippe married Marie-Marguerite PICHON about 1615 in France. Marie-Marguerite was born in 1611 in France; died on 3 May 1661 in Québec, Qc; was buried on 4 May 1661 in Québec, Qc. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Guillaume married Huguette POIRIER in ?. Huguette was born in 1590 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jean married Micmac INDIAN in ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]