Françoise GAUDET

(b. abt. 1626 , Martaizé, Loudun, Vienne, France d. abt. 1700 , Port Royal, Acadia )

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Françoise GAUDET was born abt. 1626 in Martaizé, Loudun, Vienne, France

Françoise GAUDET was the child of ? and ?

Françoise was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1650.

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Françoise married Jean MERCIER abt. 1645 in France . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Jean MERCIER was born abt. 1620 in France.

Françoise married (2) Daniel LEBLANC abt. 1650 in France . The couple had (at least) 7 children. Daniel LEBLANC was born abt. 1626 in Martaizé, Anjou, France. Daniel died abt. 1696 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia).

Françoise GAUDET died abt. 1700 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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Françoise GAUDET married

Jean MERCIER-- Date: abt. 1645 Place: , France

Children of Jean MERCIER and Françoise GAUDET:

Marie MERCIER (b.abt. 1645, , France d. 6 December 1736, , Acadia, Canada )
m. Antoine BABIN 1662 in , France
m. Guillaume LE JUGE 1688 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Françoise GAUDET married

Daniel LEBLANC-- Date: abt. 1650 Place: , France

Children of Daniel LEBLANC and Françoise GAUDET:

Jacques LEBLANC (b.abt. 1651, Port Royal, Acadia d. 26 May 1730 , Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia )
m. Catherine HÉBERT 1673 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Françoise LEBLANC (b.abt. 1653, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1686, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) )
m. Martin BLANCHARD 1671

Étienne LEBLANC (b.abt. 1656, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1686, , Acadia, Canada )

René LEBLANC (b.abt. 1657, Port Royal, Acadia d. 3 January 1734, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia )
m. Anne BOURGEOIS 1678 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Andre LEBLANC (b.abt. 1659, Port Royal, Acadia d. 4 May 1743, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia )
m. Marie DUGAS 1683 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Antoine LEBLANC (b.abt. 1662, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1730, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia )
m. Marie BOURGEOIS 1681 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Pierre LEBLANC (b.abt. 1664, , Acadia, Canada d. 5 November 1717, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Marie Elizabeth THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT) 1684 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
m. Madeleine BOURG 1697 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

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Source: Pioneers of Acadia by Stephen A. White

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1671 Port Royal
Daniel LeBLANC, 45, wife Francoise GAUDET 48; Children (1 married): Francoise 18; (not married) Jacques 20, Etienne 15, Rene 14, Andre 12, Antoine 9, Pierre 7; cattle 17, sheep 26.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1678 Port Royal
Daniel LeBlanc & Francoise Godet

12 cattle & 12 acres

3 boys 20 1658 Andre

17 1661 Antoine

15 1663 Pierre

1678 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1686 Port Royal
Daniel LEBLANC 60, Francoise GODET 60; 2 guns, 6 arpents, 15 cattle, 20 sheep, 7 hogs.
1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

Francoise is buried at: Garrison Graveyard
St. George St.

Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

From ameriquefrancaise.org: "Very few 18th century documents refer to the appearance of Acadian cemeteries, but those that do indicate that Acadians before the Deportation marked their graves with wooden crosses."

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