Jean  BEAUDET

Biography
'Jean Baudet, son of Sébastien Baudet and Marie Baudonnier, was born in Blanzay, in Poitou, France. In the spring of 1664 Jean Baudet left La Rochelle with about fifty individuals, mostly young men, hired to work in New France. Before getting on ship , each man was alloted 95 pounds : 60 pounds for his passage, 30 pounds for clothing and 100 sols, or 5 pounds, for food.

Jean Baudet and his friends left France aboard a ship called 'Le Noir d’Amsterdam'. This small ship under the direction of Captain Pierre de Filly of Dieppe arrived in Québec on May 25, 1664. Among the passengers only 42 could be identified. It is to be noted that among the passengers a young girl, Jeanne Besnard, made the crossing accompanied by Jeanne Mance. The latter was a devoted nurse, who, with the help and generosity of Mme De Buillion founded the 'Hotel Dieu of Montreal' hospital. Jeanne Mance, was already living in Canada since 1641.

In 1666, according to the records, our ancestor was hired by Nicolas...Read full story

1681 Canadian Census Seigneurir de Lotbiniere
Jean Baudet, 31
Marie Grandin, sa femme, 30
enfants:
Marie, 10
Simone, 8
Charles, 5
Louise, 2
Jeanne, 15 jours

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

Death unknown
'When did Jean Beaudet see the sun disappear below the horizon for the last time? A secret of history. On 13 July 1714, an inventory of his remaining property was taken. And on 25 February 1715, Ancestress Marie Grandin devoted herself to her son Charles. She died at the Hotel-Dieu of Quebec on 14 July 1715, on a Sunday, the Lord's day.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVIII, Page 45