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Jean-Paul was an immigrant, arriving by 1646.
son of Robert Godefroy and Marguerite Marteau
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Jean-Paul GODEFROY married Marie-Madeleine LEGARDEUR
Marriage date: 3 October 1646
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Madeleine LEGARDEUR was the child of Pierre LEGARDEUR DE REPENTIGNY and Marie FAVERY DE POMEAU
Marie-Madeleine LEGARDEURMarriage date: 3 October 1646
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Madeleine LEGARDEUR was the child of Pierre LEGARDEUR DE REPENTIGNY and Marie FAVERY DE POMEAU
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GODEFROY, JEAN-PAUL, interpreter, trading clerk at Trois-Rivières, businessman, comptrollergeneral of the Communauté des Habitants, naval commander, and counsellor; b. c. 1602 in Paris, of a family from Normandy; d. in 1668 or shortly before, probably in France.
He was the son of Robert Godefroy, who was king’s counsellor and treasurer-general for supplementary war expenses, and, in 1627, one of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés, and of Marie Marteau, of the parish of Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs in Paris.
Several historians have settled on 1626 as the date of Jean-Paul Godefroy’s arrival in New France. It is nevertheless quite possible that he came as early as 1623. Indeed Champlain, in his Voyages, speaks in that year of “a sailor named Jean Paul,” whom Laverdière identifies, somewhat hastily perhaps, as Godefroy. In any event it is certain that, even before the Kirke episode [see Sir David Kirke], Godefroy was one of Champlain’s interpreters, and returned to Europe with him in
He was the son of Robert Godefroy, who was king’s counsellor and treasurer-general for supplementary war expenses, and, in 1627, one of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés, and of Marie Marteau, of the parish of Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs in Paris.
Several historians have settled on 1626 as the date of Jean-Paul Godefroy’s arrival in New France. It is nevertheless quite possible that he came as early as 1623. Indeed Champlain, in his Voyages, speaks in that year of “a sailor named Jean Paul,” whom Laverdière identifies, somewhat hastily perhaps, as Godefroy. In any event it is certain that, even before the Kirke episode [see Sir David Kirke], Godefroy was one of Champlain’s interpreters, and returned to Europe with him in
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Dictionary of Canadian Biography (www.biographi.ca)
Dictionary of Canadian Biography (www.biographi.ca)
1646 Marriage / PartnerJean-Paul GODEFROY and Marie-Madeleine LEGARDEUR 3 October 1646, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1648 Birth of ChildBarbe GODEFROY was born 3 September 1648, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1650 Birth of ChildMarie-Charlotte GODEFROY was born 28 May 1650, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
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