Nicolas BABINEAU dit DESLAURIERS
Biography

Nicolas Babineau dit Des Lauriers, born in France in c1653, came to Acadia probably as a soldier. At one time or other he was a fur trader or a fisherman. He married Marie-Marguerite, daughter of Laurent Granger, in c1687 probably at Port-Royal. Nicolas and Marguerite were counted at Pentagöuet, present-day Maine, in 1693, but they returned to Port-Royal by July 1701, when Nicolas purchased from Martin Bourg a homestead on the north side of Rivière-au-Dauphin, now the Annapolis River, not far below the village. A map of the river basin, dated 1707, shows Nicolas's homestead lying at the head of a large marsh at a place called Les Coriers, between the homesteads of Bernard and Abraham Bourg and not far from the homes of his brothers-in-law Claude and René Granger and his mother-in-law, the widow Laurent Granger.

Meanwhile, Jean Babineau, probably Nicolas's younger brother, born in France in c1660, married Marguerite, daughter of colonial leader Michel Boudrot, at Port-Royal in c1691. Jean, too, must have been considered a leader of the community. In December 1705, he was one of the men "who assessed the properties expropriated for the extension of the fort at Port-Royal." He and Marguerite had two daughters, who married into the Landry and Melanson families, but no sons, so the Babineaus of Acadia are descended from Nicolas dit Des Lauriers and Marguerite Granger, not from Jean and his wife Marguerite Boudrot.

Nicolas and Marie-Marguerite had six children. Most of their four sons, all born at Port-Royal, remained in the Port-Royal area and raised large families. Their youngest son settled in the Minas Basin before moving on to Petitcoudiac in present-day southeastern New Brunswick. Their two daughters married into the Savoie and Forest families.

Oldest son René dit Renaud dit Des Lauriers married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Germain Savoie, at Annapolis Royal in April 1711. They had 11 children, including three sons who married into the Darois, Comeau, Bourg, and Michel families. Their daughters married into the Egan, Doucet, Comeau, Lanphere, Dumas, and Chane dit Ladéroute families.

Clément married Renée dite Renoche, daughter of Bernard Bourg, at Annapolis Royal in January 1717. Their two sons married into the Bourg, Doucet, and Guilbeau families.

Joseph dit Des Lauriers, born in c1700, married Marguerite, daughter of Claude Dugas, at Annapolis Royal in November 1723. Their son married into the Darois family. Two of their daughters married into the Comeau family.

Youngest son Jean-Pierre dit Des Lauriers, born in February 1709, married Isabelle, daughter of Pierre Breau of Minas, in c1730 and settled at Rivière-aux-Canards in the Minas Basin before moving on to Terre-Rouge on the upper Petitcoudiac River, now Moncton, New Brunswick, in the early 1750s. Like his older brothers, Jean-Pierre raised a large family, including four sons who married into the Richard, Belliveau, Bastarache, Léger, Girouard, and Gautrot families. His daughters married into the Maillet, Thibodeau, Richard, and Suret families.

In 1755, descendants of Nicolas Babineau dit Des Lauriers could be found at Annapolis Royal and Petitcoudiac.

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