Person:Antoine Babin (1)

Antoine Babin
b.Est 1631 France
d.Bef 1688
m. Abt 1662
  1. Marie-Josephe BabinEst 1663 - 1740
  2. Marie BabinAbt 1663 - 1737
  3. Charles BabinAbt 1664 -
  4. Vincent BabinAbt 1665 -
  5. Jeanne BabinAbt 1668 -
  6. Marguerite BabinEst 1670 -
  7. Catherine BabinEst 1671 - Bet 1755 & 1756
  8. Anne BabinEst 1674 -
  9. Antoine BabinEst 1676 -
  10. Magdelaine BabinEst 1678 -
  11. Françoise BabinAbt 1681 -
  12. Jean BabinEst 1684 - Bef 1751
Facts and Events
Name[6][7] Antoine Babin
Gender Male
Birth[4] Est 1631 France
Marriage Abt 1662 Port Royal, , , Acadiato Marie Mercier, du Petit Marais
Census[1] 1671 Port Royal, Acadie
Census 1671 Port Royal, Acadiawith Marie Mercier, du Petit Marais
Occupation[3] Ploughman
Alt Death? 1686 Port Royal, Acadia, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death? Bef 1688

BIRTH: In 1625, according to Acad. Des., v. 4. Born 1626 in Arsenault, H&G, p. 394 (Port Royal). Married around 1661. He came from France with his wife, both were originally from La Chausse'ee, department of Vienne. [Is this likely, though, since Marie MERCIER is the daughter of the first marriage of Francoise GAUDET, spouse of Daniel LE BLANC? ]

!CENSUS: 1678, Clarence J. d'Entremont, "Recensement de Port-Royal," in MEMOIRES DE LA SOCIETE GENEALOGIQUE CANADIENNE-FRANCAISE; vol. 22, no. 4; p. 230; sent by PERSI in Jun 1999. On verso of Folio 18: Anthoine BABIN & Marie MERCIER, living with three boys and six girls, on 1 arpents of land, with 4 head of cattle and 2 sheep.

!CENSUS: 1686, Port Royal, Acadia, age 55 [so born 1631], living with wife and 8 children. They have 1 gun, 1 1/2 arpens worked land, 10 cattle, 12 sheep and 8 pigs.

References
  1. Nova Scotia, Canada. Recensements d'Acadie (1671 - 1752)
    pg. 4.

    Recensement 1671, Port Royal, Acadie
    "Laboureur - ANTHOINE BABIN aagé de quarante cinq ans, sa femme Marie Mercié aagée de 25 ans, Leurs enfans cinq, Marie aagée de neuf ans, Charles aagé de 7 ans, Vincent aagé de cinq ans, Jeanne 3 ans, Margueritte un an. Leurs terres en Labour 2 arpans, Leurs bestes a Cornes six paires, huict paires de brebis tant petites que grandes."

    1671, Port Royal, Acadia, age 45 [sic], Laborer, name spelled Anthoine. They have 2 arpens of worked land, 6 head of cattle and 8 "paires" of sheep, "tant petites que grandes."Karen Theriot Reader

  2.   D.O.D.: "Seggelin-Babin Family Tree", Vol. 2, 1993, by Charles Seggelin, p. (2).
  3. Occ.: "Seggelin-Babin Family Tree", Vol. 2, 1993, by Charles Seggelin, p. 11..
  4. D.O.B.: "Acadian Genealogy Exchange", Vol. XX, No. 3, p. 87, 'Recensement (4).
  5.   White, Stephen A; Hector-J Hébert; and Patrice Gallant. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes. (Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999)
    p. 57.
    1. 1: He died (Belle-Ile-en-Mer Declaration) between 1686 and 1688.
  6. Histoire et généalogie des Acadiens (345425)
    vol. 2, p. 394.
  7. Arsenault, Bona. Histoire et généalogie des Acadiens . (Quebec: Editions Lemiac, Inc. (6 vols), 1978)
    vol. 2, p. 394.