Person:Nicole Colleson (1)

!FATHER: "The Passenger List of the Ship SAINT-JEHAN and the Acadian Origins," in FRENCH CANADIAN AND ACADIAN GENEALOGICAL REVIEW; 1600-1700; vol. 1, no. 1 (spring 1968); p. 57; sent by PERSI in Jun 1999. Nicole COLSON may have been a widow, probably of a French immigrant, when she married the aged Jean GAUDET about 1652, around the age of 45. There was a Nicolas COSON who was a bailiff of the Council at Quebec in 1649 and 1650 (Reference: Audouart, not., 27 Oct 1649). He was assuredly a soldier and surgeon's aid, native of Paris, who enlisted at La Rochelle for New France on 5 Apr 1644 Reference: Teuleron, not.).

!BIRTH: Born about 1611 or 1612, according to Massignon, as reported in Acad. Des. v. 2.

!CHILDREN: "Progenitors--Those Most Misunderstood," ACADIAN GENEALOGY EXCHANGE, vol. XXIII, no. 4 (Oct 1994), p. 118. Under GODET/GAUDET. "Marie Anne GAUDET, wife of Etienne HEBERT, was the daughter of Jean GAUDET and his first wife, name unknown, not Nicole COLESON." [Why?]

!CENSUS: 1678 Port Royal, Acadia, listed as widow of GODET, with 2 children age 2 and 3 [her grandchildren?].

!CENSUS: 1686, Port Royal, Acadia, age 80, living with son's family on first listing. A page later, she is missing, and some details are different as well. Was this a revision after her death?

!DEATH: During 1686 census?

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

   Recensement 1671, Port Royal, Acadie
   "Laboureur - JEHAN GAUDET aagé de quatre vingt et seize ans, sa femme Nicolle Colleson aagée de soixante et quatre ans, Leurs enfans Jehan Gaudet aagé 18 ans, Leur terre en labour trois arpans en deux places, Leurs bestes a cornes six pièces Leurs brebis trois pièces."

   1671, Port Royal, Acadia, age 64, name spelled COLLESON. Living with husband Jehan, age 86, and their son Jehan, 18. Did she have a child at age 46?

2. ↑ D.O.B.: "Acadian Genealogy Exchange", Vol. XX, No. 3, p. 86 (ref.:.
3. ↑ Rev. Louis Cyr, ptre. Family Tree prepared by Father Cyr, 50 rue de l'Eglise, Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada.