Person:Pierre Godin (2)

!CHRISTENING-PARENTS-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-CENSUS-OCCUPATION-DEATH: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; p. 741; own copy. #1: He was on the 1666 census of Charlesbourg, age 34 years. He was a carpenter, inhabitant of Port-Royal in Acadie. He died before the 1686 census.

!BIRTH-PARENTS-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-RESIDENCES: Peter J. Gagné, BEFORE THE KING'S DAUGHTERS: THE Filles à Marier, 1634-1662; 2002; pp. 274-275. Pierre GODIN dit Châtillon, born about 1633 [sic], son of Claude GODIN & Marie BARDIN, enlisted to go to Canada on 23 May 1653 in the study of notary LAFOUSSE at La Flèche, Anjou, for the salary of 100 livres per year. He was a master carpenter, and had worked as a journeyman at Châtillon-sur-Seine (arrondissement of Montbard), Burgandy. On 20 Jun 1653 he acknowledged receiving 127 livres advance wages (notary BELLIOTTE). He arrived in Canada as a member of the "Grande Recrue" on 22 Sep 1653 aboard the "Saint-Nicolas" and was given a land grant by Governor MAISONNEUVE on 2 Feb 1654.

    On 27 Sep 1654 a marriage contract was drawn up by notary Lambert CLOSSE, and signed by him, between Pierre and Jeanne ROUUSSELIER, daughter of Louis ROUSSELIER & Isabelle PARIS. She was one of the "Filles à Marier." They were married by Father Pierre PIJART, SJ on 14 Oct 1654 at Montréal. 
    Pierre became a soldier with the 19th squadron of Montréal's "Sainte-Famille" militia in 1663, by which time he and Jeanne had four children. Five more would follow, until 1672. In that year Pierre GODIN and his oldest son Laurent (then age 17) were tried for beating neighbor Pierre BOUTONNE dit La Ramée, after he had allegedly slapped daughter Catherine (then around 13), claiming she had stolen bread from him. On 30 Aug 1672 BOUTONNE agreed to pay the costs of pursuing the trial. In 1675 Pierre was entrusted with the project of building a chapel at Lachine, at which time the family was living near the rapids. Between 7 Jun 1676 and 11 Jun 1677, they immigrated to Port-Royal, Acadia , where Pierre's experience as a carpenter was needed.
    On 28 Jun 1685 Pierre sued Jean CAMPAGNARD for witchcraft, "claiming that Campagnard cast a spell on him to make Pierre forget threats that he made. The case was not a success for Pierre." He died at Rivière-St-Jean sometime before the 1686 census, which found his wife and three children at Port-Royal, Acadia.

!BIRTH-PARENTS-GRANDPARENTS-GREATGRANDPARENTS-CHRISTENING-IMMIGRATION-MARRIAGE- CHILDREN: Peter J. Godin, HISTORY*HERALDRY & GENEALOGY OF OUR FAMILY SURNAME GODIN; [1967]; "Genealogy" pp. 3-5; sent by Karen Grant in Sep 1996. First of the name in North America, Pierre was baptised on 17 May 1630, recorded in register of St. Vorle Church, diocese of Langres [?], son of Claude (carpenter from Chatillon-sur-Seine in Champagne) & Marie BARDIN of Savolles; grandson of Vorle GODIN (a dyer of Chatillon) & Brigette GOUZIER of Bar-sur-Seine; great-grandson of Maurice GODIN (cavalier of Givet, province of Namur, the Netherlands) & Huguette PAMPELUNE of Sedan. [Long article on Pierre, including transcripts of documents.]

!NAME-BIRTH-OCCUPATION-IMMIGRATION-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-RESIDENCES-DEATH: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1625-1810; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.; p. 579 (Port Royal); own copy; each volume has genealogies within a specific area. Pierre GODIN dit CHATILLON, born in 1630 (no parents given), arrived in Acadia from Montreal in 1676. He settled at the river St. Jean. Names also Beauséjour, BELLEFEUILLE, BELLEFONTAINE, BOISJOLI, GODON, and CHATILLON. Also on p. 1632 (River Saint Jean). Pierre GAUDIN dit CHATILLON, born 1632, son of Claude & Marie BARDIN of St. Vol [sic, St-Vorle], diocese of Langres, Chatillon-sur-Seine, France. A master carpenter, he arrived at Montreal (a footnote says he was born there [sic], and had as godfather Paul de CHOMEDY, sieur de MAISONNEUVE, founder and governor of Montreal) in 1653, married there on 13 Oct 1654 to Jeanne ROUSSELIERE, daughter of Louis & Isabelle PARIS, of Xaintes [France]. In another footnote tells of his concession on the river Saint Jean, in the region of Nashwaak, where later the colony of Sainte-Anne des Pays-Bas was developed. He was granted the concession in 1691 by Robineau de Villebon, governor of Acadia. It was due to this that he got the title of sieur of Bellefontaine. His sons assumed the name of GODIN, de Beausjour, de Bellefontaine, de Bellefeuill or de Boisjoli. Nine children are listed.

  He lived in Montral from 1653 to 1664; was at Charlesbourg near Qubec from 1665 to 1669; then again at Montral from 1670 to 1676; after which he went to Port Royal, Acadia. A footnote explains that he was among a number of colonists come from France under M. de Maison-neuve [Newhouse?]. In 1678 he worked at Beaubassin, and lived at Roger CAISSY's. On 8 SEP 1684 he testified in the Campagna trial [?]. By the census of 1686 he had died. His widow was married to Pierre MARTIN of Port Royal on the census of 1701. There are other footnotes on this family on p. 1633.
  One footnote gives reference to a well-documented article on the GODIN family by Jeanne GRÉGOIRE in vol. VI (1955) of MEMOIRES DE LA SOCIETE GENEALOGIQUE CANADIENNE-FRANCAISE.

!BIRTH-FATHER-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-OCCUPATION-DEATH: Barbara Godin, "Godin Family Tree," , in ACADIAN GENEALOGY EXCHANGE; vol. XXIX, no.2 (Oct 2000); p. 73. Pierre GODIN, dit CHATILLON, born in Bourgogne, France in 1628, married 13 Oct 1654 to Jeanne ROUSSELIERE, daughter of Louis & Isabelle PARISE. Pierre arrived in Montreal in 1653, as a skilled carpenter. He died at Port Royal in 1686 [sic].

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-RESIDENCES: "Les relations de Robert Henry en Nouvelle-France," in MEMOIRES DE LA SOCIETE GENEALOGIQUE CANADIENNE-FRANCAISE; vol. 46, no. 3 (autumn 1995); pp. 213-214; Peggy Walker. Pierre GODIN married Jeanne ROUSSELIERE at Montreal on 13 Oct 1654. On 28 Feb 1655 he obtained a concession in the seigneurie Notre-Dame-des-Anges at Charlesbourg near Quebec. After the census of 1667 he settled at Quebec with his wife and six children, all born at Montreal. On 7 Jun 1675 he sold his land and goods at Sault St. Louis and the following year was at Port-Royal in Acadia.

1. ↑ E-mail message.

   By 1655 Pierre had acquired a land grant of 30 arpents at Coteau St. Louis for a homestead. Jacques Cartier, governor of Montreal in 1699, and of Canada in 1703, later built his chateau on this property. In 1664 Pierre moved to Charlesbourg near Quebec. In 1699 [sic, for 1669?] he moved back to Montreal. In 1676 he moved to Acadia, first living at Port Royal and then at Beaubassin in 1685. Pierre may have died shortly after moving to Beaubassin, since by the 1686 census Jeanne is listed as his widow.

   From Elaine Boston (lboston@bellsouth.net) in Aug 2005.