Person:Gabriel Godin (1)

!CHRISTENING-NAME-PARENTS-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; p. 742; own copy. #4: Gabriel (dit CHATILLON) GODIN, sieur de Bellefontaine, baptized (Montreal Register) 1 Jul 1661, son of Pierre & Jeanne ROUSSELIERE. Sponsors: Gabriel SELLE [wrote Sr. DU CLOS] & Marie FRIE (wife of LEGER HAGNIE dit La Fontaine, bourgeois of Montreal). He was on the 1666 census of Charlesbourg, age 5 years; on census at Port Royal, Acadia in 1686, age 25 years; on 1693 Riviere St-Jean census, age 38 years (sic); 1698, age 37 years. He married (Quebec Register) on 24 Jul 1690 (GENAPLE contract dated 19 Jul 1690) to Andre'e-Ange'lique JEANNE (JASNE), daughter of Robert & Francoise-Madeleine SAVARD; twelve children. Witnesses: Robert JEANNE, father; Mathieu D'AMOURS de FRENEUSE; Jean LEFEBVRE, under of the bride; Rene' D'AMOURS de Clignancour; MARSOLET; Joseph de ROUVRAY; Martin JEANNE; Jean-Francois HEUSSEUR who have signed with the bride. (Also Tanguay, vol.I, p.256; Jeffe' p.512). He died before 22 Aug 1730.

!BIRTH-NAME-RESIDENCES-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-DEATH: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1600-1800; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, vols. 2-6; p. 1634 (River St. Jean); own copy. Gabriel GODIN dit BELLEFONTAINE, born 1661, son of Pierre & Jeanne ROUSSELIERE, married at Quebec on 24 Jul 1690 to Andre'e-Ange'lique JOANNES, daughter of Robert & Francoise-Madeleine SAVARD; eleven children. A footnote states that Governor ROBINEAU de VILLEBON accorded him a concession on the river St. Jean in the Nashwaak region (near today's Fredericton). It was then that he took the title sieur de BELLEFONTAINE, which some of his sons carried on. Gabriel's widow was at River St. Jean in 1739.

    On p. 1117 (Grand Pré, daughter-in-law's entry), gives name as Gabriel GODIN.

!BIRTH-PARENTS-MARRIAGE: Family Group Sheet sent by Marc GRAZIADEI in May 1997.

!CENSUS: 1666 Charlesbourg, age 5 years.

!CENSUS: 1686, Port Royal, Acadia, age 25.

!CENSUS: 1693, Riv St-Jean, age 38 years (sic).

!CENSUS: 1698, age 37 years.

BIRTH-CHRISTENING-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-OCCUPATION-LAND: Peter J. Godin, "HISTORY*HERALDRY & GENEALOGY OF OUR FAMILY SURNAME GODIN;" 1650-1967; author [1967]; p. 7; sent by his great-niece Karen Grant in Sep 1996. Gabriel GODIN, born in Montreal on 1 Jul 1661, his baptismal sponsors were Gabriel SELLE (excuyer St. du CLOS) & Marie FRIE (wife of Leger HAGNIE dit la FONTAINE, bourgeois of Montreal). Gabriel married in Quebec on 19 Jul 1690 to Marie Angelique JASNE, daughter of Robert & Francoise SAVARD. (Supplement has land grant of seigniory.)

1. ↑ Programme de recherche en démographie historique
   No. 39649.

   Gabriel GODIN, son of Pierre GODIN CHATILLON, occupation master carpenter, & Jeanne ROUSSELLIER, was baptized at Montréal on 1 Jul 1661. Sponsors: Gabriel SELLE DUCLOS, occupation "Ecuyer," & Marie FRY, wife of Leger HAGUIE LAFONTAINE, a "bourgeois" of Montreal. The officiant omitted his signature.

2. ↑ New Orleans Genesis
   vol. XIX, no. 75 (Jun 1980), p. 263.

   He was a successful and prosperous farmer, as well as a merchant. He was an official interpreter between the government and the Indians, and would later collaborate with the Indians against the English. He was widely respected among the colonists.

3. ↑ New Orleans Genesis
   vol. XIX, no. 75 (Jun 1980), p. 263.

   Gabriel CHATILLON was counted with his spouse and a 3-year-old daughter.