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GAUDET, PIERRE (DIT L'Aine)

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Pierre Gaudet dit l'Ainé settled on land west of his younger
brother, Pierre le Jeune. In the census of the Port Royal river valley
for the year 1686, Pierre Godet l'Ayné was 35 years old, his wife Anne
Blanchard was 41 years old, their children were: Gérard (stepson),
aged 20 years; Bernard, aged 13; Pierre, aged 11; Claude, aged 9;
Abraham, aged 7; Marie, aged 4; Madeleine, aged 4; and Jeanne, aged 2.
Pierre l'Ainé had 4 arpents of cultivated land. In the 1693 census
of the Port Royal river valley, Pierre Godet l'Ayné gives his age as
41 years old, his wife Anne Blanchard was 48 years old; their children
were: Bernard, aged 19 years; Pierre, aged 17 years; Claude, aged 15;
Abraham, 13; Magdeleine and Marie (twins), 11; Jeanne, 9; Augustin, 7;
and Jean, aged 3 years. Pierre l'Ainé had 26 arpents of cultivated
land, 10 cattle, 12 sheep, 10 pigs, and 3 shot guns. Pierre l'Ainé
left the Port Royal river valley in 1696, leaving his farm to his
eldest son, Bernard "le Vieux" (the old), who married Jeanne
Terriot. In 1698, the farm had an orchard of 50 trees. Bernard became
the chief of the branch of Gaudets who perpetuated in this place at
the same time with the descendants of his uncle Pierre Gaudet dit le
Jeune, his neighbor. Pierre l'Ainé settled at Beaubassin, where he
expanded the most vast marshland on the east coast of North America.
He built his home on the hill beside the Tintamarre (today Tantramar)
river.
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