Antoine Babin (1625 - abt. 1687)

Born 1625 in La Chaussée, Poitou, France [uncertain]

Husband of Marie Mercier — married about 1662 (to after 1686) in France

Descendants

Died about 1687 at about age 62 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France [uncertain]

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Biography

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Antoine Babin migrated from France to Acadia.

The Acadian Babin family stems from one man, Antoine Babin, who lived at Port-Royal (now Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada).^[1]

Antoine Babin was born in 1625 in La Chaussée, Poitou, France.^[2]Christophe Babin and Renee Rou appeared in some family trees as Antoine's parents. This couple did indeed have a son baptized Anthoine on 6 May 1620 at Les Ulmes, Maine-et-Loire, France^[3] but we can't be certain this is the same Antoine Babin without additional evidence such as a marriage record citing parent names or some other confirmation they are the same person.

Antoine (36) married Marie Mercier (16) (born about 1645 in France; daughter of Unknown Mercier and Françoise Gaudet) in 1662 in France according to the depositions of his descendants, Antoine came to Acadia from France with his wife.^[4] Their known children were:

1. Marie Babin (abt. 1663–bef. 1737) .
2. Charles Babin (abt. 1664– ) .
3. Vincent Babin (abt. 1665–abt. 1718) .
4. Jeanne Babin (abt. 1667–aft. 1748) .
5. Marguerite Babin (abt. 1670–1730) .
6. Catherine Babin (abt. 1672–aft. 1755) .
7. Anne Babin (1674–abt. 1722) .
8. Antoine Babin (abt. 1676–aft. 1686) .
9. Madeleine Babin (1678–1735) .
10. Françoise Marie Babin (1681–aft. 1725) .
11. Jean Babin (abt. 1684–bef. 1751)

The family was found in the first Acadian census with Marie age 25 with five children.^[5] Four more, mostly girls, were added by 1678.^[6]

In 1686, at Port Royal, Antoine BABIN, aged 55, was living with his wife, Marie MERCIER, aged 40, and their eight children: Vincent, aged 21, Marguerite, aged 16, Catherine, aged 14, Rnne [sic], aged 12, Antoine, aged 10, Magdelaine [sic], aged 8, Francoise, aged 5, and Jean, aged 2. Though they didn't acquire much land, they did have 1 gun and more livestock over the years, reporting 1-1/2 arpents, 10 cattle, 12 sheep and 8 hogs.^[7]

Antoine died at Port-Royal between 1686 and 1688.^[8]

Timeline

c.1626 or 1631 birth, in France

1632 Treaty Saint-Germain-en-Laye cedes Acadia to France; Razilly brings ~300 elite men^[9]

1636 Arrival of the first French families to settle permanently^[10]

1654 British capture Port-Royal; French settlement ceases^[11]

c.1662 marriage to Marie Mercier, in France

c.1663 birth, daughter Marie

c.1664 birth, son Charles

c.1665 birth, son Vincent

1667-70 Treaty of Breda cedes Acadia to the French; settlement resumes^[12]

c.1668 birth, daughter Jeanne

c.1670 birth, daughter Marguerite

1671 residence in Port Royal^[5]

c.1671 birth, daughter Catherine

c.1674 birth, daughter Anne

c.1676 birth, son Antoine

c.1678 birth, daughter Madeleine

1678 residence in Port Royal^[6]

c.1681 birth, daughter Françoise

c.1684 birth, son Jean

1686 residence in Port Royal^[7]

c.1686 death, in Port Royal

Biographie

L'ancêtre des Babin en Acadie, Antoine, demeurait à Port-Royal.^[13] Antoine est né vers 1626 ou 1631^[2] en France.^[8] Il épousa Marie Mercier, fille d'un homme inconnu et de Françoise Gaudet vers 1662.^[8] Entre vers 1663 et 1684, le couple a eu 11 enfants.

Antoine est mort à Port-Royal (aujourd'hui, Annapolis Royal, Nouvelle Écosse, Canada) entre 1686 et 1688.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Stephen A. White, La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des Retrouvailles 94, online articles, Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994), BABIN, page 1
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Some based his age on the census closest to his birth (1671) where he was listed as 45 years of age; Stephen White based his age on the 1686 Census where he was listed as 55. In his DGFA (English supplement, page cxxxiv), for ages that were inconsistent, White usually took the most consistent, followed by the one closest to the person's birth, unless the age appeared to be a rounding off and easily divisible by 10 or 5. It was not clear to me why he chose the 1686 census age in this instance. Perhaps his wife Marie was rather young in 1671 (25) to have a 9 year old, which would make her 15 when she got pregnant.
3. ↑ Eglise catholique. Paroisse des Ulmes (Maine-et-Loire, France). Archives du Maine-et-Loire, Registres Paroissiaux et d'etat Civil. Ulmes (Les), Saint-Vincent d'Espagne, Baptêmes, mariages, 1608-1668, image 45 of 178.
4. ↑ Declarations de Belle-Ile-en-Mer, Acadian-Home.org Imigration with wife. Brother Jerôme Lepré, S.C., accessed DATE

   On february 28, 1767 appeared Laurent Babin tenant farmer of the village of Parlavant, parish of Bangor, living in the village of Palais, who, in the presence of Charles Granger, Joseph Billeray, Jean Theriot and Simon Pierre Trahant, all Acadians, living on this island, witnesses, declared that he was born at Mines, parish of Saint Charles, April 9, 1740 of Claude Babin, born in the said parish in 1698 and of Marguerite Dupuis, born at the said place in 1702; the said Claude Babin was the son of Charles Babin and Magdeleine Richard of Port Royal; and charles Babin issued of Antoine Babin who came from France with Marie Mercier, his wife, both settled at Port Royal where they died.

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1671 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie. 1671 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752” Images 3-14.

   at Port Royal: :Antoine BABIN, farmer, 45, his wife, Marie MERCIER 25; Children: Marie 9, Charles 7, Vincent 5, Jeanne 3, Marguerite 1; cattle 6, sheep 8 and 2 arpents of cultivated land.

6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Tim Hebert; 1678 Port Royal Acadian Census noting that the correlations for this census were done by Rev. Clarence J. d'Entremont, Fairhaven, Massachusetts.1678 Census

   at Port Royal: Anthoine Babin & Marie Mercier; 1 acre; 4 cattle & 2 sheep; 3 boys: 15 1663; 13 1665; 3 1675; 6 girls: 11 1667; 9 1669; 7 1671; 5 1673; 3/M 1678.

7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} [Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1686 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1686 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 15-60;

   at Port Royal: Antoine BABIN 55, Marie MERCIER 40; children: Vincent 21, Marguerite 16, Catherine 14, Rnne 12, Antoine 10, Magdelaine 8, Francoise 5, Jean 2; 1 gun, 1-1/2 arpents, 10 cattle, 12 sheep, 8 hogs. In the 1686 census at Port Royal, Anne was transcribed as Rnne and Madeleine was listed as Magdelaine.

8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} Stephen A. White, Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert. Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes. Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999, Print pp. 57-58, 61
9. ↑ Razilly Biography George MacBeath, Biography – RAZILLY, ISAAC DE – Vol. I (1000-1700) in Dictionary of Canadian Biography (Toronto: Université Laval, 2003) accessed November 20
10. ↑ Massignon, Geneviève. "Les parlers français d'Acadie, enquête linguistique", Librairie Klincksieck, Paris, 1962, 2 tomes, p32 first French families in Acadia.
11. ↑ Sedgewick biography William I. Roberts, 3rd, “SEDGWICK, ROBERT,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 20, 2013
12. ↑ Morillon du Bourg biography In collaboration, “MORILLON DU BOURG,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 20, 2013
13. ↑ Stephen A. White, La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des "Retrouvailles 94", Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994). (Babin)

See also:

• The Genealogy of the Thirty-seven Host Families of Homecoming 94]
• Acadian.org (Archived link) citing these sources:
• Steve Fleming, Internet WWW Page: Someday - A Place for Genealogy
• Linda Jones, Babins - From Antoine to the Present
• Dudley LeBlanc, The Acadian Miracle (Lafayette LA: Evangeline Pub. Co., 1966) p. 377
• Ancestry.com Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015 Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.