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Marie Gaudet migrated from France to Acadia.
Around 1633, Marie Gaudet was born to parents Jean Gaudet and an unknown mother.[1] Shortly after Marie married Étienne Hébert, her father remarried (to Nicole Colleson) and her youngest sibling was born about the time of her third child.
Note: While Marie's potential place of birth in France had been suggested to be Martaizé (which was near Loudun in Poitou), no corresponding source documents or citations have been identified, her parents are considered unknown, and neither White DGFA nor any other reference cited appears to identify her birth as being at Martaizé. Without further information or a source being identified, her birth is noted as being in France with the particular locality being unknown.
Around 1650, Marie married Etienne Hébert, brother of Antoine.[1] Between 1651 and 1670 Marie gave birth to 10 children: Marie, Maguerite, Emmanuel, Etienne, Jean, Françoise, Catherine, Martine, Michel, and Antoine.[1] According to depositions from their descendants, Marie came from France with her husband.[2]
Children of Marie Gaudet and Étienne Hebert are as follows[1]:
Marie Hebert, bn. Abt. 1651, Port Royal, Acadia, d. Bet. 1677 - 1678, Port-Royal, Acadie
When Etienne died between 1669 and 1671,[1][3] Marie married Dominique Gareau, Royal Sargeant, around 1676.[4] They had one child Marie around 1677.[4][5]
Children of Marie Gaudet and Dominique Gareau are:
Marie Garaut, bn. Abt. 1677, Port Royal, Acadia, d. Aft. 1755, Virginia.[4]
In 1686, at Port Royal, Marie GODET (sic) was living with her second husband, Dominique GARAULT (sic), aged 60, and their daughter, Elarie (sic) Garault (sic), aged 9, and her two sons: Michel, aged 20, and Antoine, aged 16. Her two sons were children she had with her first husband, Emanuel (sic) HEBERT. The family lived on 3 arpents of cultivable land with 4 sheep and 4 hogs.[6]
Marie Godet, wife of Hebert was buried at Port Royal on July 30 1710 aged about 80 years.[8][9]
DNA. The Mothers of Acadia Maternal DNA project is conducting ongoing research to verify their origins. As of 2015, Stephen White reported that Marie Gaudet had a J1b2 haplogroup.[10] Numerous descendants have consistently reported a J haplogroup with 5 of those doing full testing to J1b2 , with many descendants of her sister Francoise Gaudet who have also reported a J haplogroup with 5 of those doing full testing to J1b2.[11]. J haplogroups indicate European origins.
Research Notes
In the original 1686 census at Port Royal, Gareau was spelled Garault, Gaudet was spelled Godet, Etienne is entered as Emanuel, and Marie was transcribed as Elarie.[12]
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.21.31.4 White, Stephen A., Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes. Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999, Print. P.667; 800-801
Marie Gaudet, born around 1633 (On 1671 census in Port-Royal, age 38, a widow; on 1686 census age 60 [sic]; 1698 age 60 [sic]). Married (1) around 1650 Étienne Hébert. Married (2) around 1676 in Port-Royal (Décl Bim) Dominique Gareau. Buried on 30 July 1710 in Port-Royal, about 80 years of age [sic].
↑ White, Stephen A. Origins of the Pioneers of Acadia, According to the Depositions made by Their Descendants at Belle-Ile-en-Mer in 1767 English Translation, Publication: University of Moncton, Centre d'études acadiennes; Online
↑ Library and Archives Canada. Acadie Recensement 1671-1752. Transcript. Dépôt des papiers publics des colonies; état civil et recensements : Série G 1 : Recensements et documents divers : C-2572. MG 1, G1, volume 466, part 1. 1671 Port Royal Census, pages 1-13 (images 2-14). 1671 Census for Marie Gaudet, page 3-4 (image 4-5)
Marie GAUDET, Widow of Etienne HEBERT, 38, Children (married): Marie 20, Marguerite 19; (not married): Emmanuel 17, Etienne 17, Jean 13, Francoise 10, Catherine 9, Martine 6, Michel 5, Antoine 1; cattle 4, sheep 5. Living next door to daughter Marie, 20 and son-in-law Michel De FOREST.
↑ 4.04.14.2 White, Stephen A., Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert. Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes. Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999, Print. P.665-666.
at Port Royal: Dominique GARAULT 60, Marie GODET; children of Marie (and Emanuel HEBERT): Michel 20, Antoine 16; and Elarie Garault 9; 3 arpents, 4 sheep, 3 hogs.
Savard, Denis, Administrator, Mothers of Acadia mtDNA Project reports mtDNA Test Results (Accessed 15 Dec 2023), Kits: tester1 N66807 tester2 MK12792. EKA: Unknown (Inconnu) Gaudet - Spouse of Jean Gaudet. Haplogroup: J1b2.
Savard, Denis, Administrator, Mothers of Acadia mtDNA Project reports this diagram depicting matrilineal descent, from the Mothers of Acadia DNA Project for more information.
Maternal relationship is confirmed through Mitochondrial DNA test results on Family Tree DNA. Justin Russ FTDNA kit # N66807, (a grandchild of Marie Anne Elaine Cormier) and his maternal line cousin UNK (a great grandchild of Leontine Josephine Leboeuf), FTDNA kit # MK12792, have an exact HVR1 and HVR2 match, thereby confirming their direct maternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is Unknown (Inconnu) Gaudet the 11x great grandmother of Justin Russ and the 11x grandmother of UNK.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Marie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
Please note that all of the census and death information, with one exception that shows her born in 1638, gives her birth year as 1630 to 1633. There is no original source that I've found that gives her birth as early as 1626. I'd love to know where this comes from. I'm not making the change in her profile but hope that someone in the Acadian project does.
Thanks for noticing this, Roberta, and for letting us know. The estimated year of birth given by Stephen White in the DGFA is 1633, which corresponds to her age in the 1671 census (38), the one closest to her birth. The wrong date was perhaps inadvertently added during a merge. It is now corrected. We always appreciate your adding links to your excellent articles in DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy.
Gaudet-751 and Gaudet-7 are not ready to be merged because: I am not certain these two women are the same person. Although both have marriage to Etienne Hebert in common, and both were born in or near Martaize, France, Gaudet-751 is relying on Ancestry.com trees. Also the birth and death years for each vary considerably. I would prefer that someone with expertise in Gaudet genealogical research look into this proposal for merging.
http://www.acadian-home.org/Founding-Mothers-of-Acadia.html
"Etienne's wife Marie GODET was daughter of Jean and his second wife, Nicole COLESON, and not of first marriage. Pp. 554 and 555."