Nicolas Godé (abt. 1583 - 1657)

Born about 1583 in Igé, Perche, France

Husband of Françoise Gadois — married 1620 in Igé, Perche, France

Descendants

Died 25 Oct 1657 at about age 74 in Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France

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Biography

Nicolas Godé migrated from France to New France.

Nicolas Godé a vécu
au Canada, Nouvelle-France.

Nicolas GODÉ (~1583 - 1657)^{[1][2][3][4][5]} [Carpin #74]^[6][7]

Nicolas Godé was born in France about 1583 and was a native of Igé's Saint-Martin parish in Sées diocese and ancient Perche province.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

A master carpenter by trade, he married Françoise Gadois, sister of Pierre Gadois, in France around 1620.^[1][8][9]

Nicolas Godé figures in a document notarized on Sunday, August 7, 1633, in which Sébastien Dodier, a future emigrant to Canada, is also mentioned.^[8]

He emigrated to Canada, with evidently excellent credentials,^[10] in 1641 with his wife Françoise and four of their children, all born in St-Martin-d'Igé: François, Nicolas, Mathurine and Françoise.^[11][12][13] He is mentioned in Canada for the first time later in the year.^[1] The family was thus joining Pierre Gadois's family who had emigrated to Canada in 1636.^[11] Nicolas Godé's family was part of a group of about forty Montréalistes (Montrealers) sailing on three ships (two leaving from La Rochelle travelling with Maisonneuve, Jeanne Mance and the Gadois family, one leaving from Dieppe) who, having arrived at Québec in late August, ^[14] travelled with Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve in 1642 for the founding of Ville-Marie on Montréal island.^[14][15]

He was assassinated with his son-in-law Jean Sainct-Père and his valet Jacques Nail (or Noël) by the Iroquois while roofing his house at pointe St-Charles near Montréal.^[16]

He was buried on the same day of his assasination.^[17]

Décès
Nicolas Godé, Me menuisier âgé de 74 ans, Jean St-Per son gendre âgé de 39 ans et Jacques Nail (ou Noël) leur serviteur âgé de 32 ans ont été assassinés à Montréal par les Iroquois le 25 october 1657 et enterrés le même jour tous trois dans une même sépulture, ^[18]

His wife Françoise died thirty-two years later on Christmas Eve 1689 at Pointe-aux-Trembles near Montréal.^[19]

He had 292 descendants in 1729.^[20]

Enfants / Children

Union avec / with Françoise Gadois:^[5]

1. François b 06-03/05-1621 ∞ Françoise Bugon 11-01-1649 + 17-09-1667^[8][21][20]

2. Françoise b 1615/26/31/36/37 ∞ Jean Desroches 18-11-1647 + 09-03-1715^[8][21][20]

3. Nicolas b 29-01-1629 ∞ Marguerite Picard 12-11-1658 + 13-04-1697^[8][21][20]

4. Mathurin b 31-01-1637^[8]

5. Mathurine v 1640 ∞ 1^e Jean de Saint-Père 2^e Jacques Lemoyne + 12-11-1672^[21][20]

|* Naissance / birth

|∞ Marié / Married

|+ Décès / death

|b baptisé / baptised

|v vers / about

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Fichier Origine 241821: Nicolas Godé, b ~1583
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} PREFEN Fiche 21705, Origines: Nicolas Godé, variante, Gaudet; b ~1583
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} PRDH Pionnier 29739: Nicolas Gaudet, b ~1583
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} perche-quebec.com: Nicolas Godé, b ~1583
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Tanguay, vol. 1, p. 273: Nicolas Godé, b 1583
6. ↑ Carpin 1999, Annexe D, p. 573
7. ↑ Numéroté #74 dans la liste de Carpin et dans la liste qu'on peut voir à la page Percheron Immigration Category.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5} PREFEN FIche 21705, Notice Complémentaire, p. 1
9. ↑ PRDH Pionnier 29739: m 1621
10. ↑ PREFEN FIche 21705, Notice Complémentaire, p. 2 citing Le Journal des Jésuites: “Nicolas Godet was an excellent carpenter that the campaign had brought to Montréal with his family from Perche in 1641”
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} PREFEN Fiche 21705, Départ
12. ↑ Carpin 1999, Annexe D, p. 573: Selon Carpin, l'année du départ est assurée.
13. ↑ Lesperance 2002 citant Jetté 1983, p. 508: "GODE, Nicolas (Master carpenter) with wife Francoise GADOIS & children Francois, Nicolas, Francoise & Mathurin departed Ige 1641-2."
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} Vieux-Montréal, Les Montréalistes
15. ↑ According to Victor Morin 1943, p. 41 in relation to the list of pioneers on the North face shown on the Obelisk in old Montréal's Place d'Youville commemorating the foundation of Montreal in 1642, on which the name of François is not listed: « Dans la nomenclature des Colons de Montréal, dressée par l'archiviste E.-Z. Massicotte avec le concours de J.C.O. Bertrand et O.-M. Lapalace et publiée dans les procès-verbaux et comte-rendus de la Société Royale du Canada en 1913, on trouve en plus le nom de François Godé, un autre fls de Nicolas, qui épousa Françoise Bugon en 1649. Il semble impossible de reconstituer aujourdhui la liste des 53 colons, hommes, femmes et enfants, qui furent les fondateurs de Montréal. »
16. ↑ PREFEN FIche 21705, Notice Complémentaire, p. 2

    a) citing in one Le Journal des Jésuites entry

    [. . .Nicolas Godé . . .], "his son-in-law Jean Sainct-Père a man known for his righteous character and sound judgment as we've seen herein, together with their servant, Jacques Nail (or Noël) , were cruelly shot to death by Iroquois traitors while roofing their home."

    b) citing in another Le Journal des Jésuites entry

    "rifle assassination of three Montreal Frenchmen is said to be done by a few Onneïotchoronnons Iroquois, neighbors from Onnontaghe, who then scalped the deceased to bring as trophies to their own country."

    c) paraphrasing from historian Taillon

    Some Iroquois came to the home Nicolas Godé was constructing for himself, helped by his son-in-law Jean Saint-Père and Jacques Nail. The three men graciously welcome a few Iroquois and feed them. Upon resuming the roofing of the home, the Indians shot them all and tore off the scalps of Nicolas Godé and Jacques Nail, and decapitated the head of Jean Saint-Père "to preserve and take away his beautiful hair.

17. ↑ PREFEN Fiche 21705, Vie en Nouvelle France
18. ↑ Sépulture-Funeral image IGD
19. ↑ PREFEN Fiche 12754, Vie en Nouvelle France
20. ↑ ^{20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4} La Mémoire du Québec, Nicolas Godé
21. ↑ ^{21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3} PREFEN FIche 21705, Notice Complémentaire, p. 2

- DBC / DCB - Dictionnaire Biographique du Canada / Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Université Laval/University of Toronto

- PRDH - Programme de recherche en démographie historique, Université de Montréal

- PREFEN - Programme de Recherche sur l'Émigration des Français En Nouvelle-France, Université de Caen (terminé/finished)

- Carpin, Gervais (1999). Le Reseau du Canada: Étude du mode migratoire de la France vers Ie Nouvelle-France (1628-1662)

- Fichier Origine 241821

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- Lesperance, Jerry (December 2002). “Le Perche”, Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society

- La Mémoire du Québec, Godé (Nicolas)

- Morin, Victor (1943). L'Odyssée d'une société historique, Les Cahiers des Dix. vol. 8, Société des Dix

- Vieux-Montréal, Site Patrimonial, Maisonnée Godé - Gadois (en 1642)

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- Vieux-Montréal, Site Patrimonial, Édouard-Zotique Massicotte en 1915

- perche-quebec.com

- PRDH Pionnier 29739

- PREFEN Fiche 12754: Françoise Gadois

- PREFEN Fiche 21705: Nicolas Godé

- Tanguay, Cyprien; 1871-1890, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes, 7 volumes

- Wikipedia article: Fort Ville-Marie

- Wikipedia article: Pioneers' Obelisk