In 1641, Nicolas emigrated to New France with his parents and with three siblings (François, Françoise and Mathurine).[10][11][12][13] The childen were the first to make the voyage to settle at Fort Ville-Marie.[14] Having wintered at Québec, the Godé family travelled with Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve and Jeanne Mance for the 1642 founding of the settlement of Ville-Marie and the Godé family became the first family with teenagers to take residence there.[15] The Godé family joined the family of NIcolas Godé's uncle and aunt, Pierre Gadois and Louise Mauger, and their children, Roberte Gaudois and Pierre Gaudois, who had emigrated to Québec in 1636, establishing themselves more definitively at Montréal in 1648.[10][13]
Nicolas farmed and became a master carpenter like his father and older brother.[16]
Having signed a marriage contract notarized by Bénigne Basset on May 5, 1658 at Montréal, he married Marguerite Picard, born about 1643, daughter of Jean-Michel Picard and Malin Holin, a native of Paris, on November 12, 1658 in Montreal.[17] They had seven children.
He died and was buried at the age of 68 in 1697 at Montréal on April 13 and 15 , respectively.[4][17]
Années de Recencements / Census Years 1666, 1667, 1681
1666 - Nicolas Gaudé, 30, charpentier, habitant ; Marguerite Picard, 20, sa femme ; Nicolas, 6 ; Marguerite, 3 ; Etienne, l ; François Dumas, 18, tailleur de pierre, domestique engagé.[16]
1667 - Nicolas Godé, 36 ; Marguerite Picart, sa femme, 24 ; Nicolas, 7 ; Marguerite, 5 ; Etienne, 2 ; Antoine Dorat, domestique, 22 ; 7 bestiaux, 30 arpents en valeur.[19]
1681 - Nicolas Godé 54 ; Marguerite Picard 40 ; enfants : Nicolas 22, Marguerite 20, Marie 12, Françoise 10, Jacques 7 Jean 2 mois ; 6 bêtes à cornes ; 30 arpents en valeur.[20]
↑ Numéroté #78 dans la liste de Carpin et dans la liste qu'on peut voir à la page Percheron Immigration Category, quoique toutefois Carpin assigne Nicolas & François pour #77 & #78.
↑ From the book "Genealogy of the French families of the Detroit River Region 1701-1936", Vol 1 & 2, Author Rev. Fr. Christian Denissen (Source: Author: Bob & Peggy Gillie Title: Gillie Web Site Text: MyHeritage.com family tree Page: Nicolas Godet Dit Marentette)
- 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
- « 1666, État Général des Habitants du Canada en », compilé par Senécal, Jean-Guy (senecal@fmed.ulaval.ca); Sep 27, 1998, compilation OCR de trois documents Word disponible en ligne, ses documents se référant principalement au Tome IV & V, Chapitre IV du livre Histoire des Canadiens-Française de Benjamin Sulte, édition 1977.
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nicolas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nicolas:
GODET Dit Marentette-13 and Godé-10 appear to represent the same person because: GODET Dit Marentette-13 to Godé-10 merge proposed, not Godé-10 to GODET Dit Marentette-13
GODET Dit Marentette-13 and Godé-10 are not ready to be merged because: There's not enough info aside of matching names to make a definite confirmation