Elie Jean

Notes:

Elie, the second child of Vivien Jean and Suzanne Hérault, was married at Québec on 20 January 1676 to Marie Gagné or Gagnesse, whose father was a tavern-keeper in the La Rochelle area. They had five children of whom only two were married: Madeleine, to Pierre Elie and Pierre, to Marie-Catherine Blondeau, widow of Nicolas Sarrazin, to whom she had born ten children. She would have three more. Following her death in early November 1728, Pierre married another widow, Anne-Louise Dubeau, widow of Jean Sigouin. Elie and his son Pierre added a "dit" or cognomen to their name: Godon. Their surname thus became Jean dit Godon.

Elie married Marie Gagné on 20 Jan 1676 in Québec City, Québec, Canada. Marie was born in cir 1650. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Madeleine Jean was born in cir 1680.
2. Pierre Jean was born in cir 1680.

Notes:

The Vivien Jean family was from the parish of St-Vivien d'Ecoyeux. More than half-a-score Frenchmen named Jean immigrated to New France and were married there; three more lived in the Saint Lawrence valley without doing so. Among the more important forbears were the four sons of Vivien Jean, of Petit Fétilly, in Aunis. He was a master blacksmith at Ecoyeux, a place not far from Saint-Jean-d'Angély. He married Suzanne Hérault at La Rochelle c.1640. They had eight children, four boys and four girls. Whereas the four latter stayed in France, the four boys immigrated to New France.

Vivien married Suzanne HeraultLa Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France. Suzanne was born in cir 1625. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Vivien + Martha Joslain. Martha was born in cir 1600 in France; died in 1646 in Aunis, Charente-Maritime, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]