Jacques Babie

     Jacques was born in 1645 in France. He immigrated from France to Quebec in September of 1665. He was of the company of St-Ours of the regiment of Carignan. A contract for the marriage of Jacques and Jeanne Dandonneau was signed on 1 June 1670 in Champlain, Les Chenaux County, Quebec, Canada. The contract was signed by the Notary, Guillaume LeRue, noting that the parents of Jacques were Jean Babie & Isabelle Robin and that Jeanne's parents were Pierre Dandonneau and Francoise Jobin.¹ Jacques & Jeanne had children: Jacques [1673-6/10/1724][m. 2/04/1709 Marie Madeleine Veron dit Grandmenil], Louis [1674], Marie-Jeanne [1675/04/1703][m. 2/05/1689 Paul-Louis Dazemard dit Lusignan], Pierre [1677-5/08/1748][m. 2/13/1708 Marie-Anne Crevier dit St Francis], Antoine [1679-8/15/1683], Marie Francoise [3/10/1781-2/10/1784], Jean Francois [11/20/1682], Marie-Madeleine [11/17/1683-11/16/1717][m. 4/30/1708 Jean-Baptiste Crevier dit Deschenaux], Marie-Anne [7/07/1686-12/21/1702], Francois-Etienne [8/04/1687-9/01/1767][m. 6/04/1712 Marguerite Crevier dit St-Francois] & Raymond [12/26/1688-3/14/1737][m. 6/09/1721 Therese Lecompte dit Dupre]. 1681, Jacques and Jeanne were listed on the Canadian Census at Champlain. Enumerated in this household were Jacques Babie [42 years], Jeanne Dandonneau [26 years], Jacques 8 years], Louis [7 years], Marie [6 years], Pierre [5 years], Antoine [3 years] & Francoise [1 year]; also two servants.¹ Jacques departed this life on Wednesday, 28 July 1688 in Champlain at age 43 years. On the same day, he was buried there in the churchyard of la Visitation.²