The ancestry of Geneviève Jadot Anthon

GENEALOGY

L.L.ECTION

The Ancestry of

Genevieve Jadot Anthon

BY HER GREAT-GRAND-DAUGHTER

Marie Madeleine Genevieve Anthon.

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For her own information and pleasure, the com-
piler of these pages, during her visits to Quebec, be-
came interested in tracing the ancestry of her fam-
ily through her great-grandmother on the maternal
side, who was connected by birth with many of the
earliest and most prominent families of Canada. The
result of her research will be found in these pages,
which she hopes will prove equally interesting to the
other members of the family.

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HEBERT AND COUILLARD LINE OF DESCENT.

Louis Hebert Marie Rollet.

Guillemette Hebert— ^—Guillaume Couillard.

Elizabeth Couillard— j— Jean Guyon Du Buisson.

Genevieve Guyon— —Nicolas Doyon.

Marie Louise Doyon— —Jean Baptiste Baudry dit St. Martin.

Marguerite Amable Baudry dit St. Martin— —Louis Jadot.

Genevieve Jadot George C. Anthon.

HEBERT.

Louis Hebert married Marie Rollet. He died
25th of January, 1627, at Quebec. Marie Rollet died
May 27th, 1649, at Quebec.

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THEIR CHILDREN.

Guillaume Hebert, who married H^I^ne Des-
portes. Guillemette, born 1606, married the 26th
of August, 1 62 1, Guillaume Couillard. Anne mar-
ried 1616, Etienne Jonquest.

COUILLARD.

Surnames: De L'Espinay, Des Essors, De Beau-
mont, Despres, Depuis, Des Islets, La Fountaine.
Guillaume Couillard married Guillemette Hebert.

THEIR CHILDREN.

Louise, born Jan. 30th, 1625, married Nov. 3d,
1637, Olivier Le Tardif. She died Nov. 23d, 1641.

Marguerite, born August loth, 1626, married
Jean Nicolet Oct. ist, 1637. Marguerite married
again Nov. 12th, 1646, Nicolas Macard.

Louis, born May i8th, 1629, married April 29th,
1653, Genevieve Despres.

Elizabeth, born Feb. 9th, 1637, married Nov.
27th, 1645, Jean Guyon Du Buisson. She died April
5th, 1740.

Marie, born Feb. 28th, 1633, married Oct. 25th,
1648, Fran9ois Bissot. Marie married again Sept.
7th, 1675, Jacque de Lalande.

Guillaume, born Jan. i6th, 1635.

Madeleine, born August 9th, 1637.

Nicolas, born April 6th, 1641. Died June 24th,
1661.

Charles, born May loth, 1647, married Jan. loth
1668, Marie Pasquier. Married again Louise Couture
[stock Couillard de Beaumont].

Gertrude, born Sept. 21st, 1648, married Feb.
6th, 1664, Charles Aubert de La Chesnaye. (Family
of De Gaspe.)

Louis Hebert, called the Patriarch of New France,
was the ancestor of the Anthon family, on the ma-
ternal side, in America. He came to Quebec in the
year 161 7, with his wife, Marie Rollet, and three chil-
dren, Guillaume, who married H^lene Desportes,
Guillemette, who became the wife of Guillaume
Couillard, and Anne, who married Etienne Jonquest.

Hubert counts among his numerous descendants
many of the most illustrious families of Canada ; the
Joliet, De Lery, De Ramsay, D'Echambaut, Four-
nier. Cardinal Taschereau, and Mgr. Tache, Bishop
of La Riviere Rouge. He states that "for the ad-
vancement of the country he had sold all his lands in
Paris, had left his parents and his friends, to com-
mence a new colony of Christian people."

The men and women who lived in the heroic age
of Canada were filled with excessive zeal for the sal-
vation of souls. Not for their own interests did they
found these colonies. They came to " plant in this
country the standard of the Cross, to teach the
knowledge of God and the glory of His name, de-
siring to increase charity for His creatures." The
Abbe Tanguay says: "The colony experienced a real
loss in the death of Hebert, who, next to Champlain,
had taken the most active part in establishing Que-
bec, and in the progress of New France." He was
buried in the cemetery of the Recollets, at the Con-
vent of St. Charles. His remains were removed in
1676 by Father Valentin, Superior of the Recollets,

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and deposited in the vault of their church in the up-
per town. Hebert's house stood in the garden of
the Seminary of Quebec. It was the first building
erected in the upper town. Parkman, in " The Jes-
uits of North America," speaks of this dwelling-
house as "a substantial cottage, where lived Madame
Hebert, widow of the first settler of Canada, with
her daughter, her son-in-law, Couillard, and their
children. Good Catholics all, who two years before,
when Quebec was evacuated by the English, wept
for joy at beholding Le Jeune and his brother Jes-
uit, De Noue, crossing their threshold to offer be-
neath their roof the long forbidden sacrifice of the
Mass."

Champlain assisted at the wedding of Hebert's
daughter, Guillemette, to Guillaume Couillard in
162 1. Later on, in 1626, he was godfather to their
little daughter, Marguerite.

Guillaume Couillard and his wife gave the land
on which is built the beautiful Basilica of Quebec.

They were both buried in the Church of the Ho-
tel-Dieu, Guillaume in 1663, and his wife in 1684.
He is described as " Venerable Patriarch, que Ton
voit assister au berceau de cette colonie." One of
his sons, Nicolas Couillard de Bellroche, with M. de
Lauson, son of the Governor, and six other men,
was killed at the Isle of Orleans while bravely
fighting a party of 80 Iroquois. His body was
brought to Quebec and buried in the church there.
Another son, Charles, Sieur de Islets, was ennobled
by Louis XIV. and obtained the rich concession of
the fief of Beaumont. He married Louise Couture,

daughter of Guillaume Couture, " Honnete homme,
Juge de La c6te Lauzon, fidele compagnon de Pere
Jogues," the saintly Jesuit.

Louis Couillard, the fourth son of Guillaume
Couillard and Guillemette Hebert, married Gene-
vieve Despres, daughter of Nicolas Despres, a no-
bleman, and Madeleine Leblanc. He left his daugh-
ter Genevieve a rich seigneurie on the banks of the
St. Lawrence. Genevieve's sister, Anne, married
Jean de Lauson, Lieutenant-Governor of New
France.

Marie Couillard, a daughter of Guillaume and
Guillemette Couillard, married Francois Bissot,
Sieur de la Riviere. Their child, Claire Fran^oise
Bissot, married Louis Joliet, discoverer of the Miss-
issippi. They had a daughter, Claire Joliet, who
married on the nth of May, 1702, Joseph Fleuryde
La Gorgendi^re D'Echambault. The head of the an-
cient and noble family D'Echambault in Canada
was Jacques Alexis Fleury. He married at Quebec
Sept. 28th, 1667, Marguerite de Chauvigny, who be-
longed to the same family as the saintly Madame de
La Peltrie. Joseph Fleury was their second son and
he had by his marriage with Claire Joliet thirty-two
children, of whom only seven survived them, Louis,
Joseph, Ignace, Marie Claire, Louise, Charlotte and
Thomasette. Marie Claire married Thomas Jac-
ques Taschereau; Louise entered the celebrated fam-
ily de Vaudreuil, whose nobility dated back to the
year 879. Her husband was Fran9ois Pierre,
Rigaud, de Vaudreuil. After the conquest he
went to France with his wife, where he died.

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Charlotte married Pierre Rigaud, Marquis de
Vaudreuil-Cavagnal. He was the last French
Governor of Canada. Thomasette married Thomas
Dufy Desauniers. Louis, the eldest son, married
Meii« Athalie Boudreau, and Ignace, Meiie Prost. He
went to Santo Domingo, where he died in 1 756, leav-
ing a daughter, Marie Elizabeth Genevieve, who mar-
ried in 1772 the Vicomte de Choiseul. Marguerite
Couillard, another daughter of Guillaume Couillard
and Guillemette Hebert, married Jean Nicolet, a
young nobleman, son of Thomas Nicolet and Mar-
guerite de Lanier, who came to Canada in 161 8.
Their child, Marguerite Nicolet, married Jean Bap-
tiste Le Gardeur de Repentigny. The following cer-
tificate of her marriage is translated from the French
taken from the *' Register of Baptisms, Marriages
and Deaths, in the Parish of Notre Dame de Quebec,
for the year 1656."

"The 4th of July, 1656. After obtaining a dis-
pensation from Rome for some impediment, publi-
cation was made for three bans, the 24th, the 25th and
the 29th of June. Not finding any obstacle, I, Hiero-
nyme Lalemand, being cure of this Parish, solemnly
married Jean Baptiste Le Gardeur, Sieur de Repen-
tigny, Esq., son of the late Pierre Le Gardeur and
Demoiselle Marie Favary, with Marguerite Nicolet,
daughter of the late Jean Nicolet aud Marguerite
Couillard, in the Chapel of the College of the Com-
pany of Jesus. In presence of Messire Jean de Lau-
zon, Governor, the Sieur Louis D'Aillibouts and
others."

Marguerite Nicolet was the grandmother of the

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Ursuline nun, Marie Madeleine de Repentigny,
called in religion Marie Madeleine de Ste. Agathe.
The following account of her vocation, taken from
the " Glimpses of the Monastery," will prove inter-
esting, not only to those of her own kindred, but to
all who visit the beautiful Ursuline chapel in the an-
cient convent at Quebec. " To this day is seen in the
cloistered Chapel of the Saints, burning before the
altar of ' Notre Dame de Grand Pouvoir,' a vo-
tive lamp placed there by Marie Madeleine. Her
vocation affords an instance of the manner in which
God sometimes pursues a soul, rebellious at first,
forcing her, as it were, to take the place at the mar-
riage feast to which He had long invited her, by the
voice of His secret inspirations. The de Repentigny
family were among the first of the nobility that came
out to settle in the colony. Mother Mary of the In-
carnation makes mention of them with the highest
praise, as early as 1645. The daughters were al-
ways to be found among our boarders. Marie Mad-
eleine had her turn from the age of about ten years,
till her education was considered to be in accord-
ance with her rank and position in society.

" On leaving the convent she, like many others,
had not formed any fixed plan of life, and soon
found herself surrounded with those temptations that
often beset the pathway of a young girl on her entry
into the world. Gay parties of pleasure, frivolous
amusements, idle conversation, filled up the precious
hours from day to day, leaving her little time for re-
flection, serious reading or prayer. The prestige of
rank, wit and beauty on the one side, that of merit,

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politeness and noble demeanor on the other, soon re-
sulted in the preliminaries of an alliance which ap-
peared advantageous in the eyes of the world, and
which met with the approval of Marie Madeleine's
parents. On such occasions, when all seems so
bright for the future, who thinks of seriously con-
sulting to know the will of God ? Suddenly the
young officer is called away on duty. Alas for the
fallacious promises of earthly happiness ! The first
report brings tidings of his death ! To the violent
grief and mourning of the first months succeeds an
attempt to dissipate this irksome gloom of mind by
plunging anew into the whirl of worldly pleasure.
But the kind hand of Providence was still extended
to reclaim this prodigal child, and lead her to an
abode of peace and security. At one of the churches
of the city, an eloquent and zealous Jesuit was giv-
ing the exercises of a retreat for young ladies. Marie
Madeleine went with the rest, but soon found that
the sacred orator was preaching, so it seemed to her,
for her alone.

" ' What will it avail a man to gain the whole
world, and yet to lose his own soul?' These sol-
emn words of our Blessed Lord sank deep into her
soul. She then perceived that there had been a void
in her heart which the vanities of the world had never
been able to fill. Plunged in serious thought, the
salvation of her soul stands before her as an all im-
portant affair. Beginning to perceive the designs of
Providence, she resolves to correspond to them.
After due consultation, she solicits admission into
the novitiate of the Ursulines. The nuns, remember-

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ing her many good qualities, without hesitation ac-
cepted her. After her first thanksgiving for being
admitted to the novitiate and clothed as a religious
under the name of Sr. Ste. Agathe, she was assailed
by the temptation to regret the pleasures of the
world, and her place in the home circle. But the
fervent novice knew the force of prayer. Casting
herself at the feet of Our Lady of Great Power,
whose antique statue still stands there upon its ped-
estal in the little Chapel of the Saints, she was soon
answered by the return of light and peace to her
soul."

Thus confirmed in her vocation, and enabled to
persevere, Sister Ste. Agathe, when settling her tem-
poral affairs, before pronouncing her solemn vows,
wished to leave to her Heavenly Protectress a mark
of her gratitude. She decided to bequeath an en-
dowment for a lamp to burn perpetually before the
Madonna, Our Lady of Great Power. This light is
still seen in the little Chapel of the Saints, where it
was first lit one hundred and eighty years ago by
Sister Marie Madeleine de Repentigny de Ste. Aga-
the. Her own life, cheerful, courageous, mortified, dur-
ing the twenty years she had yet to spend within the
Monastery, was another light, rejoicing her compan-
ions more than the votive lamp which she daily trim-
med with sentiments ever fresh of piety and grati-
tude.

This little twinkling flame, dimly lighting an an-
cient sanctuary — " La Lampe qui ne s'eteint pas,"
has been commemorated by a poem, which in the
'* Glimpses of the Monastery " bears the title of

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THE VOTIVE LAMP.

O twinkling lamp ! thy feeble ray

Sheds no refulgent glare ;
And yet thou knowest no decay,
Since once, thrice sixty years away,

Thou first wast trimmed with care.

Dire was the conflict, when her chains

That maiden sought to break :

Now in her soul triumphant reigns

God's holy love, and now it wanes,

'Tis earthly flames that wake.

O Mother Powerful, lend thine aid !

Pity my dire distress I
I've fled me to this cloister shade;
Let now all worldly phantoms fade,

If Heaven my project bless.

Will not the pitying Virgin hear

A suppliant in her need ?
Will she not make my pathway clear,
Sending me grace to persevere.
From all this darkness freed ? "

Lo ! swift descending from on high,

Peace to her bosom flows :
As swift the gloom and sorrow fly.
Her soul in sweet security

Forgets its recent throes.

For light so pure, in darkest hour,

A lamp burns near the shrine
Where Mary, Mother of Great Power,
Still hears our prayers, and graces shower,
Where beams so tender shine.

Now, many circling years have fled,

While yet that tiny flame,
By gratitude is fondly fed,
As when at first its light was shed

Around that high-born dame ;

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Still does it point the way secure

To her, our Queen above,
Whose tender bosom, ever pure,
Pities the woes we may endure.

And succors us with love.

Come, then, at twilight's pensive hour ;

Come in the early dawn !
Come when the skies around you lower.
Come to Our Lady of Great Power,

Sure help of the forlorn !

Though titles new round Mary's name

May cluster every year.
Yet, as I view that votive flame.
Lit by the hand of noble dame,
I love the more that ancient claim,

" Mother of Power," reign here I

Marie Madeleine de Repentigny was the great
grandniece of Elizabeth Couillard, the great-great-
grandmother of Genevieve Jadot Anthon.

Elizabeth Couillard was the third daughter of
Guillaume Couillard and Guillemette Hebert, and
the ancestress of the Anthon family. She was born on
the 9th of February, 163 1, and was probably baptized
by an English clergyman, because while the " Kirke';^
were the masters of Quebec, there were no French
priests in the town ; and when P^re Le Jeune said
Mass in 1632 in Guillaume Couillard's house, the
French had not heard that ceremony for three years.*

Elizabeth married Jean Guyon Du Buisson, son of
Jean Guyon and Mathurine Robin. Jean Guyon/^r^
seems to have been the savant of his seigneurie. The
Guyon family were renowned for their love of
knowledge. The following account of the family is

* Journal des Jesuites.

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taken from the "Histoire du Monastere" of the Ursu-
lines of Quebec:

" Another family in which the zeal for education
was transmitted from generation to generation dur-
ing two centuries, was the Guyon family, who rami-
fied under the names of Guyon Du Buisson, Guyon
des Pres, etc. We find their names constantly upon
our registers, as also those of the Couillards, their
aunts and cousins."

One of the brothers of Jean Guyon, Denys, mar-
ried Elizabeth Boucher, a grand-daughter of Marin
Boucher, brother of Gaspard Boucher, the father of
Pierre Boucher, Governor of Three Rivers. Their
daughter, Marie Therese Guyon, married La Mothe
Cadillac, founder of Detroit and Governor of Loui-
siana. Madame Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac was
doubly connected with the St. Martins, being a de.
scendant of the Guyon and Boucher families. She
was a third cousin of Genevieve Jadot Anthon. She
was a woman of noble qualities, of great courage, and
devoted to her husband. She undertook the perilous
journey to Detroit in company with her cousin, the
wife of De Tonty, to be with him. It is related
that several ladies said to her when she was leaving
Quebec : " It might do if you were going to a pleasant
country, where you could have good company, but
it is impossible to conceive how you can go to a des-
ert country where there is nothing to do but die of
ennuzy She replied: "A woman who loves her
husband, as she should, has no stronger attraction
than his company, wherever it may be. Everything
else should be indifferent to her." Father Germain

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wrote to Cadillac : " Everybody admires the noble-
ness of these two ladies, who had the courage to un-
dertake such a painful voyage to join their husbands."
Jean Guyon Du Buisson and Elizabeth Couillard
had twelve children, one of whom, Genevieve, mar-
ried Nicolas Doyon. She was the great-grandmother
of Genevieve Jadot Anthon.

THE GUYON DU BUISSON LINE OF DESCENT.

Jean Guyon Du Buisson— —Elizabeth Couillard.

Genevieve Guyon Du Buisson— r— Nicolas Doyon.

Marie Louise Doyon — —Jean B. Baudry.

Marguerite Amable Baudry— —Louis Jadot.

Genevieve Jadot George C. Anthon.

Nicolas Doyon and Genevieve Guyon Du Buisson
had twelve children. The Doyon family were devout
Catholics. Nicolas Doyon's father, Jean Doyon, died
in the odor of sanctity, and was buried at Chateau
Richer, on the banks of the beautiful St. Lawrence.
" Mort Comme un Saint " is recorded of him in the
old register of the parish church. Remarried Martha
Gagnon, daughter of Mathurin Gagnon and Fran9oise
Bordeau dit Godeau.

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DOYON FAMILY LINE OF DESCENT.

jean Doyon — —Martha Gagnon.

Nicolas Doyon— —Genevieve Guyon.

Marie Louise Doyon— ^-Jean B. Baudry.

Marguerite Amable Baudry-| — Louis Jadot.

Genevieve Jadot George C. Anthon.

Nicolas Doyon and Genevieve Guyon Du Buisson
had twelve children, one of whom married Jean Bap-
tiste Baudry. The following copy of their marriage
certificate is taken from the register of the parish
church of Notre Dame de Quebec :

"The 8th of October, 1721. After the publica-
tion of three bans of marriage between Jean Baudry
dit Desbuttes, son of Guillaume Baudry and Marie
Jeanne Soulard, his father and mother, of the Parish
of Three Rivers, living since at Quebec, on the one
part, and Louise Doyon, daughter of Nicolas Doyon
and Genevieve Guyon, her father and mother, of this
parish, on the other part ; not discovering any im-
pediment to the marriage, we, the undersigned, cure
and official of Quebec, after having received their
mutual consent, married them and gave them the
nuptial benediction, according to the form prescribed
by Holy Church, in the presence of their parents and
the names undersigned.

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Jean Baudry. Louise Doyon.

Genevieve Doyon. Nicolas Doyon.

Pierre Jolly. Montigny.

Thebaut-Ptre."

Jean Baptiste Baudry was the son of Guillaume
Baudry and Marie Jeanne Soulard. Marie Jeanne's
mother was Catherine Boutet de St. Martin, a
daughter of Martin Boutet, Sieur de St. Martin and
Catherine Soulage. He came to Quebec from Xaintes
with his wife and two children in 1 645. In 1657 a
school was opened for French children at Quebec
under his direction, near the Jesuit College, and under
their protection. He was the first secular teacher in
New France. He was also mentioned as Professor
of Mathematics. In 1664 he was sent as deputy to
examine a mine near Quebec. He was also choir
master in the church and accompanied the choir on
his violin. His other daughter became an Ursuline
nun, and was called in religion Mere Marie Boutet de
St. Augustine. The following little sketch of her life
is translated from "Histoire des Ursulines de Quebec":

" Mother Marie Boutet de St. Augustine was
French by birth, and a native of the city of Xaintes.
Her family having established themselves in this
country, little Marie was placed in a boarding-school,
where she had the good fortune of hearing, during
two years, the precious instructions of our venerable
Mother Marie de I'lncarnation. When her studies
were completed, M^He Boutet returned to her parents,
who were already congratulating themselves on
being able to bring out their dear daughter in so-

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ciety. They were far from thinking that the charm-
ing young lady had formed her own plans for the
future by securing a promise of admission to the
novitiate of the Ursulines. Madame Catherine Des
Champs de St. Martin felt a poignant grief at her
daughter's resolution, and put it to severe tests. But
the family finally yield to the fervent postulant, and
allow her to follow her inclination for solitude. At
the age of seventeen she was already permanently
enrolled under the glorious banner of St. Ursula.
Employed during many years in teaching, Mother
St. Augustine had the happy talent of making her
pupils love study ; thus assuring their rapid progress."
" The sole ambition of this dear Sister (says the
annalist) was to imitate as closely as possible the
hidden life of her Saviour. Never interfering in the
affairs of others, but giving all her attention to per-
form all that obedience demanded of her, she
would cheerfully undertake any tedious and toilsome
work, feeling pleasure in aiding the lay-sisters in
their hard and wearisome duties. In spite of her
infirmities, she was a great aid to our community,
her love for labor making her ingenious in the em-
ployment of all her moments. Her great kindness
of heart led her to relieve, by all possible means, the
suffering souls in Purgatory. The care of the in-
firmary having been assigned to her, she was inde-
fatigably employed in her duties toward the sick.
One might have seen her going about day and night
among the poor sufferers during the cruel epidemic
of 1 70 1. She even asked to give up her cell to her
beloved patients, that she might have no other place

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of repose than the infirmary. All her thoughts were
directed to alleviate the sufferings of her sisters,
counting as nothing her own inconveniences. At
last, attacked by the same fever, she had to allow her-
self to be treated by the physician of the community,
M. Sarrain. At first, he had firm hopes of her re-
covery, but on the 8th of January, without the man-
ifestation of any alarming symptoms, she passed
away in a moment. The Confessor of the commun-
ity, who had just visited her, was still at the door of
the monastery, and was recalled in great haste. But
our dear sister had already passed to a better life."

Mother Boutet de St. Augustine was fifty-seven
years old, and had been for forty years a professed
religious.

She was Genevieve Anthon's great-great-great-
aunt.

Returning to the Baudry family, we find that the

father of Guillaume Baudry came to Canada about
the year 1646. His name was Urbain Baudry, and
he married Madeleine Boucher, the eldest child of
Gaspard Boucher and Nicole Le Maire. She was a
sister of Pierre Boucher, Governor of Three Rivers.
Suite, the historian, says that Urbain Baudry's de-
scendants are very numerous. A branch of this fam-
ily is called Desbuttes. Another branch gave to the
city of Montreal renowned merchants, and one of
the most remarkable Mayors. The Baudry family
of France were very distinguished, and the name is
found among the archives of the French noblesse.

There was a Saint Baudry who lived in the
seventh century, about the year 663, son of Sigebert,

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King of Austrasia. His sister, St. Beuve, and his
niece, St. Dode, were the first Abbesses of St. Pierre
de Reims. The F6te of St. Baudry occurs on the
7th of July.

BAUDRY DIT DESBUTTES DIT ST. MARTIN LINE OF
DESCENT.

Urbain Baudry— —Madeleine Boucher.

Guillaume Baudry Jeanne Soulard.

Jean Baptiste Baudry— —Marie Louise Doyon.

Marguerite Amable Baudry Louis Jadot.

Genevieve Jadot George C. Anthon.

In the time of the early French colony, many of
the younger sons of the nobility came to Canada
and entered into trade. It was not considered de-
rogatory to their rank to become traders in fur,
etc. The Navarres, who are allied to the Anthons
and St. Martins, trace their descent back in an un-
broken line to Antoine de Bourbon, Due de Ven-
d6me, father of King Henry of Navarre, and the
families of Godfrey, Le Gardeur de Repentigny,
Nicolet and Despr^s are all found among the
" haute noblesse " of France.

Jean Soulard and Jeanne Couvreur came from
St. Sauveur, diocese of La Rochelle, France. Their

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son Jean, who married Catherine Boutet de St. Mar-
tin, was the father of Jeanne Soulard, who married
Guillaume Baudry.

The Boucher family was one of distinction in
Canada. Gaspard, the father of Madeleine and Pierre
Boucher, according to Suite, counts among his de-
scendants Governors, Bishops, Judges, and a great
number of the most distinguished families of Canada.
Gaspard and his wife, Nicole Le Maire, came from
Normandy in 1635. They had five children, Made-
leine, who married Urbain Baudry ; Pierre, who was
Governor of Three Rivers, the first Canadian
ennobled by Louis XIV.; Nicolas, who died un-
married; Marie, who married Etienne De La Fond,
and Marguerite, who married Toussaint Toupin,
Sieur Du Sault.

Marie, the daughter of Marguerite and Toussaint
Toupin, married Pierre Mouet, an officer in the
Carignan regiment. He was also Seigneur de
Moras. They were married April 8th, 1668, at Three
Rivers. In 1672 the Isle of Moras, at the entrance
of the River Nicolet, was given to him. He counts
among his descendants many officers, among others
the famous Langlade.

"Charles Michel de Langlade was a great grand-
son of Pierre Mouet de Moras and Marie Toupin.
He was born at Michillimakinac in 1729. His adven-
tures among the savages would fill a volume. He
had a wonderful military intelligence, and, it is said,
had Montcalm listened to his counsel the battle of
Montmorency would have been a complete disaster
for Wolfe's army. Afterwards, on the Plains of

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Abraham, he plainly indicated what should be done
to repulse the English. He died in January, 1800.
The Americans call him the Father of Wisconsin."
(Suite.)

Returning to the Boucher family, we find Pierre,
the most distinguished of Gaspard's children, mar-
ried Jeanne Crevier. They had sixteen children.
The eldest was Pierre de Boucherville, second
Seigneur de Boucherville. He married Charlotte
Denys. Then came Marie, who married Rene
Gauthier de Varennes, Chevalier, Seigneur de Va-
rennes, and Trembly, Governor of Three Rivers
during twenty years. Their daughter, Marie Renee
de Varenne, was the grandmother of the Venerable
Mother D'Youville, Marie Marguerite Du Frost de
Lajemmerais, foundress of the Sisters of Charity of
Ville Marie (Montreal), called the Grey Nuns.

Madame D'Youville was the great-gran dniece of
Madeleine Boucher, the great-great-grandmother of
Genevieve Jadot Anthon.

Lambert, Seigneur de Grandpre, was another
son of Pierre Boucher. Longfellow wrote about the
Seigneurie of Grandpre in his poem " Evangeline."
Lambert married Marguerite Vauveil, and left three
children, one of whom, Louis, was the godchild of
Frontenac.

Ignac Boucher, Seigneur de Grosbois, another
son of Pierre's, married Marie Anne Marganne de
La Valtrie. Madeleine Boucher, another daughter,
married Pierre Noel Le Gardeur de Tilly. Mar-
guerite Boucher, the wife of Daneau de Muy, one of
the bravest and richest officers of his time, was also

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a daughter of the venerable Governor of Three
Rivers. Daneau de Muy Chevalier de Saint Louis
became Governor of Louisiana. Ren6 Boucher,
Sieur de La Periere, who married Fran9oise Malhiot,
and Jean Boucher, Sieur de Montbrun, were two
other sons.

Jeanne Boucher, another daughter, married Jacques
Charles Sabrevois de Bleury. A son, Nicolas
Boucher, became a priest.

Another son, Jean Baptiste, Sieur de Niverville,
married Therese Hertel de Ronville. Then there
was Genevieve Boucher, who became an Ursuline
nun, and Joachim, who was killed by the Indians;
Louise, who never married, and Jacques, the six-
teenth child, who died at the age of fourteen years.

M^re Genevieve Boucher de St. Pierre was Gene-
vieve Anthon's fourth cousin. She lived nearly a
century, seventy-two years of which she passed in the
cloister. The following interesting account of the
Boucher family is taken from " Glimpses of the
Monastery" :

'* Let us bring before us next another picture of
the olden times, in the family of our ancient and
venerated Mother Genevieve Boucher de Boucher-
ville, in religion Mother St. Pierre. Here we find
something more intimate to contemplate. It is the
secret intention, the very heart of the ancient Gov-
ernor of Three Rivers, the Honorable Pierre
Boucher, who seems to us one of the noblest types
of the Christian gentleman. For his probity and
disinterestedness, his valor and merit, he had been
endowed by the French monarch with titles of nobility

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and the grant of an important tract of land along
the St. Lawrence. The question of this dignitary,
who was the father of a large family, was whether to
remain in Three Rivers or go and settle on his lands.
The project had been meditated at leisure, and the
motives for adopting it were written down. The
questions were not ' How many thousand of livres
will this speculation bring me ? Are the risks bal-
anced by the probabilities of success ? ' nor any of
the usual calculations in similar circumstances. We
read — and feel instructed as we read — as follows : ' I
have determined to settle on my lands of Boucher-
ville for the following reasons ; and I write them in
order never to forget the motives that have influ-
enced my determination, and the engagements to
which I pledge myself. I wish also my successors to
know my intentions and fulfil them, unless they can
do more for the glory of God.

" * I. In order that there may be a place where the
inhabitants, living in peace and harmony, may serve
God sincerely without fear of being troubled or
molested.

" ' 2. That I may live more retired from the world
and its vain amusements, which only make me forget
my God, and the more conveniently to labor to assure
my own salvation and that of my family.

*" 3 . That I may by the most lawful means increase
my riches, provide for my family, and procure for my
children a good and virtuous education, befitting the
state of life which they may embrace.

" ' 4. The land being mine, I think it my duty to
settle there as a means of being useful to society.

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5- In order to have the means of doing more
good to my neighbor, and aiding those who are in
want, than I am able to do in my present position,
where my revenue is insufficient for the good works
I wish to perform. For the success of my undertaking
I place my trust in God, begging His faithful servant,
Father de Brebeuf, to protect me in my attempt, if it
be for the glory of God and the salvation of my family.
If otherwise, I pray that I may not succeed, desiring
nothing but to accomplish the will of Heaven.'"

With intentions so pure and elevated, the noble
Christian resigned to another the office of Govern-
or, and removed to his new domain. The ample
blessings of Heaven were poured down on the rising
settlement and on every member of the pious house-
hold. Of sixteen children who surrounded the table
of the Seigneur de Boucherville, two sons became
priests and served God in the sanctuary with zeal and
fidelity. One daughter consecrated herself to God
as an Ursuline. It was Genevieve, the eleventh child,
the one who, according to the father's testimony,
"loved him best," and who, in fact, seems to have
resembled him most in character. While his eldest
son continues the succession and title of de Boucher-
ville, his daughters present us by their alliances the
honorable names de Varennes, de Muy, de Sabrevois,
and Le Gardeur de Tilly. Another document por-
traying the heart of the venerable ancestor of the de
Bouchervilles, who died in 171 7 at the age of ninety-
five in the odor of sanctity, has been preserved to
posterity, and is known as the " Legacy of Grand-
father Boucher."

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According to the annals of the monastery, Mother
Genevieve Boucher de St. Pierre's "only ambition was
to render herself agreeable to her Divine Spouse by a
strict observance of the rule and all the duties of the
religious state. She served the community with equal
fervor and to the satisfaction of all, whether employed
in the highest or lowest offices." Then follows a de-
scription of Boucherville.

" Should any one inquire here what has become of
the ancient domain of Pierre Boucher de Boucher-
ville, we should direct him to an aristocratic little vil-
lage on the south shore of the St. Lawrence, a short dis-
tance below Montreal. There are clustered the com-
fortable residences of the honorable descendants of the
ex-Governor of Three Rivers, the first Seigneur of
Boucherville, their families still keeping up much of
the urbanity, the courteous and dignified demeanor
of the feudal lords of the age of Louis XIV. Through-
out the whole length and breadth of the ancient Gov-
ernor's patrimony — an area of twenty-four square
miles — appear pleasant country seats, surrounded
with gardens and orchards. White cottages half bur-
ied in verdure; bright fields of wheat, oats, and maize,
alternating with patches of forest trees, meadows and
pasture lands. In front of the village flow the bright
waters of the St. Lawrence, losing themselves along
the shores among verdant islands, as beautiful to be-
hold as they are convenient for tilling and grazing
purposes.

" If we dwell with complacency, as it were, upon
the memory of the Seigneur de Boucherville, it
must be pardoned us, when we explain that besides

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his daughter Genevieve, three of his grandchildren
consecrated themselves to God in the monastery of
the Ursulines, during the lifetime of their venerable
ancestor. These were Mother Marguerite de Varen-
nes of the Presentation, Mother Marie Annede Bouch-
erville of St. Ignatius, and Mother Charlotte de
Muy of St. Helene — each of whom endeared her-
self to her contemporaries and edified them by the
example of an humble, pious, and useful life. At a
later period our register shows the names of four
great-grandchildren of the Patriarch of Boucherville,
perpetuating in the convent the admirable traditions
of ancestral piety."

M^re Ste. Helene was their annalist, and, accord-
ing to the " Histoire " of the monastery, was the last
Ursuline who died under the French dominion in
Canada. She was a grandchild of the good old Gov-
ernor Pierre Boucher, Her father, M. Nicolas Daneau
de Muy, became the Governor of Louisiana at the
death of D'Iberville in 1707. M^re de Muy de Ste.
Helene was a patriotic French heroine. Her heart
was true to her Church and her country. She contin-
ued to write the records of her community and the
history of New France unto the very end of her life;
for it was only on the eve of the great siege, at
the moment when all was lost, that her pen fell from
her hand with the words, " La pays est a bas ! " (The
country is lost.) Her heart was broken, and she
died at the very hour when the noble Montcalm was
laid to rest in the convent chapel. " Requiescat in
pace."

Mother Ste. Helene was Genevieve Anthon's fifth

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cousin. Returning to the Baudry family, we find
Jean Baptiste and Marie Louise Doyon, his wife, left
Quebec and settled at Detroit. He is described as a
Frenchman named St. Martin, who was very promi-
nent in the public affairs of his time. His wife was a
cousin of Monsieur Joseph Guyon du Buisson, one of
the early French Governors of Detroit. St. Martin
obtained from the French Government a grant of
land at Detroit of two by forty arpents, which is now
called the Cass farm, or Private Claim No. 55. He
was Genevieve Anthon's grandfather. He was
called Baudry dit Desbuttes dit St. Martin, and
the family are generally known by the latter
name in Detroit. The St. Martin homestead was
the famous Cadillac House, built by Antoine de
La Mothe Cadillac, who married a cousin of Marie
Louise Baudry. This house was the oldest building
outside the stockade. Cadillac in a letter written
Aug. 31st, 1703, mentions it: '' The chief of the
Hurons is already so inflated that he requested Mon-
sieur de Callieres to make him live in French fashion.
I received an order when in Quebec to build him an
house of oak forty feet long and twenty-four feet
wide. This house is delightfully situated on the edge
of the river. It stands on a little hill and overlooks
the village of the Hurons."

The chief of the Hurons vacated the house when
he went to settle at Bois Blanc Island, about 1 740.
Some years afterwards it passed into the hands of the
St. Martins.

The following poem by Judge Campbell is a de-
scription of the old house :

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The Hurons left their village,

And sought the isle of Lynn,
But the house was all too pleasant.

That none should dwell therein ;
And three score years were ended.

And the Lily flag was down.
When Pontiac and his allies

Encamped before the town.
But safely stood the mansion,

Unspoiled of bolt or bar,
For the Indians loved St, Martin,

And the gray hairs of Navarre.
Sprung from an old and kingly race,

The glory of his dwelling place
Came from his honored children, more

Than from his ancestry of yore.
Bedecked with cross and star.

Behind the dormer windows

That open on the strait.
First cradled were the Anthons,

Renowned in Church and State,
The good and wise physician,

Of all the red men known,
Had lore of the German forest,

Of star and mine and stone ;
And the slender, dark-eyed mother,

■ That held them on her knees.
Sang songs of the Spanish border —

The land of the Pyrenees.
Who knows what golden threads of thought

Before the infant memory brought.
In manly eloquence were wrought.

Behind those waving trees ?

St. Martin's son, Jacques, occupied the house at
the commencement of the Pontiac war. But as it
was not a safe abode to dwell in at that time, he was
forced to abandon his home. The interesting ex-
tract which follows is taken from the Pontiac manu-
script, supposed to be the work of a French priest:

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" Mr. St. Martin, interpreter of the Hurons, who,
since the commencement of the siege, had aban-
doned his house, which was built six arpents south-
east of the fort, because the Indians hid behind it for
shooting, which caused the Englishmen to fire upon
it, and seeing he was not safe from either English or
Indians, he retired to live with Father Poitier until
the end of these difficulties. Having had the day
before a conversation with a Huron, who told him in
confidence that the Indians wanted to force the
Frenchmen to take up arms against the English, and
not feeling inclined to consent to this, he came and
asked the commander for shelter in the fort, which
was accorded to him, and he came with his mother,
mother-in-law, and all his household, (His mother
was Marie Louise Doyon St. Martin. His mother-
in-law, Marie Barrois de Navarre, wife of Robert
de Navarre, sub-Intendant, and his wife Marie
Anne de Navarre.) He lived one day in the house
of Monsieur La Butte, and afterwards in the house
of Monsieur Billestre."

After the Pontiac war was over, the family re-
turned to their old home. The house was covered
with bullet marks, but otherwise

" Its frame was sound,
From gable peak to level ground."

Full of romantic memories, this ancient mansion
has been made the subject of an historic poem by
Judge Campbell. The house was demolished in 1882.

" Alas for the brave old mansion !
Alas for the ancient fame !
Old things make room for the present.
As ashes follow flame."

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George C. Anthon lived in this house for many
years, and several of his children were born there.
Years after when Charles, his gifted son, visited De-
troit he wrote the following interesting letter to his
brother John, who was born in the Cadillac house:

" I reached Buffalo one day before the steam-
boat started for Detroit, which I greeted, as you may
well imagine, with no ordinary feelings. The old
family mansion stands on the banks of the Detroit
river. It is a plain gray, wooden building in a very
antiquated style, and was the residence of the early
French governors! It was, I learned, the best house
in Detroit during its time. The old farm, as I was
afterwards informed, remains in statu quo, and some
venerable pear trees, coeval apparently with the man-
sion itself, still grace the orchard. I was introduced
by Mr. Cadle, the Episcopal clergyman, to the family
of Governor Cass, who resides on the place. The
Governor was absent on public business, but his lady
gave me a most gracious reception, and an invita-
tion to tea in the evening. Everything around me
was calculated to please, and I hardly know when my
moments have passed more rapidly than they did on
this occasion under the ancient roof of the St. Mar-
tins. On Sunday I visited the mayor of the city,
Mr. Hunt, who is married to a daughter of Mcin-
tosh. At the house I met Mr. Mcintosh, his son,
Captain M., and the wife of the latter. We all pro-
ceeded after dinner across the river to Mrs. M.'s res-
idence, where old Mrs. Mcintosh stood ready to re-
ceive me. She is quite advanced in years, a circum-
stance which did not prevent me from giving her a

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hearty kiss. I went through the same process of
salutation with her two daughters, pretty girls, with
a little of the Scotch physiognomy apparent."

Their father, Angus Mcintosh, was a Scotchman
by birth. He left Canada in 1831 to inherit Moy
Hall, the ancestral home of the Mcintosh clan in
Inverness, Scotland. These estates belonged to the
Earldom of Moy, the Earldom itself having been
forfeited in the rebellion against the house of Han-
over. Mcintosh was noted for his lavish hospitality.
His wife, who was a first cousin, once removed, of
Charles Anthon, was Archange St. Martin. She was
the daughter of Jacques St. Martin and Marie Anne
Navarre. She was far-famed for possessing, with the
exception of the Cigotte family, the most complete
collection of beautiful silver in the country.

Jean Baudry St. Martin and Marie Louise Doyon
had seven children:

Guillaume, born Oct. 31st, 1722, died Nov. loth,
1722.

Louise Marguerite Genevieve, born Jan. 31st,
1724.

Joseph Marie, born Sept. nth, 1725, died Feb.
r2th, 1778.

Louise Genevieve, born April 25th, 1727, died
May ist, 1733.

Jean Francis, born March 27th, 1733.

Marguerite Amable, born Nov. 7th, 1731.

Jaeques, born at Quebec August 23d, 1733^
died June iSth, 1768.

Louise Marguerite Genevieve married Louis
Joseph Toupin, Sieur Dusault. She married again

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Jacques Godet (Gode de Marantay or Maran-
tette). She had one child by her first husband, Louis
Joseph, who was born on the 8th of July and died
the 26th of the same month, 1766. By her second
husband, Gode de Marantay, she had eight children:
Jacques, born Jan. 6th, 1745, died Jan. 8th,

1745-

Marie Louise, born March 21st, 1746.

Genevieve, born Oct. 8th and died Oct. 8th,

1747.

Genevieve, born April 26th, 1751. Married
Aug. 17th, 1767, Jean Baptiste Campeau.

Madeleine, born June 30th, 1753.

Angelique, born Jan. 22d, 1757, died Sept. 4th,

1757-

Angelique, born Feb. 12th, 1759. Married July
24th, 1775, Francois Gouin.

Jacques, born and died April 24th, 1761.

Joseph Marie, a second son of Jean Baudry St.
Martin and Louise Doyon, married at Detroit Mad-
eleine Paille in 1757.

Jacques, another son, married at Detroit Marie
Anne Navarre, Oct. 14th, 1737. He was the ofBcial
interpreter for the Huron language at Detroit. There
he was called Desbuttes or St. Martin.

Marguerite Amable Baudry dit St. Martin, the
mother of Genevieve Anthon, was born in old Que-
bec, the " walled city of the North." The following
record of her baptism is taken from the register of
the Parish Church of Notre Dame de Quebec:

"The 7th of November, 1 731, by our cure of Que-
bec, was baptized Marguerite Amable, born the

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same day, of the lawful marriage of Sieur Martin
Baudry dit Desbuttes dit St. Martin, and Dame
Louise Doyon, of Quebec. The godfather was Sieur
Jean Baptiste Gavestin, Master Surgeon, and the
godmother Dame Marguerite Doyon, undersigned.

Marguerite Doyon.

Martin Baudry.

J. B. Gavestin.

BouiLLARD Priest."

Marguerite Baudry St. Martin married Louis
Jadot or Jadeau at Detroit, June 26th, 1758.

Louis Jadot was the son of Jacques Jadot, Mayor
of the city of Rocroy, Diocese of Rheims, Province
of Champagne, France, and Marie Anne Roland.
He was a Colonel in the French army in the Com-
pany of Monsieur de Muy. Their only child, Gene-
vieve, was born near Sandwich, Ontario, May 20th,
1763. She was baptized in the Church of the Huron
Indians, which stood almost on the identical spot
where is now the Church of the Assumption. The
following is an exact copy of her baptismal record:

**The 20th of May, 1 763, was baptized by the un-
dersigned priest, Geneva, born recently of the lawful
marriage of Louis Jadot and Marguerite Desbuttes.
The sponsors were Pierre Chene (dit La Bute) and
Marie Louise Doyon.

Pierre Potier, Ptre."

La Bute, her godfather, was a noted interpreter.
His proper title was St. Onge. He married a sister
of Marie Lothman de Barrois, wife of Robert de
Navarre, the sub-Intendant.

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George C. Anthon's first wife was Marie Anne
de Navarre, a daughter of Robert de Navarre and
Marie de Barrois. At the time of her marriage to
Dr. Anthon, she was the widow of Jacques St. Mar-
tin, who was the uncle of Genevieve Jadot, and
brother of Marguerite Amable St. Martin. The
Navarres belong to the noble family of Bourbon.
They are lineal descendants of Anthony of Bour-
bon, Duke of Venddme. The Duke had a son, John
Navarre, who married in 1572 Perette Barat. Their
son Martin married in 1593 Jeanne Lefebre, and
their son, Jean Navarre, married in 1623 Susanna
Le Clef. Their son, Anthony Navarre, married in 1 665
Marie Lallemant. They had a son, Francis Navarre,
who married Jeanne Plugette, and their son Robert
was sent by the French Government as sub-Intendant
and Royal Notary to Fort Pontchartrain, Detroit.*

The children of Robert de Navarre and Marie
de Barrois were all born at Detroit. Marie Frances,
the eldest, married George McDougall, Lieutenant
of the Royal American Regiment in the British
troops. After his death in 1780, she married
Jacques Campau.

Marie Anne Navarre, the second daughter, married
Jacques Baudry St. Martin, who died June i8th, 1768;
Marie Anne married again Dr. George C. Anthon.

Robert Navarre, the third child, married Marie
Louise Marsac.

* The Navarre line in France counts among its descendants repre-
sentatives of the proudest families of the old nobility. We may mention
among these the name of " Count L6on Clement de Blavette, of Ver-
sailles, from whose heraldic tree the descent of Navarre was obtained." —
Farmer's " History of Detroit and Michigan"

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Joseph Navarre died in infancy.

Marie Catherine Navarre died at the age of two
years.

Bonaventure Pierre Navarre, born Oct. 7th,
1753, died 29th September, 1764.

Marie Catherine Navarre married Alexander
Macomb. Their son was the famous Commander-
in-chief of the U. S, Army, Major-General Alexan-
der Macomb.

Francis Marie Navarre married Marie Louise
Godet dit Marentette, and Jean Marie Alexis Na-
varre married Archange Godet dit Marentette.

Marie Anne Navarre, the wife of George C. An-
thon, died and was buried at Detroit, Oct. ist, 1773.
He married again at Detroit, July i8th, 1778, Gene-
vieve Jadot, a niece of his first wife's former husband,
Jacques St. Martin. Little Genevieve was left an
orphan at an early age. Her mother died the 26th
of September, 1 764, and her father, who was a Col-
onel in the French army, was killed at Miami, Fort
Wayne, where he had been sent with presents to the
Indians. Genevieve then came into the guardian-
ship of her uncle, Jacques St. Martin. Marie Anne
Navarre left three children by her first husband, St.
Martin. They were Marie Louise Baudry St. Mar-
tin, who married Philip Fry, an officer in the English
army; Anthony Baudry St. Martin, who died in
early manhood, unmarried, and Marie Archange
Baudry St. Martin, who married Angus Mcintosh.
After their mother's death, these three children, to-
gether with their cousin, Genevieve Jadot, became
the wards of Dr. Anthon and their uncle, Alexander

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Macomb. Genevieve was six years old when her
Aunt Marie Anne died, and but a little past fifteen
when she married George C. Anthon. He had
reached the mature age of forty-four years. There
is a tradition in the family, that when she was mar-
ried her husband had great difficulty in making her
give up playing with her dolls.

In appearance, Genevieve was a slender brunette
of medium stature, with beautiful bright black eyes
and hair, never tinged with gray, although she had
reached her fifty-eighth year when she passed away.
Several of her children also lived to a good old age
without their hair changing its original color. This
seemed to be a peculiarity inherited from the St. Mar-
tins. Genevieve is the "slender, dark-eyed mother"
of the poem by Judge Campbell, who sang to her
children

" Songs of the Spanish border,
The land of the Pyrenees."

Genevieve spoke English fluently, but with a
decided French accent. In disposition she was gay
and happy, and fond of social enjoyment, taking part
in the gaieties of the garrison at Detroit ; but evenly
balanced were the sterling good qualities inherited
from a long line of illustrious ancestors, renowned
for their piety and benevolence. During the visita-
tion of yellow fever in New York, in 1798, she
remained in the city with her husband and courage-
ously went forth with him to visit the sick and desti-
tute, carrying them comforting supplies of soup and
food, endeavoring in every way to alleviate their
sufferings. There is a tradition in the family that

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before she married Dr. Anthon an Indian chief sought
her hand in marriage. The Indians liked the French,
who were always kind to them. In an article by
James V. Campbell, entitled " Early French Settle-
ments in Michigan," he says : " Socially, the French
inhabitants were an admirable people. There were
many families of gentle blood and wealth and refine-
ment. All, both gentle and simple, seem to have
possessed a spirit of courtesy and urbanity, which
greatly endeared them to the Indians, who always pre-
ferred them to any other white race."

Genevieve was devoted to her husband and chil-
dren, and, as one of her grandchildren remarked, had
a strong sense of family respectability, which in her
was a marked trait, and led her to be always on the
alert to maintain the consideration to which she
thought them entitled. Mrs. M. C. W. Hamlin, in
an article entitled " Old French Traditions," says :
'^ The old French pioneer clung with great tenacity
to the traditions and customs of la belle France.
The people piqued themselves more in pride of an-
cestry whenever there was ground for it. Many of
the first colonists belonged to the ancienne noblesse
of France, retired officers and soldiers. Several of
their descendants still preserve their name and tradi-
tion. The commandants of Fort Pontchartrain all
belonged to distinguished families, and many bore
historic names."

George C. Anthon and Genevieve Jadot had
twelve children.

George, born at Detroit, May 24th, 1781, died at
New York, Jan. ist, 1865.

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William, born at Detroit, Sept. 17th, 1782, died
at Detroit, Dec. 13th, 1785.

John, born at Detroit, May 14th, 1784, died at
New York, March 5th, 1863.

Dorothea Louisa, born at Detroit, Jan. 28th,
1786, died at New York, Aug. 14th, 1787.

Catharina, born at New York, Nov. 30th, 1787,
died at New York, Sept. i8th, 1789.

Jane, born at New York, May 22d, 1791, died
at New York, Oct. 13th, 1859.

Louisa, born at New York, May 31st, 1793.

Henry, born at New York, March nth, 1795,
died at New York, Jan. 5th, 1861.

Charles, born at New York, Nov. 19th, 1797,
died at New York, Jan. 5th, 1867.

William, born at New York, Nov. 8th, 1799,
died at Hudson, Nov. 26th, 1831.

Marie, born at New York, Nov. 9th, 1801, died
at New York, Aug. 24th, 1803.

Edward, born at New York, April 23d, 1805,
died at New York, July 26th, 1830.

Charles Anthon was the famous Greek and Latin
scholar of America. Another son, John, was one of
the most eminent lawyers of New York and the
author of several valuable legal works. A third son,
Henry, was for the quarter of a century rector of the
ancient parish known as St. Mark's in the Bouwerie,
New York.

John Anthon married Judith Hone Nov. 26th,
18 10, at New York. They had thirteen children.

George, born Dec. 12th, 181 1, died July 21st,
1816.

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Joanna, born Aug. nth, 1813, died at New
York.

Caroline, born Dec. 23d, 1814, died Dec. 22d,
1871.

Genevieve, born Dec. 25th, 18 16, died Aug. 3d,
1865.

John Hone, born June 9th, 1819, died Feb.
i8th, 1821.

Frederick, born Dec. ist, 1820, died Aug. 5th,
1868. ^

Charles Edward, born Dec. 6th, 182^, died in
Germany June 7th, 1885.

John.

PhiHp Hone, born Oct. 6th, 1825, died Oct.
22d, 1861.

William Henry, born Aug. 2d, 1827, died Nov.
7th, 1876.

Elizabeth Van Schaick, born July 20th, 1828,
died at New York.

Edward, born March loth, 1831, died Feb.
i6th, 1832.

John Hone, born Oct. 25th, 1832, died Oct.
29th, 1874.

Genevieve Anthon married William Mott Cal-
lender Dec. 2d, 1845. They had one son, William
Stanhope Callender.

William Henry Anthon married Sarah Attewood
Meert Jan. 23d, 1850. They had three children:

Marion G. Anthon, who married Stuyvesant Fish ;
Maria Theresa Anthon, who married William
Stanhope Callender, and John Anthon, who died in
early manhood unmarried.

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Marion G. and Stuyvesant Fish have three chil-
dren: Marion Anthon Fish, Stuyvesant Fish, and
Sidney Webster Fish.

Caroline Anthon married the Rev. George H.
Houghton, D.D., Oct. 9th, 1855.

Frederick Anthon married Henriette Hone, Oct.
7th, 1856. They had one child, Francis Morris An-
thon, born Feb. 21st, 1864, died June 2d, 1870.

Philip Hone Anthon married Theresa Peire-
Terry, May 3d, i860. They had one child, Philippa
Anthon, who married George Mills Rogers.

John H. Anthon married Catherine Scott, Aug.
30th, 1866.

Another son of George C. Anthon and Gene-
vieve Jadot, the Rev. Henry Anthon, D.D., was born
in New York, March nth, 1795. In 1 819 he married
Emilia Corre. They had nine children:

George Christian, born March 19th, 1820, died
Feb. 6th, 1880.

T- 1 1 r died in infancy.

Edmond, j

Joseph.

Charlotte Anne.

Emily.

Henry.

Reginald Heber.

Edward.

It is to be regretted that the family Bible con-
taining the records of their births and marriages has
been lost. George married Catherine Finn; Reg-
inald married Katherine Ray; Charlotte married
Otis D. Swan, and Edward married Helen Louise
Post.

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George Anthon and Catherine Finn had three
children: Archie F. Anthon, George C. Anthon,
and Christine Anthon.

Reginald H. Anthon and Katherine Ray had two
children: Henriette, who died in infancy, and Mar-
garet Willett, who married Grenville Snelling.

Edward Anthon and Helen L. Post had five
children:

Sara Post.

Marie Madeleine Genevieve.

Helen Louise.

Emilia Corre.

Edward Henry.

Sara Post Anthon married, Jan. i ith, 1882, Alfred
Renshaw Jones. She married again, Sept. 3d, 1891,
Lewis Quentin Jones.

Sara Post Anthon and Alfred Renshaw Jones
had one child, Frances Coster Jones.

Helen Louise Anthon married June loth, 1891,
Charles Coster. They have one child, Helena
Marie Coster.

Edward Henry Anthon died June 17th, 1896.

Emilia Corre died April 17th, 1898.

Professor Charles Anthon, son of George C. An-
thon and Genevieve Jadot, the eminent Greek and
Latin scholar of America, died unmarried. He was
of a cordial and genial disposition, full of unaffected
urbanity in his intercourse with others, and held in
high admiration and affection by his two maiden
sisters, with whom he made his home. A friend of
his, a professor in Columbia College, says, in speak-
ing of his first meeting with Dr. Anthon :

" When I first had the honor of taking my seat

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at the Board, I was almost a stranger in New York,
and being a foreigner besides, I had never before
seen my future colleague (Dr. Anthon). I knew
him by reputation, and by the use of his books at
school and college in my own country — that was all.
I made no advances to him, beyond the usual com-
pliments which pass between gentlemen at introduc-
tion. But he received me with a graciousness that
I shall never forget. It was so frank, so hearty, and
so utterly free from the mere conventional civility
that I felt that he was every inch a man. I was a
dozen years younger than he, though he looked no
older than I ; but we were both so far advanced in
life that patronizing or toadying on either side was
out of the question."

The following is a very good obituary of the
Doctor.

Charles Anthon, LL.D.

" We regret to be compelled to announce the
death of an esteemed and venerable citizen, whose
name has for many years been familiar in the world
of letters and whose loss will be keenly felt by the
scholars of the land. Charles Anthon was born in
the year 1797 in this city (New York). His father,
a German by birth, was a surgeon in the British army,
then serving in this country, and in which he ulti.
mately attained the rank of Surgeon-General. He
continued with the army during the French war, and
until the surrender of Detroit. In 1788 the Surgeon-
General resigned his commission and settled in New
York with his wife, who was the daughter of a French
officer. Charles Anthon was the fourth son. He
early developed a fondness for study, particularly in

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the classics. When prepared to enter Columbia Col-
lege in 1811 he was regarded as peculiarly well
grounded in the studies for the higher appreciation
of which he subsequently became noted. During his
college course Mr. Anthon was a good student, care-
ful and judicious in his reading, and always at the
head in the lore of ancient days. He was graduated
with high honor in 18 15, and at once devoted him-
self to the study of law in the office of an elder
brother and in time (18 19) entering the practice of
his profession.

"It was evident, however, to himself and his friends,
that teaching was his forte, and the study and explan-
ation of the classics his peculiar pleasure and gift.
Recognizing this, the Trustees of Columbia College
in 1820, when he was but twenty-three years of age,
tendered him the Adjunct Professorship of Lan-
guages at the college, which he very wisely accepted.
In the routine of that work, Mr. Anthon spent the
ten ensuing years, giving his spare time to the prep-
aration of his large edition of Horace, a work as well
known in the schools of the land as Webster's spell-
ing-book. The copious notes and learned * excur-
suses' appended to Horace attracted the attention
they deserved, and at a single bound Mr. Anthon
reached an honorable place among the ranks of classic
scholars.

With the title of Professor, Mr. Anthon was ap-
pointed Rector of the Grammar school attached to the
college, continuing, however, his earnest attention and
constant labor in the college proper, besides prepar-
ing a great deal of matter for his publisher. At the
resignation of Professor Moore, in 1835, Professor An-

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thon succeeded to the full professorship, and was made
chief of the classical department, where he continued
to labor with zeal and credit for many years. Thou-
sands of students can testify to the goodness of his
heart, the encouraging kindness of his manner, the
clarity of his explanations and the wisdom of his
advice. Marked among his peculiarities was the
solicitude he ever manifested for the advancement of
his pupils, and many hours of unrequited time did he
spend in assisting the lame students over the ' asses'
bridge,' and in putting them safely on the highway
to learning.

" It is often a matter of comment and remark that
Professor Anthon was able, while laboring assiduously
in his chair, to write and publish such vast quantities
of matter — some fifty volumes in all. The secret con-
sisted in the simple fact of his systematic and intel-
ligent industry. For many years it was his custom
to retire at ten o'clock and rise at four, the early
hours of the day being devoted to the purely literary
labor of writing or editing his books. His contribu-
tions to classic literature were not only voluminous,
but valuable. As text-books they are regarded as
standard authority in many schools and colleges, and
their re-publication and extensive use in England bear
ample testimony to the esteem in which they are held
abroad.

" Full of years and honors, Professor Anthon has
at length rested from his labors, leaving^ as legacy to
his family an honored and respected name, and to his
college a monument of literary fame, with which the
most grasping should be content."

Charles' brother Henry, who was for so many

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years Rector of St. Mark's Church, New York, was
a model Christian gentleman of scholarly habits and
unobtrusive manners. His death removed one of the
old landmarks on the list of the clergy of the Prot-
estant Episcopal Church of America. It was said of
him that "his chief trait of character was one in
which the clergy as a class do not excel, nerve. He
was endowed with an impetuous will and a fearless
decision to carry out to the utmost, regardless of pub-
lic opinion, or consequences of any kind whatever,
decisions which his own conscientious convictions
led him to." Dr. Anthon was a genial and faithful
friend, with a racy and strong flavor of robust in-
tellect in all his conversation. As a parish priest he
was attentive and indefatigable; a true friend of the
poor and needy, and always found at his place when
duty called him. He died at noon on Saturday,
Jan. 5th, 1 86 1, and was laid to rest in the church-
yard of old St. Mark's, where he had labored so long
and patiently.

A '' Narrative of the Settlement of George Chris-
tian Anthon in America " has been written by one of
his grandsons. Professor Charles Edward Anthon, so
that it will be unnecessary even to give a short
sketch of that branch of the family in these pages.

In closing this narrative, the author may be justly
pardoned the pride of remarking what a great privi-
lege it is to count among one's ancestors for over
two hundred years, so many truly noble Christian
souls, whose piety and virtue are the admiration
of all ages, and whose good deeds live forever in the
memory of the Church, and in the pages of history.