Jacques Babie was the patriarch of Canadian family (later spelled Bâby). He moved to Canada from France in 1665 as part of a French regiment to fight the Iroquois

Iroquois

The Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America...

. After a peace agreement was reached in 1666 by Alexandre de Prouville

Alexandre de Prouville

Marquis Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy was a French aristocrat, statesman, and military leader. He was the seigneur of Tracy-le-Val and Tracy-le-Mont...

 Marquis de Tracy, Babie obtained his discharge from the army. He settled near Trois-Rivières

Trois-Rivières, Quebec

Trois-Rivières is a city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada, located at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence Rivers. It is situated in the Mauricie administrative region, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from the city of Bécancour...

 to farm and compete in the fur trade.

By 1668 he was actively engaged in the fur trade, working in the upper Saint-Maurice

Saint-Maurice River

The Saint-Maurice River is a river in central Quebec which flows south from Gouin Reservoir to empty into the Saint Lawrence River at Trois-Rivières, Quebec. The river is 563 km in length and has a drainage basin of 43,300 km² ....

 and Ottawa

Ottawa River

The Ottawa River is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. For most of its length, it now defines the border between these two provinces.-Geography:...

 rivers. He was also eligible to participate in the annual fur market in Montreal. He also continued to acquire land, married and had 11 children. At the time of his death in Champlain

Champlain

-People:*Samuel de Champlain, the French explorer from whom most other usages of the name take their origin-Places:*Canada**Champlain, Ontario**Champlain, Quebec**Champlain , a Canadian federal electoral district...

,Quebec, he left behind a comfortable inheritance.

His youngest son, Raymond Babie, was the father of Jacques Baby

Jacques Baby

Jacques Baby, dit Dupéron was a Canadian fur trader and an employee of the British Indian Department.He was born in Montreal in 1731. He was a trader and Indian agent at Logstown, near the current location of Ambridge, Pennsylvania. After the fall of New France in 1760, he refused to swear...

, dit Dupéron, and François Baby

François Baby (businessman)

François Baby was a Canadian businessman, militia officer, and politician.François Baby was born in Montreal to Raymond Baby and Thérèse Le Compte Dupré. He came from a family of fur traders. His father was a fur trader who had been sufficiently successful before his death, four years after...

, both of whom were notable in their generation.