Jean Baudoin was born in Nantes, France, educated by the Sulpicians in Paris in 1682 and was ordained a priest in 1685. He was a missionary in France for several years before venturing to New France in 1687. He was pastor of Beaubassinhttp://users.eastlink.ca/~flbha/History/Beaubassin.htm by 1689, and possibly spent some time in Quebec.

Jean Baudoin spent the majoity of his time in the New World in Acadia where there were clashes with Governor Joseph Robineau de Villebon

Joseph Robineau de Villebon

Joseph Robineau de Villebon , a governor of Acadia, was born in New France and received much of his education and military experience in France....

. These clashes caused his recall to France and he returned to Acadia with Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville

Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville

Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville pronounced as described in note] Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville pronounced as described in note] Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville pronounced as described in note] (16 July 1661 – 9 July 1702 (probable)was a soldier, ship captain, explorer, colonial administrator, knight of...

, who was to carry out an expedition against the English. Abbé Baudoin acted both as chaplain and as an expert on the area.

He died at Beaubassin

Fort Lawrence

Fort Lawrence was a British fort built during Father Le Loutre's War and located on the Isthmus of Chignecto .-Father Le Loutre's War:...

, Acadia

Acadia

Acadia was the name given to lands in a portion of the French colonial empire of New France, in northeastern North America that included parts of eastern Quebec, the Maritime provinces, and modern-day Maine. At the end of the 16th century, France claimed territory stretching as far south as...

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External links

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
• Acadia Archives (French)
• Fort Lawrence/Beaubassin