Godefroy arrived in New France about 1626, together with his elder brother, Jean Godefroy. After serving Champlain

nevertheless quite possible that he came as early as 1623. Indeed Champlain, in his Voyages, speaks in that

Champlain’s lieutenant, and it was to him that Champlain, before leaving for France in 1610, had confided the command of the fort at Quebec and of the 16 men remaining in it. Du Parc also was

. Champlain credits him with playing a decisive role in obtaining the trading monopoly for Pierre

Biencourt de Poutrincourt. That fall he accompanied Champlain and Poutrincourt on a voyage of

of Pierre Dizy, dit Montplaisir, at Champlain on that date. On the marriage certificate he had himself styled “chevalier,” a title without foundation even in the letters of nobility granted to

of Algonkins under Pieskaret secreted on an island in Lake Champlain. Brought unharmed to Sillery by the Algonkins

. In 1635, while Champlain was still alive, Montmagny was appointed governor of Canada. His family ties with

. Dumas ASQ, MSS, 200, Mortuologe des Recolets. Champlain, Œuvres (Laverdière). Le Clercq, First establishment of

Champlain’s little wooden fort, and directly below it, on the shore, was the Habitation with the small Recollet chapel beside it. The only other buildings in the settlement were the convents of the

to settle. The expedition, in which Hébert and the explorer Samuel de Champlain participated, stopped

chief to meet Champlain in June 1609 near Quebec, where he had come with Outchetaguin, a Huron chief, to

20 July 1616, on behalf of the mission, Father Jamet left for France with Champlain and Father

the Indians. After leaving Trois-Rivières 16 May 1646, the expedition ascended the Richelieu and crossed Lake Champlain. Jogues was the first

from France itself. In the spring of 1644, the famous Algonkin chief, Pieskaret, with six members of his tribe, was on a hunting trip to Lake Champlain

Champlain demanding the surrender of the post. Champlain rejected the demand because he was expecting relief from France, and Kirke decided against an attack on the fortified settlement. The

of the post, to Champlain. He was distinguished by the French for his gentlemanly behaviour and generous

, Lewis, John, and James in the expeditions to capture Quebec in 1628 and 1629. Upon the surrender of Champlain

.” Marcel Hamelin Champlain, Œeuvres (Laverdière). “Documents inédits,” éd

. Frédéric Gingras Champlain, Œeuvres (Laverdière), 1077, 1112, 1184. JR