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A Huguenot gentleman; came to Port Royal in 1610

with Poutrincourt; in 1614 had a trading-post on the Penobscot. Sailed

for France in 1627, and on his return the following year, with supplies

for the defence of Acadia, captured by Kirke and carried to England.

There married one of the queen's French maids of honour, and was

persuaded to throw in his lot with the English. Promised to win over his

son Charles (q.v.), but the latter scornfully refused to change his

allegiance. Afterwards built a fort at the mouth of the St. John, for

the French, to whom he had once more transferred his services. =Index=:

(Samuel de Champlain era) Captured by Kirke, 177. =Bib.=: Parkman, Old Regime; Hannay,

History of Acadia; Kirke, The First English Conquest of Canada.



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