Jean-Vincent d\' Abbadie de Saint-Castin
See also: Abbadie
Jean-Vincent d' Abbadie de Saint-Castin was the 3rd baron de Saint-Castin and was also Amerindian chief. He was born in 1652 in Escout, in the canton of Oloron, with the Béarn, in France and is deceased the February 3rd 1707 - with Pau in Béarn in France, he was the son of Jean-Jacques d' Abbadie de Saint-Castin and of Isabeau de Béarn-Bonasse.
Jean-Vincent d' Abbadie de Saint-Castin was ensign and carry-standard in the Régiment of Carignan-Salt boxes in 1665. He leaves France on May 6th, 1665 to follow the Marquis Henri de Chastelard de Salières like eight companies of the Régiment of Carignan for News-France in order to come to fight the Iroquois. After the signature of a peace treaty with Iroquois, the mission of the regiment ends and Jean-Vincent turns over to France.
He returns to settle a few years later, but this time in Acadie and more particularly at the Fort of Pentagouet, located in full system center of defense of the French colonies in America. The dwelling which it built upstream of the river Bagaduce (affluent of the river Penobscot), became the heart of the first village free Abénaquis in America, i.e. the first mongrel village. In 1670, little time after its arrival with Pentagouet, it marries the Indian, Pidianske (Pidiwammiskwa or Marie-Mathilde), of its Christian name), one of the girls of the chief (Sachem), Madockawando, of the tribe abénaquise of Pentagouets (Penobscots). It will have two children of this first wife: Claire and Marie-Therese. After 1677, it is linked with Misoukdkosié or Nicoskwé (named Melchilde lady), another girl of Madockawando of which it will have 8 children: Cecile, Brigitte, Anastasie, Bernard, Bernard-Anselme, Jean-Pierre, Joseph-Marie and Barenos (perhaps François-Xavier). In 1698, at the time of died of Madockawando, he became sachem of Pentagouets. Jean-Vincent carried out out of ground of Acadie, of many fights against the English.
He will turn over about 1700 to France to regulate the succession in favor of his son Bernard-Anselme, who became officially the 4th baron de Saint-Castin.
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