Jean Gaudet has been considered the "Abraham of Acadia", so numerous are his descendants. According to the Census of 1671, Jean Gaudet would have been born about 1575. The name of his first spouse is unknown. About 1652, he married Nicole Colleson. From the first marriage was born his son Denis about 1625 who married Martine Gauthier about 1645. Jean Gaudet is the father of Françoise Gaudet who married Daniel LeBlanc. Thus, they are the first ancestors of all of the LeBlanc families of Acadia.