Guillaume Baudry (2 October 1657 – 1732) was a gunsmith and gold and silversmith in

New France New France (, ) was the territory colonized by Kingdom of France, France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Kingdom of Great Br ...

. Baudry, who was also written as Beaudry, also went by Des Butes, or Desbutes. He married an armourer’s daughter at

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and they settled at

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. They had fifteen children and ensured the future of their family in the area. One son,

Jean-Baptiste Jean-Baptiste () is a male French name, originating with Saint John the Baptist, and sometimes shortened to Baptiste. The name may refer to any of the following: Persons * Charles XIV John of Sweden, born Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, was K ...

, became a gunsmith and was one of the first inhabitants of Detroit.

External links

Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
1657 births 1732 deaths People of New France {{Quebec-bio-stub