Jean-Baptiste Chardon
French Jesuit missionary in New France (1671-1743)
Jean-Baptiste Chardon (April 27, 1672 (some sources say April 27, 1671) in Bordeaux, Gascony, France – April 11, 1743 in Quebec City) was a French Jesuit missionary to the Indians in Canada and in Louisiana territory.
Chardon entered the noviciate in the Society of Jesus at Bordeaux on September 7, 1687. He studied at Pau in 1689 and 1690 and taught at the Jesuit college in La Rochelle from 1690 to 1695. He completed his studies at Poitiers in 1695 to 1699.
He arrived in New France (Canada) in summer 1699 and learned amerindian languages until the end of that year. In 1700 he traveled to the Saguenay country. He soon was named missionary to the Ottawa.
In the following year he joined the western mission headquartered at Mackinac, although he traveled widely. He visited the Foxes, Menominees, Mascoutens, Kickapoos, Ottawas, Potawatomis, and Miamis. In September 1701 he went to Green Bay (Baie-des-Puants) to aid The Venerable Henri Nouvel, who had been nearly forty years on the mission there and was nearly 80 years of age.
“Jean-Baptiste Chardon” enters the record as french Jesuit missionary in New France (1671-1743). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Jean-Baptiste, Chardon and French can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Jean-Baptiste Chardon” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Jean-Baptiste, Chardon and French provides the most credible route into that argument.
Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 20, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q150972. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1672, 1671, 1743 and 1687.
Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Jean-Baptiste Chardon”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Jean-Baptiste Chardon primary sources, Jean-Baptiste Chardon archive and Jean-Baptiste research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Jean-Baptiste Chardon”?
- Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Jean-Baptiste Chardon” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.