The birthplace of Germain Doucet (Sieur de La Verdure) has not yet been established. According to researcher/genealogist F. René Perron of Sèvres, FRANCE, La Verdure lies 10 kilometers north of Coutran in the Bassevelle Parish. La Verdure was the fiefdom of Germain Doucet, Commander of Port Royal. It is located in Champagne Brie, 10 kilometers north of La Ferté-Gaucher.

Germain Doucet came to Acadia in 1632 with Commander Isaac de Razilly by order of Cardinal Richelieu (Minister of State to King Louis XIII). They cameto re-occupy the colony after the St. Germain-en-Laye Treaty of March 29, 1632.
According to author Andrew Hill Clark re ACADIA: THE GEOGRAPHY OF EARLY NOVA SCOTIA TO 1760: "Razilly ... sailed from France on July 4, 1632 in L'Espérance à Dieu, shepherding two transports, and disembarked some three hundred people (mostly men) and a variety of livestock, seeds, tools, implements, arms, munitions, and other supplies at La Have (La Hève, at the mouth of La Have River in present Lunenburg County) on September 8."

Was Captain at arms in 1640. His French roots are found in the Brye(Brie) region of France.

6He arrived in Acadia in 1632 as Adjutant of Governor D'Aulnay and was Port Royal Commandant at time of surrender fo Robert Sedgwick on 16 Aug 1654. Following the terms of the act of capitulation, he returned to France where he died.

Here is the plaque dedicated to our Doucette ancestor in August 2010 at Our Lady of Holy Hope in Castine, Maine. This church was built on the original site of Fort Pentagoet where Germain Doucet was in charge of from 1635 to 1645...