QUENTIN, CLAUDE, priest, Jesuit, missionary; b. 18 Feb. 1597; d.
31 Oct. 1676 at La Flèche, in Anjou. Father Quentin became a
Jesuit at Rouen on 5 Nov. 1617, and received almost all his
education in that same city. He arrived in Canada in July 1635,
and established himself at the Trois-Rivières residence. As he
seemed unable to learn the native languages, he was sent in 1638
to minister to the French settlers on the Île de Miscou, in the
Baie des Chaleurs. But some time later he had to return to
Quebec because of his health. In 1641 he became procurator
(treasurer) of the mission, a post that caused him to make
several trips to France – in 1645, in October 1646 – before his
final return there on 21 Oct. 1647. He has sometimes been
confused with Father Jacques Quentin, who had come to Acadia in
1613. ACSM, biographical data based on the old Jesuit
catalogues. JR (Thwaites), VIII, 290, et passim (the index of
the Quebec ed. of the Relation des Jésuites confuses Claude and
Jacques Quentin). Rochemonteix, Les Jés