The colony itself was not founded until 1604, when France granted a ten-year monopoly on the region's fisheries and fur trade to Pierre Duguay, sieur de Monts. De Mont's proprietorship was revoked in 1605, however, and the colony (with its seat at Port Royal) languished from 1607 to 1610, when its former governor, Jean de Biencourt de Poutrincourt, assumed control. In 1628-29 Sir William Alexander and a group of Scottish Calvinists seized Port Royal, ousting the French until 1632, when the Treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye restored the colony to France. That same year three hundred French settlers, the "first families" of Acadia, arrived at Port Royal.

Michel Boudrot, a native of the La Rochelle area, west-central France, arrived in Acadia before September 21, 1639 when he is mentioned as being one of the first syndic (official law officer) in Port-Royal. Around 1640, Michel Boudrot had married Michelle Aucoin (Sister of Jeanne Aucoin married to François Girouard). Michelle is believed to have arrived in Acadia the previous year when she was 22.

By 1686, Michel Boudrot had several sons and daughters spread throughout Acadia, some staying in Port Royal, others settling at Pisiguit. Beaubassin, and Grand-Pre. Although, listed as a farmer in the census of 1671, Michel Boudrot is mentioned as the Lieutenant Gouverneur civil et criminel (magistrate) in the 1686 census. He was replaced by Mathieu Des Goutine, on 30 March 1687, for reason of his age (86 years old).

In 1654 the British reoccupied Acadia; but in 1670, it again became a French colony. Then, in 1710 the British reclaimed the colony, changing its name to "Nova Scotia" (New Scotland), and in 1713 France ceded Acadia for good to Britain through the Treaty of Utrecht. Over the next four decades tensions between the French-speaking Acadians and their outnumbered British rulers increased, culminating in the Acadians " 1755 expulsion" a tragic event known as Le Grand Dérangement. After the Expulsion by the English, the Boudreauxs, like their compatriots, were exiled to various other locations in Canada, along the North American eastern and southern seaboards, England, or back to France.