Francois Babeu (son of Francois Xavier Babeu and Marie-Marguerite Poupard) and Marie Angelique Giroux were married on February 4, 1771 in St-Jean-François-Régis, St Philippe, La Prairie, Quebec.

In the 1787 Census of Laprairie there are 8 Babeu's listed: Antoine, Charles, Etienne, Francois, Joseph, Louis, Louis, and the widow Babeu. Francois has 90 acres, 15 being cultivated, a house and a barn.