His parents were Jacques Guyon and Marie Huet.
In 1634 Jean Guyon was hired as a mason by Robert Giffard and sent to New-France. Jean and Mathurine already had several children, Claude, Marie (dame Francois Belanger), Barbe (dame Pierre Paradis= 4 girls: Marie, Madeleine, Marie-Madeleine & Louise), Francois Guyon dit Despres (who married Madeleine Marsolet, fille de Nicolas Marsolet et Marie LeBarbier), Michel Guyon (du Rouvray) (who married Genevieve Marsolet, Madeleine's sister).
Jean and Mathurine had more children in New-France and their youngest son, Jean inherited the property in Beauport (Chateau Richer).