In the 1678 census, he is a 7 year old boy born in 1671. In 1705, at the
burial of his son, Pierre, his name was registered as Rene Barnabe
(Arsenault, Vol 2,pages 678-679). In a 1985 letter, Stephen White says
he was born around March 1671, moved to Ile Saint-Jean in his old age
and was buried on the date noted there.
Birth information from Arsenault, Vol 2, page 394; I have assigned death
date based on births listed in Arsenault, Vol 2, page 508.
(Arsenault, Vol 2, page 475)