René Godefroy, sieur de Linctot

René Godefroy, Sieur de Linctot de Tonnancour (May 17, 1675 – March 27, 1748) and Perinne Picoté (or Picotte), he was born in Trois-Rivières. In 1706, he was named an ensign in the French Troupes de marine. Four years later, he was given command of the fort at Ile aux Tourtes. Godefroy succeeded Le Gardeur as fort commander in 1720, remaining there until 1726. In 1731, at the end of the Fox Indian Wars, the Canadiens, under the command of Godefroy, returned to Trempealeau and established another trading post. In 1732, the post of La Baye was rebuilt under command of Nicolas Antoine Coulon de Villiers. Godefroy, with a company of fur traders, rebuilt the Lake Pepin post.

His grandson Daniel-Maurice Godefroy de Linctot later served as an American Indian agent in the Illinois Country.