Xaintes Dupont was born about 1596, in the small community of Feings, St. Jean Parish, Mortagne, Perche, France; the daughter of Paul Michel Du Pont and Perrine De Mortagne. She was first married to Michel Lermusier, but was widowed soon after. She then married Zacharie Cloutier on July 13, 1616, in St. Jean-Bapiste Parish and they would become one of the earliest settlers of the colony of New France.