The Melanson Family

Father: Charles dit La Ramée Mellanson [Pierre Laverdure]

Mother: Marie Dugas

3rd Generation

Children:

1. Marie Melanson or "Mary Laverdure": b. abt 1664 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia; d. aft 1726 (MCM), Mass. (?), New England.

Married: abt 1682 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia, to David Basset: b. abt. 1658 of Marennes, France (MCM); d. 1707 (MCM).

Children: Mary, David (died young?), John, Elizabeth, David and Anne.  

2. Marguerite Melanson: b. abt 1666 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia; d. unknown.

No further data.

3. Anne Melanson: b. abt 1668 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia; d. Sept. 19, 1754, Port Royal (Rg), Nova Scotia.

Married: abt 1684 (SW), Port Royal, to Jacques de Saint-Étienne de LaTour: (Charles Turgis de Saint-Étienne de LaTour) b. abt 1661 (SW), Pobomcoup, Acadia; d. abt 1698, Cape Sable (SW), Acadia.

Children: Marie, Jeanne, Marie-Agathe, Anne-Marie, Jean, François and Charles.

Married 2nd: abt 1700 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia, to Alexandre Robichaud: b. abt 1675, Port Royal, Acadia; d. Mar. 25, 1742, Port Royal (SW), Nova Scotia.

Children: Anne, Louise, Cécile, Marguerite and Marie-Josèphe.

4. Cécile Melanson: b. abt 1670 (SW), Port Royal,  Acadia; d. aft 1720, Port Royal, Nova Scotia.

Married: abt 1684 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia, to Abraham Boudrot: (Michel & Michelle Aucoin) b. abt 1663, Port Royal, Acadia; d. abt 1701 (SW).

Children: Charles dit Charlot, Jean, Michel dit Miquetau, François dit Manne, Marie, Cécile and Anne.

Married 2nd: abt 1704 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia, to Jean-Antoine Belliveau: b. abt 1652, Port Royal, Acadia; d. abt 1735, Tracadie, PEI.

Children: Marie-Judith, Louis and Marie-Madeleine.

5. Isabelle Melanson: b. abt 1673 (SW), Port Royal,  Acadia; d. aft 1712, Beaubassin, Nova Scotia.

Married: abt 1689 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia, to Michel dit Michaud Bourg : (François & Marguerite Boudrot) b. Apr. 1666, Port Royal, Acadia; d. aft 1712, Beaubassin (SW), Nova Scotia.

Children: Marguerite, Michel, Marie-Anne, Magdeleine, François, Pierre, Anne, Élisabeth, Joseph, Jean-Baptiste and Alexandre.

6. Charles Melanson: b. abt 1675 (SW), Port Royal,  Acadia; d. Sept. 19, 1757, Québec City (MBM), Canada.

(Note: during the Deportation of 1755, Charles was aboard a transport ship, the Pembroke, which was bound for North Carolina. A revolt onboard the ship, led by Charles Belliveau, of the Acadian men against their English captors succeeded and the ship was turned around and sailed up the St. John River where the Acadians disembarked. Some of the Acadians travelled on foot to Quebec where Charles died during a small pox epidemic that hit the area 2 years later, claiming the lives of many of the Acadians who had escaped the Deportations.)

Married: abt 1701 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia, to Anne-Jeanne Bourg: (François & Marguerite Boudrot) b. abt 1677, Port Royal, Acadia; d. Mar. 21, 1750, Port Royal, Nova Scotia.

Children: Charles-Jean, Anne, Marie, Jean, Anne, Joseph, Pierre dit Parrotte and Claude.

7. Magdeleine Melanson: b. abt 1677 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia; d. abt 1751, Port Royal, Nova Scotia.

Married: abt 1696 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia, to Jean dit Le Jeune Belliveau: (Jean & Jeanne Bourg) b. June 1672, Port Royal, Acadia; d. Sept. 13, 1707, Port Royal (Rg), Acadia

Note: Death/burial record states that Jean "died from a wound received in the battle against the English".

Children: Charles, Jean, Louis, Marie and Pierre.

10. Marie Melanson: b. abt 1679, Port Royal, Acadia; d. May 15, 1751, Port Royal (Rg), Nova Scotia.

Married: abt 1698 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia, to Charles dit Bideau Belliveau: (Jean & Jeanne Bourg) b. abt 1678 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia.

Children: Marie, Charles, Marguerite, twin, twin, Madeleine, Pierre, François, Anne, Marie Josèphe, Marie-Judith, Cécile and Agnes.

11. Françoise Melanson: b. abt 1672 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia; d. Port Royal, Nova Scotia.

Married: abt 1698 (SW), Beaubassin, Acadia, to Jean Cyr: (Pierre & Marie Bourgeois) b. abt 1671, Port Royal (SW), Acadia; d. June 12, 1720, Beaubassin (SW), Nova Scotia.

Children: Marie-Anne, Pierre-Paul, Michel, Marguerite, Anne, Jean, Françoise and Louis-Joseph.

12. Ambroise Melanson: (twin to Pierre, below) b. abt 1685 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia; d. abt 1757, Quebec City, Canada.

(Note: during the Deportation of 1755, Ambroise was aboard a transport ship, the Pembroke, which was bound for North Carolina. A revolt onboard the ship, led by Charles Belliveau, of the Acadian men against their English captors succeeded and the ship was turned around and sailed up the St. John River where the Acadians disembarked. Some of the Acadians travelled on foot to Quebec where Ambroise died during a small pox epidemic that hit the area 2 years later, claiming the lives of many of the Acadians who had escaped the Deportations.)

Married: Nov. 10, 1705, Port Royal (Rg), Acadia, to Françoise Bourg: (Bernard & Françoise Brun) b. abt 1680, Port Royal, Acadia; B. Nov. 22, 1715, Port Royal (Rg), Nova Scotia.

(Note: recorded as being "about thirty-five years old" at death and was recorded as deceased on daughter Marguerite's baptismal certificate.)

Children: Charles, Anonyme (died young), Joseph, Jean, Ambroise (triplet), Madeleine (triplet), Marie (triplet), Élisabeth (twin) and Marguerite (twin). 

Married 2nd:  Jan. 23, 1719, Port Royal (Rg), Nova Scotia, to Marguerite Comeau: (Jean & Françoise Hébert) b. abt 1699 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia; d. Aug 29, 1757, Quebec City (SW), Quebec.

(Note: during the Deportation of 1755, Marguerite was aboard a transport ship, the Pembroke, which was bound for North Carolina. A revolt onboard the ship, led by Charles Belliveau, of the Acadian men against their English captors succeeded and the ship was turned around and sailed up the St. John River where the Acadians disembarked. Some of the Acadians travelled on foot to Quebec where Marguerite died during a small pox epidemic that hit the area 2 years later, claiming the lives of many of the Acadians who had escaped the Deportations.)

Children: Anne, Cécile, Marie-Françoise, Pierre-Ambroise, Jean, Brigitte, Modeste, Marguerite, Dèsiré, Amand, Marie and Fèlicité.

13. Pierre Melanson: (twin to Ambroise, above) b. abt 1685 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia; d. Aug. 6, 1725, Port Royal (Rg), Nova Scotia.

Note: older brother Charles and brother-in-law Alexandré Robichaud (married to Anne Melanson) were recorded as witnesses on burial/death record. Was buried same day as death (Rg).

Married: Nov. 7, 1712, Port Royal (Rg), Nova Scotia, to Anne Granger: (Laurent & Marie Landry) abt 1684, Port Royal (SW), Acadia; d. Oct. 14, 1749, Grand Pré (Rg), Nova Scotia.

Children: Marie-Josèphe-Louise, Pierre, Marie-Anne, Charles and Cécile.

14. Claude Melanson: b. abt 1688 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia; d. July 30, 1737, Port Royal (Rg), Nova Scotia.

Married: Jan. 22, 1714, Port Royal (Rg), Nova Scotia, to Marguerite Babineau: (Jean & Marguerite Boudrot) b. abt 1694 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia; d. Dec 12, 1757, Québec City (SW), Québec.

(Note: during the Deportation of 1755, Marguerite was aboard a transport ship, the Pembroke, which was bound for North Carolina. A revolt onboard the ship, led by Charles Belliveau, of the Acadian men against their English captors succeeded and the ship was turned around and sailed up the St. John River where the Acadians disembarked. Some of the Acadians travelled on foot to Quebec where Marguerite died during a small pox epidemic that hit the area 2 years later, claiming the lives of many of the Acadians who had escaped the Deportations.)

Children: Marie-Josèphe (died young), Charles, Marie-Marguerite, Marie-Josèphe, Jean-Baptiste, Anne and Madeleine.

15. Jean dit Jani Melanson: b. abt 1690 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia; d. abt 1760, Cherbourg, France.

Married: Jan. 22, 1714, Port Royal (Rg), Nova Scotia, to Madeleine Petitot de Saint-Seine: (Denis & Marie Robichaud) abt 1694 (SW), Acadia; d. abt Jan 1760, Cherbourg (SW), France.

Children: Marie, Anne, Madeleine, Marguerite, Charles dit Charlot, Claude, Jean-Baptiste, Pierre, Denis and Isabelle.

16. Marguerite Melanson: b. abt 1693 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia; d. Feb. 12, 1758, Quebec, Canada.

(Note: during the Deportation of 1755, Marguerite and spouse Jean-Baptiste dit Toc, were aboard a transport ship, the Pembroke, which was bound for North Carolina. A revolt onboard the ship, led by Charles Belliveau, of the Acadian men against their English captors succeeded and the ship was turned around and sailed up the St. John River where the Acadians disembarked. Some of the Acadians travelled on foot to Quebec where Marguerite and spouse Jean-Baptiste dit Toc died during a small pox epidemic that hit the area 2 years later, claiming the lives of many of the Acadians who had escaped the Deportations.)

Married: Jan. 22, 1714, Port Royal (Rg), Nova Scotia, to Jean-Baptiste Landry dit Toc: (Pierre & Magdeleine Robichaud) b. abt 1690 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia; d. bef 1758, Quebec (SW), Canada.

Children: Pierre, Marie-Josèphe, Jean-Baptiste dit Croc, Marguerite, Brigitte, Élisabeth and Charles.