The
Melanson Family
Father:
Pierre dit Pedro Melanson [Pierre
dit La Verdure Mellanson] [Pierre
Laverdure] Mother:
Marie Blanchard (Martin & Francoise LeBlanc) 4th
Generation
Children:
1. Marie-Madeleine
Melanson: d. Mar. 1758, Mass., New England. Married:
Nov. 8, 1712 (SW), Grand Pré, Nova Scotia to René
Landry: (Claude & Marie-Catherine Thibodeau) b. abt 1688 (SW), Les
Mines (Minas), Acadia; d. Feb. 21, 1769, Montreal, Canada. Children:
Honoré, Anselme, Jean-Baptiste, Cécile, Paul, Marie-Madeleine, Marie-Marguerite,
Pierre, Joseph and Michel.
2. Elisabeth Melanson: b. Abt 1699 (SW), Les Mines (Minas),
Acadia; d. 1756 (SW), Southampton, England (SW). Married:
abt 1714 (SW) to Ambroise Bourg: (Martin
& Marie Potet) b. abt 1686 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia. Children:
Marie-Josephe, Ambroise, Pierre, Anne and Joseph.
3. Marguerite Melanson: d. aft 1749, Point d'Orleans (SW). Married
1st: Mar. 4, 1715, Grand Pré (SW), Nova Scotia to Jean-Francois
Pichot: (Abraham & Madeleine dite La Veuve Abraham Aubert) d. Feb.
8, 1739.. Married
2nd: abt 1727, Point d'Orleans (SW), Nova Scotia to Denis
dit Desaleur Coupiau: (Guillaume & Francoise Vreil) d. aft 1761 (SW).
4.
unammed daughter Melanson: b. abt 1701.
5.
Cécile Melanson: b. abt 1704 (SW); d. bet 1757
and 1763 (SW). Married
1st: abt 1720 to Charles Bourg: (Martin &
Marie Potet) b. abt 1698 (SW); d. aft 1750. Children: Married
2nd: abt 1750 to Joseph Hébert: (Jean
& Marie-Marguerite Landry) b. abt 1710 (SW); d. bet Oct. 4,1756 and Aug. 26,
1763 (SW).
6.
Jeanne Melanson: d. abt 1752 (SW). Married:
Oct. 29, 1725, Grand Pré (SW), Nova Scotia to Jacques Naquin: (Jean
dit L'Étoile & Marguerite Bourg) b. abt 2700 (SW); d. Jan. 23, 1759,
St. Malo, France (SW). Children:
7.
daughter Melanson: b. abt 1707 (SW).
8. Francoise Melanson:
b. Feb. 28, 1709, Grand Pré (SW), Nova Scotia. Married:
Oct. 14, 1725, Grand Pré (SW), Nova Scotia to Joseph Thériot:
(Pierre & Marie Bourg) b. abt 1699 (SW); d. and 1766 (SW) Children:
9.
Pierre Melanson: b. Jan. 8, 1712, Grand Pré (SW), Nova Scotia;
d. Nov. 9, 1739, Grand Pré (SW), Nova Scotia. Married:
abt 1734 (SW) to Élisabeth (Isabelle) Thériot:
(Pierre & Marie Bourg) b. 1710 (SW), Grand Pré (SW), Nova Scotia. Élisabeth
(Isabelle) Married 3rd: abt 1752 to Pierre Gautrot:
(Francois & Louise Aucoin) b. abt 1709 (SW);
d. Sept. 6, 1769, La Rochelle, France. Note:
Élisabeth was the widow of an unknown Landry when she married Pierre Melanson. Note
2: Pierre Gautrot was the widower of Agnes LeBlanc when he married Elisabeth.
10. Unnamed son Melanson:
b. Oct. 1715, Grand Pré (SW), Nova Scotia; d. Nov. 10, 1766, Locmaria (SW), France. Note:
Had been deported to St. Malo, France (SW). Married:
Feb. 16, 1745, Grand Pré (SW), Nova Scotia, to Marie-Madeleine LeBlanc:
(Pierre & Marie Landry). Children:
11.
Joseph Melanson: b. 1716, Acadia (SW); d. Dec. 29, 1786, Louisianna
(SW). Married
1st : Jan. 20, 1738, Grand
Pré (SW), Nova Scotia, to Madeleine Hébert: (Jacques &
Marguerite Landry) b. Jan. 11, 1718, Grand Pré (SW), Nova Scotia; d. Nov. 30,
1746, Grand Pré (SW), Nova Scotia Children: Married
2nd: Aug. 19, 1748, Grand Pré (SW), Nova Scotia to Marguerite
Hébert: (Germain & Anne Caissie). Children: | 
