The
Melanson Family
Father:
Pierre dit La Verdure Mellanson [Pierre
Laverdure] Note:
Was co-founder of Grand Pré, Acadia Mother:
Marie-Marguerite Mius d'Éntremont 3rd
Generation
Children:
1. Philippe Melanson:
b. Abt 1666 (SW), Les Mines (Minas), Acadia; d. Jun 24, 1744, Grand Pré
(SW), Nova Scotia. Married:
abt 1695 (SW), Les Mines (Minas), Acadia to Marie
Dugas: (Claude & Marie-Françoise
Bourgeois ) b. abt 1674 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia; d. Sept.20, 1733, Grand Pré
(SW), Nova Scotia. Children:
Joseph, Marie, Madeleine, unnamed female, unnamed female, Marguerite, Angélique,
Anne-Marie, Philippe, Pierre and Marguerite-Josèphe.
2. Cécile Melanson: b. Abt 1668 (SW), Les Mines (Minas),
Acadia; d. Jun 12, 1753 (SW), Port Lajoie, Acadia. Married:
abt 1687 (SW), Les Mines (Minas), Acadia, to Jean
Landry: (René
le'jeune & Marie Bernard)
b. abt 1666 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia. Children:
René, Jean-Baptiste, Joseph, Marie-Josèphe, Benjamin, unnamed male, unnamed female,
unnamed female and Cécile.
3. Pierre dit Pedro Melanson: b. Abt 1670 (SW), Port Royal,
Acadia; d. Aft 1752 (SW), possibly in PEI. Married:
abt 1693 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia, to Marie-Rosalie Blanchard:
(Martin & Francoise LeBlanc) b. abt 1674 (SW), Cobiquid, Acadia; d. bef 1752
(SW), Cobiquid, Nova Scotia. Children:
Marie-Madeleine, Élisabeth, Marguerite, unnamed daughter, Cécile, Jeanne, unnamed
daughter, Françoise, Pierre, unnamed son and Joseph.
4. Marie Melanson: b. Abt 1673 (SW), Les Mines (Minas), Acadia;
d. Aft 1714, Pisiguid, Nova Scotia. Married:
Abt 1694 (SW), Pisiguid, Acadia, to Germain
Landry: (René
le'jeune & Marie Bernard) b. abt 1674 (SW), Port Royal,
Acadia; d. unknown. Children:
Alexandre, Abraham dit Chaques, Pierre, Marie, unnamed female, Germain, Paul,
Jean-Baptiste, unnamed female, Marguerite and Madeleine.
5. Marguerite
Melanson: b. Abt 1676 (SW), Les Mines (Minas), Acadia; d. July
16, 1744 (SW), Grand Pré, Nova Scotia. Married:
Abt 1694 (SW), Les Mines (Minas), Acadia, to Alexandre
dit Bellehumeur Bourg: (François
& Marguerite Boudrot) b. abt 1671 (SW), Port Royal, Acadia; d. abt 1760 (SW),
Richibouctou, New Brunswick. Children:
Marie, Madeleine, Anne, Marguerite, Pierre, Judas, Anastasie, Alexandre, Marie-Josèphe,
Dorothée, Paul, Michel, Bénoni, Jean-Baptiste and Joseph.
6. Élisabeth
(Isabelle) Melanson: b. Abt 1679 (SW), Les Mines (Minas), Acadia;
d. abt 1719 (SW), Grand Pré, Nova Scotia. Married
1st: Abt 1695 (SW), Les Mines (Minas), Acadia to Pierre-Alain
Bugeauld: b. unknown; d. abt 1708 (SW), probably in Grand-Pré, Acadia. Children:
Marie-Josèphe, Joseph, Louis-Amand, Paul, Alain and an unnamed male. Married
2nd: July 30, 1709 (SW), Grand-Pré, Acadia, to René LeBlanc:
(René & Anne
Bourgeois) b. abt 1682 (SW), Grand-Pré, Acadia. Children:
infant (stillborn), Benjamin, Marie-Josèphe, Dèsiré and Élisabeth. René
Married 2nd: Nov. 26, 1720, Port Royal (Rg) to Marguerite
Thebeau (Pierre & Jeanne Comeau).
7. Jean Melanson: b. Abt 1681 (SW), Les Mines (Minas), Acadia;
d. 1760, Cherbourg (SW), France. Married:
Jan 11, 1701, Port Royal (SW), Acadia, to Marguerite Dugas:
(Claude & Francoise Bourgeois) b. Mar.19, 1681, Port Royal (SW), Acadia; d.
Feb 28, 1729, Grand Pré (SW), Nova Scotia. Children:
Marguerite, Paul, Pierre, Marie-Josèphe dite Josette, Alexandre dit Miquion, Jacques,
Madeleine, Cécile, Étienne and Jean-Baptiste.
8. Magdeleine Melanson: b. Abt 1684 (SW), Les Mines (Minas),
Acadia; d. unknown. Married:
Nov 29, 1702, Port Royal (SW), Acadia, to Louis-Simon Le Poupet "de
St. Aubin de La Boularderie": (Antoine & Jacqueline Arnoulet)
b. abt 1674 (SW), France; d. May 28, 1738, Petit Bra D'ore, Île Royale (Cape Breton)
(SW). Children:
Marie-Madeleine and Antoine.
9. Anne Melanson: b. Abt Jan 1686 (SW), Les Mines (Minas),
Acadia; d. unknown. Married:
Oct 15, 1705, Port Royal (Rg), Acadia, to Thomas-Jacques Jacob
"de Fiedmont": (Samuel & Judith Fillieu) b. abt 1677
(SW), Saintonge, France; d. Mar 17, 1737 (SW). Children:
Marie-Anne, Daniel, Joseph, Louis-Thomas, Jean-Baptiste, Jeanne, Jeanne-Françoise
and Hyppolite.
10.
Paul Melanson: b. Abt 1691 (SW), Les Mines (Minas), Acadia;
d. unknown. Married:
Nov 8, 1712, Grand Pré (SW), Nova Scotia, to Marie Thériot:
(Germain & Anne Richard) b. abt 1688 (SW), Grand Pré, Acadia; d. aft 1755
(SW). Children:
Marie-Rose, un-named, Anne-Marie dite Nannette, Bénoni, Marie-Madeleine, Paul-Honoré
dit Pablo-Honario, un-named, Simon-Joseph, Jean-Antoine and Anastasie.
11.
Unnamed daughter Melanson: b. abt 1693 (SW); d. abt 1707 (SW). |
