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Pierre Melanson dit La Verdure

Male Abt 1632 - Abt 1720  (~ 88 years)


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  • Name Pierre Melanson dit La Verdure  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Born Abt 1632  Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1657  Arrive en Acadie avec ses parents au printemps Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 13 Nov 1660 
    Capitaine de milice à Port Royal 
    Military 1671 
    Capitaine de milice aux Mines (6 compagnies, 328 hommes) 
    Census 1671  Refuse de donner son âge, le nombre de ses bestiaux et terres Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1671 
    Tailleur 
    Residence 1676  Port Royal, Acadie Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1686  Les Mines, Acadie, âgé de 54 ans Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1686  Possède 31 bêtes à cornes, 8 brebis, 27 cochons, 50 arpents en valeur et 12 fusils Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military 9 May 1690 
    Sir William Phips se présente devant Port Royal avec 7 vaisseaux (72 cannons, capitaines John Alden et Cyprian Southack) 
    Military 11 May 1690 
    Port Royal capitule 
    Occupation 11 May 1690 
    Servit d'interprète avec Alexandre Le Borgne de Belle-Isle et Mathieu de Goutin pendant les négociations pour la reddition de Port Royal 
    Census 1693  Les Mines (Grand-Pré), Acadie (Kings County, NS) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation Sieur de La Verdure 
    Died Abt 1720  Grand-Pré (Les Mines), Acadie (Horton Township, Kings County, NS) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6193  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Pierre Laverdure dit Melanson,   b. Abt 1608, La Rochelle, Aunis (Charente-Maritime), France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1676, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Mother Priscilla Mellison,   b. Abt 1613, Plymouth, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1692, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Married 1630  Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3361  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marguerite Mius d'Entremont,   b. Abt 1649, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1713, Grand-Pré (Les Mines), Acadie (Horton Township, Kings County, NS) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Married Abt 1665  Port Royal, Acadie Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Philippe Melanson,   b. Abt 1666, Port Royal, Acadie Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 1744, Grand-Pré (Les Mines), Acadie (Horton Township, Kings County, NS) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years)
     2. Pierre Melanson,   b. Abt 1670, Port Royal, Acadie Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1752  (Age ~ 83 years)
     3. Marguerite Melanson,   b. Abt 1676, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Grand-Pré, Acadie (Kings County, NS) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jul 1744, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Grand-Pré, Acadie (Kings County, NS) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years)
     4. Élisabeth Melanson,   b. Abt 1679, Beaubassin (Chignectou), Acadie (Amherst, Cumberland County, NS) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 26 Nov 1720, Grand-Pré (Les Mines), Acadie (Horton Township, Kings County, NS) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 41 years)
     5. Jean Melanson,   b. Abt 1681, Acadie Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1 Jul 1741  (Age ~ 60 years)
     6. Anne Melanson,   b. Abt 1686, Grand-Pré (Les Mines), Acadie (Horton Township, Kings County, NS) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1745, Sainte-Croix d'Arces, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F3171  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S94] Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes, Stephen A. White, (Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999), 1145, 1148 & 1201.

    2. [S603] Origins of the pioneers of Acadia (Depositions made by their descendents at Belle-Île-en-Mer in 1767), Stephen A. White, (Centre d'études acadiennes, 17 January 2005).

    3. [S119] Histoire et Généalogie des Acadiens, Bona Arsenault, (Les Éditions Leméac, Montréal, © Ottawa, 1978), 686 & 1262.

    4. [S753] Généalogie des familles acadiennes avec documents, Placide Gaudet, (Document de la session N° 18, Ottawa, 1906), 62.

    5. [S730] Documents inédits de la famille Mius d'Entremont d'Acadie, Père Clarence-J. d'Entremont, (Mémoires de la Société généalogique canadienne-française, Montréal), Volume XIX, N° 3 (juillet - août - septembre 1968), p. 163.

    6. [S93] Série d'articles, Père Clarence-J. d'Entremont, (Yarmouth Vanguard, Yarmouth, Nouvelle-Écosse, 3 janvier 1989 - 27 novembre 1990), 11 avril 1989.

    7. [S37] Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour, Gouverneur, Lieutenant-Général en Acadie, et son temps, 1593-1666, L'abbé Azarie Couillard-Després, (L'Imprimerie d'Arthabaska Incorporée, Arthabaska, Québec, 1930), 425.

    8. [S255] Nos amis les ennemis: relations commerciales de l'Acadie avec le Massachusetts, 1670-1711, Jean Daigle, (Thèse de doctorat, University of Maine, Orono, 1975), 121-122.

    9. [S757] Yarmouth, Nova Scotia: A sequel to Campbell's History, George Stanley Brown and John Roy Campbell, (Rand Avery Company, Boston, 1888), Appendix K, pp. 451-452.