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• Residence: Aug 1816, the parish of Grande Digue, Kent County, New Brunswick

Notes:

J02-p.56-b.yr;d.dt&loc,marr.info. T15-Aug 1989-death dt of 1842 taken from Acadians of Grand Digue. J02-p.126-marr.info.

Jean married Marie Madeleine Gaudet Abt 1785. Marie (daughter of Jean Augustin Gaudet and Marie Melanson) was born Apr 1768, Halifax; died 26 Aug 1812, Barachois. [Group Sheet]

1. Louis Arsenault was born 1786; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Barbe Arseneau was born Abt 1790; died 27 Jul 1848, Cap Pele; was buried 29 Jul 1848.
3. Pelagie Arsenault was born Abt 1791; died 4 Mar 1866, Barachois.
4. Pacifique Arsenault was born 22 Jul 1792; died 26 Apr 1862, Grande Digue, Kent County, New Brunswick.
5. Anne Arsenault was born Abt 1796; died 10 Nov 1873, Minudie; was buried 12 Nov 1873, St Denis Cemetery, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
6. Zozime Arsenault was born Abt 1797; died 3 Sep 1883, Cocagne.
7. Isabelle Arsenault was born Abt 1797; died 4 Apr 1867, Barachois, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
8. Modeste Arsenault was born Abt 1799; died 20 Jan 1864, Cap Pele.
9. Susanne Arsenault was born 24 Aug 1801, Grande Digue, Kent County, New Brunswick; died Yes, date unknown.
10. Marguerite Arsenault was born 29 Dec 1802, the parish of Richibouctou, Kent Co, New Brunswick; died 18 Jan 1866, Cap Pele; was buried 18 Jan 1866, the parish of Cap Pele, Westmorland Co, New Brunswick.
11. Joseph Arsenault was born 2 Nov 1804, Grand Digue; died 4 Dec 1806, Grand Digue.
12. Jean Arsenault was born 9 Jul 1807, Grande Digue; died Yes, date unknown.
13. Felicite Arsenault was born 23 Nov 1809, Grand Digue; died 27 Oct 1810, Grand Digue.
14. Apolline Arsenault was born 8 Feb 1812, Grande Digue; died Yes, date unknown.

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• Residence: 1729, Malpeque, ile Saint Jean (P.E.I.) where he was a ploughman and navigator

Notes:

from Irene Terrio - name
Bona-vol.3,p.830-b.yr;he settled at l'ile Saint Jean(sic PEI today).
-vol.5,p.2058-b.yr,marr.info.;he settled at Malpeque in 1729.
S10-Joseph Arceneau, ploughman and navigator, native of l'Acadie, aged 35 years and has been 23 years in the country. Married Maiguerite Boudrot, native of Port Toulouse aged 29 years. They have 4 sons and 1 daughter: Pierre, 10 years Francois, 8 years Cyprien, 6 years Joseph, 4 years Anne, 15 months. Antoine Arcenaud, native of l'Acadie, aged 30 years, his brother lives with them. Land was granted to them by Messiers Duchambon & Dubuisson under date the fifth of September, 1742. Livestock: 2 oxens, 1 cow, 4 ewes, 1 wether, 3 pigs, 6 fowls, together with one bateau. They have made a clearing & sown 12 bushels of wheat & 2 bushels of peas & still have fallow land sufficient for sowing of 25 bushels.
B28-p.43-...census of 1752 provides us with information...an average family like that of Joseph Arsenault and Marguerite Boudrot who had been living in Malpeque(sic PEI) for twenty-three years only owned two oxen, one cow,etc.

Joseph married Marguerite Boudrot 28 Jul 1739, Port Lajoie. Marguerite (daughter of Francois Boudrot and Jeanne Landry) was born Abt 1720, Port Royal; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

from Irene Terrio - name Bona-vol.5,p.2058-marr.info. -vol.2, p.445-b.yr,spouse from ile Saint Jean. M01-p.516-marr.info.

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• Census: 1686, Port Royal
• Census: 1714, Malpeque, ile Saint Jean
• Census: 1693, 1698, 1700 & 1714, Beaubassin
• Residence: 1735, L'Ile Saint Jean (today Prince Edward Island)

Pierre married Anne Boudrot Abt 1697, Beaubassin. Anne (daughter of Charles Boudrot and Renee Bourg) was born 1678, Pisiguit; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Misc: is the daughter of Jean Boudrot & Marguerite Bourgeois according to Stephen White.

Notes:

Misc:
Stephen White believes that Pierre Arsenault would have married a girl from his parish of Beaubassin rather than a girl from Pisiguit.

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• Residence: 1727, Saint Pierre du Nord, ile Saint Jean
• Residence: 1739, Port Toulouse, Ile Royale

Notes:

-vol.2,p.615-spouse M01-p.518-name given as Francois Boudrot dit Manne;b.yr,marr.info. -p.520-marr.info.

Francois married Jeanne Landry 11 Jan 1717, Port Royal. Jeanne (daughter of Claude Landry and Marguerite Theriault) was born 1700, Port Royal. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Bona-vol.2,p.443-marr.info;daug of Claude & Marguertie Terriot. -vol.2,p.615-b.yr,spouse M01-p.518-marr.info. -p.520-b.yr, marr.info.

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses at their marriage were Francois Boudrot and Pierre Landry. The groom's father was deceased by this date.

Other Events:

• Occupation: coastal pilot who resided at Port Royal in 1686 but owned property at Beaubassin.
• Misc: 1671, Mesagoueche point; rendered important seafaring services to Bourgeois which resulted in land being reserved for Pierre
• Misc: 1671, Port Royal; was not on the 1671 census and perhaps arrived on the ship L'Oranger from Rochefort
• Residence: 1671, Port Royal; , after arriving from Rochefort, France aboard the ship, L'Oranger,
• Occupation: Abt 1672; Jacque Bourgeois' pilot for his coastal trade
• Census: 1686, Port Royal
• Misc: Abt 1687, Beaubassin (formerly named Bourgeois colony); settled with his family
• Census: 1693, 1698, 1700, Beaubassin
• Residence: Abt 1875, Port Royal

Notes:

Misc:
Note that Stephen White indicates that Pierre Arsenault MIGHT have been among the sixty persons who were on the ship L'Oranger that sailed to Acadia from Rochefort in 1871.

Census:
He had one gun, 30 worked acres of land, 4 sheep and 6 pigs.

Residence:
In his Atlas, Surette tells how the land that had been reserved for Pierre Arsenault by the Bourgeois' at Mesagouche point in 1671, is seized back from Pierre around 1675 by Marguerite Bourgeois and her new husband, Jean Boudrot. As a result of this, Pierre must now stay in Port Royal.

Pierre married Marguerite Dugas 1675, Port Royal. Marguerite (daughter of Abraham Dugas and Marguerite Louise Doucet) was born 1657, Port Royal; died Abt 1686, Port Royal. [Group Sheet]

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• Census: 1671, Port Royal aged 14 years

Notes:

Died:
She died before the 1686 census was taken for Port Royal.

Notes:

from Irene Terrio - name Bona-vol.4,p.1336-name,b.yr,marr.info for two marriages -vol.2,p.442-name,spouse,hesettled at Pisiguit -vol.2,p.449-name,spouse;he was from Pisiguit.

Charles married Renee Bourg 1674. Renee (daughter of Antoine Bourg and Antoinette Landry) was born 1655, Port Royal. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

name,b.dt-Bona A.,vol.2,p.449 Bona-vol.4,p.1336-name,marr.info.

Other Events:

• Occupation: a trader or merchant

Notes:

Birth:
Bona Arsenault gives his birth year as abt 1663 whereas Stephen White gives it as at 1657.

Occupation:
"Abraham Boudrot from Port-Royal was one of those who, during the War of the League of Augsburg (1689-1697), obtained passes from Commandant Villebon. Boudrot had traded regularly with Boston since the 1680's and had gained the friendship and respect of many massachusetts merchants...".

Died:
Abraham was deceased when his son, Charles, married in February 1707.

Abraham married Cecile Melanson 1686, Port Royal. Cecile (daughter of Charles (dit LaRamee) Mellanson and Marie Dugas) was born Abt May 1671, Port Royal; died Aft 1735. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Jan 1714, the parish of Port Royal

Notes:

Died:
She died sometime after the ile St Jean census was taken in 1735.

Notes:

Married:
Bona Arsenault gives their marriage year as about 1684; Stephen White gives it as about 1686.

Other Events:

• Residence: Jan 1714, the parish of Port Royal

Notes:

Birth:
Bona A. states abt 1662 while the others state abt 1663.

Buried:
His burial entry states he was 79 years old when he died.

Claude married Marguerite Theriault Abt 1683, Port Royal. Marguerite (daughter of Claude Terriot and Marie Gautrot) was born Abt 1667, Port Royal. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Port Royal
• Residence: Jan 1714, the parish of Port Royal

Notes:

Residence:
S.White shows her as being on many of the Port Royal census, 1671, 1678, 1686, 1693, 1698, 1700 and 1701.

Notes:

Married:
Bona and It information from 1994 both give a marriage date of abt 1684.