Pierre married Anne Girouard Abt 1765. Anne (daughter of Joseph Girouard and Anne Doucet) was born 1749, Port Royal; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Marriage was revalidated at Pisiguit on 29 Aug 1768.

Discrepancy: Bona gives marriage date as about 1765 while White gives it as about 1760.-A.Owen,Jun2020

1. Anne Belliveau was born Abt 1765, Port Royal; died 4 Aug 1858, Memramcook.
2. Pierre Germain Belliveau was born 8 Dec 1766, Pisiguit; died Yes, date unknown.
3. Benoni Belliveau was born Abt 1767; died Abt 1787.
4. Amand Belliveau was born Abt 1768, Port Royal; died Abt 1786.
5. Jean Belliveau was born Dec 1778; died 26 Sep 1826, Memramcook.
6. Laurent Belliveau was born Abt 1780, Port Royal; died Yes, date unknown.
7. Marie Belliveau was born 1781, Acadia; died Yes, date unknown.

Notes:

Died:
His burial entry gave his age as 60 years at the time of his death.

Charles married Marguerite Granger 3 Nov 1717, St Charles des Mines, Grand Pre. Marguerite (daughter of Rene Granger and Marguerite Terriot) was born Abt 1698; died 1 May 1751; was buried 2 May 1751, the parish of St Jean Baptiste, Port Royal. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1698, Port Royal, Acadia
• Census: 1700, Port Royal, Acadia
• Census: 1701, Port Royal, Acadia

Notes:

Census:
She is a half-year old on this census.

Buried:
Her burial entry gave her age as about 50 years old at the date of her death.

Notes:

Married:
There was a dispensation 4-4 degree of consanguinity.

Notes:

Note difference: Stephen White has the following children in this family: Charles b.abt1697;Jean b.abt1699; Louis b.abt1700; Marie b1706; and Pierre b1706. Bona Arsenault had the following children in this family: Charles, 1696; Charlotte, 1697; Jean, 1699; Marie, abt 1700; Madeleine, 1703; Pierre, 1706.

Buried:
Burial entry: Jean Belliveaux the younger died from wounds received in a battle with the English.

Died:
From Bona - On September 13, 1707, he died of wounds received on the same day that Port Royal was invaded by the British.
From White - mort à la suite de blessures graves infligées lors de l'invasion des Anglais (translation: died as a result of serious injuries inflicted during the invasion of the English)

Jean married Madeleine Melanson Abt 1696, Acadia. Madeleine (daughter of Charles (dit LaRamee) Mellanson and Marie Dugas) was born Abt 1677, Acadia. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1686, Port Royal, Acadia
• Census: 1693, Port Royal, Acadia
• Census: 1698, Port Royal, Acadia
• Census: 1700, Port Royal, Acadia

Notes:

Before leaving Port Royal, the privateers, under the command of Pierre Morpain, donated a boat captured off New England to a poor woman who was the mother of four children and whose husband had been killed and whose house had been burned. The woman was Madeleine Melanson, widow of Jean Belliveau.

Census:
She is aged 9 years old on this census.

Census:
Her age is given as 19 on this census.

Notes:

Married:
Bona gives the marriage year as about 1695 and S.White gives it as about 1696.

Other Events:

• Residence: Grand Pre; , having settled

Rene married Marguerite Terriot Abt 1695, Grand Pre. Marguerite (daughter of Bonaventure (dit Venture) Terriot\Theriot and Jeanne Boudrot) was born Abt 1679, Port Royal; died 1740, St.Joseph Parish, Riviere aux Canards. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: carpenter
• Occupation: labourer
• Residence: 1715, Port Toulouse, Ile Royale
• Residence: 1728, Tracadie, ile Saint Jean

Jean married Marie Jeanne Bourg 1671. Marie (daughter of Antoine Bourg and Antoinette Landry) was born 1653, Port Royal; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Bona-vol.2,p.686,687-name,b.yr,marr.info;He and his brother,Pierre, arrived in Acadia around 1657, probably on the ship,Sir Thomas Temple. They renounced their Protestantism at thier marriages in Port Royal. Lamothe-Cadillac's memories, dated 1692, mentions two Scotsmen living in Acadia and whose mother still lived in Boston. J02-p.191-He was the son of Pierre Melanson dit Laverdure, a French protestant, who married in exile in England to an English girl by the name of Priscilla. Brought to Acadia with his family by Thomas Temple in the spring of 1657, Pierre, his wife and their youngest son withdrew to Boston after the treaty of Breda in 1667. Their two other sons, already married to Acadian girls, remained in Acadia. The oldest of these sons was Charles, born about 1643, and married to Marie Dugas... B29-p.7-In the summer of 1657, Charles arrived from England aboard the ship "Satisfaction" at Fort St John, Acadia. With him were his brothers, Pierre and John, and his parents, Pierre Laverdure, his father, and

Priscilla, his mother. The father was French, the mother English,and the family was Protestant. They were among a group of colonists coming to settle under Sir Thomas Temple, newly-named govenor of English-controlled Acadia. Acadia remained under English rule until the Treaty of Breda was signed in 1667, transferring it back to France. Fearing religious persecution, Pierre and Pricilla and their son John sought refuge at Boston. The elder sons, Pierre and Charles, had already converted, married French-Catholic women and sterted families. They remained in Acadia. B31-p.247-Aug 1695(old style): Charles Melanson took the oath of allegiance to the King of England at Port-Royal; he signed.

Charles married Marie Dugas Abt 1663, Port Royal. Marie (daughter of Abraham Dugas and Marguerite Louise Doucet) was born 1648, Port Royal; died 7 Jul 1737, Port Royal; was buried 8 Jul 1737, Port Royal. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Bona-vol.2,p.687-name,marr.info. -vol.2,p.524-name,b.yr,spouse B29.p.9.-name;b&d.dts&loc;marr.info;parents

Notes:

Bona-vol.2,p.612-name,spouse -vol.2,p.583-b.yr&loc;marr.info;he was a sailor or seaman; he was English; he came to Acadia around 1659. M01-p.28-says he came from Plymouth, Mass. and not Plymouth, England -discrepency????

Laurent married Marie Landry Abt 1666, Port Royal. Marie (daughter of Rene Landry and Perrine Bourg) was born 1646, Port Royal. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Bona-vol.2,p.613-name,b.dt,spouse

Bonaventure married Jeanne Boudrot Abt 1666, Port Royal. Jeanne (daughter of Michel Boudrot and Michelle Aucoin) was born Abt 1645, Port Royal; died 8 May 1710, Port Royal; was buried 9 May 1710, Port Royal. [Group Sheet]