Notes:

Bona-vol.3,p.866-b.yr,marr.info;He was at Halifax in 1763, at Miquelon in 1766 and at Cocagne around 1770. M01-p543-b.dt&loc;d.dt;marr.info. J02-p.91-b.dt&loc,marr.info;d.dt&loc.

Jean married Marie Madeleine Arsenault Abt 1759. Marie (daughter of Francois Arsenault and Anne Bourgeois) was born 29 Nov 1740, Beaubassin; died 21 Jan 1827, Cocagne; was buried 22 Jan 1827, the parish of Grande Digue. [Group Sheet]

1. Jean Chrysostome Bourque was born 9 May 1761; died Yes, date unknown; was buried 24 Feb 1825, Cocagne.
2. Fabien Bourque died Sep 1831, Grande Digue.

Notes:

Bona-vol.3,p.864-b.yr,marr.info. M01-p.180-b.yr;died between 1746-1754;marr.info. B25-p.42-b.yr,marr.info.

Michel married Marie Cormier 24 Oct 1713, Beaubassin. Marie (daughter of Alexis Cormier and Marie LeBlanc) was born 1698, Beaubassin. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Bona-vol.3,p.864-marr.info;daug of Alexis and Marie LeBlanc -vol.3,p.912-b.yr,spouse. M01-p.180-marr.info. B25-p.42-marr.info.

Notes:

Bona-vol.2,p.450-b.yr;he settled at Beaubassin.;b.yr. as 1665. -vol.3,p.863-marr.info. M01-p.182-b&d dts,marr.info. B31-p.223-born abt May 1666;P.Royal census 1671 age 5 1/2,1678 age 13,1693 age 28;Beaubassin census 1698 age 33, 1700 age 37(sic);marr.info;died before 18 Nov 1721.

Michel married Isabelle Melanson Abt 1689, Beaubassin. Isabelle (daughter of Charles (dit LaRamee) Mellanson and Marie Dugas) was born 1673, Port Royal. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Bona-vol.2,p.687-name,b.yr,spouse from Beaubassin -vol.3, p.863-marr.info. M01-p.182-marr.info.

Notes:

Bona-vol3,pp909,910-name,b.dt.,spouse,children

Alexis married Marie LeBlanc Abt 1697, Beaubassin. Marie (daughter of Jacques LeBlanc and Catherine Hebert) was born 1678, Grand Pre; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Bona-vol.3,pp1216,1217-name,b.yr,spouse -vol.3, p.910-marr.info.;daug of Jacques & Catherine Hebert M01-p.267-b.yr, marr.info.

Notes:

Bona-vol.2,p.442-name,spouse -vol.2,p.448-name,b.&d.yr.,marr.info. B25-p.8 & 41-b.yr,marr.info.He was a tiller farmer in Port Royal. His father-in -law was Lieutenant General of Port Royal in 1686. Francois died before 1686 as his name is not on the census taken that year. In 1671, Francois owned 15 horned beasts, 5 sheep and 5 1/2 acres of land. In 1678, he had 15 horned beasts and 8 acres of land. M01-p.182-occupation is labourer;marr.info. B31-p.221,222-Port Royal Census 1671 gives his age as 27 and he was living at his father's place; at age 28 he had his own place;died between 1683and 1686; was a labourer.

Francois married Marguerite Boudrot Abt 1665, Port Royal. Marguerite (daughter of Michel Boudrot and Michelle Aucoin) was born 1648, Port Royal; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Bona-vol2,p.442-name,b.yr,two marriages -vol.2,p.449-name, marr.info. on first marr.;she remarried Jean Babineau. B25-p.41-marr.info.

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:

BonaA.-vol2,p494-one of the first pioneers of Beaubassin; vol3, p.909-he was a carpenter and a farmer;he was one of the most prosperous people in the colony at Beaubassin; the 1686 census shows that he possessed 30 "betes a cornes" (hoofed beasts) and 10 sheep.;name,wife's name & children;b.dates;d.dt. M01-p.262 & p.265-marr.info. Bona-vol.2,p.568-spouse

Thomas married Madeleine Girouard Abt 1668, Beaubassin. Madeleine (daughter of Francois Girouard and Jeanne Aucoin) was born 1654, Port Royal. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Bona-vol.3,p.909-marr.info;daug of Francois & Jeanne Aucoin of Port Royal. M01-p.262-marr.info. & p.265-marr.info. Bona-vol.2, p.568-spouse,b.yr.

Other Events:

• Occupation: a farmer
• Residence: 1693, la rivière des Habitants

Jacques married Catherine Hebert Abt 1673, Grand Pre. Catherine (daughter of Antoine Hebert and Genevieve Lefranc) was born Abt 1656, Port Royal; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1693, la rivière des Habitants