Abraham married Marie Isabelle Blanchard Abt 1720, Cobequid. Marie (daughter of Martin Blanchard and Marguerite Guilbault) was born 1700, Cobequid. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Pisiguit; , settling

Germain married Marie Melanson Abt 1694, Pisiguit. Marie (daughter of Pierre Sieur de LaVerdure Melanson and Marie Marguerite Mius d'Entremont) was born 1673, Grand Pre. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Misc: came from France to Acadia with his wife
• Misc: was not more nearly related than in the 2nd to 3rd degree to the other first Rene Landry in Acadia
• Residence: Pisiguit

Rene married Marie Bernard Abt 1659. Marie (daughter of ... Bernard and Andree Guyon) was born Abt 1645, Port Royal; died 1719; was buried 11 Jan 1719, the parish of Port Royal. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Pisiguit

Notes:

Birth:
She had returned to France with her father for several years and during her time in France she married, but she was born in Port Royal.

Buried:
She was the widow of Rene Landry when she died.

Notes:

Bona-vol.2,p.686-originally from Scotland,arrived in Acadia via boston in 1657 and settled at Grand Pre. He was one of the co-founders of Grand Pre with Pierre Tterriot.Brother to Charles. -vol.3, p.1262-name is Pierre Melanson, sieur de La Verdure;stonecutter;came from Scotland to acadia via Boston abt 1657. He lived at Saint charles des Mines and was one of its principal founders. J02-p.191-First sailed to Boston with his parents and two brothers, one of whom remained in Boston. His father, Pierre Melanson dit Laverdure was a French protestant who married in exile in England to a woman whose first name was Priscilla. Brought to acadia by Thomas temple in the spring of 1657, Pierre(the father),his wife and youngest son sstayed in boston after the treatyof Breda in 1667. Their other two sons, includeing Pierre and his brother, Charles, married acadians and remained in Acadia. B29-p.9-Pierre Melanson, Sieur de La Verdure, was born in England about 1832 and died after the summer of 1720. He came to Acadia with his brothers and parents(see father's note) in 1657. He and his parents and brothers were Protestants. He later converted when he married a French-Catholic woman. He remained in Acadia and used the surname of Mellanson.

Pierre married Marie Marguerite Mius d'Entremont Abt 1664, Port Royal. Marie (daughter of Philippe Mius d'Entremont and Madeleine Helie de Tillet) was born Abt 1652; died Abt 1723. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Bona-vol.3,p.1262-marr.info;daug of seigneur Philippe Mius d'Entremont, de Pobomcoup & Madeleine Elie. -vol.4,p.1594-b.yr of 1649,spouse. M01-p.227-b.yr of abt 1650,marr.info. J04-p.137-b.yr, d.yr,marr.info.In 1680, she and her husband were living in grand Pre. He,along with Pierre terriot, was the founder of Grand Pre.

... — Andree Guyon. Andree was born Abt 1615; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

B29-pp.7-9-Pierre Laverdure was born in France and died in New England or Acadia between August 1676 and May 1677. He married in England about 1631 to Priscilla ... who was born in England and died at Boston at the end of 1691 or the beginning of 1692. She remarried at Boston or Dorchester, Massachusetts, 8 April 1680 to Captain William Wright, Senior. In the summer of 1657, Pierre Laverdure, his wife, Priscilla, and at least 3 sons, Pierre, Charles and John, arrived from England aboard the ship "Satisfaction" at Fort St John, Acadia. Pierre, a Frenchman, and his English wife and sons were all Protestants. They were among a group of colonist coming to settle under Sir Thomas Temple, newly-named governor of English-controlled Acadia. Acadia remained under English rule until the Treaty of Breda was signed i 1667, transferring it back to France. Fearing religious persecution, Pierre, Priscilla, and their son, John, sought refuge at Boston. The elder sons, Pierre and Charles, had already converted, married French-Catholic women and started families. They remained in Acadia. Although the reason remains unclear, the Laverdure brothers used the surname Mellanson. Their brother John who went to New England kept the name Laverdure. B31-p.247-"According to Joseph LeBlanc dit Le Maigre's deposition at Belle-Ile-en-Mer, his wife's maternal grandfather, Pierre Melanson(the son), had "come to Port-Royal from Scotland." According to the research of Father Clarence d'Entremont cited above, however, Pierre (Melanson dit) Laverdure (the father) was a French Protestant who married, during his exile in England, an Englishwoman named 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 women, remained in Acadia. La Mothe-Cadillac relates that in 1685 he saw these two brothers, whom he calls Scotsman, aged 60 and 65 years, who were married to French women. In 1692 he saw their mother, then aged 90 years at Boston."

Pierre married Priscilla Mallinson Abt 1631, , England. Priscilla was born , , England; died 1691, Boston, , Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

B29.9-name;marr.info. for two marriages;landed in Acadia but sought refuge in Boston in 1667 with her husband and son, John. B30-p.92-"As to the origins of MELANSON family,research by Father Clarence d'Entremont in Massachusetts archives has produced an accurate picture of the MELANSON origins. Briefly, French Huguenot Pierre LAVERDURE fled from persecution in France to England, married Priscilla MALLINSON there, moved to Boston, where two of his three sons left to go to Acadia,retaining their mother's name. The other son remained in Boston, keeping the name of LAVERDURE.

Notes:

Bona-vol.4,p.1593-b.yr,d.yr;marr.info.;originated from Normandie;arrived from LaRochelle, France into Acadia in 1651;he was a major general for charles de Latour, who in 1653,conceded to him the seigneury of Pobomcoup(Pubnico) at Cap-de-Sable, where he settled. He arrived from France accompanied by his wife. M01-p.227-b.&d yrs,b.loc, marr.info.Held the titles:baron de Pobomcoup;sieur d'Entremont and procureur du roi. Held grades:lieutenant-major and commandant des troupes.Died at the end of 1700. J04-p.137-Philippe I Mius d'Entremont,esquire,first baron of Pobomcoup(Pubnico), lieutenant-major and king's attorney...arrived at acadia in 1651 as lieutenant-major of the King's troups, under charles I de Saint-etienne de LaTour...distantly related by marriage to the bourbon family and was knighted by louis XIV. On July 17, 1653, he was ceded the fief dominant of the concession of Pobomcoup by La Tour. This concession began at Vieux Logis(Shag Harbour)...to present-day Robert's Island. Mius d'Entremont settled several families in his seigneury and lived there himself for many years, returning to port-royal in later life...

Philippe — Madeleine Helie de Tillet. Madeleine was born 1626; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Bona-vol.4,p.1593-marr.info.;came with her husband to acadia from France. M01-p.227-b.yr,marr.info. J04-p.137-b.yr,marr.info.;related to the Bourbon family of France.