Joseph Comeau^[1]

1724 -

• Name	Joseph Comeau
  Born	8 Nov 1724	Rivière-aux-Canards   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Baptised	19 Nov 1724	the parish of Grand Pré   [3]
  Residence	1753	Petotcoudiac   [4, 5]
  Residence	1761	Fort Edward, Windsor, Nova Scotia   [5]
  Residence	1768	Windsor, , Nova Scotia   [4]
  Residence	1768	Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia   [5]
  	He worked for JFW DesBarres and lived in the Elysian Fields.
  Residence	1774	Baie Sainte Marie, Digby, Nova Scotia   [4]
  Residence	1807	Menoudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia   [2]
  	He is widowed by this time.
  Notes	Notes from Irene (Terrio) Melanson: Joseph Comeau came to Minudie in 1768. He worked for J.F.W. DesBarres and lived in the Elysian Fields. On May 8,1769, demised by lease to a group of men including Joseph Comeau, 600 acres of Minudie upland and 100 acres of marsh to be dykes at DesBarres' cost. One-third of their produce was given to desBarres which later was increased to half. Joseph's name also appears on the list of names of those who worked on the great aboiteau. Passage from page 95 of Beloved Acadia of My Ancestors by Yvon Leger: "In 1755, the Comeau family was most probably part of the painful caravan of refugees from the Petitcodiac region who sought the protection of Commandeur de Boishébert at Gédaique (Grand-Digue) and Cocagne, before reaching the banks of the Miramichi River. Joseph Comeau thus avoided deportation towards the British colonies of the South. In 1761, however, he was among a contingent of Acadians taken by Captain McKenzie to Forts Beauséjour and Edward, where they were kept as captives till 1763 or 1764. Among the documents preserved at the Federal Archives (the Deschamps Papers), we find several mentions of Joseph Comeau, his wife Anastasie and their son Mathurin. After their liberation, Joseph Comeau and many ex-prisoners from Fort Beauséjour settled in Menoudie, that ancient and once prosperous Acadian colony on the banks of Riviere-Hébert, in Nova Scotia. The Deschamps Papers also mention that Joseph Comeau, his son Mathurin, Joseph Leger, Mathurin's father-in-law, along with other Acadians were the very first lease-holders of Joseph Frederick DesBarres. Their main assignment was the maintenance and repair of the dikes or aboiteaux built by their forefathers in the previous century."
  Person ID	I2853	Annette - Research
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	Claude Comeau,   b. Abt 1700,   d. Bef 17 May 1763  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Mother	Claire Landry,   b. Abt 1701,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F792	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Anne Aucoin,   b. 27 Apr 1727,   d. Bef 29 Dec 1767  (Age < 40 years)
  Married	29 Dec 1752	Grand Pre   [2, 4]
  Children	1. Mathurin Comeau,   b. 23 Jun 1753, Petitcoudiac, Westmorland County, New Brunswick ,   d. Abt 1820  (Age 66 years)   2. ... Comeau,   b. 1754,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Marie Madeleine Comeau,   b. 3 Dec 1756, Petitcoudiac, Westmorland County, New Brunswick
  Family ID	F1214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Madeleine Hebert,   b. 25 Jan 1741, the parish of Beaubassin ,   d. Bef Sep 1807  (Age < 66 years)
  Married	29 Dec 1767	Franklin Manor, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia   [4, 6, 7]
  	Their marriage in 1767 was in the civil registers of Franklin Manor. Their marriage was rehabilitated in the church 29th August 1768 in Pisiguit (today Windsor, Nova Scotia).
  Children	1. Pierre Comeau,   b. 3 Sep 1768,   d. 16 Nov 1844, the parish of Cap Pelé, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 76 years)   2. Madeleine Comeau,   b. 22 Apr 1772   3. Cyrille Comeau,   b. 15 Apr 1775   4. Modeste Comeau,   b. 15 Feb 1778
  Family ID	F1215	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] Book:Leger History and Genealogy (B26), ISBN: 2-89372-017-X., p.95. [S92] Periodical: La Societe Hist. Acad., Mar 1967, Vol II, No.4,(J03), p.121. [S90] IT Data: Acadian Data,base, University of Moncton, Retrieved Aug 1994(M01), p.16 of my sheets. [S115] Book:Bona Vol.3 Beaubassin Grand-Pre, ISBN 0-7761-5027-8/0-7761-5030-8(vol.3)., p.1138. [S35] Info:Irene (Terrio) Melanson (T15). [S90] IT Data: Acadian Data,base, University of Moncton, Retrieved Aug 1994(M01), p.10 of my sheets. [S9] Periodical:les cahiers vol 25 nos 2 et 3 (J02), ISSN: 0049-1098., p.90.