Paul Pierre Melanson

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  • Drouin Institute (Archived marriage record - see attached in Media tab)
  • -https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Melanson-176

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Pierre Melanson, sieur de La Verdure, born in 1631, was a stone cutter. He was known as being of Scotish descent and came to Acadia about 1657 from Boston, MA, with his brother, Charles. They may have come to Acadia as part of the English expedition, under Major Sedgwick, in 1654; or on one of Sir Thomas Temple's ships in 1657. They both became Catholics and married in Port-Royal.

One historical note said they were the two Scotsmen whose mother lived in Boston. Sir Thomas was Govenor of Boston in those days.

Development of the Grande-Pre' region in the Bassin des Mines began with Pierre Melanson in 1680. Pierre had sold his property in Port-Royal and moved the 60 miles to Minas Basin on the Bay of Fundy. Here he began the colony named for the good fields found at the spot; Grand-Pre', from " la grande prairie." The region received the name, Des Mines, from a metalic substance once found, erroneously thought to be copper ore. The colony was dedicated to Saint Charles and so named but is better known as Grand-Pre'. Pierre Terriot was co-founder of the colony. In 1694, Pierre was named Major in the Militia.

When the family was counted in the 1686 Census, they had a servant, Noel Labauve. Pierre had 31 bushels of corn in storage and possessed 12 "fusils," old style muskets.

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Historier et Genealogie des Acadien Bona Arsenault, Compiler: Bona Arsenault CHAU-TV, Baie des Chaleurs, 1988 3rd Printing

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Vol. II P. 476

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Historier et Genealogie des Acadien Bona Arsenault, Compiler: Bona Arsenault CHAU-TV, Baie des Chaleurs, 1988 3rd Printing

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Vol. III P. 1264 Grand-Pré

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Dictionaire généalogique des familles Acadiennes Stephen A. White Centre d'études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, E1A 3E9, July 1999

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P. 1149

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Paul Melancon in entry for Anasthasie Melancon, "Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896"
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Paul Melanson, "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909"
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