Jean Melançon

http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Jean_... n 1714, Jean and Madeleine were living near the fort at Port-Royal. In december 1729, Jean took an oath of allegiance at Annapolis Royal, NS, to George II, King of Great Britain. In a letter addressed to Paul Mascarene (rem: un français huguenot, réfugié par la Suisse au service de l'Angleterre), lieutenant of Nova Scotia, dated at Annapolis Royal, 21 June 1745, Jean made a mark as one of the seven delegates representing the people of Annapolis Royal.

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accessed 12 Jun 2018), entry for Jean Melanson, person ID LHFC-Z5S. 3

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accessed 12 Jun 2018), entry for Jean Melanson, person ID LHFC-Z5S. 3

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FamilySearch: Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896
Jean Melencon in entry for Izabelle Melencon, "Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896"
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Jean (dit Jani) Melanson
Birth  1690 • Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death  Jan 31, 1760 • Normandie, France
Marriage  Jan 22, 1714 • Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents  Charles Melancon • Marie Dugas
Spouse  marie madeleine saint petitot seine dit
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jean melanson
Birth  1690 • Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death  1760 • Cherbourg, Manche, France
Marriage  Jan 22, 1714 • Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents  charles melanson • marie dugas
Spouse  marie madeleine petitot
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Jean Melanson
Birth  1690 • Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death  1760 • Cherbourg, Manche, Normandy, France

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Jean Melancon in entry for Pierre Melancon, "Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896"
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Jean Melancon in entry for Jean Baptiste Melancon, "Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896"
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1/22/1714, at Port-Royal, Jean was listed with his wife and 10 children.

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Category:Acadians deported to Europe
Category:Great Upheaval
Category:Port-Royal, Acadie

Biography ==Jean Melanson was born about 1690. He was the son of Charles Melanson and Marie Dugas. He was age 3 on the 1693 census of Port Royal.

He married Magdelaine Petitot, daughter of surgeon Denis Petitot and Marie Robuchaux 22 January 1714 at Port Royal. Signed by Charles Melanson and Deni St Sceine.≤ref>Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Port-Royal, N.-É.)-1870 C-1870(image 169) http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1869/169?r=0&s=5≤/ref>≤ref>An Acadian Parish Remembered The Registers of St.Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755 Jean Melanson and Magdelaine Petitot marriage RG 1 volume 26 page 310 https://novascotia.ca/archives/acadian/archives.asp?ID=1304≤/ref>

Known Children:

1. Marie MELANSON 1714-/1772
2. Anne MELANSON 1716-1774
3. Madeleine MELANSON 1718-1803
4. Marguerite MELANSON 1722-1808
5. Charles (dit Charlot) MELANSON 1725-
6. Claude MELANSON ca 1727-1760
7. Jean (Baptiste) MELANSON 1728-1771/
8. Pierre MELANSON 1730-
9. Denis MELANSON 1733-1776
10. Elisabeth MELANSON 1735-1763

Jean passed away 24 February 1760, aged about 70 and was buried the same day at Cherbourg, Normandy, France.
"Une troisième lignée des Melanson remonte à Jean dit Jani, fils deCharles Melanson et de Marie Dugas. Celui-ci est né vers 1690. Le 22janvier 1714, à Port-Royal, il prit pour femme Marie-Madeleine Petitot dit Saint-Seine, fille du chirurgien Denis Petitot et de Marie Robichaud."≤ref> White, Stephen A. La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des Retrouvailles 94, online articles, Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994), Melanson, page 1 ≤/ref>

CENSUS: 1693, Port Royal, Acadia, age 3 years, name spelled Jeanne.

CENSUS: 1698, age 8 years.

CENSUS: 1700, as Jeanne, age 10 years.

CENSUS: 1701, age 10 years (sic).

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See also:* BIRTH-PARENTS-CENSUS-MARRIAGE-BURIAL: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIREGENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; p. 1147; #13

• MARRIAGE: Arsenault, H&G, p. 719 (Port Royal).