Pierre Arseneault

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The area was called Acadia or Nova Scotia at the time.

Acadia, under the French, and Nova Scotia, under the British. Beaubassin is now in NB.

Arrived at Port-Royal in 1671 on the ship 'The Oranger', he was a part of a group of 50 sent under the instructions of Cobert for colonization in Acadie, after its return to France from Britain. Once in Port-Royale, he enter the service of Jacob Bourgeois, the most affluent man in Port-Royale at the time. He would help Jacob Bourgeois in his establishment of a new colony at Beaubassin.

Collection: FamilySearch Family Tree Birth: 1646 - Migré, Charente-Maritime, France Death: Circa July 1710 - Cumberland, Nouvelle-Ecosse, Canada Parents: Pierre Arsonneau, Jeanne Arsonneau (born GODIN) Children: Abraham Le Petite Le Jeune Arsenault, Pierre Arsenault, Anne ARSENAULT, Abraham Arseneault Siblings: Pierre Arsenault, Marie Arsonneau, Andre Arsonneau, Magdeleine Arsonneau, Françoise Arsonneau

In 1693, he and his second wife were in Beaubassin. He is listed as 43 years old. DOB is 1650. Living with him is his second wife Marie Guérin (daughter of François), sons Pierre (16), Abraham (14) from his first marriage, Charles (3) and Jacques (1) from his second marriage.

Alternate versions of his name is Arsenaut,Arsenault, Arceneaux, Arseneault, Arcenault.

Pierre Arseneau est originaire de Rochefort, Charente-Maritime (d'après Geneviève Massignon). Il collabora étroitement avec Jacques Bourgeois à la fondation de la colonie de Chignectou et de Bourgeois, qui devint Beaubassin, où il s'établi en 1687. Arriva en Acadie vers 1671 sur le navire L'Oranger qui apportait en Acadie le premier contingent de colons français, depuis l'occupation anglaise de 1654. Dès son entrée à Port-Royal, il entra, comme pilote côtier, au service de Jacques Bourgeois. En 1687, il est installé à Beaubassin avec sa famille. Stephen White dit que son origine n'est pas connu... En 1728, deux de ses fils (Pierre et Charles) laissent Beaubassin pour s'établir à Ile St-Jean. Ils s'établirent dans les environs de la Baie de Malpèque (aujourd'hui Port-Hill).

Name also listed as Pierre Arcenault

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Pierre Arsonneau, Arseneau or Arsenault, a coastal pilot born perhaps in the hamlet of La Flamancherie, Saintonge, France, in September 1646, may have come to Acadia from La Rochelle aboard L'Oranger in 1671. He married Marguerite, daughter of Abraham Dugas and Marguerite Doucet, in c1675. They had two sons, both of whom created families of their own. After Marguerite died, Pierre remarried to Marie, daughter of Francois Guérin and Anne Blanchard, in c1686. They had seven children, including five more sons who added substantially to the Arseneau clan. Pierre was a pioneer of the Acadian settlement at Chignecto, where all of his sons were born:

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Pierre Arseneau (abt. 1646 - bef. 1714)

Pierre Arseneau aka Arsonneau, Arseneault, Arsenau, Arceneaux
Born about 1646 in Francemap Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown] [sibling%28s%29 unknown] Husband of Marguerite Dugas — married about 1675 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-Francemap [uncertain] Husband of Marie Guérin — married about 1685 in Port Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-Francemap DESCENDANTS descendants Father of Pierre Arseneau, Abraham Arseneau, Charles Arseneau, Jacques Arseneau, François Arseneau, Anne Arseneau, Claude Ambroise Arseneau, Augustin Arseneau and Abraham Arseneau Died before 1714 in Beaubassin, Acadie, Nouvelle-Francemap [uncertain] Profile managers: Acadians Project WikiTree private message [send private message], Jacqueline Girouard Find Relationship private message [send private message], Roland Arsenault Find Relationship private message [send private message], and Eric Evans Find Relationship private message [send private message] Arseneau-10 created 9 Dec 2011 | Last modified 2 Jul 2020 | Last tracked change: 2 Jul 2020 19:19: Brad Foley edited the data for Pierre Arseneau (abt.1646-bef.1714). (Merged Arsenaualt-1 into Arseneau-10: Acadian family naming conventions) [Thank Brad for this | 1 thank-you received] This page has been accessed 8,207 times. The Acadian flag. Pierre Arseneau is an Acadian. Join: Acadians Project Discuss: ACADIA NOTICE This profile is often duplicated and parents are assigned without documentation. It is protected by the Acadian Project. Please contact the Acadian Project before attaching parents, children, spouses or changing significant information. You may add to the == Research Section == anytime. Thanks!

Contents [hide] 1 Biography 2 Timeline 3 Biographie 4 Research 5 Sources Biography Flag of France Pierre Arseneau migrated from France to Acadia. Flag of Acadia One of the largest Acadian families stems from one pioneer,[1] Pierre Arsenau, born around 1646[2] or 1650[3] in France. [2] According to Stephen A. White, his parents are not known and his place of birth isn't known beyond France.[3] He embarked from Rochefort on l'Oranger [4] He likely arrived at Port-Royal Acadia (Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada) shortly after the Census of 1671.[5] He was a coastal pilot.[6][7][8][9][10] Around 1672, Pierre collaborated with Jacques Bourgeois to found the colony "Bourgeois," which became Beaubassin (Amherst, NS).[11][4] Pierre had two wives.[6] He married Marguerite Dugas, daughter of Abraham Dugas and Marguerite Doucet, around 1675. The couple had two sons:[3] Pierre Arseneau Abraham Arseneau On Sept 26, 1683, Pierre made a deposition against James Taylor of Boston that he came and stole from him and others from Port Royal[12] Around 1685-1687, Pierre married Marie Guérin, daughter of François Guérin and Anne Blanchard, who gave birth to 6 more sons and a daughter.[3][13][14] Charles Arseneau Jacques Arseneau François Arseneau Anne Arseneau Claude Arseneau Augustin Arseneau Abraham Arseneau A few years after their marriage, they moved to Beaubassin and their first two children had arrived.[15] Still in Beaubassin, more children, including their only daughter Anne, were born.[16] Unfortunately, by 1700 their only daughter Anne, had died and appears on no further censuses.[17] Soon, the two boys from his first wife were grown and had left home, and the family is complete.[18][19][20] During the time Pierre and Marie were raising their family, England and France were at war twice: 1687-1697 War of the League of Augsburg (King William’s War); and, 1702-1713 War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne’s War).[21][22] During that time, the family would have witnessed the effects of two English raids at Beaubassin by Benjamin Church: In 1696, Church's raid lasted 9 days. Once the English ships were seen, the inhabitants fled, carrying their more valuable possessions. Church recorded that the settlers’ ”cattle sheep, hogs, and dogs” were left ”lying dead about their houses, chopped and hacked with hatches". The church and some of the houses were also burnt.[21]. The second raid took place in 1702: "The Acadians were in arms and an indecisive skirmish ensued. After the Acadians retreated into the woods, Church and his men found that the inhabitants had removed as much of their household and farm goods as possible. Church set the buildings on fire... and killed about 100 cattle before leaving to return to Boston." [21] They must have worked hard to recover their losses because by 1707 they had animals on their land again.[20] Then by 1714 the five youngest boys were at home and Marie was a widow.[23][3] He possibly died in 1710.[11] Timeline c1650 birth c1675 marriage to Marguerite Dugas c1676 birth, son Pierre c1678 birth, son Abraham c1685 marriage to Maire Guérin 1686 residence, Port-Royal c1687 moves to Beaubassin[11] 1687 War of the League of Augsburg (King William’s War) starts between England and France[21] c1690 birth, son Charles c1692 birth, son Jacques 1690 Phipps captures and sacks Port-Royal, coerces inhabitants' oaths of allegiance to English Crown, sets up local Peacekeeping Council and leaves within 12 days.[24][25][26] Seamen from two ships later loot and burn between 28 and 35 homes/habitations including the parish church.[22] 1693 residence, Beaubassin c1694 birth, son François 1696 Benjamin Church raids Beaubassin. Once the English ships were seen, the inhabitants fled, carrying their more valuable possessions. The church was burned and animals were slaughtered.[21] 1697 Treaty of Ryswick restores Acadia to France; Port-Royal is its capital.[22] c1697 birth, daughter Anne 1698 residence, Beaubassin c1699 birth, son Claude (dit Ambroise) c1700 residence, Beaubassin c1701 birth, son Augustin c1702 birth, son Abraham (dit le Petit Abram) 1702 War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne’s War) starts between England and France.[22] 1704: Church raids Beaubassin again. The church was burned and animals were slaughtered.[21] c1710 death at Beaubassin[11] or before 1714[3] Biographie Pierre Arsenau est né vers 1646[2] ou 1650[3] en France.[2]. Selon Stephen A. White, son lieu d'origine n'est pas connu.[3][2] Son arrivé a Port-Royal semble être après le recensement de 1671. Il était un pilote côtier.[6] Vers 1672, Pierre collabora avec Jacques Bourgeois pour fonder la colonie Bourgeois, qui devint Beaubassin.[11] Pierre s'est marié deux fois.[6] Il épousa Marguerite Dugas, fille de Abraham Dugas et de Marguerite Doucet, vers 1675. Le couple a eu deux fils: Pierre (n. vers 1676) et Abraham (n. vers 1678).[3] Le 26 sept 1683, Pierre a fait une déposition contre James Taylor de Boston qui était venu le voler ainsi que quelques autres de Port Royal.[12] Vers 1685, Pierre a convolé avec Marie Guérin, fille de François Guérin et d'Anne Blanchard, qui lui a donné six autres fils (Charles, Jacques, François, Claude (dit Ambroise), Augustin, et Abraham ) et une fille (Anne).[3] Pierre est mort avant 1714.[3] Research Birth and yDNA: Savard has his birth at about 1646[2] presumably because it is consistent with the 1671 Census where he is 40 years of age. Stephen White uses 1650[3] presumably because it is consistent with the later census of 1693, 1698, and 1700. We have put the date as 1646 to conform with Savard and to avoid confusion when searching the FTDNA site, which lists y-DNA results of Pierre Arsenault b. 1646 here. Parents: Pierre's parents are unknown. Some believe Abraham and Marguerite Doucet are his parents, but evidence supporting this has not been found. 2nd Marriage. Minor discrepancy. Stephen White's DGFA p 23 lists marriage 'before 1686' (presumably because they are together in the 1686 census), but, his 37 familles paper lists it as 'around 1685'. Sources ↑ Geneviève Massignon, "Les parlers français d'Acadie, enquête linguistique" (Paris: Librairie Klincksieck, 1962) p. 42. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Savard, Denis. "Dictionnaire généalogique des familles Arsenault ", Sainte-Foy, Québec : Editions MultiMondes, 2000, p. 628. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 White, Stephen A., Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert. Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes. Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999, Print, pp.23-24 Pierre ARSENEAU , born around 1650, a pilot, married 1st around 1675 to Marguerite DUGAS, daughter of Abraham & Marguerite DOUCET; two children. He married 2nd before the census of 1686 to Marie GUÉRIN, daughter of Francois & Anne BLANCHARD; seven children. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Title: BMS & NMD de Sauzon 1617 - 1901. PIERRE ARSENAULT, born in France in 1646, arrived in Acadie in the spring of 1671 aboard the ship l'Oranger, which had raised anchor from La Rochelle, France. He was brought over from France by Jacques Bourgeois, and became his ship's pilot for his coastal trade. Pierre worked right alongside Jacques in founding "Bourgeois Colony," which became Beaubassin, now Amherst, Nova Scotia. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1671 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie. 1671 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752” Images 3-14. Not listed, apparently not arrived yet. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 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), Arsenault p. 1 Pierre ARSENAULT, coastal pilot, married 1st around 1675 to Marguerite DUGAS, daughter of Abraham & Marguerite DOUCET; two sons. He married DOUCET; two sons. He married 2nd around 1685 to 2nd around 1685 to Marie GUÉRIN, daughter of Francois & Anne BLANCHARD ; six sons & one daughter. ↑ IMMIGRATION: ACADIAN GENEALOGY EXCHANGE, vol. 2, no. 9, p . 4. Pierre ARSENAULT was almost certainly one of the 60 persons sent by Rochefort to Acadia in 1671. ...This surname was also prevalent in the Poitou and Charentes regions of France. ↑ Bona Arsenault, History of the Acadians: 1605-1881, English translation (Ottawa, Lemeac, 1978) p. 47. Pierre ARSENAULT (ARCENEAUX) arrived in 1671 with the first contingent of French settlers since the English occupation of 1654; he became pilot for Jacques BOURGEOIS in his coastal trade. ↑ Paul Arsenault, "The ARSENAULT Family and its Origins," in Le Reveil Acadien, vol. 12, no. 4 (Nov 1996) p. 80. Pierre ARSENAULT was born in France around 1650, arrived at Port-Royal around 1671. He worked as a boat pilot for doctor Jacques BOURGEOIS. He married twice, and settled in 1686 as seigneur of a concession at Beaubassin. ↑ Robert C. West, AN ATLAS OF LOUISIANA SURNAMES OF FRENCH AND SPANISH ORIGIN; 1600-1981; (Baton Rouge, LA: La. State Univ., 1986) p. 17. Pierre ARSENAULT arrived in Port Royal, Acadia from France in 1671. He helped establish a settlement there at Beaubassin (Footnote: Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE). Though most Louisiana families with the name descend from him, there was also a Michel ARSENAULT married to Marie-Anne ANDRÉ, a native of Cap de Madeleine near Quebec, living on the German Coast (St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana) at least by 1752. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Arsenault, Bona. "Histoire et généalogie des Acadiens", Le Conseil de la vie française en Amerique, Québec, 1965, p. 525. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Déposition de sept 1683, France, Archives du Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, Correspondance politique Angleterre, 1683-1685, MG 5, A 1, vol. 151 Folios 108r ↑ "Marriage registers of Madawaska," in ACADIAN GENEALOGY EXCHANGE; vol. XXX, no. 1 (May 2001); p. 34. Pierre ARSENEAULT & Marie GUERIN married 1687. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1686 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1686 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 15-60. at Port-Royal: Pierre ARSENAULT 40 [sic], Marie GUERIN 24; children: Pierre 10, Abraham 8 [from his 1st marriage]. No land or animals listed. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1693 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1693 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 62-108 at Beaubassin: Pierre ARSENAULT 43, Marie GUERIN his wife 30, Pierre 16, Abraham 14, Charles 3, Jacques 1; 14 cattle, 10 sheep, 5 hogs, 8 arpents, 2 guns. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1698 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1698 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 110-150 at Beaubassin: Pierre ARSENAU 48; Marie GUERIN (wife) 36; Abraham 20; Charles 9; Jacques 7; Francois 4; Anne 1; 12 cattle, 6 sheep, 5 hogs, 21 arpents, 2 guns. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1700 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1700 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 151-173. at Beaubassin: Piere AARSONNEAU [Arseneau] 50; Marie GUERIN (wife) 38; Abraham 22; Charles 11; Jacques 8; François 6; Claude 1; 16 cattle, 13 sheep, 12 hogs, 24 arpents, 4 guns. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1701 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1701 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 174-211. at Beaubassin: Pierre ARSENEAU, his wife, 6 boys, 12 arpents, 20 cattle, 15 sheep, 12 hogs, 5 guns. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1703 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1703 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 212-220. at Beaubassin: Pierre ARSENEAU, his wife, 6 boys, 2 arms bearers. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1707 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1707 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 221-237. at Beaubassin: Pierre ARSENAULT and Marie GUERIN 2 boys 14 or older, 4 younger boys; 8 arpents, 16 cattle, 16 sheep, 12 hogs. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 Griffiths, Naomi E.S., From migrant to Acadian: a North-American border people, 1604-1755 (Montreal, Québec: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005) pp.147-151 (King William’s War); p.164 (1696 Church raid of Beaubassin); p. 208 (1704 Church’s Raid on Beaubassin)); pp. 267-268 (oaths of allegiance) ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 Dunn, Brenda. A History of Port Royal / Annapolis Royal 1605-1800. Nimbus Publishing, p44-45 (1697 Treaty of Ryswick); p52-53(1702 Queen Anne’s War); p82-85(1710 Siege of PR). ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1714 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1714 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 239-261. at Beaubassin: The Widow ARSENEAU; Children: Jacques, Francois, Claude, Abraham, Augustin. ↑ C.P.Stacey, “PHIPS, SIR WILLIAM,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1 (Toronto: University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003) accessed November 20, 2013 ↑ Biography of William Phipps ↑ C.Bruce Fergusson,“LA TOURASSE, CHARLES,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, (University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003) accessed November 20, 2013 See also:

BIRTH-NAME-IMMIGRATION-MARRIAGES-CHILDREN-RESIDENCES: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1625-1810 ; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.; p. 393 (Port Roya l) & pp. 827-828 (Beaubassin); own copy. Name spelled ARSENAULT (also ARCENEAUX and many variants mentioned in footnote), born 1646, arrived in Acadia from France in 1671, married 1st around 1675 to Marguerite DUGAS of Port Royal; two children. He married 2nd around 1689 [sic] to Marie GUERIN of Port Royal; seven children listed. Pierre collaborated closely with Jacques BOURGEOIS in the foundation of the colony Bourgeois, which became Beaubassin, where he settled around 1687 with his family. Long footnotes discuss another Canadian branch of the ARSENAULTs, and the variant name spellings. Pierre died at Beaubassin around 1710. FAMILY-NAME: Raymond Douville, "Une branche canadienne des familles Arseneault," in MEMOIRES DE LA SOCIETE GENEALOGI QUE CANADIENNE-FRANCAISE, vol. 3, no. 4 (Jun 1949), pp. 222 -224. Discusses a Canadian line, begun by Francois ARSENEAULT who apparently arrived in 1664 or 1665, with his wife Suzanne LECOMPTE, who died after having given birth to a son Michel on 24 Dec 1666. Michel married on 24 Nov 1689 at Cape Madeleine to Marie-Magdeleine LEBLANC, daughter of Nicolas & Magdeleine LABRIE. [Are these families related?] RESIDENCES: LE REVEIL ACADIEN; vol. XIII, no. 2 (May 1997) ; p. 50. Followup information from F. Rene' PERRON of LES A MITIE'S ACADIENNES. A document he found in the National Archives of Paris (Reference: Minutier Central des Notaires parisiens; Notaire Michel de Beauvais (XCVI-46); Date: 12 Jun 1646). It concerns the cutting of wood in the forest of Closse', a de'pendant of Bonne'table, one of the fiefs of the Comtesse of Soissons, Anne de MONTAFFIE', the widow of Charles de Bourbon, viceroy of New France at his death in 1612. She had died in 1644. On second page: "Michel LARSONNEAU Sieur des Challongieres, one of the adjudicary associate s of these woods, absent at the redaction of this act, an d respresented by Denis COURTIN Sieur de la Trolandiere." L es Challongieres is at Challonges, a village annexed from t he actual commune of Seyssel on the Rhone, and from the district of St-Julien-dGe'ne'vois. Among the heirs of the Comtesse was Prince Thomas de SAVOYE de Carignan.

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| origin = France | origin-flag = Flags.png | destination = Acadia | destination-flag = Acadie-1.png }}:One of the largest Acadian families stems from one pioneer.<ref name=mass>Massignon, Geneviève. "Les parlers français d'Acadie, enquête linguistique", Librairie Klincksieck, Paris, 1962, 2 tomes. p42.</ref> Pierre Arsenau was born around 1646<ref name=Savard/> or 1650<ref name=DGFA/> in France <ref name=Savard/>. According to Stephen A. White, his parents are not known and his place of birth isn't known beyond France.<ref name=DGFA/> He embarked from Rochefort on "L'Oranger" <refname=BMS>Title: BMS & NMD de Sauzon 1617 - 1901.

PIERRE ARSENAULT, born in France in 1646, arrived in Acadie in the spring of 1671 aboard the ship l'Oranger, which had raised anchor from La Rochelle, France. He was brought over from France by Jacques Bourgeois, and became his ship's pilot for his coastal trade. Pierre worked right alongside Jacques in founding "Bourgeois Colony", which became Beaubassin, now Amherst, Nova Scotia.

</ref> He likely arrived at Port-Royal Acadia (Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada) shortly after the Census of 1671.<ref>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1671 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie. 1671 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752” Images 3-14.

Not listed, apparently not arrived yet.

</ref> He was a coastal pilot.<ref name=SW/><ref>IMMIGRATION: ACADIAN GENEALOGY EXCHANGE, vol. 2, no. 9, p . 4.

Pierre ARSENAULT was almost certainly one of the 60 persons sent by Rochefort to Acadia in 1671. ...This surname was also prevalent in the Poitou and Charentes regions of France.

</ref><ref>Bona Arsenault, HISTORY OF THE ACADIANS; 1605-1881; Ottawa, Lemeac, 1978; p. 47; own copy; English translation. Pierre ARSENAULT (ARCENEAUX) arrived in 1671 with the first contingent of French settlers since the English occupation of 1654; hebecame pilot for Jacques BOURGEOIS in his coastal trade.</ref><ref>Paul Arsenault, "The ARSENAULT Family and its Origins," in LE REVEIL ACADIEN; vol. 12, no. 4 (Nov 1996) ; p. 80.

Pierre ARSENAULT was born in France around 1650, a rrived at Port-Royal around 1671. Heworked as a boat pilot for doctor Jacques BOURGEOIS. He married twice, and settled in 1686 as seigneur of a concession at Beaubassin.

</ref><ref>Robert C. West, AN ATLAS OF LOUISIANA SURNAME S OF FRENCH AND SPANISH ORIGIN; 1600-1981; Baton Rouge, L A State Univ., 1986; p. 17;

Pierre ARSENAULT arrived in Port Royal, Acadia from France in 1671. He helped establish a settlement there at Beaubassin (Footnote: Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE). Though most Louisianafamilies with the name descend from him, there was also a Michel ARSENAULT married to Marie-Anne ANDRÉ, a native of Cap de Madeleine near Quebec, living on the German Coast (St. John the Baptist Parish) at least by 1752.

</ref> :Around 1672, Pierre collaborated with Bourgeois-8|Jacques Bourgeois to found the colony Bourgeois, which became Space:Beaubassin,Acadie| Beaubassin (Amherst, NS).<ref name="Bona"/><ref name=BMS/> :Pierre had two wives.<ref name=SW/> He married Dugas-91|Marguerite Dugas, daughter of Abraham Dugas and Marguerite Doucet, around 1675. The couple had two sons:<ref name=DGFA/>

1. Arseneau-15|Pierre Arseneau
2. Arseneau-19|Abraham Arseneau :On Sept 26, 1683, Pierre made a deposition against James Taylor of Boston that he came and stole from him and others from Port Royal<ref name=theft>Déposition de sept 1683 ,France, Archives du Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, Correspondance politique Angleterre, 1683-1685, MG 5, A 1, vol. 151 Folios 108r</ref> :Around 1685-1687, Pierre married Guérin-51|Marie Guérin, daughter of François Guérin and Anne Blanchard, who gave birth to 6 more sons and a daughter.<ref name=DGFA/><ref> "Marriage registers of Madawaska," in ACADIAN GENEALOGY EXCHANGE; vol. XXX, no. 1 (May 2001); p. 34. Pierre ARSENEAULT & Marie GUERIN married 1687. </ref><ref>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1686 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1686 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 15-60.

at Port-Royal: Pierre ARSENAULT 40 [sic], Marie GUERIN 24; children: Pierre 10, Abraham 8 [from his 1st marriage]. No land or animals listed.

</ref>.

1. Arseneau-21|Charles Arseneau
2. Arseneau-92|Jacques Arseneau
3. Arseneau-437|François Arseneau
4. Arseneau-104|Anne Arseneau
5. Arseneau-277|Claude Arseneau
6. Arseneau-20|Augustin Arseneau
7. Arseneau-275|Abraham Arseneau :A few years after their marriage, they moved to Beaubassin and their first two children had arrived.<ref>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1693 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1693 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 62-108

at Beaubassin: Pierre ARSENAULT 43, Marie GUERIN his wife 30, Pierre 16, Abraham 14, Charles 3, Jacques 1; 14 cattle, 10 sheep, 5 hogs, 8 arpents, 2 guns.

</ref>Still in Beaubassin, more children, including their only daughter Anne, were born.<ref> Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1698 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie1698 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found atAcadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 110-150

at Beaubassin: Pierre ARSENAU 48; Marie GUERIN (wife) 36; Abraham 20; Charles9; Jacques 7; Francois 4; Anne 1; 12 cattle, 6 sheep, 5 hogs, 21 arpents, 2 guns.

</ref>. Unfortunately, by 1700 their only daughter Anne, has died and appears on no further censuses.<ref>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1700 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1700 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 151-173.

at Beaubassin: PiereAARSONNEAU [Arseneau] 50; Marie GUERIN (wife) 38; Abraham 22; Charles11; Jacques 8; François 6; Claude 1; 16 cattle, 13 sheep, 12 hogs, 24 arpents, 4 guns.

</ref>. Soon, the two boys from his first wife have grown and left home and the family is complete.<ref>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1701 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie1701 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 174-211.

at Beaubassin: Pierre ARSENEAU, his wife, 6 boys, 12 arpents, 20 cattle, 15 sheep, 12 hogs, 5 guns.

</ref><ref>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1703 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1703 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 212-220.

at Beaubassin: Pierre ARSENEAU, his wife, 6 boys, 2 arms bearers.

</ref><ref name=Census1707>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1707 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1707 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671– 1752”, Images 221-237.

at Beaubassin: Pierre ARSENAULT and Marie GUERIN 2 boys 14 or older, 4 younger boys; 8 arpents, 16 cattle, 16 sheep, 12 hogs.

</ref> :During the time Pierre and Marie were raising their family, England and France were at war twice: 1687-1697 War of the League of Augsburg (King William’s War); and, 1702-1713 War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne’s War).<ref name=Griffiths2005/><ref name=Dunn/> During that time, the family would have witnessed the effects of two English raids at Beaubassin by Benjamin Church: :In 1696, Church's raid lasted 9 days. Once the English ships were seen, the inhabitants fled, carrying their more valuable possessions. Church recorded that the settlers’ ”cattle sheep, hogs, and dogs” were left ”lying dead about their houses, chopped and hacked with hatches". The church and some of the houses were also burnt.<ref name=Griffiths2005/>. The second raid took place in 1702: "The Acadians were in arms and an indecisive skirmish ensued. After the Acadians retreated into the woods, Church and his men found that the inhabitants had removed as much of their household and farm goods as possible. Church set the buildings on fire... and killed about 100 cattle before leaving to return to Boston" <ref name=Griffiths2005/> :They must have worked hard to recover their losses because by 1707 they had animals on their land again.<ref name=Census1707 /> :Then by 1714 the five youngest boys are at home and Marie is a widow.<ref>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1714 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1714 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 239-261.

at Beaubassin: The Widow ARSENEAU; Children: Jacques, Francois, Claude, Abraham, Augustin.

</ref><ref name=DGFA/> He possibly died in 1710<ref name="Bona"/>

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:c1650 birth :c1675 marriage to Marguerite Dugas :c1676 birth, son Pierre :c1678 birth, son Abraham :c1685 marriage to Maire Guérin :1686 residence, Port-Royal :c1687 moves to Beaubassin<ref name="Bona"/>:1687 War of the League of Augsburg (King William’s War) starts between England and France<ref name=Griffiths2005>Griffiths, NaomiE.S., From migrant to Acadian : a North-American border people, 1604-1755, Montreal (Québec), McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005, p147-151 (King William’s War); p 164 (1696 Church raid of Beaubassin); p 208 (1704 Church’s Raid on Beaubassin)); p 267-268 (oaths of allegiance)</ref> :c1690 birth, son Charles :c1692 birth, son Jacques:1690 Phipps captures and sacks Port-Royal, coerces inhabitants'oaths of allegiance to English Crown, sets up local Peacekeeping Council and leaves within 12 days.<ref name=biophips>C.P.Stacey, “PHIPS, SIR WILLIAM,”in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003, accessed November 20, 2013</ref><ref name=biowikiphips>Biography of William Phipps</ref><ref name=biotourasse>C.Bruce Fergusson,“LA TOURASSE, CHARLES,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003, accessed November 20,2013</ref> Seaman from two ships later loot and burn between 28 and 35 homes/habitations including the parish church.<ref name=Dunn/>” :1693 residence, Beaubassin :c1694 birth, son François:1696 Benjamin Church raids Beaubassin. Once the English ships were seen, theinhabitants fled, carrying their more valuable possessions. The church was burned and animals were slaughtered. <ref name=Griffiths2005/>:1697 Treaty of Ryswick restores Acadia to France; Port-Royal isits capital<ref name=Dunn/> :c1697 birth, daughter Anne :1698 residence, Beaubassin :c1699 birth, son Claude (dit Ambroise) :c1700 residence, Beaubassin :c1701 birth, son Augustin :c1702 birth, son Abraham (dit le Petit Abram):1702 War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne’s War) starts between England and France<ref name=Dunn>Dunn, Brenda. A History of Port Royal / Annapolis Royal 1605-1800. Nimbus Publishing, p44-45 (1697 Treaty of Ryswick); p52-53(1702 Queen Anne’s War); p82-85(1710 Siege of PR).</ref>:1704: Church raids Beaubassin again. The church was burned and animals were slaughtered. <ref name=Griffiths2005/> :c1710 death at Beaubassin<ref name="Bona"/> or before 1714<ref name=DGFA/>

Biographie==:Pierre Arsenau est né vers 1646<ref name=Savard/> ou 1650<ref name=DGFA/> en France.<ref name=Savard/>. Selon Stephen A. White, son lieu d'origine n'est pas connu.<ref name=DGFA> White, Stephen A., Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert. Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes. Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999, Print, pp.23-24

Pierre ARSENEAU , born around 1650, a pilot, married 1st around 1675 to Marguerite DUGAS, daughter of Abraham & Marguerite DOUCET; two children.== He married 2nd before the census of 1686 to Marie GUÉRIN, daughter ofFrancois & Anne BLANCHARD; seven children.

</ref><ref name=Savard>Savard, Denis. "Dictionnaire généalogique des familles Arsenault ", Sainte-Foy, Québec : Editions MultiMondes, 2000, p. 628.</ref> Son arrivé a Port-Royal semble être après le recensement de 1671. Il était un pilote côtier.<ref name=SW>White, Stephen A. La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtessesdes Retrouvailles 94, online articles, Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994), Arsenault p. 1

Pierre ARSENAULT, coastal pilot, married 1st around 1675 to Marguerite DUGAS, daughter of Abraham & Marguerite DOUCET; two sons. He married DOUCET; two sons. He married 2nd around 1685 to 2nd around 1685 to Marie GUÉRIN, daughter of Francois & Anne BLANCHARD ; six sons & one daughter.

</ref> :Vers 1672, Pierre collabora avec Jacques Bourgeois pour fonder la colonie Bourgeois, qui devint Space:Beaubassin, Acadie| Beaubassin.<ref name="Bona"> Arsenault, Bona. "Histoire et généalogie des Acadiens", Le Conseil de la vie française en Amerique, Québec, 1965, p. 525.</ref> :Pierre s'est marié deux fois.<ref name=SW/> Il épousa Marguerite Dugas, fille de Abraham Dugas et de Marguerite Doucet, vers 1675. Le couple a eu deux fils: Pierre (n. vers 1676) et Abraham (n. vers 1678).<ref name=DGFA/> :Le 26 sept 1683, Pierre a fait une déposition contre James Taylor deBoston qui était venu le voler ainsi que quelques autres de Port Royal.<ref name=theft /> :Vers 1685, Pierre a convolé avec Marie Guérin, fille de François Guérin et d'Anne Blanchard, qui lui a donné six autres fils (Charles,Jacques, François, Claude (dit Ambroise), Augustin, et Abraham ) et une fille (Anne).<ref name=DGFA/>

:Pierre est mort avant 1714.<ref name=DGFA/>

Research ==:Birth and yDNA: Savard has his birth at about 1646<ref name=Savard/> presumably because it is consistent with the 1671 Census where he is 40 years of age. Stephen White uses 1650<ref name=DGFA/> presumably because it is consistent with the later census of 1693, 1698, and 1700. We have put the date as 1646 to conform with Savard and to avoid confusion when searching the FTDNA site, which lists y-DNA results ofPierre Arsenault b. 1646 here.

:Parents: Pierre's parents are unknown. Some believe Arseneau-37|Abraham and Doucet-23|Marguerite Doucet are his parents, but evidence supporting this has not been found. :2nd Marriage. Minor discrepancy. Stephen White's DGFA p 23 lists marriage 'before 1686' (presumably because they are together in the 1686 census), but, his 37 familles paper lists it as 'around 1685'.

Sources

<references /> See also:*BIRTH-NAME-IMMIGRATION-MARRIAGES-CHILDREN-RESIDENCES: Bona Arsenault,HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1625-1810 ; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.; p. 393 (Port Roya l) & pp. 827-828 (Beaubassin); own copy.

Name spelled ARSENAULT (also ARCENEAUX and many variants mentioned in footnote), born 1646, arrived in Acadia from France in 1671, married 1st around 1675 to Marguerite DUGAS of Port Royal;two children. He married 2nd around 1689 [sic] to Marie GUERIN of Port Royal; seven children listed. Pierre collaborated closely with Jacques BOURGEOIS in the foundation of the colony Bourgeois, which became Beaubassin, where he settled around 1687 with his family. Long footnotes discuss another Canadian branch of the ARSENAULTs, and the variant name spellings. Pierre died at Beaubassin around 1710.

*FAMILY-NAME: Raymond Douville, "Une branche canadienne des familles Arseneault," in MEMOIRES DE LA SOCIETE GENEALOGI QUE CANADIENNE-FRANCAISE, vol. 3, no. 4 (Jun 1949), pp. 222 -224. Discusses a Canadian line,begun by Francois ARSENEAULT who apparently arrived in 1664 or 1665, with his wife Suzanne LECOMPTE, who died after having given birth to ason Michel on 24 Dec 1666. Michel married on 24 Nov 1689 at Cape Madeleine to Marie-Magdeleine LEBLANC, daughter of Nicolas & Magdeleine LABRIE. [Are these families related?]*RESIDENCES: LE REVEIL ACADIEN; vol. XIII, no. 2 (May 1997) ; p. 50. Followup information from F. Rene' PERRON of LES A MITIE'S ACADIENNES. A document he found in the National Archives of Paris (Reference: Minutier Central des Notaires parisiens; Notaire Michel de Beauvais (XCVI-46); Date: 12 Jun 1646). It concerns the cutting of wood in the forestof Closse', a de'pendant of Bonne'table, one of the fiefs of the Comtesse of Soissons, Anne de MONTAFFIE', the widow of Charles de Bourbon,viceroy of New France at his death in 1612. She had died in 1644. On second page: "Michel LARSONNEAU Sieur des Challongieres, one of the adjudicary associate s of these woods, absent at the redaction of this act, an d respresented by Denis COURTIN Sieur de la Trolandiere." L es Challongieres is at Challonges, a village annexed from t he actual commune of Seyssel on the Rhone, and from the district of St-Julien-dGe'ne'vois. Among the heirs of the Comtesse was Prince Thomas de SAVOYE deCarignan.

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weRelate:
Pierre Arseneault
Spouse  marie leblanc
https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Pierre+Arseneault+%282%29

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FamilySearch: Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909
Pierre Arsenau in entry for Jacques Arsenau and Marie Poirier, "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909"
Lead confidence: 3
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5N-3LH

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According to Bona Arsenault, Pierre Ars

According to Bona Arsenault, Pierre Arsenault/Arcensauax was a first settler in Beauassin around 1672. He was the pilot to Jacques Bourgeois. Marriage Source: Corrections to Bona Arsenault list 1689 at Beaubassin.
Janet Jehn, ACADIAN DESCENDANTS, Vol1, pg 17.
Arrived in Acadia in the spring of 1671. In 1672 was co-founder of the
colony of Bourgeois, which later became Beaubassin, with Jacques Bourgeois.
Resided there from 1687-1710. His first wife was MARGUERITE DUGAS, daughter
of ABRAHAM and MARGUERITE DOUCET, from Port Royal. His second wife was
MARIE GUERIN, daughter of FRANCOIS and ANNE BLANCHARD.
S. A. White's English Supplement, pg. 6: "Pierre's place of origin is unknown. He seemsto have arrived at Port-Royal after the census of 1671 on the ship L'Oranger. He was a coastal pilot. In 1686, heresided at Port-Royal but owned property at beaubassin."

Steve Natalie's German Acadian Coast Genealogy site in Internet, (26 May 2001), Pierre was born in "Rocehefort, Charente, Maritime, France". He also lists all of Pierre's children as being born in thesame place. However, the town has had three different names: Bourgois, Beaubassin, and Amherst, Nova Scotia are the same place.

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Pierre Arsenault collaborated with Jacques Bourgeois in the founding of the village of Beaubassin, Acadia, where he settled around 1687.

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Pierre Arceneaux married (2) Marie Guerin. Record of family is found in ARcenault, p 575 or 525. Pierre Arceneaux married (2) Marie Guerin. Record of family is found in ARcenault, p 575 or 525. PierreArceneaux married (2) Marie Guerin. Pierre Arceneaux married (2) Marie Guerin. Record of family is found in ARcenault, p 575 or 525. Pierre Arceneaux married (2) Marie Guerin. Record of family is found in ARcenault, p 575 or 525.

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Dj Savard - www.rbmulti.nb.ca/acadie/familles/arsenaul/arsenaul/htm
Pierre Arsenault, born in 1646, boarded the ship 'Oranger' at Rochfort.
Shortly after his arrival at Port Royal in 1671 he relocated to Beaubassin
(present-day Amherst) where he died around 1710.
Pierre etait pilote cotier

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!BIRTH: Information from Beauregard, Généalogie de l'ancienne Acadie, available at http://www.francogene.com/dgaa/dgaa-aa.php (gives approximateyear of birth as 1646 or 1650).

!CHRISTENING: Information not researched.

!MARRIAGE: Information from Beauregard, Généalogie de l'ancienne Acadie, available at http://www.francogene.com/dgaa/dgaa-aa.php (says marriage was before 1676, probably at Port Royal, Acadia; gives spouse's name but no parents' names).

!DEATH: Information not researched.

!BURIAL: Information not researched.

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!BEAUBASSIN AREA DEVELOPS !Jacques Bourgeois, one of the most prosperous inhabitants of Port Royal began developing a new colony around !1672 on one of the extensions of baie Francaise (Fundy), known today as Cumberland Basin, which the Indians !called Chignectou. !He arrived in Acadia as a surgeon in 1640 under d'Aulnay's regime and handled special shipping and trading with !the Indians in Baie Francaisc. He was 53 years old in 1672. !Bourgeois set up two sons and three sons-in-law on his establishment, a grassy slope on the south bank of the !Misssagouash River between Pointe Beausejour and present day Amherst. Thomas Cormier, one of his !sons-in-law, soon became the most well-to-do member of the colony while 22 year old Pierre Arsenault !(Arceneaux) who had arrived in 1672 with the first contingent of French settlers since the English occupation of !1654, became Bourgeois' Pilot for his coastal trade. !At this time, the missionary priests in Port Royal, known as the Mission Etrangere,were urging young men in Port !Royal to emigrate to the new Bourgeois colony which was better protected from English raids with more and better !land available Arsenault helped to recruit and transport them in Jacques Bourgeois' ship. !Near the Bourgeois settlement, Michel LeNeuf de la Valliere, described as a Canadian gentleman born in Trois !Riviere, arrived and set up a fur trading post. He was related by marriage to Nicolas and Simon Denys. In October !1676, he was given seigneurial rights over the entire Chignectou area which he renamed BEAUBASSIN, however, !he had no jurisdiction over the farms of settlers already established there at Penobscot. He soon became the !supreme chief of the in tire Abenaki tribe, subjecting them to dictatorial rule. !The support given the French governors of Acadia by all these seigneuries, headed by astute capitaines de saurages, !was indispensable to the colony during wars against the English. It was an ingenious defence system for the !Acadian territory: integration of the Indians into the organization helped the comparatively small Acadian colony !agains the more populous English colonic in New England, especially Massachusetts, bordering Acadia. !When war broke out, these captains ordered out the Indians who repelled attacks or carried out bloody raids !directly into the heart of the English colonies. !However expeditions carried out by some of these captains and their Indian infantry into enemy territory often !were for reasons other than mere defence; consequently, the peaceful Acadian colonists often suffered painful !counterattacks as a result. Furthermore, the raids built up animosity and hate for the Acadian among the !Massachusetts settlers in particular. !THE FIRST BEAUBASSIN SETTLERS !The first settlers in BEAUBASSIN around 1672 were Jacques Bourgeois; his sons, Charles and Germain; his pilot !Pierre Arsenault (Arceneaux); Jacques Belou, Jean Boudrot, Thomas Cormier, Germain Girouard and Pierre Cyr. !Between 1676 and 1678 de la Valliere brought in from Canada Gabriel Chiasson, Jacques Cochu, Robert Cottard, !Michel Ilache dit Gallant, Jean Labarre, Francois Leger, Pierre Mercier, Jean- Aubin Mignault, Emmanuel Mirande !and others. !Newcomers around 1678 were Laurent Godin dit Chatillon, Jean Campagna and Francois Pellerin, followed by !Martin Aucoin, Michel Poirier, Pierre Morin and Roger Caissy. !Port Royal colonists who settled in BEAUBASSIN from 1686 to 1714 were: Michel Bourg, Pierre Doiron Francois !Doucet, Jean Baptiste Forest, Augustin Gaudet and his brother Antoine Gaudet; Abraham and Claude Gaudet, two !brothers; Pierre Hebert, Jaques Hebert, Martin Richard and his son Martin. !At the same time other came from the St John River, including: Rene Bernard, Michel Deveau, Francois Labauve, !Philippe Lambert, Francois Lapierre dit Laroche and Jean Baptiste Veco. !Still more would come later, such as Jean Mouton and his family who moved from Grand Pre to BEAUBASSIN in !1728. !The efforts of Bo urgeois and de la Valliere, the first bringing in settlers from Port Royal, the other from Canada by !way of Baie Verte and across the Chignectou Isthmus,soon produced a single well knit colony. Bourgeois set up an !all important flour mill, parts of which he purchased in Boston, while other essentials were purchased either from !Canada or Boston, traders. Trade was a flourishing two way street business between this French Colony and the !New Englanders in peace time, but almost non existent with French because French ships were a rarity. !Roger Caissy (Casey, Kuessey and Quessey), the Irishrefugee who married an Acadian girl, brought the first fruit !trees from Port Royal to BEAUBASSIN, more specifically to a place known today as Bute Roger (Butte a Roger). !HISTORICAL REPORTS ABOUT BEAUBASSIN !Intendant de Mculles of Canada inspected the colony and other points in Acadia in 1685 and left a glowing report !of his visit which today is a particularly valuable record. The natural prairie, he said, could easily feed 1000,000 !head of cattle. !"On each side of these prairies, there are gentle slopes covered by hard woods," he said. !The hand built housing units were more than adequate and the average bread winner had at "least 15 to 20 head of !cattle" and a dozen each of swine and sheep, indicating at the time a type of contented middle class. !"They never bother stabling them,outside of two or three months of the year or when they want to butcher them, !but this is one reason why they lose many to wild dogs (wolves). !"As yet they do not have a great crop yield but once they begin growing wheat, they will be able to export some." !Intendant De Meullers also noted that the women spun their own wool and produced all the clothing they needed, !even footwear similar to Indian moccasins. !"Each year an English ship arrives which brings other necessities which they purchase in exchange for fur pelts !they get from the Indians, They also made Thier own linens." !At that t ime also, De Meulles recommended building the Chignecto canal which would shorten the distance from !the St. Lawrence by at least 500 miles. !He said the canal which enable the colony to grow and "the people of Quebec to carry on all the trade, which is !considerable, which is now done by the English, for each summer there are three or four ships from Boston which !sell at the prices they chooseall their goods to the inhabitants of Acadia." !Before leaving for Quebec and then France, Intendant De Meulles ordered a second census of Acadia, which was !carried out in 1686. !De la Vallieres spent about 15 years in BEAUBASSIN until he was named governor of Acadia by Governor !Frontensc of Canada and turned over his domain to his nephew, Sebastien de Villieu. !In 1686, Mgr de Saint Vallier ofQuebec visited Acadia to assess the inhabitants' religious practices. He later sent !them a letter congratulating them on their seal and urged the BEAUBASSIN settlement to expand its little chapel !into a full fledged church, complete with presbytery. Mon seigneur's pastoral, five,month, 1700 mile visit took him !from Quebec around the Gaspé Coast, the Gulf and the Maritime to Port Royal. !Mgr deSaint Vallier preached temperance at all the outposts he visited and strongly deplored trading alcohol to the !Indians for furs. !From the outset, BEAUBASSIN was a junction between Canada and Acadia.Via the Gulf of St. Lawrence ships !arrived at Baie Verte and the narrow Chignectou Isthmus was crossed on horseback or foot. !OTHER COLONICS SPRING UP !Chignecto Bay in southeastern New Brunswick forms two basins: Cumberland Basin(the old BEAUBASSIN) and !Shepody Bay (Baie de Chipoidy). Three rivers, the Shepody, Petiteoudisc and Memramcook empty into Shepody !Bay. !Two small colonies sprung up on the Petitcoudisc around 1698. Chipoudy (Hopewell Hill) was founded by Pierre !Thibodeau, who had come to Acadia with Emmanuel LeBorgne; while Petitcousiac (Hillsborough) was established !by Guillaume Blanchard. Thibodeau, who arrived with five sons and a number of other citizens from Port Royal, !built a church on a site known today Church Creek and a flour mill at a place now called Mill Creek. From these !colonies,settlers spread out and founded such places as Memramcook Le Cran (Stony Creek), Silvabro (from the !nae Sylvain Brault), today called Dieppe, Le Coude, on the present site of Moncton, Beausoleil (Bjoundary !Creek). the village of Babineau at the mouth of the Coverdale River in the present area of Salisbury, and other !outposts of lesser importance. !Alexandre Brossard and his brother Joseph founded Boundary Creek around 1740 was to become a legendary figure !both in the Maritime and in Louisiana as we shall see later. !There is a sharp bend in the Petitcoudiac River where it flows past Moncton to which the original name of "Le !Coude" (elbow) is attributed. It was also known at another period as Terre Rouge and , at the time of the dispersal !of the Acadian it was called La Chapelle because a chapel had been built there for inhabitants of nearby settlements. !The foundation of the ancient stone chapel on the site of the present city of Moncton was discovered asrecently !as 1884. The oldest residents of the area at that time knew that a chapel had once existed there because of !conversations heard and handed down from one generation to another, In 1889, theMoncton Transcript also !reported that an ancient cemetery was found near the chapel site, where the Park view Motel stands today. !Pierre Arseneau arrived in Acadia in 1671 married Marguerite Dugas in 1675 . Married Marie Guerin in 1681 !Daughters of Francois Guerin and Anne Blanchard. He was Co-Founder of colony of Bourgeoisie on !BEAUBASSIN settled in Amherst, Nova Scotia, when he arrived in Acadia he was 20 years old. Born in France at !Rochefort, Saintonge (Vannes & Nantes). He became a pilot of a vessel under the leadership of Jacob Bourgeois of !BEAUBASSIN (Bathurst). In 1672 Jacque

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!INFORMATION: Histoire et Genealogie des Acadiens Tome 2 by Bon Arsenault page 525: Pierre ARSENAULT born about 1650, made from France in Acadie at the spring of 1671, married to royal Port about 1676, Marguerite DUGAS, girl of Abraham and in second weddings, about 1687 in Marie GUERIN, girl of François and Anne BLANCHARD. Children of the first marriage: Pierre 1677; Abraham 1679. Efants of the second marriage: Charles 1689; Jacques 1691; François 1694; Claude 1696; Anne 1698; Abraham says the Young person vers1702; Augustin 1703. Pierre ARSENAUT was about 1672 the collaborator of MIDDLE-classJacques in the foundation of the colony MIDDLE-class MAN which became BEAUBASSIN later. He is established towards 1687 avee his family there. He Died With BEAUBASSIN ABOUT 1710. !INFORMATION: obtained from www.geocities.com/heartland/point/4910/arsenault.htm on 17 Mar 2002.

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Arrived in Acadie from France in 1671.

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Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 07:48:57 -0800 From: Margot Ferguson (ferguson@kos.net) To: SURNAMES-M@bl-30.rootsweb.com, SURNAMES-CANADA-M@bl-30.rootsweb.com, SURNAMES-MISC-M@bl-30.rootsweb.com Subject: ARSENEAU Pierre; FRA ) CAN; c. 1646 Looking for information on the descendants of Pierre Arseneau and his wives Marguerite Dugas and Marie Guerin. Particularly interested in the following line, but also in other lines: 1)Pierre Arsenault m. Marguerite Dugas m. ca. 1675, Port Royale, Acadie 2)Pierre Arsenault m. Marie Anne Boudreau m. ca. 1696, Beaubassin, Acadie 3)Pierre Arsenault m. Marguerite Cormier m. 1722, Beaubassin, Acadie 4)Jean-Francois Arsenault m. Anne Poirier m. ca. 1760, Madawaska 5)Florent Arsenault m. Nathalie Rosalie Landry m. 1797, Eel River, NB 6)Francois Edouard Arsenault m.Marie Angelique Leblanc m. 1845, Carleton, QC 7)Florent Arsenault m. Marguerite Normandeau m. 1868, Carleton, QC 8)Joseph Laurent Felix Arseneault m. Eva Pichette m. 1900, Nouvelle, QC Please reply to: ferguson@kos.net - Margot Ferguson ARSENAULT: (on Acadian Families Page); Alana Bennett, 2308 Haddon Avenue, Modesto, California 95354-3042 Telephone (209)524-4121 E-Mail: abennett1@ix.netcom.comPeter McMasters, P.O. Box 957, Greenwood, Nova Scotia B0P 1N0 E-Mail: macmas@istar.ca http://www.umoncton.ca/etudeacadiennes/centre/white/arseno.html ARSENAULT Pierre Arsenault, pilote c°tier, s'estmari deux fois. Vers 1675, il a pous Marguerite Dugas, fille d'Abraham Dugas et de Marguerite Doucet, qui lui a donn deux fils. Vers 1685, il a convol avec Marie Gurin, fille de Fran·ois Gurin et d'Anne Blanchard, qui lui a donn six autres fils et une fille. Pierre, l'a"n de tous les enfants de l'anc°tre, a eu de son mariage avec Marie-Anne Boudrot, fille de Jean Boudrot et de Marguerite Bourge ois, dix enfants, dont Joseph, nvers 1716. Ce dernier a pous sa cousine au troisi¨me degr, Marguerite Boudrot, une des neuf filles de Fran·ois Boudrot dit Manne et de Jeanne Landry, ' Port-Laj oie, "leSaint-Jean, le 28 juillet 1739.

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Short History of Pierre's Life Pierre Arsenault was born in 1650 in France & came to Acadia (present day Nova Scotia) on the ship l'Oranger, approximately 1671. Pierre Arsenault, pilote côtier, s'est marié deux fois (Navigateur). Vers 1675, il a épousé Marguerite Dugas, fille d'Abraham Dugas et de Marguerite Doucet, qui lui a donné deux fils. Vers 1685, il a convolé avec Marie Guérin, fille de François Guérin et d'Anne Blanchard, qui lui a donné six autres fils et une fille. Pierre, l'aîné de tous les enfants de l'ancêtre, a eu de son mariage avec Marie-Anne Boudrot, fille de Jean Boudrot et de Marguerite Bourge ois, dix enfants, dont Joseph, né vers 1716. Ce dernier a épousé sa cousine au troisième degré, Marguerite Boudrot, une des neuf filles de François Boudrot dit Manne et de Jeanne Landry, à Port-Lajoie, île Saint-Jean, le 28 juillet 1739. Birth date for Pierre based on Port Royal cenus 1686 where his age is 40, Beaubassin in 1693 he is 43, in 1698 which he is shpwn at age 48 andin 1700 he is shown to be 50. Pierre was a pilot. Pierre Arsenault was born about 1646, in the vicinity of Rochefort, France. Some lists his birthplace as Saitonges, near La Rochelle in France. He died in 1710 at Beaubassin, Acadia, now Amherst, Nova Scotia, Pierre arrived in Acadia from La Rochelle, France in spring of 1671 on the ship "L'Oranger". He was a sailor originally from the vicinity ofRochefort. In Acadia he was Captain of a vessel for Jacques Bourgeois and was occupied in transporting colonists and merchandise between Port Royal and Beaubassin. Pierre seconded Jacques Bourgeois in the establishment of the Beaubassin settlement where he lived in 1680. Several of his children settled at Ile Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island) during the mid 1730s. He married twice and settled in 1686 as seigneur (lord) of a concession at Beaubassin (Amherst) Nova Scotia. Pierre died around 1710. We can reasonably estimate the date of settlement of Pierre Arsenault at Beaubassin around 1685, for at the major census taken in 1686 he is mentioned along with his family in the following manner: Pierre Arsenault, 40 years, married to Marie Guerin, 24 years; the eldest of their children is 10 years. Marie was the daughter of Francois Guerin. After 1686, the aging Pierre Arsenault went to live at Beaubassin and in the census of 1686 it is noted that Pierre Arsenault "possesses in the Seigneurie (lordship) of Beaubassin, one fire-arm, three acres cultivated land, eight animals with horns, four sheeps, six pigs"; in 1696 the English attacked and burned Beaubassin. Two years later, in the 1698 census, Pierre possesses twelve animal with horns, six sheeps, five pigs, twenty-one acres of land under cultivation and two fire-arms." In 1700 according to the same census, he has "six animals with horns, thirteen sheeps, twelve pigs, twenty-four acres cultivated and four fire-arms.