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From: "Ernest Blanchard" <>
Subject: Re: Melanson
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 18:24:56 -0400


Would your Melanson be of a different group than the Melanson who was one of
the original Pioneers of Grand Pré ??? I seem to remember a metal placque on
a building in Grand Pre. stating that he was born in Scotland. In "The
Acadian Miracle" by Dudley J. LeBlanc page 29 he states that in the 1671
census there was one Scotch name from Scotland, Melanson. One Irish name
from Ireland: Caissie (Kuessey).--Comments appreciated.
----- Original Message -----
From: LucieMC <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 6:22 AM
Subject: Re: Melanson


Hi Anna and Everybody -

In a book published on the Melanson ancestors about a year ago, Michael B.
Melanson of Dracut, Massachusetts lists the three children and marriages of
Pierre Laverdure who was born in France and died in New England or Acadia
between August 1676 and May 1677. He married in England, about 1631,
Priscilla, who was born in England and died at Boston at the end of 1691 or
the beginning of 1692. She married, second, at Boston or Dorchester,
Massachusetts, 8 April 1680, Captain William Wright, senior.

Pierre Laverdure and Priscilla Mellanson had the following children:

1. Pierre Mellanson, Sieur de La Verdure, was born in England about 1632
and died after the summer of 1720. He married at Port-Royal about 1664,
Marie-Marguerite Mius d'Entremont, who was born in France, about 1649, the
daughter of Philippe Mius d'entremont and Madeleine Hélie.

2. Charles Mellanson was born about 1643.

3. John Laverdure.

Michael says that in the summer of 1657, Pierre Laverdure, his wife
Priscilla, and at least three 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 in
1667, transferring it back to France. Frearing religious persecution,
Pierre, Priscilla dn their son, John, sought refuge at Boston. The elder
sons, Pierre and Charles, had already converted, married French-Catholic
women and started families. They reamined in Acadia. Although the reason
remains unclear, the Laverdure brothers used the surname Mellanson.

Source: "The Melansons of Nineteenth-Century Southeastern New Brunswick - A
Genealogy By Michael B. Melanson - Email:

(Note: this is not the Mike Melanson who has a web site - In the
Dictionnaire, Stephen White mentions Michael as one of the people he thanks
as a one of the collaborators.)

Lucie LeBlanc Consentino
Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/6106
http://www.geocities.com/lucieleblanc.geo/



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