List of family names at Port-Royal in Acadie and along the Rivière du Dauphin before the Great Upheaval (1755)
Melanson Settlement National Historic Site
The Fédération des Associations de Familles Acadiennes (FAFA) researched the names of families who settled around the first colony of Port-Royal and along the Rivière du Dauphin (now Annapolis River) before the Deportation of 1755.
The present list is based on family names recorded in the censuses of 1707 and 1714, on the maps of the Rivière du Dauphin of 1708 and 1733 (Mitchell), and from other documents dated before 1755.
This list represents information from 2004. Any additional data would be appreciated by the FAFA.
FAFA thanks Parks Canada for placing a panel on the site of the Melanson Settlement dedicated to interpreting the way of life of Acadian families of the time.
Allain (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Amireau / Tourangeau (Family names counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Arnaud (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Arseneau (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Aubois (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Aucoin (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Babin (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Babineau / de Laurier — 1 (Family names and surnames on the 1733 map)
Barrieau (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Bastarache — 2 (Family name on the 1708 and 1733 maps)
Belliveau — 3 (Family name on the 1708 and 1733 maps)
Benoit (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Bergeron — 4 (Family name on the 1708 map)
Bernard (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Bernon (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Bertrand (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Bézier (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Billot (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Blanchard / Guillot — 5 (Family names and surnames on the 1733 map)
Blin (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Bonnevie / Beaumont (Family names counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Boudrot / Boudreau — 6 (Family names on the 1708 map)
Bourg / Bourque — 7 (Family names on the 1708 map and various other documents dated before 1755)
Boutin (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Bourgeois — 8 (Family name on the 1708 map and various other documents dated before 1755)
Bradstreet (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Breau — 9 (Family name on the 1708 map)
Brossard / Broussard — 43 (Family names and surnames on the 1733 map)
Brun — 10 (Family name on the 1708 and 1733 maps)
Cahouet (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Carne (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Caissie (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Chênet (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Chiasson (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Chouteau / Manceau (Family names counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Clémenceau (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Comeau / l’Esturgeon — 11 (Family names and surnames on the 1733 map)
Cormier (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Corporon (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Coste (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
D’Amours de Freneuse (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Daigle — 12 (Family name on the 1708 map)
Daigre — 13 (Family name on the 1708 map)
Darois (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
David (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Denis (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Doiron (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Doucet / Maillard — 14 (Family names and surnames on the 1733 map)
Dubois / Dumont (Family names counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Duon / Lynnoiss (Family names counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Dugas — 15 (Family name on the 1708 and 1733 maps)
Dupons Duchambon (Family names taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Dupuis — 16 (Family name on the 1708 map)
Flan (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Fontaine / Beaulieu — 44 (Family names and surnames on the 1733 map)
Forest — 17 (Family name on the 1708 and 1733 maps)
Fougère (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
De Gannes de Falaise (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Garceau (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Gaudet / Denis —18 (Family names and surnames on the 1733 map)
Gauthier (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Gautrot (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Gentil (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Godin (Family name on the 1708 map)
Girouard / de Ru — 19 (Family names and surnames on the 1733 map)
Gougeon (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
De Goutin (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Gravois (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Grosvalet (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Gouzil (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Granger — 20 (Family name on the 1708 map)
Guédry (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Guérin (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Guilbeau — 21 (Family name on the 1708 map)
Guy (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Guyon (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Hébert — 22 (Family name and surnames on the 1733 map)
Henry (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Labat / Le Marquis (Family names and surnames on the 1733 map)
Labauve — 23 (Family name on the 1708 map)
Lachaume (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Lalande / Bonappetit (Family names counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Landry (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Langlois (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Lanoue — 24 (Family name on the 1708 and 1733 maps)
Lavergne (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Lebert (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
LeBorgne / de Bélisle (Family names counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
LeBlanc — 25 (Family name on the 1708 and 1733 maps)
Leclerc / Laverdure (Family names counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Lecul (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Léger / La Rosette — 26 (Family names and surnames on the 1733 map)
Lejeune (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Le Poupet de la Boularderie (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Le Prince — 46 (Family name on the 1733 map)
Le Prieur / Dubois (Family names counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
LeVanier / Langevin (Family names counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Long (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Loppinot (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Lord / Lamontagne — 27 (Family names and surnames on the 1733 map)
Le Roy / L’Espérance (Family names counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Levron — 28 (Family name on the 1708 map)
Maillet (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Marchand / Poitiers (Family names counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Maisonnat (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Martin / Barnabé — 29 (Family names and surnames on the 1733 map)
Maucaïre (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Mazerolle / Saint-Louis (Family names counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Melanson — 30 (Family name on the 1708 map)
Mignier (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Michel — 31 (Family name on the 1708 map)
Mius de Pleinmarais (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Mius de Pobomcoup (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Morin (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Morpain (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Moulaison (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Mouton (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Moyse (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Naquin / L’Etoile (Family names counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Orillon / Champagne (Family names counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Part (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Pellerin (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Pelletret (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Pesseley (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Petitot / Saint-Seine (Family names counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Petitpas — 32 (Family name on the 1708 map)
Picot (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Pinet
Pitre — 33 (Family name on the 1708 map)
Poirier (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Poitevin — 34 (Family name on the 1708 map)
Porlier (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Pouget / Lapierre (Family names counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Préjean — 35 (Family name and surnames on the 1733 map)
Prétieux (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Raymond (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Richard / Beaupré — 36 (Family names and surnames on the 1733 map)
Rimbault (Family name on the 1708 map)
Robichaud — 37
Robin (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Rodrigue (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Rousselière (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Roy / LeRoy — 38 (Family names on the 1708 map)
De Saint-Étienne de la Tour (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Samson (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Savary (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Savoie — 39 (Family name on the 1708 map)
Serreau de Saint-Aubin (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses and taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Simon / Boucher (Family names counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Soulard (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Soulevent (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Surette (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Testard / Paris (Family names counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Thébeau (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Thériault — 40 (Family name on the 1708 map)
Thibeau (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Thibodeau — 41 (Family name on the 1708 and 1733 maps)
Tillard (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Trahan (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Triel (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Turpin (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Vigneau / Maurice (Family names counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Villate (Family name counted in the 1707 and 1714 censuses)
Vincent — 41 (Family name on the 1708 and 1733 maps)
Winniett (Family name taken from various other documents dated before 1755)
Map of approximate family locations
Legend
1 — Numbers correspond to the approximate location of the family (if known) as marked on the map of the river.
Any reference to original sites is not to be construed as permission to access these private properties without express authorization.
1 — Babineau / de Laurier
2 — Bastarache
3 — Belliveau
4 — Bergeron
5 — Blanchard / Guillot
6 — Boudrot / Boudreau
7 — Bourg / Bourque
8 — Bourgeois
9 — Breau
10 — Brun
11 — Comeau / l’Esturgeon
12 — Daigle
13 — Daigre
14 — Doucet / Maillard
15 — Dugas
16 — Dupuis
17 — Forest
18 — Gaudet / Denis
19 — Girouard / de Ru
20 — Granger
21 — Guilbeau
22 — Hébert
23 — Labauve
24 — Lanoue
25 — LeBlanc
26 — Léger / La Rosette
27 — Lord / Lamontagne
28 — Levron
29 — Martin / Barnabé
30 — Melanson
31 — Michel
32 — Petitpas
33 — Pitre
34 — Poitevin
35 — Préjean
36 — Richard / Beaupré
37 — Robichaud
38 — Roy / LeRoy
39 — Savoie
40 — Thériault
41 — Thibodeau
41 — Vincent
43 — Brossard / Broussard
44 — Fontaine / Beaulieu
46 — Le Prince
1707 census of the Port Royal area
The lighter region highlights families of the Melanson Settlement.
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