Notes:

He is the son of Pierre Laverdure dit Melanson and Priscilla Melanson. Pierre was a tailor by trade and a captain in the militia at Mines, Acadie.

He was supposedly a Huguenot, and a Calviniste (although that isn't confirmed). Pierre was of French and English descent as explained below:

His father, Pierre Laverdure dit Melanson, left France because of persecution of his Protestant faith, finding refuge in England. It was there that he met his wife Priscilla Melanson or Malleson.

Pierre senior moved to Boston with his wife Priscilla and youngest son in 1667 (after the French retook Acadia), where he probably died. After his father died, his mother was remarried to William Wright, on 18 April 1680.


After initially settling at Port Royal, Pierre Melanson was later one of the founders of Grand Pre with Pierre Theriot. He was a stonemason.

"In the spring of 1657, the family embarked in England aboard the vessel Satisfaction under the command of Captain Peter Butler, forming part of the company which Thomas Temple was transporting to Acadia, over which he had been named Governor after its capture by the English. Having first stopped at Boston, Captain Butler next went to the fort on the St. John River, where a group of his passengers disembarked, and finally to Port-Royal. It appears the La Verdure (or Melanson, as they were known) family stopped at Fort St. John. After the Treaty of Breda, under which in 1667 England ceded Acadia to France, he and his parents went to seek refuge under the Protestant government at Boston.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138630602/pierre-melanson

Pierre married Marie Marguerite Anne Mius D'Entremont Port-Royal, Acadia, New France. Marie (daughter of Philippe Mius d'Entremont and Madeleine "Helie du" Tillet) was born 1649, Cherbourg, Manche, Normandy, France; died 1691, Grand Pre, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 1714, Saint Charles des Mines, Grand Pre, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Marguerite Melanson was born Abt 1676, Grand Pré, Acadia, New France; died 15 Jul 1744, Acadia, New France; was buried 16 Jul 1744, Saint Charles des Mines, Grand Pre, Kings, Nova Scotia , Canada.
2. Paul-Pierre Melanson was born 1686, Grand Pre, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 1774, Donaldsonville, Ascension, Louisiana, United States.
3. Jean Dominique Melanson was born 1681, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 23 Nov 1760, France.
4. Marie Madeleine Melancon was born About 1673, Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 15 Jul 1744, Saint Gabriel, Iberville, Louisiana, United States or St Charles, Mines, Canada.
5. Pierre Melanson was born 1670, Acadia, New France; died 1751, Acadia, New France.
6. Isabelle Melanson was born 1679, Grand Pre, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; was christened 1679, Saint-Charles des Mines, Grand Pre, Acadia, New France; died About 1719, Acadia, New France.
7. Philippe-Charles Melancon was born 1666, St Charles Des Mines, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 24 Jun 1744, Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , Saint-Charles-des-Mines Grand Pré, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada .

Pierre married Priscilla Melanson. Priscilla died 1 Jan 1692, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried 1692, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]