Armand married Anne Marie LeBlanc 29 Aug 1766, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada. Anne (daughter of Etienne Jacques LeBlanc and Elizabeth Boudreaux) was born 19 Jul 1746, Saint Charles des Mines, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; was christened 19 Jul 1746, Grand Pre, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 7 Oct 1836, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Frederick Corteau Melanson was born 25 Nov 1772, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada; was christened 15 Oct 1774, St. Mary's Bay, Digby, Nova Scotia; died 1844, Church Point, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.
2. Henri Benoni Melanson was born 13 May 1778, Digby, Of, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 10 Oct 1875, Digby, Of, Nova Scotia, Canada.
3. Jean-Baptiste Melanson was born 24 Jun 1780, Church Point, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada; died Mar 1855, Church Point, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.
4. Dominique dit Minette Melanson was born 1776, Baie Ste. Marie, Digby, Nove Scotia; died From About 1817 to 1867.
5. Paulin Melanson was born 1770, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 1829, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada.
6. Marie Madeleine Melanson was born 28 Feb 1763, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America; died 1829, Baie Ste Marie, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.
7. Marie Rosalie Melanson was born 1778, Port Royal, Anapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.
8. Marie "Anne" Melanson was born 25 Apr 1769, LaBaye STE.MARIE, YARMOUTH, N.S.; was christened 8 Sep 1769, , St Mary's Bay, Ns.
9. Joseph Amand Melanson was born About 1774, Digby, , Nova Scotia, Canada; died Sep 1813, Baie Ste Marie, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Notes:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193137878/ambroise-melancon

According to census records, Ambroise was born in about 1685. He is the son of Charles Melancon and Marie Dugas. He married (1) Francoise Bourg on 10 November 1705, in Acadie, per PRDH. They are the parents of at least the following:
1) Joseph ( 1708- )
2) Jean (1710-1782) md Cecile Aucoin
3) Marie (1714-1733)
4) Ambroise (1714- ) md Anne Hebert
5) Madeleine ( - ) md Pierre Boudreau
6) Marguerite (1715- )
7) *Elisabeth Isabelle (abt 1717-1757) md Olivier Thibodeau

He married (2) Marguerite Comeau on 23 January 1719, in Acadie, per PRDH. They are the parents of at least the following:
1) Cecile (1723-1796) md Jacques Moulaison
2) Francoise (1725-1801) md Yves Thibault
3) Pierre (1727- )
4) Jean (1729- )
5) *Brigitte (abt 1732- ) md Paul Dugas
6) Modeste (1734- )
7) *Marguerite (abt 1744-1780) md (a) Francois Morisset and (b) Anselme Bastarache
8) Desire (1739- )
9) Amand (1741- ) md Anne Leblance
10) Marie (1742- ) md Amand Lanoue
11) *Marie-Felicite (abt 1745-1768) md Michel Rivard

He died of small pox, during the epidemic. He was buried on 8 August 1757.

*Children proven on PRDH

Ambroise married Marguerite Comeau 23 Jan 1719, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. Marguerite (daughter of Jean Comeau and Françoise Hébert) was born About 1699, Port Royal, Acadia, New France; died 29 Aug 1757, Québec, Quebec, Canada; was buried 30 Aug 1757, Sainte Famille Cemetery Quebec, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Charles married Marie-Jeanne Dugas 1663, Port Royal, Acadia. Marie-Jeanne (daughter of Abraham Dugas and Marguerite Judith Laverdure) was born 1648; died 7 Jul 1737, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia; was buried 8 Jul 1737, Annapolis, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138212298/jean-comeau

Jean married Françoise Hébert 30 Mar 1679, Port Royal, kings,nova scotia,canada. Françoise (daughter of Étienne Hébert and Marie Ann Gaudet) was born 2 Jan 1660, Port Royal, kings,nova scotia,; died 17 Feb 1713, Port Royal, Acadia, New France; was buried 17 Feb 1713, Garrison Graveyard, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, CA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138212218/fran_oise-h_bert

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

Notes:

Abraham Dugas is the ancestral partriarch of the Acadian Dugas family. Abraham was born around 1616 in France. His parents are not known, but one theory is that they are Abraham Dugas and Marguerite Carsonne. They have not been connected because there is no evidence to support their inclusion. Stephen White suggests that Chouppes, in the diocese of Poitiers, France could be the place of origin of the Acadian DUGAS family. His ancestors were from Lyonnals and their original name was Crignet.
Abraham Dugas, the first name that came to America, he left Toulouse
and arrived in Port-Royal around 1640, where he was given the designation of Lieutenant General. He was armourer to the king.
He married Marguerite-Louise Doucet around 1647 in Port Royal.
Between about 1648 and 1667, the couple had eight children: Marie, Claude, Anne, Martin, Marguerite, Abraham, Madeleine, and Marie. Abraham owned a lot adjoining the side of the old Fort (which, according to Stephen White was expropriated in 1701 to extend the Fort in Port-Royal). It is not clear how long the family lived there.
When their third child Anne was born in 1654, Port-Royal was captured by Robert Sedgwick, who led 300 British soldiers and volunteers.
The [French] soldiers at Port-Royal, who numbered about 130 ? put up a brief defense against Sedgwick. Setting up an ambush between the landing site of the English troops and the fort, the Frenchmen fired on the attackers but proved no match for the experienced Roundheads. The French soon "took their heels to ye Fort." On August 16 the fort surrendered... Sedgwick granted honorable terms, allowing the defenders to march out of the fort with flags flying, drums beating, and muskets at the ready. The soldiers and employees working at the fort were offered transportation back to France and given enough pelts to cover their wages.
Although the commander of Port Royal left for France, most Acadians, including the Dugas family, remained in Acadia. They were permitted to retain their land and belongings and were guaranteed religious freedom. Dunn describes life in Acadia during the 16 years of nominal British rule
"During the years of British rule, most of the Port-Royal population moved upriver away from the town. Using the agricultural practices initiated under D'Aulnay, the Acadians dyked and cultivated extensive salt marshes along the river and raised livestock. Through necessity, residents had reached an accommodation with New England traders who had become their sole source for the goods that they could not produce themselves... New England traders exchanged their goods for Acadian produce and furs... There were seventy to eighty families in the Port Royal area in 1665."
The 1671 census of Port-Royal lists Abraham, a gunsmith age 55, living with his wife Marie Judith (sic) Doucet, 46, and their 8 children. They own 15 "arpents" of land, 19 head of cattle and 3 sheep.
By 1671 the British had ceded Acadia to France and French settlement resumed. Abraham was involved with the rebuilding of Port Royal:
In June 1673 men from the St. Jean Baptiste parish in the Port-Royal area met at the request of their church trustee, Abraham Dugas, to organize funding for construction of a parish church... Mass was being held in a borrowed room. The Acadians had maintained their faith throughout the long period of English rule.
In 1678 there are 3 children living in the Dugas household. Abraham and Marguerite own 20 head of cattle, 12 "arpents" of land and 1 gun.
In 1686, the children had flown the nest and Abraham and Marguerite were living on their own. Within four years, their relative peace would be shattered by King William's War (1689-1697) with France.
In May 1690, Sir William Phipps captured Port Royal, destroyed the church, plundered the settlement, and forced the inhabitants to swear an oath of allegiance to the English crown. He appointed Charles La Tourasse, a former sergeant of the French garrison, to serve as English commandant and leader of a council to keep the peace and administer justice. Phipps left Port-Royal within 12 days of arrival. Before the end of the summer, seamen from two ships looted Port-Royal and burned and looted between 28 and 35 homes and habitations including the parish church.
An English garrison was never established, possibly because the inhabitants refused to guarantee that the Indians would not attack if one was formed. Dunn describes the feelings of the residents during this unsettling time:
Throughout this period of nominal English rule, French and English vessels anchored at Port-Royal at will, contributing to a sense of unease among the residents. New England vessels came to trade, to check on the inhabitants, and to take French prizes. When the English were not around, French privateers operated out of the port, attracting local young men as crew with the promise of plunder, and outfitting the ships from local suppliers... Port-Royal residents did not always appreciate the presence of the French privateers.
In 1693, an encounter between the vessel of French privateer Pierre Masisonnat dit Baptiste and an English frigate brought further misery. English investigations into the role of Acadians' assistance of privateer Baptiste resulted in the burning of nearly a dozen homes and three barns of unthreshed grain. At that time Abraham and Marguerite were living with their son Claude and his family. Claude's farm was situated west of the Fort on the south side of the Dauphin (Annapolis) River.
Abraham may have lived long enough to witness the effects of the 1697 Treaty of Ryswick, when Acadia was restored to France with Port-Royal its capital. He died between 1693 and 1700. His wife is listed as a widow in the 1700 Census.

Abraham Dugas, the first name that came to America, was left Toulouse in 1640, to go s'establir Acadia. His ancestors were from Lyonnals.
Their original name was Crignet. In the seventeenth century, a member of this family was distinguished by prominent military, he was created a Knight of St. Louis and received the king a large area, called the field of Gas. Its crest as it keeps the Dugas of Lyon, was by mouth with the chief two swords in saltire and in quince peak.

According to a memorial attributed to Lamothe-Cadillac, Abraham Dugas "carried out the functions of general representative of the King in civil and criminal matters ."

5 Oct 1687: Abraham Dugas made his mark on an attestation in favor of Governor d'Aulnay's accomplishments on 5 Oct 1687; he had thus arrived in Acadia before 1650, the year of d'Aulnay's death.

2 Dec 1705: Expropriation of two lots "adjoining and drawing towards the old fort," and belonging to Abraham Dugas, for the extension of the fort at Port-Royal. As Abraham Dugas had been dead for over five years, one must suppose that his heirs were the actual owners of this land in 1705.?

ID: I601
Name: Abraham DUGAS
Surname: Dugas
Given Name: Abraham
Sex: M
Birth: 1616 in France
Christening: France
Reference Number: 224
Note:

Abraham Dugas was born in 1616, a native of Toulouse, France. He was an?armurier du Roy? (Armorer - gun maker for the king) and a Lieutenant-General in Acadia. (Ref: Papers of Father Archange Godbout in the Archives of Quebec and ?Memoires de la SocieteGenelogiqueCanadienne-Francaise", Vol VI, Pages 371-388)
He arrived in Port Royal, Acadia (Nova Scotia) about 1640 and married Marguerite Louise Doucet, daughter of Germain Doucet dit Laverdure, about 1647. Children from this marriage include: Marie, born 1648, Claude, born 1652, Anne, born 1654, Martin, born 1656, Marguerite born 1657, Abraham, Madeleine, born 1664, and Marie, born 1665.


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Marriage 1 Marguerite Louise DOUCET b: 1625 in France

Married: 1647 in Port Royal,Acadia

Children

Has Children Marie DUGAS b: 1648 in Port Royal,Acadia
Has Children Claude DUGAS b: 1652 in Port Royal,Acadia
Has Children Anne DUGAS b: 1654 in Port Royal,Acadia
Has Children Martin DUGAS b: 1656 in Port Royal,Acadia
Has Children Marguerite DUGAS b: 1657 in Port Royal,Acadia
Has Children Abraham DUGAS b: 1662 in Port Royal,Acadia
Has Children Madeleine DUGAS b: 1664 in Port Royal,Acadia
Has Children Marie DUGAS b: 1665 in Port Royal,Acadia

Abraham Dugas who came to Acadia left Toulouse, Provence of Lanquedoc, France. His ancestors lived in the Provence of Lyonnais for many years. They went by the name of Coignet-Du Coignet.

Occupation ?
He arrived in Port Royal Nova Scotia around 1640. For a time he was appointed as Lieutenant General, a civil position such as a justice of the peace. Before arriving he had the title of armurier du roi to the king (a gunsmith).

Abraham married Marguerite Judith Laverdure Abt 1647, Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France. Marguerite (daughter of Germain Doucet and Mrs. Doucet European haplotype T2A7B2 Doucet) was born 1627, Sedan, Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died 19 Dec 1707, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 20 Dec 1707, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

New research:

https://www.geni.com/people/1st-wife-of-Germain-Doucet/6000000059991217921


https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Doucet-23
Notes
DNA. The Mothers of Acadia Maternal DNA project is conducting ongoing research to verify their origins. In 2010, Stephen White reported that Marguerite Doucet had a Haplogroup T2b. I don't know the details regarding how many of her descendants were tested to support this report. Ongoing test results are also reported here. As of May 2014, 7 descendants have consistently reported a T2 haplogroup, indicating European origins.
Mother. Selon Stephen White[1]: "Il n'est pas possible que la mère des enfants de Germain Doucet soit une soeur de la femme de Jacques Bourgeois comme certains auteurs font prétendre, étant donné que les beaux-parents de ce dernier ne se sont mariés qu'en 1627. Il existe néanmoins la possibilité que Germain Doucet se soit marié en deuxième noces à une fille de Guillaume Trahan qui ne lui a donné aucun enfant survivant, mais il est aussi possible que sa seconde femme soit la soeur de Jacques Bourgeois et non pas la soeur de sa femme."
According to Stephen White[2]: "It is not possible that Germain Doucet's children to have been a sister of Jacques Bourgeois wife, as some writers have claimed, considering that Bourgeois' father and mother-in-law were only married in 1627. It is nevertheless possible that Germain Doucet married secondly Guillaume Trahan's daughter, who subsequently gave him no children who survived in Acadia, bit it is also possible that his second wife was Jacques Bourgeois's sister and not his wife's sister."



ID: I602
Name: Marguerite Louise DOUCET
Surname: Doucet
Given Name: Marguerite Louise
Sex: F
Birth: 1625 in France 1
Reference Number: 224
Change Date: 8 Dec 2004 at 00:00:00

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Father: Germain DOUCET b: 1595 in France

Marriage 1 Abraham DUGAS b: 1616 in France c: in France

Married: 1647 in Port Royal,Acadia

Children

Has Children Marie DUGAS b: 1648 in Port Royal,Acadia
Has Children Claude DUGAS b: 1652 in Port Royal,Acadia
Has Children Anne DUGAS b: 1654 in Port Royal,Acadia
Has Children Martin DUGAS b: 1656 in Port Royal,Acadia
Has Children Marguerite DUGAS b: 1657 in Port Royal,Acadia
Has Children Abraham DUGAS b: 1662 in Port Royal,Acadia
Has Children Madeleine DUGAS b: 1664 in Port Royal,Acadia
Has Children Marie DUGAS b: 1665 in Port Royal,Acadia

Sources:
Title: "Histoire et Genealogie des Acadien; Volume #2
Author: Bona Arsenault
Marguerite Doucet
Also Known As: "Marguerite Dugas"
Birthdate: circa 1627 (80)
Birthplace: France
Death: December 19, 1707 (76-84)
Port-Royal, Acadie
Place of Burial: Port-Royal, Acadie
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Germain Doucet, sieur de la Verdure and Unknown T2b7a2, French
Wife of Abraham Dugas
Mother of Claude Dugas, I; Marie Anne Dugas; Martin Dugas; Marie-Marguerite Dugas; Abraham Dugas, III; Madeleine Dugas; Marie-Jeanne Dugas; Cecile Dugas; Marie Dugas and Marie Dugas « less
Sister of Pierre Doucet, dit La Verdure
Half sister of Jeanne (prénom inexact, attribué) Doucet and Germain Doucet
Occupation: Arrived with father 1632-1639

geni.com
Marguerite Louise Dugas (Doucet)
French: Marguerite Doucet
Birthdate: circa 1627
Birthplace: La Verdure, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France
Death: December 19, 1707 (76-84)
Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
Place of Burial: Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Germain dit Laverdure Doucet, Sieur de La Verdure and Unknown T2b7a2, French
Wife of Lt. Gen. Abraham Dugas, II
Mother of Marie Anne Dugas Melanson le Ramee; Claude Dugaste Dugas, I; Anne Marie Dugas; Martin Dugas; Marie-Marguerite Dugas; Abraham Dugas, III; Madeleine Dugas; Marie-Jeanne dite Jeanne Dugas and Cecile Dugas « less
Sister of Pierre Doucet, dit La Verdure
Half sister of Unknown n.n., nation Mi'qmak and Germain Doucet
Occupation: Pionnière

he married Marie Doucet, the daughter of the Major of Port Royal garrison, Germain Doucet and a French woman (a European: DNA haplotype "T2").

https://dna-genealogy-history.com/travel-by-ancestry/travel-by-ancestry-to-old-acadie-the-genealogy-of-the-family-of-pierre-lejeune-and-marie-doucet-and-a-y-dna-signature-for-young-lejeune-men


geni.com
Marie Marguerite LeJeune (Doucet)
Also Known As: "Mi'kmaq"
Birthdate: before circa 1626
Birthplace: Nova Scotia, Canada
Death: after circa 1661
Nova Scotia, Canada
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Germain d' Doucet and Marie M Bourgeois
Wife of Pierre LeJeune, 2nd
Mother of Louis Lejeune
Sister of Marguerite Marguerite Dugas

Notes:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136320378/pierre-comeau

Pierre's last name is spelled Commeau on the census records. He's the son of Jean de Comeau IV Lord, Ecuyer de Chassenay and Marguerite Ocquidem.

He married Rose Bayol in Port Royal, Acadia in about 1649. They are the parents of the following:

1) Estienne (1650-1723) md Marie-Marguerite Landry and Marie-Anne Lefebvre
2) Pierre (1652-1730) md Jeanne Bourg
3) Francoise (1654-1678) md Jehan Gaudet
4) Jean (1657-1720) md Francoise Hebert and Catherine Joseph
5) Pierre (1658-about 1740) md Jeanne Bourgeois
6) Antoine (1661-) md Dorcus Wooden
7) Jeanne Commeau (1662-1725) md md Etienne Hebert
8) Marie-Jeanne (1664-) md Etienne Rivet
9) Jean-Augustin (1665-1755) md Catherine Babin

Please note that his parental information is from Family historian Father James Comeau, O.P., who claims that the Pierre Comeau who came to Acadia was the son of Jean de Comeau de Créancy, seigneur of Chassenay, in the upper Loire valley, and Marguerite Ocquidem de La Choselle. I don't know that this has been proven.

Pierre married Rose Bayol. Rose (daughter of Nicolas Bayol and Marie-Barbe Bayol dit Duparc) was born 1631, Dijon, Departement du Cantal, Auvergne, France; was christened 1631, Piney, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died Dec 1678, Port Royal, Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 1685, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136320576/rose-bayol

She married Pierre Comeau in about 1649, in Port Royal, Acadia. They are the parents of the following:
1) Estienne (1650-1723) md Marie-Marguerite Landry and Marie-Anne Lefebvre
2) Pierre (1652-1730) md Jeanne Bourg
3) Francoise (1654-1678) md Jehan Gaudet
4) Jean (1657-1720) md Francoise Hebert and Catherine Joseph
5) Pierre (1658-about 1740) md Jeanne Bourgeois
6) Antoine (1661-) md Dorcus Wooden
7) Jeanne Commeau (1662-1725) md md Etienne Hebert
8) Marie-Jeanne (1664-) md Etienne Rivet
9) Jean-Augustin (1665-1755) md Catherine Babin

Notes:

Linked with family on Find a Grave

Etienne Hebert
BIRTH 1623
Touraine, Departement d'Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France
DEATH 1670 (aged 46?47)
Port Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada
BURIAL
Garrison Graveyard
Annapolis Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada
MEMORIAL ID 59836542 · View Source

Etienne was born about 1623 in Balesmes (Touraine) France and died in Port-Royal, NS, Canada. He married Marie Gaudet in 1649 in Port-Royal, NS, Canada.

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If Antoine was his father, Etienne must have been born around 1630 as Antoine was born around 1614.

Étienne Hebert came from France with his wife Marie Gaudet, according to nine depositions: one from his grandson Jean Hébert (Doc. inéd., Vol. III, p. 11), one from Pierre Trahan, husband of his granddaughter Madeleine Comeau (ibid., p. 8), one from Pierre and Madeleine?s son Pierre Trahan (ibid., pp. 110-111) and one from their nephews Sylvestre and Simon Trahan (ibid., p. 30), two from husbands of Étienne?s great-granddaughters (ibid., Vol. II, p. 182; Vol. III, p. 90), one from a great-great-grandson (ibid., Vol. III, pp. 93-94), and two from husbands of his great-great-granddaughters (ibid., pp. 45, 92-93). Seven of these depositions name his wife as Marie Gaudet; only those of the two Pierre Trahans, father and son, do not.White

"The Héberts in Acadia go back to two ancestors: Antoine and Étienne Hebert, whose birthdate is unknown because he died before thr 1671 census and who married about 1650 Marie Gaudet. the dispensation for the third degree of kindred granted upon the marriage of Antoine's grandson Jean Hebert to Étienne's granddaughter Marguerite Leprince, and another for the fourth degree granted upon the marriage of Étienne's great-grandson Pierre Forest to Antoine's great-granddaughter Marguerite Hebert proved that Antoine and Étienne were brothers." (P. Gallant)

"A worthy article that appeared in our periodical (Memoires, vol. VI, p. 393) thought it possible to establish--at least it claimed--that the Hebert brothers were the sons of Jacques Hebert and Marie Juneau of La Haye-Descartes in Touraine.

"Here then in brief is its argument: an immigrant named Jacques Hebert, son of Jacques and Marie Juneau, from La Haye in Touraine, parish of Balesne, made a contract at Québec ... to marry Francoise Chevalier. This contract was witnessed by Louis Hebert's daughter Marie-Guillemette Hebert.

"Now, before settling at Québec this same Louis Hebert stayed for a while at Port-Royal, where the two Acadia Hebert brothers would live thirty years later.

"Thus the immigrant Jacques Hebert in Québec was the brother of the Acadian Héberts.

"One must confess that the connection between these premises is tenuous. and even more tenuous than one might think.

"The immigrant Jacques Hebert was not an Hebert at all, but an Habert, as a correct reading of his marriage contract proves. and if Guillemette Hebert, widow of Guillaume Couillard, appeared on this occasion, it was because the intended bride was her servant. the Acadian Héberts with their different family name have nothing in common with Jacques Habert." (A. Godbout)
rjteague-2019

Étienne married Marie Ann Gaudet 29 May 1649, Port Royal,Kings,Nova Scotia,Canada. Marie (daughter of Jean Gaudet and Marie Daussy) was born 1626, Martaize, Departement de la Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died 30 Jul 1710, Port Royal, Acadia, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 30 Jul 1710, Garrison Graveyard, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]