François Brault dit Pominville

1674 - 1756  (82 years)

• Name	François Brault dit Pominville
  Born	1674	Port-Royal, Acadia, Nouvelle-France
  Gender	Male
  Died	Sep 1756	Bristol, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England
  Buried	Sep 1756	Non-Cemetery Burial, Specifically: buried in a mass grave
  Person ID	I8951	OGrady Family Tree
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	Vincent Brault,   b. 28 May 1629, La Chaussée, Loudun, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France ,   d. 1 Jan 1686, Port-Royal, Acadia  (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Marie Jeanne Bourg,   b. 1645, Port-Royal, Acadia ,   d. 19 Sep 1730, Port Royal, Acadia  (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	1661	Port-Royal, Acadia, New France
  Family ID	F1606	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marie Louise Comeau,   b. 1687, Grand Pré, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 19 Sep 1730, Grand Pré, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 43 years)
  Children	+ 1. Marie-Anne Brault,   b. 1705,   d. 1758, At sea while crossing to France.  (Age 53 years)  [Birth] + 2. Alexis Brault,   b. 22 Sep 1721, Grand-Pre, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 16 Jul 1811, L'Acadie, Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada  (Age 89 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2020
  Family ID	F3336	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Francois is the son of Vincent Brault and Marie Bourg. He married Marie Comeau in 1702, in Port Royal, Acadie. They are the parents of the following (*listed on PRDH): 1) Marie-Anne (1705-1758) md Jean-Baptiste Daigue 2) Jean (1707-1756) md (a) Catherine Thibodeau or (b) Marguerite Richard 3) Cherubin (1711-1758) md Marie Aucoin 4) Seraphin (1715-) md Martin Brigitte 5) *Alexis (1721-1811) md Marguerite Bariault He died in exile to Bristol, England, after the state of Virginia would not let the Acadians disembark on their shores. "The 'Virginia Packet' arrived at Bristol in the middle of June in 1756 with 289 Acadians. The town was unprepared for their arrival. For 3 days & nights, the Acadians were left on the wharves. Then they were put in old, ruined buildings. Many died of smallpox and exhaustion. La Rochette visited the Acadians at Bristol after the Liverpool Acadians told him of their location. On Jan. 31, he arrived at Bristol. He again found distrust. But upon hearing their story, he felt sympathy towards them. They told him of the 340 that had been shipped from Virginia, 300 survived the trip." and 'Bristol was known for the slave trade in the past. "Apparently the Acadians were prisoners in Stapleton, 5 km north of the city[Bristol], near the Frome River." It had been the location of POWs of England's battles with France and Spain in America. On March 18, 1780, Francois Michel & Anne Daigle told the rector at St. Martin de Chantenay that before their son Francois was born, they had been married in Stapleton, England.' [From Nantes to Louisiana, p. 14-15] He is believed to be buried in the mass grave, along with those who died of smallpox and exhaustion, shortly after arriving in Bristol.