Person:Pierre Theriot (2)

!BIRTH-PARENTS-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; p. 1489; own copy. #6: Pierre THÉRIOT, son of Jean & Perrine RAU, born around 1654, coloniser, judge. He died/was buried (Grand Pré Register) on 21/22 Mar 1725 [sic], at age 60 years (sic).

!BIRTH-PARENTS-MARRIAGE-RESIDENCES-BURIAL: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS, vols. 1-6; 1630-1775; Quebec, Le Conseil de la Vie Francaise en Amerique, 1965; pp. 805 (Port Royal) & 1293 (Grand Pré); own copy . Entered under THE'RIAULT et THE'RIOT, his name is spelled Pierre TERRIAU, born 1655, son of Jean & Perrine BOURG [sic] of Port Royal; he settled at Saint-Joseph of Riviere-aux-Canards, at Grand Pré. Pierre married around 1685 [sic] to Cécile LANDRY, daughter of René & Marie BERNARD; they had no children. He was, with Pierre MELANSON, the co-founder of Grand-Pré. He lived at Riviere-aux-Canards. He was buried at Saint-Charles-des-Mines on 22 Mar 1725.

!RESIDENCES: Bona Arsenault, HISTORY OF THE ACADIANS; 1600-1800; Ottawa, Lemeac, 1978; p. 53; own copy. In 1682 Pierre TERRIOT, of Port-Royal, founded a colony on the Saint-Antoine River not far from Pierre MELANSON's settlement at Grand-Pré, when he was age 26. Being a popular and generous man he supplied wheat without interest, and housed many while their homes were being built. He was followed by many others to the new community.

!BIRTH-PARENTS-MARRIAGE-RESIDENCES-DEATH: DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY; 1701-1740; vol. 2, Univ. of Toronto Press, 1969; p. 625; Sutro California State Library, F1005 D49 v.2; contains 44 Acadian biographies. Pierre TERRIOT (he signed thus), one of the founders of Les Mines (Grand Pré, Nova Scotia), was last-born in 1654 or 1655 of the seven children of Jehan & Perrine RUAU (or BAU), and husband of Cécile LANDRY, daughter of Rene' & Marie BERNARD. His nephew Mathieu de GOUTIN said of him: "Pierre Theriot['s] wife embraces two thirds of the colony." In a letter dated 9 Sep 1694 he also said that TERRIOT "is the most notable person at Les Mines, of which he is so to speak the founder, for he has assisted almost all those who have come to establish themselves there, and his house is the refuge of all widows and orphans and people in need." Having no children of his own, four or five of his nephews lived with him "until such time as their own dwelling was habitable." (Reference: AN, Col., B, 17, f.23v; C11D, 2, F.233.)

!EDUCATION: DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY ONLINE. "A man of adequate schooling--his signature appears in the parish registers."

!CENSUS: 1671, Port Royal, Acadia [p.5]. Listed as only unmarried child of Jehan TERRIAU & Perrinne RAU, living with them, age 16 years. Pierre's 6 siblings are married [one, however, is not found present on the census].

!CENSUS: 1678, Clarence J. d'Entremont, "Recensement de Port-Royal," in MEMOIRES DE LA SOCIETE GENEALOGIQUE CANADIENNE-FRANCAISE; vol. 22, no. 4; p. 233; sent by PERSI in Jun 1999. On Folio 20: Pierre TERRIOT & Cecille LANDRY, with 4 arpents of land, and 4 head of cattle.

!CENSUS: 1678, Port Royal, Acadia; 1678; Clarence D'Entremont, "Rencensement de Port Royal, 1678 avec commentaires," in MEMOIRES DE LA SOCIETE GENEALOGIQUE CANADIENNE-FRANAISE, vol. XXII, No. 4 (Oct-Nov-Dec 1971), pp. 226-247, translated and corrected in "Genealogy and Archives: Census of Port Royal, 1678" in FRENCH CANADIAN AND ACADIAN GENEALOGICAL REVIEW, vol. VII, No. 1 (Spring 1979), pp. 47-66. On p. 60 is the couple Pierre TERRIOT & Cécille LANDRY, living on 4 acres with 4 cattle. [He would have been about 23 years old; she only 14 or so.]

!MARRIAGE: LDS IGI gives both 1684 and 1685 as dates, with places Grand Pré [Mines] or Port Royal. [Check sources.]

!MARRIAGE: Janet B. Jehn, CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS TO ARSENAULT'S HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1630-1830; by author, 863 Wayman Branch Road, Covington, KY 41015, 1988; p. 31 [for p. 1293 of Arsenault]. "Under Pierre TERRIAU, marriage date should be about 1678, according to 1678 census of Acadia."

!RESIDENCES: John Frederic Herbin, THE HISTORY OF GRAND-PRE', THE HOME OF LONGFELLOW'S "EVANGELINE"; 1504-1836; St. John, New Brunswick, Barnes, 1907, reprinted by Heritage Books, 1991; p. 27; own copy. "The chief founder of Minas was a rich inhabitant of Port Royal, Pierre Terriau, who probably settled on Habitant River about 1675." [But Pierre would have been only 20 years old at the time.]

!CENSUS: 1686, Les Mines, Acadia, name given as Philippe [sic], age 32 years, married to Cecile LANDRY, age 22. In the household was also a "domestique," Jacques MARTIN [who was he?]. They owned 1 gun, 16 arpents of workable land, 9 horned animals, and 8 pigs.[ Next to Pierre MELANCON, age 54 with 50 arpents, this was the largest holding. Martin AUCOIN, age 35, was next with 15 arpents. There were only 10 households, with 57 people, in the community in 1686.]

!CENSUS: 1693, Les Mines, Acadia, age 39 years. There are 2 domestics; 22 cattle, 8 sheep, 8 hogs, on 16 arpents, 1 gun.

!CENSUS: 1701, Riviere aux Canards, Acadia, 20 cattle, 6 sheep, 12 hogs, on 9 arpents, 1 gun.

!CENSUS: 1703, Les Mines, Acadia, without children; 1 person [adult male] capable of bearing arms.

!CENSUS: 1707, Les Mines, Acadia, with 20 cattle, 14 sheep, 16 hogs, on 14 arpents.

!MILITARY: Conrad W. Trahan, "A Closer Look at Documents of the Period," in LE RE'VEIL ACADIEN; 1711-1712; vol. XIII, no. 4 (Nov 1997); p. 88; own copy. Pierre TERRIOT is listed in requests for payment of sums due the inhabitants of Acadia for goods delivered to various warring parties against the British which were led by Baron de St. CASTIN and de CLINGANCOURT during the war of 1711-1712. He claimed 28 pounds for food and other items; he and Germain TERRIOT [not his brother, who had already died, but the nephew born in 1662?] claimed 114 pounds for a canoe and supplies.

!CENSUS: 1714, Les Mines, Acadia, living alone with his wife.

!DEATH-BURIAL: Diocese of Baton Rouge [LA], CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; 1707-1748; vol. 1a, Baton Rouge, Diocese, LA, 1999; p. 187; own copy; Acadian Records of St.-Charles-aux-Mines, Grand Pré, Acadia, as carried to St. Gabriel Church in Louisiana. Pierre TERIO, age 60 [sic], buried 22 Mar 1725, died 24 (sic) Mar 1725. No witnesses given. Recorded as (SGA-2, 164).

1. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes. (2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999)
   p. 1484.

   No place given for birth.

2. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes. (2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999)
   pp. 1484 & 1489.

   Age 60 years (sic).

3. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes. (2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999)
   p. 1489.