Person:Michel Bergeron (1)

MARRIAGES: He married four times.

!PARENTS-MARRIAGES-DEATH: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; p. 122; own copy.

!BIRTH-PARENTS-NAME-RESIDENCES-MARRIAGES-CHILDREN: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1625-1810; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.; p. 2418 (Louisiana); own copy. Born 1702, Michel BERGERON dit de Nantes, son of Barthelemy & Genevieve SERREAU dit SAINT-AUBIN of Port Royal and river St. Jean. Michel married 1st at Pisiguit, Acadia, around 1721 to Marie-Jeanne HEBERT, probably the daughter of Jean & Marguerite LANDRY; two children. He married 2nd [sic] around 1725 to Marie DUGAS, daughter of Abraham & Marie LANDRY [sic]; twelve children. Michel died before 1766, when his widow [sic] Marie DUGAS was at St. James on the Mississippi with some members of his family. In 1769 she occupied lot number 106 on the west bank of the Mississippi at St. James.

!RESIDENCES: Arsenault, History, p. 163-164: "In 1758, many families of Acadian fugitives were hiding in the woods along the St. John River in present day New Brunswick. . . .[British troops began an expedition against them in January 1759.] Houses were burnt along a 35 mile stretch of the river, many Acadians killed and 23 taken prisoner. Survivors succeeded in reaching the shore of the St. Lawrence River at Cacouna, in Québec, in plunging into the deep forest. Among them was Michel Bergeron dit de Nantes. They settled at Saint-Grégoire and Bécancour opposite Trois-Rivieres, on the St. Lawrence River."

!RESIDENCES: E-mail posting at <ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com> #311 on 12 Dec 1998 by Fredrica GIVAN (givan@brunnet.net). Michel BERGERON dit D'AMBOISE, son of Barthlemey, was taken prisoner in 1736, when the governor [sic] at Annapolis [formerly Port Royal] summoned Joseph BELLEFONTINE [sic] and Michel BERGERON there to give an accounting of Acadians living at St. Anne's. On 2 Jul the Lieutenant Governor informed the Council that he had confined [them] prisoners for "contempt and disrespect in not coming to wait upon him on their arrival here with captain Blin." They apologized and were put on probation for twelve months, under penalty of 100 pounds each. They were charged with messages to the rest of the inhabitants that they were expected within one year to make their submissions to the Government; and no missionary was to be received among them until such time. (Reference: Beamish Murdoch, HISTORY OF NOVA-SCOTIA; vol. 2; pp. 514-515.)

1. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes. (2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999)
   p. 122.
   1. (2): Michel (dit de Nantes) BERGERON, son of Barthélemy (dti d'Amboise) (1) & Geneviève SERREAU de SAINT-AUBIN, married 1st to an unidentified wife. He married 2nd around 1727 to Marie DUGAS, daughter of Abraham & Marie-Madeleine LANDRY. He married a 3rd time around 1743 to unknown wife before 4th marriage around 1747 to Marie-Jeanne HÉBERT (widow of Jean ARSENEAU), daughter of Jacques & Jeanne GAUTROT. He died before 6 Aug 1764.

   Why is he called "de Nantes." Probably not from Acadia? No date given for his birth.

2. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780. (Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version)
   BERGERON no. 2.

   "Femme, 3 fils, 3 filles."

3. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780. (Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version)
   BERGERON no. 2.

   Located one league below the village of Ékoupahag: Michel ST. AUBIN, his mother, his wife, eight children and a domestic.