Person:Paul Melanson (3)
Paul Melanson
b.Abt 1691 Grand Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
d.Aft 1753
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1665
  1. Philippe MelansonAbt 1666 - 1744
  2. Cecile MelansonAbt 1668 - 1753
  3. Pierre MelansonAbt 1670 - Aft 1751
  4. Marie MelansonAbt 1673 -
  5. Marguerite MelansonAbt 1676 - 1744
  6. Elisabeth MelansonAbt 1679 - Abt 1719
  7. Jean MelansonAbt 1681 - Aft 1741
  8. Madeleine Melanson1684 - Aft 1742
  9. Marie Anne MelansonAbt 1686 - Aft 1733
  10. Paul MelansonAbt 1691 - Aft 1753
  11. _____ MelansonAbt 1693 - Bef 1707
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Paul MelansonAbt 1691 - Aft 1753
  • W.  Marie TheriotAbt 1693 - 1763
m. 8 Nov 1712
  1. Marie Rose Melanson1731 - Bef 1762
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Facts and Events
Name Paul Melanson
Alt Name MELANCON _____
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1691 Grand Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
Marriage 8 Nov 1712 Grand Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-Franceto Marie Theriot
Death[2] Aft 1753

!BIRTH-PARENTS-CENSUS-MARRIAGE: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; p. 1149; own copy. #11:

!CENSUS: 1693, Les Mines, Acadia, age 2 years.

NAME: BEWARE: There is another Paul MELANCON, born 1739 (grand-nephew to this one), married to another Marie TERRIOT, born 1735. They were sent to Maryland during the dispersal, and settled in Louisiana.

!EDUCATION: Paul could sign his name, as on his daughters' baptismal records in 1717 & 1722.

!BIRTH-PARENTS-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-RESIDENCES: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1625-1810; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.; p. 1264 (Grand Pré); own copy. Paul MELANSON, born 1691, son of Pierre & Marie-Marguerite MIUS d'ENTREMONT, married at Saint-Charles-des-Mines [Grand Pré, Acadia] on 8 Nov 1712 to Marie TERRIOT, daughter of Germain & Anne RICHARD; eight children. He lived at St. Charles-des-Mines.

!MARRIAGE: Diocese of Baton Rouge, CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; 1707-1769; vol. 1, Baton Rouge, LA, Diocese, 1978; p. 129; California State Library Sutro, F377 B3C3 v.1; Acadian records from Grand Pré, carried into exile to St. Gabriel Church of Iberville, LA. Paul MOLANCON [sic], son of Pierre & Marguerite MIUS married on 8 Nov 1712 to Marie [THERIOT], daughter of Germain & Anne RICHARD. Recorded in (SGA-1, 47).

!MARRIAGE: D'Entremont "New Findings", FCAGR (Winter 1969), p. 240. Married at St. Charles des Mines [Grand Pré, Acadia].

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-RESIDENCES-IMMIGRATION: Clarence-Joseph d'Entremont, HISTOIRE DU CAP-SABLE DE L'AN MIL AU TRAITE' DE PARIS; 1000-1763; 5 vols., Eunice, LA, Hebert Publications, 1981; vol. 3, p. 915; Salt Lake LDS Family History Library, US/CAN 971.6 H2e. Continuously paged. Paul MELANSON, born at the beginning of 1686 when he was found on the census at age 1 day [sic, this was his sister]. He married on 8 Nov 1712 to Marie TERRIOT, daughter of Germain & Anne RICHARD. The last mention made of them is in exile in 1763 in Snow Hill, Maryland, a town on the Delmarva peninsula some 20 miles southeast of Salisbury. There were found Paul and Marie, his wife, with four children, evidently those who were not yet married. [Wrong couple!]

!BIRTH-PARENTS-MARRIAGE: John K. Harrell, "Pierre Melancon: The Elusive Acadian," in NEW ORLEANS GENESIS; vol. XXXV, no. 138 (Apr 1996; p. 114; Santa Cruz Genealogical Society Library. Paul MELANCON, born circa 1691, son of Pierre Jr. & Marie MIUS d'ENTREMONT, married on 8 Nov 1712 to Marie TERRIOT, daughter of Germain & Anne RICHARD.

References
  1. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes. (2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999)
    p. 1149.

    No place listed for birth.

  2. ↑ Margaret C. Melanson. Melanson Story, The: Acadian Family, Acadian Times. (Toronto: Author, 2003)
    p. 140.

    Paul died after the 1754/1755 census.

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