Cecile MELANSON

(b. 1 May 1671 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 12 June 1753 , Queens, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia )

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Cecile MELANSON was born 1 May 1671 in Port Royal, Acadia

Cecile MELANSON was the child of Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE and Marie DUGAS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Abraham DUGAS dit COIGNET and Marguerite DOUCET

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Cecile married Abraham BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) abt. 1684 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Abraham BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) was born abt. 1658 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Abraham died February 1704 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Abraham was the child of Michel BOUDROT and Michelle AUCOIN.

Cecile married (2) Jean Antoine BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) abt. 1703 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean Antoine BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) was born abt. 1651 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Jean Antoine died abt. 1734 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Jean Antoine was the child of Antoine BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) and Marie-Andree GUYON.

Cecile MELANSON died 12 June 1753 in Queens, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia.

Unable to find baptism record. Date of birth is estimated based on census info (below).

Cécile Melanson was born in 1670 in Port-Royal, Acadia, Canada. She was the daughter of Charles Melanson dit LaRamée and Marie Dugas. About 1686 Cécile, married Abraham Boudrot, son of Lieutenant-General Michel Boudrot and Michelle Aucoin, in Port-Royal, Acadia, Canada.

Madden, Betty Lou. Ancestors of Exzelia Elizabeth Boudreau and Branch Lines of Boudreau, Senezaque, Senet and Menard Ancestors. volume I. Hasings, Nebraska: The Cornhusker Press, 1968.

About 1703 Cécile, married Jean-Antoine Bélieveau, in Acadia, Canada. Cécile Melanson died after 1735 in Île St. Jean (now Prince Edward's Island), Canada.

(White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Famillies Acadiennes. volume I. Moncton, Canada: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999).

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Cecile MELANSON married

Abraham BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)-- Date: abt. 1684 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Abraham BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) was the child of Michel BOUDROT and Michelle AUCOIN

"Cecile, another of Charles Melanson's daughters, married the Acadian merchant Abraham Boudrot of Port Royal, and accompanied him on his business trips to Massachusetts, where she stayed with her sister (Marie) and brother-in-law (David Basset)..."

Source: A Great and Noble Scheme by John Mack Faragher, page 103

"Abraham, born in c1657, married Cécile, daughter of Charles Melanson, at Port-Royal in c1686 and remained at Port-Royal, where he was a prominent merchant and an erstwhile spy for Acadia's Governor Villebon during King William's War. He fathered six children, including three sons who married into the Landry and Broussard families. Abraham's daughters married into the Gaudet, Mius d'Entremont, and Bourg families. Abraham died by c1703, when Cécile remarried at Port-Royal."

Source:acadiansingray.com

Children of Abraham BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) and Cecile MELANSON:

Charles BOUDROT dit MADOUESSE (BOUDREAU) (b.abt. 1686, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1726, Port Toulouse, Acadia )
m. Marie Josephe LANDRY 9 February 1707 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Jean Baptiste BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) (b.abt. 1687, , Acadia, Canada d. , )

Michel BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) (b.abt. 1689, Port Royal, Acadia d. 17 November 1732, Cape Breton Island, Acadie)
m. Anne LANDRY 22 January 1714 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

François BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) (b.abt. 1692, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1765, Saint Peters, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada )
m. Jeanne Anne LANDRY 11 January 1717 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) (b.abt. 1695, Port Royal, Acadia d. 20 February 1734, Pubnico, Acadie)
m. Guillaume GAUDET 21 October 1709 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Cecile BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) (b.abt. 1697, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1737, Pobomcoup, Acadie)
m. Joseph MIUS D'ENTREMONT 14 October 1717 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Anne BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) (b.abt. 1698, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1720, )
m. Michel BOURG 22 April 1720 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Cecile MELANSON married

Jean Antoine BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU)-- Date: abt. 1703 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Jean Antoine BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) was the child of Antoine BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) and Marie-Andree GUYON

Cecile Melanson married Jean Beliveau, son of Antoine Belliveau and Andree Guyon, circa 1703 at Port Royal

Source:

Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Acadiennes, p96.

Children of Jean Antoine BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) and Cecile MELANSON:

Judith BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) (b.21 December 1704, Port Royal, Acadia d. 16 September 1774, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France)
m. Claude BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) 1724 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Louis BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) (b.5 May 1708, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 23 December 1775, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France)
m. Louise HACHE dite GALLANT 20 June 1735 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia)

Madeleine BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) (b.abt. 1711, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Jean FOUGERE (FUGERE) 1728 in , Prince Edward Island, Canada (Ile Saint-Jean)
m. Claude DUGAS 1750 in Saint Peters, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Toulouse, Acadia)

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1671 Birth
1 May 1671
Port Royal, Acadia

1671 Port Royal
Charles MELANCON, 28, wife Marie DUGAST 23; Children: Marie 7, Marguerite 5, Anne 3, Cecille 6 months; cattle 40, sheep 6.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1686 Port Royal
Abraham BOUDROT 30, Cecile MELANSON his wife 16; 2 guns, 5 cattle, 15 sheep.
1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1693 Port Royal
Abraham BOUDROT 36, Cecille MELANCON 23, Jean Baptiste 6, Michel 4, Francois 1; 8 cattle, 12 sheep, 10 pigs, 1 gun
1693 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Port Royal
Abraham BOUDROT 41; Cecile MELLANSON (wife) 28; Charles 12; Michel; 9; Francois 6; Marie 4; Cecile 1/ 2; 10 cattle, 9 sheep, 6 hogs, 3 arpents, 8 fruit trees, 1 gun.
1698 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1700 Port Royal
Abraham BOUDROT 43; Cecille MELANSON (wife) 30; Jean-Baptiste 13; Michel 11; Francois 8; Marie 5; Cecille 3; Anne 1; 10 cattle, 17 sheep, 10 arpents, 1 gun.
1700 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1701 Port Royal
Cecile MELANCON (widow of Abraham BOUDROT) 30; Charles 14, Michel 12, Francois 9, Marie 6, Cecile 4, Anne If; 2 guns, 7 cattle, 10 sheep, 5 hogs, 2 arpents.
1701 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1704 Death of Spouse/Partner
Abraham BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) died February 1704, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1704 Birth of Child
Judith BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) was born 21 December 1704, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Cecile was 33 years old.

1707 Marriage of Child
Charles BOUDROT dit MADOUESSE (BOUDREAU) married 9 February 1707, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Marie Josephe LANDRY

1708 Birth of Child
Louis BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) was born 5 May 1708, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Cecile was 37 years old.

1709 Marriage of Child
Marie BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) married 21 October 1709, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Guillaume GAUDET

1714 Marriage of Child
Michel BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) married 22 January 1714, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Anne LANDRY

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1717 Marriage of Child
François BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) married 11 January 1717, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Jeanne Anne LANDRY

1717 Marriage of Child
Cecile BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) married 14 October 1717, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Joseph MIUS D'ENTREMONT

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1720 Marriage of Child
Anne BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) married 22 April 1720, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Michel BOURG

1732 Death of Child
Michel BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) died 17 November 1732, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

Cecile was 61 years old.

1734 Death of Child
Marie BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) died 20 February 1734, Pubnico, Nova Scotia, Canada

Cecile was 62 years old.

1735 Marriage of Child
Louis BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) married 20 June 1735, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia) to Louise HACHE dite GALLANT

1753 Death
12 June 1753
Queens, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia

She died at the age of 82.

Added: - Updated: 7/7/2025 4:49:05 PM