Nicolas BARIAU (BARILLOT) (BARRIEU) (BARIAULT)
Biography

Nicolas Barrieau, born in France in c1648, may have come to Acadia aboard L'Oranger in 1671. He married Martine, daughter of Étienne Hébert, at Port-Royal in c1682. They moved to the Minas Basin, where they settled first at Grand-Pré then at L'Assomption, Pigiguit, in the early 1700s. Nicolas and Martine had nine children, including four sons who married and created families of their own. Nicolas's daughters married into the Bourg, Doiron, Girouard, and Lord dit Lamontagne families. By the early 1750s, Nicolas's sons and their families had left Pigiguit and moved to French Acadia to escape the hated British.

Oldest son Antoine, born probably at Minas in c1697, married Angélique, daughter of Pierre Thibodeau l'aîné, probably at Pigiguit in c1722. By the early 1750s, Antoine had moved his family to Port-Lajoie on Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island.

Nicolas, fils, born at Minas in c1703, married Ursule, daughter of François Gautrot, probably at Pigiguit in c1735. He engaged in the coasting trade and settled at Port-Toulouse on Île Royale, today's Cape Breton Island, in the early 1750s, and there he died in c1755, on the eve of Le Grand Dérangement.

Jacques, born probably at Pigiguit in c1705, married Anne-Marie, daughter of Jean Turpin, at Grand-Pré in c1726. He, too, moved his family to Port-Lajoie in the early 1750s, then on to Île Madame, south of Île Royale, in c1752.

Youngest son Pierre, born probably at Pigiguit in c1707, married Véronique, daughter of Pierre Girouard, in c1730. He also moved his family to Port-Lajoie by the early 1750s and died there in c1758 during Le Grand Dérangement.

In 1755, the descendants of Nicolas Barrieau could be found on the Maritime islands of Île St.-Jean and Île Royale, including Île Madame.

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