Judith-Marguerite married Jean-Charles LeBlanc [Group Sheet]

1. Simon LeBlanc was born 1760, Saint Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States; died 14 Apr 1828, Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States; was buried 15 Apr 1828, Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States.

Rene married Marie Magdelaine Melanson Marie (daughter of Pierre Melanson and Marie Rosalie Blanchard) was born 1694, Saint Charles, Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia; died About March 1758, Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135669301/claude-landry

This is his burial date. Aged 86 years.

Burials of St-Charles-aux-Mines de la Grande Prée (Grand-Pré) 1709-1748, compiled from Drouin Collection Microfilms, which was microfilmed from register at Ottawa Archives, by Roger Hetu.

From family records:
Claude is the son of Rene Landry and Marie Bernard. Claude married (1) Anne-Catherine Thibodeau in 1683, in Acadie. They are the parents of at least the following:
1) Claude Landry (1684-) md Madeleine-Marguerite Doucet
2) Jeanne (1685-) md Rene Leblanc
3) Rene (1688-) md Madeleine Melanson
4) Jean (1693-) md Claire Leblanc
5) Marguerite (1694-1743) md Claude Gaudreau
6) Marie (1699-1743) md Jacques Celestin
7) Jean-Baptiste (1700-1779) md Marie-Marguerite Comeau
8) Marie-Madeleine (1701-1727) md Jean-Baptiste Daigle
9) Claire (1702-) md Claude Comeau
10) Joseph-Honore (1708-1764) md Marie-Josephte Comeau

He married (2) Marie Babin in about 1725 and (3) Jean Bellemare on 15 May 1741, in Grand'Pré, Acadie. We don't have Mary Babin's death or burial information, but she would have died by 1741.

The following was provided by Donna Storz #47773759. Since there is a conflict in records used, I'm adding this as an alternative burial date.

"Burial date is 14 September 1747 not 4 September. Source: Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Record Volume 1a revised: The Registers of St. Charles aux Mines in Acadia 1707-1748; John J. Pastorek, Editor; Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge:Baton Rouge, 1999. p108. Text:
"Claude Landry, age ca 86, bur. 14 Sept. 1747 in the cemetery of the parish of St. Charles, wit. Pierre Doucet (s); Joseph Teriot (s); Rene Landry; Bernard Daigre (s); J.B. Landry (SGA-3, 44b-45a)"

Claude married Anne-Catherine Thibodeau. Anne-Catherine was born 1667, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France; died 11 Nov 1721, Grand Pré, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , Saint Charles des Mines Cemetery, Grand Pre, Kings, Nova Scoita. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138308884/anne-catherine-thibodeau

Anne-Catherine married Claude in 1683, in Acadie. They are the parents of at least the following:

1) Claude Landry (1684-) md Madeleine-Marguerite Doucet
2) Jeanne (1685-) md Rene Leblanc
3) Rene (1688-) md Madeleine Melanson
4) Jean (1693-) md Claire Leblanc
5) Marguerite (1694-1743) md Claude Gaudreau
6) Marie (1699-1743) md Jacques Celestin
7) Jean-Baptiste (1700-1779) md Marie-Marguerite Comeau
8) Marie-Madeleine (1701-1727) md Jean-Baptiste Daigle
9) Claire (1702-) md Claude Comeau
10) Joseph-Honore (1708-1764) md Marie-Josephte Comeau

Pierre married Marie Rosalie Blanchard Marie (daughter of Martin Blanchard and Marie Francoise Leblanc) was born Abt. 1674, Port Royale, l'Acadie; died Bef. 1752. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144382605/rene-landry

Rene married Marie Bernard in 1659, in Port-Royal, Acadie. They are the parents of the following:
1) Antoine (1660-) md Marie Thibodeau
2) Claude (1663-1747) md (a) Marie Babin and (b) Anne-Catherine Thibodeau
3) Cecile (1664-1741) md (a) Etienne Racois and (b) Pierre Theriault
4) Jean (1666-1752) md Cecile Melancon
5) Rene (1668-) md Anne Theriault
6) Marie (1671-1746) md Martin Dupuis
7) Marguerite (1673-) Martin Dupuis
8) Germain (1674-) md Marie-Madeleine Melancon
9) Jeanne (1676-1710) md Jean Theriault
10) Abraham (1678-) md Marie Guilbault
11) Pierre (1680-) md Madeleine Brossard
12) Catherine (1682-1754) md Jacques Leblanc
13) Anne (1684-) md Rene Blanchard
14) Charles (1688-1722) md Catherine Brossard
15) Isabelle (1690- )

Rene died in about 1693.

According to Stephen A White, Acadian Landry's can trace their roots through two Landry's both named Rene. And this Landry is the progenitor of all Landry's in the Maritime provinces.

René married Marie Bernard 1659, Port, Ain, Auvergne, France. Marie (daughter of Charles Bernard and Andree Guyon) was born About 1645, Beauvoir-sur-Mer, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France; died 10 Jan 1719, Port Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 11 Jan 1719, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144382464/marie-bernard

Marie is the daughter of Rene Bernard and Andree Guyon (1620-). She married Rene Landry in 1659, in Port-Royal, Acadie. They are the parents of the following:
1) Antoine (1660-) md Marie Thibodeau
2) Claude (1663-1747) md (a) Marie Babin and (b) Anne-Catherine Thibodeau
3) Cecile (1664-1741) md (a) Etienne Racois and (b) Pierre Theriault
4) Jean (1666-1752) md Cecile Melancon
5) Rene (1668-) md Anne Theriault
6) Marie (1671-1746) md Martin Dupuis
7) Marguerite (1673-) Martin Dupuis
8) Germain (1674-) md Marie-Madeleine Melancon
9) Jeanne (1676-1710) md Jean Theriault
10) Abraham (1678-) md Marie Guilbault
11) Pierre (1680-) md Madeleine Brossard
12) Catherine (1682-1754) md Jacques Leblanc
13) Anne (1684-) md Rene Blanchard
14) Charles (1688-1722) md Catherine Brossard
15) Isabelle (1690-)

The exact name of Marie and Jeanne Bernard's father is heavily debated. All evidence says it is not Rene or Andre so do not change the name unless you have discovered some new evidence that dozens of scholars have not found in decades of searching. The strongest evidence suggests his name was Charles. There is a marriage record in France for Charles Bernard and Andree Guyon, but it is still unclear if this was the same Andree Guyon. A profile for Charles Bernard as the spouse of Andree Guyon is linked to her profile so his information can be documented. Perhaps mtDNA evidence will someday allow us to link our Andree Guyon to the Thyphaine Pannier maternal line in France. Until then it is best to leave the given name blank.
http://savart.info/bernard/
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Guyon-3

Notes:

He is the son of Pierre Laverdure dit Melanson and Priscilla Melanson. Pierre was a tailor by trade and a captain in the militia at Mines, Acadie.

He was supposedly a Huguenot, and a Calviniste (although that isn't confirmed). Pierre was of French and English descent as explained below:

His father, Pierre Laverdure dit Melanson, left France because of persecution of his Protestant faith, finding refuge in England. It was there that he met his wife Priscilla Melanson or Malleson.

Pierre senior moved to Boston with his wife Priscilla and youngest son in 1667 (after the French retook Acadia), where he probably died. After his father died, his mother was remarried to William Wright, on 18 April 1680.


After initially settling at Port Royal, Pierre Melanson was later one of the founders of Grand Pre with Pierre Theriot. He was a stonemason.

"In the spring of 1657, the family embarked in England aboard the vessel Satisfaction under the command of Captain Peter Butler, forming part of the company which Thomas Temple was transporting to Acadia, over which he had been named Governor after its capture by the English. Having first stopped at Boston, Captain Butler next went to the fort on the St. John River, where a group of his passengers disembarked, and finally to Port-Royal. It appears the La Verdure (or Melanson, as they were known) family stopped at Fort St. John. After the Treaty of Breda, under which in 1667 England ceded Acadia to France, he and his parents went to seek refuge under the Protestant government at Boston.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138630602/pierre-melanson

Pierre married Marie Marguerite Anne Mius D'Entremont Port-Royal, Acadia, New France. Marie (daughter of Philippe Mius d'Entremont and Madeleine "Helie du" Tillet) was born 1649, Cherbourg, Manche, Normandy, France; died 1691, Grand Pre, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 1714, Saint Charles des Mines, Grand Pre, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Marie-Marguerite-Anne Mius d'Entremont married Pierre in 1665, in Port-Royal, Acadie. They are the parents of the following:

1) Philippe-Charles (1666-1744) md Catherine-Marie Dugas
2) Cecile (1668-1753) md Jean Landry
3) Pierre (1670-1752) md Marie-Rosalie Blanchard
4) Marie-Madeleine (1673-1714) md Germain Landry
5) Marguerite (1676-1744) md Alexandre Bourg
6) Elisabeth (1679-1718) md (1) Pierre-Alain Bujold and (1) Rene Leblanc
7) Jean (1681-) md Marguerite Dugas
8) Madeleine-Catherine (1683-) md Louis-Simon LePoupet
9) Anne-Marie (1686-) md Thomas-Jacques Jacob
10) Paul-Pierre (1691-) md Marie Theriault

Martin married Marie Francoise Leblanc 1671, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. Marie (daughter of Daniel LeBlanc and Marie Francoise Gaudet) was born 1653, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada; died 1677, (Childbirth) Port Royal, Annapolis, Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada; was buried 1677, Amherst Cemetery Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Martin Blanchard 39 Years Old And Marie Francoise LeBlanc 33 Years Old Were Married In 1671 In Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Martin And Maria Had One One Boy.
Rene Blanchard - 1677 - Dec. 1st 1754.

Martin Was 70 Years Old When He Died.

Maria Was 33 Years Old When She Died, During Childbirth.