Acadian Deportation - Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement - Acadia New France 1755

Starting in 1755, about 6,000 Acadians were forcibly removed from their colonies. The British military ordered the Acadians' communities to be destroyed and homes and barns were burned down. The people were dispersed among the 13 American colonies, but many refused them and sent them on to Europe. Families were torn apart and many lost everything they owned.

As a result of the deportation and the subsequent migrations, the Acadians ended up in the New England States and all along the eastern seaboard, as far south as Georgia. Many were put in jail, and many died at sea. Others ran away to Quebec, hid with the Mi'kmaqs in Nova Scotia, or went to present-day New Brunswick, or Prince Edward Island.

Source:www.cbc.ca/ acadian/ timeline.html

These ancestors were likely a part of the Grand Derangement which took place in 1755. NOTE: This is not a complete list. As we find more, we will continue to add them.

Anne POIRIER (1740, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada / Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) - 21 February 1816, Nantes, France)
(Claude POIRIER dit GLODICHE & Marguerite CYR)

Anne Agnès POIRIER (, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - , )
(Joseph POIRIER & Jeanne ARSENAULT)

Jacques POIRIER (2 February 1747, Beausejour, Acadie Canada - 10 March 1834, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France)
(Claude POIRIER dit GLODICHE & Marguerite CYR)

Joseph POIRIER (abt. 1736, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 8 April 1826, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand))
(Joseph POIRIER & Madeleine DOIRON)

Madeleine POIRIER (20 January 1720, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada / Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) - 1 July 1785, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France)
(Michel POIRIER & Madeleine BOURGEOIS)

Madeleine POIRIER (abt. 1734, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada / Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) - 19 November 1759, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada )
(Bernard POIRIER & Madeleine MICHEL dite LARUINE)

Marguerite POIRIER (1749, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada / Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) - 30 December 1780, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly))
(Claude POIRIER dit GLODICHE & Marguerite CYR)

Marie POIRIER (, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - , )
(René POIRIER & Anne GAUDET)

Michel POIRIER (abt. 1693, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 16 January 1758, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales))
(Michel POIRIER dit DE FRANCE & Marie CHIASSON)

René POIRIER (23 October 1718, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada / Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) - 3 March 1766, , France)
(Michel POIRIER dit DE FRANCE & Marie CHIASSON)

Claude POIRIER dit GLODICHE (abt. 1715, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 24 June 1791, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France)
(Michel POIRIER & Madeleine BOURGEOIS)

Marie POTET (abt. 1657, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - aft. 1701, Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada / Cobequid, Acadia)
(Jehan POTET & Marie GAUTROT (GAUTREAU))

Marguerite PRÉJEAN (abt. 1724, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 31 May 1777, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers))
(Joseph PRÉJEAN & Marie Louise COMEAU)

Marguerite PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) (17 August 1733, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada / Port Royal, Acadia - 9 March 1825, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur))
(Charles PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) & Françoise BOUDROT (BOUDREAU))

Marie Josephe PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) (7 March 1735, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada / Port Royal, Acadia - 15 June 1818, , Louisiana, USA)
(Charles PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) & Françoise BOUDROT (BOUDREAU))

Pierre PRINCE (24 March 1749, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada / Port Royal, Acadia - 13 January 1826, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand))
(Joseph LEPRINCE & Marie Anne FOREST)

Honore PRINCE (LEPRINCE) (2 August 1717, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada / Port Royal, Acadia - 17 December 1757, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
(Jean LEPRINCE & Jeanne BLANCHARD)

Jean QUESSY (CAISSIE) (abt. 1703, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 1 July 1789, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier))
(Jean QUESSY (CAISSIE) & Anne BOURGEOIS)

Jean QUESSY (CAISSIE) dit BISIN (abt. 1736, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada / Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) - 27 December 1786, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
(Jean QUESSY (CAISSIE) & Marguerite BOURGEOIS)

Anne RAYMOND (11 February 1724, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada / Port Royal, Acadia - 26 December 1757, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
(François RAYMOND & Anne COMEAU)

Charles RAYMOND (1719, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 1791, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec))
(François RAYMOND & Anne COMEAU)

Jacques RAYMOND (1721, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 4 January 1803, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska))
(François RAYMOND & Anne COMEAU)

Jean Baptiste RAYMOND (1710, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 1757, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec))
(François RAYMOND & Anne COMEAU)

Joseph RAYMOND (1716, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 1768, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec))
(François RAYMOND & Anne COMEAU)

Veronique RENAUD (1747, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - , )
(Jean RENAUD dit ARNAUD & Marie Madeleine POITIER)

Angélique RICHARD (1698, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada / Port Royal, Acadia - 8 January 1758, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
(Alexandre RICHARD & Elizabeth Isabelle PETITPAS)

Anne RICHARD (27 February 1729, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada / Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia - March 1787, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)
(Pierre RICHARD & Cecile GRANGER)

Anne RICHARD (abt. 1742, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - , )
(Joseph RICHARD & Anne BASTARACHE)

Anne Jeanne RICHARD (15 April 1718, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada / Port Royal, Acadia - abt. 1763, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec))
(François RICHARD & Marie Anne COMEAU)

Charles RICHARD (11 April 1710, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada / Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia - , )
(Pierre RICHARD & Marguerite LANDRY)

François RICHARD (1734, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 13 April 1770, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis))
(Martin RICHARD & Marie CORMIER)

François RICHARD (abt. 1741, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada / Port Royal, Acadia - 25 January 1810, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie))
(François RICHARD & Marie Geneviève DAVID)

Françoise RICHARD (abt. 1734, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 24 September 1805, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis))
(Martin RICHARD & Marie CORMIER)

Germain RICHARD (22 May 1703, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada / Port Royal, Acadia - 8 November 1764, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada )
(Alexandre RICHARD & Elizabeth Isabelle PETITPAS)

Germain RICHARD (13 March 1744, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada / Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) - 7 May 1779, , France)
(Pierre Toussaint RICHARD & Marie Josephe BOUDROT (BOUDREAU))

Jean Baptiste RICHARD (2 January 1717, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada / Port Royal, Acadia - 14 November 1799, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan))
(Michel RICHARD & Agnes BOURGEOIS)

Jean Baptiste RICHARD (2 February 1719, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada / Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) - , )
(Martin RICHARD & Marguerite BOURG)

Jean Baptiste Marie RICHARD (1754, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada / Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) - aft. 1822, )
(Pierre Joseph RICHARD & Marie Madeleine BOURG)

Joseph RICHARD (abt. 1720, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 1 February 1770, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly))
(Martin RICHARD & Marie CORMIER)

Joseph RICHARD (1 November 1732, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada / Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) - 25 May 1779, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France)
(Pierre Toussaint RICHARD & Marie Josephe BOUDROT (BOUDREAU))

Joseph RICHARD (abt. 1741, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - , )
(Charles RICHARD & Catherine Josephte GAUTROT (GAUDREAU))

Joseph RICHARD (abt. 1743, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 7 October 1816, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand))
(Joseph RICHARD & Françoise CORMIER)

Joseph Grégoire RICHARD (16 April 1724, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada / Port Royal, Acadia - 24 December 1757, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
(Michel RICHARD dit BEAUPRÉ & Marie Josephe BOURGEOIS)

Louise RICHARD (1 January 1742, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada / Port Royal, Acadia - 12 June 1799, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan))
(Jean Baptiste RICHARD & Marguerite ROBICHAUD)

Ludivine RICHARD (30 April 1753, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada / Port Royal, Acadia - 27 September 1794, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie))
(François RICHARD & Marie Geneviève DAVID)

Madeleine RICHARD (1751, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada / Port Royal, Acadia - 22 January 1830, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand))
(Pierre Joseph RICHARD & Marie Madeleine BOURG)

Marguerite RICHARD (16 May 1712, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada / Port Royal, Acadia - 1756, Charleston, South Carolina, USA)
(Michel RICHARD & Agnes BOURGEOIS)

Marguerite RICHARD (1724, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 24 March 1799, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)
(Martin RICHARD & Marie CORMIER)

Marguerite RICHARD (23 February 1740, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada / Port Royal, Acadia - 16 November 1785, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan))
(Jean Baptiste RICHARD & Marguerite ROBICHAUD)