Catherine  VIGNEAU

"Among the followers of de Razilly who debarked at la Heve on the 8th of September, 1632, were Pierre Martin, his wife, Catherine Vigneau and their young son, also named Pierre, age six. They were peasants from Britanny. In 1636, Pierre Martin and his wife had moved to Port Royal and in the same year a second son was born to them. He was named Mathieu and was the first child of French parentage born in Acadia..."

Title Old Families of Louisiana

Authors Stanley Clisby Arthur, George Campbell Huchet de Kernion

Editor Stanley Clisby Arthur

Edition reprint

Publisher Genealogical Publishing Com, 2006

ISBN 0806346884, 9780806346885

Length 432 pages

Page 384

"Pierre, son of René Martin and Étiennette Poirier of St.-German de Bourgeuil in the Loire valley of France, born in c1601, married Catherine, daughter of Olivier Vigneau, at St.-Germain de Bourgueil in June 1630. Six years later, having been recruited by agents of the Company of New France, Pierre arrived in Acadia on the St.-Jehan with his wife Catherine and sons Étienne, Pierre, fils, and Urbain. Pierre, père died at Port-Royal in the late 1670s, in his 70s. He and Catherine had seven children, including four sons, but only two of them married, and only one of them had children of his own. Their three daughters married into the Morin dit Boucher, Bourg, Pellerin, and Mercier dit Caudebec families. "

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