Thomas  CORMIER

Thomas Cormier (Cormie) was a carpenter and in comfortable circumstances having seven head of horned cattle, seven sheep and six arpents of land under cultivation. When the census of 1686 was taken, he had left Port Royal and was living in Mines. He appears to have been one of the early settlers of Mines and probably went there with his two brothers-in-law, Germain Girouard and Jacques Belou, who married Marie Girouard. By 1686, Cormier was the father of nine children, four sons and five daughters, the eldest Madeleine being eighteen. He prospered and had forty cultivated acres, twenty horned cattle, ten sheep and fifteen swine. Chignecto and its vicinity always remained home to the Cormier family, while there were no Cormier's in Port Royal in 1730 or at Mines in 1755.
In 1752, there were thirteen families named Cormier gathered at Beausejour, all residents of nearby settlements (eight from Westcook and three from Nappan). It's evident that the Cormiers were not driven from Acadia

Thomas CORMIER, carpenter, 35, wife Madeline GIROUARD 17; Child: 1 daughter 2; cattle 7, sheep 7.

Thomas CORMIER 55, Magdelaine GIROUARD 37; children: Magdeleine 18. Francois 16, Alexis 14, Marie 12, Germain 10, Pierre 8, Angelique 4, twins Marie and Jeanne 1; 4 guns, 40 arpents, 30 cattle, 10 sheep, 15 hogs.