Abraham BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

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abt. 1658 , Port Royal, Acadia

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February 1704 , Port Royal, Acadia

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Michel BOUDROT Michelle AUCOIN

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Born: abt. 1658 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: Michel BOUDROT

Mother: Michelle AUCOIN

Maternal grandparents: Martin AUCOIN , Barbe MINGUET

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Abraham married Cecile MELANSON abt. 1684 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Cecile MELANSON was born 1 May 1671 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Cecile died 12 June 1753 in Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Cecile was the child of Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE and Marie DUGAS.

Abraham BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) died February 1704 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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Abraham BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) married

Cecile MELANSON
Marriage date: abt. 1684
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Cecile MELANSON was the child of Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE and Marie DUGAS

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"Cecile, another of Charles Melanson's daughters, married the Acadian merchant Abraham Boudrot of Port Royal, and accompanied him on his business trips to Massachusetts, where she stayed with her sister (Marie) and brother-in-law (David Basset)..."

Source: A Great and Noble Scheme by John Mack Faragher, page 103

"Abraham, born in c1657, married Cécile, daughter of Charles Melanson, at Port-Royal in c1686 and remained at Port-Royal, where he was a prominent merchant and an erstwhile spy for Acadia's Governor Villebon during King William's War. He fathered six children, including three sons who married into the Landry and Broussard families. Abraham's daughters married into the Gaudet, Mius d'Entremont, and Bourg families. Abraham died by c1703, when Cécile remarried at Port-Royal."

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Children of Abraham BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) and Cecile MELANSON

Charles BOUDROT dit MADOUESSE (BOUDREAU)

Born: abt. 1686, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: abt. 1726, Port Toulouse, Acadia

Married: Marie Josephe LANDRY 9 February 1707 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Jean Baptiste BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

Born: abt. 1687, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Michel BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

Born: abt. 1689, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 17 November 1732, Cape Breton Island, Acadie

Married: Anne LANDRY 22 January 1714 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

François BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

Born: abt. 1692, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: abt. 1765, Saint Peters, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Jeanne Anne LANDRY 11 January 1717 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

Born: abt. 1695, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 20 February 1734, Pubnico, Acadie

Married: Guillaume GAUDET 21 October 1709 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Cecile BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

Born: abt. 1697, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: abt. 1737, Pobomcoup, Acadie

Married: Joseph MIUS D'ENTREMONT 14 October 1717 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Anne BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

Born: abt. 1698, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: abt. 1720,

Married: Michel BOURG 22 April 1720 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

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Abraham, born in c1657, married Cécile, daughter of Charles Melanson, at Port-Royal in c1686 and remained at Port-Royal, where he was a prominent merchant and an erstwhile spy for Acadia's Governor Villebon during King William's War. He fathered six children, including three sons who married into the Landry and Broussard families. His daughters married into the Gaudet, Mius d'Entremont, and Bourg families. Abraham died by c1703, when Cécile remarried at Port-Royal.
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1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1671 Port Royal
Michel BOUDROT, 71, wife Michelle AUCOIN 53; Children (3 married): Francoise 29, Jeanne 25, Marguerite 20; (these not married): Charles 22, Marie 18, Jehan 16, Abraham 14, Michel 12, Olivier 10, Claude 8, Francois 5; cattle 5, sheep 12.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1678 Port Royal
Michel Boudrot & Michelle Aucoin

12 acres 10 cattle 3 guns

5 boys 22 1656 Jean

20 1658 Abraham

18 1660 Michel

16 1662 Olivier

12 1666 Francois

1678 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1686 Port Royal
Abraham BOUDROT 30, Cecile MELANSON his wife 16; 2 guns, 5 cattle, 15 sheep.
1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1691-1695
'Acadian Abraham Bourdrot of Port Royal formed a trading partnership with Belgian-born Huguenot Andre Faneuil of Boston.'

Source: A Great and Noble Scheme by John Mack Faragher, page 95

1693 Port Royal
Abraham BOUDROT 36, Cecille MELANCON 23, Jean Baptiste 6, Michel 4, Francois 1; 8 cattle, 12 sheep, 10 pigs, 1 gun
1693 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Port Royal
Abraham BOUDROT 41; Cecile MELLANSON (wife) 28; Charles 12; Michel; 9; Francois 6; Marie 4; Cecile 1/ 2; 10 cattle, 9 sheep, 6 hogs, 3 arpents, 8 fruit trees, 1 gun.
1698 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1700 Port Royal
Abraham BOUDROT 43; Cecille MELANSON (wife) 30; Jean-Baptiste 13; Michel 11; Francois 8; Marie 5; Cecille 3; Anne 1; 10 cattle, 17 sheep, 10 arpents, 1 gun.
1700 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion