Charles BOUDROT dit MADOUESSE (BOUDREAU)
Married: Marie Josephe LANDRY 9 February 1707 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Abraham
BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)
Born
abt. 1658
,
Port Royal, Acadia
Died
February 1704
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Port Royal, Acadia
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Born: abt. 1658 in Port Royal, Acadia
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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 Port Royal, Acadia . Cecile died 12 June 1753 in Queens, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia. 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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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Abraham BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)
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
Cecile MELANSONMarriage 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."
Source:acadiansingray.com
Children of Abraham BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) and Cecile MELANSON
Michel BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)
Born: abt. 1689, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 17 November 1732, Cape Breton Island, Acadie
Died: 17 November 1732, Cape Breton Island, Acadie
Married: Anne LANDRY 22 January 1714 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marie BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)
Born: abt. 1695, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 20 February 1734, Pubnico, Acadie
Died: 20 February 1734, Pubnico, Acadie
Married: Guillaume GAUDET 21 October 1709 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Cecile BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)
Born: abt. 1697, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: abt. 1737, Pobomcoup, Acadie
Died: abt. 1737, Pobomcoup, Acadie
Married: Joseph MIUS D'ENTREMONT 14 October 1717 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Anne BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)
Born: abt. 1698, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: abt. 1720,
Died: abt. 1720,
Married: Michel BOURG 22 April 1720 Place: 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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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.
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
12 acres 10 cattle 3 guns
5 boys 22 1656 Jean
20 1658 Abraham
18 1660 Michel
16 1662 Olivier
12 1666 Francois
1686 Port Royal
Abraham BOUDROT 30, Cecile MELANSON his wife 16; 2 guns, 5 cattle, 15 sheep.
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
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
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.
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.
Death — 1704February 1704
Port Royal, Acadia
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