Pierre MELANCON, dit LaVerdure, 54; Marie MIUS DAUTREMON his wife 36; children: Philippe
20, Cecile 18, Pierre 16. Marie 13, Marguerite 10, Isabelle 7, Jean 5, Magdeleine 2, and a child one
day old; 12 guns, 50 arpents, 31 cattle, 8 sheep, 27 hogs.
Martin AUCOIN 35, Marie GAUDET 27; children: Martin 12, Marie 10, Michel 9, Isabelle 7, Louis 6, Agnesse 4, Alexis 3, Cecille 7 months; 1 gun, 15 cattle, 10 sheep, 6 hogs.
Noel de LA BOUE 27, Marie RIMBAULT 22; children: Rene 7, Pierre 5, Francois 3, Louis 2; 1 gun, 1
arpent, 1 cow, 3 sheep, 3 hogs.
Francois LAPIERRE, dit laRoche, 38; Jeanne RIMBAULT 24; children: Francois 5, Marie 3, Jacques 1; 1 gun.
Philippe PINET 32, Catherine HEBERT 24; children: Jean 6, Antoine 4, Noel 3, Marie 1; 2 guns, 8 arpents, 12 cattle, 15 hogs.
Philippe TERRIOT 32, Cecile LANDRY 22; Jacques MARTIN servant (no age reported), 1 gun, 16 arpents, 9 cattle, 8 hogs.
Estienne RIVET 34, Marie COMMEAU 24; children: Rene 8, Marie 6, Estienne 3; 3 cattle, 1 hog.
Claude BOUDROT 23, Rnne-Marie TIBODEAU his wife 20.
Estienne HEBERT 32, Jeanne COMMEAU 24; children: Antoine 6, Marie 4, Estienne 1; 2 guns, 8 arpents, 7 cattle, 7 hogs.
Claude LANDRY 23, Marie TIBAUDEAU 18; a child one year old; 12 cattle.
Summary of the census of Baye des Mines: 57 persons, 20 guns, 83 arpents of cultivated lands, 90 cattle, 21 sheep, 67 hogs.
I am grateful to Joe Crochet who provided the above-noted information for the… “In Search of Our Acadian Roots” CD-ROM ©1994 (now available in Windows Version).
Secondary Source #1: Book entitled ‘Acadians in Exile’ by Reverend Donald Hebert.
Secondary Source #2: Book entitled ‘The Acadian Families 1686’ by Winston DeVille [English Translation].
Secondary Source #3: Microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada
* with corrections by Yvon Cyr