Comeau pioneers
Hi, I am posting the notes that I have for some of my pioneer ancestors, in hopes that they may be of interest to some of you that are doing research on your ancestors.Enjoy, Janet
Descendants of Guy DeComeau, Lord of Creancy
Generation No. 1
1.Guy1 DeComeau, Lord of Creancy was born about 1450 in Poulley in Auxois, Burgundey, France.He married Unknown.
Child of Guy DeComeau and Unknown is:
+ 2 i. Claude2 DeComeau, Lord of Creancy, born about 1507 in France.
Generation No. 2
2.Claude2 DeComeau, Lord of Creancy (Guy1) was born about 1507 in France.He married Jeanne DeGissey.She was born about 1507 in Champagne, France.
Children of Claude DeComeau and Jeanne DeGissey are:
3 i. Jean(the elder)3 DeComeau, born about 1528 in France; died about 1618.He married Bertrande DeBroehard; born about 1528.
+ 4 ii. Jean(the younger) DeComeau, born about 1530 in France.
Generation No. 3
4.Jean(the younger)3 DeComeau (Claude2, Guy1) was born about 1530 in France.He married Catherine Colard about 1550 in France.She was born about 1530 in France.
Children of Jean(the DeComeau and Catherine Colard are:
+ 5 i. Jean4 DeComeau, Lord of Chastenay, born about 1565 in France.
6 ii. Marie DeComeau, born about 1566 in France.She married Jacques DeValon, Lord de Mizeur; born about 1566 in France.
Generation No. 4
5.Jean4 DeComeau, Lord of Chastenay (Jean(the younger)3, Claude2, Guy1) was born about 1565 in France.He married Marguerite Ocquidem about 1597 in France, daughter of Benigne Ocquidem.She was born about 1577 in France.
Children of Jean DeComeau and Marguerite Ocquidem are:
+ 7 i. Pierre-dit-LeJeune5 Comeau, born about 1596 in France; died about 1690 in Port Roya,l Acadie.
8 ii. Anne Comeau, born about 1598 in France.
9 iii. Antoine Comeau, born about 1599 in France.
10 iv. Benigne Comeau, born about 1600 in France.
11 v. Marguerite Comeau, born about 1601 in France.
12 vi. Nicolas Comeau, born about 1602 in France.
13 vii. Pierre-dit-TheElder Comeau, born about 1603 in France.He married Anne Morin 1631; born about 1603 in France.
Generation No. 5
7.Pierre-dit-LeJeune5 Comeau (Jean4 DeComeau, Lord of Chastenay, Jean(the younger)3, Claude2, Guy1) was born about 1596 in France, and died about 1690 in Port Roya,l Acadie.He married Rose Bajolet-dit-Bayols about 1649 in Port Royal, Acadie, daughter of Nicolas Bayolle.She was born about 1631 in Dijou, France, and died Bef. 1678 in Port Royal, Acadie.
Notes for Pierre-dit-LeJeune Comeau:
He is listed as being a 75 year old cooper with his wife, 9 children, 16 cattle and 22 sheep in the 1671 Acadien census..Later he is listed as a widower in the 1678 Acadien census, with 4 teenage children, 12 cattle, 1 compass, 4 oxen and 14 acres of land.
It is difficult to know how accurate the information from Acadie is.Most of the records of Acadie were destroyed by the British soldiers when they came from New England to capture everyone in Acadia, because of a possible alliance with the people of New France that were loyal to theirFrench King.Because of this, PRDH does not make the connection to all these children.Most of it was accumulated from the census taken during that time period.
Children of Pierre-dit-LeJeune Comeau and Rose Bajolet-dit-Bayols are:
14 i. Etienne6 Comeau, born about 1650 in France; died 22 Jan 1723 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.He married (1) Marie-Anne Lefebvre about 1670 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; born about 1650 in La Rochelle, Aunis, France.He married (2) Marie-Henriette Landry Bef. 1698 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; born about 1648 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; died 26 Oct 1717 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.
Notes for Etienne Comeau:
He is listed as Estienne Commau with his wife Marianne Lefevre in the 1678 Acadien Census with 2 acres of land, 12 cattle, a 4 year old boy and 2 girls, one 7 and the other 2 years old.
15 ii. Pierre Comeau-dit-L'Esturgeon, born about 1653 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; died 08 Apr 1730 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.He married Marie-Jeanne Bourg(Bourque) about 1677 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; born about 1659 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; died 10 Jul 1707 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.
Notes for Pierre Comeau-dit-L'Esturgeon:
He is listed as Pierre Comeau with his wife Jeanne Bourgwith one daughter and 2 cattle in the 1678 Acadien census.He is the elder of the Pierres in this family.
16 iii. Marie-Francoise Comeau, born about 1656 in Port Royal, Acadie; died Bef. 1678 in Port Royal, Acadie.She married Jean Gaudet-dit-LeJeune about 1672 in Port Royal Acadie; born about 1653 in Port Royal, Acadie; died Aft. 1714.
+ 17 iv. Jean-Claude Comeau, born about 1657 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; died 03 Nov 1720 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.
18 v. Pierre Comeau, born about 1660 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; died about 1740 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.He married Jeanne Bourgeois about 1689 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; born about 1668 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; died 10 Jun 1716.
Notes for Pierre Comeau:
He is listed as the younger Pierre in this family.
19 vi. Antoine Comeau, born about 1661 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.
Notes for Antoine Comeau:
He was the oldest of the single children living at home with his widowed father.He was 18 years old.
20 vii. Jeanne Comeau, born about 1662 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; died Aft. 08 Oct 1725 in Acadie, Canada.She married Etienne Hebert Aft. 1678 in Riviere aux Canards, Acadie, Canada; born about 1654 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; died 02 Nov 1713 in Grand Pre, Acadie, Canada.
21 viii. Marie Comeau, born about 1664 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.She married Etienne Rivet about 1677 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; born about 1652 in France.
Notes for Etienne Rivet:
He is listed with his wife as Estienne Rivet and Marie Commau in the 1678 Acadien census.They had 2 cattle and 1 girl at that time.
22 ix. Jean-Augustin Comeau, born about 1665 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.He married Catherine Babin about 1686 in Port Royal Acadie, Canada; born about 1672 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.
Generation No. 6
17.Jean-Claude6 Comeau (Pierre-dit-LeJeune5, Jean4 DeComeau, Lord of Chastenay, Jean(the younger)3, Claude2, Guy1) was born about 1657 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada, and died 03 Nov 1720 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.He married (1) Francoise Hebert about 1675 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada, daughter of Etienne Hebert and Marie-Anne Gaudet.She was born about 1661 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada, and died Feb 1713 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.He married (2) Catherine Joseph-dit-LeJeune 07 Jan 1720 in Port Royal, Acadie.She was born about 1657.
Notes for Jean-Claude Comeau:
In the 1671 Acadien census he is listed as being 14 living with his parents.His name was spelt "Jehan".In the 1678 Acadien census, he is listed with his first wife Francoise Hebert, as having 3 children (no name and no ages are given).They owned 1 cow and 1 calf.Jean can also be found with Francoise in the 1693 Acadien census with 8 children, 18 cattle, 35 sheep, 14 pigs 30 arpents of land and 1 gun.Their ages vary from one census to another.
Notes for Francoise Hebert:
She was listed as being 10 years old in the 1671 Acadien census with her widowed mother and siblings.
Children of Jean-Claude Comeau and Francoise Hebert are:
23 i. Marie-Charlotte7 Comeau, born about 1679 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.She married Pierre Girouard 1694 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; born about 1672 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; died in Pisiguit, Acadie, Canada.
24 ii. Etienne Comeau, born about 1680 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.He married Marguerite DeForest about 1705 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; born about 1687 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; died Bef. 1730 in Acadie, Canada.
25 iii. Pierre Comeau, born about 1680 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.He married Suzanne Bessiere, (Pierre & Madeleine Lebrun) 25 Jan 1704 in St. Jean Baptiste, Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; born about 1686 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; died 11 Dec 1757 in Québec City, QC.
26 iv. Jean-Baptiste Comeau, born about 1684 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.He married Marie-Anne Thibodeau, ((Pierre & Anne Bourg) 06 Nov 1713 in Grand Pre, Kings County, Nova Scotia (Acadie), Canada; born about 1692 in Pisiguit, Acadie, Canada.
27 v. Anne Comeau, born about 1686 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; died 07 Apr 1722 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.She married (1) Louis Damour 17 Jan 1708 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; born 18 Jan 1666 in Québec City, QC; died 08 May 1708 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.She married (2) Francois Richard, (Jean & Anne Christin) 29 Oct 1710 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; born about 1686 in Bretagne, Vannes, France.
28 vi. Augustin Comeau, born about 1688 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.He married Marie-Jeanne Levron, (Franc.Jos.P. & C.A.Savoie) 12 Feb 1714 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; born about 1686 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.
29 vii. Claude Comeau, born about 1690 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.
30 viii. Jean-Francois Comeau, born about 1691 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; died 21 Nov 1717 in Québec City, QC.He married Marie-Jeanne Soulard 07 Jan 1715 in Québec City, QC; born 23 Jun 1696 in Québec City, QC; died about 22 Dec 1746 in Québec City, QC.
31 ix. Francoise Comeau, born about 1693 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; died 02 Jan 1717 in Québec City, QC.She married Jean-Baptiste Soulard 10 Feb 1710 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; born 01 Oct 1678 in Québec City, QC; died 15 May 1723 in L'Ange Gardien, QC.
32 x. Alexandre Comeau, born about 1695 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; died about 1723 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.He married Marie Bertrand 17 Jan 1722 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; born about 1694 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.
33 xi. Magdelaine Comeau, born about 1697 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.She married Pierre Trahan 30 Sep 1716 in Pisiquit, Acadie, Canada; born about 1696 in Pisiguit, Acadie, Canada.
34 xii. Marguerite Comeau, born about 1700 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; died 29 Aug 1757 in Québec City, QC.She married Ambroise Melancon 23 Jan 1719 in Port Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Acadie, Canada; born about 1687 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada; died 07 Aug 1757 in Québec City, QC.
Notes for Ambroise Melancon:
Originally I was given 13 children for Ambroise Melancon and Marguerite Comeau.Later when I confirmed my files with PRDH (a University of Montreal program), I found out that only 3 had been confirmed.The parents of the others did not show up in the marriage records.
35 xiii. Joseph Comeau, born 26 Jul 1703 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.
36 xiv. Anne-Judith Comeau, born about 1705 in Port Royal, Acadie, Canada.
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Janet Manseau 11/03/10