These were the records which established and confimed the exact date of the first to settled in Clare at Baie Sainte-Marie...
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The eighth of September 1769 we supplied the ceremonies of holy baptism at St. Mary's Bay to the following named, all issue of legitimate marriages, born for the most part in New England, and baptized on the day of their birth.
Joseph, age one year, born 25 September 1768 *son born at St. Mary's Bay, son of Joseph DUGAS and of Marie ROBICHAUX. Godfather Fredericq BELIVAUX; godmother Felix DUGAS.
Rene, born 31 April 1769 at St. Mary's Bay, son of Rene SAUNIER and of Magdeleine MAILLET. Godfather Joseph COUMAUX; Marie SAUNIER.
Yves, born 10 January, age eight years, born at Boston. Son of Yves THIBEAU and of Francoise MELAMSON. Godfather Rene GAUDET; godmother Anne MELAMSON.
Jean Baptiste, born 19 September 1667 at Port Royal, son of Prudent ROBICHAUX and Cecile DUGAS. Godfather Yves THIBEAU; godmother Anne MELAMSON.
Armand, age five years, born 16 March at Port Royal, son of Prudent ROBICHAUX and of Cecile DUGAS. Godfather Pierre MELAMSON; godmother Francoise AUCOIN.
Charles, age six years, born 19 September at Boston, son of Yves THIBEAU and of Francoise MELAMSON. Godfather Paul DUGAS; godmother Marie AUCOIN.
Marguerite, age 13 years, born 19 April at Boston, daughter of Yves THIBEAU and of Francoise MELAMSON. Godfather Pierre LeBLANC; godmother Felicite THIBEAU.
Anne, born 25 April 1769 at St. Mary's Bay, daughter of Amand MELANSON and of Anne LeBLANC. Godfather Jean MELAMSON; godmother Birgid MELAMSON.
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Modeste, born 8 January 1768 at Port Royal, daughter of Yves THIBEAU and of Francoise MELAMSON. Godfather Prudent ROBICHAUX; godmother Marie THIBEAU.
Marguerite, born 19 June 1769 St. Mary's Bay, daughter of Claude SAUNIER and of Francoise AUCOIN. Godfather Joseph DUGAS; godmother Magdeleine MAILLET.
Isabelle, four years, born 19 April at Port Royal, daughter of Joseph DUGAS and of Marie ROBICHAUX. Godfather Joseph Gaudais; godmother Cecile DUGAS.
Francoise, age nine, born 8 January at Boston, daughter of Yves THIBEAU and of Francoise MELAMSON. Godfather Amand LANOUX; godmother Anne LeBLANC.
Marguerite, born 8 April 1767, at Port Royal, daughter of Paul DUGAS and of Birgid MELAMSON. Godfather Hilarion THERIAU; godmother Marguerite JAMSON.
Marie, age six years, born eight August at Port Royal, daughter of Paul DUGAS and of Birgid MELAMSON. Godfather Pierre THIBEAU; godmother Marie ROBICHAUX.
Anne, age four years, born eight May, daughter of Paul DUGAS and of Birgid MELAMSON. Godfather Amand MELAMSON; godmother Francoise MELAMSON.
None of the godfathers or godmothers knew how to sign with us.
Charles Francois BAILLY
Missionary Priest and Grand Vicar
The nineteenth of September 1769 we have given the nuptial blessing according to the form prescribed by our mother Holy Roman Catholic Church, to Francois COUMAUX and Felicite LeBLANC, to Joseph DUGAS and Marie Joseph ROBICHAUX, already joined joined together in the presence of witnesses with the consent of their parents, being presented here after the three banns having been published, and no impediment having been found, we have revalidated their marriage at St. Mary's. None of the contracting parties knew how to sign.
Charles Francois BAILLY
Missionary Priest and Grand Vicar
Prudent ROBICHAUD and Marie RICHARD
Felicite, born married 14 Oct 1771 Charles VINCENT, at Varennes.
At Saint Mary's Bay
On 14 October 1774 I, the undersigned missionary, supplied the baptismal ceremonies for the following named children:
B. Joseph GAUDET {added by later hand: dit Latouze}
Joseph GAUDET, legitimate son of Poncy GAUDET and of Felicite COMEAU, born 3 May 1773, baptized by Charles LeBLANC; the godfather Frederic BELLIVEAU, godmother Anne DOUCET.
Charles GAUDET
Charles GAUDET, legitimate son of Poncy GAUDET and of Felicite COMEAU, born 8 August 1770, baptized by Joseph GAUDET; godfather Francois COMEAU, godmother Francoise AUCOIN.
B. Augustin GUEDRY, Jr.
The 14th October 1774, baptism of Augustin GUEDRY, born 20 June 1771, son of Augustin GUEDRY and of Marie JEANSON. Baptized by Michel HACHE. Godfather Francois COMEAU, godmother Marguerite BOUDREAU.
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The 18th of October 1774, marriage of Joseph BELLIVEAU, son of Jean and of Madeleine GAUDET, to Marguerite ROBICHAUD, daughter of Joseph and of Marguerite COMEAU.
The 20th of October 1774, marriage of Charles Marin BELLIVEAU, son of Jean BELLIVEAU and of Madeleine GAUDET, with Madeleine LeBLANC, daughter of Pierre LeBLANC and of Madeleine BABIN.
Witnesses:
Jean BELLIVEAU, father of the boy
Pierre LeBLANC, father of the girl
Charles LeBLANC and Hilarion TERRIOT
J. M. BOURG
Priest G. V.
M Charles Marin BELLIVEAU and Madeleine LeBLANC
The 20th October 1774 I, the undersigned missionary and Grand Vicar of Acadia, have married immediately after the celebration of the Holy Mass after having granted a dispensation of the bans unless some impediment might be found, Charles Marin BELLIVEAU, son of Jean BELLIVEAU and of Madeleine GAUDET, with Madeleine LeBLANC, daughter of Pierre LeBLANC and of Madeleine BABIN, in the presence of the following named witnesses who, not knowing how to sign, made their customary mark.
Jean X BELLIVEAU, father of the boy
Pierre X LeBLANC, father of the girl
Charles X LeBLANC
Hilarion TERRIOT
Joseph Mathurin BOURG, G. V.
and Acadian missionary