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Descendants of Pierre Chiasson

Generation No. 2

2. GUYON DIT-LAVALL² CHIASSON (PIERRE¹) was born Abt. 1640 in La Rochelle, France, and died 1692 in Beaubassin Acadie, Canada (Source: WFT Vol. I). He married (1) MARIE-MARGUERITE BELLIVEAU 1664 in Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada (Source: Bayou Catholic 8/27/1997), daughter of ANTOINE BELLIVEAU and ANDREE GUION. She was born Abt. 1640, and died (Source: WFT Vol. II). He married (2) JEANNE (BOURG) BERNARD October 07, 1667 in Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada (Source: WFT Vol. II), daughter of ANDRE BERNARD and ANDREE GUION. She was born Abt. 1640, and died in at age 35 or 36. He married (3) MADELEINE MARIE DIT-DE SILLERY MARTIN October 07, 1683 in Quebec, Canada, daughter of PIERRE MARTIN and JOACHINE LAFLEUR. She was born June 29, 1666 in Sillery, Quebec, Canada.

Notes for GUYON DIT-LAVALL CHIASSON:
Guyon came to Acadia as a young man, from LaRochelle, France on the L'Oranger between 1671-1686 (WFT Vol II). This ship was sent to Port-Royal by Emmanuel Le Borgne, sieur de Coudray, who the King of France had recently named governor of Acadia, despite it being occupied by the English at the time. This English occupation was more in name than in fact, however, and beyond a few merchants from Boston who opened stores in Port-Royal, the Acadians were more or less left alone during this English period. During this occupation, the Acadians ruled themselves through an elected council. The French governor continued to live in France, but ships carrying provisions and new colonists would periodically arrive at Port-Royal. These new colonists were mostly young people who signed contracts to work in the colony for three years at an annual salary of 80 pounds or approximately 20 dollars. At the end of their service to the governor, they were free to stay and live in Acadia or to return to France.

Guyon Chiasson obviously decided to stay put.

In 1671 Guyon was recruited to move to the new Acadian settlement established by Jacques Bourgeois at Beaubassin. This new settlement was located near the border between present day Nova Scotia and New Brunswick on the isthmus of Chignectou.

Guyon may have inscribed himself into a military regiment at some point, because in the census of 1686, he is listed under the surname, Lavallee. It was the custom in the period for French soldiers to take a nom de guerre, and many continued to use that name after they left the military. In any event, by 1686, Guyon was one of the most prosperous residents of Beaubassin, with 40 arpents of land under cultivation.

More About GUYON DIT-LAVALL CHIASSON:
Fact 1: 1st lived in Port Royal
Fact 2: 1671, Moved to new settlement
Fact 3: 1683, Moved to Quebec
Fact 4: Returned to Beaubassin with 3rd wife
Fact 5: 1686, May have been in military
Fact 6: Never Married to Marie Beliveau? (Source: Stephen White, Genealogist at Univ. of Moncton, New Brunswick.)

More About MARIE-MARGUERITE BELLIVEAU:
Cause of Death: probably childbirth (Source: Bayou Catholic 8/27/1997)

More About JEANNE (BOURG) BERNARD:
Fact 1: 1/2 sister to Marie-Marguerite

More About MADELEINE MARIE DIT-DE SILLERY MARTIN:
Fact 1: June 29, 1666, Baptised at Sillery

Children of GUYON CHIASSON and MARIE-MARGUERITE BELLIVEAU are:

3.	i.	GABRIEL³ CHIASSON, b. 1667, Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada; d. April 10, 1741, Beaubassin Acadie, Canada.
	ii.	JEAN CHIASSON, b. 1668; d. January 24, 1718/19; m. MARIE-ANNE LEMOYNE, November 12, 1697; b. Abt. 1668.
4.	iii.	SABASTIAN CHIASSON, b. 1670.
	iv.	FRANCOISE CHIASSON, b. 1668; m. PIERRE MORIN; b. Abt. 1668; d. Bet. 1696 - 1762.
	v.	MARIE CHIASSON, b. 1672; m. MICHEL POIRIER, 1692, Beaubassin Acadie, Canada; b. Abt. 1672.
	vi.	MICHAEL CHIASSON, b. 1675; d. March 20, 1759; m. MARGUERITE MAOURIER, June 30, 1706, Ile D'Orleans; b. Abt. 1675.

Children of GUYON CHIASSON and JEANNE BERNARD are:

vii.

JEAN³ CHIASSON, b. 1667; d. Bet. 1702 - 1759; m. MARIE-ANNE LEMOYNE, November 12, 1697 (Source: WFT Vol. II); b. Abt. 1667.

Notes for JEAN CHIASSON:
Page 133 of "The Morins of Acadia". Jean & Michel wed Morin girls. The Morin Family was banished from Acadia because Louis Morin had begotten a child out of wedlock. Morin property was given to the girl's family. Jean & Michel went with the Morin family. All were established in Restigouche area in the Spring of 1688.

	viii.	FRANCHOISE CHIASSON, b. 1668, Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada; m. PIERRE MORIN, November 08, 1682, Beaubassin Acadie, Canada (Source: WFT Vol. II); b. Abt. 1668; d. Bet. 1696 - 1762.
5.	ix.	SEBASTIEN CHIASSON, b. 1670, Beaubassin Acadie, Canada; d. 1703, Beaubassin Acadie, Canada.
	x.	MICHEL CHIASSON, b. 1675; d. March 20, 1759, (Buried at St. Francois-du-Sud); m. MARGUERITE MOURIER, June 30, 1706, St. Jean, Isle of Orleans (Source: WFT Vol. II); b. Abt. 1675, Tanguay, France (Source: WFT Vol. II).

More About MICHEL CHIASSON:
Fact 1: Left Beaubassin with older Jean for the region of Quebec.

6.	xi.		MARGUERITE MARIE CHIASSON, b. 1675, Beaubassin Acadie, Canada.
7.	xii.		ANNE CHIASSON, b. 1680, Beaubassin Acadie, Canada; d. Bet. 1722 - 1773, Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Children of GUYON CHIASSON and MADELEINE MARTIN are:

	xiii.		MARGUERITE³ CHIASSON, b. Abt. 1684, Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada; d. Bet. 1685 - 1778.
	xiv.		ANGELIQUE-MARGURITE CHIASSON, b. 1684, Beaubassin Acadie, Canada (Source: WFT Vol. II); d. Bet. 1708 - 1778; m. PIERRE (CARRET) CARRE, Abt. 1702, Beaubassin, Acadie, Canada; b. Abt. 1684.

More About ANGELIQUE-MARGURITE CHIASSON:
Fact 1: 1686, Census
Fact 2: October 27, 1684, Baptisted at Beaubassin (Source: WFT Vol. II)

xv.

GENEVIEVE CHIASSON, b. 1685, Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada (Source: WFT Vol. II); d. Bet. 1686 - 1779.

More About GENEVIEVE CHIASSON:
Fact 1: 1686, age 1 on census

8.	xvi.		MADELEINE MARIE CHIASSON, b. Abt. 1691, Quebec, Canada; d. August 28, 1769, Cherbourg, France.
	xvii.		ANNE CHIASSON, b. Abt. 1692, Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada; d. Bet. 1693 - 1786, Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada; m. JEAN PINEAU, 1713; b. Abt. 1692, Montmagny, puis de Rimousky (Source: WFT Vol. II).

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