History:
During the deportation from Grand-Pré and Port
Royal, Beaubassin, and Memramcook and other locations, some of the
Acadians, hid in the woods for a number of months to escape being
exiled while some others were forced to defend the fort at Beauséjour.
Most of these Acadians were subsequently taken prisoner at Fort
Beauséjour and later transferred to Halifax. After the Treaty of
Paris, 1763, Acadians were free to establish elsewhere in the
province. A number of these families subsequently settled in the
Chezzetcook area. Some Acadian families from Isle Royal previously
re-established at Chezzetcook around 1760-1761. In 1774 or 1775 a
group of Acadians from Isle Madame also established temporarily at
Chezzetcook. Four other families who arrived at Chezzetcook have
different origins as indicated below, in brackets, after their
family names. Loyalist settlers joined them shortly after. Today
there are still a number of Acadian families in Chezzetcook, however
several of the original Acadian families were displaced and they
moved to Larry's River, Charlos Cove and surrounding area of Tor
Bay, N.S.
Early family names (prior to 1800) include;
Bellefontaine, Bonin, Bonnevie, Boudrot, Breau (from Île de
Miquelon), Clergé (from Port-Toulouse), Faucher (French Canadian
from Québec), Julien (directly from France), Lavandier, LaPierre,
Mayet, Murphy, Petitpas, Roma, Wolfe (Ref. Ronald Labelle's
"Acadian Life in Chezzetcook")
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