Notes for Pierre Arseneau: Pierre Arsenault Pierre was born in 1650 in Rochefort France. He came to Canada in 1671 on the ship "l'Oranger", of Larochelle. He landed at Port-Royal (today Annapolis Royal). He first married Marguerite Dugas with whom he had 2 children, Abraham and Pierre and after his first wife died, he remarried. He fathered 7 more children with Marie Guerin. He moved and settled in Beaubassin (close to the town of Amherst, NS),where he is now buried.
Pierre was co-founder of the colony Bourgeois which became Beaubassin, Acadia; today known as Amherst, Nova Scotia. He resided there from 1687 till his death about 1714.
More About Pierre Arseneau and Marguerite Dugas: Marriage: 1675, Port Royal, Principal.
Children of Pierre Arseneau and Marguerite Dugas are:
+Pierre Arseneau, b. 1676, Port Royal, Nova Scotia, d. date unknown.