Pennsylvania

Arrival in Philadelphia

Arrival of the Acadians in Pennsylvania
By Robert Dafford

My thanks to Mr. Dafford for permission
to use his murals on the Acadian Ancestral Home

Five ships deported the Acadians to Pennsylvania. The Schooner Boscawen left Chignecto on October 13, 1755 arriving in Pennsylvania dae unknown with 190 Acadians aboard.

The Sloop Hannah left Grand Pré on October 27, 1755 arriving in Pennsylvania on November 19, 1755 with 140 Acadians aboard.

The Sloop Swan left Chignecto on October 27, 1755 arriving in Pennsylvania on November 19, 1755 with 168 Acadians aboard.

The Sloop Three Friends left Pisiquid on October 27, 1755 arriving in Pennsylvania on November 21, 1755 with 156 Acadians aboard.

The Ship Union left Chignecto on October 13, 1755 arriving date unknown in Pennsylvania with 392 Acadians aboard.


Letter from the Acadians of Pennsylvania
to the French Ambassador in London

Your Excellency:

We have received a copy of the letter that you sent to our brothers who are prisoners in England, from which we are informed that His Most Christian Majesty wishes to relieve us from our slavery which we have been held in since the beginning of the war with England. All our rights and goods which we previously enjoyed have been taken away. We are enclosing a complete list of names denoting those that wish to return to their motherland, it is addressed to His Majesty and is enclosed. We trust that your Excellency will intercede with the King and advise us of a convenient time when we will be able to embark for our transportation. Ever since the English dispersed us form our lands, we have desired to return to France or one of the French colonies where we again may enjoy all the liberties concerning our religion. We are always in the hope that the protection offered to us by His Most Christian Majesty and that of your Excellency will never cease. You can be assured that the good health of His Majesty, The Royal Family, and that of your Excellency and the prosperity of the nation will ever be remembered in our prayers. There is nothing more urgent that we desire from the goodness of our Sovereign than being delivered from our present predicament as soon as possible.

Your Excellency,

Your Most humbel and most Obedient Servants,

Paul Doiron, Bruneau Trahan, Pierre Landry,

For all Acadians who are in Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia, June 20, 1763.



Lists of Names and Numbers of All of the Acadians
Who Are in Pinsilvenia(Pennsylvania)

The first part of this page lists the names as they were recorded. They are listed alphabetically following the original list. However, it is necessary to refer to the first part to access the whole family.



Pierre LANDRY the Younger and Josette AUCOUIN his wife with a child.

Paul DOIRON and Marie BLANCHARD his wife and three children.

Pierre LEBLANC and Marie BICHO his wife and three children.

Allen DAIGLE and Frosine DESCHAMPS and three children.

René LE CORFIS and Blanche DESCHAMPS his wife

Jean Baptiste BIGEAU and Anastasie GIROIR his wife and a child

Ollivier AUCOUIN, Margueirtte DAILI and three children

Ollivier THIBODEAU, Marie POIRIE and one child

Pierre BRO, boy without family

Magdelaine BENOIST, widow with one child

Pierre BRASSEAU, widower with five children

Magdelaine DOIRON, widow

Jean POIRIE and Magdelaine FORAIN with three children

Ollivier AUCOUIN son of Paul AUCOUIN, Anne Dupuis his wife with five children.

Ollivier BLANCHARD and Fraisaine his wife with three children

Louis CLOUTIER, Magdelaine CLOUTIER his wife with three children

François SCAVOY, Anne SCAVOY his wife with three children

Pierre EMARD and Marie BEDARD his wife with three children

Joseph LABOS and Marie LABOS his wife and four children

Augustin FAURON, Margueritte FAURON his wife and one child

Laurand BERTRAND, Magdelaine BERTRAND his wife and five children

Charles MIGNO and Pellagie MIGNO his wife

Paul BIGEAU, Marie BIGEAU his wife and three children

Margueritte and Anne Bujeau girls

Pierre MARTIN, Françaize MARTIN his wife with three children

Paul BOURG, Judick BOURG his wife with five children

Joseph THIBODEAU, Marie Joseph THIBODEAU his wife with seven children

Billien EBOURG and Françoise EBOURG his wife and four children

Louis CLICH, Magdelaine CLICH his wife and one child

Zacharie BABIN, Margueritte BABIN his wife and one child

Allexis LAUDRON with five brothers and sisters, no mother of father



FOLLOWING FROM THE LIST




Paul EBERT, Marie EBERT his wife with five children

Charles LEBLANC, Anne LeBLANC his wife and three children

Jean DOUCET, widower with four children

Simeon EBERT, Elaine EBERT his wife and four children

Margueritte VINCENT, widow with four children

Joseph QUISSE, Marie QUISSE his wife with one child

Joseph BOURG, Marie BOURG his wife with six children

Pierre LANDRY, Anne LANDRY his wife and five children

Pierre VINCENT, Geneviè VINCENT his wife with four children

Charles BABIN and Françoise BABIN his wife and one child and his brother-in-law

Paul LEBLANC, Izabelle LEBLANC his wife with three children

Margueritte BABIN with two of her brothers, no father or mother

Ollivier THIBODEAU, Magdeleine THIBAUDEAU his wife with six children and an orphan

Ignace CARRON, Marie Anne CARRON and one child

Margueritte LANDRY withh four of her brothers and sisters

Marie MELANCON, girl with seven brothers and sisters, no father or mother

Marie GODIN, widow with three children

Joseph BENOIST, Marie Joseph BENOIST his wife and two children

François Joseph VINCENT and Genegiève VINCENT his wife with five children and an orphan

Pierre LANDRY son of René LANDRY and Nanette LANDRY his wife with two children

Allexis THIBODEAU, Catherine THIBODEAU his wife and seven children

Marain LEBLANC, Isabelle LEBLANC his wife with two children

Allexis LEBLANC, Nanette LEBLANC his wife

Pierre SCAVOY, Marie SCAVOY his wife with three children

Jean LEPRINCE, Ositte LEPRINCE his wife and nine children

Baptiste COMMEAU and Jeanne COMMEAU his wife and two children

Pierre MIRE and Magdelaine MIRE his wife with three children

Simeon BABIN, Nastazie BABIN his wife and two children

Simeon AUCOUIN, Isabelle AUCOUIN his wife and one child

Pierre FORREST, Margueritte FORREST his wife and two children

Claire LANDRY, widow with two children

Daniel LEBLANC, Margueritte LEBLANC his wife and four children

Marguerite DAVID, widow DAVID and four children

Margueritte BRO, widow with four children

Joseph BODREAU and his two sisters

François LANGLOIS and Margueritte LANGLOIS his wife with one child

Pierre LANDRY with three children, the widow Pierre AUCOUIN and seven children

Paul BOUTIN, URsulle BOUTIN his wife with six children

Joseph GUEDRY, Magdelaine his wife with three children

Pierre GUEDRY, boy

Placti LANDRY, boy

Bruneau TRAHAN, widower with five children

Joseph BEAUSSERON, Geneviève BEAUSSERON his wife with one child

Daniel the CANADIEN, Margueritte DOURON his wife

Josette CORNAY, widow with one child

Charles LEBLANC, boy

Pierre SUREAU, Marie SURREAU his wife and five children

Total.......................378 persons

Alphabetical List of Acadians Exiled to Pennsylvania


- A -


Aucoin
Aucoin, Olivier
Aucoin, Olivier
Aucoin, Simeon

- B -


Babin, Charles
Babin, Marguerite
Babin, Simeon
Babin, Zacharie

Beauceron????, Joseph

Benoit, (Widow - Madeleine)
Benoit, Joseph

Bernard, Pierre

Bertrand, Laurent

Blanchard, Olivier

Boudreau, Joseph

Bourque, Beloni
Bourque, Joseph
Bourque, Paul

Boutin, Paul

Brasseau, Pierre

Breau, (Widow - Marguerite)
Breau, Jean
Breau, Pierre

Bujold, Anne
Bujold, Jean-Baptiste
Bujold, Marguerite
Bujold, Paul

- C -


Caissie, Joseph

Carron, Ignace,

Clich??? Louis

Cloutier, Louis

Comeau, Baptiste

Cornay?? (Widow - Josette)

- D -


Daigle, Allain

David\ (Widow - Marguerite)

Doiron (Widow - Madeleine)
Doiron, Paul

Doucet, Jean (Widower)

Fauron,??? Augustin

Forest, Jean
Forest, Pierre

Godin (Widow - Marie)

Guidry, Joseph
Guidry, Pierre

- H -


Hébert, Paul
Hébert, Simeon

- L -

Labauve, Joseph

Landry,
Landry (Widow - Claire)
Landry, Alexis
Landry, Pierre
Landry, Pierre
Landry, Pierre
Landry, Pierre
Landry, Placide

Langlois, François

Le Canadien, Daniel (Wife - Marguerite Doiron)

LeBlanc, Alexis
LeBlanc, Charles
LeBlanc, Charles
LeBlanc, Daniel
LeBlanc, Marin
LeBlanc, Paul
LeBlanc, Pierre

LeCorps?, René

Lejeune

Leprince, Jean

- M -


Martin, Pierre

Melanson, Marie

Mignault, Charles

Mire, Pierre

- P -


Poirier, Jean

- S -


Savoie, François
Savoie, Pierre

Surreau, Pierre

- T -


Thibodeau, Alexis
Thibodeau, Joseph
Thibodeau, Olivier
Thibodeau, Olivier

Trahan, Bruno

- V -


Vincent
Vincent, François
Vincent, Pierre


NOTE: When the exile had ended, these Acadian Exiles migrated to Louisiana along with the Exiles from Maryland. However, some had gone to Santo Domingo and died there.

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embarkation
Philadelphia Harbor

Sources: Massachusetts State Archives Volumes XXIII & XXIV The French Neutrals
Acadian Exiles in the Colonies ~ Janet Jehn - 1977
The Acadian Exiles in the American Colonies 1755-1768 by Milton P. Rieder, Jr. and Norma Gaudet Rieder

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