French Village and the Loyalists
French Village and the Loyalists
The division of Nova Scotia to create the province of New Brunswick in 1784 set forth a wave of migrating Loyalists to settle this new province. Many of them settled on the ruins of abandoned Acadian villages where many Acadians had settled their families. After the destruction of the “Pointe-Saint-Anne” village in the winter of 1759 by Lieutenant Moses Hazen and a group of rangers, where he was only able to capture three of its families, many of the Acadians were able to flee the village. Some of these Acadians fled west and settled near the Malecite village of Ekoupahag. Afterwards, many other Acadians started to settle nearby, and some settled at what became French Village. One of the pioneers of the French Village was Jacques Daniel Godin who was the grandchild of Gabriel Godin who was one of the founders of the Acadian village of “Pointe-Saint-Anne”.1
The French Village was situated about seventeen kilometres from what became the City of Fredericton, and is now part of Kingsclear.2 There are stills ruins of what seems to be an old church that burned to the ground, and also an old cemetery where we can find Acadian tombstones mixed with those of the Loyalists’.3
1. G. Alain and M. Basque: "Une présence qui s’affirme-La communauté acadienne et francophone de Fredericton, Nouveau-Brunswick" (Moncton, Les éditions de la francophonie, 2003), 75-77.
2. Retrieved online on April 2nd, 2012 from: http://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/Communities/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&community=1378
3. Beyea, Andrew Sherwood. The History of French Village submitted to the Kings County Record where it was printed in serial form between October 12th, 1961 and August 9th, 1962. pp. 6-7
“The coming of the Loyalists to Nova Scotia in 1783 provided the implication of challenge for the reorganization of the province.”4 What started it all was the evacuation of the Loyalists from the American colonies. After the division of Nova Scotia to
The division of Nova Scotia to create the province of New Brunswick in 1784 set forth a wave of migrating Loyalists to settle this new province. Many of them settled on the ruins of abandoned Acadian villages where many Acadians had settled their families. After the destruction of the “Pointe-Saint-Anne” village in the winter of 1759 by Lieutenant Moses Hazen and a group of rangers, where he was only able to capture three of its families, many of the Acadians were able to flee the village. Some of these Acadians fled west and settled near the Malecite village of Ekoupahag. Afterwards, many other Acadians started to settle nearby, and some settled at what became French Village. One of the pioneers of the French Village was Jacques Daniel Godin who was the grandchild of Gabriel Godin who was one of the founders of the Acadian village of “Pointe-Saint-Anne”.1
The French Village was situated about seventeen kilometres from what became the City of Fredericton, and is now part of Kingsclear.2 There are stills ruins of what seems to be an old church that burned to the ground, and also an old cemetery where we can find Acadian tombstones mixed with those of the Loyalists’.3
1. G. Alain and M. Basque: "Une présence qui s’affirme-La communauté acadienne et francophone de Fredericton, Nouveau-Brunswick" (Moncton, Les éditions de la francophonie, 2003), 75-77.
2. Retrieved online on April 2nd, 2012 from: http://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/Communities/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&community=1378
3. Beyea, Andrew Sherwood. The History of French Village submitted to the Kings County Record where it was printed in serial form between October 12th, 1961 and August 9th, 1962. pp. 6-7
“The coming of the Loyalists to Nova Scotia in 1783 provided the implication of challenge for the reorganization of the province.”4 What started it all was the evacuation of the Loyalists from the American colonies. After the division of Nova Scotia to
References: PRIMARY SOURCE Map of Crown Land Grants to the Loyalists in French Village, Retrieved online on March 12th, 2012 from http://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/Communities/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&community=1972 Acadian Ancestors. Retrieved online April 2nd, 2012 from http://www.acadian-home.org/ Allain, Greg & Basque, Maurice Beyea, Andrew Sherwood. The History of French Village submitted to the Kings County Record where it was printed in serial form between October 12th, 1961 and August 9th, 1962. pp. 1-105 French Village History of Acadia. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved online March 8th, 2012 from http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/history-of-acadia Jasanoff, Maya MacNutt, W.S. New Brunswick A History: 1784-1867, Toronto, MacMillan of Canada, 1963. pp. 42-63 Map of Ekoupahag Map of French Village. Retrieved online April 2nd, 2012 from http://archie56.blogspot.ca/2007/11/sommairela-ligne-gnalogique-dune.html?spref=fb Wright, Esther Clark