Marguerite Anne Mius d'Entremont

• General Notes
  • daughter of Philippe Mius d'Entremont (Baron de Pobomcoup]
    
    Philippe Mius d'Entremont was born in 1609 in Normandy, France. He married Madeleine Hélie, most likely of Normandy as well. In 1651, accompanied by his wife and their daughter Marguerite, he came to Acadia with Charles de Saint-Etienne de La Tour, who had asked him to be his major-General. Two years later, on July 17, Charles de La Tour conceded land to Philippe Mius d'Entremont on the east side of Pubnico Harbour, which measured one mile in broadness along the coast and four in depth. This land was called la Baronnie de Pobomcoup.
    
    In 1670, Philippe d'Entremont was proclaimed prosecutor-General of the king in Acadia, a function which he exerted during 18 years. He was to follow the governor in his travels. For this reason, in 1678, one finds him and his family at Port-Royal. The following year, he served in Beaubassin, where Michel le Neuf, Sieur de la Vallière, commanded as the new governor of Acadia. In 1684, François-Marie Perrot was named governor and made his residence at Port-Royal where Philippe followed. Lastly, in 1687, Perrot was replaced by Menneval; it was this year when Philippe Mius d'Entremont retired. Philippe undoubtedly settled at Grand-Pré where his daughter Marguerite remained
    
    Scattered by the Deportation, none of their nine children are buried beside their parents in the cemetery of Saint-Charles-des-Mines. Their son Pierre died in Halifax, their daughter Madeleine died in Yamachiche in Quebec, their daughter Marie died in Southampton, England, Angélique in Liverpool, England, Marguerite in Morlaix, France, and Pierre in Belle-Île-en-Mer, France. Finally, Marguerite-Josephe made it to the parish of St. Gabriel in Louisiana, the same place where three of the surviving parish registers surfaced.
    
    *Saint-Charles-des-Mines Cemetery in Grand-Pré by Sally Ross and Susan Surette-Draper