Pierre dit LaVerdure

• General Notes
  • "As a result of the fall of La Rochelle in 1628, when the death blow was delivered to the
    Calvinists in France, Pierre went to England where he married. He and Priscilla had three
    sons at least, all born in England. In the spring of 1657 the family embarked in England on
    board the vessel Satisfaction, under the command of Captain Peter Butler, forming part of
    the company which Thomas Temple was transporting to Acadia, over which he had been
    named Governor after its capture by the English. Having first stopped at Boston, Captain
    Butler next went to the fort on the St. John River, where a group of his passengers
    disembarked, and finally to Port Royal. It appears the LAVERDURE (or Melanson, as they
    were also known) family stopped at Fort St. John. After the Treaty of Breda, under which in
    1667 England ceded Acadia to France, Pierre and Priscilla went to seek refuge under the
    Protestant government at Boston, leaving behind in Acadia two of his sons, Pierre and
    Charles, with their young children."
    Notes for Pierre La Verdure: CT Breaux, NOBLE LINEAGE IN FRANCE, QUEBEC, Acadia, Louisiana, Revised 2 Jun 1986
    
    "After the Treaty of Breda, under which in 1667 England ceded Acadia to France, Pierre and Priscilla went to seek refuge under the Protestant government at Boston, leaving behind in Acadia two of his sons, Pierre and Charles, with their young children."
    Clarence d'Entremont in "French Canadian and Acadian Genealogical Review," V. VI.