Anne Pellerin

Notes:

François Pellerin was in Acadia by 1658. An interesting story about him and his wife has survived, from Port-Royal court records. Hector de Grandfontaine, who came to Acadia as governor in 1670, brought with him an astronomer named Jean Campagna. Settling at Beaubassin, this Campagna soon was regarded as a sorcerer by the whole neighborhood, and was tried in 1684 for causing several deaths by witchcraft. One of the witnesses who testified was our ancestor Andrée Martin Pellerin, then a widow. She told the court that some nine years earlier, she had seen Campagna in the street "insulting" a young girl, and had struck him with her walking stick. He told her that she would regret it. In 1678 at Beaubassin, Campagna "breathed into the eye" of her husband François, who immediately fell ill and died soon afterwards. Several relatives, including her sister-in-law and her new husband Pierre Mercier, corroborated the story. Her future son-in-law, Pierre Gaudin, testified that Campagna had "bewitched" him, but withdrew the spell when Gaudin threatened him. Campagna was acquitted.

François married Andrée Martin in cir 1665. Andrée (daughter of Pierre Martin and Catherine Vigneau) was born in 1641 in Port-Royal, l'Acadie; died after 23 Nov 1716. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pierre married Catherine Vigneau on 30 Jun 1630 in Saint-Germain de Bourgueil, Indre-et-Loire, France. Catherine (daughter of Olivier Vigneau and Renée Courtin) was born in cir 1603 in Touraine, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

René married Etiennette Poirier in cir 1600 in Saint-Germain de Bourgueil, Indre-et-Loire, France. Etiennette was born in cir 1577 in Saint-Germain de Bourgueil, Indre-et-Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Olivier + Renée Courtin. Renée was born in cir 1575. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]