Melancon · ◉ direct ancestor

♀Cécile Melancon

Born about 1668.

Cécile Melancon (born about 1668) was a woman of Acadie. She was the seventh great-grandmother of Floyd Amatus Delahorne (1922–2014), through her son René Landry (1688–1733).

She was the daughter of Pierre Melancon (born 1632) and Marie Marguerite Mius d’Entremont (born 1650). She had a brother, Philippe Melancon (1666–1744). She was 18 in 1686, counted at Les Mines in her father’s household. Her birth year of about 1668 is an estimate from that age.

She probably married Jean Landry (born about 1666), and their children were René, Jean-Baptiste, Joseph, Marie-Josèphe, Benjamin, Germain and François. In the census of 1693 she was counted at Les Mines as his wife.

Notes

Sources

The marriage and the list of children come from Bona Arsenault’s compiled genealogy of the Acadians, Histoire et généalogie des Acadiens, vol. 3, p. 1263, and vol. 4, p. 1401. The 1711 abstract of René Landry’s marriage at Grand-Pré names his parents as Jean Landry and Cécile Melancon, which supports the couple.

Family time line

◉ Cécile Melancon abt 1668–

◉ Jean Landry abt 1666–

Married, date not known

◉ René Landry 1688–bef 1733

○ Jean-Baptiste Landry 1690–

○ Joseph Landry 1692–

○ Marie-Josèphe Landry 1696–

○ Benjamin Landry 1698–

○ Germain Landry 1700–

○ François Landry 1715–

Recorded events

Event	When	Where	Evidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it has been read from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet
Birth from census ages: 18 in 1686	abt 1668		on record
Living at 1686 census, Baye des Mines: Cecile, 18, in Pierre Melançon dit la Verdure's household	1686	Les Mines, Acadie	on record
Living at 1693 census, Les Mines: Cecile Melanson, 23, wife of Jean Landry	1693	Les Mines, Acadie	on record

16681693 167016801690

Sources

Census of Acadia, Port-Royal, 1671, 1686 and 1693 (manuscript nominal censuses of Acadia) — Birth, Living at, about this person
Arsenault, Bona, Histoire et généalogie des Acadiens, 2e éd. (Ottawa: Léméac, 1978), 6 vols., pagination continuous across volumes — about this person, family with Jean Landry, Marriage (Jean Landry)

Borders as they stood about 1650 (they follow the event under the mouse), from the historical-basemaps project, the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (states and territories, 1783 on) and Natural Earth; the colonies and provinces are drawn along today's lines.

Line of descent

Pierre Melancon abt 1632–
1. Pierre Melancon –bef 1677
2. Priscilla (surname unknown) abt 1602–
Marie Marguerite Mius d'Entremont abt 1650–
1. Philippe Mius d'Entremont abt 1609–
2. Madeleine Hélie abt 1626–

Descendants

René Landry 1688–bef 1733
1. Joseph Landry abt 1713–bef 1777
  1. Marguerite Landry abt 1735–
    1. Pierre Jean Baptiste Breaux 1756–1822
  2. Osite Landry abt 1738–
    1. Marguerite Pelagie Braux abt 1762–1822 ⚭✲
    2. Magdelaine Braux abt 1765–1788
    3. Marie Braux abt 1767–
  3. Madeleine Landry abt 1740–
    1. Anne-Adélaïde Hébert 1774–
    2. Narcisse Hébert 1776–
    3. Étienne Hébert 1776–
    4. Anne-Madeleine Hébert 1779–
    5. Marie-Constance Hébert 1782–
    6. Abraham Hébert
    7. Donat Hébert
    8. Janvier Hébert
  4. Augustin Landry abt 1743–
  5. Geneviève Landry abt 1745–
  6. Cécile Landry abt 1747–
  7. Alexandre Landry abt 1750–
  8. Pierre Landry abt 1752–
    1. Marie-Barbe Landry 1778–
    2. Marguerite Landry abt 1779–1784 ✧
  9. Anne-Madeleine Landry abt 1754–
Jean-Baptiste Landry 1690–
Joseph Landry 1692–
Marie-Josèphe Landry 1696–
Benjamin Landry 1698–
Germain Landry 1700–
François Landry 1715–