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VIRGINIA - about 1500 Acadians

     Several ships, carrying 1000-1500 Acadians (many died on the trip) arrived in Virginia.  Once there, they were not allowed to leave the ships; the government refused to accept them. 

     Of the 2 ships named Carolina, one carried Acadians from Minas to Virginia (the other went to Maryland).  The Halifax was a snow captained by John Taggart that sailed from Minas to Virginia.
    The Endeavor was an 83 ton ship that sailed from Boudrot Point (near the mouth of the Gaspereau River at Minas).  Captained by John Stone,  it carried 166 Acadians who embarked on Oct. 19, left on Oct. 27, and arrived in Virginia in Nov. 1755.  The Endeavor (also called the Encheree) and 5 other ships were detained in Boston Harbor on Nov. 5 due to bad weather.  At Boston, Acadians were unloaded so that 2 persons per ton remained on the ship.  This evidentally meant that they had been overcrowded (since the ships had been outfitted for 2 people per ton).  They were given more supplies and set sail south. Upon arriving in Williamburg, they were not allowed to disembark.  During their 4 months in the harbor many of them died before setting sail for England, where they remained until 1763.
     The 90.5 ton sloop Mary, captained by Andrew Dunning, left Boudrot Point (Minas) on Oct. 27, 1755 with 181 Acadians.  It arrived in Virginia on Nov. 13, 1755.  [Gipson, V.6, p. 277; Richard, V. 2, p. 121].
     The 90 ton schooner Neptune left Pisiquid on Oct. 27, 1755 under Captain William Ford with 207 Acadians.  It arrived in Virginia on Nov. 13, 1755.  [Gipson, V.6, p. 277].  It was one of the 5 ships that took refuge with the Endeavor in Boston on Nov. 5.
     Lauviere also mentions a goelette Ranger that was headed for Virginia with Acadians.

     Gov. Dinwiddle thought they were "internal enemies."  So they were subsequently sent to England. These ships included the Carolina, the Endeavor, the Halifax, the Mary, and the Neptune.  Gerard Braud also lists the Race Horse, the Virginia Packet, and the Goodrigde.Braud also states that 2 ships sank, though I haven't found the source for this statement. [From Nantes to Louisiana, p. 13] 

     Just as Lawrence hadn't warned Virginia of the Acadians arrival, Virginia didn't warn England of their incoming "guests."
 

ENGLAND
     The Acadians in England (1756-1763) were located in 4 primary areas: Bristol, Falmouth, Liverpool, and Southampton.  A total of over 1200 Acadians arrived in England.  Not 800 survived till 1763 when the group went to France.
      Shortly after they arrived, smallpox decimated the ranks of all 4 groups, expecially those at Penryn (at the gates of Falmouth) where 61 Acadians were buried at Cornwall (the parish of St. Gluvias) that fall; there are no markers; a common  grave was probably used.  Rev. John Penrose was Anglican priest of the church from 1741-1776.  A number of Acadians lived around the farms of Kerkilliack on the city's (Penryn) heights.  France complained of the treatment of the Acadians, but the English Medical Department said that the charges were "false, indecent, and absurd."
      The Acadians were separated from the rest of the working population.  The Admiralty ordered "all the Neutrals are prohibited from working in order to prevent an outcry by the laborers in the towns where they reside." … though some did find ways to work, esp. at Penryn and Southampton.  The Acadians were given 6 sous a day for adults and 3 sous a day for children under 7.  Pretty good money for those days.  The payment of this was irregular.  When the peace came England asked France to be reimbursed for these expenses.  Infant deaths were higher than normal for the first 2 years, but things got better.  The 1762 census showed 149 children under age 7, most born in England. 
     Bristol was known for the slave trade in the past.  "Apparently the Acadians were prisoners in Stapleton, 5 km north of the city, near the Frome River."  It had been the location of POWs of England's battles with France and Spain in America.  On March 18, 1780, Francois Michel & Anne Daigle told the rector at St. Martin de Chantenay that before their son Francois was born, they had been married in Stapleton, England.  [From Nantes to Louisiana, p. 14-15]
      The English tried to get the Acadians to become English subjects, esp. in 1762 as peach approached.  They were told they'd get to go back to Acadia.  A Scottish priest got the trust of 54 old Acadians by promising them they could go back.
      With the end of the war in 1763, the Acadians, assisted by someone named Duplessis (a French prisoner from La Havre), wrote to the French ambassador in London … the Duke of Nivernois (Louis Jules Barbon
ACADIAN REFUGEES: LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND by Robert Dafford
Acadians at Liverpool by Robert Dafford
Mancini Mazarini).  Nivernois sent his representative, Lord de la Rochette, to see the Acadians.  At Liverpool, they were excited to see him, while at Southampton they were reserved.  Rochette persuaded Nivernois and the Colonial Minister (Duke of Choiseul) to help the Acadians.  "The Acadians received the formal promise to be settled on lands in France at the expense of the King." [Les exiles Acadiens en France au XVIIIe siecle, Ernest Martin]
    The 753 Acadians in England crossed the English channel.  They would find out, however, that the promises of a better life were quite exaggerated.  The lists of those Acadians can be found below.
    The Acadians from England disembarked at Morlaix and St. Malo in early summer 1763.  Housed in barracks, disease (such as smallpox) soon killed a good number of them.  They thought better times were just around the corner; but it didn't turn out that way.


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Bristol
     The Virginia Packet arrived at Bristol in the middle of June in 1756 with 289 Acadians.  THe town was unprepared for their arrival.  For 3 days & nights, the Acadians were left on the wharves.  Then they were put in old, ruined buildings.  Many died of smallpox and exhaustion.
     La Rochette visited the Acadians at Bristol after the Liverpool Acadians told him of their location.  On Jan. 31, he arrived at Bristol.  He again found distrust.  But upon hearing their story, he felt sympathy towards them.  They told him of the 340 that had been shipped from Virginia, 300 survived the trip.  
     They weren’t prepared to trust him.  In fact, they already knew about him, having talked to the 2 Acadians from Southampton on their way to see Nivernois.  At this point, there were 184 Acadians left in this group.
     The papers of LaRochette, the source of the lists on this page, contain a list of people related to the Acadians that were allowed to move from Bristol to Southampton on May 14, 1763.  These were:
Jean L'Espierre
Joseph Nadau
Joseph Brillant
Francois Brillant
Celestin Brillant
Pierre Guenard
Jean Pringaud
Jacques Chevallier
Louis Goudon
Claude David
Louis David
Jacques David
Jean Renaud
Paul Petit Pas
Francois Simonet
Francois Guittard
Laurence Josne
Francois Lawrent
Jean Marcadet
Mathurin Guillau
Pierre Cosson
Francois Brunet
Joseph Nery
Jean Labbadie
Guillaume Le Grel
     Seven years later, the surviving Acadians sailed to St. Malo, France on the king's frigate  La Dorothee, captained by Lormant (Lavenant).  Those boarding the ship were:
 1 - Jacque Forest 
      Claire Forest 
      Madeleine Forest 
      Anne Forest 
      Ignace Forest 
 2 - Pierre Melanson 
      Madeleine Melanson 
      Marie Melanson 
      Marguerite Melanson 
      Joseph Melanson 
      Jean Melanson 
      Anne Melanson 
      Marie Magdeleine Melanson 
      Marie Marthe Melanson 
 3 - Jean Landry 
      Marie Landry 
      Rene Landry 
      Marguerite Landry 
      Marie Magdeleine Landry 
      Antoine Landry
 4 - Charles LeBlanc
 5 - Simon Babin 
      Anastasie Babin 
      Nanette Babin 
      Marie Babin 
      Magloire Babin 
      Marie Marguerite LeBlanc 
 6 - Jean Babin 
      Paul Babin 
      Anne Babin 
 7 - Joseph Babin 
      Marie Babin 
      Joseph Babin 
      Bonaventure Babin 
      Marie Babin 
 8 - Marguerite Babin 
      Laurent Babin 
      Charles Babin 
 9 - Allain LeBlanc 
      Anne LeBlanc 
      Joseph Daigre 
 10 - Charles Boudro 
       Joseph Boudro 
       Anastasie Boudro 
       Amant Boudro 
 11 - Joseph Dupuis 
 12 - Joseph Aucoin 
       Anne Aucoin 
       Marie Magdeleine Aucoin 
 13 - Pierre Duon 
       Marguerite Duon 
       Charles Duon 
       Marie Duon 
       Marguerite Duon 
       Francoise Duon 
 14 - Jacques Bourbon 
       Elizabeth Bourbon 
      Alexandre Tibaudau
 15 - Claude Aucoin 
       Marie Josephe Aucoin 
       Jean Baptiste Aucoin 
       Francois Comeau 
 16 - Joseph Aucoin Jr. 
       Marie La Blanche Aucoin 
       Marie Anne Aucoin 
 17 - Jean Aucoin 
       Marguerite Aucoin 
       Marie Aucoin 
       Simon Aucoin 
18 - Simon Aucoin 
      Marie Genevieve Aucoin 
       Perpetue Aucoin 
       Baptiste Terriau 
       Marie Terriau 
       Anne Terriau 
 19 - Charles Aucoin 
       Magdeleine Aucoin 
       Pierre Aucoin 
       Magdeleine Aucoin 
       Blanche Aucoin 
 20 - Etienne Trahan 
       Madeleine Trahan 
 21 - Joseph Landry 
       Marie Josephe Landry 
       Marie Landry 
       Marguerite Landry 
       Pierre Landry 
       Marie Josephe Comeau 
       Madeleine Comeau 
 22 - Pierre LeBlanc 
       Marie LeBlanc 
       Marie LeBlanc 
       Genevieve LeBlanc 
 23 - Michel Bourg 
       Mathurin Bourg 
       Charles Bourg 
       Pierre Bourg 
       Magdeleine Bourg 
       Victoire Bourg 
       Marie Bourg 
 24 - Brigitte Braud 
       Jean Braud 
       Joseph Braud 
       Marie Braud 
       Magdeleine Braud 
 25 - Pierre Aucoin 
       Felicite Aucoin 
       Anselme Aucoin 
       Anne LeBlanc 
       Joseph Aucoin 
       Simon Aucoin 
 26 - Simon Comeau 
       Marguerite Comeau 
       Joseph Comeau 
       Charles Comeau
 27 - Alexandre Aucoin 
       Rosalie Aucoin 
       Marie Genevieve Aucoin 
       Marie Aucoin 
     Magdaleine Aucoin 
       Felicite Aucoin 
       Charles Aucoin 
       Marie Aucoin 
       Joseph Aucoin 
 28 - Charles Aucoin 
 29 - Pierre Poirier 
       Marie Poirier 
       Joseph Poirier 
       Catherine Poirier 
       Abraham (Silvan?) Poirier 
       Madeleine Comeau 
 30 - Jean Melanson 
       Francoise Melanson 
       Madeleine Melanson 
31 - Marin Boudro 
       Charles Boudro 
       Etienne Boudro 
 32 - Joseph Trahan 
       Marie Trahan 
       Joseph Trahan 
       Mathurin Trahan
 33 - Jacques Forest 
       Marguerite Forest 
       Benjamin Forest 
       Elisabeth Comeau 
 34 - Alexis Comeau 
       Dorothee Comeau 
       Jean Comeau 
       Marie Claire Comeau 
       Marguerite Comeau 
       Joseph Comeau 
       Jean Baptiste Comeau 
       Magdeleine Comeau 
       Mathurin Comeau 
 35 - Simon Pierre 
       Anne Pierre 
       Marie Pierre 
       Agnes Pierre 
       Nathalie Pierre 
       Joseph Pierre 
       Pierre Boudro 
 36 - Joseph Boudro 
       Michel Boudro 
       Marguerite Boudro 
 37 - Germain Boudro 
       Anne Boudro 
       Marguerite Boudro 
       Marie Boudro 
 38 - Jean Charles Boudro 
       Agnes Boudro 
       Jean Charles Boudro 
       Marie Boudro 
       Amand Boudro 
       Simon Trahan 
 39 - Marie Magdeleine Boudro 
       Jean Baptiste Boudro 
       Joseph Braud 
 40 - Charles Terriau 
       Marie Terriau 
       Perpetue Terriau 
       Madeleine Terriau 
       Joseph Terriau 
 41 - Jean LeBlanc 
       Elisabeth LeBlanc 
       Simon LeBlanc 
       Isabelle LeBlanc 
       Marguerite LeBlanc 
 42 - Francoise Boudro 
       Pierre Boudro 
 43 - Jean Baptiste LeBlanc 
       Ursule LeBlanc 
       Jean Baptiste LeBlanc 
       Daniel LeBlanc 
       Simon LeBlanc 
       Marie Comeau 
       Marguerite Comeau 
 44 - Claire Comeau 
       Jean Comeau 
       Marguerite Comeau 
       Joseph Comeau 
 45 - Madeleine Comeau 
       Mathurin Comeau 

Acadians prisoners of war at Bristol 
       Charles Gautro 
       Nicolas Poinsue
       Jean Sire 
       Honore Braud 
       Benjamin Tibaudau 
       Francois Renaud 
      Jean Baptiste Boudro's name is 
             listed, but is crossed out

I've adjusted the names to a uniform spelling where I could.

Falmouth
     250 Acadians arrived at Falmouth (on the coast of Cornwall) at the end of June.
     The parish of Saint Gluvias, Penryn, has a register that includes 67 Acadian burials.  The original is at the Cornwall County Record Office, though the CEA has a copy.  A guide to the records was published in Cahier 32, Societe Historique Acadienne, V. 4, No. 2, 1971 in "Le sejour des Acadiens en Angleterre et leurs traces dans les archives britanniques" by Regis S. Brun.  Also see Cahier 30 of that publication (V. 4, No. 4, 1972) for "The Acadian Exiles in England" by Dorothy Winter.
     La Rochette brought informal word of France's interest in the Acadians to Falmouth on Jan. 25, 1763.  He found 159 Acadians living in poverty.  The commissioner had stopped their financial assistance (which was the same as in Liverpool) in November.  Those not working a trade borrowed money, while widows and orphans begged.  Instead of located in a single area, these Acadians were lodged around the area in homes of citizens.  This led to a number of younger members becoming apprentices to the English.  No doubt this also led to Acadian/English relationships as well.  Needless to say, the Acadians were skeptical of his message and wondered if he was a spy.
     Eventually, they decided to go to France and  the surviving Acadians sailed to Morlaix, France on the La Fauvette, captained by Gouran.  Those boarding the ship on May 26, 1763 were:
1 - Joseph Simon Granger 
      Marie Granger 
      Jean Baptiste Granger 
      Isabelle Granger 
      Joseph Simon Granger 
      Pierre Granger 
      Augustin Granger 
      Marguerite Blanche Granger 
 2 - Joseph Granger 
      Isabelle Granger 
      Marie Brigite Granger 
      Pélagie Vincent 
 3 - Basile Richard 
      Marie Richard 
      Joseph Richard 
 4 - Simon LeBlanc 
      Marie LeBlanc 
      Françoise LeBlanc 
      Jean LeBlanc 
      Basile LeBlanc 
      Simon LeBlanc 
      Simon Clemenceau 
      Isabelle Thibaudot 
      Jean Vincent 
      Isabelle Vincent 
 5 - Francoise Granger 
      Anne Granger 
      Francoise Granger 
      Jean Jacques Granger 
 6 - Charles LeBlanc 
      Isabelle LeBlanc 
      Marguerite LeBlanc 
      Jean Baptiste LeBlanc 
      Olivier LeBlanc 
      Marine LeBlanc 
      Anselme LeBlanc 
      Marie Thibaudot 
      Anne Thibaudot 
 7 - Honore Daigre 
      Elisabeth Daigre 
      Pierre Daigre 
      Jean Baptiste Daigre 
      Joseph Daigre 
      Marie Theriaut 
      Felix Boudrot 
      Marie Vincent 
 8 - Brigite Granger 
      Marie Madeleine Granger 
      Marguerite Granger 
      Charles Granger 
      Jean Baptiste Granger 
 9 - Joseph Trahan 
      Anne Trahan 
      Madeleine Trahan 
      Marguerite Trahan 
      Firmin Trahan 
      Francois Trahan 
      Anne Trahan 
 10 - Marie Joseph Teriaut 
       Marie Joseph Teriaut 
       Marguerite Teriaut 
       Marie Madeleine Teriaut 
       Marie Blanche Teriaut 
       Pierre Teriaut 
       Charles Gregoire Teriaut 
 11 - Simon Pierre Daigre 
       Marie Madeleine Daigre 
       Marie marguerite Daigre 
       Anne Gertrude Genevieve Daigre 
 12 - Jean Charles Daigre 
       Marie Josephe Daigre 
       Charles Augustin Benoit Daigre 
       Mathurin Daigre 
 13 - Francoise Daigre 
       Paul Daigre 
 14 - Francoise Teriaut 
       Marie Richard 
       Marguerite Richard 
       Joseph Richard 
       Isabelle Richard 
       Charles Richard 
       Anne Richard 
 15 - Pierre Teriaut 
       Marie Teriaut 
       Marguerite Teriaut 
       Isabelle Teriaut 
 16 - Pierre Granger 
       Francois Granger 
       Rene Granger 
       Isabelle Granger 
       Francoise Granger 
       Madeleine Granger 
 17 - Pierre Simon Trahan 
       Marie Joseph Trahan 
       Jean Baptiste Trahan 
       Joseph Simon Trahan 
 18 - Joseph Mathieu LaTour 
 19 - Jean Baptiste Teriaut 
       Marie Teriaut 
       Anne Marie Teriaut 
       Joseph Granger (Teriaut?)
       Pierre Granger (Teriaut?)
20 - Marie Joseph Teriaut 
       Anne Gertrude Teriaut 
       Marie Isabelle Teriaut 
       Claude Teriaut 
       Francoise Euphemie Teriaut 
 21 - Jean Teriaut 
       Marguerite Teriaut 
 22 - Madeleine Granger 
       Marguerite Granger 
 23 - Charles Granger 
       Marie Madeleine Granger 
       Jean Charles Granger 
       Joseph Granger 
 24 - Jean Granger 
       Marie Blanche Granger 
       Simon Francois Granger 
 25 - Laurent Granger 
       Marie Granger 
 26 - Francoise Teriaut 
       Paul Teriaut 
       Isabelle Teriaut 
 27 - Charles Daigre 
       Marguerite Daigre 
 28 - Jean Baptiste Daigre 
       Marguerite Daigre 
       Simon Daigre 
       Marie Daigre 
       Marie Blanche Daigre 
 29 - Germain Dupuy 
       Marie Marguerite Dupuy 
       Anne Marthe Dupuy 
 30 - Jean Baptiste Dupuy 
 31 - Olivier Daigre 
       Marie Blanche Daigre 
       Victor Daigre 
 32 - Chrysostome Trahan 
       Anne Trahan 
       Paul Trahan 
       Jean Baptiste Granger
 33 - Thomas LeBlanc 
       Joseph LeBlanc
 34 - Marguerite Granger 
       Aman Granger 
       Marguerite Granger 
       Marie Francoise Granger 
       Marie Madeleine Granger 
       Marie Marguerite Granger 
 35 - Jean Granger 
       Marie Madeleine Granger 
       Marie Josephe Granger 
       Pierre Amand Granger 
 36 - Mathurin Granger 
       Marie Genevieve Granger 
       Elisabeth Genevieve Granger 
       Anastasie Prudence Granger
     There is another list, dated May 25, by Robert Crongey of the Acadians at Penryn delivered to LaRochette.  The list, which doesn't seem to be organized by families (but does give ages), is:
Marie Granger 33
Simon Granger 17
Marie Granger 48
Marie Terriau 25
Magdaleine Terriau 23
Joseph Terriau 19
Gertrude Terriau 16
Jean Terriau 21
Isabelle Terriau 14
Claude Terriau 11

Liverpool
     The 336 Acadians that arrived at Liverpool were put up in the old potters' workshops.  A few months after arriving the Acadians were placed in a certain area of each port, except at Falmouth where they were scattered around.  The commissioner over the Acadians at Liverpool was named Langton.  The govt. gave them 6 cents (3 cents for children under 7) a day, and $1.20 a year for lodging.
     We find a few records of Acadians in the parish of St. Mary at Wooten, Liverpool.  In addition to some baptisms, there are 2 marriage records: Etienne Darois & Francoise Trahan (Jan. 15, 1758) and Pierre Trahan & Marguerite Duon (May 9, 1758).  They can be found in V. 9 (p. 251-273) of London's Catholic Record Society.  Also see Cahier 32, Societe Historique Acadienne, V. 4, No. 2, 1971 in "Le sejour des Acadiens en Angleterre et leurs traces dans les archives britanniques" by Regis S. Brun.
     On Sept. 2, 1762, France sent a minister to negotiate an end to the Seven Years’ War.  He was Louis Jules Barbon Mancini Mazarani, Duke of Nivernois, Grandee of Spain, Knight of the King, Peer of France.  The Acadians decided to go to him for help.  They enlisted Normand Duplessis (a French pilot from Le Havre, who’d been ransomed from England by M. de la Touche of Martinique), who could write.  Although he promised to write up the story of their suffereings and give it to Nivernois, he bailed out at the last minute when the English commissioner talked him into becoming a British subject.
     So the Acadians at Liverpool went ahead anyway, though it was difficult since Langton censored everything they wrote or received.  John Turney, and Irishman who’d married an Acadian, volunteered to take the letter to Nivernois.  His wife had lost her subsidy when they married, and John wasn’t considered a part of the Acadian community.  He agreed to make the trip if he would be allowed to join the Acadians.  They agreed and raised $20 for his expenses.  
 The letter told of their story.  It also mentioned the English offer (that the govt. had circulated) that if they took the English oath, they would be returned to full possession of their homes in Nova Scotia.  England have them 18-24 months to decide.  The Acadians had written to the minister of marine, but Langton wouldn’t let them mail it.  Despite his efforts to convert them to English subjects, they said “We wish to live under the rule of His Most Christian Majesty for whom we are ready to shed our blood.”   They asked for the ambassador’s protection.  Nivernois was moved by their petition. [“Memoire,” Correspondance politique Angleterre, CDXLIX, f. 343-347, Archives des Affaires Étrangères]
     He thought that the king ought to rescue these patriotic subjects.  In late October 1762 he wrote to Etienne Francois (Duke of Choiseul, France’s foreign minister) that the Acadians could be useful in populating France’s colonies.  He also began talks with the English prime minister (Lord George Grenville) on Dec. 11, 1762 about freeing the 300 Acadian prisoners in England.  Meanwhile, while negotions were ongoing with Grenville, Nivernois had sent his personal secretary (de la Rochette) to visit the Acadians at Liverpool to learn about their experiences since Acadia.  He sent word to them, via La Rochette, that he had personally told the king of their sufferings and loyalty.  The king had been moved and wanted to bring them back to France, and (after peace) give them farm land in the most beautiful provinces and financial help to rebuild what they lost.  He promised that France would treat them better than they could hope for.
      He also sent word assuring the Acadians full protection.  But he told them not to publicize that fact.
     Thirdly, he wanted the Acadians to give La Rochette all of the details on them and Acadians in other ports.  La Rochette left for Liverpool on Dec. 26, 1762.
     Meanwhile, in Canada, Vaudreuil presented Amherst with 55 proposed articles of peace.  Article 39 stated that the French in Canada must not be deported to England or the English colonies.  Amherst wrote in the margin, “Agreed, except as regards the Acadians.”  Article 54 guaranteed a safe return to officers, militiamen, and Acadian prisoners in New England to their respective countries.   Again, Amherst wrote in the margin, “Accepted; but with reservation to the Acadians.”
     On Jan. 20, 1763, Louis XV refused to sign the armistice unless Amherst allowed the Acadians to return to Canada or to France.  He said no to Canada, but yielded to France.  [Les negociations pour la paix,” Correspondance politique Angleterre, CDXLIX, f. 151-155, Archives des Affaires Étrangères]
      La Rochette arrived at Liverpool on Dec. 31, 1762.  He quietly went to the Acadian prison quarters.  He had them assemble to pass along Nivernois’ message.  
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     He told them of the king’s concern and the promise to give them financial help and farm lands in any province they chose.  The broke out in shouts of “Long live the King.”  Though he tried to contain them (the English neighbors grew concerned), their excitement couldn’t be contained.  
 They were besides themselves, clapping, raising their hands, hitting the walls, and crying like children.  ["Memoire,” Correspondance politique Angleterre, 1763, CDXLIX, f. 345, Archives des Affaires Étrangères] 
      After they had calmed down, he recorded their story.
     Langton saw the Acadians drop from 336 to 224.  He promised them work after the war if they’d become British subjects.  In early December 1762, he told them that France had abandoned them; if they became British subjects, the king would send them back to Acadian and give them their homes, farms, and livestock back.  Still, they said “we are French, and the king of France must decide our fate.”  After this, Langton looked upon them as rebels.  He threatened imprisonment and reduction of pay.  Then he turned to attacking their faith.  He told their chaplain (a Scottish priest) that he would be appointed parochial dean of all the Catholic villages in Acadia if got the Acadians to take the oath.  The chaplain began to give sermons to get them to do so.  This resulted in 54 Acadians (almost all old men) to volunteer to return to Acadia, though they refused to put it in writing.  Most of the Acadians, however, thought the sermons “were scandalous.”
     Duplessis argued against accepting the offer of returning to Acadia.  He said he’d bring the petition to Nivernois.  Then he himself was convinced and became a British subject!
     Langton suspection La Rochette’s intentions.  He began trying to scare the Acadians.  He told them that La Rochette and his men wouldn’t show their credentials because they meant to deceive the Acadians.  They were actually trying to get the Acadians to send them to France’s tropical colonies.  If the heat didn’t kill them, the fact that France probably wouldn’t help them financially would.
      In any case, the Liverpool Acadians elected 2 representatives to go to Nivernois, and they left under cover of darkness to go to the French embassy in London.  The delegates had the power to accept or reject any offer.
     During the discussion, the definitely wanted an answer to a specific question ... would France claim them as her subjects?  They were even willing to give up their subsidy.  Assured of this, they told Nivernois about 600 more exiles in Southampton, Falmouth, and Bristol.  
     Learning of these other Acadians, Nivernois sent word for La Rochette to visit them (secretly again) to carry the same message.  Since his trip was in secret, he again could not show his credentials.
     When the plan for resettlement in France was approved, the surviving Acadians sailed to Morlaix, France aboard the king's gabarre L'Esturgeon, captained by Belon, on June 7, 1763.  They were:
1 - Honore LeBlanc 
      Marie LeBlanc 
      Agathe LeBlanc 
      Paul LeBlanc 
      Joseph LeBlanc 
      Raymond LeBlanc
 2 - Charles LeBlanc 
      Anne LeBlanc 
      Marie LeBlanc
 3 - Angelique LaPierre 
      Charles LaPierre 
      Marie Tarsille LaPierre
 4 - Jean LeBlanc 
      Françoise LeBlanc 
      Alexis LeBlanc 
      Charles LeBlanc 
      Marguerite LeBlanc
 5 - Pierre LeBlanc 
      Francoise LeBlanc 
      Marguerite LeBlanc 
      Isabelle LeBlanc
 6 - Alexandre Aucoin 
      Elisabeth Aucoin 
      Marie Joseph Aucoin 
      Anne Aucoin
 7 - Rene Trahan 
      Anne Trahan 
      Raphael Trahan 
      Pierre Tibaut
 8 - Cyprien Duon 
      Marguerite Duon 
      Jean Baptiste Duon 
      Joseph Duon 
      Marguerite Duon
 9 - Marie Rose Landry 
      Madeleine Landry 
      Marie Josephe Landry 
      Genevieve LaLande (orphan)
 10 - Pierre Trahan 
       Marguerite Trahan 
       Marie Trahan 
       Genevieve Trahan 
       Jean Trahan
 11 - Claude Pitre 
       Madeleine Pitre 
       Paul Trahan 
       Jean Baptiste Benoit
 12 - Joseph Trahan 
       Anne Trahan 
       Madeleine Trahan 
       Paul Trahan 
       Jean Joseph Trahan
 13 - Isidore Trahan 
       Madeleine Trahan 
       Jacques Trahan 
       Jean Baptiste Trahan 
       Madeleine Trahan 
       Catherine Trahan
 14 - Alexandre Trahan 
       Marie Trahan 
       Isabelle Trahan 
       Anastasie Trahan 
       Thomas Trahan 
       Alexandre Trahan
 15 - Pierre Hebert 
       Marie Hebert 
       Gertrude Hebert
 16 - Pierre Saunier 
       Elisabeth Saunier 
       Marguerite Saunier
 17 - Joseph LeBlanc 
       Marie LeBlanc 
       Blanche LeBlanc 
       Desire LeBlanc
 18 - Jean Baptiste Trahan 
       Elisabeth Trahan 
       Jean Charles Trahan 
       Joseph Trahan 
       Marie Trahan 
       Rosalie Trahan 
       Anne Trahan
19 - Amand LeJeune 
       Anastasie LeJeune 
       Jean LeJeune
       Joseph LeJeune
 20 - Joachim Trahan 
       Marie Trahan 
       Blanche Trahan 
       Joseph Trahan 
       Simon Trahan 
       Paul Landry (orphan) 
       Pierre Trahan
 21 - Joseph LeBlanc 
       Agnes LeBlanc 
       Jean LeBlanc 
       Osite LeBlanc
 22 - Felix Boudrot 
       Marie Joseph Boudrot 
       Felicite Boudrot
 23 - Pierre Richard 
       Jean Ignace Richard 
       Jean Charles Richard 
       Catherine Richard 
       Brigitte Richard 
       Simon Richard
 24 - Amable Hebert 
       Anne Marie Hebert 
       Isabelle Hebert
 25 - Marie Anastasie Tibaudot 
       Joseph Tibaudot 
       Marguerite Tibaudot 
       Madeleine Tibaudot 
       Marie Tibaudot
 26 - Francois Eloy Tibaudot 
       Anne Tibaudot
 27 - Marguerite Joseph Vincent 
       Pierre Vincent
 28 - Pierre Saunier 
       Dorothdee Saunier 
       Charles Saunier 
       Joseph Saunier 
       Etienne Saunier 
       Marie Saunier 
       Jean Saunier
 29 - Joseph Hebert 
       Anne Hebert 
       Antoine Hebert 
       Pierre Hebert
 30 - Honore Duon 
       Anne Duon 
       Marie Duon 
       Anne Duon
 31 - Jean LaBauve 
       Barthelemy LaBauve 
       Marie LaBauve
 32 - Silvestre Trahan 
       Ursule Trahan 
       Joseph Trahan 
       Mathurin Trahan 
       Jean Charles Trahan 
       Romain Trahan 
       Simon Trahan
 33 - Pierre Trahan 
       Madeleine Trahan
 34 - Louis Trahan 
       Marguerite Trahan 
       Paul Trahan 
       Marin Trahan 
       Cecile Trahan 
       Philippe Trahan 
       Marie Blanche Trahan
 35 - Etienne Daroy 
       Madeleine Daroy 
       Isabelle Daroy 
       Simon Daroy
 36 - Marie Prince 
       Marie Barbe Prince 
       Isabelle Anne Prince 
       Marine Ludovine Prince
 37 - Gabriel Maurau 
       Marie Maurau 
       Anne Maurau 
       Maximin Maurau
 38 - Alexis Trahan 
       Marguerite Trahan 
       Pierre Trahan 
       Marie Trahan
 39 - Honore Joseph Trahan 
       Marguerite Trahan 
       Marguerite Trahan 
       Marie Trahan 
       Paul Trahan
 40 - Tranquille Prince 
       Marie Joseph Prince 
       Madeleine Prince 
       Isabelle Prince 
       Marguerite Prince 
       Joseph Prince
 41 - Anne LeBlanc 
       Marguerite LeBlanc 
       Joseph LeBlanc 
       Anastasie LeBlanc 
       Modeste LeBlanc
 42 - Jean Baptiste Trahan 
       Madeleine Trahan 
       Jean Trahan 
       Isabelle Trahan
 43 - Paul LeBer 
       Madeleine LeBer 
       Pierre LeBer 
       Marguerite LeBer 
       Marie Joseph LeBer 
       Jean Baptiste LeBer 
       Joachim LeBer 
       Charles LaLande
 44 - Jean Baptiste Hebert 
       Anne Hebert 
       Anne Hebert 
       Marie Hebert 
       Isabelle Hebert
 45 - Pascal Hebert 
       Francoise Hebert
 46 - Alain Hebert 
       Francoise Hebert 
       Firmin Hebert 
       Isabelle Hebert 
       Paul Hebert
 47 - Joseph Olivier Hebert 
       Anne Hebert 
       Scolastique Hebert 
       Marie Hebert 
       Ursule Hebert
 48 - Jean Hebert 
       Esther Hebert
 49 - Madeleine Hebert 
       Jean Hebert 
       Marguerite Hebert
 50 - Antoine Boutarit 
       Marie Boutarit
 51 - Bernard Merant 
       Marie Merant
 52 - Guillaume Montet 
       Marie Montet
 53 - Jean Tyrney 
       Madeleine Tyrney

There was also a Jean Landry that ran off and deserted.

     There is another list by George Langton, who brought the 'prisoners of war' to the ship.  It is of the same date (June 7).  This list gives a slightly different account, and has ages.

Southampton
     The 340 Acadians that arrived at Southampton were put into barracks on the wharves.
     La Rochette also visited Southampton on Jan. 18, 1763.  These Acadians were more exposed to the English, as Southampton was a summer retreat for the English nobility.  They (such as General Mordant and the Duke of York) would try to get the Acadians to renounce France.  They were used to people trying to trick them, so they refused to even listen to La Rochette.  Their numbers had gone from 340 when they left Virginia to 219.  Though all he was able to get was a bit of their history, he told them that he was convinced of their loyalty to France and understood their skepticism.  When he left, the Acadians got permission from their commissioner to send to delegates to talk to Nivernois.  
     When the arrangements for resettlement finally materialized,  the surviving Acadians sailed on the king's corvette L'Ambition on May 16, 1763 to St. Malo, France.  They were:
1 - Charles Richard 
      Anne Richard 
      Joseph Richard 
      Genevieve Richard 
 2 - Joseph Richard 
      Blanche Richard 
      Joseph Aman Richard 
      Marguerite Richard 
      Marain Richard 
      Suzanne Richard 
      Marie Blanche Richard 
 3 - Antoine Vincent 
      Jean Vincent 
 4 - Joseph Sevent (Semer?)
      Anne Sevent
      Michel Sevent
      Mavinne Sevent
 5 - Jean Jacques LeBlanc 
      Cecile LeBlanc 
      Crespin LeBlanc 
      Claire LeBlanc 
 6 - Pierre Richard 
      Blanche Richard 
      Cecile Richard (mother) 
      Cecile Richard (daughter)
 7 - Anne Landry (mother) 
      Charles Landry 
      Joseph Landry 
      Francoise Landry 
      Isabelle Landry 
      Marie Landry 
 8 - Simon Landry 
      Marguerite Landry 
      Jean Landry 
      Olivier Roy 
      Charles Granger 
      Joseph Granger
 9 - François Michel 
      Anne Michel 
 10 - Pierre Doucet 
       Blanche Doucet 
       Charles Richard 
 11 - Charles Hebert 
       Elisabeth Hebert 
       Marie Joseph Hebert 
       Theonisse Hebert
 12 - Jean Jacques Terriau 
       Marguerite Terriau 
       Olivier Terriau 
 13 - Eustache Daigre 
       Madeleine Daigre 
       Pierre Daigre 
       Marguerite Daigre 
       Joseph Dupuy 
       Etienne Dupuy 
       Marguerite Dupuy 
14 - Joseph Hebert 
       Marguerite Hebert 
       Joseph Hebert 
       Paul Melanson
 15 - Laurent Granger 
       Madeleine Granger 
       Luce/Louis? Granger 
       Claire Granger
 16 - Charles Granger 
       Madeleine Granger 
       Jeanne Duval (Granger?) 
       Marie Clemenseau 
 17 - Jean Baptiste Le Blanc Sr. 
       Jean Baptiste Le Blanc Jr.
 18 - Joseph Brasseau 
       Marie Brasseau (mother) 
       Marie Brasseau (daughter) 
       Ositte Brasseau 
       Eulalie/Rosalie? Brasseau 
 19 - Joseph LeBlanc 
       Angelique LeBlanc 
       Simon LeBlanc 
       Simon LeBlanc 
 20 - Pierre Hebert 
       Marie Marguerite Hebert 
       Jean Baptiste Hebert 
       Joseph Nicolas Hebert 
 21 - Pierre Noel 
       Marie Madeleine Barbe Noel 
       Marie Madeleine Noel 
       Jean Baptiste Noel 
 22 - Hilaire Landry 
       Joseph Landry 
 23 - Ustache Landry 
       Marguerite Landry 
       Jean Landry 
       Marguerite Boudrau 
 24 - Jean Richard 
       Pierre Richard 
       Rose Richard 
       Marguerite Richard 
 25 - Pierre Landry 
       Marthe Landry 
       Joseph Landry 
 26 - Jean Baptiste Boudrau 
       Anastasie Boudrau 
       Jean Baptiste Boudrau 
       Marie Joseph Boudrau 
 27 - Bruno Bellemere 
       Anne Bellemere 
       Joseph Gautrau 
       Pierre Bellemere 
       Marie Marguerite Bellemere 
 28 - Cecile Sapfin?
       Marguerite Sapfin? 
       Marie Sapfin? 
       Anne Sapfin? 
       Joseph Sapfin? 
       Jean Baptiste Sapfin? 
       Jan Jeanne Sapfin? 
       Mathurin Legendre/Legautrau?
 29 - Joseph Daigle 
       Marie Daigle 
       Marguerite Daigle 
       Simon Daigle 
 30 - Zacharie Boudrot 
       Marguerite Boudrot 
       Joseph Boudrot 
 31 - Baptiste LeBlanc 
       Marguerite LeBlanc 
       Jean LeBlanc 
       Joseph LeBlanc 
       Pierre LeBlanc 
       Moise LeBlanc 
 32 - Jean Richard 
       Marguerite Richard 
       Marie Richard 
       Joseph Richard 
       Madeleine Clemenceau 
 33 - Jean Gautrau 
       Madeleine Gautrau 
       Joseph Gautrau 
 34 - Charles LeBlanc 
       Madeleine LeBlanc (mother) 
       Madeleine LeBlanc (daughter) 
       Marie LeBlanc 
       Charles LeBlanc 
       Joseph LeBlanc 
       Jean Baptiste LeBlanc 
       Simon LeBlanc 
       Jean Daigle 
       Rose Daigle 
       Paule Daigle 
 35 - Joseph LeBlanc 
       Francois LeBlanc 
       Augustin LeBlanc 
       Blanche LeBlanc 
       Marguerite LeBlanc 
 36 - Charles Landry 
       Cecile Landry 
       Marguerite Landry 
       Marie Madeleine Landry 
       Genevieve Landry 
       Marie Joseph Landry
 37 - Joseph Bellemere 
       Marguerite Bellemere 
       Joseph Bellemere 
       Marie Bellemere 
       Felicite Bellemere 
 38 - Jean Baptiste Daigle 
       Marie Daigle 
       Madeleine Daigle 
 39 - Anselme Boudrot 
       Francois Boudrot 
       Anne Boudrot 
 40 - Olivier Aucoin
       Germain Aucoin 
       Marie Aucoin 
     There is also another list with the same date in LaRochette's papers.  It states that Edward Noble made out the list of 219 Acadians according to the orders of the Commissioner of the Sick and Wounded.  The list doesn't seem to be divided by families.
Pierre Terriot 24
     There's also a list of prisoners coming from the Bristol prison to Southampton (same date) by Bruneau de LaSalle.  They were to board the L'Ambition.  These don't appear to be Acadian.  Their origin is also given.
Francois Louis Gazan, St. Malo
Jean Baptiste Lombard, Marseilles
Jacque Merignan, St. Tonge
Etienne Braud, Rochefort
Jean Cequel, St. Malo
Louis Tanelet, St. Malo
Jean Lepirme
Francois Marancomo, Nantes
Jullien Leuven, Grandville
Rennee Merciee, Aulonne
Nicollas Guillerme, Nantes
Denis Jeanrau, La Rochelle
Joseph Nadan, Quebec
Guillaume Legraet, St. Malo
 
     There's another list of prisoners that were taken from Bristol to Southampton to board the frigate La Dorothee.  It's dated May 26, 1763.  Again, it generally doesn't appear to be Acadians.