In the census made of Minas in 1618, about five years after Pierre
Melanson's advent to the Gaspereau, the families of
Pierre Melanson
Martin Ancoin,
Phillippe Pinet,
Etienne Hebert (Forebear of the sculptor mentioned
previously--author of the Evangeline statue),
Noel de la Bove,
Francois la Pierre (or la Roche),
Etienne Rivet,
Pierre Terriot,
are mentioned with particulars of their worldly condition and size of
family.
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Three of the Minas inhabitants mentioned on the 1686 list, de la Bove,
la Pierre, and Rivet, were newcomers to Acadia, and for some reason
failed to make headway in the country. Their descendants were few, and
the names disappear from the annals.