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18, and Catherine, aged 15. This duplication of the name of Jean seems strange; it may be that one of these children was Jeanne, a daughter, and that the census taker got the name incorrectly. Antoine Hébert was 50 years old and the deceased Stephen was probably his brother. Antoine must have been married as early as 1647, so that he was a contemporary of Charnisay and Latour. These two men, Antoine and Stephen Hébert, may have been the sons of one of de Razilly's settlers of 1635, or they may have come out together at a later period. Antoine Hébert would only be 14 years old in 1635 and Stephen was probably younger. The question has been raised whether the Héberts of the census of 1671 were related to Louis Hébert, the apothecary, who was one of Champlain's colony in 1605, and who became one of the first settlers of Quebec. There seems to be no good reason for connecting the Acadian Héberts with Louis Hébert, although they may have been distantly related.

The name of Antoine Hébert is not signed to the memorial of the "ancient inhabitants" of 1687, so that he was probably not living then. The census of 1686 shows that some of the Héberts were still at Port Royal while others had removed to the new settlement at Mines. In 1714 the name is found at both places. Five persons of the name, residents of Annapolis River, signed the oath of allegiance of 1730, but the name is spelled Hibbert in that document. There were two Alexanders, one Antoine, a Louis and a Pierre. The only one of these names which is to be found in the census of 1671, is that of Antoine, son of the widow who was then one year old and who probably was living in 1730. Alexander Hébert, of Annapolis, was one of the French deputies who met Governor Cornwallis at Halifax in 1749, and who refused to take the unconditional oath of allegiance to the British King. Jean