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it appeared in the census of 1671 being as near it as Friar Molin could render in French. A slight misprint would change Casey into Carty, which is a name wholly unknown among the French in Acadia.

The Quessy family continued to reside at Chignecto as long as Acadia belonged to the French, and the census of 1714, shows that no person of that name was then living either at Port Royal or Mines. Jean Quessi, who may have been a son of the original Roger, was residing on the Annapolis River and signed the oath of allegiance of 1730. No one of that name was deported from Mines by Winslow in 1755, but in 1752 there were six families named Quessy at Beausejour, one of them being from Cobequit and the others residents of the vicinity of the fort. An inhabitant of Au Lac named Quessy was the bearer of a letter from Governor Mascerene at Annapolis to the people of Chignecto in 1742. In 1783, when the Loyalists came, Estienne Quesis was residing on the St. John River with his wife and two children. There are no persons of the name of Quessy living in the Maritime Provinces at the present time.

The crop of fools is one that never fails, but it is not every blockhead who succeeds in having his folly embalmed in history as Pierre Lanaux or Lanoue has done. Lanoue was a resident of Port Royal and a cooper, but beyond that we know nothing about him. He refused to give his age, but whether he was married or single we do not know. It is probable, however, that he was married. The name does not appear in the census of 1686 either at Port Royal, Mines or Chignecto, but in 1714 there were persons named Lanoue living at Port Royal. Three persons of the name Pierre, Charles and Joseph, residents of Annapolis River, signed the oath of 1730, which has been so frequently referred to. Pierre wrote his name, the