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gathered at Beausejour in 1752 there was but one family named Babin, from which we may infer that very few persons of that name had strayed from Mines. There are now less than one hundred families of the name in the Maritime Provinces, more than half of whom are residents of Yarmouth County. In New Brunswick there are about twenty families of the name, most of whom reside in the county of Kent. The name of Babineau is much more widely diffused but we have no means of knowing whether the persons who bear the latter name are descendants of the original settler, Antoine Babin. One thing is certain there were no French inhabitants named Babineau in Acadia when it passed into the possession of the English in 1710. For this reason, we are inclined to think that Babin and Babineau are the same name with a variation in the spelling, such changes being very likely to occur among an unlettered people.

Vincent Brun, aged 60, was a resident of Port Royal in 1671. His wife was Renee Brode and they had five children, four daughters and one son. The oldest of the family was Madeline, aged 25. She was thewife of William Trahan, who was thirty years her senior. Andrée, the second daughter, aged 24, was the wife of Germain Terriau. Françoise, the third daughter, aged 18, was married to Bernard Bourc. The fourth daughter, Marie, was only 12 when the census was taken. The son, Bastie, was 15 years old. Vincent Brun was the owner of to horned cattle and 4 sheep, and he tilled 5 arpents of land. His three married daughters were also well off, as wealth was reckoned in Acadia two centuries ago. Vincent Brun must have been married as early as 1644, a year before the death of Lady Latour. He was probably one of the. original La Have settlers, and therefore may be classed with the ancient inhabitants. The fact that his name