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does not appear in the memorial of 1687 would lead to the inference that he had died prior to that date. The Brun family was living at Port Royal in 1686, but the name is not to be found in the census of Port Royal taken in 1714. I fancy, however, that both at Port Royal and Mines it is concealed under the bad writing of the person who took the census, Father Felix Pain, and that the copyists have to bear the responsibility of its disappearance. At all events there were no less than five adult males named Brun, residents of the Annapolis River, who subscribed to the oath of allegiance in 1730; and in 1755 there were six families named Brun residing at Mines. Among the Acadians gathered at Beausejour in 1752 were one family named Brun from that vicinity and four families of the name from Shepody. The name is now rare in the Maritime Provinces and one reason for this might be that Brun is the same as Brown, so that a French family of Bruns residing in an English neighborhood would speedily become Browns. There are now only seven families by the name of Brun in the Maritime Provinces, three in Kent, three in Northumberland and one in Gloucester.

Antoine Bourc was one of the ancient inhabitants of Acadia who signed his name to the memorial of 1687, where his name appears as Antoine Le Bourg, but in the census of 1671 is is given as written above. Antoine Bourc was 62 years old when that census was taken; his wife was Antoinette Landray and they had eleven children, five sons and six daughters. The oldest son Francois, aged 27, was married to Margaret Boudrot and had two children. Jean Bourc, the second son aged 24, was married to Margaret Martin and they also had two children. Bernard Bourc, the third son, aged 23, was also married; his wife was Francoise Brun and they had one child. The fourth son, Martin, aged 21, was not married. The youngest son Abraham,