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then only 9 years old, was destined to become a historical character, in a small way after the English took possession of Acadia. Molin, who took the census, does not give the name of the daughters, but only one of them appears to have been married in 1671. This was Marie who was the wife of Vincent Brot, and who had four children, one of these a boy of five years. Marie was probably not more than 25, so that her husband, whose age was forty, was fifteen years her senior. Perrine Bourc, who was the wife of Rene Landry, aged 53, may also have been a daughter of Antoine Bourc, but I am more inclined to think she was his sister. She had seven children, the oldest, a daughter, being the wife of Laurant Grange and having two children. The Bourcs were all in comfortable circumstances, although not so wealthy as some of the other Acadian families. Antoine Bourc was probably married as early as 1642, and I have no doubt that he was one of the original settlers that came to La Have with de Razilly. When the census of 1686 was taken none of the Bourcs had removed from Port Royal, but in 1714 some of them were settled at Mines. In the meantime they had changed the spelling of their name to Bourg and Bourq. In 1720 Alexander Bourg had become a leading man among the French residents at Mines and was named by Governor Phillips as one of the persons whom he would be willing to receive as a deputy. In 1627, Abraham Bourg of Annapolis River was accused of inciting the inhabitants to rebellion and disobedience. He was imprisoned but released, as the record states, "in consequence of his great age." He was then 65 years old. He was given permission to leave the province. Of this permission, however, he does not seem to have availed himself, for he was one of the five oldest males of the name of Bourg who took the oath of allegiance at Annapolis in 1730.