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Morrin who was 37 years old. She had five children, three boys and two girls, in 1671, but in 1686 she had five more, four boys and one girl. Andree Martin was married to François Pellerin 1671, and had three children, all girls. When the census of 1686 was taken she had eight more children, four by Pellerin and four by a second husband Pierre Mercier. This woman had seven daughters in succession before she was blessed with a son. She could not have remained long a widow for in the census of 1686 the age of her last child by her first husband was given as six, while that of her first child by her second husband was five. Barnabé Martin was married to Jeanne Pelletrat and had two children, a boy named René and a girl, both very young. Matthieu Martin was a weaver but was not married. Pierre Martin jr. was 40 years old and his wife was a squaw named Anne Oxihnoroudh. They had four children, all boys, the oldest being Pierre, aged ten. The names of the other three were René, André and Jacques, the latter being only two years old. No doubt Pierre Martin and his wife had other children younger than those named. This marriage has been much discussed because Anne Oxihnoroudh was a squaw. Some descendants of the Acadians seem to think it a disgrace to have any Indian blood in their veins, and efforts have been made to get rid of the effects of this marriage by making it appear that after the capitulation of Port Royal in 1710, Pierre Martin and his family went to Louisbourg or Rochelle. There is no doubt, however, that the family of Pierre Martin remained in Acadia, indeed the original Pierre seems to have been living at Annapolis when the census of 1714 was taken, although he was then 83 years old. Pierre Martın, his eldest son was also living at the same place and had eleven children, eight sons and