CHIASSON
THE CHIASSONS WERE AMONG THE FOURTEEN FOUNDING FAMILIES OF
CHETICAMP. THEY SETTLED THE AREA IN THE 1780'S. THERE WERE TWO BROTHERS JEAN & PAUL
ALONG WITH THEIR WIVES, CHILDREN AND EVEN GRANDCHILDREN WHO WERE GIVEN LAND GRANTS IN
1790.
ALL THE CHIASSONS IN THIS AREA COME FROM THIS LARGE FAMILY GROUP
WHO ARE ALL DESCENDANTS OF JACQUES CHIASSON AND MARIE-JOSEPHE ARSENAULT MARRIED IN
BEAUBASSIN (AMHERST, N.S.).
ONE OF THE DESCENDANTS OF THIS COUPLE JOSEPH CHIASSON MARRIED
ANGELIQUE BROUSSARD, DAUGHTER OF MICHEL BROUSSARD & AMELIA DEWOLFE. THIS IS HOW THE
CHIASSONS BECAME INVOLVED WITH THE POMQUET COMMUNITY. |
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