ROGERS (ROSIA, ROSSE)

FRANCOIS ROSIA ARRIVED IN POMQUET BETWEEN 1785 & 1790 FROM FRANCE. HE HAD JOINED A GROUP OF OTHER ACADIANS LEAVING ST. MALO AT THE SAME TIME. ABOUT 1790 HE MARRIED MADELEINE-JOSEPHE BROUSSARD DAUGHTER OF CHARLES BROUSSARD & ANN AUCOIN. FRANCOIS WAS GRANTED 100 ACRES OF LAND IN POMQUET IN 1793, WHEN THE OTHER ACADIANS RECEIVED THEIR GRANTS. THIS LAND WAS SITUATED APPROXIMATELY WHERE MOSES AND EVANGELINE VENEDAM NOW LIVE. OVER THE YEARS FRANCOIS AND MADELEINE'S CHILDREN MOVED MAINLY TO HEATHERTON. THE ROGERS FROM ANTIGONISH COUNTY CAN TRACE THEIR ANCESTRY DIRECTLY TO THIS COUPLE.

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