VINCENT

SIMON VINCENT ARRIVED IN POMQUET IN 1774 WITH OTHER FOUNDING FAMILIES.THE BIRTH OF THEIR DAUGHTER IN 1773 CONFIRMS THE SETTLEMENT YEAR OF POMQUET BY THE FOUNDING FAMILIES. SIMON HAD BEEN DEPORTED TO ST. MALO FROM ISLE ST. JEAN (P.E.I.) WITH HIS BROTHER GERMAIN, ARRIVING JANUARY 23, 1759. SIMON LATER MARRIED THÉOTISTE CYR ON FEBRUARY 1 1, 1772. THE VINCENTS ARE CONSIDERED ONE 0F THE FOUNDING FAMILIES OF POMQUET. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MANY DESCENDANTS OF THIS COUPLE, THERE IS ONLY ONE FAMILY BEARING THE VINCENT NAME IN POMQUET. THE OTHER MEMBERS HAVE EITHER LEFT POMQUET OVER THE YEARS OR WERE CHILDLESS. MANY ACADIAN FAMILIES IN THIS AREA CAN TRACE THEIR ANCESTRY TO THIS PARTICULAR COUPLE, THE VINCENTS HAVE OCCUPIED THE SAME LAND GRANT FOR OVER 200 YEARS AT POMQUET POINT.

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