Claude
Melanson
Born about in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
Ancestors 
Brother of
Marie Melanson, Marguerite Melanson, Anne Melanson, Cécile Melanson, Élisabeth Melanson, Charles Melanson, Madeleine Melanson, Marie Melanson, Françoise Melanson, Ambroise Melanson, Pierre Melanson, Jean Melanson and Marguerite Melanson
Husband of
Marguerite Babineau
— married
22 Jan 1714 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia
Descendants 
Father of
Marie Joseph Melanson, Charles Melanson, Marie Marguerite Melanson, Marie Joseph Melanson, Jean Baptiste Melanson, Anne Melanson and Madeleine Melanson
Died
at about age 49
in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia
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Biography
Claude Melanson was born about 1688 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France, son of Charles (Melanson) Melanson dit La Ramée (bef. 1642–abt. 1700) and Marie Dugas (abt. 1648–1737).
In 1693, at Port Royal, Claude, aged 5, was living with his parents, Charles MELANCON, aged 46, and Marie DUGAS, aged 42, and his seven siblings: Charles, aged 18, Madeleine, aged 16, Marie, aged 12, Francoise, aged 10, Pierre, twin, aged 8, Ambroise, twin, aged 8, and Jeanne, aged 3. The family owned 4 guns and was living on 35 arpents of cultivable land with 20 cattle, 25 sheep, and 12 pigs.[1]
Claude (25) married Marguerite Babineau (19) (born about 1694 in Port-Royal; daughter of Jean Babineau and Marguerite Boudrot) on 22 Jan 1714 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie.[2][3]Their known children were:
- Marie Joseph Melanson (1716–1717)
- Charles Melanson (1718– )
- Marie Marguerite Melanson (1721–aft. 1764)
- Marie Joseph Melanson (abt.1724-1747)
- Jean Baptiste Melanson (1727–1785)
- Anne Melanson (1731–1804)
- Madeleine Melanson (1735–1803)
Claude died on 30 Jul 1737 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia, aged about 48.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1693 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1693 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 62-108;
at Port Royal: Charles MELANCON 46, Marie DUGAS 42, Charles 18, Madeleine 16, Marie 12, Francoise 10, Pierre & Ambroise (twins) 8, Claude 5, Jeanne 3; 20 cattle, 25 sheep, 12 pigs, 35 arpents, 4 guns. In the original 1693 census at Port Royal, Madeleine was listed as Magdelaine but transcribed as Madeleine. Jean was listed as Jeanne.
- ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Port-Royal, N.-É.)-1870 C-1870 (image 170) https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1870/170?r=0&s=5
- ↑ An Acadian Parish Remembered The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755 Claude Melanson and Marguerite Babinot marriage 22 January 1714 RG 1 volume 26 page 310 https://novascotia.ca/archives/acadian/archives.asp?ID=1302
- ↑ An Acadian Parish Remembered The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755 RG 1 volume 26a page 166 https://novascotia.ca/archives/acadian/archives.asp?ID=2221
- Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Port-Royal, N.-É.)-1870 C-1870 (image 170) https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1870/170?r=0&s=5
- BIRTH-PARENTS-CENSUS-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; p. 1147; #12
- BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-BURIAL: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1600-1800; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, vols. 2-6; p. 688 (Port Royal)
- 1714 Acadian census
- http://www.acadian-home.org/census1714.html
- http://www.acadian-home.org/census1700.html Charles MELANSON 53; Marie DUGAST (wife) 49; Pierre and Ambroise, twins, 15; Claude 12; Jeanne 10; 30 cattle, 22 sheep, 35 arpents, 2 guns.
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #382893
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Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup T2b7a2, FTDNA kit #82582, MitoYDNA ID T12623 [compare]
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Recommend either merge or recycle.
The birth date is not close to any other Claude Melanson in Wikitree. I can't see the Ancestry Source to see if there are sources or other clues as to which one he is. There is none born about this date. Also the death date is unlikely as he would be 105, extremely long. This one seems to need to be merged away.