Following the assembly, this parish stood guard to resist the government, fearing new orders or reprisals. One group stayed at Germain Beaudoin’s house, another at Jacques Lavoye’s, and a third in the Cove of Bellechasse, where the bailiff himself stayed. The said Morancy, the bailiff, either upon orders or because of his zeal, having learned that a group of royalist was forming below, established a guard of 15 or 20 men under his own command at Roderick McEndire’s house. The names are:
Basil Dion, Louis Nadeau, Jean Nadau, Louis Fortier (a boy), Jacques Boutin, Janot Nadau, Jacques Blanchet, Joseph Lessard, Jean Isabel, Joseph Lemieux, the son and Joseph Provençal & c. [4]
François Baby, Gabriel Taschereau, and Jenkin Williams with the English translation from, Quebec During the American Invasion, 1775-1776, Michael P. Gabriel, Editor. p80
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