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From: Michele Doucette <michele.doucette@nf.sympatico.ca>
Date: Saturday, September 05, 1998 2:21 AM

Thought that you might be interested in this particular exchange ...

Hello to one and all,

With respect to the e-mail exchange between Maureen Lake and Christine Thomas, Maureen cited a book called Actes du Colloque l'Amiral de Coligny et son Temps (published 1974 in Paris by the Société de l'Histoire du Protestantisme Français) while referring to page 770 in particular whereby:

Beatrice de Coligny d'Entremont (born December 1572) married Claude-Antoine de Meouillon de Montauban. The reference seemed to indicate that she was born after her father's death at the hands of the Guises. Records seem to indicate that there were 6 children -

1. François-Virgine born after 1600 and died after 1650 (married to Madeleine du Tillet)
2. unnamed son who became the abbe de Chesery
3. unnamed son who became baron de Nattage
4. unnamed son who became sieur de St-Mauris
5. Beatrice
6. Marguerite

Maureen posed the following questions:

What became of François-Virgine?
Is there a possibility that Madeleine Helie and Madeleine du Tillet were the same person?

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Christine Thomas responded with:

Madeleine du Tillet is Madeleine Helie (Elie) du Tillet, daughter of Jacques Helie du Tillet and Françoise Faucon.

Philippe Mius d'Entremont was born November 14, 1601 (which is after 1600) and died in 1700 (which is after 1650). Granted the dates are not that convincing, but Madeleine Elie (Helie) du Tillet's marriage is mentioned in several different sources including the Dictionary of Canadian Biographies and the National History of France. Unless someone can come up with proof that François-Virgine is NOT Philippe, I'm leaning in that direction.

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OK, you guys ... this premise WAS put to Stephen White. He was certainly very familiar with this same argument, so it is not new information. However, with regards to the upcoming Dictionnaire, it is imperative to note that Stephen does NOT state something that has not been proven. There is no sense to mere speculation if such cannot be proven re reliable and verifiable sources.

With regards to Mius d'Entremont, Stephen begins by stating that Philippe was born in Normandie about 1609 (according to Pobomcoup census 1671 whereby he was given an age of 62 years; according to Port Royal census 1686 whereby he was given an age of 77 years). He was also known as sieur d'Entremont, baron of Pobomcoup -- today Pubnico. He carried these titles as well:

procureur du roi
lieutenant-major et commandant des troupes

He died in Grand Pré about 1700 (according to Father Clarence d'Entremont). There is NO mention of his parents so I would state that such has never been reliably proven or Stephen would have stated such.

He married Madeleine Hélie about 1649. Madeleine was born about 1626 (according to Pobomcoup census 1671 whereby she was given an age of   45 years). She died before the census of 1678. There is NO mention of her parents so I would state that such has never been reliably proven or Stephen would have stated such.

If you wish to peruse a reliable secondary source, you may wish to consult a book entitled Histoire du Cap-Sable (volume III, 788-827, 905) written by Father Clarence d'Entremont.

Hope this has helped to clear up a number of issues.

Warmest regards to all,

Michele

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