Jotting out into St. Mary's Bay, between Belliveau's Cove & Church Point, lies a body of land where the first Acadian cemetary is located. From 1771 to 1791 the Acadians buried their dead on this spot. When I first saw the cemetary over 40 years ago, I photographed this stone which read ........ MARIE DOUCET 1771.

Marie Doucet was the eldest daughter of Francois Doucet and Margaret Petitot (dit Sincennes). She was born Nov 10, 1742 and married Amable Doucet.

Amable was born at Annapolis on the 23rd of April 1737, he was transported to New England in 1755, where he acquired a fair knowledge of English. Amable was married in Massachusetts Bay early in the year 1770 to Marie Doucet, a very distant relative of his, and a few months later they came to settle in St. Mary's Bay. Marie died the following year. These Doucet's were the first real settlers of the mainland facing the island. Amable became the first Acadian justice of the peace in Clare.

In 1771 when Marie Doucet passed away, her remains were buried in the Acadian cemetary. She therefore became the first known Acadian to be buried there.

One of the grandsons of Amable Doucet, by the name of Anselm, made himself a name as Commanding Officer of the Nova Scotia Militia. He rose in rank to the post of Major and his command took him as far away as Annapolis Royal.
He resided at the Point and owned most of the land which became known as "La Pointe a Major" (Major's Point). Major Anselm Doucet was later raised to the rank of a full Colonel, and when he died, on Sept. 25, 1861, his remains were carried by the Militia, on foot, to Church Point for burial, and he was accorded full military honours.

These are the 5 sons of Charles Belloni Doucet from Belliveau's Cove and Francoise Doucette from New Edinburgh. They were married in Saint Mary's Church in Church Point on 24 Nov. 1868. The only ones I can identify are Delisle (second from left) and Willie (fourth from left standing)

Adrian was born July 13, 1870 died (hit & run accident) in Haverhill, Mass. 1948. He married Marie Ann LeBlanc

Joseph (Desire) was born Sept 13, 1871

William was born abt 1876

Delisle was born abt 1882

Henri was born abt 1885

They also had a sister named Chantal born Jan 26, 1873. She married Antime Doucet

Photo was found in the attic of the house shown above. (Doucet Homestead)

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