*Isidore Amirault was born in 1742, son of Jacques Amirault & Jeanne Laure. Isadore married Marie LeBlanc ca. 1765. *Marie was the daughter of Pierre LeBlanc & Marie Madeleine Babin. *Basile Amirault, the brother of Isidore was born in 1752. He married Marguerite Doucet on October 18, 1774 *Marguerite was the daughter of Francois Doucet & Marguerite Petitot(dit Sincennes).
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New Edinburgh is a lovely small town population (1971) was 222. The town was founded by people of Scottish origin, thus the Scottish name. In the year 1783 loyalist led by Samuel Goulsbury and Anthony Stewart, obtained grants of land on the west bank of the Sissiboo River. These loyalists were from the thirteen colonies, especially from New York & New London. Upon arrival they divided the grant into 10 acres lots, surveying the town with a public square, a common and streets. Some acreage was also set aside fot the Anglican Church, a home for the minister and a school. However, this was not to happen. There were some Acadian families already settled on these lots and they wre not about to move. Among them was Basile & Isidore Amirault. The grant covered the lands occupied without hindrance for over 20 years, land cleared and upon where they build their homes. They could not legally be removed from their property. Cereno Upham Jones, ESQ. took up the defense of the Acadians and as a result the grants to the Anglican Church were set aside and the settlers remained on their land which is still occupied by their descendants.
The children of Jacques & Jeanne were returning to Acadie when they had the chance. *Jacques(born 1732) and his wife MarieMadeleine Belliveau established themselves at Amirault Hill to which they gave their name. *Ange(born 1737) married Natalie Belliveau and founded East Pubnico, where he passed away at the age of 97 on Feb.7,1834. *Isidore(born 1741) married Marie Josephe LeBlanc of Church Point and settled in Metaghan. *Lucie Ursule(born 1744) married Isidore Belliveau at Pubnico where they lived the rest of their lives. *Anastasie(born 1748) married Jean Doucet at Church Point. *Basile(born 1753) married Jean's sister Marguerite Doucet, who also had known exile in Massachusetts and moved eventually to New Edinburgh, Sissiboo & Doucetteville. It is from his and his brother Jacques's family that all the Amirault's of Sainte Croix Parish descend.
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