>From Acadians in Exile - Page 209 6. Mellanson Village-Two brothers, Peter and Charles Melanson, natives of Scotland, came to Acadie with their parents in 1657, and settled on the north side of Annapolis River, a short distance to the east of Scotch Fort. Peter, surnamed Sieur de la Verdure, born in 1632, married Marguerite Marie d'Entremont in 1665, and settled at Grand Pre about the year 1680. He became the father of a large family. His brother Charles was born in 1642, and married in 1667 Marie Dugas. He lived on his father's land on the Annapolis River and had a numerous family. The two brothers, originally Protestants, became Catholics on their marriage, and their descendants are now numerous both in Canada and in the United States. >From A Brief History of This Acadian Family - "The two Melanson brothers - arrived in Port Royal accompanied their parents aboard the ship the Satisfaction, with Sir Thomas Temple, the new English Governor of Acadia, which arrived in 1657. During almost a century, just until the deportation of the Acadians in 1755, the settlement was the place of residence of Charles Melanson and his wife Marie Dugas, and their descendents and associates. 1671 Port Royal, Acadia Census Charles MELANCON, 28, wife Marie DUGAST 23; Children: four daughters; cattle 40, sheep 6.