First of all, let me say that a pree is a meadow – not a hill. The land where Pierre Thibodeau settled with his family became known as Chipoudy – today it is known as Hopewell and is in New Brunswick. Here is a small glimpse of who Emmanuel LeBorgne was: On December 10, 1657, Emmanuel LeBorgne was appointed Governor and Lieutenant-General of the disputed lands of Acadia. When Razilly died in 1635, and his estates were taken over by Charles d'Aulnay. d'Aulnay and Charles Latour were appointed jointly as Lieutenant-Governor of Acadia. The two fought each other from the first. In 1641, Latour's commission was revoked, and d'Aulnay was named governor and lieutenant-general of Acadia. Latour continued to harass d'Aulnay, and was declared an outlaw in 1644. He continued to harass the Acadian settlement until he finally took refuge in Quebec in 1645. d'Aulnay was now in complete control of Acadia, but he drowned in 1647. He had gone into considerable debt to try to get the colony on its feet. Emmanuel LeBorgne, one of his principal creditors, sent a representative to Port-Royal to seize the fort. Just at this time, Charles de Latour returned to France and was exonerated of all crimes and named Governor of Acadia by Louis XIV. He returned to Acadia with Philippe Mius d'Entremont, and he took over Jemseg for himself, and turned Cape Sable over to d'Entremont. This left Port-Royal for the widow of d'Aulnay. Charles de Latour then married the widow of his old enemy. He thus controlled almost all of Acadia, except a part still controlled by Nicolas Denys. During the spring of 1652, Emmanuel LeBorgne put Nicolas Denys in irons, and took over Port-Royal. In 1654, Major Sedgwick of Boston took Port-Royal from LeBorgne. The English left Port-Royal under a Council of local inhabitants, headed by Guillaume Trahan. Charles de Latour paid 5,000 pounds for intercession with Cromwell, and was appointed a share of Acadia jointly with Sir Thomas Temple. Charles returned to Cape Sable, where he died 10 years later at the age of 73. Meanwile Nicolas Denys had established himself at Bathurst, New Brunswick (called Nipisiguit at that time). LeBorgne again took him prisoner in 1654. Denys went to France and demanded reparation from LeBorgne, which was granted by the King, but by this time LeBorgne was a captive of the British. Nicolas died at Nipisiguit in 1688, a poor man 90 years old. He had had two sons, neither of whom left descendants. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/lwjones/acadhist.htm Lucie Lucie LeBlanc Consentino Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home www.acadian-home.org <http://www.acadian-home.org/> Am-Can Gen Soc www.acgs.org <http://www.acgs.org/> CMA 2004 - www.cma2004.com Grand-Pré - http://www.grand-pre.com/ www.umoncton.ca/etudeacadiennes/centre/cea.html <http://www.umoncton.ca/etudeacadiennes> <http://www.grand-pre.com/>