!FAMILY: Genevieve Massignon, LES PARLERS FRANCAIS D'ACADIE; 1575-1675; vol. 1, ; pp. 37 & 49 , 58. The TERRIOTs were related to the DUPUIS in France before their emigration to Acadia. Th e TERRIOT family name was among those of the AULNAY seigniory in Poitou, living in Martaizé , dept. of Vienne, France. Massignon stated that Perrine TERRIOT was probably a sister of Jea n TERRIOT and the TERIOTs and DUPUIS were related by marriage before arriving in Acadia.

!NAME: Article from PERSI quoting Father Goulet. Spelled TERRIAU, the original Acadian immig rant from France, "born in 1601 at Martaize, Aulnay siegnory, Loudun region, Poitou province , France. The town is near La Rochelle on the Atlantic coast [sic] of France." It goes on t o say "The entire Jean TERRIOT family, including children, arrived in the New World in 1640 [ sic, the records show that all the children of this family, beginning in 1637, were likely bo rn in Acadia.]. Later, Jean's sister Perrine sailed to Canada; her husband was Martin Dupuis. .. The original spelling of Theriault was Terriot. This name means "a man of the land, such a s a gardener or farmer, as well as a hamlet."

!RESIDENCE: LIPPINCOTT'S NEW GAZETTEER; 1911 ed.; p. 1061. Loudun, a town of France, in Vienn e, 33 NNW of Poitiers.: "It is a quaint little town with interesting churches, the keep o f a mediaeval castle, and some remains of the old fortifications. There are manufactures of l ace and passementerie [trimmings]. Pop. in 1901, 3909 (commune, 4615)."

!CENSUS: 1671, Port Royal, Acadia, in Canada. Archives des Colonies. Acadie, Recensements; 16 71-1752; MG 1 (22, 24), vol. 466, part 1; pp. 1-13; microfilm copy at Santa Cruz Public Libra ry, Genealogical Society Library, CANADA MF; filmed by Canada, Public Archives on 17 Feb 1960 , this copy is machine numbered in upper right corner. Family # 15: Jehan TERRIAU, age 70 (so ixante et dix ans) Living with wife Perrinne RAU, age 60. Their seven children (six of whom a re married) are listed: Claude 34, Jehan 32, Bonaventure 30 [27 on own entry], Germain 25, Je anne 27, Catherinne 21, and Pierre, 16 and single. [At the time, there were 68 families (29 5 persons) living in Port Royal, 392 [could it be 329?] persons in all of Acadia.] The famil y has 6 head of cattle and 1 sheep, with 5 arpents of workable land. Jehan is listed as "Labo ureur" or Plowman.

!CENSUS-DEATH: Neither Jean nor his wife Perrine appear on the 1678 census of Port Royal, Aca dia.

!CENSUS: 1686, Port Royal, Acadia, no listing for Jean. A Perrine BOURC, listed as "Mere," i s living with this family's granddaughter Marguerite TERIO & her husband Claude LANDRY. [Thi s is the Perrine BOURG, mother to Claude LANDRY. This is likely where the confusion over Jean 's wife's surname began. Both Jean TERRIAU and his wife were probably deceased.]

• Married: ABT 1636 in , , , France ^{7 8 9}

1. Claude THERIOT b: ABT 1637 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
2. Jean THERIOT II b: ABT 1639 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
3. Bonaventure (dit Venture) THERIOT b: ABT 1641 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
4. Jeanne THERIOT b: ABT 1643 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
5. Germain THERIOT b: ABT 1646 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
6. Catherine THERIOT b: ABT 1650 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
7. Pierre THERIOT b: ABT 1654 in Port Royal, , , Acadia

1. Title: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes
   Author: Stephen A. White
   Publication: 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999
   Page: p. 1483
   Note: No place of birth given.
2. Repository:
   Name: Margaret Walker
   
   Title: Grand arrangement des Acadiens au Québec
   Author: Adrien Bergeron
   Note:
   Vols. 1-8, arranged alphabetically by family surname.
   Page: Vol. 8, pp. 43-49
   Text: On the first Acadian census of 1671 we find "Jehan TERRIAU" his wife Perrine RUAU, age "soixa nte-dix" [sic], and their seven children. In an earlier paragraph, he calls him Jean TERRIA U "1er", who settled in Acadia after having married Perrine BOURG [sic]. He cites "(Coll. d e manuscrits: I/83)." In the genealogical table beginning on p. 49, he says the couple were b orn in France of unknown parents, of "Loudunois, province du Poitou." Here we have Jehan [bor n] 1601, married in France ?-Loudun around 1635 Perrine RUAU, born in 1611.
3. Title: Histoire et Généalogie des Acadiens
   Author: Bona Arsenault
   Publication: Montreal: Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.
   Note:
   Vols. 2-6 contain genealogies by area, paged continuously.
   Page: p. 804 (Port Royal)
   Text: Name spelled Jean TERRIAU, born 1601. A footnote cites Genevieve Massignon, Les parlers franc ais d'Acadie, vol. 1, p. 49, "Without doubt" originally from Martaizé [France], arrived in Ac adie around 1637.
4. Repository:
   Name: Internet
   
   Title: "Origins of the Pioneers of Acadia: According to the Depositions Made by Their Descendants a t Belle-Ile-en-Mer in 1767"
   Author: Stephen A. White
   Note:
   Found on web site of Lucie LeBlanc Consentino.
   Text: THÉRIOT, Jean, came from France, according to three depositions: one from Marie-Josèphe Dupui s, widow of his great-grandson PierreThériot (Doc. inéd., Vol. III, p. 127), and two others f rom the second husbands of the widows of that same Pierre's brothers Cyprien (ibid., Vol. II , p. 181) and Simon-Joseph (ibid., p. 193). None of these depositions mentions Jean Thériot' s wife Perrine Rau, who is only known to Acadian genealogy through her appearance in the 167 1 census (see DGFA-1, pp. 1483-1484).
5. Title: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes
   Author: Stephen A. White
   Publication: 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999
   Page: p. 1483
6. Title: Atlas of Louisiana Surnames of French and Spanish Origin, An
   Author: Robert C. West
   Publication: Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Univ., 1986
   Page: p. 137-138
   Text: Comparatively few of Jean's descendants came to Louisiana after the Expulsion of 1755.
7. Title: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes
   Author: Stephen A. White
   Publication: 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999
   Page: pp. 1365 & 1483
   Note: No place given for marriage.
8. Title: Histoire et Généalogie des Acadiens
   Author: Bona Arsenault
   Publication: Montreal: Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.
   Note:
   Vols. 2-6 contain genealogies by area, paged continuously.
   Page: p. 804 (Port Royal)
   Text: Already married around 1635 to Perrine BOURG [sic]; seven children.
9. Repository:
   Name: California State Library, Sutro
   
   Title: French Canadian and Acadian Genealogical Review
   Page: vol. V, nos. 1-2 (1975); p. 111, Reply to a query,
   Text: "THÉRIAULT (and all the varied spellings: Thériau, Therriot, Thériot, Thériaud, Terrio, Tério , Terriote, Terriot, Terriau, etc.) is an Acadian family name. The first ancestor is Jehan Te rriot, b. 1601, the husband of Perrine Rau (or Beau, Bau) and they were married either in Fra nce or in Acadia ca. 1636. They lived at Port-Royal, Acadia, In the census of 1671 they had s even children and five [sic, should be six, but one not in Port Royal] of them were already m arried."