The following article was in the Boston Evening Post newspaper published September 20, 1756.

June 23. The Virginia Packet, Ball, is arrived at Bristol, from Virginia, with 299 more neutral French on board.

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October 11, 1756
Boston Evening Post

Bristol, June 26.

On Saturday arriv’d here from Virginia, the Virginia Packet with three hundred French Neutrals, a great Part of whom are Women and Children. They lay at our Kay waiting for Orders frm Above, for the Disposal of them, vast Numbers of the Citizens flocking daily to see them, and Thursday were removed to Guinea-Sreet, and are allow’d Six pence per Head per Day with any Deduction, which will afford them a comfortable Suport in their present deplorable Circumstances. – Several hundred more are shortly expected.

Headline: Bristol, June 26;
Paper: Boston Evening Post.; Date: 1756-10-11; Iss: 1102; Page: [3];

The Expatriated Acadians sailed on the Frigate La Dorothée sent by King Louis XV to Bristol. Posted here is the ship's list containing the names of 175 Acadians. The Acadians were exiled in England for seven years. Two ships were lost at sea during their voyage. Out of 1,226 Acadians survived the ocean crossing and upon arrival were separated into four groups: 336 were sent to Liverpool; 340 to Southampton; 300 to Bristol; 250 to Penryn(Falmouth).

Their hell ended on November 3, 1762 at the signing of the Treaty of Paris. By January 1763 though there had been some births during their exile, only 866 Acadians had survived of the 1,226 originally deported.

There has been some confusion as to where the Acadians exiled to Bristol sailed from as they went to St. Malo. According to Stephen A. White who studied this in-depth he said that All the Acadians on board the L'Ambition, and the first ten families on board the Dorothée, were all from the Southampton group, while the remaining thirty-four families, plus the seven prisoners of war were those who had been brought overland from Bristol for the embarcation at Southampton.

Acadians exiled to Bristol were transported to Southampton. On May 21, 1763, one hundred and seventy-five Acadians sailed from Southampton for St-Malo with Captain Lormant. No Acadians would sail from Bristol where they had lived in exile.

Families 1 through 10 of this group had been exiled to Southampton.
Families 11 through 45 had been exiled to Bristol and taken overland to sail from Falmouth.
The prisoners of war also came overland from Bristol.

1 Jacques Forest Claire Forest Madeleine Forest Anne Forest Ygnace Forest 2 Pierre Melanson Madeleine Melanson Marie Melanson Marguerite Melanson Joseph Melanson Jean Melanson Anne Melanson Marie Madeleine Melanson Marie Marthe Melanson 3 Jean Landry Marie Landry René Landry Marguerite Landry Marie Madeleine Landry ? Landry 4 Charles Le Blanc 5 Simon Babin Anastasie Babin Nanette Babin Marie Babin Magloire Babin Marie MargueriteLe Blanc 6 Jean Babin Paul Babin Anne Babin 7 Joseph Babin Marie Babin Joseph Babin Bonaventure Babin Marie Babin 8 Marguerite Babin Laurent Babin ? Babin 9 ? Le Blanc Anne Le Blanc Joseph Daigre 10 Charles Boudro Joseph Boudreau Anastasie Boudro Amant Boudro 11 ? ? 12 Joseph Aucoin Anne Aucoin Marie Madeleine Aucoin

13 Pierre Duon Marguerite Duon Charles Duon Marie Duon Marguerite Duon Françoise Duon 14 Jacques Bourbon Elisabeth Bourbon 15 Claude Aucoin Marie Josèphe Aucoin Jean Baptiste Aucoin François Caumot 16 Joseph Aucoin jeune Marie La Blanche Aucoin Marie Anne Aucoin 17 Jean Aucoin Marguerite Aucoin Marie Aucoin Simon Aucoin 18 Simon Aucoin Marie Geneviève Aucoin Perpetue Aucoin Baptiste Terriau Marie Terriau Anne Terriau 19 Charles Aucoin Madeleine Aucoin Pierre Aucoin Madeleine Aucoin Blanche Aucoin 20 Etienne Trahan Madeleine Trahan 21 Joseph Landry Marie Josèphe Landry Marie Landry Marguerite Landry Pierre Landry Marie Josèphe Caumot Madeleine Caumot 22 Pierre Le Blanc Marie Le Blanc Marie Le Blanc Geneviève Le Blanc 23 Michel Bourg Mathurin Bourg Charles Bourg Pierre Bourg Madeleine Bourg Victoire Bourg Marie Bourg 24 Brigitte Braud Jean Braud Joseph Braud Marie Braud Madeleine Braud

25 Pierre Aucoin Félicité Aucoin Anselme Aucoin Anne Le Blanc Joseph Aucoin Simon Aucoin 26 Simon Commaud Marguerite Commaud Joseph Commaud Charles? Commaud 27 Alexandre Aucoin Rosalie Aucoin Marie Geneviève Aucoin Marie Aucoin Marguerite Aucoin ? Aucoin Charles Aucoin Marie Aucoin Joseph Aucoin 28 Charles Aucoin 29 Pierre Poirier Marie Poirier Joseph Poirier ? Poirier Abraham Poirier Madeleine Commaud 30 Jean Melanson Françoise Melanson Madeleine Melanson 31 Marin Boudro Charles Boudro Etienne Boudro 32 Joseph Trahan Marie Trahan Joseph Trahan Mathurin Trahan 33 Jacques Forest Marguerite Forest Benjamin Forest Elisabeth Commot 34 Alexis Commot Dorothée Commot Jean Commot Marie Commot Marguerite Commot Joseph Commot Jean Commot Madeleine Commot Mathurin Commot 35 Simon Pierre Anne Pierre Marie Pierre Agnès Pierre Nathalie Pierre Joseph Pierre Pierre Boudro

36 Joseph Boudro Michel Boudro Marguerite Boudro 37 Germain Boudro Anne Boudro Marguerite Boudro Marie Boudro 38 Jean Charles Boudro Agnes Boudro Jean Charles Boudro Marie Boudro Amand Boudro Simon Trahan 39 Marie Marguerite Boudro Jean Baptiste Boudro Joseph Braud 40 Charles Terriau Marie Terriau Perpetue Terriau Madeleine Terriau Joseph Terriau 41 Jean Le Blanc Elisabeth Le Blanc Simon Le Blanc Isabelle Le Blanc Marguerite Le Blanc 42 Françoise Boudro Pierre Boudro 43 Jean Baptiste Le Blanc Ursule Le Blanc Jean Baptiste Le Blanc Daniel Le Blanc Simon Le Blanc Marie Commot Marguerite Commot 44 Claire Commot Jean Commot Marguerite Commot Joseph Commot 45 Madeleine Commot Mathurin Commot Acadiens prisonniers de guerre à Bristol Charles Gautro ? Jean Sire Honoré Braud Jean Baptiste Boudrot (rayé) Benjamin Tibaudau François Renaud

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