IN 1737

June 1st 1737, nine or ten Indians surprised and robbed an English vessel on the River St John, Lieutenant Governor Armstrong wrote to the St John River Indians about the matter also to the missionary Jean Pierre Danilou at Medoctic because the priests were thought to have instigated the matter and to the French deputies at Chignecto. Among the Indians involved were Chief Thomas Claude, Francis Nicout, Biscaron and his son Paul, Bartholmy step-son of the chief and Jacques Cashe. The governor summoned Joseph Bellefontaine and Michel Bergeron of the St Anne's Point to Annapolis . During that interview, the governor asked Bellefontaine to do a list of the people on the St John River . Here are the names which of people which were living on the River St John (St Anne's Point) in 1737... as gathered by Bellefontaine. for a total of 73 people. Joseph Bellefontaine with his wife and 4 children Michel Bergeron with his wife and 6 children Bartholomew Bergeron with his wife and 9 children Augustin Bergeron with his wife and 2 children Francois Roy with his wife and 9 children Jean dugas with his wife and one child Louis Bellefontaine with his wife and one child Jacques Bellefontaine with his wife and one child Rene Bellefontaine with wife and one child Pierre Bellefontaine with wife and 4 children Jean Bellefontaine with wife and 4 children Charles Bellefontaine with wife and 1 child Pierre Robert with wife and one child Jean Pair with wife and one child Two years later there were 116, adding Alexander Belleile with his 6 children and servants, two families of Lincour and Henri for 10 more people and up near Ekoupag (Auc-paque) the families of Bellefontaine, Bellefeuille, La Forest, Valcour, Boisjoli, Saint Aubin and Dupuis..