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mence running from the boundary of the concession made to the Sieur de 

 Fronsac, settled by the Intendants' Ordinance bearing date the eighteenth 

 day oi April last, going towards the northeast, together with the points of 

 land, islands, islets and shoals which may be found situate opposite the said 

 tract of land." 



In the preamble " including the River Nepisiguit " is given. (Murdoch, 

 I., 198, Leg. 117). 



It is not possible to locate this Seigniory very exactly unless it be 

 assumed that the Nepisiguit formed its central part, as was usual in such 

 grants. 



This grant (Archives, 1884, 9) was ceded by Gobin, " the first grantee," 

 to Richard Denys de Fronsac, and through his wife descended to Rey- 

 Gaillard, Avho held it in 1753. 



This appears to be the grant that Cooney assigns to Jean Jacques Enaud, 

 as including all land between Grand Ance and Jacquet Eiver, which is cer- 

 tainly an error, as Gobin was the first grantee. Esnault (or Enaud) is 

 spoken of in the Census of 1686 as a resident of Nepisiguit, as he is in his 

 grant of Pocmouche of 1693. He may have been agent for Gobin. 

 1693— Pokemouche. To PhiUpes Esnault, habitant de Nepisigitit. (Aug. 17 ; 

 confirmed Apr. 15, 1694.) 



"The said river Pocmouche, and four leagues of land in front on each 

 side of the same, by a similar depth, the present grant including the said one 

 league of land heretofore conceded to tlie said Degrais." (Leg. 136). 



The location is fairly i:>lain, and as shown on Map No. 39. Degrais 

 (DeGrez) had abandoned his land, owing Esnault 200 livres, as the grant 

 relates. 



Esnault is mentioned in documents of the time — in the Census and in 

 Leclercq, who calls him Henaut, Sieur de Barbaucannes. Cooney gives 

 traditions of him and calls him Jean Jacques Enaud, and puts his coming to 

 Nepisiguit much too early. Dionne (Miscou) says he was granted the fief 

 of Nepisguit, two square lei\gues, but I find no authority for this, and it 

 must be an error, since Nepisiguit was granted to Gobin. A René d'Eneau 

 received a grant at Port Daniel in 1696. 

 1719 — Miseou. To Count St. Pierre, premier ecuyer de Madame la duchesse d' Orleans. 



The islands of St. John and Miscou. (Murdoch, I., 382). In 1730 this 

 grant was revoked. An interesting account of it is given by Murdoch. 



7. Bestigouche District. 



No account of the single Seigniory on this river on the Nevi^ Bruns- 

 wick side has yet been published. 



In 1685 (Aug. 3) Richard Denys de Fronsac, acting as lieutenant 

 for his father, granted three leagues of land at Restigouche to the Recol- 

 lets for a mission. There is no special evidence to locate this grant, but 

 it is altogether probable it included old Mission Point above Campbellton; 

 as already discussed. 

 1690— Bestigouche. (May 26, confirmed March 16, 1691). To Sieur [Pierre] 



Lr Moijne d' Iherville. 



"A space of land of 12 leagues front by 10 leagues in depth, in the 

 Bay of Chaleurs, in Acadie, comprising the rivers to be found within that 



