Pierre Comeau (c. 1597 – c.1690)

Pierre Comeau is the direct ancestor of the Comeaus of North America. Born in the 1590s, he is the farthest back we can be certain of. In the 20^th Century there was speculation that he was connected to the Comeau family of Pouilly-en-Auxois near Dijon, but there is no definitive evidence connecting them. Most genealogies based on 20^th Century research continue the line through the Dijon branch to Hubert Comeau born in 1363.

Pierre was a barrel maker, and while no documentation has yet been found tracing his emmigration to Acadia, some speculate it occured in the 1630s with the de Razilly expedition.

One history (PDF) suspects that Pierre was from Normandy, and there is a record of a Pierre present at a baptism in the Netherlands on May 6 1646. This history also mentions a record found in the Rouen Archives, dating to 1595, where Esthienne Commault, ship owner & fisherman is documented with regard to the price of a cod coming from Newfoundland. This history also notes that Pierre had a son named Etienne.

Pierre married Rose Bayols (or Bayons; whose father Nicolas was listed on the St Jehan) in 1649. Pierre was first documented in a 1671 census, which as been reproduced below.

In 2014, a genealogist determined that Anthony Combs of New England was in fact son Antoine Comeau who disapered from the records, as he had moved to New England. His decedents wrote a memoir. (See his record for details).

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Comeau-17