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1698 NEWFOUNDLAND CENSUS
1698 Residents of Pliasance on the Island of Newfoundland
				Sexes			Married		Widowed		Children
	Houses	Chapel	Families	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Gardens	Cows	Goats	Boats	Muskets
Localities
GRAND PLAISANCE	52	1
Quarter du Fort			2	7	7	14	1	1	2	1	4	5	23	2	12	182	163
Quarter de la Gde. Grave			18	60	38	98	17	15	4	2	39	21
Quarter de la Pte. Verde			4	11	8	19	3	3	2		6	5
PETIT PLAISANCE
Quart. De la Gde. Grave			8	16	20	36	7	7	1	1	8	12
Quart de la Marquise			1	2	2	4			2			2
Quart de la Pte. Grave			5	7	10	17	5	4			2	6
Totals	52	1	38	103	85	188	33	30	11	4	59	51	23	2	12	182	163
NOTE: This census was compiled in Paris. The settlement of Beaubassin, In Acadia, was sacked and burned in 1698. The English population of Nefoundland, according to the work called The British Empire in America (edition of 1744, Vol 1., p. 14), was estimated in 1695 to be 1500 souls.

Transcribed & Contributed and transcribed by Don Tate (2009)

Page Last Modified: Tuesday March 26, 2013 (Don Tate)

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