Retourner à la fiche de: Mathurin Bristol

Fournis par : PattiS · 29 avril 2014 ·

The story is about the first Williams said Bristol who came to New Brunswick. It was said that he was a young boy perhaps a cabin boy who jumped ship when it anchored at Cocagne New Brunswick. The story continued saying that this young lad hid in a hayloft owned by Joseph Goguen one of the founders of Cocagne.Joseph Goguen found him and asked him what his name was, and this little boy could not speak French and all he could say was Wil Liam from Bristol. So Joseph Goguen took him home and raised him as his own, taught him to speak French and learn catechism.When the missionary came to his home, Joseph had him baptized and gave him the names Mathurin for the Missionary Mathuri n Bourg, Guillaume, French for William and Bristol because it was where the young boy came from. Mathurin was known as Mathurin Bristol and Mathurin Williams.