Guillaume Blanchard

Guillaume Blanchard (1650 – 1716) was an early settler at Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia at a site on the Petitcodiac River. He was involved in a struggle over land and seigneurial rights for the settlers of the area. The settlers lost any hopes of seigneurial rights in a legal decision but did retain their homesteads. The Blanchards of the area all descend from this pioneer.

References

"Guillaume Blanchard". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2005.

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