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“Approximately 2 200 Acadians were deported from Grand-Pré between the months of October and December 1755. Soon after, houses and barns were burned”1
“It is estimated that 6 000 Acadians were deported from the peninsula of Nova Scotia in 1755. Many died on transport vessels. The survivors of the deportation were distributed in groups among the English American colonies from Massachusetts to South Carolina: 900 to Massachusetts, 675 to Connecticut, 200 to New York, 700 to Pennsylvania, 860 to Maryland, 1150 to Virginia, 290 to North Carolina and 320 to South Carolina”1
“178 people from Grand-Pré and the Gaspareau River were boarded on the Leopard and 186 on the Elizabeth. Between the 13th and 18th of October, three other ships were loaded with inhabitants of Grand-Pré and the Gaspereau River: 168 on the Swan, commanded by captain Hazlam, 140 on the Hannah, commanded by Captain Adams, 154 on the Sally and Molly, commanded by Captain Purrington”4