François Savoie, a ploughman, age 50 was registered at Port Royal on the 1671 census. According to Geneviève Massignon the Savoys came from lands belonging to the Sieur d'Aulnay.
No proof has been found to show that the Savoy were deported.
More information on Acadian history and genealogy is available at the Centre Acadien, Université Sainte-Anne, Church Point, Nova Scotia, Canada.