Francois (Chauvin) Chovin (1766 - 1824)

Born 13 Aug 1766 in North East Coast of Detroit

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (King) Chovin — married about 1812 in Michigan, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 1824 at about age 57 in Michigan, United States

Biography

Francois Chauvin/Chovin was born in 1766 on the North East Coast of Detroit. He was the son of Noel Chauvin and Jeanne Meloche.

Francois married Abigail King. They had five known children. There are baptismal records in the Drouin Collection for Jean Baptiste and Elizabeth. Jane's birth is in Denissen's Genealogy of the French families of the Detroit River region, Francis and Charles appear in the probate records of Francois.

"No. 33 Francois Chovin 232.82 Acres", along the Rouge River, is shown on an 1810 map, "Plan of private claims in Michigan Territory" based on the work of Aaron Greeley, surveyor. Bureau of Land Management records include a certificate for this claim from 1812, although it had to be clarified with an additional certificate in 1914. There is also a detail map of Francois' property in his probate records, surveyed in 1837 as a result of his son John's petition for division of the land.

Francois passed away in 1824.

Sources

• Francis Chauvin in Christian Denissen. Genealogy of the French families of the Detroit River region, revision, 1701-1936, Volume 1. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, 1987. Page 265. https://archive.org/details/genealogyoffrenc01deni/page/265/mode/1up.
• Francis4Chauvin in Christian Denissen. Genealogy of the French families of the Detroit River region, revision, 1701-1936, Volume 1. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, 1987. Page 267. https://archive.org/details/genealogyoffrenc01deni/page/267/mode/1up.
• Cyprien Tanguay. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie jusqu'à nos jours, Volume 3. Montreal: E. Senécal, 1887. Page 47. https://books.google.ca/books?id=FbQNAAAAQAAJ&dq=tanguay%20troisieme%20volume&hl=fr&pg=PA47#v=onepage&q&f=false.
• "No. 33 Francois Chovin 232.82 Acres". Plan of private claims in Michigan Territory, 1810. Aaron Greeley, Surveyor. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/012b9df0-aae0-0135-37b6-6b582a93c81a.
• François Chovin in US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, 24 April 1812. https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=MI3150__.037&docClass=STA&sid=1e4v33fk.eye#patentDetailsTabIndex=1.
• Francois Chovin in US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, 28 March 1914. https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=395546&docClass=SER&sid=sx5ec34w.kys#patentDetailsTabIndex=1.
• Francis Chovin in the 1820 United States Federal Census, Wayne, Michigan; NARA Roll: M33_56; Image: 44. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/610220:7734. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLP-XN9.
• Francois Chovin in the Michigan, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1784-1980, 1824. Probate Court (Wayne County); Probate Place: Wayne, Michigan. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/986907:8793.