Abigail (King) Chovin (abt. 1792)

Born about 1792 in New York, United States [uncertain]

Wife of Francois (Chauvin) Chovin — married about 1812 in Michigan, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Biography

Abigail King may have been born about 1792 in New York, USA.

Abigail married Francois Chovin and they lived in Detroit. 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.

Research Notes

The quest for Abigail King's roots.

Abigail and Francois' son Charles

No birth/baptism record; he appears in Francois' probate records. He seems to have moved to Illinois.

A death certificate for Charles Chovin has not been found, only his Find a Grave memorial.

1880 census: Birth Date: Abt 1824, Birthplace: Michigan. In Saint Charles, Kane, Illinois.

Living with his family are his aunt and uncle Narcissa [King] Cooley (80) and Nathaniel King (73). Birthplace for both is New York.

Nathaniel/Nat is also in the 1870 and 1875 census with Narcissa [King] Cooley and family in Brooklyn, Kings, New York.

Death certificate for Nathaniel King: 20 Feb 1894, St Charles, Kane, Illinois.

Place where born: State of New York. When born: Aug 8, 1806

Father: John King, Mother: Elizabeth Tuttle

Elizabeth King

1850 census: Age 85 (Birth Date 1765) in New Windsor, Orange, New York. With Narcissa [King] Cooley and family (includes son Tuthill Cooley).

1855 census • Age 90 (Birth Date 1765) in New Windsor, Orange, New York. With Narcissa [King] Cooly sons Tuttle Cooly and William Cooly.

Meanwhile back in Michigan, Abigail King's son and grandson, both Francis Chovin, have the middle name Tuthill. This does not show up on records, although records do say Francis T Chovin for the grandson. "Descendants of William Ames of Braintree, Massachusetts" by Ann Theopold Chaplin. Boston, Mass. : Newbury Street Press, 2004. (A letter dated October 12, 1856 in the possession of Azel Ames, is the source for the full name of Francis Tuthill Chovin the elder.

Sources

• Abigail King 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.
• Abigail King [mother], Jean Baptiste Chauvin in the U.S., French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1695-1954, 1814. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/30355:1111.
• Elizabeth King [mother], Elizabeth Chovin in the U.S., French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1695-1954. Détroit, Ste-Anne 1801-1842, 1820. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/30934:1111.
• Abigail Chovin, administratrix. Francois Chovin in the Michigan, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1784-1980. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8793/images/005565233_00433.