I also wish to let CHAUDOIN researchers know that I am creating a GEDCOM to upload to WorldConnect created from Family Group Sheets found in the estate records and from many who have shared lineages with me. I know this will take much time to create, so will probably upload things a little at a time, as I proceed. Just know that I am working on that part also. I have the last GEDCOM shared by Robert Righter before his death, but he left out birthdates which will be needed to set parameters for privacy on the uploaded GEDCOM for those born after 1920. I am using his file as the skeleton for adding other information to it. He indicated that his lineage in the book Chaudoins of Virginia contained errors, so I will present what he has shared for his line. With the holidays ahead, progress on this project will be slow, but I will continue work on sharing and uploading to the GEDCOM. If anyone has comments, corrections, etc. please feel free to contribute your information. Hopefully we can move forward with correct data as known at this time. Audrey

Austin M. Chaudoin b Abt. 1817 Green County, Kentucky d 23 February 1847 Buena Vista, Mexico "Whereas, I, Austin M. Chaudoin of Green County, Ky am entitled an individual interest in the estate of my Grandfather Andrew Chaudoin Dec'd in conjunction with my Brothers & Sisters, we being the children and heirs of David Chasudoin, who was a son of sd. Andrew Chaudoin, & whereas I am now on the eve of leaving this State for Texas in the Volunteer Company, raisedfor that purpose and may never return, & whereas I am desirous of securing the said undivided interest I own in said estate to my mother Sarah Chaudoin & giving to her full and complete control of any right and title & interest in said estate, I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my mother said Sarah Chaudoin my true and lawful attorney in fact for me & in my name to receive and receipt for or to sell and convey any & all of my said interest in and to the said estate ofmy Grandfather aforesaid of every description, both real and personal of whatever may be coming to or due me & I do hereby fully authorise the Administrators of sd. Andrew Chaudoin, Thomas & John Chaudoin to pay over to said Sarah all my interest in said estate, & I do hereby authorise said Sarah torecipt to said Administrators for all of my paid Interest in said estate, and to receive into her possession all of my said interest from said Administrators of every Kind or description & to Keep and control, to use and enjoy the same she may think fit in any and every way thought fit and proper & I do hereby furthermore declare that in the event of my never returning or in the event of my death, I do hereby and by these presents desire that my said mother shall have and enjoy as her own forever all my right, title, & undivided interest of every Kind and description in &to the estate aforesaid both real and personal. In testimony whereof I the said Isaac [sic] Chaudoin hath here set my hand & seal this 3rd June 1846. Austin M. Chaudoin (seal) Test: S. a. Spencer John C.Gum" "At a county court held for Green County at the Courthouse in Greensburg on the 19th Aprl. 1847. The foregoing instrument of writing purporting to be a power of atty transfer or will of Austin M. Chaudoin was produced in court & proven by the oaths of S. A. Spencer & John C. Gum the two sub_____ witnesses thereto have been signed sealed and ackl'd. by the said Chaudoin as his __ __ ___ deed or his last will and testament ______ was approved of by the court and ordered to be recorded where upon the same with this certificate hath beenduly admitted to record in my office this 14th May 1847. John Barret C.G.C. [Clerk of Green County] By A. J. Overton, J.C." [Source: Oct 2006, Document from Jeter Grimsley to R. S. Sanders and found in the CHAUDOIN research papers from the estate of R. S. Sanders] [The above document was transcribed to the best of my ability this 28th day of October 2006. A few words could not be recognized and at one point the original must have been folded making a word or two invisible. ASH]

Marriage Record Estate Records of R. S. Sanders (from Jeter Grimsley to R. S. Sanders) 1786 Buckingham County, Virginia Marriage Bond: Andrew Chaudoin--Mrs. Sarah Matthews, widow "Know all men by these presents that we Andrew Chaudoin and John Wheeler are held and firmly bound unto the Governor and Council of the Commonwealth of Virginia and their successors in the sum of fifty pounds current money, to which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves, our heirs [________] firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals and dated the 20th day of December 1786. Whenever a marriage is shortly intended to behad and solemnized between Andrew Chaudoin and Sarah Matthews (widow). Now the consideration of the above obligation is such that if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage then the above obligation to be void, else to remain in full force and value. s/ Andrew Chaudoin (seal) s/John Wheeler (seal) T/Copy Teste Rolfe Eldridge CBC [Clerk of Buckingham County]

DECLARATION of SERVICE Andrew Chaudoin Transcribed by Jeter Grimsley of Virginia (probably ca 1975) Found in the Estate Papers of R. S. Sanders 1832 August 22 STATE OF KENTUCKY, GREEN COUNTY (--) On the 22nd day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Green Circuit court for the county and state aforesaid Andrew Chadoin a resident of the county and state aforesaid, aged 71 years next November who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress of the 7th day of June 1832. That he was drafted for 18 months as soldier in the Continental army of the United States in Revolutionary War in Buckingham county, state of Virginia, which was the place of his residence at the time of his being drafted as above stated. the time of his being drafted was sometime in the year 1781, the month he cannot remember. he served in the company commanded first by Captain Love[ly] tho the officers of the company were changed frequently, sometimes he thinks the company was commanded by Capt. Crawford. the Regiment was commanded by Col. William Davis. He recollects [Von Stueben] was an officer in the army at the same time & was with the troops when they were stationed at Chesterfield Courthouse Virginia which was the place of Rendezvous. He served out 14 months of his time and procured a substitute of the name of John Pea[ce] [could it be Pearce...ash] to serve the remainder being four months as will appear by a discharge from Gen'l Muhlenberg dated 26 Septr 1782 which is marked so & made a part of this declaration. He served also two tours in the militia during the revolutionary war, the first for three months according to the best of his recollection & another for one month in the Virginia Militia. This service he is unable to prove by any [person] that he knows of except a brother who only knows that he went from his home [and that he served] as a soldier & return[ed] after being in the army some considerable time---while in the Militia he was in the Company commanded by Capt. [Homer] Harris, and the second tour he was in the company commanded by Captain James [Benny]--The Regiment he does not now remember who commanded--he does not remember that they had any colonel--the first tour was in service to Old Williamsburg & from there to Little York the second was guarding Hessian prisoners as the Albemarle Barracks--He hereby relinquishes ever claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity Except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state--Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. /S/ Andrew Chadoin Personally appeared in open Court in the Green circuit court [ holden] for Green County Kentucky on the 22nd day of August 1832 Francis Chadoin who being first duly sworn makes the following statement in relation to the military service of Andrew Chadoin in the above declaration, to wit, he states that he is a brother of the applicant and they both resided in the state of Virginia the said Andrew Chadoin resided in Powhatan county and the said Francis in Buckingham, that he states thate he has a perfect recollection that the said Andrew left home twice to serve in the militia to the best of his recollection the first time was three months, and the second one month He also states that after the periods of three and one month had expired--the applicant returned home--he states he has no recollection of the year that these services were performed, tho it was during the american revolution, it was always spoken of and understood that he had served a tour for eighteen months, or at least part of that tour--This conversation & report was common and believed amongst the acquaintance ofhis brother and no one ever doubted that he had served as he has stated -- He knows himself that his brother was from home for a year or more, as it was then & always since has been stated in the service of his country as a soldier of the revolution--He was not himself in the service with his brother but does not doubt his services as stated but upon the contrary, he served as stated. Subscribed and sworn to this day & date above named---the brother's place of residence when the 18 months service was performed was in Buckingham county Virginia but when he served the other tours he lived in Powhatan county, same state. /S/ Francis Chadoin Jeter Grimsleys indicates: 1. Although a discharge is mentioned, I did not find a copy with the declaration in the pension file. 2. The original declarations were in very dim, hard to read longhand. Some words were illegible. Words which I have underscored [bracketed above by ASH] represent my best efforts, but may not be accurate. 3. Spelling and punctuation are as in the original declarations and I have place in the typed lines the same number of words as was in the handwritten documents. 4. Andrew's statement was followed by what appears to be the testimony of an acquaintanceto his good reputation. the name was completely obliterated and the testimony so illegible that I could not salvage it, even with a magnifying glass. 5. The statement of Francis Chaudoin was started on the last page of the paper on which Andrew's statement was written.

Hello, All, As many of you know, I offered to pay for the mailing of a set of papers bought at an auction by Lisa Hardin of KY in October on RootsWeb's CHAUDOIN Message Board. These papers appear to be the collection of research and correspondence with R. S. Sanders, who is apparently desceased as of this writing. R. S. Sanders was an original member of our private CHAUDOINLINE Message Board back around 1990. If this is the case, we have lost three dedicated CHAUDOIN researchers who graciously shared their research with us...namely, Jeter Grimsley who corresponded with me before "Chaudoinline" Board and who it appears shared with others including R.S. Sanders; Robert Righter who originally corresponded as "Spatch" and had a website uploaded at one time; and now R. S. Sanders, if these papers are from his estate. I will be posting on the CHAUDOIN Discussion List information from the papers and items found within these estate records, so make sure that you are subscribed to the Discussion List if you wish to receive the information. To subscribe, send e-mail to: [email protected] and in Subject and Body of Message, write only the word...subscribe . If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. [email protected] If you are subscribed to the Discussion List, you will receive this via a gateway link from the Message Board to the Discussion List. I will be posting this note to both places today. Audrey

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CHAUDOIN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jUI.2ACEB/199 Message Board Post: Hello, All, As many of you know, I offered to pay for the mailing of a set of papers bought at an auction by Lisa Hardin of KY in October on RootsWeb's CHAUDOIN Message Board. These papers appear to be the collection of research and correspondence with R. S. Sanders, who is apparently desceased as of this writing. R. S. Sanders was an original member of our private CHAUDOINLINE Message Board back around 1990. If this is the case, we have lost three dedicated CHAUDOIN researchers who graciously shared their research with us...namely, Jeter Grimsley who corresponded with me before "Chaudoinline" Board and who it appears shared with others including R.S. Sanders; Robert Righter who originally corresponded as "Spatch" and had a website uploaded at one time; and now R. S. Sanders, if these papers are from his estate. I will be posting on the CHAUDOIN Discussion List information from the papers and items found within these estate records, so make sure that you are subscribed to the Discussion List if you wish to receive the information. To subscribe, send e-mail to: [email protected] and in Subject and Body of Message, write only the word...subscribe . If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. [email protected] If you are subscribed to the Discussion List, you will receive this via a gateway link from the Message Board to the Discussion List. I will be posting this note to both places today. Audrey

I have an Eliza Chaudoin married George W. Fields in 1834 in Green County, Kentucky. I have not been able to connect her to the family. There is a legal document where Eliza Field infant orphan chose Andrew Chaudoin as her legal guardian. She would have been 5 at the time if it is my Eliza. I would love to make a connection. Thanks, Martha

if anyone has chaudoin's kentucky could you please repeat them, I would appreciate it. I have been out of genelogy and would like to re-start. (Any John Chaudoin's 1700's-1800's?) married in to Skaggs family eventually. Thanks, Janice

I think Audrey Hancock did. Jeni

Did anyone ever buy the Chaudoin Kentucky notes at the auction? Janice

Would anyone have information on Eliza Chaudoin? She married George Washington Fields in Green County, Kentucky on December 16, 1834. I have never been able to make a connection other then the possibility that she was really the Eliza Field infant orphan of Wm. Field who chose Andrew Chaudoin as her guardian. She was born in 1816 and the guardianship was dated January 1821. How was she connected to Andrew Chaudoin? Robert S. Thompson was his security and executed the bond for $200.00. Thanks, Martha

I will pay the postage, if no one else has beaten me to it. Give me your name and address. Thanks, Sheila Sheila M. Chaudoin Acting Director Musser Public Library 304 Iowa Avenue Muscatine, IA 52761 [email protected] ________________________________ From: [email protected] on behalf of [email protected] Sent: Sat 10/14/2006 6:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [CHAUDOIN] Chaudoin KENTUCKY This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Chaudoin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jUI.2ACEB/96 Message Board Post: I have a TON of research that someone spent years gathering - not of my lineage at all (obtained in box lot at auction) Free to whoever pays the postage, guessing not more than 10 dollars if sent via book rate - there are TONS of notes, tons of copies of wills, deeds, DAR papers, war applications, national archives, stuff. etc. Andrew Chaudoin will 1855 Green County, DAR application Alice Chaudoin Selbie from 1905, MA Chaudoin obit 1832, Eliz Chaudoin obit 1847 just to get you started and so, so much more. Lots of handwritten notes, charts, family records. You will be looking at the stuff for weeks, I guarantee it! It weighs 7 pounds. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jUI.2ACEB/96.1 Message Board Post: The stuff is going to Audrey Hancock - thanks for all the emails - woo wee! Lot more Chaudoins than I thought!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Chaudoin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jUI.2ACEB/96 Message Board Post: I have a TON of research that someone spent years gathering - not of my lineage at all (obtained in box lot at auction) Free to whoever pays the postage, guessing not more than 10 dollars if sent via book rate - there are TONS of notes, tons of copies of wills, deeds, DAR papers, war applications, national archives, stuff. etc. Andrew Chaudoin will 1855 Green County, DAR application Alice Chaudoin Selbie from 1905, MA Chaudoin obit 1832, Eliz Chaudoin obit 1847 just to get you started and so, so much more. Lots of handwritten notes, charts, family records. You will be looking at the stuff for weeks, I guarantee it! It weighs 7 pounds.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CHAUDOIN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jUI.2ACEB/95.1 Message Board Post: Sorry...do not find him in my CHAUDOIN data file. Is there anymore that you can tell us about the family? Names and dates of his children,etc. One never knows what other information or tidbits may help others recognize this family. Did the children remain in Mexico? Audrey

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jUI.2ACEB/95 Message Board Post: I know that Henry was born in 1874 in Louisville. He married Nellie Meyers. After his wife died he couldn't handle the kids so he took them to Mexico and dropped them off at a Mormon settlement. After that he was never seen again. Does anyone know anything about Henry?

RootsWeb has implemented a new mail system and server. For now, all you all need to remember is to remove the L from the list address when you place a query. OLD - Example: [email protected] NEW - Example: [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Chaudoin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jUI.2ACEB/94 Message Board Post: CHAUDOIN http://www.geneanet.org/onomastique/ The name originated in the Rhone delta, where it is existed as of the 15th century. Perhaps the Germanic name Waldwin, become Galduin, which could be transformed locally into Calduin then Chaudoin (see Gaudoin). Other websites for searching: http://www.geopatronyme.com/ http://www.genealogy.tm.fr/acte.htm

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brennan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jUI.2ACEB/92.1 Message Board Post: I think I can help in your search....My name is Lori Crews, maiden name Brennan. My father is Johnny Brennan. My aunt Clara lives in Caldwell, TX. My grandmother and grandfathers names where John and Victoria Brennan. Email me and I can tell you more. Lori Crews Brennan