This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CHAUDOIN, HUTCHINS,SUBLETT, GUPTON, TAYLOR, WILLIAMS, SHUFFETT, DOBSON, WRIGHT, STEWART, HOOPER, RIBLEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jUI.2ACEB/45.1.1 Message Board Post: I don't know if anyone has any permanent records that states who Benjamin's parents were. There has been a concensus that Benjamin was s/o Francis Chaudoin, Jr. and his wife, Mrs. Judith (???) Hutchings-Chaudoin. His middle name is thought to have been Samuel. Looking at what I have gathered together on Benjamin with input from many seasoned researchers, I have this: Marriage bond was posted 28 Feb 1818 with bondsmen: Benjamin CHAUDOIN & Joseph B. SUBLETT and with Phebe GUPTON giving her consent on 26 Feb 1818. They were married on 1 Mar 1818 with witness being William WRIGHT. Lived 1850 Green Co., KY. Benjamin CHAUDOIN, farmer, age 56y, lived Green Co., KY in 1850 Census at #131 and real estate valued at $487.00. Living next door in 1850 at #132 was his son, Reuben, and Reuben's wife, Matilda. In 1860 Census Green Co., KY Benjamin, age 66y, was enumerated at #425 as farmer worth $680 in real estate and $300 in personal property. Also, living with the family in 1860 was Miskel TAYLOR, male farmhand, 18y, b KY; Elizabeth WILLIAMS, 17y, b KY; & Mary J. DOBSON, 22y, b KY. Living next door to them at #426 in 1860 was Asbury & Phoebe (CHAUDOIN) SUFFETT. In 1860 they lived close to the Metcalf Co., KY line. Died 8 May 1869. Buried "Kidwell Cemetery"/Chaudoin Cemetery on farm later owned by Arthur CHAUDOIN on Pierce-Donansburg Rd., Green Co., KY. Now, we have listed this for Reuben Chaudoin, s/o Francis Chaudoin and Sarah Weaver, who you indicate is the father of Reuben according to the reference. Reuben Chaudoin b ca 1756; m 1785 to Elizabeth Stewart, but first child being born is listed as Lewellen/Lewellyn J. CHAUDOIN b 1807 leaving a gap of 22 years from marriage to birth of first known child, if the the info is correct. Certainly there would have been other children before 1807, and Benjamin S. Chaudoin could fit into this family as Benjamin Stewart Chaudoin. Then we have Reuben b ca 1756 marrying 1841 to Matilda Hooper. We have nothing on a marriage to Elizabeth Ribley. With a s/o Benjamin named Reuben there is a possibility that Reuben was named for his paternal grandfather or for an uncle. This certainly raises some questions as to the true parentage of Benjamin S. Chaudoin. Does anyone else have information and documentation that states who his parents were? Does Ancestry.com list the name & e-mail of the person giving this information as such. Would appreciate any additional insight as Benjamin is my hubby's ancestor. Audrey