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Robbie Stealey Miles 1536 SW Mockingbird Circle Port St. Lucie, FL 34986 United States 561-343-9532 rob.miles@internetmci.com |
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| This site is dedicated to the Balderson, Bryan, Cheuvront, Stealey, and Welch families found in West Virginia and eastern Ohio. I am currently researching information on Rev. Joseph Cheuvront b. 1757 in France d. 1832 Harrison Co., WV. I am descended from his son, Aaron, b. 1782, his grandson, Isaac, b.~1803, and his greatgrandson, Martin, b. 1846. I am looking for vital information on Aaron, Isaac and Martin, especially marriage dates and interment sites. I will be updating this site as my search progresses. Joseph Cheuvront was born in the city of Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France on February 2, 1757 to Francois Cheuvront and Nicole Febure. Joseph was their second son. Family history states that the Cheuvront family was French nobility. Joseph was christened either in the Cathedral Church of Argentine or St. Laurent Cathedral, family accounts differ on this. He was raised in the city of Nantes and there received his education. At the age of 15, Joseph went to England and remained there for the next three years. In late 1773 he arrived in Fredericksburg, Virginia on the ship "Virginia". The ship sailed from London in mid-December. The passage for Joseph was paid for by Moses Elsworth, a gentleman who will figure largely in Joseph's life in the years to come. Joseph states that he was converted to God the following year after arriving in America and spent the next 53 years of his life active in the Methodist Church. One family history states that he was licensed in 1776 by John's Street Church, New York. Another states that he was ordained in to the Methodist ministry at the Conference meeting in Uniontown, PA in 1790. It is believed that the Moses Elsworth family wished to start a Methodist Society and offered to sponsor Reverend Cheuvront if he would join their group on the frontier of Virginia. However the two met Joseph would marry Elizabeth Elsworth (b. March 20, 1759), the daughter of Moses Elsworth and Anna Maria Elizabeth Henkle around January of 1777. Two daughters, Mary Elizabeth and Catherine would soon follow in 1777 and 1779, respectively. Rev. Joseph appears to have been an eighteen-month man who enlisted about April 1780 in the Continental Army. He served as a private in the Virginia lines. He was present at the siege and surrender of Yorktown in October 1781. His descendants have been recognized for membership in the DAR and SAR based on this service of Rev. Joseph Cheuvront. Rev. Joseph returned to his family and his son, Aaron, was born in early 1782. My family is descended from this son, Aaron. Eight more children would follow for Joseph and Elizabeth. After Elizabeth's death, Rev. Joseph remarried. On January 26, 1802 at Painesville, Ohio his second marriage occurred to Sarah Bollen. Joseph and Sarah would have 4 children and continue their lives at Good Hope, Harrison County. On November 24, 1853 Sarah made a widow’s application to receive a pension for Joseph’s service in the Revolutionary War. This application was denied, however the reasons are currently unknown even though family history states that Rev. Joseph received an honorable discharge. Rev. Joseph would officiate at the marriages of his two sons, Gideon and Amos. He would also conduct the wedding ceremony for his grandson Isaac (to whom I am related) and Catherine Childers in 1830. Please contact me for more information. Happy Hunting |
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