Elizabeth (Angevine) Coutant (1702 - aft. 1744)

Ancestors Descendants

Contents 1 Biography 2 Research Notes 3 Sources 3.1 Resources 4 Acknowledgements

Biography

Elizabeth was possibly born 5 Jan 1701/02 in New York (Manhattan), New York, the daughter of Zacharie Angevine and Marie Naudin.^[1]

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Elizabeth Angevine

Elizabeth Angevine was baptized in the French Protestant Church of New York on 18 Jan 1701/02, to parents Zacarie Angeuine and Marie Naudin, witnessed by André Naudin and Marie Chevallier.^[2] Her parents were French Huguenots who emigrated from France to New York and settled in New Rochelle, NY following their marriage.^[3]

Elizabeth married Jean Coutant II abt 1722, living in New Rochelle where they farmed and raised their family. Her husband was a lifelong servant within local governance, primarily as Constable of New Rochelle. Copious information is available regarding Jean in New Rochelle Town Records, but little is known of Elizabeth. In a research document on the Coutant family written by R.M. Dean(1987), and posted as an artifact on FamilySearch, author Morgan H. Seacord is quoted as follows:

"Zacharie Angevine's will, October 26, 1739, as by the original recording of it, makes provision for his daughter, Elizabeth Cottong, and son-in-law, John Cottong. This is a form of the name Coutant that was in common use here, even down into the nineteenth century." ^[4]

The last extrapolated record of a living Elizabeth is the birth of her son, Jacob Coutant, in 1744. She may have had two more sons, John(b.1747) and Zacharie(b.1748), but these are unsourced additions to the above referenced LDS FamilySearch tree and need verification.

Many researchers state her death year as 1749 based on a 1977 published Angevine genealogy, but no vital records or sources for this date are cited.^[5]

Although no gravesite has been identified for Elizabeth, she was probably buried near her husband in the Town Cemetery, now called the Old Huguenot Burying Grounds, located in New Rochelle. Graves from this site, most of them unmarked, were moved to Trinity Churchyard in the 1950s.^[6]No death record has ever been located for Elizabeth (Angevine) Coutant.

Additional Notes. A Findagrave memorial states she died in 1816 and was interred in the Coutant Cemetery in New Rochelle according to an unnamed family tree, but there is no sourcing to support these claims. This death date is unlikely, as Elizabeth would have been 114 yrs old. It appears Findagrave contributor(s) have confused Elizabeth with her dau., Elizabeth (Coutant) Gerow, resulting in conflation between mother and daughter.^[7]

Research Notes

A transcript of Zachariah Angevine's will can be found in Abstracts of wills on file in the surrogate's Office, City of New York (Volume III. 1730-1744). p283-84. cornell.edu. [5]. note: transcriber writes Cottong as Cottoney

Sources

1. ↑ per William Ramage ; per Darrell Woods
2. ↑ Wittmeyer, Alfred V., Rev., Registers of the Births, Marriages, and Deaths, of the Eglise Francoise de la Nouvelle York, from 1688 to 1804, New York, New York: Huguenot Society of America, 1886. Collections of the Huguenot Society of America, Vol. 1.
3. ↑ Parents' marriage record: Wittmeyer, page 9
4. ↑ Family Search: Sourced Tree [1] Artifact [2]
5. ↑ Angevine genealogy : descendants of Zachariah & Pierre Angevine, 1690 to 1976 in America. Clyde V. Angevine, compiler. Endwell NY: Angevine, 1977. print. hathitrust.org. index[3]
6. ↑ Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery [4]
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #193682662-Elisabeth Angevine (memorial only, no interment)

• Angevine genealogy : descendants of Zachariah & Pierre Angevine, 1690 to 1976 in America. Clyde V. Angevine, compiler. Endwell NY: Angevine, 1977. print. hathitrust.org. index[6]

• The Giraud-Gerow family in America : first four generations in America. Kenneth E. Hasbrouck, Gerow Family Assoc., compilers. NY: Huguenot Historical Society, 1981. print. [7]

• Wittmeyer, Alfred V., Rev., Registers of the Births, Marriages, and Deaths, of the Eglise Francoise de la Nouvelle York, from 1688 to 1804, New York, New York: Huguenot Society of America, 1886. Collections of the Huguenot Society of America, Vol. 1.

• Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery [8]

Resources

• Family Search: Sourced Tree [9] Artifact [10]

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193682662/elizabeth-coutant : accessed 9 May 2019), memorial page for Elizabeth Angevine Giraud (18 Jan 1702–Feb 1816), Find A Grave Memorial no. 193682662, citing Coutant Cemetery, New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Ray Isbell (contributor 47188697) . Note: This is a memorial only--no interment--and has conflated Elizabeth (Angevine) Coutant with her daughter Elizabeth (Coutant) Gerow/Giraud. It is provided as a research resource, but should not be considered a reliable source.

See also:

• Geni Tree: Elizabeth (Angevine) Coutant is erroneously conflated with her daughter, Elizabeth (Coutant) Gerow[11]
• MyHeritage: Tree Elizabeth Angevine

Acknowledgements

• Profile created by William Ramage, 2011, unknown sources.
• Profile created by Darrell Woods, Tuesday, September 2, 2014, unknown sources.
• Profile created by Scott Gerow, 2014, sourcing Giraud/Gerow Family in America print book.
• Profile created and sourced biography written by Kc, 2018. *Biography and vital record sourcing edited by Kc for continuity following profile merges on 09 Mar 2019.*Addt'l sources added by Kc16 May 2019.