David (Zavering) Sovereen (abt. 1757 - 1845)

Born about 1757 in Schooleys Mountain, Morris, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 1845 at about age 88 in Townsend, Norfolk, Canada West

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David (Zavering) Sovereen has German Roots.

Biography

Cited as the father of convicted mass murderer Henry Sovereen in Dictionary of Canadian Biography. The article incorrectly names Ann (Nancy) Culver as David's wife and the mother of Henry.^[1] She was actually the wife of David's brother Philip. David's wife was Anna Rarick.

When David Sovereign was born in 1757 in Schooleys Mountain, New Jersey, his father, Frederick, was 43 and his mother, Ann, was 32. He married Anne Nancy Rarick in 1781 in his hometown. They had 11 children in 23 years. He died in 1845 in Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, having lived a long life of 88 years.

Military Service

Name: David Sovereign

Event Date: 1812-1815

Event Place: United States

Affiliate Film Number: 195

Affiliate Publication Number: M602

Affiliate Publication Title: Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer :Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812.

Digital Folder Number: 004869556

Microfilm Number: 000882713

Image Number: 02106

Tax Information

Name: David Soveren State: NJ County: Morris County Township: Roxbury Year: 1793 Record Type: June Tax List Database: NJ Tax Lists Index 1772-1822^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Daniel J. Brock, “SOVEREENE, HENRY,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 6, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed August 15, 2016, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/sovereene_henry_6E.html.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Jersey, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. New Jersey Census, 1643-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes

• https://sites.google.com/site/longpointsettlers/pioneer-sketches/owen-chapter-96?authuser=0
• United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-Y9RH : 8 March 2021), David Sovereign, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 195; FHL microfilm 882,713.

Acknowledgements

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