Marriage date: 25 Sep 1818
Marriage place: Morris Co, NJ

Wife: Mercy SUTTON
Birthdate: 28 Feb 1800
Birthplace: Morris(or Sussex) Co, NJ
Death date: 3 Feb 1853
Place of death: Rutland, Dane Co, WI
Father: ?
Mother: ?

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Margaret (CHAMPENOIS) SHAMPANORE
Sex: F
Birthdate: 6 Oct 1819
Birthplace: Independence, Orange, NJ
Death date: ?
Place of death: ?
Marriage date: ?
Marriage place: ?
Spouse's name: George G. BARBER

Child No. 2: Mary (CHAMPENOIS) SHAMPANORE
Sex: F
Birthdate: 10 Nov 1821
Birthplace: New Jersey
Death date: 1908
Place of death: ?
Marriage date: 20 Mar 1841
Marriage place: Warren Co, NJ
Spouse's name: Almon BELL

Child No. 3: Samuel (CHAMPENOIS) SHAMPANORE
Sex: M
Birthdate: 4 Nov 1823
Birthplace: New Jersey
Death date: 8 Aug 1863
Place of death: Mound City, Pulaski,IL
Marriage date: ?
Marriage place: ?
Spouse's name: ?

Child No. 4: Andrew Jackson (CHAMPENOIS) SHAMPANORE
Sex: M
Birthdate: 10 May 1825
Birthplace: Ossining, Westchester, NY
Death date: 8 Jan 1889
Place of death: Washington, Warren, NJ
Marriage date: 26 Dec 1847
Marriage place: Flemington, Hunterdon, NJ
Spouse's name: Sarah WEBSTER

Child No. 5: Thomas Stewart (CHAMPENOIS) SHAMPANORE
Sex: M
Birthdate: 21 Mar 1828
Birthplace: Independence, Orange, NJ
Death date: 20 Nov 1902
Place of death: Oregon, Dane, WI
Marriage date: ?
Marriage place: ?
Spouse's name: Mary Jane HANAN(HANSON?)

Child No. 6: Elizabeth (CHAMPENOIS) SHAMPANORE
Sex: F
Birthdate: 10 Jan 1830
Birthplace: Warren Co, NJ
Death date: 4 Dec 1889
Place of death: Belleville, Dane, WI
Marriage date: 27 Jan 1848
Marriage place: Blairstown, Warren, NJ
Spouse's name: James H. BEST

Child No. 7: Adeline (CHAMPENOIS) SHAMPANORE
Sex: F
Birthdate: 20 Feb 1832
Birthplace: New Jersey
Death date: ?
Place of death: ?
Marriage date: ?
Marriage place: ?
Spouse's name: ?

Child No. 8: William CHAMPENOIS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 10 Jan 1834
Birthplace: New Jersey
Death date: Before 1849
Place of death: Jew Jersey
Marriage date: N/A
Marriage place: N/A
Spouse's name: N/A

Child No. 9: Peter CHAMPENOIS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 5 June 1835
Birthplace: New Jersey
Death date: Before 1849
Place of death: New Jersey
Marriage date: N/A
Marriage place: N/A
Spouse's name: N/A

Child No. 10: Silas C. (CHAMPENOIS) SHAMPANORE
Sex: M
Birthdate: 21 Nov 1836
Birthplace: New Jersey
Death date: 5 May 1904
Place of death: Oregon, Dane, WI
Marriage date: ?
Marriage place: ?
Spouse's name: Electra A. KING

Child No. 11: George B. (CHAMPENOIS) SHAMPANORE
Sex: M
Birthdate: 17 Jan 1840
Birthplace: New Jersey
Death date: 26 Oct 1913
Place of death: Dane Co, WI
Marriage date: ?
Marriage place: ?
Spouse's name: ?

Child No. 12: Emaline CHAMPENOIS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 20 Dec 1843
Birthplace: Independence, Warren, NJ
Death date: ?
Place of death: Dane Co, WI
Marriage date: ?
Marriage place: ?
Spouse's name: ?
 

Documentation:
* ALL children in this family were born with the name CHAMPENOIS. By 1850, Thomas (father) and Andrew Jackson (son) had changed the spelling to SHAMPANORE. The new spelling was used by all.
* Peter and William had died before 1849. In 1849, Mercy, her daughter Elizabeth, her husband, James BEST and most of the children moved to Dane Co, WI.
* Thomas and their son, Andrew remained in New Jersey.
* There are many variations of the spelling of this name in existence. And all are descended from the first known emigrant, Daniel CHAMPENOIS of Niort, France in the early 1700's.

Sources:
* Elizabeth Virginia (Andrew's granddaughter) kept daily journals.
* LDS Family History Library film and U.S. census.
* A lot of information from a book compiled by a descendant of Elizabeth CHAMPENOIS-BEST, Leland FRANCOIS and his sister, Lois.