Benjamin CHANCE II
Born: aft 1772 <Chester Co., PA>
Died: Bet 1820-1830 <Harrison Co., Ohio>
Son of Benjamin CHANCE I & Jane HOWARD
Married: #1 Rachel RABB
Married: #2
Children:
Benjamin CHANCE III b. bet 1794-1800 <VA-OH>
Male Chance b. bet. 1804-1810
Male Chance b. bet. 1804-1810
Female Chance b. bet. 1804-1810
Male Chance b. bet. 1810-1820
Female Chance b. bet. 1810-1820
Female Chance b. bet. 1810-1820
Female Chance b. bet. 1810-1820
Benjamin CHANCE III, Benjamin II, Benjamin I
Born Bet. 1794-1800 <VA-OH>
Died: Bet 1830-1840 <Coshocton Co., Ohio>
Son of Benjamin CHANCE II & Rachel RABB
Married #1 March 19, 1820 Harrison Co., Ohio Sarah FAILING
Married #2 Widow CALDER - (Mary McGowan Calder)
1. Male Chance age 5-10 b. bet. 1820-1825
2. Female Chance age 5-10 b. bet. 1820-1825
3. Male Chance age under 5 b. bet. 1825-1830 - Perry Chance b. Sept. 17, 1827 Harrison Co., Ohio
4. Female Chance age under 5 b. bet. 1825-1830
Sometime before Nov. 1832 married Mary McGowan Calder - unknown children born after 1832 ...
* Effie CHANCE WISE - date of birth Unknown
Effie LONG WISE mother is listed as Margaret Chance could this be Mary Margaret McGOWAN CALDER CHANCE that married a LONG after Benjamin III died.
We have a photo of Effie CHANCE WISE that states she is Perry Chance's sister. I truly believe this is one and the same Effie CHANCE/LONG WISE
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1820 Harrison Co., Ohio Census -
Short Creek Twp. page 32, line 2, 1 person in manufacture
Benjamin Chance *Sr. - 16 to 26
b. bet 1794-1804
Female - 16 to 26
b. bet 1794-1804
Female - 45 and older
b. bef 1775
Short Creek Twp. page 32, line 6, 1 person in agriculture
Benjamin Chance Jr. - 45 and older b. Bef. 1775
Female Chance - 26 to 45
b. bet. 1775-1794
Male Chance - 10 to 16
b. bet. 1804-1810
Male Chance - 10 to 16
b. bet. 1804-1810
Female Chance - 10 to 16
b. bet. 1804-1810
Male Chance - 0 to 10
b. bet. 1810-1820
Female Chance - 0 to 10
b. bet. 1810-1820
Female Chance - 0 to 10
b. bet. 1810-1820
Female Chance - 0 to 10
b. bet. 1810-1820
Short Creek Twp. page 32, line 9
Benjamin Chance - 45 and older
b. Bef. 1775
Female - 45 and older
b. bef 1775
Note: * Benjamin Sr (I) and Benjamin III - ages would indicate Benjamin Sr. and Benjamin III have been reversed in 1820 census
County and Family Histories OH, 1780 - 1970
In the Coshocton section Benjamin (III) and Joshua Chance
are listed as Early Pioneers Of Coshocton County.
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1830 Caldersburgh Twp. Coshocton Co., Ohio
Benjamin Chance age 30-40
b. bet. 1790-1800?
Female age 20-30
b. bet. 1800-1810
Female age 10-15
b. bet. 1815-1820 (?sibling - listed in 1820 census?)
Female age 10-15
b. bet. 1815-1820 (?sibling - listed in 1820 census?)
Male age 5-10
b. bet. 1820-1825
Female age 5-10
b. bet. 1820-1825
Male age under 5
b. bet. 1825-1830 - Perry Chance b. Sept. 17, 1827
Female age under 5
b. bet. 1825-1830
Effie Chance's date of birth is unknown
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Oxford Twp. Coshocton 1830
Joshua Chance age 30-40 b. bet. 1780-1790
Female age 30-40 b. bet. 1790-1800
Female age 10-15 b. bet. 1810-1815
Female age 10-15 b. bet. 1815-1820
Male age 5-10 b. bet. 1820-1825
Female age 5-10 b. bet. 1820-1825
Male age under 5 b. bet. 1825-1830
Male age under 5 b. bet. 1825-1830
Female age under 5 b. bet. 1825-1830
Female age under 5 b. bet. 1825-1830
Unproven - Joshua maybe the son of Benjamin II & Rachel (Rabb) Chance
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Gateway to the West, Vol. 1, - Ruth Bowers and Anita Short
3-31-1830 - Benjamin Chance granted license to keep tavern in Caldersburg.
(Ohio)
3-23-1831 - Benj. Chance granted license to keep tavern in Jackson Twp.
Oct. 1832 - Alexander McGOWAN adms of James CALDER, dec's vs. Sophronia CALDER.
Petition to make deed. Filed 5-3-1832 land, Lot #16 in Caldersburg (now Roscoe) contracted
by John Darnes by CALDER. Widow (not named) now the wife of Benjamin
CHANCE.(III) Heirs: Sophronia, Emily and James CALDER; minors, Alexander McGOWAN guardian.
Ohio Marriage Records Recorded in County Court - Through 1820
James CALDER m. Mary McGOWAN, Oct 5, 1817 Coshocton Co., Ohio
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LDS
Baptisms for the dead, 1857-1876; heir index, 1855-1876
Mary CHANCE
relatives: Susanna BAIRD Film Number: 1149520 Page Number: 403 Reference Number: 19282
Elizabeth CHANCE
relatives: Susanna BAIRD Film Number: 1149520 Page Number: 403 Reference Number: 19283
Eliza HUNDEY WOOD Film Number: 1149518 Page Number: - Reference Number: 1149
1830 Census Ohio, Coshocton Co., Tuscarawas Twp., page 31,
Ann BAIRD age 30-40 b.1790-1800
1830 Census Ohio, Coshocton Co., Caldersburgh Twp., page 31,
Benjamin CHANCE III age 30-40 b. bet 1790-1800.
Date October 1, 2000
Last updated: May 16, 2008
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