Surname Chance Notes of Interest

Notes Of Interest

From County and Family Histories OH, 1780 - 1970

In the Coshocton section Benjamin and Joshua Chance are listed as Early Pioneers Of Coshocton County.

Carroll and Harrison Counties

MARKET QUOTATIONS

At various times in the history of Harrison County, the following market prices for produce and merchandise have obtained: At Adena, in Jefferson County, near here, one hundred years ago and a little more according to an old account book still preserved, the following prices were paid for certain commodities and labor.

These charges were made by Benjamin Chance: Fowls, $1.00 per dozen; one hog, 131 pounds at three and one-half cents, $4.50; six pounds salt, 25 cents; 18 pounds meat at two and one-half cents, 45 cents; two pounds butter, 8 cents; 113 head of cabbage, one cent each, $1.13; one peck of dried apples, 25 cents; one pound coffee, 50 cents; one quarter pound tea, 63 cents.

Another entry made in the same book dated February 15, 1810 reads: "Paid Hannah Humbertson for four weeks' spinning at fifty cents per week." "Jince Anseller was paid $2.50 for ten days' hoeing corn, and the 'old woman' was paid $1.00 for hoeing corn four days.

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April 1811 Grayson County, Virginia
A deed from Lewis Chance to Jacob Alderman was proven in court by three of the subscribing
witnesses and ordered to be recorded.

Septembert 1811
Ordered that Willoghby Blackard be appointed overseer to the road in place of John Chance removed and that he with the usual hands keep the same in repair accordingly.

October 1811
Ordered that the overseer of the poor bind Beedy Durnell a poor child in this county to Benjamin
Chance as the law directs.
For reasons appearing to the court, Benjamin Chance is exempted from paying court levy and poor tax in future.

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The 1812 Grayson County, Virginia Court Order Book
January Call Court, 1812
March 1812.
Eli Durnell, James Henson and Robert Bobbitt who was bound in a recognizance for their appearance at this court to answer a breach of the peace, appearance in discharge of the same, and further consideration thereof is deferred untill tomorrow.

The Grand Jury returned into Court and made presentments in the following words, to wit: "We present James Henson and Robert Bobbett of this county laborers for being accessory to an assault on the body of William Chance of this county ion the 27th of Feburary last, by information of William Chance and Thomas Chance who came voluntarily before us.

Also present John Bobbett of this county, laborer for committing an assault and battery on the body of Griffith Thomas labourer on the day of last January court by information of John Isom, Jr., two of our own body, farmers.

August 1812
Ordered that the overseers for the poor bind Beedy Durnell poor orphan in this county to Benjamin
Chance according to law.

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The 1813 Grayson County, Virginia Court Order Book
March 1813
A deed from Benjamin Chance to John Chance was acknowledged in Court by the said Benjamin and ordered to be recorded.

A deed from Benjamin Chance to William Chance was acknowledged in court by the said Benjamin
and ordered to be recorded.

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JERSEY COUNTY ATLAS 1872

EZEKIEL CHANCE was born in Wayne county, North Carolina, December 10, 1798. He is the
youngest of a family of twelve children of Benjamin and Rachael Chance, who were old settlers of
North Carolina. ** Mr. Chance was a soldier in the war of the revolution. He participated in many of the campaigns of that struggle. In 1804 he removed with his family to Grason county, Virginia. He died, at the advanced age of seventy-seven years, in 1817. His occupation was that of a farmer. His wife was born in 1750, and died at the residence of her son, Ezekiel, at the green old age of one hundred years, four months, and three days.

Mr. Ezekiel Chance was educated in the schools of Virginia. In 1816 he removed, with his father’s
family, to Wayne county, Kentucky, where he cleared up a farm. When not quite twenty-one years of age he was married to Mrs. Ruth Stewart, daughter of Peter and Orpha Edwards. By that union they had two boys and one girl, only one of whom is now living. In 1828 Mr. C. disposed of his property in Kentucky, and moved to Illinois, and in the fall of that year located in Madison county; remained there about one year, when he settled in the present limits of Jersey county. In 1831 he settled on the farm where he now resides. He was quite poor when he landed in this state. He is noted for his strict integrity and honorable dealing. He is now the owner of one of the most fertile and productive farms in the county. Mr. C. says he has always been an old line whig. When he votes he selects those he considers the best men, regardless of political views. Mrs. Chance died, at their residence in the fall of 1828. He was married, in December, 1831, to Miss Elizabeth Grimes, daughter of Philip and Polly Grimes. They have had two children. Henry Clay Chance, their son, resides near the old homestead, and Louis Chance, son by his first wife, resides in Montgomery county, Illinois, near Lichfield. Mr. Chance has always devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits and stock growing, and has done considerable to develop the resources of the township where he resides. As an old settler he is highly respected by a large circle of friends.

(Written with spellings and capitalization's as written in the article in the Atlas. The spelling for his son
Lewis was obviously misspelled in the article as Louis.)

** [DAR] Benjamin Chance was born 1753 Maryland, son of John, married a women named Rachel, died in or after 1816.
Records indicate that he served in the Revolutionary War militia of North Carolina.

Note: Wayne Co., KY Marriage Records : Jun 25, 1820, Ezekiah CHANCE & Prentha STEWART

Marriages

Indiana

Name	Spouse	Marriage Date	County, State
Chance, Abigail	Abbott, Lawson	09 Aug 1834	Bartholomew Co., IN
Chance, Benjamin	Myers, Mary Celinda	14 Nov 1843	Franklin Co., IN
Chance, Catherine	McCracken, Elias	31 Dec 1846	Wayne Co., IN
Chance, David	Stevens, Derry Jane	25 Jun 1844	Owen Co., IN
Chance, Eliza Jane	Brown, Joel	06 Jul 1843	Wayne Co., IN
Chance, Elizabeth	Knowles, David	12 Apr 1849	Dearborn Co., IN
Chance, Elizabeth	Turner, Nelson	26 Oct 1837	Wayne Co., IN
Chance, Esther	Nuckels, David	18 Aug 1819	Monroe Co., IN
Chance, Evans	?, Mary Jo	19 May 1817	Franklin Co., IN
Chance, Frances	Belangie, John	10 Feb 1841	Franklin Co., IN
Chance, Green	Landers, Nancy	08 Dec 1836	Owen Co., IN
Chance, Hiram	Thompson, Eliza Ann	27 Oct 1842	Dearborn Co., IN
Chance, Hiram	Thompson, Margaret	27 Oct 1842	Dearborn Co., IN
Chance, James J	Miller, Hannah	10 Apr 1845	Franklin Co., IN
Chance, Jane	Faurot, John H	25 Dec 1827	Franklin Co., IN
Chance, John	Knowls, Elizabeth	02 Mar 1842	Dearborn Co., IN
Chance, John	Smith, Nancy	25 Feb 1844	Franklin Co., IN
Chance, John	Faurot, Mary	01 Aug 1833	Franklin Co., IN
Chance, John	David, Mary	22 Oct 1846	Wayne Co., IN
Chance, Lu?	Debacen, Henry	20 Aug 1826	Franklin Co., IN
Chance, Lucetta	Allega, Hnery	06 Dec 1843	Dearborn Co., IN
Chance, Lucinda	Henderson, Martin H	03 Aug 1848	Dearborn Co., IN
Chance, Lucinda	Jones, Elisha	04 Nov 1832	Dearborn Co., IN
Chance, Margaret	Radar, Andrew Jackson	20 Jun 1850	Owen Co., IN

Chance, Mary	Stout, Elias	6 Jan 1848	Hamilton Co., IN
Chance, Mary	Hodgeson, William	01 Feb 1845	St. Joseph Co., IN
Chance, Mary Jane	Haeble, William	22 Dec 1850	Dearborn Co., IN
Chance, Mary Jane	Thompson, Edgar	12 Mar 1846	Dearborn Co., IN
Chance, Mary Jane	Stevens, Noah K	21 Jul 1846	Owen Co., IN
Chance, Nancy	Cox, Elijah	14 Jun 1832	Wayne Co., IN
Chance, Perry	Knowles, Mary Ann	21 Feb 1844	Dearborn Co., IN
Chance, Rebecca	Hancock, Albert A	07 Dec 1839	Owen Co., IN
Chance, Robert	Champeon, Ann Maria	03 Jan 1833	Dearborn Co., IN
Chance, Ruth	Faurot, Isaac	02 Jan 1834	Franklin Co., IN
Chance, Samuel	Cumiskey, Cecilia	07 Dec 1835	Dearborn Co., IN
Chance, Sarah	Bill, John	05 Jul 1827	Harrison Co., IN
Chance, Sarah	Stevens, Levi	09 Sep 1841	Owen Co., IN
Chance, Stephen	Hodgens, Elizabeth	11 Jun 1848	Grant Co., IN
Chance, Tabitha	Blunk, George	13 Aug 1837	Owen Co., IN
Chance, Telman	Hicks, Nancy	04 Oct 1819	Owen Co., IN
Chance, William	Dillard, Mary	21 Dec 1841	Franklin Co., IN
Chance, William	Gant, Anna	05 Mar 1812	Franklin Co., IN
Chance, William	Badger, Judah Ann	24 May 1846	Grant Co., IN
Chance, William	Potter, Jane	07 Oct 1838	Wayne Co., IN

Kentucky

Name	Spouse	Marriage Date	County, State
Chance, Betsy	Thomas, William	29 May 1800	Garrard Co., KY
Chance, Ebby	Pott, Wm	09 Sept 1806	Lincoln Co., KY
Chance, Elizabeth	Moore, James	08 Jun 1831	Lincoln Co., KY
Chance, Isaiah	Cogil, Martha	15 Nov 1811	Lincoln Co., KY
Chance, James	Noaks, Agness	05 Aug 1803	Lincoln Co., KY
Chance, John	Elmore, Alsey	11 Jan 1803	Lincoln Co., KY
Chance, John	Morgan, Anne	12 Dec 1812	Lincoln Co., KY
Chance, Katy	Potts, Samuel	07 Feb 1803	Lincoln Co., KY
Chance, Rachel	Collyer, Gabriel	16 Aug 1814	Lincoln Co., KY
Chance, William	Elmore, Mary	21 Feb 1831	Lincoln Co., KY
Chance, Elizabeth	Jones, Frederick	18 Dec 1828	Mercer Co., KY
Chance, Ezekiah	Stewart, Prentha	25 Jun 1820	Wayne Co., KY
Chance, Thomas	Scott, Edith	18 Jun 1818	Wayne Co., KY
Chance, William	Hancock, Milley	13 Jun 1817	Wayne Co., KY

Name	Spouse	Marriage Date	County, State
Chance, Joseph	Terry, Sally (widow)	17 Jan 1810	St. Clair Co., Illinois
Chance, Sarah	Shook, Samuel	17 Feb 1807	St. Clair Co., Illinois
Chance, Lyda Merle	Harrop, Horace W	12 Sept 1900	Warren Co., Illinois
Chance, Mary Elizabeth	Smalley, Wilson	11 Dec 1864	Warren Co., Illinois
Chance, Lucinda	Jone, Elisha	04 Nov 1832	Dearborn Co., Indiana
Chance, Robt	Champeon, Ann Maria	03, Jan 1833	Dearborn Co., Indiana

Date: April 22, 2001

Last updated: January 28, 2006

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