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John Chance 1759 – 1838 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 Nov 1759

Birth Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Death Date: 21 Oct 1838

Death Location: Catawba, Clark, Ohio, USA

Father: Jeremiah Chance

Mother: Wealthy Meadows

Spouse(s): Martha Watkins

Children(s): Samuel Chance

John Chance was born in 1759 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, the child of Jeremiah Chance and Wealthy Ann Meadows. John Chance married Martha Watkins, and had children including Samuel F. Chance. John Chance passed away in 1838 in Catawba, Clark, Ohio, USA.

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Biography

  • John Chance was born in 1759 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, the child of Jeremiah Chance and Wealthy Ann Meadows.
  • John Chance married Martha Watkins, and had children including Samuel F. Chance.
  • John Chance passed away in 1838 in Catawba, Clark, Ohio, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jeremiah Chance
1715 – 1790
Birth Location: Tingrith, Bedfordshire, England
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Wealthy Meadows
1725 – 1760
Birth Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Spouses(s)

Martha Watkins
1761 – 1825
Birth Location: Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, British America
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Children(s)

Samuel Chance
1784 – 1838
Birth Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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John Chance's Ancestors

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John Chance
1759 – 1838
Birth Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Parents
Jeremiah Chance
1715 – 1790
Tingrith, Bedfordshire, England
Wealthy (Ann) Meadows
1725 – 1760
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Chance's Descendants

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John Chance (6 Nov 1759 – 21 Oct 1838) m. Martha Watkins (1761 – 1825)
  1. 1. Samuel (F.) Chance (Jan 1784 – 21 Oct 1838) m. Mary (R Wilson) Smallwood (1789 – 1 Mar 1870)
    1. 1. Elizabeth Chance (21 March 1810 – 17 November 1875) m. John Wingfield (11 Mar 1808 – 16 Aug 1844)
      1. 1. Sarah (J.) Wingfield (22 Aug 1842 – 2 May 1902) m. Elias (Eli) Orahood (2 May 1838 – 23 Sep 1892)
        1. 1. Alex (H) Orahood (1868 – 1942)
        2. 2. Frank (W) Orahood (1870 – 22 December 1930)
        3. 3. Addie (Bell) Orahood (26 Jan 1873 – 17 Dec 1946) m. Wesley (Heaston) Hines (01 Jul 1873 – 09 Mar 1944)
        4. 4. George (W.) Orahood (3 May 1875 – 12 May 1946)
        5. 5. Lenna Slotterbeck (13 January 1878 – 2 May 1933)
        6. 6. Elizabeth (May) Watts (20 May 1880 – 11 December 1948)
        7. 7. Infant (Son) Orahood (23 December 1882 – 16 January 1883)
        8. 8. Ettie Wormley (Feb 1883 – )
        9. 9. Charles (Asa) Orahood (25 September 1888 – 27 December 1921)
        10. 10. Orahood ( – 22 September 1899)

John Chance's Timeline

2 Records

1759
6 Nov 1759
Birth of John Chance in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1838
21 Oct 1838
Age 79
Death of John Chance in Catawba, Clark, Ohio, USA
Catawba, Clark, Ohio, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Nov 1759
    Event Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Oct 1838
    Event Place: Catawba, Clark, Ohio, USA
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