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John Chance[1, 2]

Male Abt 1827 - 1904  (77 years)

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  • Name John Chance  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Birth Abt Mar 1827  Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Christening 25 Mar 1827  St. Mary's, Oldswinford, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Gender Male 
    _UID D72800DCE96844E1B91E35AC4142E42494D3 
    Death 3 Mar 1904  Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12
    Person ID I10103  broderick
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2014 

    Father Joseph Chance,   b. Abt Dec 1805, Oldswinford, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1850, Oldswinford, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Dimmock,   b. 1808, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1832, Oldswinford, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years) 
    Marriage 19 Mar 1826  St. Mary's, Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Family ID F3189  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Phillis Perry,   b. Dec 1827, Lye, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between Jul and Sep 1900, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 8 Nov 1846  St. Mary's, Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15
    Children 
     1. Sarah Jane Chance,   b. Abt 1852, Oldswinford, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Ann Maria Chance,   b. 30 Jul 1854, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1929, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     3. Mary Ann Chance,   b. 8 Jun 1856, Oldswinford, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1915, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     4. Johannah Chance,   b. Abt 1858, Oldswinford, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Margaret Louisa Chance,   b. Abt 1862, Oldswinford, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1951, Amblecote, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F3151  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Sep 2014 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 25 Mar 1827 - St. Mary's, Oldswinford, Worcestershire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 8 Nov 1846 - St. Mary's, Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S18] Ancestry.com, Family Trees on Ancestry.Com, (http://trees.ancestry.com), Ancestry Tree, owner: mchance160 (Reliability: 3).
      Citation Information

      Transcription of text
      BE IT KNOWN that John Chance of Brettell Lane Brierley Hill in the County of Stafford formerly of Amblecote Brierley Hill aforesaid
      who at the time of his death had a fixed place of abode at Brettell Lane aforesaid within the District of the County of Stafford]died on the 3rd day of March 1904 at Brettell Lane aforesaid
      AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN that at the date hereunder written the last will and Testament

      of the said deceased was proved and registered in the District probate Registry of His Majesty's High Court of Justice at Lichfield
      and that administration of all the estate which by law derives to and vests in the personal representative of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid Court to Sarah Jane Morgan (wife of Alexander Morgan) of Brettell Lane aforesaid and Margaret Louisa Simpkiss (wife of Thomas Simpkiss) of Collis Street Amblecote aforesaid the Daughters of the said deceased the Executrixes named in the said Will

      Dated the 31st day of March 1904.

      Gross value of Estate £435 . 2 . 6
      Net value of Personal Estate £207 . 12 . 6

      Extracted by Homfray & Co
      Solicitors
      Brierley Hill

      Detail

      Date
      17 NOV 2010

      Other information

      Web Address

      Source Information

      Source Title (view source details)
      Probate of John Chance 1904

      Source Repository (view repository details)
      First Avenue House

      Associated Facts/Events

      Death
      Probate

    2. [S18] Ancestry.com, Family Trees on Ancestry.Com, (http://trees.ancestry.com), Ancestry Tree, owner: mchance160 (Reliability: 3).
      Citation Information

      Transcription of text
      This is the last Will and Testament of me John Chance of Amblecote near Brierley Hill in the County of Stafford Miner.
      1. I direct the payment of all my just debts funeral and Testamentary expenses as soon as conveniently may be after my decease.
      2. As to my household furniture and effects I direct my said Executors hereinafter named to divide the same equally between themselves and such of my other children as may be living at the time of my decease
      3. I direct that as to my two Cottages at the Delph Brierley Hill held under the Earl of Dudley and occupied by Mrs Woodcock and another that my daughter Sarah Jane Morgan shall have the option of taking to the same for the sum of One hundred pounds if she shall so think fit and as to my two houses at Caledonia near Quarry Bank I direct that any one of my daughters (provided the rest are agreeable) shall be at liberty to purchase the same for the price of Two hundred pounds and in that case my said Executors shall convey such property to her but if my said daughters cannot agree then I direct my Executors to make sale and absolutely dispose of the said property in such a way as to them shall seem best.
      4. I give devise and bequeath unto my said Executors the proceeds to be derived from the sale of the properties aforesaid together with all other monies which I may be entitled to at the time of my death and after payment of all expenses attending the winding up of my affairs I direct that the residue shall go and be divided amongst my five daughters (namely) Sarah Jane Morgan Ann Maria Tilley Mary Ann Taylor Joanna Batchelor and Margaret Louisa Simpkiss share and share alike as tenants in common and not as joint tenants Provided that if any child of mine shall die in my lifetime then I direct that the share to which she would have been entitled shall go and be divided equally betwen her children (if any) but if there should be only one child then to such one child
      5. I appoint my daughters Sarah Jane Morgan of Brettell Lane Brierley Hill and Margaret Louisa Simpkiss of the Delph Brierley Hill Executrixes of this my Will and I direct that they shall instruct my solicitors Messieurs Homfray Holberton and Mellor of Brierley Hill to do all that is necessary in connection with the proving and carrying out of the Trusts of this my Will.
      6. I revoke all former Wills
      In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this Eighteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred

      The mark of
      X
      John Chance

      Wits: Rowland Moore Fanny Andrews
      Managing Clerk to Bouchall
      Mess Homfray & Co Stamber Mill
      Solrs. Brierley Hill Stourbridge

      On the thirty first day of March 1904 Probate of this Will was granted at Lichfield to Sarah Jane Morgan (Wife of Alexander Morgan) and Margaret Louisa Simpkiss (wife of Thomas Simpkiss) the Daughters the Executrixes

      Detail

      Date
      17 NOV 2010

      Other information

      Web Address

      Source Information

      Source Title (view source details)
      Will of John Chance 1904

      Source Repository (view repository details)
      First Avenue House

      Associated Facts/Events

      Will

    3. [S109] Census of England and Wales, 1841, Staffordshire, Old Swinford, Hamlet of Amblecote, District 12, p 10, img 6 (Reliability: 3).
      Name: John Chance
      Age: 14
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1827
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Staffordshire, England
      Civil Parish: Old Swinford
      Hundred: South Seisdon
      County/Island: Staffordshire
      Country: England
      Street address: Amblecote Bank
      Occupation: Miner
      Registration district: Stourbridge
      Sub-registration district: Stourbridge
      Piece: 1002
      Book: 12
      Folio: 44
      Page Number: 10
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Stephen Chance 60
      Sarah Chance 61
      Joseph Chance 35
      John Chance 14

    4. [S107] Census of England and Wales, 1851, Worcestershire, Lye, 2h, sht 424, img 3 (Reliability: 2).
      Name: John Chance
      Age: 24
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1827
      Relation: Head
      Spouse's Name: Phillis Chance
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England
      Civil Parish: Lye
      Ecclesiastical parish: Lye
      Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Maps:
      View related Ecclesiastical Parish
      County/Island: Worcestershire
      Country: England
      Street address: Near the Crops Lye
      Occupation: Coal Miner
      Condition as to marriage: Married
      Registration district: Stourbridge
      Sub-registration district: Stourbridge
      ED, institution, or vessel: 2h
      Neighbors: View others on page
      Household schedule number: 7
      Piece: 2035
      Folio: 424
      Page Number: 2

    5. [S106] Census of England and Wales, 1861, Staffordshire, Kingswinford, District 32, p 15, img 74, sch. 69 (Reliability: 3).
      Name: John Chance
      Age: 34
      Estimated Birth Year: 1827
      Relation: Head
      Spouse's Name: Philice Chance
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England
      Civil Parish: Kingswinford
      Ecclesiastical parish: Quarry Bank
      County/Island: Staffordshire
      Country: England
      Street address: (illeg.)
      Occupation: Coal Miner
      Condition as to marriage: Married
      Registration district: Stourbridge
      Sub-registration district: Kingswinford
      ED, institution, or vessel: 32
      Neighbors: View others on page
      Household schedule number: 69
      Piece: 2074
      Folio: 96
      Page Number: 15
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      John Chance 34
      Philice Chance 33
      Sarah J Chance 9
      Ann M Chance 6
      Mary A Chance 5
      Hannah Chance 3

    6. [S105] Census of England and Wales, 1871, Staffordshire, Kingswinford, District 40, p 17, img 18 (Reliability: 2).
      Name: John Chance
      Age: 44
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1827
      Relation: Head
      Spouse's Name: Philis Chance
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Old Swinford, Worcestershire, England
      Civil Parish: Kingswinford
      Ecclesiastical parish: Quarry Bank
      Town: Ravensitch
      County/Island: Staffordshire
      Country: England
      Registration district: Stourbridge
      Sub-registration district: Kingswinford
      ED, institution, or vessel: 40
      Household schedule number: 77
      Piece: 3029
      Folio: 142
      Page Number: 17
      Occ.: Clay Miner
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      John Chance 44
      Philis Chance 40
      Sarah Chance 19
      Ann Maria Chance 16
      Mary Ann Chance 14
      Johannah Chance 13
      Margaret Lousia Chance 9

    7. [S68] Census of England and Wales, 1881, Staffordshire, Kingswinford, Quarry Bank, District 40, p 17, img 18 (Reliability: 3).
      Name: John Chance
      Age: 50
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831
      Relationship to Head: Head
      Spouse: Philis Chance
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, England
      Civil Parish: Kingswinford
      County/Island: Staffordshire
      Country: England
      Street address: Ravenstich
      Marital Status: Married
      Employment status:
      Occupation: Charter Master
      Registration district: Stourbridge
      Sub-registration district: Kingswinford
      ED, institution, or vessel: 40
      Piece: 2895
      Folio: 129
      Page Number: 17
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      John Chance 50
      Philis Chance 49
      Thomas Simpkiss 22
      Margret Simpkiss 20

    8. [S104] Census of England and Wales, 1891, Staffordshire, Kingswinford, District 40, p 12, img 13 (Reliability: 3).
      Name: John Chance
      Age: 64
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1827
      Relation: Head
      Spouse's Name: Philis Chance
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Brierly Hill, Staffordshire, England
      Civil Parish: Kingswinford
      Ecclesiastical parish: Quarry Bank
      Town: Quarry Bank
      County/Island: Staffordshire
      Country: England
      Street address: Ravensitch
      Occupation: Coal Miner
      Condition as to marriage: Married
      Registration district: Stourbridge
      Sub-registration district: Kingswinford
      ED, institution, or vessel: 40
      Neighbors: View others on page
      Piece: 2310
      Folio: 9
      Page Number: 12
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      John Chance 64
      Philis Chance 64

    9. [S110] Census of England and Wales, 1901, Staffordshire, Quarry Bank, District 40, p 15, img 16, sched 88 (Reliability: 3).
      Name: John Chance
      Age: 73
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
      Relation to Head: Boarder
      Gender: Male
      Birth Place: Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, England
      Civil Parish: Quarry Bank
      Ecclesiastical parish: Quarry Bank
      Town: Amblecote
      County/Island: Staffordshire
      Country: England
      Street address: 10 Freehold Caledonia
      Occupation: Living on own means
      Condition as to marriage: widower
      Registration district: Stourbridge
      Sub-registration district: Kingswinford
      ED, institution, or vessel: 40
      Piece: 2761
      Folio: 139
      Page Number: 15
      Household schedule number: 88
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      James Skelding 43
      Mary Ann Skelding 67 (s.-mother)
      John Chance 73 (boarder)

    10. [S18] Ancestry.com, Family Trees on Ancestry.Com, (http://trees.ancestry.com), Ancestry Tree, owner: mchance160 (Reliability: 3).
      Citation Information

      Transcription of text
      25 March 1827 John son of Joseph & Mary Chance Hamlet miner

      Detail

      Date
      7 NOV 2010

      Other information

      Web Address

      Source Information

      Source Title (view source details)
      Old Swinford Parish Registers

      Source Repository (view repository details)
      Society of Genealogists

      Associated Facts/Events

      Baptism

    11. [S212] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915, (FreeBMD. England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.), See text. (Reliability: 2).
      Name: John Chance
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
      Registration Year: 1904
      Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
      Age at Death: 76
      Registration district: Stourbridge
      Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
      Inferred County: Worcestershire
      Volume: 6c
      Page: 127

    12. [S22] Ancestry.com, Miscellaneous on-line databases and image collections at Ancestry.com (see text), England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 1904, C, Ch, img 8 (Reliability: 2).
      Name: John Chance
      Probate Date: 31 Mar 1904
      Death Date: 3 Mar 1904
      Death Place: Staffordshire, England
      Registry: Lichfield

    13. [S18] Ancestry.com, Family Trees on Ancestry.Com, (http://trees.ancestry.com), Ancestry Tree, owner: mchance160 (Reliability: 3).
      Citation Information

      Transcription of text
      Joseph Chance & Mary Dimmock
      5 March 1826
      12 March
      19 March

      Detail

      Date
      20 NOV 2010

      Other information

      Web Address

      Source Information

      Source Title (view source details)
      Kingswinford Parish Registers

      Source Repository (view repository details)
      Society of Genealogists

      Associated Facts/Events

      Marriage Bann

    14. [S18] Ancestry.com, Family Trees on Ancestry.Com, (http://trees.ancestry.com), Ancestry tree, owner mchance160 (Reliability: 3).
      Citation Information

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      John Chance minor bachelor Bromley Lane, father Joseph Chance miner
      Phillis Perry minor spinster Bromley Lane, father Reuben Perry glass cutter
      Banns
      (he sign, she mark)
      Witness Joseph Gilbert, Mary Ann Gilbert (both mark)

      Detail

      Date
      7 NOV 2010

      Other information

      Web Address

      Source Information

      Source Title (view source details)
      Kingswinford Parish Registers

      Source Repository (view repository details)
      Society of Genealogists

      Associated Facts/Events

      Marriage

    15. [S439] England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973, (Original data: England, Marriages, 1538–1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.), See text (Reliability: 3).
      Name: John Chance
      Gender: Male
      Birth Place: of Bromley Lane
      Marriage Date: 8 Nov 1846
      Marriage Place: Kingswinford, Stafford, England
      Father: Joseph Chance
      Spouse: Phillis Perry
      FHL Film Number: 1040916