Ring Family History

 (last update 29 May 2003)

Third Generation

( ELIZABETH² ALLEN, WILLIAM¹)

Children of Elizabeth Allen and Eli Chance

1. JAMES B. CHANCE [13973] was born 1820 in Near Clinton, Louisiana, and died about1899. He married LUCINDA BRENT on 17 August 1842 in Hinds County, Mississippi. She was born 1825 in Mississippi.

Children of JAMES CHANCE and LUCINDA BRENT are:

1. JOHN CHANCE, b. Abt. 1843, Mississippi.
2. JAMES L. CHANCE, b. Abt. 1848, Texas.
3. MARY CHANCE, b. Abt. 1850, Texas.
4. FRANKLIN CHANCE, b. Abt. 1853, Texas.
5. LEWIS CHANCE, b. Abt. 1856, Texas.

2. EZEKIEL MOORE CHANCE [13947] was born about 1821 in Louisiana and died November 1896 in Texas. He married ELEANOR 'ELLEN' WARD. She was born about 26 August 1829 in Mississippi and died 1 April 1905 in Texas. Ezekiel was a saddler and farmer. They moved from Louisiana to Jefferson County, Texas about 1850.

Child of EZEKIEL CHANCE and ELEANOR WARD is:

1. RANSOM MOORE CHANCE, b. 20 September 1849, Louisiana, d. 22 Dec 1910; m. JOSEPHINE FLOYD, about 1875, b. 23 September 1859, Alabama, d. 3 August 1924. Both buried in Hook Cemetery, Hardin County, Texas.
2. JOHN CHANCE, b. about 1852, Texas.
3. ANN CHANCE, b. about 1853, Texas.
4. JOSEPH CHANCE, b. about 1857, Texas.
5. TIMOTHY CHANCE, b. 1860, Texas.
6. SAMUEL B. CHANCE, b. about 1865, Texas.

Bibliography

• 1850 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Texas
• 1860 Federal Census, Hardin County, Texas, page 340a
• 1880 Federal Census, Hardin County, Texas, page 423b

3. WILLIAM CHANCE [15189] was born about 1822 in Louisiana. He married AMIE SMITH 6 April 1843. She was born about 1825 in Mississippi.

Children of WILLIAM CHANCE and AMIE SMITH are:

1. ELI CHANCE, b. Abt. 1842, Louisiana.
2. ROBERT CHANCE, b. Abt. 1845, Louisiana.
3. SUSAN CHANCE, b. Abt. 1848, Louisiana.
4. LYDIA CHANCE, b. Abt. 1849, Louisiana.

Bibliography

• 1850 Federal Census, Sabine Parish, Louisiana