John
Nance
aka Nantz
Born in Brunswick, Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of William Nance Jr.
and Sarah Ann (Eppes) Nance
Brother of
Thomas Nance, Sarah (Nance) Lanier, Mary (Nance) Lanier, Reuben Nance, Isham Nance, Elizabeth (Nance) Glover and Tabitha (Nance) Mabry
Husband of
Mary (Unknown) Nance
— married
1778 in Henry, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Jane (Nance) Simms, Helen Eleanor (Nance) Garner, Elizabeth Nance, John Nance and Nancy (Nance) Smith
Died after
after age 65
in New Market, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States
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This person is an ancestor of John Nance Garner III 32nd US Vice President
Biography
Per DAR records his name was Nantz[1]
John Nance, the son of William and Ann Nance was born in Burnswick County, Virginia around 1748. He married Mary, in 1778 in Henry County, Virginia and died between 24 Nov 1813, when he wrote his will ,[2] and when his will was probated on 13 Jun 1814 in Jefferson County Tennessee[3][4]
Will
A copy of his will can be seen at Ancestry.com($). It names, his wife, Mary and the following children
- John
- Ruben
- Peggy
- Nancy Smith
- Elinor Garner
- Betsey Nance (she married a Nance)
- Polly Roack
- Jennet Simon
It is interesting that his daughter, Jane is not named. Otherwise the list of names match what is on FindAGrave.[5]
Sources
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 20 Jun 2020), "Record of John Nantz", Ancestor # A081460.
- ↑ Jefferson Co, Tennessee, Will book 21 Page 6
- ↑ Jefferson Co, Tennessee Will Book 6 page 201
- ↑ Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #32371820
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Ronald Nance
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup I-Y48314, FTDNA kit #954964, MitoYDNA ID T14999 [compare]
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~3.12%
H Smith :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Tom Lewis :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T279661 [compare], FTDNA kit #506256
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~0.78%
Norbert Toon :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Lynden (Raber) Rodriguez :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A073602 [compare], Ancestry member lynden_us
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~0.78%
Carter Rogers :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A079451 [compare], Ancestry member 1carterandbev1
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Mary Huddleston :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Bob Mccullough :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Clark Disney :
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal KAY8fc6c826, Ancestry member clark_disney23
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~0.39%
~0.78%
Renae (McKeever) Krisher :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A902097 [compare], Ancestry member RenaeKrisher
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