Mrs.
Eleanor
Ward
Born in Mississippi
Ancestors 
Daughter of Moses Ward
and Hannah Ellen (Davis) Ward
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Ezekial Moore Chance
— married
23 Jan 1848 in Jefferson County, Texas, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Ransom Moore Chance, John Edward Chance, Victoria Ann Chance, Joseph Henry Chance, Timothy Chance and Samuel Daniel Chance
Died
at age 75
in Hardin County, Texas
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Feb 2015
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Biography
Sources
- "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2M7-D36 : 5 December 2014), Ezekiel M. Chance and Eleanor Ward, 23 Jan 1848; citing Jefferson,Texas, , reference ; FHL microfilm 1,311,466.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLG-5GY : 9 November 2014), Eleanor Chance in household of E M Chance, Tyler county, part of, Tyler, Texas, United States; citing family 124, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFL-C71 : 30 December 2015), Ellen Chance in entry for Ezekiel Chance, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLT-RBJ : 17 October 2014), Elleanor Chance in household of Ezekiel Chance, Texas, United States; citing p. 14, family 112, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,088.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNN-CSC : 14 July 2016), Ellenor Chance in household of Ezekel M Chance, Hardin, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 29, sheet 423A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1308; FHL microfilm 1,255,308.
See Also:
- Memorial on FindaGrave.com, accessed 13 April 2017, available online at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10582641.
- https://www.geni.com/people/Eleanor-Chance/6000000007054530556
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eleanor by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Eleanor:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eleanor by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Eleanor:
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~0.78%
H Baggott
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~0.78%
L Baggott :
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~0.78%
Jocelyn Young :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member JYFaustina
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~0.78%
Bobby Jackson :
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Autosomal DNA Test
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~0.39%
Tim Cagle :
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Categories: Tyler County, Texas
John Jack Ward, Jr. was born in Virginia, according to a Baptismal record found in Catholic Archives in Mobile, Alabama. John Jack Ward, Jr. was son of John Jack Ward, Sr, who married Judith Childress, daughter of John Childress of Virgina. John Jack Ward, Jr. married Nancy Ann Knight, step-daughter of Jackson Knight. It is believed Nancy was daughter of Polly Colbert, daughter of Chief Colbert of the Chicksaw Indians and her first husband William Moniac.