Born in Pittsylvania, Virginia, British American Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jacob Chaney Sr
and Sarah (Midkiff) Chaney
Sister of
James Chaney, Ezekiel Chaney Sr, Joseph Chaney Sr, Abraham Chaney, Moses Chaney, John Chaney and Mary Hannah (Chaney) Kirkland
Wife of
Jonathan Davis
— married
1 Sep 1776 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
Descendants 
Died after
after age 78
in Roane, Tennessee, United States
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Biography
From Abstracts of Pittsylvania County, Virginia Wills, 1767-1820 p. 105: Will of Jacob Chaney 11 Jan. 1800 (proved 24 Sept. 1801) Elizabeth Davis mentioned as daughter of Jacob Chaney.
“I have a Jonathan DAVIS born abt 1750 in VA who married Elizabeth CHANEY in Pittsylvania Co, VA on September 1, 1776 with a Baptist preacher, John Bailey, presiding. Jonathan went on to fight in the Revolutionary War if his widow's affidavit is correct, and Jonathan died in Roane County, TN on July 14, 1831.”[1]
Elizabeth was born in 1752. She passed away after 1831.
Sources
- Source: S-191790293 Repository: #R-799059389 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=61239519&pid=753
- Repository: R-799059389 Name: Ancestry.com
- Chaney-558 was created by Dave Rose through the import of Rose Family Tree-2.ged on Jul 26, 2014.
- American Revolutionary War Rejected Pensions (Elizabeth Davis, widow of Jonathan)
- Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current (Elizabeth Davis Birth Date: 14 Nov 1752, Birth Place: Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Death Place: Roane County, Tennessee, Spouse: Jonathan Davis, Children: Martha Brown Hays; John Davis)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth:
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~3.12%
~4.69%
Sara (Langley) Woods 
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Kathy Boyd :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JV8553184 [compare], Ancestry member kathy_boyd
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~1.56%
Ron Chew :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A457061 [compare], Ancestry member Rlchew
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Lisa Grimmett :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member wiebehike
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Jenny (Neumann) Ryburn :
23andMe, GEDmatch M406695 [compare]
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~0.78%
Karen (Blinn) Hiemstra :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member khiemstra631
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Sandy (Neumann) Pugyao :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Melissa (Darling) Riggs :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Suzanne (Pearrow) Frister :
23andMe, GEDmatch mg8684893 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch MG8684893 [compare], FTDNA kit #B691144
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~0.78%
Ruth Finley :
23andMe, GEDmatch CK5161715 [compare], yourDNAportal MEGd8660739
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Penny (Turner) Linsenmayer :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member p_linsenmayer
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~0.78%
Tom Chaney :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member tomchaneyphotography
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~0.78%
~0.78%
Diana (Teasley) Drake :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A594088 [compare]
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~0.78%
Dana Smith :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GQ6526796 [compare], Ancestry member danasmith5758
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Pamela Fredette :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
~0.78%
Tracy (Weiss) Walton :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member tracywalt1
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Kathy (Brown) Lamm
Chaney-2533 and Chaney-398 appear to represent the same person because: looks like a duplicate
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by Kathy (Brown) Lamm
S Stevenson
Chaney-558 and Chaney-398 appear to represent the same person because: same name and approximate dates , death location mentioned in bio of 398, is death location of 558, merge away unconnected unlinked profile
posted
by S Stevenson
Rejected matches › Elizabeth (Chaney) Anderton (1802-1875) › Elizabeth (Keney) Whitmore › Elizabeth (Unknown) Dawson (abt.1754-)
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