When Purnell Chance was born in 1769, in New Castle, Delaware, United States, his father, Philemon Tilghman Chance, was 22 and his mother, Nancy Ann Burras, was 22. He married Starling Barnes in 1791, in Guilford, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 7 April 1850, in Clay, Indiana, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Indiana, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Battle of Cooch's Bridge took place on September 3, 1777. It was a battle between the Continental Army, American militia and German soldiers fighting with Britain. On the US side, twenty were killed and twenty were wounded. For Britain, three to thirty were killed and twenty to thirty were wounded. The battle was a British victory when they pushed the Americans back across the bridge.
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
English (West Midlands): from Middle English chea(u)nce ‘fortune, luck; accident, mischance’ (Old French cheance, a derivative of cheoir ‘to fall (out)’, Latin cadere), perhaps used to denote a gambler or as a nickname for someone considered fortunate or well favored, or perhaps for someone who had survived an accident by a remarkable piece of luck.
Americanized form of German Tschantz or Schantz .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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