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Where did the French Chance family come from? What is the French Chance family crest and coat of arms? When did the Chance family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Chance family history?
From the historical and enchanting region of France emerged a multitude of notable family names, including that of the distinguished Chance family. Originally, the people in this region went by one (personal) name. Surnames evolved during the Middle Ages when people began to assume an extra name to avoid confusion and to further identify themselves. These names then began to become "fixed" or hereditary between the generations. One of the types of names adopted as surnames were those derived from nicknames. Nickname surnames were derived from an eke-name, or added name, and generally reflected some physical characteristics or other attribute of the first person that used the name. The Chance surname derives from the Old French word "cheaunce," which means "chance," and as such was likely originally a nickname for a gambler, for a lucky person, or ironically, for an unlucky person.
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
- A description and/or full color picture of the Coat of Arms, Crest, and Motto (where available)
Spelling variations of this family name include: Lachance, LaChance, Lachancé, Lachancée, Lachancy, Lachancey, Chancé, Chancée, Chancy, Chancey, le Chancy, le Chancey, de Chancy, de Chancey, Chancel, Chansel, Chanceau, Duchancel, Duchansel, Duchanceau, Chancelier, Lechancelier and many more.First found in Burgundy, where this distinguished family has held a family seat since ancient times.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early history!
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Chance research. Another 216 words(15 lines of text) covering the years 1263, 1406, 1407, 1409, 1412, 1420, 1423, 1428, 1484, 1507, and 1644 are included under the topic Early Chance History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early notables!
Another 42 words(3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Chance Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Chance. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Chance Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Elizabeth Chance, who arrived in Maryland in 1668
- William Chance, who landed in Maryland in 1668
Chance Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- John Chance arrived in New York in 1710
- Thos Chance, who arrived in Virginia in 1715
- Will Chance settled in Georgia in 1735
- Jane Chance who settled in Grenada in 1774
Chance Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Thomas Chance, aged 28, landed in Wilmington, Del in 1856
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- John Barnes Chance (1932-1972), American composer
- Britton Chance (b. 1913), American biophysicist
- James Chance (b. 1953), new wave musician
- Sir Roger Chance,
- Sir William Chance,
- Ivan Chance,
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- Chance Family, England to America, 1668 to 1972, in Forty Eight States by Hilda Nancy Ersula Snowberger Chance.
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Our PDF Coat of Arms + Extended History product is the whole package all in one. With a full color Coat of Arms along with a very detailed History, full symbolism, bibliography and settlers listed by the centuries.
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- Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
- Doyle, William. The Oxford History of the French Revolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. Print. (ISBN 0192852213).
- De Ville, Winston. Gulf Coast Colonials, A Compendium of French Families in Early Eighteenth Century Louisiana. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield, 1999. Print.
- Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
- Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
- Annuaire Général Héraldique Universel. Paris: Institut Héraldique, 1901. Print.
- Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
- Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- D'Hozier Charles. Armorial Général de France. Paris: Dillon, 1875. Print.
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The Chance Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Chance Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.
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