Ruth Chancey
Abt 1705 - Aft 1754 (~ 50 years)
Generation: 1
1. Ruth Chancey was born about 1705 in Pasquotank Co., North Carolina (daughter of Edmund Chancey and Sarah Keile); died after 1754. Notes:
[Will of Edmund Chancey]
Pasquotank County 15 Mar 1753 - Jul 1754
... Children of Daughter Ruth: John Baker, Mary DeGrafinred, Blake Baker, Sarah, Ruth and Zadock Baker.Ruth married Captain Henry Baker about 1722. Henry (son of Henry Baker and Mary Bennet Blake) was born between 1684 and 1687 in Isle of Wight Co., Virginia; died on 11 Jan 1739 in Buckland, Chowan Co., North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Zadock Baker was born about 1732; died after 1793.
- Blake Baker was born in 1725 in Chowan Co., North Carolina; died in 1769 in Halifax Co., North Carolina.
- John Baker was born in 1726 in Chowan Co., North Carolina; died in 1792 in Aerpord, North Carolina.
- Sarah Baker was born about 1734; died after 1795.
- Ruth Baker was born about 1733 in Chowan Co., North Carolina; died on 4 Dec 1817 in Warren Co., North Carolina.
- David Baker was born about 1735; died in 1742.
- Mary Baker was born about 1723 in Chowan Co., North Carolina; died about 1756 in Lunenburg, Virginia.
2. Edmund Chancey was born about 1685; died after 15 Mar 1753 in Pasquotank, Co., North Carolina. Notes:
[North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1660-1790]
Edmund Chancey Pasquotank County 15 Mar 1753 - Jul 1754
Will
Grandsons: Edmund Chancey, son of Stephen ("easternmost part of my plantation"), Edmund Chancey, son of Jacob ("middlemost part of my plantation"), Edmund Chancey, son of Zachariah ("my Sand Hills land"). Sons: Daniel (a riding horse, saddle and bridle, dozen spoons, pair of brass scales, large Bible and three young horses); Zachariah (one shilling "sterling money to cut him off from my rail and personal Estate because of the Wickedness that he committed in my House in the time of my Absence"). Daughter-in-law: Rachel Chancey (16 barrels of corn, 450 lbs dried meat, 3 gallons fat, "my wheat patch, all my black pepper and all my flax and wool and one half of my sweetening"). Granddaughters: Mary and Hannah Chancey. To James Furbush is bequeathed book "No Cross, No Crown." Children of Daughter Ruth: John Baker, Mary DeGrafinred, Blake Baker, Sarah, Ruth and Zadock Baker. Executor: John Baker. Witnesses: Robt. Hall, Wm. Swann. Clerk of the Court: Thos. Taylor.Edmund married Sarah Keile. Sarah was born about 1680. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Sarah Keile was born about 1680. Children:
- 1. Ruth Chancey was born about 1705 in Pasquotank Co., North Carolina; died after 1754.
- Stephen Chancey was born about 1706; died about 1776.
- Zachariah Chancey was born about 1707; died about 1777.
- Jacob Chancey was born about 1708; died about 1778.
- Daniel Chancey was born about 1709; died about 1780.