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Re: John Chain from Ireland

Kjsouth — 2009-09-14 22:45:34Z

Thanks for the reply...

I am having a really hard time finding my John Chain from Ireland ! seems like info. just doesn't got back that far in Ireland. But I will keep trying. Would be great if we did connect ! but my John Chain stayed in England and spent some time in Wales also.. Thanks again...
Cheers
Kathy

Re: John Chain from Ireland

sglorius — 2009-09-14 16:07:20Z

In one of the Chain lines I am studying I have a John Hamilton Chain who married Ann Evans on 27 Oct 1808 PA. John was born 16 Dec 1781 PA and died 9 Apr 1819. Children: Hannah, Eleanor, James, Mark, and Benjamin.

Seems strange that the birthday of John matches as does his wife but the names of the children are different.

Shirley (Chain) Glorius
sglorius@aol.com

Re: John Chain from Ireland

Kjsouth — 2009-07-31 15:39:04Z

Hello Steve,

Thanks for the quick reply, I am not sure if their is a connection, Census telles me my John came from Ireland, but I will have a look in Scotland and see what I can find out on that end. I have a feeling he had a brother named William, but no proof as of yet.
Thanks again, and keep in touch, if I do find a connection I will let you know so we can share info.
Cheers
Kathy

Re: John Chain from Ireland

steven_chain — 2009-07-31 02:15:53Z

My GG Grandfather was a different John Chain, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1807. He said the Chains were Scotch-Irish, meaning they came to the US from Scotland via Ireland. Perhaps the reason you are having trouble is that you need to look in Scotland.

I am also curious as you indicate that you are from Oklahoma. I have a great number of Chain relatives in Oklahoma. My GGrandfather was John Marcus Chain, b.1849 in Pike County, Ohio. Is there any connection?

Steven Chain
Ellinwood, Kansas

John Chain from Ireland

Kjsouth — 2009-07-30 20:21:07Z

Hello...

I am searching for the parents of John Chain. All I know about John is that he was born about 1781 Ireland, and married Ann Evens, his children are : John Thomas, Catherine, Annie, and William, all children were born in Cheshire England.
I do have info on wife and all children, BUT... John seems to be my Brick Wall, if anyone has any info. or can point me in the right direction in Ireland to look for his parents. I would be most greatful, and willing to share any info. I have or find on this family.
Thanks so much
Kathy
Oklahoma USA.

Re: Joseph Chain m. Freelove Cox, 1862, Adams Co., OH

joycejoyce40 — 2009-05-13 18:13:02Z

1850-1880 U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, Freelove Chain, Married, Birth: Ohio, Estimated birth year: abt 1841, Age: 39, Month of Death: March, Cause of Death: Consumption, Place of Death: Sprigg, Adams, Ohio, Census Year: 1880.
Contact Jim Johnson at uff-da-9@juno.com

Re: Joseph Chain m. Freelove Cox, 1862, Adams Co., OH

joycejoyce40 — 2009-05-13 18:11:30Z

Re: Joseph Chain m. Freelove Cox, 1862, Adams Co., OH

joycejoyce40 — 2009-05-13 18:08:34Z

Re: Joseph Chain m. Freelove Cox, 1862, Adams Co., OH

joycejoyce40 — 2009-05-13 18:07:24Z

Re: Joseph Chain m. Freelove Cox, 1862, Adams Co., OH

joycejoyce40 — 2009-05-13 18:06:24Z

Re: OH Adams Co CHAIN James William (1849 OH -1930 OH)

joycejoyce40 — 2009-05-13 17:25:27Z

I am interested in exchanging genealogical information on James William Chain. Please contact me at uff-da-9@juno.com

Jim Johnson
Escondido, CA

Re: Chain, Scottsdale, PA

judea04 — 2009-02-26 00:49:51Z

I'm sure that we're all related. You might want to look at the Pennsylvania Archives copies of Revolutionary War pay cards. There are several Chains listed. You can find it at www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive/asp.

You might also be interested in the list of burials at the Boone Family Cemetery at Ginger Ridge, Adams Co., Ohio:
htp://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/adams/cemeteries/boone.txt.
There are several Chains there, including my ancestors, Robert Chain and Mary Dehart Boone Chain

My branch of the family is as follows:
Generation 1: William Chain, born Lairne (Laine)(I've since learned this may not be correct), Ireland 02-124-1739/40, died 01-20-1818 Tyrone Twp, Fayette Co., PA married Margaret (last nm unknown) born 03-03-1754 in PA, died 11-16-1825 Tyrone Tsp, Fayette Co., PA.

Generation 2: John Chain, born 02-14-1766 PA. died before 193-. Tyrone Twp, Fayette, PA. married Isabell (last name unknown), born about 1775 in Ireland, died 05-20-1864 Tyrone Twp, Fayette Co., PA, buried May, 1864, Bullskin
Twp, Fayette Co., PA.

Generation 3: James Chain, born about 1791 KY, died 04-1854 Sardinia, Brown Co., OH, married Margery Nicholson, born about 1796 in PA, died about 1840, Brown Co., OH.

Generation 4: Robert Chain, born 01-28-1814 Fayette Co., PA, died 1902 Adams Co., OH (buried in Ginger Ridge Cemetery, Adams Co., OH) married Mary Dehart Boone, daughter of John Boone and Margaret "Peggy" Cooper Boone, born 09-15-1814 died 09-18-1897 (buried in Ginger ridge Cemeter, Adams Co., OH).

Generation 5: Robert Nelson Chain, born 10-26-1862 Manchester, Adams Co., OH, died 11-10-1906 Manchester, Adams Co., OH. Married Mary Frances Moore (born 06-28-1871 Fleming Co., KY, died 07-12-1919 (buried in Vine St. Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH). Married on12-12-1888 in Flemingsburg, Fleming Co., KY.

Generation 6: Marion Dennis Chain, born 11-18-1894 South Ripley, KY, died March 4, 1921, 5 days after the birth of his only child, of wounds received two years early in the Battle of the Argonne, during WW1, when he was shot in the face, the bullet going in one side of his jaw and out the other. Marion married Georgia Gladys McDonald. "Gladys" was born 01-02 between1892 and 1898 in South Ripley, KY and died on 06-29-1969, and is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery, Newport, Campbell Co., KY. Marion had one brother, Vernon Chain, now deceased. Marion was buried in the evergreen Cemetery, Newport, KY. After Marion's death, Gladys married Fred Carter, who is also deceased. Gladys and Fred had no children.

Re: Chain, Scottsdale, PA

judea04 — 2009-02-26 00:49:46Z

Re: Chain, Scottsdale, PA

judea04 — 2009-02-19 23:21:50Z

I'm also descended from William Chain, and his wife Margaret (Peggy, last name unknown), through his son John who married Isabell (last name unknown); James Chain, who married Margery Nicholson; Robert Chain, who married Mary Dehart Boone, daughter of John Boone and Margaret "Peggy" Cooper; Robert Nelson Chain, who married Mary Frances Moore; Marion Dennis Chain, who married Gladys McDonald. Their son, Marion Dennis Chain, Jr, was my father.

I believe it was John Chain who went with Daniel Boone to what is now the Kentucky/Ohio area. There's a Boone family cemetery at Ginger Ridge, Adams County, Ohio. You can view the remaining names on tombstones there via the internet just by pulling up the name of the cemetery. You may find it interesting that there are more Chains than Boones listed.

Re: OH Adams Co CHAIN James William (1849 OH -1930 OH)

RGarsteck — 2009-01-17 20:43:53Z

HI, I AM LOOKING FOR MY FAMILY TREE ALSO, WE MIGHT BE RELATED, MY GRANDMOTHER WAS A CHAIN,FROM SCOTTDALE, PA. SHE MARRIED GEORGE MURRAY, MY GRANDMOTHERS SIBLINGS WERE, WILLIAM, JOHN, JEAN,PEARL,HAZEL, MY GRANDMOTHER NAME WAS SYLVIA, I also heard of shirley glorius, my family came frrom scotland then Ireland, then the us, I heard that there is a town named after my family near dawson,pa its called chain-town,near linden hall, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF THERE IS ANY CONNECTION. MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS pittisit1976@hotmail.com thank you paula

Re: Chain, Scottsdale, PA

RGarsteck — 2009-01-17 20:29:07Z

I was looking for my grandmothers family tree, and I came across your name, my grandmother was also a chain fron scottdale, pa her name was sylvia chain, she marries a murray, and has my mother dorothy, is it the same family, my email address is pittisit1976@hotmail.com thanks paula

Re: OH Adams Co CHAIN James William (1849 OH -1930 OH)

hartmame — 2008-12-31 07:14:51Z

I'd be interested in a Chain family reunion. I'm descended from Robert's half brother James Nicholson Chain.

Re: Rachel Chain m. Clovis Bernel

tchain_1 — 2008-11-13 16:38:20Z

Are you Mike's son. My dad was Bernel's brother. Here is a link to a family tree;

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lhasley/ch...

Rutland-Chain families of south MS

2006-05-31 01:39:56Z

Go to
www.footprintpublishing.com
for information on the Rutland/Chain family of southern Mississippi

Re: Margaret Chain, Fayette Co.,PA

2006-04-26 23:48:29Z

Hello

Yes, I was named for my great-grandmother (X3) Margaret Chain and her daughter-in -law, Elizabeth Law Banks who married William C. Gault, son of James Gault and Margaret Chain. My ancestry is this:

William Chain (m) Margaret ?
Margaret Chain (m) James Gault
William C. Gault (m) Elizabeth Law Banks
Frances Elizabeth Gault (m) Wilbur Fiske Rhodes
Harry A. Rhodes (m) Edith Fay Brown
Paul B. Rhodes (m) Kathryn Napp
Margaret Elizabeth Rhodes (m) Steven K. Shrader
(aka "Peggy")

If you have any info you want to share or vice-versa let me know. I have some info on the Chain line and alot on the Gault line. The name Gibson sounds familiar. I think in one of my family lines someone married a Gibson...can't remember if it was in either one of the
Chain or Gault lines though.

Peggy Shrader

Re: Catherine Winifred Chain, Narrabri NSW

2006-04-26 23:47:15Z

pursuing the same family names and people - this is an old posting so hopefully you are on the same email send me an email if this is the case and we can compare notes-

Re: Margaret Chain, Fayette Co.,PA

2006-04-22 02:46:16Z

Hi!

According to my grandfathers notes Margaret Chain and James Gault are buried in Neshannock Presbyterian Church Cemetery in New Wilmington, Lawrence Co.,PA. I think I read somewhere that the Birds were of German ancestry (don't quote me on that). I am guessing Mary Bird was born maybe in Fayette Co. I haven't delved into that family line yet, but probably will soon. I will start with her family line in that county anyway. I have Mary Birds Last Will and Testiment, but it isn't easy to read. I also have Matthew Gaut's Depreciation Paper from the Rev. War. My grandfather preached in the Old Tyrone Pres. Church in Fayette Co. in 1917 where he met many Gault relatives. An older Gault relative showed him official records of the original Matthew Gault who was a squire. I have my grandfather's notes on the Gault family line. In 2003 I had a new headstone put in place for Matthew Gaut in Cochran cemetery in Tyrone twp, Fayette Co. because another Gault descendent had told me that his headstone was unreadable. I also have Maj. James Gaults military papers from the War of 1812. I also have William Chain's "Deprciation Papers" from the Rev. War, and William and Margaret Chain's Last Will & Testament. Plus a brief summary of how William Chain came to the U.S. probably from Ireland.

Sorry this is long. You can reach me by my email at:
mshrader1@hotmail.com

Peggy

Re: Margaret Chain, Fayette Co.,PA

2006-04-21 22:28:43Z

My line is:
William Chain and Margaret ?
Margaret Chain and Maj. James Gault
Elizabeth Gault and James W. Scott
Sarah Scott and Robert C. Gibson
Robert C. Gibson and Ruth Bartels
William Scott Gibson (me)

Do you know where Margaret Chain and James Gault are buried? I do know James Gault's father, Matthew, was in the Revolutionary War, and was married to Mary Bird. Do you know where whe was born?
Good to hear from you, Bill

Re: John Henry Chain, Lowndes Co., MS

karlakhill67 — 2008-09-06 00:59:13Z

Hello My name is Karla and Della Ilene Chain Harris was my great great grandmother and the sister of James Lloyd Chain. Would like to share info.

Re: OH Adams Co CHAIN James William (1849 OH -1930 OH)

ElizabethRose16 — 2008-03-17 14:17:38Z

Shirley,
I am the one who said I had a picture of James, but I made a mistake! It was the one of Robert that you gave to me! Sorry to get your hopes up!
Cissy Rose

Re: OH Adams Co CHAIN James William (1849 OH -1930 OH)

ElizabethRose16 — 2008-03-03 17:00:17Z

Correction - the picture I have is a copy of a picture of Robert Chain, son of James Chain. I got this from Shirley Chain Glorius. Would be glad to share.

Re: OH Adams Co CHAIN James William (1849 OH -1930 OH)

ElizabethRose16 — 2008-03-03 16:43:48Z

Steven,
I would bet that our Chains are the same family, but at this time, I have nothing to prove it. I do have a picture of James Chain b. 1791.
Cissy Rose

Re: OH Adams Co CHAIN James William (1849 OH -1930 OH)

ElizabethRose16 — 2008-03-03 16:32:58Z

I contacted Shirley Chain Glorius about your Robert Chain and got this reply:
Robert IS the oldest son of James Chain. My line comes down through Robert through his son James William Chain, then James Thomas Chain, then George Harold Chain (my father) to me Shirley Chain Glorus. Mary Boone, by the way, is related to famed pioneer Daniel Boone. Her father, Jacob Boone, was the favorite cousin of Daniel. First cousins I believe.

I'll see if I can find her query. If not, just pass along this message.

Shirley

Note from Cissy: If Shirely doesn't reply to your query through Ancestry in a few days, contact me by email and I will send you her email address - sounds like you all have alot of relatives in common!

Re: OH Adams Co CHAIN James William (1849 OH -1930 OH)

ElizabethRose16 — 2008-02-27 15:11:25Z

Hello, The following info might relate to your James William Chain. It was contributed by Shirley Glorius and published in the book "History and Families 1818-1993 Brown County, Ohio"

James Chain, eldest of 11 children of John and Isabella Chain of Fayette County, PA. was born in Kentucky ca 1791, where his parents appear to have lived 1788-1806. He died April 1854; his will was filed in Adams County, OH.
He served as a private during the War of 1812 as part of the regular Pennsylvania Militia commanded by Colonel Rees Hill and was honorably discharged October 1813. For his military service he received an 80 acre land warrant for land located in Danville, IL which he sold to William Rickards April 29, 1852.
James lived in Fayette County, PA about four years after the War of 1812. According to family legend, James plied the Ohio River on a flatboat ca 1818 when his eldest child Robert was four years old. Census records indicate that three of his children , Jane, John, and Sarah, were born in Kentucky. By 1830 the family was living in Union Township, Brown County, Ohio.
James appears to have been married twice, his first wife unknown, whom he seems to have married ca 1813. His second marriage, ca 1830, was to Margery Nicholson, born ca 1796 Pennsylvania, daughter of Andrew Nicholson of Westmoreland County, PA. James and Margery had five known children: James Nicholson, Josepph, Carolyn, William H. and Margery A. Chain.

Margery Nicholson Chain sister, Sara "Sally" Nicholson, born May 8, 1809 in Pennsylvania, became the housekeeper for James Chain's son, John, with whom she lived until her death of heart disease on April 25, 1882 in Huntington Township, Brown county, Ohio. Sarah is buried in the older section of Sardinia Cemetery.
James Chain first appears on the tax rolls of Brown county in 1835 when he was taxed on 12 acres valued at $228 on Brushy Fork on Waters of Eagle Creek, Huntington Township. Among James Chain's land transactions in Brown County was 60 acres of land which James bought for $400 from Hiram and and Catherine Snider, of Highland County, March 10, 1847. This land was sold to John McFadden June 6, 1854, by James Nicholson Chain, James's son and admisistrator of his will, because James Chain, in his lifetime, had executed his title bond to John McFadden, but died before making conveyance of the land.
James Chain's will was one of the few which survived the Adams County Court House fire of 1910. In it he left a 25 acre farm in Brown County, which he had bought from Nathan Willis, to sons James Nicholson Chain and Joseph Chain who were to maintain him his natural life.
In addition to the above, a James W. Chain was mentioned in a petition charging my Chain ancestor, Andrew Jackson Chain, and his brother Robert with wrongfully altering the signature on a deed from John Chain to James W. Chain.
Shirley Chain Glorius also gave me this information. She has done a lot of research on this family. She might have posted to this website, and if so you may be able to contact her through ancestry.

Re: Catherine Winifred Chain, Narrabri NSW

dianedenning105 — 2007-02-15 06:25:56Z

Hi Kerry, Only just noticed your reply back in April 06, I've got a fair amount of info on the chain family, you can contact me on my email Goanna 105@hotmail.com

Diane

Re: OH Adams Co CHAIN James William (1849 OH -1930 OH)

judea04 — 2008-05-09 02:16:39Z

To Shirley Chain Glorious:
This is Judy Chain Arnett (Marion Chain's daughter). I'm glad to see that you're still into the Chain/Boone genealogies. It's been awhile since I've looked into it, and I'm finding a lot more information on the web than there was a year or two ago.
I'd still love to have some kind of reunion at the Ginger Ridge cemetery. Anyone else out there interested? After all, even though it is the Boone Family Cemetery, there are more Chains than Boones buried there, and I'd like to go back while some of the tombstones are still standing.

Re: Hugh Chain f/o Alpheus

judea04 — 2008-05-12 19:27:34Z

I found this and thought it might help you. I'm descended from Hugh's probable brother William. Other possible brothers were Alexander, Isiah (Isaiah), Mathew, and John.

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Subject: [MOCALDWE] Chain Surname Rollcall
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 21:07:35 EDT

The following is what I have on Hugh H. Chain and his family who were
residents of Caldwell County. Any further biographical information would
certainly be welcome!!

HUGH H. CHAIN, born 4 April 1807 son of William Chain Jr. and Nancy and MARY
ROSEBURG born 1 August 1812 daughter of Thomas Roseburg and Margaret Fife.
Hugh H. and Mary Roseburg were married about 1830 or 1831. Both were born in
Ohio, and they were married in Ohio. They had 11 children: Calvin J. born
1831, Martha Jane born 1833, Alpheus C. born 20 January 1835, Nancy born
1837, Thomas Jefferson born 18 March 1840, Samantha Margaret born 1842,
Newton William born 1845, Mary Ellen born 22 December 1847, Emma Frances born
31 July 1849, Sarah Hester and Elizabeth Rebecca (twins) born 18 February
1852.

In 1859, the family moved to Kingston, Caldwell County, Missouri during the
construction of the Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad. New towns along the
railroad had created a building boom, and Hugh, being a carpenter had a good
trade. He would often be absent from home for weeks on jobs, sometimes
traveling as far as Hannibal (approximately 160 miles) to build houses.

Early pioneers that came to Caldwell County had to follow trails rather than
roads. Three brothers who settled there named Lyon founded the town of
Kingston in 1833. A road from Richmond to Gallatin which passed through
Kingston was eventually built and was the only thoroughfare connecting
Caldwell County to the Missouri River. In 1855 a stage coach line was
established along this route which made access to Kingston easier. The stage
coach line was established just four years before Hugh and his family came to
Kingston.

Hugh had a narrow escape from death during the Civil War. He was captured by
the Thrailkill (Confederate) Force in 1864, (this was the same year your
great-great grandfather William Newton was born) and was in extreme peril,
along with four other men, of being killed. A party of marauders, under the
command of Major Thrailkill, entered the area killing three people because
they were Union men, and shooting at others. In Hamilton, they broke open the
vaults and safe in the court house and got about $8,000 belonging to the
school fund, and destroying all papers pertaining to the enrolment of the
militia while leaving other papers undisturbed. One of the other captives,
Aaron Pfost, was a Mason and threatened the Thrailkill force with Masonic
enmity if the harmed any of the captives. They were, as a consequence, set
free. The purpose of Thrailkill's raid was to obtain plunder and recruits for
the rebellion, and to punish the people in Caldwell County for taking a stand
against the rebellion. Many horses and other property were taken from the
citizens, but the greatest loss was that of the school fund.

As near as can be determined, the Chains were Union sympathizers during the
Civil War. Everything found either indicates they were shocked or distraught
over the activities of Confederate Soldiers in the area. In an interview with
Sarah Chain in 194, she recounts the story of a notorious store in the 1860s
where "Southern" soldiers gathered to organize. No evidence has been found to
suggest that any of the Chains of this era fought in the Civil War.

Sarah (sister of Alpheus) remembers, as a child, small bands of Indians
wandering into the town of Kingston, scaring the children to death. Actually
all they wanted was some food. Another story she tells is about a store,
called the Northup-Lewis Store which the Confederate Forces under Thrailkill
"rifled" the store, and created quite a sensation in the town of Kingston.

By the 1860s, sons Alpheus and Thomas Jefferson were helping Hugh as
carpenters, and a third son, Newton, was learning to be a "tinner", working
for his brother-in-law Charles Davis (Samantha Chain's husband). Another son
Calvin J. was listed in Ohio census records, but not in Missouri. Calvin was
the eldest son, and last known place of residence was Summitville, Ohio, so
it is assumed that he remained in Ohio when the rest of the family moved to
Missouri.

Sarah Chain taught school in Caldwell County, Missouri for over 30 years
beginning in the 1870s. In those days, you got a teacher's certificate by
going up for examination on appointed days. There were 3 grades lasting one,
two and three years. Later, in the 1880s, the Summer Teachers Normal was held
for four weeks ending with examination. Passing the test was a rigorous
ordeal, but a fair one, in the words of Sarah Chain.

Hugh Chain was also the owner of two different hotels. In Kingston in the
late 1850s, he owned and operated the Kingston House, later called the Cadmen
Hotel, and in 1881 he built the Chain House at Hamilton, Missouri (later
named the Snyder Hotel which was still standing in 1934). Hugh died in 1884,
after which his three unmarried daughters Mary Ellen, Emma and Sarah ran the
hotel.

Hugh Chain (died 7 April 1884), his wife Mary (died 9 February 1890) and
three daughters, Mary Ellen (died 24 May, 1900), Emma Frances (died 26
January 1922) and Sarah Hester (died 3 July 1940) are all laid to rest in the
Highland Cemetery, Section N ½ 5, Hamilton, Caldwell County, Missouri.

I am a direct descendant of Hugh and Alpheus Chain, and Alpheus' son William
Newton Chain. The birthplace of William Newton is unknown at this time, I
would be interested in knowing that also! Thank you, Lynette Chain Lawrence

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Re: OH Adams Co CHAIN James William (1849 OH -1930 OH)

judea04 — 2008-05-09 04:08:06Z

Okay, I know that I don't have a lot, but here is some of what I do have:

Generation 1: William Chain, born Lairne (Laine), Ireland 02-12-1739/40, died 01-20-1818 Tyrone Twp, Fayette Co., PA married Margaret (last nm unknown) born 03-03-1754 in PA, died 11-16-1825 in Tyrone Twp, Fayette Co, PA.
See copy of William's Revolutionary War Pay Card at:
http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp?view=Arch...

Generation 2: John Chain, born 02-14-1766 PA. Died Tyrone Twp, Fayette, PA. married Isabell (last name unknown), born about 1775 in Ireland, died 05-20-1864 Tyrone Twp, Fayette Co., PA, buried May, 1864, Bullskin
Twp, Fayette Co., PA.
See copy of Revolutionary War Pay Card at:
http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp?view=Arch...

Generation 3: James Chain, born about 1791 KY, died 04-1854 Sardinia, Brown Co., OH, married Margery Nicholson, born about 1796 in PA, died about 1840, Brown Co., OH.

Generation 4: Robert Chain, born 01-28-1814 Fayette Co., PA, died 1902 Adams Co., OH (buried in Ginger Ridge Cemetery, Adams Co., OH) married Mary Dehart Boone, daughter of John Boone and Margaret "Peggy" Cooper Boone, born 09-15-1814 died 09-18-1897 (buried in Ginger Ridge Cemetery, Adams Co., OH).
The De Bohun/Boone connection is through Mary Boone. Here I am inserting some of the Boone genealogy:

Boone Generation 24: George Boone III, born 11-17-1666, Devonshire, England, died 02-27-1743/1744 in berkes County, Pennsylvania. Married Mary Maugridge in 1689 in Devonshire, England, born 1668 in Devonshire, England. By this time, the Boones had become Quakers. George was a philanderer, and went before the congregation to admit that he had committed adultery. However, his children were all Mary's children, of which they had ten in all, including Squire Boone, father of the explorer, Daniel Boone, and Joseph, Squire's brother. Joseph would be first cousin to Daniel Boone, the explorer.

Generation 25: Joseph Boone, born 04-05-1704 in Devonshire, England, died 01-31-1776 in North Carolina. Married Catherine (Brown) Warren on 08-20-1729 in Pennsylvania. Catherine was born 08-20-1708 in Exeter Township, Berks county, Devon, Pennsylvania.

Generation 26: Joseph Boone, Jr., born 04-30-1730 in Berks County, PA. Married Elizabeth Warren in Aug, 1749 in Berks Co., PA. Elizabeth was born in 1728.

Generation 27: Jacob Boone, born 08-15-1754, Berks Co., Pa, died 05-04-1827, Marysville (Maysville), KY. Married Mary DeHart in 1772 in Berks Co., PA. Mary was born 10-18-1753 in Berks co., PA, and died on 07-30-1828 in Marysville (Maysville), KY. Jacob was a soldier in the American Revolution. Jacob and his cousin, Daniel Boone, the pioneer, are considered two of the founders of Maysville, Kentucky (they laid out the town of Limestone, which later became Maysville) and Jacob donated the land for the cemetery. Jacob lived in Maysville from 1785 till his death in 1827.

Generation 28: John Boone, born 1795 Adams Co., Oh, died 12-22-1842 in Bradyville, Sprigg Twp, Adams Co., Ohio. John married Margaret (Peggy) Cooper, daughter of William (fought in American revolution) and Elizabeth Richmond Cooper in Adams County, Ohio (Rev William Middleton performed ceremony, according toWest Union, Adams Co., Ohio, Probate Court Records). John served in the War of 1812, as a Private in Lt James Cambell's 1 Co 17th Infantry from 08-06-1812 to 08-1813. He was at Ft Meigs during both sieges of that fort by the British and Indians in the spring of 1813.

John is listed in the Jacob Boone family bible as a son of Jacob and Mary, but it looks like he may have been excommunicated from the Quaker faith, or left it willingly, and was ostracized for it, because he is left out of many of the records, or listed only on some as "an unknown relative". Court records of 01-30-1828 show John selling to his younger brother, William Dehart Boone, for the sum of $600.00, all of his inheritance which he was entitled to and had not yet received from the estate of his parents, Jacob and Mary Boone.
John was friend and neighbor to the Rankin family whose home was part of the underground railroad, and family stories tell of John's knowledge and help with the underground "passengers".
Two of John's sons served in the Civil war, one for the North and one for the south. William was a private with the Union, OVI, Co. H, 182nd Reg from August, 1864 to 07-07-1865. Henry served the Confederacy from 07-01-1863, enlisted age 23 in Maysville, KY, Co. A, 4th Volunteer Infantry, discharged 12-31-1864 at Catlettsburg, KY

Generation 29: Mary DeHart Boone born 09-15-1814, died 09-18-1897, married (December, 1837) Robert Chain, born 01-28-1814, died 1902. Both are buried in the Ginger Ridge Cemetery, Adams County, Ohio. Mary had a sister, Indian (Indiana) Boone, who married a Nathaniel Blythe.

Generation 30: Robert Nelson Chain, born 10-26-1862 Manchester, Adams Co., OH, died 11-10-1906 Manchester, Adams Co., OH. Married Mary Frances Moore (born 06-28-1871 Fleming Co., KY, died 07-12-1919 (buried in Vine St. Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH). Married on 12-12-1888 in Flemingsburg, Fleming Co., KY.

Re: OH Adams Co CHAIN James William (1849 OH -1930 OH)

judea04 — 2008-05-09 03:58:39Z

Re: Alpheus Chain and William Newton Chain

TexasMemom — 2008-11-13 03:11:10Z

I have some info on Virginia Moree if you are interested.

Re: OH Adams Co CHAIN James William (1849 OH -1930 OH)

NadineSinkwitz — 2008-03-04 15:53:10Z

Cissy,

Thank you! Looking forward to hearing from Shirley Glorius regarding our Ohio CHAIN family.

Nadine

Re: OH Adams Co CHAIN James William (1849 OH -1930 OH)

NadineSinkwitz — 2008-02-27 16:45:06Z

I do so appreciate the time and effort you have undertaken to answer my query about James Wiliam CHAIN (1849 OH-1930 OH).

The above James CHAIN's OH DC lists his father as Robert CHAIN b. PA [28 Jan 1814 PA - 1902 Adams Co., OH] and his mother as Mary Boone b. Adams Co., OH [1818-1897].

The Robert CHAIN you mentioned s/o of the elder James William CHAIN b.c. 1891 PA could very well be the Robert CHAIN f/o my James William CHAIN (1849 OH-1930 OH)! I will certainly check out the postings of Shirley Chain Glorius.

Thanks again! You are a genie angel!!

OH Adams Co CHAIN James William (1849 OH -1930 OH)

NadineSinkwitz — 2008-01-26 22:22:07Z

Seeking info on James William CHAIN (1849 OH -1930 OH) & wife, Nancy Ellen THOROMAN/Thurman (1852 OH- 1932 OH).

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Re: OH Adams Co CHAIN James William (1849 OH -1930 OH)

NadineSinkwitz — 2008-03-01 13:28:01Z

SOURCE:
Thompson Westcott, [ITAL:]Names of Persons Who Took The Oath of Allegiance To The State of Pennsylvania Between The Years 1777 And 1789 With A History of the "Test laws" of Pennsylvania[:ITAL] (Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company, Inc., 1993. Originally published 1865 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). p. 7:

Denounced allegiance to Great Britain:
March 30, 1779 William CHAIN, of Philada, Tallow Chandler.

Re: Margaret Chain, Fayette Co.,PA

sglorius — 2008-03-18 04:02:18Z

Peggy: It is not true that William Chain was probably from Laine, Ireland (there is no such place). That seems to be widely reported on the internet and stems from information I forwarded to a researcher in California. I had done some research in Ireland on a Chain family there where one James Chain lived in Larne, Ireland. James Chain's line in Ireland is not connected (as far as I can tell from my research)to William Chain who lived and died in Fayette Co., PA. It is entirey possible William Chain of Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, (probably of Scots-Irish descent) came to America from Ireland but certainly NOT from Laine, Ireland. Hope this helps in your research.

Re: OH Adams Co CHAIN James William (1849 OH -1930 OH)

sglorius — 2008-03-17 04:25:04Z

Hi! I am Shirley Chain Glorius. I have been researching the Chain famiy since 1981. Maybe I can be of help to some of you and vice versa. I noticed on one of the threads that someone has a picture of James Chain born 1791--now that is something I have never found! Would like to hear about that picture. If I can be of help, please just ask.

Re: OH Adams Co CHAIN James William (1849 OH -1930 OH)

sglorius — 2008-05-09 03:15:03Z

Judy, You name it, I'll be there.

Re: OH Adams Co CHAIN James William (1849 OH -1930 OH)

sglorius — 2008-05-29 18:30:54Z

Hi! Could you please email me at sglorius@aol.com. I am very interested in the information you have on John Boone, son of Jacob and Mary Boone of Maysville, Kentucky. John is my ancestor.

Also, William Chain was NOT from Laine, Ireland. There is no such place. That was mistakenly picked up by a fellow researcher from some research I had done in Ireland on a non-related Chain family. A younger generation of that Chain family ran a steamer out of LARNE, Ireland, and has nothing whatsoever to do with William Chain who lived in Fayette Co., Pennsylvania. It is a mistake that is being picked up all over the internet.

Re: Francis Chain (Shain) of PA and KY

sglorius — 2008-05-29 18:21:10Z

Michael,

If you are still researching the Francis Chain/Shain family in Kentucky, please emailme. I have done a considerable amount of research on this family.

Shirley (Chain) Glorius
sglorius@aol.com

Re: Francis Chain (Shain) of PA and KY

sglorius — 2008-05-29 17:59:44Z

Riverview Cemetery, Bonner Springs, KS

jamiefrench29 — 2007-07-14 00:58:30Z

I have recently come across this small cemetery in rural Wyandotte County. There are two Chain people buried here. The cemetery is in bad shape, but I was able to take photos of the headstones. They aren't the best quality, but I would be happy to forward any information or the pictures to anyone who is interested. Just send queries to jamielenz29 @ gmail.com .

The names are:
Preston P. Chain, b. 1886; d. 1936
Cecil R. Chain, b. 4 Aug 1891; d. 1 Oct 1910

Sophronia(Fronie) Simmons Chain of Ohio

leonardwv — 2008-10-25 21:33:05Z

I am seeking Sophronia Simmons b. abt 1841 in Indiana that married a man with the surname CHAIN. Verbal family history is that they lived in Ohio.

The last trace I can find of Sophronia Simmons is the 1860, Maysville, Mason Co. KY census. The marriage must have occurred after that census.

Any help appreciated.

Re: OH Adams Co CHAIN James William (1849 OH -1930 OH)

steven_chain — 2008-03-01 01:07:29Z

Cisrose,

I saw your post on James William Chain. I am researching my family (Chain) and have reached a wall. There are some interesting similarities with parts of my family history and information you gave on James William Chain.

My GG Grandfather was John Chain, orphaned in New Orleans about 1815. His broter indentured him to a tailor. As an adult he moved to New York and later to Pike County Ohio. He said that his family was from Westmoreland County PA. Westmoreland County and Fayette County are in the same part of PA and Pike and Brown Counties are both in southern Ohio. He also claimed that the family was Scotch-Irish. Other than that we have little information on the family. I was wondering if you might have any information that would help me? I found records of two John Chains living in Westmoreland County in the 1790's but have no other information.

Thank you for any information you might have.

Steven Chain

Re: John Henry Chain, Lowndes Co., MS

jamesandloranette — 2008-03-24 06:20:06Z

Hi, John henry Chain and Nancy Belle were my great grandparents also. I am descended from their daughter Emma Pike who was James Lloyd chain's sister. I would love to share info I have and discuss your info. Please email me at jamesandloranette@gmail.com. Thank you, James Collier in Tuscaloosa, alabama.

Re: John Henry Chain, Lowndes Co., MS

jamesandloranette — 2008-03-24 06:14:06Z

Hi,
I also am a descendant of John Henry Chain. He was my great grandfather. John Henry and Nancy Bell;s daughter Emma Pike was my grandmother. I have some research info regarding them and would like to share. Please email me to discuss any info you may have. Thanks....James Collier in Tuscaloosa, Alabama,