Zachariah Nance Jr.1

#9302, (5 May 1760 - 22 December 1835)
Father*Zachariah Nance2 (s 1730 - 1772)
Mother*Susannah Duke Sherman2 (s 1735 - 1780)

Family 1

Jane Wilkins b. s 1766, d. 1800
Children 1.Elizabeth Nance2 (s 1786 - c 1787)
 2.Robert Nance2 (s 1788 - )
 3.James Nance2 (s 1790 - )
 4.Sally Hash Nance2 (s 1792 - )
 5.Eaton Nance2 (s 1794 - )
 6.William Nance2 (s 1796 - )
 7.George W Nance2 (s 1798 - )
 8.Zacharia H Nance2 (s 1800 - )

Family 2

Elizabeth Morris b. 1772, d. 1850
Children 1.Otway Nance4 (1803 - 1804)
 2.Otway Bird Nance4 (1805 - 1874)
 3.Joshua Nance4 (1807 - 1885)
 4.Carey Nance4 (1809 - 1840)
 5.Thomas Jefferson Nance4 (1811 - 1842)
 6.Allen Q Nance4 (1813 - 1873)
 7.Parthena Hill Nance4 (1816 - 1892)
Birth*5 May 1760He was born on 5 May 1760 at Charles City Co., VirginiaG.2 
between 1777 and 1780He was between 1777 and 1780.3 
Marriage*31 December 1785He married Jane Wilkins on 31 December 1785 at New Kent Co., VirginiaG.2 
Marriage*15 December 1802He married Elizabeth Morris, daughter of John Morris and Elizabeth Turner, on 15 December 1802 at James City Co., VirginiaG.4 
Death*22 December 1835He died on 22 December 1835 at Sangamon (now Menard) Co., IllinoisG, at age 75.2 

Citations

  1. [S878] Morris Ancestors (Boone/Morris Files), online www.rootsweb.ancestry.com.
  2. [S2084] George W Nance, The Nance Memorial (Bloomington, Illinois: J E Burke & Co. (Printers), 1904), pp. 243–245.
  3. [S2083] Damaris Knobe, The Ancestry of Grafton Johnson (Indianapolis, Indiana: Hollenbeck Press (Printers), 1924), p. 200. "... was at the front from February 17, 1777, to February 22, 1780, also participated in the same engagement [Stony Point], as well as the battle of Monmouth, according to his pension papers, which further relate that, enlisting when but a lad of sixteen in the 1st Virginia Regiment of Artillery, he fought under Captains John Blair and James Pendieton."
  4. [S2083] Damaris Knobe, Grafton Johnson, pp. 199–205.