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Margaret [Norton] Champness/Chamness[1]

Female 1776 - 1847  (70 years)


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  • Name Margaret [Norton] Champness/Chamness 
    Born 13 Jun 1776  Randolph Co., N. Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 12 Apr 1847  Wayne Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Nettle Creek Friends Quaker Cemetery Dalton, Wayne County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I23815  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2022 

    Father Joseph Champness/Chamness,   b. 3 Nov 1740, Baltimore Co., Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 May 1818, Randolph County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Margaret Norton,   b. 3 Nov 1740, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1784, Randolph County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Married 17 Mar 1763  Cane Creek Meeting in Alamance Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F9086  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Francis Reynolds,   b. 27 Aug 1767, Chester Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1849, Wayne County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 23 Sep 1795  Guilford County, N. Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. 'Franklin' Francis H. Reynolds,   b. 24 Oct 1797, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1864, Monroe County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    Last Modified 1 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F9090  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174801290/joseph-chamness.
      Margaret Chamness Reynolds
      Birth: 13 Jun 1776
      Randolph County, North Carolina
      Death: 12 Apr 1847 (aged 70), Wayne Co., Indiana
      Burial: Nettle Creek Friends Quaker Cemetery
      Dalton, Wayne County, Indiana

      Daughter of:

      Joseph Chamness Sr.
      Birth: 3 Nov 1740, Baltimore County, Maryland
      Death: 17 May 1818 (aged 77)
      Randolph County, North Carolina
      Burial: Providence Cemetery
      Randolph County, North Carolina

      Parents: Anthony Chamness, 1713-1777
      Sarah Cole Chamness, 1718-1765

      Spouses
      Margaret Chamness (neeNorton), 1740-1784 (m. 1763)
      Hannah Beeson Chamness (nee Beeson), 1748-1818
      (m. 1786)

      Siblings
      Susannah Chamness Reynolds, 1738?1812
      Sarah Cole Chamness Vestal, 1742?1822
      Mary Chamness Davis, 1743?1819
      Martha Chamness Hussey, 1746?1830
      Anthony Chamness, 1751?1817
      Rachel Chamness, 1754?1775
      Ann Chamness Comer, 1756?1795
      Lydia Chamness Ward, 1758?1850
      Joshua Chamness, 1761?1843

      Children
      Sarah Chamness Elliott, 1764?1839
      William Chamness, 1766?1852
      Elizabeth Chamness Pierson, 1768?1836
      Mary Chamness Elliott, 1770?1836
      Joseph Chamness, 1771?1819
      Anthony Chamness, 1773?1858
      *Margaret Chamness Reynolds, 1776-1847
      [[Margaret Chamness was the daughter of Joseph and Margaret Norton Chamness.

      Margaret married Francis Reynolds on September 23, 1795 at the Centre Friends Meeting in Guilford County, NC.]
      Martha Chamness Moffitt, 1778?1865
      Lydia Chamness Cruthis, 1780 ? unknown
      Edward Chamness, 1782?1869
      Mourning Chamness Osborne (Ozbun) Piggott
      1784?1853
      Susanna Chamness Reynolds, 1789?1862
      Joseph Chamness married Margaret Norton on March 17, 1763 at Cane Creek Meeting in Alamance County, NC.

      After Margaret passed away, Joseph married Hannah Beeson on March 6, 1786 at Deep River Meeting, Guilford County, NC.

    2. [S160] Correspondence, facebook.
      Dawn AngieAuthor
      Mary Frances Eggleston yes, this is my line: https://www.findagrave.com/mem.../5460870/francis-h-reynolds my grandma,who is a Reynolds and still alive in her late 90?s told us her family were from Quaker

    3. [S245] Vital Record (Ancestry), https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/48129/images/QuakerGenVolI-000945-687?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=263958&lang=en-US.
      Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol. I: (North Carolina Yearly Meeting)
      Center Monthly Meeting