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According to ald family records, William Chain Jr. was born 27 Feb 1774 and died 15 Apr
1860 at Lisbon, Columbiana Co. Ohio. This would make him 86 at time of death. This
William was the son of William Chain Sr., 14 Feb 1740 - 20 Jan 1818. He had a daughter
Elizabeth by his first wife, unknown, He also had a son John born 14 Feb 1766. The notes
say she married Brown.
In 1818, she received $100 from her fathers will. In December of 1845, when the estate of
her half-brother, ROBERT, was being settled, ELIZABETH'S residence was given as
somewhere in Scotland, in the Kingdom of Great Briitian, the precise place unknown. Their
children, if any, are unknown
By his second wife Margret, he had seven children including William Jr. The oldest was
born 29 May 1770.
At the time William Sr was living in Cumberland Co there was also a Hugh CHAYNE and John
Chain, Sr. I have no information on either of them.