Daily AncestorChan
Chan is an old nickname for Chauncey, found in American records of the 1700s and 1800s.
Chan is a short form of Chauncey. Chan appears as a pet form of Chauncey on the Connecticut State Library's list of 18th and 19th century nicknames.
The same man can be Chauncey in one record and Chan in the next, for example a birth under one name and a marriage under the other. Match age, place and relatives before you join the two.
As seen in a recordChurch burial register, 1846; his gravestone reads Chauncey
Chan Nunnally, aged 81, buried Aug. 8, 1846
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