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Note from the Chase Chronicles - July 1916
"UNCLE SOLON CHASE"
"Many of our kindred remember a man who attended our meeting at Salem,
September 4, 1902, who we call "Uncle Solon Chase." He was a peculiar
man, and a very strong man in a certain way. It was through his
lecturing instrumentally, that the state of Maine went for the
Greenback doctrines one year and the remains of that doctrine are
pretty strongly planted in certain sections of the state of Maine even
now.
Solon was a strong man in argument; he had a mind which was peculiar;
at the same time he belonged to a class of men in our family who are
to be noted in different generations as having an independent
character, intelligent powers of speech, and convincing arguments, and
powers that endure; many of these names will be recalled by persons
who are familiar with the history.
There has been an attempt made within a year to look up the earlier
ancestry of this man. and it is a case of coming down through Aquila
(1) Ensign Moses (2) Moses (3) Eleazer (4) Isaac (5) Isaac (6)
and Solon (7).
Eleazer (4) when a young man went to Windham, in the province of
Maine, near Portland, where he settled in 1751, and there married
Janette Elder, and to them were born two children, Isaac and Mary, who
lived to a goodly age. Eleazer's wife died, and he married Mary Booby
Brown in 1759. She was the widow of Ezra Brown, who was killed by
Indians, May 14, 1751. The Indians were led by the noted chief Polin,
who killed many white people. This was the last of the Indian troubles
in that section, and at the place in Windham has been erected a
monument in commemoration of this event. From this marriage were born
three children, who grew to adult age. Betty, Nathaniel and Joseph. It
was from the Nathaniel line that some of our best known names have
come.
Eleazer was a soldier in the Revolution; serving in Captain Richard
Maybury's company; Col. Benjamin Tucker's regiment, 11th Mass. three
years and some days, and he was at Valley Forge, White Plains and at
the surrender of Burgoyne.
Elder Nathaniel Chase, for he was a clergyman, the son of Eleazer, was
born in Windham, Me.,
Sept. 2, 1761, and was only 14 years of age when the Revolutionary War
broke out. His father went to the war and upon the lad devolved the
responsibility of the family. When the lad was 16 years old he himself
enlisted, and in March, 1781, when he was in his twentieth year, he
left Windham accompanied by his half brother Amos Brown, and walked 40
miles on snow shoes guided by trees spotted by the way through the
dense wilderness, hauling provisions, axes, and guns on a hand sled,
to what is now known as the town of Buckfield, Me. Here within the
forest he cleared twelve acres for a cabin and planted corn. The next
year he returned to Windham, took his father and mother back to his
new home, and settled them on the place he had cleared, where they
lived many years. The mother died June 6, 1805, and the father,
Eleazer, in 1808. In all likelihood, they were buried in the old
Lowell Cemetery of Buckfield but no stone marks their grave. The local
history says that Eleazer lived some ways back from the road, and it
is not certain whether there is anything to mark the place or not.
Many of the descendants of this Buckfield branch have made themselves
famous in the nursery business. They are scattered all over the
country. Some of them have held very important positions both in Maine
and in other states. One of the most prominent of the race to whom we
are indebted for some of these statements is Mr. Ethan Allen Chase, of
Riverside, Cal., a fruit raiser of great extent, and a citizen who is
respected in his whole region.
Lonnie Chase
chase1858(a)bwn.net
I appreciate your comments. I spent Thursday afternoon at the computer and I
wondered if I made a mistake when I started on the cemetery. I live in West
Palm Beach and I missed my afternoon swim. Iwas bug-eyed when I finished.
However, all is worthwhile if someone appreciates it. I will be leaving for
Swansea, Mass and Cape Cod on the 29th of July. I will be spending lot's of
time wandering around cemeteries. Such is my nature at this stage of
life..although I am in no hurry to become a grave marker. Col Frank Chace
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Dear Frank,
Thanks so much for submitting the Cemetary Inscriptions. It helped me a great deal in sorting out many of my Chases and giving them proper dates.
Nancy
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> #2 [CHASE-L] Re: William and Mary Cha [Stub53usmc(a)aol.com]
> #3 [CHASE-L] Colonel Frank's Interest [NEELISGAL(a)aol.com]
> #4 [CHASE-L] Aquila ["Lonnie Chase" <chase1858(a)bwn.net>]
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> Subject: Fwd: [CHASE-L] (Chace) Wife of William Chase...arrived 1630....need help
> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 15:12:25 EDT
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> There are some mysteries in the Chase family. I have visited and took
> pictures of the beautiful Chase gravestone in West Harwich. Don't know who
> arranged for it but it by far the nicest marker in the cemetery. However,
> there appears to be some doubt that William is buried there. I have heard
> that he may be buried in Roxbury, his first stop in the USA. My brother and I
> visited all the Chase graves in that cemetery and there was no Mary. We also
> have list (see below) which includes all the Chases buried there and there is
> no Mary and perhaps no William.
>
> Baptist Church Cemetery....East Harwich
>
> Mrs. Rosanna wife of Gamaliel ChaseJr., Aug 24.1856 aged 71y 8 m
> Gamliel Chase d. Aug. 7, 1845 74th year
>
> Mary M. wife of Nathaniel Chace d. Feb 25th 1848 22y
>
> Nathaniel Chase 2d b. Jan 9 1793 d Dec 7, 1868
> Tryphenia Chase b. Aug 28.1790 d Jul 21, 1881
>
> Polly wife of Capt. Judah Chase d. Feb 4.1859 57y
>
> Sears Chase lost at sea aged 29y
> Ann m aged 4y
>
> Frances M. wife of Francis W. Chase d. Jun 22.1861 aged 33y
> Ester Chase d May 31, 1882 aged 97y
> Lot Chase Jr.d Mar 29, 1850 aged 74y
>
> Slate stone In memory 0f Isaiah ChaseEsq., died Apr. 27, 1838 aged 75y
> Slate stone In memory of Hope Chase she d. Mar 22.1834 aged 69
> wife of Isaiah
> Stone..Elijah ChaseEsq., Mar 10.1847 aged 57
> Data (Kelley) Chase wife of Elijah d. Jul 6.1869 aged 81y
> Separate stone..Mother Data Chase 1788-1869
>
> Walter S. Chase d. Aug 6, 1851 aged 1y 9 m 20d
> Ella Chase d. Aug. 11, 1851 aged 4y 1 m
> Children of Elijah and Mariah Chase
>
> Edwin and Isaiah ChaseJr., of Isaiah Chase lost at sea
>
> Ada Byron Brown, dau of Capt Isaiah Chase and wife of E. BrownAug 26.1841 Jan
> 14.1928
> Christopher C. Chase Nov 10.1918
> Addie c. Chase Jun 25 1886
> Isaiah Chase d Jun 28 1886 aged 78y
> Dana wife of Isaiah d Sept 21, 1881 aged 73
>
> Betsy Jane wife of Martin L. Chase d. Jul 8.1818 aged 17y
>
> Elial Chase d. Oct 18.1847 aged 27
>
> Remark Chase son of Remarkand Jane Chase
> ....Stone broken
> Jane Chase wife of CaptRemark Chase d. Jan 29.1838 aged 27
>
> Capt Nanthaniel Chase d Jul 22, 1838 aged 88
>
> In memory of Irene, wie of Nanthaniel Chase d. DEC. I, 1845 aged 47
> Capt. Nathaniel Chase d. Jul 3.1867 aged 77y
>
> Mother Deliah Chase wife of Benajah Crowell b. Nov 8, 1801 d. Jan 19.1888
>
> Darling sister Lanie Chase dau of Bassett and Polly Chase d, Aug 2, 1863
> aged 16
> Father and Mother
> Bassett Chase d. in San Francisco, Cal. Jan 25.1853
> Polly Nickerson Chase his wife d. Jul 26 1863 aged 56
>
> Capt George w. Chase d Oct 17.1851 aged 25
> Helen W. wife of Capt George Chase and dau of Dr. Greenleaf J and Ruth Pratt
> aged24
>
> Jenner M son of Geo. and Helen Chase d. Mar 19 1850
>
> Brown slate. Desire wife of Nehemiah Chase d. May 10, 1881, 78y
> Grey slate.. Nehemiah Chase d. Sept 12. 1849 50y
> "A husband kind, a parent dear,
> An honest man is buried here."
>
> Daniel W. Winslow Baker 1835-1901 son of Isaiah Baker and Hope Chase
>
> Sylvanus Chase d. Jul 30, 1860 aged 69
> Thankful wife of Sylvanus Chase d. Apr 9.1819 aged 74
>
> Henry Chase d. Sept 1.1861 aged 42y
> Betsy C Chase wife of Henry d Jul 13 1891 aged 69
>
> Stone.... Father and Mother
> Henry Chace d . Sept 27 1871 aged 81
> Reliance Chase d. Sept 20 1836 aged 43y
>
> Priscilla d. dau of Whitman and Mehitable D. Chase b. Aug 17, 1959 d. Sept
> 3.1861
>
> Cyrus Chase son of Meri and Sabra Chase d Mar 13, 1831 aged 3 m
> Sarah S. Chase 1821---1903
>
> All on one large stone
>
> Whitman Chase son of Meri Chase 1831
> Served as acting ensign and acting Master in the U.S in the Civil War
> 1861-1865
> His wife Mehitable 1836-1902
>
> Capt Meri Chase son of John Chase, Jr. 1793- 1873
> Served in the of 1812 at the Burning of Falmouth
>
> Ira B. Chase son of Meri Chase 1836
> Served in the US Navy during the Civil War
>
> John ChaseJr. b 1755
> Served in the War of the Revolution was discharged at its close. Also in thw
> War Of 1812 and was killed in the Battle of Chryslere Field Nov 11.1813
>
> Simeon Chase son of John ChaseJr.,
> Served in War of 1812 and was severly wounded at the Battle at the Battle of
> Lundy's Lane
>
> William Chase
> First American Ancestor. b 1595 d. 1659
> Served in Narragansett War 1644
>
> John Chase b 1735
> Served in French and Indian War 1760
> Died while crossing the Delaware River with Washington at the Battle of
> Trenton
>
> Other stones
> Father Capt Meri Chase 1793-1873
> Mother Sabra Chase 1798-1867
>
> Eddie son of Amos and Julia Chase drowned Aug 6.1859
>
> Father Capt. Davis Chace Sept i5, 1817--Nov 6.1859
> Mother Lurinda wife of David Chase Aug 29, 1821- Apr 3.1905
> Elbena unreadable
> Abby, dau of Davis and Lurinda Chase d Oct 6 1856 aged 1y
>
> Emeline wife of Archelaus Chase d. May 9, 1840 aged 27
> Emeline dau of Archelaus and Emeline Chase d Feb 19, 1840 aged 5 m
>
> Sally, wife ofd Samuel Chase d Jan 2, 1861 aged 56
> Jediah Chase d Aug 31.1862 aged 95y
>
> Susan Chase dau of James and Bathsheba Berry d May 4, 1840 aged 8y
>
> Jason Chase d. Sept 6, 1847
>
> From:
> Cemetery Inscriptions of Dennis, Massachusetts
> Burton Nathaniel Derick
> Herritage Books.Inc
>
> Submitted by Colonel Frank Chace, Jr. US Marine Corps (RET)
>
>
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> From: Stub53usmc(a)aol.com <Stub53usmc(a)aol.com>
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> Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 1:57 PM
> Subject: [CHASE-L] Wife of William Chase...arrived 1630....need help
>
> >We need to come to grips with proper documentation on the wife of our first
> >ancestor...William Chase. We know he married her before coming to America
> and
> >that her first born was a William. We know slmost for sure that her name
> was
> >Mary. Almost all documentation will read.."Mary------" no last name. The
> >only name conmmonly given to her is 'Mary Townley" or "Mary Louney
> Townsley"
> >or "Margaret Townley."
> >
> >Don't know where's shes buried..but know when she died. Some say under
> >peculiar circumstances. She was a sickly person.
> >
> >1What was her maiden name?...proof
> >2. Where is she buried?
> >
> >According to the New England Genealogical and Historical Register, Mary
> died at Yarmouth, MA, ca. 6 Oct 1659. I would assume that she is buried
> somewhere in Yarmouth, MA. Here again, there is no proof. If proof existed,
> I'm sure the person who wrote the account for "Register" would have found
> it. As far as Mary's maiden name goes, perhaps if one could find the account
> of her illness written by Oliver Wendell Holmes and published in the Boston
> Medical Journal (not sure when), maybe her maiden name would be mentioned.
>
> Sorry not to be of more help.
>
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> Subject: [CHASE-L] Re: William and Mary Chase
> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:25:48 EDT
> From: Stub53usmc(a)aol.com
> To: CHASE-L(a)rootsweb.com
>
> Thank you taking the time to send such interesting information. I hope you
> don't mind my sharing it with others who are my close family members..plus
> some kind and friendly Chases and Chaces who have been in touch with me.
> Colonel Frank Chace
>
> ______________________________
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: [CHASE-L] Colonel Frank's Interesting Mail
> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 18:29:15 EDT
> From: NEELISGAL(a)aol.com
> To: CHASE-L(a)rootsweb.com
>
> Dear Frank - I enjoy the information so much that you are sharing. Since I
> am an Aquila descendent, I regret I have nothing to share regarding William,
> but I am nonetheless always interested in news of all the lines and
> suggestions from everyone about ways to enhance my research.
>
> Since I am a member of the Chase List, there is no need to send mail to me in
> addition to your List posts, unless you would like to speak to me about
> anything you like!
>
> Best regards, Sandy Chase
>
> ______________________________
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: [CHASE-L] Aquila
> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 18:45:56 -0600
> From: "Lonnie Chase" <chase1858(a)bwn.net>
> To: CHASE-L(a)rootsweb.com
>
> Have you ever thought of "Aquila" as a surname? Neither had I until I
> typed it into the "last name" space at the address below.
>
> http://www.familysearch.org/
>
> Lonnie Chase
> chase1858(a)bwn.net
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Dear Frank,
Thanks so much for submitting the Cemetary Inscriptions. It helped me a great deal in sorting out many of my Chases and giving them proper dates.
Nancy
CHASE-D-request(a)rootsweb.com wrote:
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>
> CHASE-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 204
>
> Today's Topics:
> #1 Fwd: [CHASE-L] (Chace) Wife of Wil [Stub53usmc(a)aol.com]
> #2 [CHASE-L] Re: William and Mary Cha [Stub53usmc(a)aol.com]
> #3 [CHASE-L] Colonel Frank's Interest [NEELISGAL(a)aol.com]
> #4 [CHASE-L] Aquila ["Lonnie Chase" <chase1858(a)bwn.net>]
>
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> There are some mysteries in the Chase family. I have visited and took
> pictures of the beautiful Chase gravestone in West Harwich. Don't know who
> arranged for it but it by far the nicest marker in the cemetery. However,
> there appears to be some doubt that William is buried there. I have heard
> that he may be buried in Roxbury, his first stop in the USA. My brother and I
> visited all the Chase graves in that cemetery and there was no Mary. We also
> have list (see below) which includes all the Chases buried there and there is
> no Mary and perhaps no William.
>
> Baptist Church Cemetery....East Harwich
>
> Mrs. Rosanna wife of Gamaliel ChaseJr., Aug 24.1856 aged 71y 8 m
> Gamliel Chase d. Aug. 7, 1845 74th year
>
> Mary M. wife of Nathaniel Chace d. Feb 25th 1848 22y
>
> Nathaniel Chase 2d b. Jan 9 1793 d Dec 7, 1868
> Tryphenia Chase b. Aug 28.1790 d Jul 21, 1881
>
> Polly wife of Capt. Judah Chase d. Feb 4.1859 57y
>
> Sears Chase lost at sea aged 29y
> Ann m aged 4y
>
> Frances M. wife of Francis W. Chase d. Jun 22.1861 aged 33y
> Ester Chase d May 31, 1882 aged 97y
> Lot Chase Jr.d Mar 29, 1850 aged 74y
>
> Slate stone In memory 0f Isaiah ChaseEsq., died Apr. 27, 1838 aged 75y
> Slate stone In memory of Hope Chase she d. Mar 22.1834 aged 69
> wife of Isaiah
> Stone..Elijah ChaseEsq., Mar 10.1847 aged 57
> Data (Kelley) Chase wife of Elijah d. Jul 6.1869 aged 81y
> Separate stone..Mother Data Chase 1788-1869
>
> Walter S. Chase d. Aug 6, 1851 aged 1y 9 m 20d
> Ella Chase d. Aug. 11, 1851 aged 4y 1 m
> Children of Elijah and Mariah Chase
>
> Edwin and Isaiah ChaseJr., of Isaiah Chase lost at sea
>
> Ada Byron Brown, dau of Capt Isaiah Chase and wife of E. BrownAug 26.1841 Jan
> 14.1928
> Christopher C. Chase Nov 10.1918
> Addie c. Chase Jun 25 1886
> Isaiah Chase d Jun 28 1886 aged 78y
> Dana wife of Isaiah d Sept 21, 1881 aged 73
>
> Betsy Jane wife of Martin L. Chase d. Jul 8.1818 aged 17y
>
> Elial Chase d. Oct 18.1847 aged 27
>
> Remark Chase son of Remarkand Jane Chase
> ....Stone broken
> Jane Chase wife of CaptRemark Chase d. Jan 29.1838 aged 27
>
> Capt Nanthaniel Chase d Jul 22, 1838 aged 88
>
> In memory of Irene, wie of Nanthaniel Chase d. DEC. I, 1845 aged 47
> Capt. Nathaniel Chase d. Jul 3.1867 aged 77y
>
> Mother Deliah Chase wife of Benajah Crowell b. Nov 8, 1801 d. Jan 19.1888
>
> Darling sister Lanie Chase dau of Bassett and Polly Chase d, Aug 2, 1863
> aged 16
> Father and Mother
> Bassett Chase d. in San Francisco, Cal. Jan 25.1853
> Polly Nickerson Chase his wife d. Jul 26 1863 aged 56
>
> Capt George w. Chase d Oct 17.1851 aged 25
> Helen W. wife of Capt George Chase and dau of Dr. Greenleaf J and Ruth Pratt
> aged24
>
> Jenner M son of Geo. and Helen Chase d. Mar 19 1850
>
> Brown slate. Desire wife of Nehemiah Chase d. May 10, 1881, 78y
> Grey slate.. Nehemiah Chase d. Sept 12. 1849 50y
> "A husband kind, a parent dear,
> An honest man is buried here."
>
> Daniel W. Winslow Baker 1835-1901 son of Isaiah Baker and Hope Chase
>
> Sylvanus Chase d. Jul 30, 1860 aged 69
> Thankful wife of Sylvanus Chase d. Apr 9.1819 aged 74
>
> Henry Chase d. Sept 1.1861 aged 42y
> Betsy C Chase wife of Henry d Jul 13 1891 aged 69
>
> Stone.... Father and Mother
> Henry Chace d . Sept 27 1871 aged 81
> Reliance Chase d. Sept 20 1836 aged 43y
>
> Priscilla d. dau of Whitman and Mehitable D. Chase b. Aug 17, 1959 d. Sept
> 3.1861
>
> Cyrus Chase son of Meri and Sabra Chase d Mar 13, 1831 aged 3 m
> Sarah S. Chase 1821---1903
>
> All on one large stone
>
> Whitman Chase son of Meri Chase 1831
> Served as acting ensign and acting Master in the U.S in the Civil War
> 1861-1865
> His wife Mehitable 1836-1902
>
> Capt Meri Chase son of John Chase, Jr. 1793- 1873
> Served in the of 1812 at the Burning of Falmouth
>
> Ira B. Chase son of Meri Chase 1836
> Served in the US Navy during the Civil War
>
> John ChaseJr. b 1755
> Served in the War of the Revolution was discharged at its close. Also in thw
> War Of 1812 and was killed in the Battle of Chryslere Field Nov 11.1813
>
> Simeon Chase son of John ChaseJr.,
> Served in War of 1812 and was severly wounded at the Battle at the Battle of
> Lundy's Lane
>
> William Chase
> First American Ancestor. b 1595 d. 1659
> Served in Narragansett War 1644
>
> John Chase b 1735
> Served in French and Indian War 1760
> Died while crossing the Delaware River with Washington at the Battle of
> Trenton
>
> Other stones
> Father Capt Meri Chase 1793-1873
> Mother Sabra Chase 1798-1867
>
> Eddie son of Amos and Julia Chase drowned Aug 6.1859
>
> Father Capt. Davis Chace Sept i5, 1817--Nov 6.1859
> Mother Lurinda wife of David Chase Aug 29, 1821- Apr 3.1905
> Elbena unreadable
> Abby, dau of Davis and Lurinda Chase d Oct 6 1856 aged 1y
>
> Emeline wife of Archelaus Chase d. May 9, 1840 aged 27
> Emeline dau of Archelaus and Emeline Chase d Feb 19, 1840 aged 5 m
>
> Sally, wife ofd Samuel Chase d Jan 2, 1861 aged 56
> Jediah Chase d Aug 31.1862 aged 95y
>
> Susan Chase dau of James and Bathsheba Berry d May 4, 1840 aged 8y
>
> Jason Chase d. Sept 6, 1847
>
> From:
> Cemetery Inscriptions of Dennis, Massachusetts
> Burton Nathaniel Derick
> Herritage Books.Inc
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> Submitted by Colonel Frank Chace, Jr. US Marine Corps (RET)
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> Subject: [CHASE-L] Wife of William Chase...arrived 1630....need help
>
> >We need to come to grips with proper documentation on the wife of our first
> >ancestor...William Chase. We know he married her before coming to America
> and
> >that her first born was a William. We know slmost for sure that her name
> was
> >Mary. Almost all documentation will read.."Mary------" no last name. The
> >only name conmmonly given to her is 'Mary Townley" or "Mary Louney
> Townsley"
> >or "Margaret Townley."
> >
> >Don't know where's shes buried..but know when she died. Some say under
> >peculiar circumstances. She was a sickly person.
> >
> >1What was her maiden name?...proof
> >2. Where is she buried?
> >
> >According to the New England Genealogical and Historical Register, Mary
> died at Yarmouth, MA, ca. 6 Oct 1659. I would assume that she is buried
> somewhere in Yarmouth, MA. Here again, there is no proof. If proof existed,
> I'm sure the person who wrote the account for "Register" would have found
> it. As far as Mary's maiden name goes, perhaps if one could find the account
> of her illness written by Oliver Wendell Holmes and published in the Boston
> Medical Journal (not sure when), maybe her maiden name would be mentioned.
>
> Sorry not to be of more help.
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> Subject: [CHASE-L] Re: William and Mary Chase
> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:25:48 EDT
> From: Stub53usmc(a)aol.com
> To: CHASE-L(a)rootsweb.com
>
> Thank you taking the time to send such interesting information. I hope you
> don't mind my sharing it with others who are my close family members..plus
> some kind and friendly Chases and Chaces who have been in touch with me.
> Colonel Frank Chace
>
> ______________________________
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: [CHASE-L] Colonel Frank's Interesting Mail
> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 18:29:15 EDT
> From: NEELISGAL(a)aol.com
> To: CHASE-L(a)rootsweb.com
>
> Dear Frank - I enjoy the information so much that you are sharing. Since I
> am an Aquila descendent, I regret I have nothing to share regarding William,
> but I am nonetheless always interested in news of all the lines and
> suggestions from everyone about ways to enhance my research.
>
> Since I am a member of the Chase List, there is no need to send mail to me in
> addition to your List posts, unless you would like to speak to me about
> anything you like!
>
> Best regards, Sandy Chase
>
> ______________________________
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: [CHASE-L] Aquila
> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 18:45:56 -0600
> From: "Lonnie Chase" <chase1858(a)bwn.net>
> To: CHASE-L(a)rootsweb.com
>
> Have you ever thought of "Aquila" as a surname? Neither had I until I
> typed it into the "last name" space at the address below.
>
> http://www.familysearch.org/
>
> Lonnie Chase
> chase1858(a)bwn.net
There are 32 Chases inscribed on the Wall of Honor, Aquila twice (spelled
with two "l's"). Maybe we are looking for one of these.
Sandy
http://www.wallofhonor.com
Have you ever thought of "Aquila" as a surname? Neither had I until I
typed it into the "last name" space at the address below.
http://www.familysearch.org/
Lonnie Chase
chase1858(a)bwn.net
Dear Frank - I enjoy the information so much that you are sharing. Since I
am an Aquila descendent, I regret I have nothing to share regarding William,
but I am nonetheless always interested in news of all the lines and
suggestions from everyone about ways to enhance my research.
Since I am a member of the Chase List, there is no need to send mail to me in
addition to your List posts, unless you would like to speak to me about
anything you like!
Best regards, Sandy Chase
Thank you taking the time to send such interesting information. I hope you
don't mind my sharing it with others who are my close family members..plus
some kind and friendly Chases and Chaces who have been in touch with me.
Colonel Frank Chace
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There are some mysteries in the Chase family. I have visited and took
pictures of the beautiful Chase gravestone in West Harwich. Don't know who
arranged for it but it by far the nicest marker in the cemetery. However,
there appears to be some doubt that William is buried there. I have heard
that he may be buried in Roxbury, his first stop in the USA. My brother and I
visited all the Chase graves in that cemetery and there was no Mary. We also
have list (see below) which includes all the Chases buried there and there is
no Mary and perhaps no William.
Baptist Church Cemetery....East Harwich
Mrs. Rosanna wife of Gamaliel ChaseJr., Aug 24.1856 aged 71y 8 m
Gamliel Chase d. Aug. 7, 1845 74th year
Mary M. wife of Nathaniel Chace d. Feb 25th 1848 22y
Nathaniel Chase 2d b. Jan 9 1793 d Dec 7, 1868
Tryphenia Chase b. Aug 28.1790 d Jul 21, 1881
Polly wife of Capt. Judah Chase d. Feb 4.1859 57y
Sears Chase lost at sea aged 29y
Ann m aged 4y
Frances M. wife of Francis W. Chase d. Jun 22.1861 aged 33y
Ester Chase d May 31, 1882 aged 97y
Lot Chase Jr.d Mar 29, 1850 aged 74y
Slate stone In memory 0f Isaiah ChaseEsq., died Apr. 27, 1838 aged 75y
Slate stone In memory of Hope Chase she d. Mar 22.1834 aged 69
wife of Isaiah
Stone..Elijah ChaseEsq., Mar 10.1847 aged 57
Data (Kelley) Chase wife of Elijah d. Jul 6.1869 aged 81y
Separate stone..Mother Data Chase 1788-1869
Walter S. Chase d. Aug 6, 1851 aged 1y 9 m 20d
Ella Chase d. Aug. 11, 1851 aged 4y 1 m
Children of Elijah and Mariah Chase
Edwin and Isaiah ChaseJr., of Isaiah Chase lost at sea
Ada Byron Brown, dau of Capt Isaiah Chase and wife of E. BrownAug 26.1841 Jan
14.1928
Christopher C. Chase Nov 10.1918
Addie c. Chase Jun 25 1886
Isaiah Chase d Jun 28 1886 aged 78y
Dana wife of Isaiah d Sept 21, 1881 aged 73
Betsy Jane wife of Martin L. Chase d. Jul 8.1818 aged 17y
Elial Chase d. Oct 18.1847 aged 27
Remark Chase son of Remarkand Jane Chase
....Stone broken
Jane Chase wife of CaptRemark Chase d. Jan 29.1838 aged 27
Capt Nanthaniel Chase d Jul 22, 1838 aged 88
In memory of Irene, wie of Nanthaniel Chase d. DEC. I, 1845 aged 47
Capt. Nathaniel Chase d. Jul 3.1867 aged 77y
Mother Deliah Chase wife of Benajah Crowell b. Nov 8, 1801 d. Jan 19.1888
Darling sister Lanie Chase dau of Bassett and Polly Chase d, Aug 2, 1863
aged 16
Father and Mother
Bassett Chase d. in San Francisco, Cal. Jan 25.1853
Polly Nickerson Chase his wife d. Jul 26 1863 aged 56
Capt George w. Chase d Oct 17.1851 aged 25
Helen W. wife of Capt George Chase and dau of Dr. Greenleaf J and Ruth Pratt
aged24
Jenner M son of Geo. and Helen Chase d. Mar 19 1850
Brown slate. Desire wife of Nehemiah Chase d. May 10, 1881, 78y
Grey slate.. Nehemiah Chase d. Sept 12. 1849 50y
"A husband kind, a parent dear,
An honest man is buried here."
Daniel W. Winslow Baker 1835-1901 son of Isaiah Baker and Hope Chase
Sylvanus Chase d. Jul 30, 1860 aged 69
Thankful wife of Sylvanus Chase d. Apr 9.1819 aged 74
Henry Chase d. Sept 1.1861 aged 42y
Betsy C Chase wife of Henry d Jul 13 1891 aged 69
Stone.... Father and Mother
Henry Chace d . Sept 27 1871 aged 81
Reliance Chase d. Sept 20 1836 aged 43y
Priscilla d. dau of Whitman and Mehitable D. Chase b. Aug 17, 1959 d. Sept
3.1861
Cyrus Chase son of Meri and Sabra Chase d Mar 13, 1831 aged 3 m
Sarah S. Chase 1821---1903
All on one large stone
Whitman Chase son of Meri Chase 1831
Served as acting ensign and acting Master in the U.S in the Civil War
1861-1865
His wife Mehitable 1836-1902
Capt Meri Chase son of John Chase, Jr. 1793- 1873
Served in the of 1812 at the Burning of Falmouth
Ira B. Chase son of Meri Chase 1836
Served in the US Navy during the Civil War
John ChaseJr. b 1755
Served in the War of the Revolution was discharged at its close. Also in thw
War Of 1812 and was killed in the Battle of Chryslere Field Nov 11.1813
Simeon Chase son of John ChaseJr.,
Served in War of 1812 and was severly wounded at the Battle at the Battle of
Lundy's Lane
William Chase
First American Ancestor. b 1595 d. 1659
Served in Narragansett War 1644
John Chase b 1735
Served in French and Indian War 1760
Died while crossing the Delaware River with Washington at the Battle of
Trenton
Other stones
Father Capt Meri Chase 1793-1873
Mother Sabra Chase 1798-1867
Eddie son of Amos and Julia Chase drowned Aug 6.1859
Father Capt. Davis Chace Sept i5, 1817--Nov 6.1859
Mother Lurinda wife of David Chase Aug 29, 1821- Apr 3.1905
Elbena unreadable
Abby, dau of Davis and Lurinda Chase d Oct 6 1856 aged 1y
Emeline wife of Archelaus Chase d. May 9, 1840 aged 27
Emeline dau of Archelaus and Emeline Chase d Feb 19, 1840 aged 5 m
Sally, wife ofd Samuel Chase d Jan 2, 1861 aged 56
Jediah Chase d Aug 31.1862 aged 95y
Susan Chase dau of James and Bathsheba Berry d May 4, 1840 aged 8y
Jason Chase d. Sept 6, 1847
From:
Cemetery Inscriptions of Dennis, Massachusetts
Burton Nathaniel Derick
Herritage Books.Inc
Submitted by Colonel Frank Chace, Jr. US Marine Corps (RET)
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>We need to come to grips with proper documentation on the wife of our first
>ancestor...William Chase. We know he married her before coming to America
and
>that her first born was a William. We know slmost for sure that her name
was
>Mary. Almost all documentation will read.."Mary------" no last name. The
>only name conmmonly given to her is 'Mary Townley" or "Mary Louney
Townsley"
>or "Margaret Townley."
>
>Don't know where's shes buried..but know when she died. Some say under
>peculiar circumstances. She was a sickly person.
>
>1What was her maiden name?...proof
>2. Where is she buried?
>
>According to the New England Genealogical and Historical Register, Mary
died at Yarmouth, MA, ca. 6 Oct 1659. I would assume that she is buried
somewhere in Yarmouth, MA. Here again, there is no proof. If proof existed,
I'm sure the person who wrote the account for "Register" would have found
it. As far as Mary's maiden name goes, perhaps if one could find the account
of her illness written by Oliver Wendell Holmes and published in the Boston
Medical Journal (not sure when), maybe her maiden name would be mentioned.
Sorry not to be of more help.
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I am looking for information on Arthur James Chase.
According to information given to my mother by his second wife, he was
born June 25, 1878 in West Fairlee, Vermont and grew up around Boston,
MA. On the California Deaths database I found his death as June 27, 1960
in Los Angeles, CA. and his mother's maiden name was given as PAGE. My
sisters are trying to see if they have any information on him. I do not
at this time know his father's given name.
Any information on Arthur James Chase would be greatly appreciated.
Sarah McCray
Kentucky, USA
For those of you have expressed care and concern over my son's medical
emergency: ED is adjusting to the grueling 3XS week dialysis and the
procedures are going forth for a kidney transplant.
He is even able to work the day after TX.
thank you for all the responses; it helps tremendously to think we have the
"web" family rallying, but look out; MOM may just be sizing you up as to
being a suitable donor ;0)
Dei gratias, Harriet Chase
Note from the Chase Chronicles - Jan. 1915
TWO CHASES IN OLDEN TIMES
"About one hundred years ago, two Chase brothers, descendants of
Aquila, lived on adjoining farms in the town of North Berwick. On
these farms their children lived after them. The farms were large and
each brother was the possessor of twenty yoke of oxen and of ten sons
and daughters. Brought up in such close proximity, it is not strange
that these young people were more like brothers and sisters than like
cousins.
The Chases have always looked on life seriously and have given
themselves unreservedly to whatever they undertook. They possessed the
stern, old New England conscience and strove to conduct themselves and
guide their households according to its dictates. While numberless men
and women went from these Puritan families to become a credit to the
world, some gentle, alien souls were shipwrecked by the stern regime
which only strengthened others. Too often in the desire to bring the
children up properly, the manifestations of love and kindness were
neglected.
The two families of whom we are writing, attended and indeed formed a
goodly proportion of the district school. The "Husking Bee,: and
"Singing School" were the chief of their amusements; they were only
taught that "cards and dice are the devil's advice," and dancing was a
practice not to be mentioned in polite society. I tremble to think
what would happen if a Chase of olden times should rise from his grave
and behold the bridge, whist and modern dances of the present day.
Of course, there was always courting for a recreation, and in winter,
skating and spelling school. After a big snow-storm, and twenty yoke
of oxen and the tall Chase boys were conspicuous in breaking out the
roads. In winter they arose at 3 a.m., and hauled huge loads of wood
to Great Falls, then a village, now the city of Somersworth. Ten miles
traveled by the side of slow oxen was no easy task, especially in the
intense cold of early morning.
In summer, after the haying was over, a series of meetings were held
at a little hamlet known as Beech Ridge. This meeting was known as the
"Great Meeting," or to the unregenerate as the "Tugmutton." To this
meeting, the Chases together with all their neighbors, repaired with
their entire families, carrying huge hampers of food, for the meeting
lasted for three days. The religious denomination that held these
meetings, was the "old School," or, (I quote again from the
unregenerate,) the "Hard-shelled," Baptists.
Hither came ministers from far off towns and droned through long
sermons on Predestination, Foreordination, Infant Baptism, etc., and
woe to the parson who because of tenderness of heart was unsound on
the subject of "Future Punishment." No. Chase ever forgave him.
For many long years the grass has been growing on the graves of these
two brothers and loving nature has covered the cellars of their old
houses with verdure, and while we have a kindly laugh at their narrow
lives and opinions, we do not forget that their blood flows in our
veins and that to them we owe our respect for fair dealing, our hatred
for fraud, and the reverence for higher things which we as a family
posses. Peace to their ashes and when we "join the innumerable
company," may we leave as good a record behind us as our ancestors
have."
Theodora Chase
_________________________________
Lonnie Chase
chase1858(a)bwn.net
A Note From The Chronicles- July 1914
** Spelling and Punctuation are verbatim, as the article appeared in The
Chronicle.
MOODY CHASE (4), SEPARATIST
Aquila Chase (1), Ensign Moses Chase (2), Daniel Chase (3)
and Moody (4)
Address by Mr. W. E. Gould of Boston, read at our
Fifteenth Annual Reunion by
Rev. Platt N. Chase of Kingston, N. Y.
"I have been asked to speak before the Chase reunion this year upon some of
the Chases of Essex County, and as the easiest way to speak of some Chases
would be probably to speak of one Chase in particular, so I think I will
take up one man in one line and in this way have an opportunity to speak of
certain traits which are prominent in the tribe; and the address can be
called - "Moody Chase (4), Separatist."
Not long ago a lady came to my office feeling very bad, and under very great
excitement she said she had just learned that Ensign Moses Chase and several
others we're guilty of treason against the United States Government, and she
put her finger in triumph on a statement in a book which has no special
virtue anyway, to the fact that one or two of the early Chases are
designated as Separatists. I calmed the lady's emotion as well as I could
by showing to her that this particular word "Separatist" had nothing
whatever to do with the Revolutionary War and it was in no way a reproach in
the way that she had taken the word. The word Separatist simply means that
a person has a right, so he thinks, to his own style of religious belief,
and that he ought not to be forced to pay a tax to a certain church, or
denomination if he feels conscientiously bound to attend some other church,
or no church at all, or to have his religious views his own private
property. In other words, our Friends the Quakers, take that ground, and
years and years and years ago when there were more of the Friends than there
are today in certain localities, many of our Chase friends took the ground
that they would not be bound by any church rules, or town rules, or taxes,
or anything of that kind, but that they would pay their tax in the proper
way. They would attend any church they saw fit; they would pay their share
of the church taxes, and beyond that, they felt that no one had a right to
interfere with their religious beliefs. Now this is true of quite a number
of the families in the early lines of Aquila, and his immediate descendants,
and certainly so in the lines of Mr. Thomas Chase who remained at Hampton,
and was without any doubt what we should call today, an independent man, and
a Quaker, or something a little different from what was acknowledged. The
word "Separatist," then, must not be taken as a reproach, but rather as a
sign of dignity, independence, and self-reliance, and in order to make this
show out in its true light, I shall take one man, rather than the theory.
We must go back a little because we cannot grasp the whole subject and get
the real worth of this man without looking at the perspective. You all know
that Ensign Moses Chase and his wife, Anne Follansbee, brought up a goodly
family of which one of the more prominent children was Daniel. In West
Newbury, the house is perfectly well identified where this Daniel Chase and
his wife, Sarah March, lived; it was on what we call Crane Neck Road, the
old road running from the Main Road on which now runs the trolley, across
Crane Neck Hill on the edge of Georgetown, running towards Byfield and
towards several fine ponds; a beautiful country; fertile and occupied by
some of the finest people who have ever lived in Newbury. Daniel Chase
lived in a house which I have visited, although it has been somewhat fixed
over I admit, but there is no question about the identify of the place as I
have verified everything by the original deeds. You know next, that after a
while, Daniel removed with his family to the town of Littleton, as it is
today, and joined the church at Littleton. After living there for about two
years or a little more, the whole family removed to Sutton, Mass., occupying
later the property around Pleasant Falls, Sutton, and in that place Daniel
and Sarah lived and brought up a large family of very honorable people, and
it was there that the title of "Separatist" came to Daniel. Daniel
evidently did his own thinking in his own way ; the parish meeting house was
several miles from his home, and I suppose that he did not feel specially
called to travel that long distance, when his own conscience told him that
he could serve God a great deal better by communion with his own heart and
listening to the inward voice. Daniel and Sarah lived and died and are
buried in this spot which is now a part of the town of Millbury; then it was
all Sutton, and he made for himself a good name. He was a man who was very
prosperous, and a man who was everywhere respected. He had several children
whose names have become quite familiar to us; perhaps the most prominent is
that of Judge Samuel Chase; and also a Daniel, Jr., and quite a number of
others in fact, whom we are constantly becoming better acquainted with.
Now the point that I want to bring out is one that I shall have to ask you
to listen to as a matter of detail and history; not always acknowledged to
be particularly pleasing reading. The point is this: - Where were the
children of Daniel and Sarah born? We know from the records of Newbury that
at least three of the children, namely, Samuel, Daniel Jr., and Judith, were
born in Newbury on this Crane Neck Hill Road. At any rate, if there is any
virtue in the vital records which are so easily consulted, we must
acknowledge that fact, because Samuel and Daniel Jr., and Judith are on the
records as being born in Newbury; but when we turn to the town of Littleton
records, we come into trouble, and it seems a pity that after so much time
has been spent on books and records that are to endure, they should not be
more accurate in their statements. For instance, there is recorded in
Littleton books, the other children by the names of Joshua, Anne, Sarah,
Caleb and Moses, and it also adds in Littleton, that Samuel, Daniel Jr., and
Judith were also born in Littleton. In other words, Littleton claims all of
the children that were ever born to Daniel and Sarah. Now, of course, this
cannot be so, so we must look at a fact in the case, and that fact is, that
Daniel, the miller, and his little family removed from Littleton to Sutton
somewhere about 1726; between 1726 and 1727, without much doubt. Now there
is a fact which can be substantiated by deeds of property held by Daniel,
the miller. In the meantime there was a son of Daniel and Sarah, who was
born September 3d, 1723, whose name was Moody Chase. This man does not seem
to mix in with the other children in Sutton, or Millbury, to any great
extent, and I have been unable, although it is probably my own fault thus
far to find where this Moody Chase Lived in Sutton, if he ever did live
there, and it has been no small job to untangle these various dates, and the
town records, to get at the real fact, because a man cannot be born in two
places at the same time, and if Daniel and Sarah removed about 1726 from
Littleton to Sutton, we must eliminate one or two things that appear to be
facts. For instance, it is stated in one place that Moses, the son of Daniel
and Sarah, was born between 1726 and 1727, in Littleton. This was about the
time they were removed to Sutton, yet I cannot say for a certainty that the
parents removed to Sutton from Littleton. The trouble is made more vivid by
the fact that on the Littleton records this person who is put down as
Judith, born in Newbury, was evidently called "Jude" on other vital records.
She is a woman and was married, although the records speak of Jude as a man;
but I want to leave that out now. You can think of that at your leisure.
Any public library has a vital record of Newbury in two volumes, and the
records of Littleton can also be consulted, and the records of Sutton, and
the conclusion is this then: - That when Daniel and Sarah removed to Sutton,
they took with them Samuel, afterwards Judge Samuel, Daniel Jr., and Judith,
who had already been born before the removal, and I am not clear whether
there were any other children born in Littleton, excepting Moody on Sept. 3,
1723, and even in that case, he is not down upon the records, but that he
actually lived there, there is no question. Now this man Moody Chase was a
very strong man; we have been accustomed to look to Judge Samuel as the
biggest man of that generation. My own feeling is that while that may be
true to a very great extent, there were some events in the life of Moody
Chase which will bear investigation, and certainly bear comparison with the
events in other members of the family. This man Moody married Elizabeth
Hale, and she was of a most excellent family, the daughter of Jonathan Hale,
Esq., who lived in what was then termed the town of Bradford, which may have
been rather a wide territory, because Bradford included at one time a good
deal of the surrounding country, and the Hales also were pretty thick on the
edge of Newbury on this Crane Neck Hill Road that I have been speaking
about. One of the strongest families on that road was the Hale family and a
good deal could be said about that, and thus Moody Chase married Elizabeth
Hale in January, 1749, and the point then is, where did they live? We know
where they were buried ; they are buried in Shirley Center, side by side.
They lived to be ninety-one years old, and their well-kept graves in a neat
and well-kept yard attests a fact, but Moody Chase lived down the road on
the banks of the Nashua River as it flows down towards Ayer, and the region
that was occupied by him has been called at different times, Shirley,
Groton, Ayer, and it is undoubtedly what is now Milliken's Mills, or very
near there; the remains of a large barn and house are plainly shown right
beside the railroad tracks and river, and it was there, I think, that Moody
Chase carried on the milling business which seems to run in the family, and
he became a noted man. Now why do I speak of him as a Separatist? Possibly
the term was affixed to him because he was independent in his ways which has
not entirely died out of the Chase family, and he preferred to have his own
convictions and his own practices, and his church, home, and everything of
that kind, all harmonious. He did not follow in the lead of the first
church of Littleton, nor of any other place that I can find out the early
records, but if you will go back a little now, you will find, I think, a
clue to the whole subject.
Dr. Eleazar Wheelock was a man very well known in Connecticut, and in some
parts of Massachusetts. Moody Chase was not a man to be bound by any
conventional rules, and the work that Dr. Wheelock had undertaken, evidently
appealed to him more than the dry discussion of a doctrine in church. In
other words he was very much impressed with the case of the Indian boys.
This was back of the slavery times you know, but Moody Chase felt a great
interest in these Indian boys. Dr. Wheelock had started a school in
Connecticut for the education of boys of that nature, and was very much
interested in the missionary work in that line, so we are not surprised to
find that Moody Chase says to Dr. Wheelock, "I will furnish you a cleared
place on the Connecticut River where there is plenty of room for you to
grow, and for you to pursue your work. I am heartily in sympathy with the
conversion and the care of the Indian boys." Moody Chase gathered about
twenty men from the locality near where he lived, and he goes with axes and
frying pans and the little things that are necessary in camp life up to what
is now the town of Hanover, N.H. There he felled the trees, and with these
large trees, he built a school house; a place to live, and started the farm
for Dr. Wheelock. Then he goes back himself to his own home in Shirley or
Ayer, either way you have a mind to put it, and goes on with his own
business, and in due time passed away at ninety-one years of age. The
school that Dr. Wheelock started and that Moody Chase prepared the way for,
is the present Dartmouth College. One thing led along to another and
Dartmouth came out of Wheelock's Indian School, and Moody Chase was the man
who did the work, and whose shoulders and strong right arm provided a
building or two for the doctor to have his school, work his farm and begin
the missionary life which was practically the life of a Separatist.
Now this is the word that we want; he was a Separatist because he did not
care about the tenets of the church around him. He did not feel that he was
at all bound by any so-called church taxes; he was a man who could think and
who could perform and who did not hesitate at criticism, for he was doing
what he thought was right in the eye of God. But we have lost sight largely
of that man. He was the son of Daniel and Sarah March; we know the others;
we know where they are buried; we know what they did; we know where Moody
was buried and where he lived the larger part of his life, but we do not
have, as I understand it, the location of his Sutton home, if he ever lived
there, and why he did not go with the other members of the family to Sutton,
but remained either in Littleton or went up the Nashua River until he came
to the Falls and water power which are pointed out today. Those of us who
have looked over the migration from Newbury to Sutton are apt to forget that
before Daniel and Sarah went to Sutton, they removed to Littleton, as if
they proposed to live there, but things were not to their liking. And we
see in '26 and '27 where, by accepted records, the property at Pleasant
Falls and around there, little spots in Sutton, came into the hands of these
good Chase men, and to this very day the houses and the boundaries are
perfectly well indicated. Of course, we are all aware that later-on quite a
number of these other descendants removed to Cornish, N.H., but even then
Samuel the leading man did not go there directly. He became a citizen first
of Walpole, and then went up the river to Cornish, where he became a mighty
man. We have been able to locate most of the people, their homes as well as
their graves, but some of the statements that are in a recent history of
Cornish will not hold out because it is there stated in more than one
instance that certain persons went from Sutton to Cornish, when it is
perfectly plain that this could not be so, because they lived in Sutton,
(house perfectly well defined), died in Sutton, and are buried in the Armory
Yard which is now the town of Millbury, but formerly Sutton . Moody,
however, slips out somehow and I have my doubts if he ever lived in Sutton
or went with the rest of the family there. He seems to have been an
independent man; not a weak man by any means, but a Separatist in the good
sense of the word, and to show you a little of the type of the man, I shall
now read what has been perfectly well ascertained, the form of morning
prayer which he used at prayers in his family. I think you will see by the
form of this prayer that he was an independent man. You may call it
Separatist or whatever you please; he did his own praying at any rate;
whether this prayer would fit into the present Young People's Society of
Christian Endeavor, I am not quite clear, but judging by the standards of
the time, the prayer is sound in theology, although pretty tough in some of
its statements.
"Morning Prayer of Moody Chase (4)
"Great and Infinite and Glorious God! Through thy tender
mercies we see
the light of another morning; we are alive while others are
dead, and in their
grave; some of them may be in Hell. Scatter them that delight
in war, and
overturn and remove the veil from off our minds. Destroy the
works of wicked
men and devils. Keep off that old serpent the Devil, that
goes about like a
roaring lion seeking whom he may devour; resist the Devil and
he shall flee
from you. Visit us in Mercy, and prepare us for what thou
hast for us this
morning and forevermore, Amen."
Now what do we see as a conclusion as peculiar to this man or to the family?
I think it is a marked trait all the way through that these people were very
independent in their thinking and acting; that they were forehanded people,
as we say, in their money matters; they reached out into broad areas. The
mills which were erected at Pleasant Falls, Sutton, show a good breadth of
mind; an active disposition as citizens, and we come down to this one man
whom I cannot seem to locate. Speaking about vital records, I have been
amazed to find how inaccurate so many of these records are; there are
several inaccuracies in the records of Newbury and they are quite marked
too; there are records again of the town of Amesbury and there are errors
there, affecting our Chase family too, and in the records of Sutton there
are several mistakes, so the only thing that I know of that we can do is to
group them together and sort them out from the best help we can get and hope
that the eye of some future student may be able to see what the speaker has
not been able to see or to fathom. It is a grave question in this searching
of similar names, when you recall that there are in the Moses Chase line, at
least a dozen different men by the same name in different places, and in the
family of Wells Chase, four or five different branches all claim the
original land mark, and then Cornish comes up later, and it is impossible to
agree to some of the statements that are in the late Cornish book, if we pay
any attention to records that we know are correct in Sutton, Millbury,
Littleton, and perhaps Grafton.
I will add to this what I have been able to find as the children of Moody
Chase and Elizabeth Hale.
I do not know that I am right in every statement here, but as far as I have
been able, I have verified the statements. I will give you a list of what
appears probable as the children of Moody and Elizabeth; -
Susannah, William, who died in infancy, Jacob, Molly, Samuel, Betsey,
Judith, March
and William.
Now these names you will notice duplicate in a few instances those names
that we are more familiar with in other places. That is not to be
considered, however, because there are, as I say, so many of the same name
in the same family, that it is almost impossible not to go astray in some
case. For instance, take March. March Chase was a very prominent man of
Sutton; his house is there today and his fine tombstone is also there, and
he was a very active man, but there was also another March, without any
question, who was the son of Moody and Elizabeth, who lived in Shirley, and
Bolton, and whose marriage is not at all to the same people who are married
to March Chase of Sutton. This is only an illustration. The word Judith
appears here and in another place the same date is put to a man where here
it is a woman, and the date is missing, and I cannot determine whether it is
Judith the man, or Jude the woman. I would make a suggestion to our friends
here, that anything that they can find about a man who appears only now and
then, and who is not as prominent as a Chase, but who evidently has claims
to recognition, that there should be put down all that can be obtained, and
at some future time, some person may be able to take this in hand and bring
out of these different treasuries, some statements which will be accurate
and useful.
*****
A Note From The Chronicles - April 1914
REMARKS BY DR. WALTER GREENOUGH
CHASE AT THE MID-WINTER LUNCH, 1914
Ladies and Gentlemen: On an occasion like this, I suppose that I should
review the activities of the Chases during the past year. I could only do
this by subscribing to a press clipping bureau, and giving a resume of the
items furnished by it. As I have not this source of information it occurred
to me that some interesting data might be compiled by looking over the
writings of the Chases catalogued in the Boston Public Library. To enumerate
a complete list of Chase writings up to the present day would be impossible
without weeks of work and the search of every known library and magazine
catalogue and index. The Boston Public Library being one of the world's
largest institutions, furnishes a list which can be taken as a fair average.
These data of course will not hold entirely good for the strictly technical
articles which appear in publications devoted to their specialty. Again
there are probably many articles and books which have been written by women
whose maiden name may have been Chase. The following facts may prove of
interest for the few moments allotted me.
I find that there are catalogued in the library, books or articles by 109
separate Chases. Authors of the Chace variety are not included in this
enumeration. There are only five Chaces and their productions deal with the
subjects of Italian lemons, anti-slavery reminiscences, religion, county
maps and surveys of Providence, R.I.
I have arranged the subjects into the following classification. The first
column of figures represents the number of Chases who have treated each
subject and the second column gives the percentage of authorship in each
subject. This classification as you see is entirely arbitrary, and there
are many books which might be classified under more than one head. Under
historical I have included articles upon genealogy and memoirs. The
articles on medicine will not give here the true percentage, as those appear
in the medical publications of the various states.
Subjects No. of Authors
Percentage
Historical 24
22.02
Religious 16
14.7
Literary 14
12.8
Legal 13
11.5
Engineering 12
11
Travel 6
5.5
Educational 5
4.6
Military 5
4.6
Medical 5
4.6
Art 3
2.7
Music 2
1.8
Botany 2
1.8
Drama 1
.9
Poetry 1
.9
Now for a moment let us look along the titles of the Chase production.
Charles Augustus seems to have devoted his talents to research in the way of
land titles and the histories of the great trusts of the United States,
while the genealogy of the Chases has been voluminously recorded from the
time of the Chesham Chases by George Bigelow Chase, John F. and Edmund.
Considerable historical work of New Hampshire has been recorded by Benjamin
and Francis.
Religion has drawn many a Chase into the paths of literature, Methodism
predominating Philander, bishop of Illinois, has 14 articles recorded in
the library, while Irah Chase who wrote on the design of baptism, founded
the first Baptist college in the United States in Philadelphia. Squire
Chase in 1842, went out as a Methodist missionary to Liberia and there
edited the African Luminary. Another, Frederick, Bishop of Ely, was a most
scholarly writer, some of his topics being "Gospel in the Light of Historic
Criticism", "Lord's Prayer in the Early Church". "Old Syriac Element in the
Text of the Codex Beda", etc. Spiritualism had a pioneer in the person of
Warren Chase, whose book published in 1888 has the following unique title
"Forty Years on the Spiritual rostrum, A sequel to the Life Line of the Lone
One, as the World's Child." He evidently was a power and a favorite, for at
his seventieth birthday celebration in San Francisco a complimentary poem
was read, of which this is a stanza.
Traveling from state to state,
Oiling the hinges of Freedom's gate,
For reason's light he hath striven:
Cheerfully to the human race:
This veteran's name is Warren Chase.
Another exponent of the Spiritualistic doctrine is found in a small pamphlet
under the title "The Spiritual Invention", by Frank Chase, of Sutton. It
seems that Frank was the pioneer of the sect in his town. In order to carry
conviction to his friends he engaged a female lecturer to expound her views
in a lecture. She spent the night at his home and in the morning told him
that as a reward for his fidelity to the cause the spirits had revealed to
her in the night the plan of a blind fastening. This he had made later and
patented. From the illustration it does not appear as if its conception
would have taxed the brain of spirit or earthly inventor. However, he seems
to have made something on it.
In the line of pure literature, we have very little work of the Chases
unless we class with it the educational works, and then we find some
authorities in the person of George C., president of Bates College, Thomas
Russell, President of Haverford, and one whom we all knew as school-boys as
the senior editor of Chase and Stuarts classics. He was given an L.L.D. by
Harvard in 1878, and was one of the revisers of the New Testament. His
brother, Pliny, was an eminent scientist. A bit of pretty romance and one
beautifully illustrated, descriptive of the Old Man of the Mountain, was
written by Charles G. Chase and entitled "The Old Man and His Dream'. If
you wish to find a toast for any occasion see a work by Edith Chase, which
is really a valuable collection, in spite of the following title, "Book of
Toasts: Bubbles Gathered from the Wine of Others, but with here and there
an Occasional Humble Globule. Believed to be More or Less Original". She
is the joint compiler with Capt. W.E.P. French, U.S.A. Whether she changed
her name before again attempting authorship I know not.
The one shining legal light of the Chases was Salmon P.of whose works 23 are
here catalogued. His opinions as Chief Justice are still quoted, and as
Governor of Ohio, some of his arguments before the Supreme Court are
monumental. Another brilliant member of the bar was Samuel Chase, who was a
signer of the Declaration of Independence. Then there is catalogued a
little book written in French and published in Paris, entitled "Constantin
Catacazy. Un Incident Diplomatique," author, Samuel Chase.
Engineering and allied branches are represented by Andrew J. in "Freezing
Blast Methods", Constantine on "The Metallurgy of Iron," Fred L. in
Researches with the Heliometer," and Isaac McK. on "Marine Propellers."
Pliny Chase, to whom I referred, wrote on mathematics and also a book
entitled "Astronomy without Mathematics."
The Chase, including the author of this paper, may have traveled much but
did not write much about it. The four who do describe their trips, namely,
John Centlivres, John Smeaton, Walter H., and Washington, write about the
Cape of Good Hope, California, and Put in Bay, Eliza Brown gives some
transatlantic sketches.
Aside from the two college presidents mentioned, and the editor of the
classics, authors on educational subjects are Elizabeth, and Mabel J.
In the line of medicine, there are several papers by Dr. Henry Melville on
surgery, and we see Pliny Earl again as he reviews the comparative mortality
among the Shakers. Dr. Walter G. furnishes a paper on the "Use of the
Biograph in Medicine."
Several Chases contribute their experience on military matters and
reminiscences of the Civil War.
Of the remaining subjects, art, music, drama and poetry, we are not
represented strongly. Such then are a few notes from a day's work at the
public library. There has yet to arise a star in the family of Chase who
will be among the immortals in literature, but I think that taken as a whole
the writings will compare favorably with those of any other family who can
boast of 100 writers, and not include an author of world wide celebrity.
********
Hi, cousins - Sue Edwards posted a request for information about Elijah
Chase/Elizabeth Bowman and I replied directly to her today with what was
available in the Chase/Chamberlain book. I was curious if there might be
something else to be found and I searched around on a few of the usual sites.
When I got to the LDS site, I put "Elijah Chase" in the primary name section
and "Elizabeth Bowman" into the spouse section. Nothing but a single website
came up.
I deleted Elizabeth's name and added Elijah's parents. Nothing. I decided
to try Elizabeth in the primary name section w/out spouse. I didn't refine
the search at all. Well, imagine my surprise when two IGI hits came up, both
of which show spouse as Elijah. Too bad there wasn't more in terms of hard
dates, etc., but I thought, "huh?"
I tested this again with my Chase/Blackwell line and found that different
information, including less and more, comes up as the names are switched from
primary name to spouse name, and also entered singly.
Am I just finding this out? Has this been true for some others of you? Sandy
Sandy
I have found that "less is more", as it will come up only as it has been
entered. If what you enter doesn't completely match what is there, i.e,
spellings, middle names, etc., you will not get very productive results.
Too bad the puter can't read our minds --- well, maybe not ;00)
Harriet
Dear Sue,
According to "Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase"
Abel and Abigail Nelson Chase (family #500) lived in Fairfield, ME 1805-1814,
Sebec, ME 1814-1817, Rutland, Meigs, OH 1817-1852. They had 11 children.
Information on the two you mention is as follows:
Elijah Chase b. 18 Jan 1817 Sebec (not Fairfield)*, ME; married Elizabeth
Bowman. He lived in Olympia, Wash.; d. 18 May 1866.
Eliza Chase b. 2 Feb 1813 Fairfield, ME d. Jan 1818.
*Children 5-9 born Fairfield-includes Eliza, last two born Sebec-includes
Elijah.
Sandy Chase
I am looking for information on an Elijah Chase.
He was born in Fairfield, ME, 18 January 1817, the son of Abel and Abigail
(Nelson) Chase. He was the youngest of 11 children. In 1819, the family
moved to Meigs Co, OH. I have information on 9 of the other children,
marriages, deaths, etc. I am following a couple of leads on his sister
Eliza. So Elijah is the only one that I have nothing on.
There is a reference to him in his father's will, leaving him a sum of
money, but followed with the statement "if Elijah does not claim it....".
This leads me to believe that maybe Elijah left OH and moved west and the
family lost contact with him. Any information or leads would be greatly
appreciated.
Sue Edwards
NY
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We need to come to grips with proper documentation on the wife of our first
ancestor...William Chase. We know he married her before coming to America and
that her first born was a William. We know slmost for sure that her name was
Mary. Almost all documentation will read.."Mary------" no last name. The
only name conmmonly given to her is 'Mary Townley" or "Mary Louney Townsley"
or "Margaret Townley."
Don't know where's shes buried..but know when she died. Some say under
peculiar circumstances. She was a sickly person.
1What was her maiden name?...proof
2. Where is she buried?
Yes, he is of the Aquilla line, I just don't know what happened to him after
OH. His brothers and sisters seemed to have all remained in Ohio, at least
to get married, and in contact with the family. He just seems to have
disappeared.
Thanks,
Sue
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>From: chasede(a)nbnet.nb.ca
>To: "Sue Edwards" <suze(a)frontiernet.net>
>Subject: Re: [CHASE-L] <no subject>
>Date: Wed, Jun 28, 2000, 12:43 PM
>
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2000 12:00:13 -0400, you wrote:
>
>>I am looking for information on an Elijah Chase.
>>
>>He was born in Fairfield, ME, 18 January 1817, the son of Abel and Abigail
>>(Nelson) Chase.
>
>
> I am quite sure he is of the Aquila CHase lineage as most of them went to NH
> and Maine. I have a genealogy from the Freeport Historical SOciety ..I'll
> look in it and see..
>
> Derek Chase
> Siant John
>
>
>
> He was the youngest of 11 children. In 1819, the family
>>moved to Meigs Co, OH. I have information on 9 of the other children,
>>marriages, deaths, etc. I am following a couple of leads on his sister
>>Eliza. So Elijah is the only one that I have nothing on.
>>
>>There is a reference to him in his father's will, leaving him a sum of
>>money, but followed with the statement "if Elijah does not claim it....".
>>This leads me to believe that maybe Elijah left OH and moved west and the
>>family lost contact with him. Any information or leads would be greatly
>>appreciated.
>>
>>Sue Edwards
>>NY
>
>
I am looking for information on an Elijah Chase.
He was born in Fairfield, ME, 18 January 1817, the son of Abel and Abigail
(Nelson) Chase. He was the youngest of 11 children. In 1819, the family
moved to Meigs Co, OH. I have information on 9 of the other children,
marriages, deaths, etc. I am following a couple of leads on his sister
Eliza. So Elijah is the only one that I have nothing on.
There is a reference to him in his father's will, leaving him a sum of
money, but followed with the statement "if Elijah does not claim it....".
This leads me to believe that maybe Elijah left OH and moved west and the
family lost contact with him. Any information or leads would be greatly
appreciated.
Sue Edwards
NY
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