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The complete Index of the USA and territories, 1880 Census is now on the Chase web site at
http://chase.genealogysurnames.com
This information was extracted by Charlie Scott who also obtained permission from the LDS' agents to publish the 25,000 names
While converting the data to web pages it was apparent that many names had possibly been spelt incorrectly therefore when searching be prepared to be somewhat "creative" with the spelling especially with given names.
Keith Hume
Thought I would pass this on. Art
There are several Chases AFTER Edward Chase Ingersoll. The one prior is
Byron Ingersoll b 12/20/1823 married 1st. Sept. 1843, Anna Chase who died May
20, 1857. One child, Elon Romaine, b. 12/28/1850, Perry, NY. (From the
Ingersoll Book)
I would be pleased if you would post on the chase list. You may put my e-mail
address, if you like.
Best,
Geraldine "Jay" Ingersoll
Board Member, Recording Secretary,
Newsletter and Web Site Editor
Sumter County Genealogical Society
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hi Listers, this is a multi-list posting.
I wrote this article for our local genealogical newsletter and for the SC
Genealogical Society Quarterly.
My research into Alice Cornelia Ingersoll has left many questions. I would
really like to know if there are any surviving descendants. I would like to
know the death dates and burial places of the children. I would also like to
know where Alice and Daniel are buried.
Thanks for any help anyone can give me.
Geraldine Ingersoll
BEHIND THE SCENES...IN RECONSTRUCTION SC...
Alice Cornelia Ingersoll Chamberlain
South Carolina’s Last Reconstruction Governor’s First Lady
By Geraldine “Jay” Ingersoll
Finding a distant Ingersoll cousin in Helen Milliken’s recently published
book, BEHIND THE SCENES, Sketches of Select South Carolina First Ladies, was
a huge surprise. Researching the South Carolina life and times of cousin
Alice Ingersoll Chamberlain and her husband Governor Daniel Henry Chamberlain
proved to be even more surprising, partly because of the realization that
Chamberlain was South Carolina’s last Reconstruction governor. In her
book, Helen Milliken illustrates the Chamberlains’ tenure with a lovely
picture of the Boylston House, a section of the iron fence, the caption, “One
of their lasting contributions was a new iron fence around the mansion
grounds.” This also illustrates the controversial nature of Chamberlain’s
governorship, as
well as the dearth of information on Alice Ingersoll.
In her narrative about the Chamberlains, Ms. Milliken says in
part, “The couple moved to Columbia...where Chamberlain practiced law
and became a member of the S.C. constitutional convention... Chamberlain
served as attorney general of S.C. from 1868-72 and was elected governor
in 1874.
Gov. Chamberlain earned a reputation as a noted reformer of state
politics partly because he had the luxery-he was independently wealthy.
After he was elected, the Chamberlains decided not to occupy the
Governor’s Mansion because the building needed major repairs: it had
previously been a military academy and was burned during Sherman’s
march to the sea. The Chamberlains instead bought and lived in the
Boylston House which was directly across the street from the mansion...
In 1876, Gov. Chamberlain was re-nominated by Republicans to face
Democratic nominee Wade Hampton. Chamberlain won the election, but Democrats
challenged the election results, established a rival government, and
inaugurated Hampton. Both governors claimed authority until April 1877 when,
as part of the Compromise of 1877, Pres. Rutherford Hayes withdrew federal
troops from South Carolina and deprived Chamberlain of his source of power.
Chamberlain was forced to leave office and the family eventually left South
Carolina as well...”
Getting information on this little known First Lady was not an easy task,
as Helen Milliken, researcher for the book, Behind the Scenes: Sketches of
Selected South Carolina First Ladies, can attest. Alice was a South Carolina
resident only from the time of her marriage to Daniel Henry Chamberlain in
December of 1869, until the beginning of his second term (contested) as
Governor of South Carolina in 1877. Much has been documented about Daniel,
but who was Alice Cornelia Ingersoll? What was her background and who were
her people?
Alice Ingersoll was born May 10, 1846, in Maine (likely Bangor) to George
Washington and Henrietta Crosby Ingersoll. Her father was a noted attorney
and state legislator, who had just been elected Attorney General of Maine in
1860, when he died of pneumonia at age 56. Her grandfather, Nathaniel
Ingersoll, was a founder of New Gloucester, Maine, and served as a private in
the Revolutionary War. Her granduncle, Zebulon Ingersoll, was a Colonel in
the Continental Army. Her grandaunt, Rebecca Ingersoll Foster’s wedding
silver was made by Paul Revere. Alice and her people were somebody.
When their father died, Alice was 13 and her brother, Edward Chase, was
16. Edward went to college soon after, graduating from his father’s alma
mater, Bowdoin, in 1864. What Alice did from age thirteen until her marriage
to Daniel Chamberlain when she was 23, is unknown. It might be presumed that
her life was similar to the lives of other young women from prominent,
well-to-do families; learning and honing the skills required for marriage to
a prominent, well-to-do man. Daniel Chamberlain was finishing Yale and
attending Harvard Law School between 1857 and 1863. He left Harvard in 1863
to serve as an officer with the Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry, a black
regiment.
In 1866, Daniel came to South Carolina “to tend to the affairs of a
deceased classmate.” He stayed and practiced law in Charleston, entering
South Carolina politics in 1868 as a delegate to the state Constitutional
Convention from Berkeley District.
Alice and Daniel were married during his 1868-1872 tenure as South
Carolina’s Attorney General. It is very likely that the Ingersoll and
Chamberlain families had at least some prior association, and that Alice and
Daniel had known each other for some time.
By early 1870, Alice and Daniel were both living in South Carolina. Less
than a year later their first child, Henry Ingersoll, was born. Henry lived
for three days. The couple’s second child, Julian Ingersoll, was born in
1872, the same year his father, failing to gain the Republican nomination for
governor, again practiced law in Charleston. Daniel was elected to the board
of trustees of the University of South Carolina 1873.
In 1874, Daniel became the Republican candidate for governor and, shortly
after their third child, Huyley, was born, won the general election. It was
during this time that the Chamberlains decided against living in the badly
damaged Governor’s Mansion, instead purchasing and occupying the Boylston
House across the street. Philip Chamberlain was born there on November 28,
1876, in the midst of the pivotal and contested election of his father to a
second term as Governor of South Carolina.
Both the Democrats and Republicans claimed victory in the 1876 election,
and a prolonged controversy followed. For a time, contender Wade Hampton and
incumbent Daniel Chamberlain each insisted that he was the state's chief
executive. But in April, 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes, as part of the
Compromise of 1877, withdrew federal troops from South Carolina and deprived
Chamberlain of his source of power. Daniel Chamberlain was forced to leave
office, and the family left South Carolina shortly after.
It is not difficult to imagine what Alice Chamberlain’s life was like
during her years in South Carolina. She was either pregnant or had a babe
in arms, servants not withstanding. Her husband was a prominent, political
figure during the most politically disruptive, tumultuous and dangerous
years in the state’s history. Alice, no doubt, was responsible for running
the Governor’s household, planning and presiding over, or participating in,
the many functions required of the state’s First Lady, even during
Reconstruction.
After the Chamberlains left South Carolina, Daniel became a successful
Wall Street lawyer. It was during this time that four year old Huyley died
(January 21, 1879). The family is not to be found anywhere in the 1880
Federal Census. It is very likely that they spent some time abroad after
Huley’s death. From 1883 until 1897, Daniel was a professor of constitutional
law at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Their son, Paul Crosby, was
born there on December 18, 1883, six days before Alice’s brother, Edward
Chase Ingersoll, died in Washington, D.C.
Alice Cornelia Ingersoll Chamberlain died in 1887, barely two years after
their son, Waldo Emerson, was born. She was forty. If all of her children
survived her except Henry Ingersoll and Huyley, Alice’s death left
motherless, four young sons, ages 15, 11, 4 and 2.
The following testimony is taken from, Behind the Scenes: Sketches of
Selected South Carolina First Ladies. In a memoir of Chamberlain, lifelong
friend James Green said his wife’s loss was devastating to the former
governor. Mrs. Chamberlain was his “most trusted companion and most
sympathetic friend. This loss to him was irreparable and saddened all his
later years.” and in an 1888 account of the Chamberlain administration, the
author dedicated the book to Mrs. Chamberlain “whose early wedded life was
both shadowed and exalted herein...whose faithful interest preserved
important parts of this record; whose wifely counsel and sympathy made her a
large sharer in all that was achieved and all that was endured by her husband
while governor.”
Alice Ingersoll Chamberlain was first defined by her father and then by
her husband. She was also defined by the tragic and untimely deaths of her
father, her brother, and at least two of her children. In all, Alice presents
a brave, tragic and sympathetic figure. She was very much a woman of her
time.
When Daniel Henry Chamberlain retired in 1897, he “...traveled
extensively in Europe before settling in Charlottesville, Virginia.” There he
died of cancer on April 13, 1907. He was 73.
SOURCES:
_A GENEALOGY OF THE INGERSOLL FAMILY IN AMERICA 1629-1925, by Lillian Drake
Avery. Published by Frederick H. Hitchcock, The Grafton Press, Genealogical
Publishers, New York, 1926,
_BEHIND THE SCENES Sketches of Selected South Carolina Ladies, page 50,
researched by Helen Milliken. Copyright 2001, Heritage Information Fund
Press/The Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation and Palmetto Conservation
Foundation.
_The South Carolina Encyclopedia at <http://www.schumanities.org/encyclopedia/chamberlain.ht
m> , edited by Dr. Walter Edgar. A joint effort by The Humanities Council of
SC, the USC Institute for Southern Studies, and the University of South
Carolina Press.
Geraldine Ingersoll was born in California, but has been a resident of South
Carolina most of her life. She has been a school teacher, an elementary
school principal and a small business owner. Geraldine serves on the board of
directors of The Boone Society, Inc., and is membership committee chair of
that organization. She is a board member, recording secretary, newsletter
editor and Web site editor of the Sumter County Chapter of the South Carolina
Genealogical Society. Geraldine belongs to numerous other historical and
genealogical organizations.
She can be reached at gfjay(a)aol.com
Hi,Jeanne,
Your page can be accessed via the California page. I have added a seperate page for your sister via the oregon page and inter-linked both hers and your pages
Keith Hume
CHASE web page http://chase.genealogysurnames.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Retiredgrama(a)aol.com
To: k.hume(a)ntlworld.com
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 7:50 PM
Subject: My Chase Lineage
1. Jeanne Toland Lane
2. retiredgrama(a)aol.com
3. San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
4. 408-238-7093
5. Lineage:
1. William Chase & Mary England, MA
2. William Chase England , MA
3. John Chase (1649-1735) & Elizabeth Baker (1656-) Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA
4. Isaac Chase (1685-1759) & Mary Berry (1685-1727) Yarmouth, Barnstavle, MA
5. Isaac Chase (1740-) & Thankful Maker (1716-) MA, NY
6. Berry Chase (1754-1808) & Phoebe Wixon (1756-1839) NY (Dutchess, Saratoga,
Jefferson
7. Eli Chase (1785-1828) & Betsy Manchester (1790-) NY, Illinois
8. Eli Chase (1820-1908) & Nancy Jane Daugherty (1823-1914) IL Iowa
9. Thomas Allen Toland (1860-1928) & Mary Jane Chase (1863-1953) IA, SD, WA
10. Edmund Vernon Toland (1890-1976) & Sarah Hazlett Johnson (1890-1975)
IA, South Dakota, Oregon
11. Raymond William Lane (1925- ) & Phyllis Jean Toland (1926- ) South Dakota,
Oregon, Wasshington, California (This is me, though the name differs (-family
story)
Personal information- Married to a career Army man so have had many other residences, such as Panama Canal Zone, Germany, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and
Maryland. Retired banker, mother of 5 children, (2 sons deceased), grandmother of 4 grnandsons, great grandmother of 5 boys and 1 girl.
Sources: " Desc. of William Chase of Roxbury" and many other books on the Chase family, Census records, Vital records of various areas and personal visits to sites of residence of the Chase family.
Information on my sister:
Same as mine up to No. 11
11. Dorothy Janice Toland (1924- ) & David Ross Barclay (1918-) SD, OR
(uses name of Janice Toland Barclay)
email address: djbarc(a)99weststreet.com
Residence, Monroe, Benton County, Oregon
Well Keith, here it is again. Hope it does not get lost in transmission again.
Let me know if you get it, please.
Jeanne
Hi,Beverley,
Your info can be accessed on the ImageMap. Click on either Washington or California. You will see you have a fellow researcher living close by.
For those of you who may want to have your research interests added to the Image Map, the following is the information
just as I received it from Beverley. I have not added a map of Seattle as it is a well known location
----- Original Message -----
From: Bchase27(a)aol.com
To: k.hume(a)ntlworld.com
Cc: Bchase27(a)aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: Your Chase family.
Dear Keith -
Thanks for your messages, and for the info about Robert Chase in the 1880 census. The info on "my" Chases is:
Name: Beverley Chase
Email: bchase27(a)aol.com
Location: Seattle, Washington (about Chases in Humboldt County, CA)
Chase/Chace
Research: Ancestors and descendants of Arthur French Chase, born 1845 or 1847 in Boston MA; brother was Henry Chase and father may have been Robert Park Chase. Crossed the plains in 1850s-1860s to San Francisco, and then settled to the north in Humboldt County. Married Alice Mary Davis (b. 1851 in England) and had the following children: Arthur Davis, Henry Robert (my grandfather), Edith Grace, Russell P., Alice M., Mabel, Walter Frederick (died in infancy), Leroy, and Marjorie W. I would appreciate any help in locating info about the family in Boston prior to 1850s.
Other Families: Herkimer (NY), Hubbard (CT/NY, OH, CA), Holcomb(e) (New England, CA, ID), Rinn (Ireland, CT, CA), Prins (Netherlands), Shoemaker (NY)
Help: Would be happy to share any information I have, including Prins family back to 1700s in Netherlands.
Thanks again!
Bev Chase
My understanding of this question is that, unlike male DNA, the female DNA
is traceable through many more generations than the male. On this basis it
would have made life easier if we had been named after our mothers!!
Keith Hume
From: <Art4161(a)aol.com>
To: <CHASE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 4:06 AM
Subject: [CHASE-L] (CHASE) Female DNA
> Interesting information from: NYBROOKLYN-L(a)rootsweb.com
> Art
>
> Q. Can females participate in a DNA study or initiate one?
>
> Ans. yes, females can participate on their maternal side, as per
> familytreedna.com "Women are now able to see if another person is
descended
> through their maternal grandmother's maternal side with an analysis of
> mtDNA. We produce reports based upon the Cambridge Reference Sequence,
which
> shows your deviation from this accepted industry standard."
> www.familytreedna.com main page, center column.
>
> Frank Dillman
> Dillman Genealogy DNA Project at frankdillman.com
> --
>
>
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Interesting information from: NYBROOKLYN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Art
Q. Can females participate in a DNA study or initiate one?
Ans. yes, females can participate on their maternal side, as per
familytreedna.com "Women are now able to see if another person is descended
through their maternal grandmother's maternal side with an analysis of
mtDNA. We produce reports based upon the Cambridge Reference Sequence, which
shows your deviation from this accepted industry standard."
www.familytreedna.com main page, center column.
Frank Dillman
Dillman Genealogy DNA Project at frankdillman.com
--
Hi,
Just a reminder that the greater part of the CHASE/CHACE Chronicles are on
the CHASE/CHACE website at
http://chase.genealogysurnames.com
There are over 300 articles categorised and indexed there. In addition ther
are also scanned images of pages.
When I have finished the 1880 CHASE/CHACE and derivatives Index I will
return to the conversion of Lonnie Chase's complete Chronicles
transcriptions,
Keith Hume
----- Original Message -----
From: "Renogen" <Renogen(a)peoplepc.com>
To: <CHASE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: [CHASE-L] Edward Chace in Patagonia
> Hi - I am sorry that I cannot help you with your question re: Edward
Chase -
> but, I am most anxious to know more about the Chase Chronicles....What,
> where, how to obtain, etc.....Any help appreciated, Phyl in Reno.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeffrey Chace" <j.b.chace(a)amaze.nl>
> To: <CHASE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 7:35 AM
> Subject: [CHASE-L] Edward Chace in Patagonia
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Does anyone have any information on the lineage of Edward Chace,
> originally
> > from Taunton, who ended up in Patagonia from 1898 into the 1920s? Below
> is
> > what the Chase Chronicles has to say about him.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jeffrey Chace
> > http://home.wanadoo.nl/j.b.chace
> >
> > A Note From The Chronicles- July-Oct.- 1932
> >
> > EDWARD CHACE'S STORY AS TOLD IN
> > "A YANKEE IN PATAGONIA"
> >
> > Taunton Man Puts in Some Wild Tenderfoot Days With the
> > Tough Gauchos of Patagonia and Comes Home to Write
> > A Book About It.
> >
> > by H. F. Manchester
> > (Boston Sunday Herald, July 12, 1931)
> >
> > Ned Chace is now back in Taunton, trying the quiet life for a change.
> >
> > Chace shipped before the mast out of Boston in '97. He was ship's
> carpenter
> > on a little schooner. They sailed the South Shetlands, near the tip of
> > South America.
> >
> > Chace intended to be back in Boston within a few months, but with one
> thing
> > and another he got held up for 31 years. For one thing, the Captain was
> > drunk all the time, and Chace got sick of it. So when the skipper pulled
> > himself together and sent ashore for his crew, Chace was a few miles up
> the
> > hills of Patagonia.
> >
> > Patagonia, which is even now pretty close to the world's jumping-off
> place,
> > was then a little bit wilder, if possible, Chace saw strange animals,
> > strange Indians and stranger white men. He hunted pumas in their caves,
> ate
> > ostriches and herded sheep by the thousand. He rode with renegade
> > Englishmen and light-hearted Spanish gauchos with silver-handled knives
at
> > their belts.
> >
> > It was there the Barretts ran into him. The Barretts -Robert and
> > Katherine - spent their time traveling in strange places and now and
then
> > they write a book. Chace had no idea that he was worth a book, but once
> > they got him out of the wilds and started him talking, he wore out a
crew
> of
> > stenographers.
> >
> > Now Ulysses is home from his wanderings. Much has been seen and heard
and
> > this time he lives to see the saga in print. "A Yankee in Patagonia" is
> the
> > name of the book and it is just off the presses of Houghton Mifflin.
> > Patagonia, as we have said, was a pretty wild place. It was a land of
> > horses, desperadoes, bar-rooms and killings. There were few women in the
> > country and bleached skeletons of rival lovers decorated the arroyos
near
> > their homes.
> >
> > Those who have enjoyed accounts of the vivid range life
> > of our own West in the early days, with its occasional ferocity and its
> > madcap pranks, will find in the narrative of Chace the same lawless
spirit
> > of adventure.
> >
> > There was a crowd of gauchos with whom Chace threw dice for his drinks
in
> > the wayside bar-room, or "boliche", of one Dona Gregoria. Not far from
the
> > shack as he approached, he saw some of those fresh-looking skulls he had
> > been told about.
> >
> > It was a strangely mixed crowd. There were Spaniards, Argentines,
> Chileans,
> > Irishman, English, Scotch and German. All were armed to the teeth.
> >
> > That was not an alarming symptom - it was merely a custom of the
country.
> > Those of the Spanish strain had knives in their belts - the others
relied
> > upon pistols . Chace didn't like the knives. "A man wouldn't mind
gettin'
> > shot or something like that," he explained, "but when I saw a hand go
> toward
> > a knife I always figured it was time to do something quick."
> >
> > Chace was a newcomer, a tenderfoot. He heard men brag of killings in
their
> > drinks, but smiles up his sleeve. He thought they were spoofing. He
> > thought that one man known widely as "Matasiete, Killer of Seven." had
> > probably killed seven sheep. Later he was glad that his laugh was up his
> > sleeve.
> >
> > For a laugh meant a fight to those men, who were always ready to drink
> with
> > each other, but whose personal honor was a precariously balanced affair.
> >
> >
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> >
> >
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>Derek wrote:
> bit of a stretch but we did have an Argentine CHase on this list who might
know
Yes, you are correct, Derek. I'd forgotten that fact. I believe his name
is Alex. Alex, are you still out there and can you tell us anything about
the Edward Chace who spent 31 years in Patagonia?
Cheers,
Jeffrey Chacer
On Sun, 16 Feb 2003 15:35:46 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi - I am sorry that I cannot help you with your question re: Edward Chase -
>but, I am most anxious to know more about the Chase Chronicles....What,
>where, how to obtain, etc.....Any help appreciated, Phyl in Reno.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jeffrey Chace" <j.b.chace(a)amaze.nl>
>To: <CHASE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
>Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 7:35 AM
>Subject: [CHASE-L] Edward Chace in Patagonia
Where did that CHASE cousin go from Argentina? He ran the Chase School of
Languages or something ...Patagonia and Argentina are continuguous.... bit
of a stretch but we did have an Argentine CHase on this list who might know
...
Derek
>>
>> Does anyone have any information on the lineage of Edward Chace,
>originally
>> from Taunton, who ended up in Patagonia from 1898 into the 1920s? Below
>is
>> what the Chase Chronicles has to say about him.
Hello,
Does anyone have any information on the lineage of Edward Chace, originally
from Taunton, who ended up in Patagonia from 1898 into the 1920s? Below is
what the Chase Chronicles has to say about him.
Cheers,
Jeffrey Chace
http://home.wanadoo.nl/j.b.chace
A Note From The Chronicles- July-Oct.- 1932
EDWARD CHACE'S STORY AS TOLD IN
"A YANKEE IN PATAGONIA"
Taunton Man Puts in Some Wild Tenderfoot Days With the
Tough Gauchos of Patagonia and Comes Home to Write
A Book About It.
by H. F. Manchester
(Boston Sunday Herald, July 12, 1931)
Ned Chace is now back in Taunton, trying the quiet life for a change.
Chace shipped before the mast out of Boston in '97. He was ship's carpenter
on a little schooner. They sailed the South Shetlands, near the tip of
South America.
Chace intended to be back in Boston within a few months, but with one thing
and another he got held up for 31 years. For one thing, the Captain was
drunk all the time, and Chace got sick of it. So when the skipper pulled
himself together and sent ashore for his crew, Chace was a few miles up the
hills of Patagonia.
Patagonia, which is even now pretty close to the world's jumping-off place,
was then a little bit wilder, if possible, Chace saw strange animals,
strange Indians and stranger white men. He hunted pumas in their caves, ate
ostriches and herded sheep by the thousand. He rode with renegade
Englishmen and light-hearted Spanish gauchos with silver-handled knives at
their belts.
It was there the Barretts ran into him. The Barretts -Robert and
Katherine - spent their time traveling in strange places and now and then
they write a book. Chace had no idea that he was worth a book, but once
they got him out of the wilds and started him talking, he wore out a crew of
stenographers.
Now Ulysses is home from his wanderings. Much has been seen and heard and
this time he lives to see the saga in print. "A Yankee in Patagonia" is the
name of the book and it is just off the presses of Houghton Mifflin.
Patagonia, as we have said, was a pretty wild place. It was a land of
horses, desperadoes, bar-rooms and killings. There were few women in the
country and bleached skeletons of rival lovers decorated the arroyos near
their homes.
Those who have enjoyed accounts of the vivid range life
of our own West in the early days, with its occasional ferocity and its
madcap pranks, will find in the narrative of Chace the same lawless spirit
of adventure.
There was a crowd of gauchos with whom Chace threw dice for his drinks in
the wayside bar-room, or "boliche", of one Dona Gregoria. Not far from the
shack as he approached, he saw some of those fresh-looking skulls he had
been told about.
It was a strangely mixed crowd. There were Spaniards, Argentines, Chileans,
Irishman, English, Scotch and German. All were armed to the teeth.
That was not an alarming symptom - it was merely a custom of the country.
Those of the Spanish strain had knives in their belts - the others relied
upon pistols . Chace didn't like the knives. "A man wouldn't mind gettin'
shot or something like that," he explained, "but when I saw a hand go toward
a knife I always figured it was time to do something quick."
Chace was a newcomer, a tenderfoot. He heard men brag of killings in their
drinks, but smiles up his sleeve. He thought they were spoofing. He
thought that one man known widely as "Matasiete, Killer of Seven." had
probably killed seven sheep. Later he was glad that his laugh was up his
sleeve.
For a laugh meant a fight to those men, who were always ready to drink with
each other, but whose personal honor was a precariously balanced affair.
I haven't been on the list for awhile now, so I am resending my info. to all. I am looking for an Ebenezer Chase b. before June 1, 1821 in NY. He was married on Oct. 29, 1843, to Jerusha Ruth Fairchild (also of NY) in Hillsdale, Michigan. He had 5 children (that I've found). They are:
Louisa A. Chase b. 1843/4 Hillsdale MI
Arvis S. Chase b. 1847/8 Hillsdale MI
Oscar A. Chase b. May 1850 Hillsdale MI
Francis Adelbert Chase b. July 5, 1853 Hillsdale MI
George Chase b. 1858 Ionia County MI
I lost track of where they ended up, so I do not have a death date for Ebenezer or Jerusha (who went by Ruth it appears), but it looks like they may have been in Wayne Co, MI 3rd Ward Detroit Census in 1870 (I haven't seen it yet though). I know that Jerusha's parents lived next door to them in Hillsdale, and their names were Francis & Abigail (VanDyke) Fairchild.
I have scattered information on Ebenezer's children, but nothing concrete. I do have information on Francis (my direct line), and I show that he stayed in Hillsdale MI most of his life and died in Jackson County, MI in 1914. He had 3 children: L.B. Chase, William Henry Chase, and Leslie Jay Chase (b. 3-23-1882). Francis was married to Mary Elizabeth McManus (b in PA?).
If anyone knows of these names, or any Chases stemming from NY, please let me know. I also have information on the Aquila Chase line from England, as I am connected to that line as well.
Rox
Hello All,
I wanted to apprise you of some new material at my website at
http://home.wanadoo.nl/j.b.chace
*Added photos of Elijah Cornell Chase and his wife Abigail Ellis (to be
found on the Photos of Elijah Cornell Chase House page).
*Added photographs of 14 Chace/Chase gravestones at the Antioch Cemetery,
Prairie Village, Kansas.
*Added the Autobiography of Lydia Meader Chace
*Added a chapter about Ezra Cornell from the Autobiography of Andrew Dickson
White.
*Updated my Chace family history information with more detail.
Check the navigation bar on the left of the page for the links to the new
pages.
I will try to get the murder trial of Dr. Edward P. Chace information posted
this weekend.
Cheers,
Jeffrey Chace
http://home.wanadoo.nl/j.b.chace
Most persons on this mailing list are descended either from William Chase or
Thomas Chase or Aquilla Chase. I am a descendant of William. But, there
are also Chaces in the United States who are descended from immigrants from
Holland. See below.
Cheers,
Jeffrey Chace
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nydelawa/books/brevie12.html
Delaware County, NY Genealogy and History Site
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW
12th Section - pages 551 through 588
LEVI SYLVESTER CHACE, druggist, also Postmaster of Walton, Delaware County,
New York, was born in the town of Hamden, January 21, 1837. The paternal
grandfather of Mr. Chace emigrated from Holland previous to the
Revolutionary War, and at the breaking out of hostilities was a soldier
under General Washington. He settled in Rhode Island, and was the father of
three sons who lived to maturity, all of whom came to Delaware County. They
were Sylvester, Philip, and George. George Chace married Christina Van
Hunsen, by whom he had ten children, who may be thus briefly mentioned:
Hiram G., settled near Bethany, Pa., where he married and raised a family.
William G. settled in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, and married Miss R.
Church. Francis, who went to California, died young. Henry is a resident of
Delaware County. Edward lives in Illinois. Sarah married Allan Crandall, of
Alba, Pa. Maria married Henry Lill of Delhi, both of whom are deceased.
Lydia A. married to George Furman, died in Pennsylvania. Amy married Warren
Peak. Augustus B., the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in
Hamden in 1813 and married Miss Harriet Monfort of Kortright, by whom he had
these children: Levi S. is our subject. Jared, a farmer of Delos, N.Y., died
in1891. William is a resident of Binghamton, N.Y. Mary, married to Clark
Gould, of Walton, died in 1871. Emily is the wife of Robert Harvey of this
county. Harvey died in 1889, at Elmira, N.Y. Mr. Chace lived to see many
important changes in the county, all the outcome of progress and prosperity.
He was an old time Democrat up to the time of his death, in 1874. Mrs. Chace
is still living, residing with her son at Walton.
Levi S. Chace was educated at the schools of his native village. Afterward
settling upon a farm, where he remained until 1864, when he came to Walton,
shortly embarking in the drug business, which he has continued up to the
present time. He was married in 1859 to Miss Mary Tiffany, a daughter of
Harry Tiffany. Miss Tiffany was born at Black River in 1839. They reared
five children, namely: Harry, who was killed on the railroad in 1889;
Marcia, wife of William Borst, of New Jersey; George, who resides in
Norfolk, Virginia, a jeweler by trade, and married to Miss Maggie
Sutherland; Helen, wife of Alan Reinhart, of Walton; Herman, a graduate of
pharmacy. Mr. Chace has been Chief of Police of Walton, and twice occupied
the position of Collector of Walton. He was appointed postmaster of Walton,
February 21, 1894. He is a member of Walton Lodge of Free Masons, No. 559,
and a charter member of Walton Chapter, No.251. Mr. Chace has done as much
as any man of his time in promoting the welfare of Walton.
Hi All,
Just wanted to let you know that I have worked on updating my website at
http://home.wanadoo.nl/j.b.chace
The following changes have been made:
*Fixed all broken links I have found.
*Added a search facility for the website.
*Added links to 32 scanned images housed online at Cornell University of
handwritten letters from the 1800s of the following Chaces:
Thomas Chace Sr.
Lucretia Cornell Chace
Rebecca Chace
Alonzo Chace
Albert Chace
Edward Chace
Thomas Chace Jr.
Eunice Lucretia Chace
Will soon be adding more information about the Elijah Cornell Chase House,
about the Murder Trial of Dr. Edward P. Chace, a Chace Family lawsuit, the
will of Elijah Cornell Chase, and my new theories about Chace/Chase
spelling changes.
Cheers,
Jeffrey Chace
http://home.wanadoo.nl/j.b.chace
This is an excerpt from the "History of the Lawrence-Townley and
Chase-Townley Estates in England"
published in 1883 by James Usher who was retained to get the facts
concerning the "Chase Fortune".
"I also ask for any proof that Thomas and Mary Townley came to New
York, or that any Mary Townley married Joseph or John Lawrence, or
William Chase, or anybody else, it being an indisputable fact that
Mary Townley, daughter of Richard Townley and Margaret Paston, died
in 1680, at the age of 12 years. See page 76. Lawrence Genealogy (p.
124)"
Lonnie Chase
----- Original Message -----
From: Barb and Don
To: CHASE-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 7:12 AM
Subject: Fw: Chases - Have & Need Info
Hi all,
Well, again I am having to resend my message as I didn't receive this 1 either. Sorry if anyone received duplicates.
----- Original Message -----
From: Barb and Don
To: CHASE-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 1:44 AM
Subject: Chases - Have & Need Info
Hi listers,
I just want to say that Keith's Image Map has certainly been a HUGE help to several that I myself know of. After seeing my Image Map, several people contacted me and have been able to find their family ties I'm extremely pleased to say.... Before that I had absolutely NO IDEA that these people, one of whom is in CA, could in any way be related. They OBVIOUSLY didn't realize it either. It is surely bringing more of us together and that is what we are all about here.....piecing together our connections and information on the Chases. It just shows what a tremendous idea Keith's Image Map project has proven to be. Don't think we can ever thank him enough.........!
I sure hope if ANYONE hasn't gotten their info to Keith that they will asap. It will likely open many ancestral avenues. The more people on the Image Map, the more avenues it will open.......
I am interested in info on Job Chase who m. Elizabeth (Chase) Durfee, and especially in 37. Does anyone have the Benjamin Buffington line........ and Esther Buffington's mother's line??? Her mother was Hannah _______?. I have seen Buffam, but don't know if it is correct.
BELOW ALL THIS IS SOME Chase info.
Thanks,
Barb
*********BENJAMIN,5 CHASE , (Stephen,4 Joseph,3 William,2 William1), born at Freetown(*) 29 Jan. 1737, died 20 Mar. 1826. He married first, about 1757, ELIZABETH DURFEE, born 12 July 1735, died about 1776, daughter of Job and Elizabeth (Chase) Durfee;
*********37. Stephen 4) Chase, (Joseph 3, William 2, William 1), of Freetown and, after 1763 , of Cornwallis, N.S., born at Portsmouth, R.I., 2 May 1709, died at Cornwallis, 23 June 1790. He m. first, at Portsmouth, 11 Sept. 1728, Esther Buffington, b. 30 Oct. 1712, d. 14 July 1750, dt. of Benjamin & Hannah Buffinton of Swansea; secondly, at Swansea, 20 Apr. 1751, Basheba Stafford, who d. abt. 1763, dt. of Joseph (or Josiah) & Sarah Stafford of Newport, R.I.; thirdly, in Nova Scota, 2 Aug. 1764, Abigail Porter; and fourthly, 28 Jan, 1776, Mary (or Nancy) Bushnell.
Board : Boards > Surnames > Chase
Subject : Re: CHACE, CUMMINGS MARRIAGE BRISTOL CO. MA
Author : Karen Lombard
Date : 10 Feb 2003 2:10 PM GMT
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FYI.2ACIB/1526.2
Board : Boards > Surnames > Chase
Subject : Death of Mr. Lorenzo Chase in Costa Rica
Author : David Ellison
Date : 10 Feb 2003 5:54 PM GMT
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FYI.2ACIB/1561
Board : Boards > Surnames > Chase
Subject : Still looking for roots
Author : Dolores Chase Jarden
Date : 10 Feb 2003 6:10 PM GMT
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FYI.2ACIB/1562
Board : Boards > Surnames > Chase
Subject : Death of Mr. Joseph Henry Chase (aka Jose Enrique) in Costa Rica
Author : David Ellison
Date : 10 Feb 2003 6:30 PM GMT
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FYI.2ACIB/1563
Board : Boards > Surnames > Chase
Subject : Re: CHACE, CUMMINGS MARRIAGE BRISTOL CO. MA
Author : Karen Lombard
Date : 10 Feb 2003 2:10 PM GMT
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FYI.2ACIB/1526.2
Board : Boards > Surnames > Chase
Subject : Death of Mr. Lorenzo Chase in Costa Rica
Author : David Ellison
Date : 10 Feb 2003 5:54 PM GMT
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FYI.2ACIB/1561
Board : Boards > Surnames > Chase
Subject : Still looking for roots
Author : Dolores Chase Jarden
Date : 10 Feb 2003 6:10 PM GMT
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FYI.2ACIB/1562
Board : Boards > Surnames > Chase
Subject : Death of Mr. Joseph Henry Chase (aka Jose Enrique) in Costa Rica
Author : David Ellison
Date : 10 Feb 2003 6:30 PM GMT
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FYI.2ACIB/1563
Barb,
Believe I owe you a reply- answers to your questions in last e-mail-
B. M. Chase- I found mentioned in the first volume of"Columbia County at the
Turn of the Century-1900- Barnard M. Chase listed as organist of Aquila
Lodge, an off shoot of Hudson Masonic Lodge- 1870: Thomas Chase listed as
Coroner in the county in1828- that is all on them- the atlas I mentioned is
The Beers Atlas of Columbia Co. dated 1873- it has maps of the towns and
communities and shows the roads, the houses existing at that time, and who
the property owners were.Also talked with Eliz. Grace the other morning- she
is clerk of the Old Chatham Quakers- believe you have been in contact with
her- the only thoughts she had that might help were the History of Rayville
which she has to take time to locate- and Kay Burgess- who I believe is your
best source. My interest in all this- I am an "old time resident' of this
area- and am redoing a history of East Chatham and area that my Dad had
compiled- have known the Von Bebrs for years- and had heard the story of the
"ghost" long before
wrote the book- If I run across anything on Chase
will pass it on- happy hunting!
Dorothy Mackerer
Hi all,
Well, again I am having to resend my message as I didn't receive this 1 either. Sorry if anyone received duplicates.
----- Original Message -----
From: Barb and Don
To: CHASE-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 1:44 AM
Subject: Chases - Have & Need Info
Hi listers,
I just want to say that Keith's Image Map has certainly been a HUGE help to several that I myself know of. After seeing my Image Map, several people contacted me and have been able to find their family ties I'm extremely pleased to say.... Before that I had absolutely NO IDEA that these people, one of whom is in CA, could in any way be related. They OBVIOUSLY didn't realize it either. It is surely bringing more of us together and that is what we are all about here.....piecing together our connections and information on the Chases. It just shows what a tremendous idea Keith's Image Map project has proven to be. Don't think we can ever thank him enough.........!
I sure hope if ANYONE hasn't gotten their info to Keith that they will asap. It will likely open many ancestral avenues. The more people on the Image Map, the more avenues it will open.......
I am interested in info on Job Chase who m. Elizabeth (Chase) Durfee, and especially in 37. Does anyone have the Benjamin Buffington line........ and Esther Buffington's mother's line??? Her mother was Hannah _______?. I have seen Buffam, but don't know if it is correct.
BELOW ALL THIS IS SOME Chase info.
Thanks,
Barb
*********BENJAMIN,5 CHASE , (Stephen,4 Joseph,3 William,2 William1), born at Freetown(*) 29 Jan. 1737, died 20 Mar. 1826. He married first, about 1757, ELIZABETH DURFEE, born 12 July 1735, died about 1776, daughter of Job and Elizabeth (Chase) Durfee;
*********37. Stephen 4) Chase, (Joseph 3, William 2, William 1), of Freetown and, after 1763 , of Cornwallis, N.S., born at Portsmouth, R.I., 2 May 1709, died at Cornwallis, 23 June 1790. He m. first, at Portsmouth, 11 Sept. 1728, Esther Buffington, b. 30 Oct. 1712, d. 14 July 1750, dt. of Benjamin & Hannah Buffinton of Swansea; secondly, at Swansea, 20 Apr. 1751, Basheba Stafford, who d. abt. 1763, dt. of Joseph (or Josiah) & Sarah Stafford of Newport, R.I.; thirdly, in Nova Scota, 2 Aug. 1764, Abigail Porter; and fourthly, 28 Jan, 1776, Mary (or Nancy) Bushnell.
Board : Boards > Surnames > Chase
Subject : Re: CHACE, CUMMINGS MARRIAGE BRISTOL CO. MA
Author : Karen Lombard
Date : 10 Feb 2003 2:10 PM GMT
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FYI.2ACIB/1526.2
Board : Boards > Surnames > Chase
Subject : Death of Mr. Lorenzo Chase in Costa Rica
Author : David Ellison
Date : 10 Feb 2003 5:54 PM GMT
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FYI.2ACIB/1561
Board : Boards > Surnames > Chase
Subject : Still looking for roots
Author : Dolores Chase Jarden
Date : 10 Feb 2003 6:10 PM GMT
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FYI.2ACIB/1562
Board : Boards > Surnames > Chase
Subject : Death of Mr. Joseph Henry Chase (aka Jose Enrique) in Costa Rica
Author : David Ellison
Date : 10 Feb 2003 6:30 PM GMT
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FYI.2ACIB/1563
Board : Boards > Surnames > Chase
Subject : Re: CHACE, CUMMINGS MARRIAGE BRISTOL CO. MA
Author : Karen Lombard
Date : 10 Feb 2003 2:10 PM GMT
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FYI.2ACIB/1526.2
Board : Boards > Surnames > Chase
Subject : Death of Mr. Lorenzo Chase in Costa Rica
Author : David Ellison
Date : 10 Feb 2003 5:54 PM GMT
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FYI.2ACIB/1561
Board : Boards > Surnames > Chase
Subject : Still looking for roots
Author : Dolores Chase Jarden
Date : 10 Feb 2003 6:10 PM GMT
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FYI.2ACIB/1562
Board : Boards > Surnames > Chase
Subject : Death of Mr. Joseph Henry Chase (aka Jose Enrique) in Costa Rica
Author : David Ellison
Date : 10 Feb 2003 6:30 PM GMT
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FYI.2ACIB/1563
Barb,
Believe I owe you a reply- answers to your questions in last e-mail-
B. M. Chase- I found mentioned in the first volume of"Columbia County at the
Turn of the Century-1900- Barnard M. Chase listed as organist of Aquila
Lodge, an off shoot of Hudson Masonic Lodge- 1870: Thomas Chase listed as
Coroner in the county in1828- that is all on them- the atlas I mentioned is
The Beers Atlas of Columbia Co. dated 1873- it has maps of the towns and
communities and shows the roads, the houses existing at that time, and who
the property owners were.Also talked with Eliz. Grace the other morning- she
is clerk of the Old Chatham Quakers- believe you have been in contact with
her- the only thoughts she had that might help were the History of Rayville
which she has to take time to locate- and Kay Burgess- who I believe is your
best source. My interest in all this- I am an "old time resident' of this
area- and am redoing a history of East Chatham and area that my Dad had
compiled- have known the Von Bebrs for years- and had heard the story of the
"ghost" long before
wrote the book- If I run across anything on Chase
will pass it on- happy hunting!
Dorothy Mackerer
Hi listers,
I just want to say that Keith's Image Map has certainly been a HUGE help to several that I myself know of. After seeing my Image Map, several people contacted me and have been able to find their family ties I'm extremely pleased to say.... Before that I had absolutely NO IDEA that these people, one of whom is in CA, could in any way be related. They OBVIOUSLY didn't realize it either. It is surely bringing more of us together and that is what we are all about here.....piecing together our connections and information on the Chases. It just shows what a tremendous idea Keith's Image Map project has proven to be. Don't think we can ever thank him enough.........!
I sure hope if ANYONE hasn't gotten their info to Keith that they will asap. It will likely open many ancestral avenues. The more people on the Image Map, the more avenues it will open.......
I am interested in info on Job Chase who m. Elizabeth (Chase) Durfee, and especially in 37. does anyone have the Benjamin Buffington line and Esther Buffington's mother's line. Her mother was Hannah _______?. I have seen Buffam, but don't know if it is correct.
BELOW ALL THIS IS SOME Chase info.
Thanks,
Barb
*********BENJAMIN,5 CHASE , (Stephen,4 Joseph,3 William,2 William1), born at Freetown(*) 29 Jan. 1737, died 20 Mar. 1826. He married first, about 1757, ELIZABETH DURFEE, born 12 July 1735, died about 1776, daughter of Job and Elizabeth (Chase) Durfee;
*********37. Stephen 4) Chase, (Joseph 3, William 2, William 1), of Freetown and, after 1763 , of Cornwallis, N.S., born at Portsmouth, R.I., 2 May 1709, died at Cornwallis, 23 June 1790. He m. first, at Portsmouth, 11 Sept. 1728, Esther Buffington, b. 30 Oct. 1712, d. 14 July 1750, dt. of Benjamin & Hannah Buffinton of Swansea; secondly, at Swansea, 20 Apr. 1751, Basheba Stafford, who d. abt. 1763, dt. of Joseph (or Josiah) & Sarah Stafford of Newport, R.I.; thirdly, in Nova Scota, 2 Aug. 1764, Abigail Porter; and fourthly, 28 Jan, 1776, Mary (or Nancy) Bushnell.
Board : Boards > Surnames > Chase
Subject : Re: CHACE, CUMMINGS MARRIAGE BRISTOL CO. MA
Author : Karen Lombard
Date : 10 Feb 2003 2:10 PM GMT
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FYI.2ACIB/1526.2
Board : Boards > Surnames > Chase
Subject : Death of Mr. Lorenzo Chase in Costa Rica
Author : David Ellison
Date : 10 Feb 2003 5:54 PM GMT
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FYI.2ACIB/1561
Board : Boards > Surnames > Chase
Subject : Still looking for roots
Author : Dolores Chase Jarden
Date : 10 Feb 2003 6:10 PM GMT
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FYI.2ACIB/1562
Board : Boards > Surnames > Chase
Subject : Death of Mr. Joseph Henry Chase (aka Jose Enrique) in Costa Rica
Author : David Ellison
Date : 10 Feb 2003 6:30 PM GMT
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FYI.2ACIB/1563
Board : Boards > Surnames > Chase
Subject : Re: CHACE, CUMMINGS MARRIAGE BRISTOL CO. MA
Author : Karen Lombard
Date : 10 Feb 2003 2:10 PM GMT
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FYI.2ACIB/1526.2
Board : Boards > Surnames > Chase
Subject : Death of Mr. Lorenzo Chase in Costa Rica
Author : David Ellison
Date : 10 Feb 2003 5:54 PM GMT
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FYI.2ACIB/1561
Board : Boards > Surnames > Chase
Subject : Still looking for roots
Author : Dolores Chase Jarden
Date : 10 Feb 2003 6:10 PM GMT
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FYI.2ACIB/1562
Board : Boards > Surnames > Chase
Subject : Death of Mr. Joseph Henry Chase (aka Jose Enrique) in Costa Rica
Author : David Ellison
Date : 10 Feb 2003 6:30 PM GMT
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FYI.2ACIB/1563
Barb,
Believe I owe you a reply- answers to your questions in last e-mail-
B. M. Chase- I found mentioned in the first volume of"Columbia County at the
Turn of the Century-1900- Barnard M. Chase listed as organist of Aquila
Lodge, an off shoot of Hudson Masonic Lodge- 1870: Thomas Chase listed as
Coroner in the county in1828- that is all on them- the atlas I mentioned is
The Beers Atlas of Columbia Co. dated 1873- it has maps of the towns and
communities and shows the roads, the houses existing at that time, and who
the property owners were.Also talked with Eliz. Grace the other morning- she
is clerk of the Old Chatham Quakers- believe you have been in contact with
her- the only thoughts she had that might help were the History of Rayville
which she has to take time to locate- and Kay Burgess- who I believe is your
best source. My interest in all this- I am an "old time resident' of this
area- and am redoing a history of East Chatham and area that my Dad had
compiled- have known the Von Bebrs for years- and had heard the story of the
"ghost" long before
wrote the book- If I run across anything on Chase
will pass it on- happy hunting!
Dorothy Mackerer
Hello All,
I don't know if this has been shared in the past on the Chase-L list, but I
thought I would post it in the event that you have not run across it in your
research. It does not shed any new light on the origins of William and
Mary, but it does fill in a wee bit more of the puzzle of their lives in
early Massachussetts.
from http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/users/deetz/Plymouth/PCR.htm
Appendix
Plymouth Colony Court Records
October, 1659. Wee, whose names are vnderwritten, haueing made serch and
enquiry, according to our best light and vnderstanding, into the cause of
deathe of Mary Chase, viz, of our towne of Yarmouth, doe with joynt consent
psent, the day and yeare abouesaid, that wee can find noe other but that
shee died a naturall death through inward sickness, as is euident to all men
natually.
ANTHONY THACHER, JOHN MILLER,
ROB: DENNIS, ANDREW HALLOTT,
JOHN JOYCE, RICHARD TAYLER,
JOHN HALL, JOHN CROW,
SAMUELL RYDER, WILLAM HEDGE,
RICHARD HORE, EDWARD STURGIS.
Jeffrey Chace
http://home.wanadoo.nl/j.b.chace