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Gen 1) Isaac Chase m. Elizabeth Blethem
Gen 2) Son James Chase mar. Alice Anthony Chase:
James Chase b. Feb 12, 1705/6 in Swansea, MA, died Apr 20, 1782 in Middletown.
He m. Alice Anthony, dt/of William Anthony & Mary Coggeshall, on May 11, 1727 in Friends Meeting, Portsmouth, RI., Alice was b. ca. 1705/6, d. Mar. 1762, res. Freetown, Bristol Co.
James Chase m. 2nd Lydia Goddard Thurston, on 30 Jun 1763, Newport, Newport Co., Lydia was b. 18 Feb 1720/1, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, d. 16 Jun 1784, Middletown, Newport Co., RI.
James Chase & Lydia Goddard Thurston had:
Gen 3)1. Isaac Chase, b. 10 Jun 1765, Middletown, d. 22 Jan 1804, Charlestown, SC.
Thanks,
Barb
Hello Jim,
From the information given me by Hal's grandson and further research I did,
below is the lineage I believe to be correct. You'll notice that he is of
William Chase's family.
William - arrived in America 1630 with Winthrop Fleet. m. Mary ____
Benjamin - b. 1639. m. Phillipa Sherman b. 1 Oct 1652
Benjamin - b. 15 July 1659. m. Mercy Simmons b. abt 1675
Israel - b. 25 Jun 1716. m. Wealthea Kean (or Kane) b. 8 Nov 1719
Ephraim - b. 1 Jun 1744. m. Lydia Hathaway b. abt 1747 in E. Machias
Eleazer - b. 27 May 1775. m. Alice Hall b. 1775/76
Ephraim - b. 12 Aug 1796. m. Eliza Chace b. 12 Apr 1805
(Ephraim and Eliza were first cousins)
James Annas Chase - b. 14 Nov 1821. m. Mary Gooch b. 1818
James Edgar Chase - b. 11 Sep 1846. m. Mary Cavenee b. ?
Harold Homer Chase - b. 13 Feb 1883. m. Nellie Hefernan
Cheers,
Jeffrey Chace
http://www.chace.demon.nl
Hi Everyone,
Anyone have these lines?
After Lydia Goddard (dt. of Daniel Goddard & Mary Tripp), m. Jonathan Thurston, she m. James Chase, b. 12 or 19 Feb 1705/6, Swansea, Bristol Co., s/o Isaac Chase & Elizabeth Blethem.
James Chase next m. 1 May 1717, Alice Anthony, d/o William Anthony & Mary Coggeshall (Coggeshalle), b. ca. 1706, d. Mar 1762; res. Freetown, Bristol Co.; James d. 20 pr 1782, Middletown.
I have m. date of 30 Jun 1763, Newport, Newport Co., which I believe is the date she m. Jonathan Thurston.
Thanks for any help!
Barb
Jeffrey,
I have lost your email addy when deleting junk addys apparently..........so sending this thru the list. Hope this helps.
Barb
----- Original Message -----
From: JHinds1410(a)aol.com
To: ace3399(a)msn.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: [CHASE-L] Book by A. W. Chase, M.D.
Hi, I have a friend that has a book called Dr. Chase's Last and Complete Works. It was published in 190l. His name is Alvin Wood Chase, born in Cayuga County, NY in 1817.He was the son of Benjamin Chase of Mass. I am getting this information from an In Memoriam in the front of the book. If this is the A.W. Chase, MD you are looking for I can put you in touch with the owner of the book. I believe he is listed in the Book Seven Generations of the descendents of Aquila and Thomas Chase. You can contact me at Jhinds1410(a)aol.com. Diane Chase Hinds
Hi All,
See # 6 for info abt Chase Co., Nebraska, if interested.
Barb
----- Original Message -----
From: <ROOTS-L-request(a)rootsweb.com>
To: <ROOTS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 3:48 PM
Subject: ROOTS-L Digest V04 #264
> ROOTS-L Digest Volume 04 : Issue 264
>
> Today's Topics:
> #1 Allen County, IN - Birth ["Darrell Schuman"
<lshoe1@comcast.]
> #2 Tombstones ["Derrell Oakley Teat"
<margaret.te]
> #3 Immigration Sponsors ["Duane/Jeanne
Christensen"
<djchri]
> #4 Re: [ROOTS-L] Pioneer Families of [".... valentine53179"
<valentine53]
> #5 Opinion needed - 1635/Headrighters [Cherrypit609(a)aol.com]
> #6 RE: [ROOTS-L] Cost of Genealogy ["Pam Rietsch"
<pam(a)livgenmi.com>]
> #7 [ROOTS-L] auction stuff and geneal [".... valentine53179"
<valentine53]
> #8 Dora Belcher [Elettasmom(a)aol.com]
> #9 Bertha Larsen 1920 Chicago [Ahhnon(a)aol.com]
> #10 Harrison Roots & Branches site upd [NelliBlu28(a)aol.com]
> #11 Post 1901 Census -- Election Calle ["Gordon A. Watts"
<gordon_watts@te]
> #12 Jess L. Sissom ["John Sissom"
<johnsissom@earthlin]
> #13 Ira, VT - "1881-1882 Business Dire ["Karima"
<karima(a)insightbb.com>]
> #14 Re: [ROOTS-L] Opinion needed - 163 [".... valentine53179"
<valentine53]
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> X-Message: #1
> Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 07:44:12 -0400
> From: "Darrell Schuman" <lshoe1(a)comcast.net>
> Subject: Allen County, IN - Birth
>
> I believe my grandfather was born June 9, 1876 in Allen County
Indiana.
His name was Ira Eldred Nichols. His parents were Hartwell C. Nichols
and
Susan Amelia Markham. I am new to this so I hope I am doing this
correctly.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. If there are other places to look
please let me know. Thank you in advance for your help. Darrell
>
> ------------------------------
>
> X-Message: #2
> Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 08:29:46 -0400
> From: "Derrell Oakley Teat" <margaret.teat2(a)verizon.net>
> Subject: Tombstones
>
> http://www.savinggraves.org/education/index.htm
>
> This is everything you need to know & more..its a great site!
> Derrell Oakley Teat
>
> ------------------------------
>
> X-Message: #3
> Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 07:40:59 -0500
> From: "Duane/Jeanne Christensen" <djchrist(a)IowaTelecom.net>
> Subject: Immigration Sponsors
>
> Hello listers. I am wondering if anyone can tell me whether American
> sponsors were required for immigrants in the 1880s? I have numerous
> relatives who came from Germany during that decade, some of whom
followed
> other family members, who acted as sponsors. But there are, of
course,
some
> who came first and didn't have sponsors, that I know of. I have been
told
> that all immigrants required sponsors, but I am doubting that. Who
would
> sponsor the first ones to come over, if there weren't any family
members
or
> friends already here? Can anyone explain this process to me or send
me
a
> link to a website. I can't seem to find anything on this. Thank you.
Jeanne
>
> ------------------------------
>
> X-Message: #4
> Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 09:45:57 -0500
> From: ".... valentine53179" <valentine53179(a)hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Pioneer Families of Missouri (1876)
>
> why are you sending these....?
> are you sending them to the st charles list? and the montgomery
list?
the henry county list, and the surname lists...?
>
>
> further,
> you cite ancestry
> but ancestry is a REsource (and the link you provide is really
insufficient).
> Ancestry, in this case, is not a source....
>
> if you must send in material from another site, at least consider a
full
SOURCE citation....
> so that the material can be recreated....
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jennie
> To: ROOTS-M(a)rootsweb.com
> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 3:57 PM
> Subject: [ROOTS-L] Pioneer Families of Missouri (1876)
>
>
> Pioneer Families of Missouri. www.ancestry.com
>
> Aington,--- John Abington, of Scotland, came to America and
settled
in
Montgomery county, Maryland, sometime before the revolution. His wife
was
Mary Watson. She died, leaving him a widower, after which he moved to
Henry
County, Va. The names of his children were, Bowles, Lucy, John,
Elizabeth,
and Henry. Bowles, at the age of 18 years of age, joined the American
Army
and served durning the Revolutionary War. He married Sarah Taylor,
daughter
of William Taylor and Sarah Scruggs, of Virginia, and they had seven
children--- William N., John T., Susannah, Taylor, Bowles, Henry, and
Lucy.
William N. was a Methodist preacher, and died in North Carolina. John T.
married Rebecca Taylor, and settled in Tennessee. Susannah married
Thomas
Travis, and settled in St. Charles county, Mo., in 1830. Taylor married
Amanda Penn. Bowles married Mary Baldridge, and died ten days aftewr.
Hon.
Henry Abington, the only one of the family now living, married Maria
Smith,
and settled in the weste!
> rn!
> part of St. Charles county; where he now resides. He is an
influential, public-spirited citizen; has served three terms in the
Legislature of his State, and has held the position of Justice of the
Peace
for many Years.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> X-Message: #5
> Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 11:19:58 EDT
> From: Cherrypit609(a)aol.com
> Subject: Opinion needed - 1635/Headrighters/Courts
>
> A gent by the name of Oliver Sprye was a "Headrighter". The
Patent
Book
> states: "Oliver Sprye, 300 acs. Up. Co. of New Norfolk, 24 Oct
1637,
pg
487.
> Being called by the name of the thickett, beg. upon land of Mr.
Daniell
> Gookins, S.W. along the maine river, N.W. into the woods & S.E. upon
the
river.
> Due by order of Ct. 6 June 1635 & alsoe due for trans. of 6 pers:
James
Hicks,
> John Longworthy, Tho. Bush, John Dawson, Georg Wilcock, John
Cherry."
> Would anyone have a a clue as to exactly what the Court Order
said
or
> what exactly did it apply to? Was it a court order that sent these
young men to
> Virginia or did the court order give Mr. Sprye the right of being a
> "Headrighter". He received 50 acres of land for each party for
which
he
paid transport.
> Mr. Sprye is listed several times in the Nansemond Chronicles
1606-1800.
> I have learned that the Quarter Session Court records prior to
1702
do
> not survive. Perhaps the Assize Court was the source. I was under
the
> impression that it was a court order that sent these young men, but
now
I am not sure.
> Also, there does not seem to be any record of their transport (i.e.
ship).
> Thanks for any assistance. John Myrick Cherry, III
>
> ------------------------------
>
> X-Message: #6
> Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 12:55:45 -0400
> From: "Pam Rietsch" <pam(a)livgenmi.com>
> Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] Cost of Genealogy
>
> Ruth & All,
>
> While I agree with those seeing a profit to be made from genealogy
sites,
> there is one factor that still the majority do not get at all!
>
> Data stored on the net does COST! Being on the Board of Directors
for
> www.USGenNet.org I can guarantee you that there is a cost for data
on
line.
> What the many do not understand is that every time a page is
downloaded
to
> your computer there is a phone line charge, the less data on the
page,
the
> less the charge, but with sites like mine with tons of maps, there
is
a
> significant charge. Someone has to bear that brunt. Our monthly
charge
for
> bandwidth (what the phone line charges are called) is almost $1000.
>
> We continue to hope that people that like the data housed on
USGenNet
will
> donate a dollar or two when they find something they like, and while
many
> have, many continue to hope it will stay free. That will not happen
if
there
> are not more donations. Remember since we are the first & only
501(c)(3)
> host for genealogical & historical sites, all donations are tax
deductible.
>
> When I was hit by the red light runner 3 years ago, I could no
longer
afford
> the $2000 a year for my sites to stay up and USGenNet was kind
enough
to
> offer a home to things I have like the 1895 atlas
www.LivGenMI.com/1895
and
> the MARDOS Memorial Library www.MemorialLibrary.com As I continue to
heal I
> have plans for lots more data to get up, from more atlases to tons
more
> county & state histories.
>
> If people do not like the fact that their data is on a pay site,
then
pull
> it down, as far as I know if it was donated to a site on Rootsweb
that
is
> still possible. You can donate it to a coordinator from www.AHGP.org
or
> www.ALHN.org both which are not related to commercial sites for the
most
> part.
>
> I must admit I feel that the cost charged by many of the commercial
sites is
> too much but then they are out there to make a profit which is what
this
> great country is built on, the ability to grow a company and make
profits
> for the owners.
>
> Please keep some of these thoughts in mind when doing research on
line.
>
> Pam Rietsch
>
> www.USGenNet.org hosts all of my sites and if you find data that
will
help
> in your research, please consider a non-taxable donation today.
>
> www.LivGenMI.com Home of the 1895 atlas www.LivGenMI.com/1895
>
> Keep in mind the Livingston County MI History & Genealogy Project is
an
> independent site NOT affiliated in any way with USGenWeb.
>
> MARDOS Memorial Library many more historical maps & books for the
U.S.
in
> the www.MemorialLibrary.com <http://www.MemorialLibrary.com>
>
> www.ChaseGenNE.com Chase County Nebraska data
>
> If you use any of the above or any of the hundreds of bits of
information I
> have put on the net for you.....Your Obligation is to complete your
"Hug
> Homework"!
>
> Pam - List Lady pam(a)livgenmi.com <mailto:pam@livgenmi.com>
>
>
>
> I have to agree with this writer. In the past people have put their
info
> out on the web with the understanding that it would be there free
forever.
> Then some for profit outfit buys the site and, bingo, then you have
to
pay
> for it, even the info you put up yourself. Ruth
>
>
> At 10:33 PM -0600 4/9/04, ROOTS-L-request(a)rootsweb.com wrote:
>
> >Regarding the recent thread on the cost of genealogy, I wonder if
anyone
> >else is as offended as I am that, little by little, online
material
> >that used to be free is being taken over by for-profit companies
and
> >made available only for a fee. It seems that about half of the
time
now
> >when I follow a link to search something, the link turns out to be
an
> >advertising tease from ancestry.com or some similar outfit. This
was
> >not the case five or six years ago. What this feels like to me is
that
> >some clever people have found that money is to be made from
genealogy
> >and they've figured out a way to control more and more information
which
> >they will sell to us at their price. The point is not whether or
not
I
> >choose to join ancestry.com---fortunately I don't have to since I
live
> >near a library that offers it free. And it's not whether or not I
am
> >willing to pay for materials unavailable elsewhere as I often do
that.
> > The point is to question the ethics of cornering the market on
> >information then holding it for ransom. Genealogy buffs are quick
enough
> >to deplore Congressional attempts to extort money from Internet
users
> >(for example, to charge per email message sent). Why do we not
hear
> >more outcry against the tactics of ancestry.com? What is good for
> >business is not necessarily good for people.
> --
> Ruth Barton
> mrgjb(a)sover.net
> Dummerston, VT
>
> ------------------------------
>
> X-Message: #7
> Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 13:42:01 -0500
> From: ".... valentine53179" <valentine53179(a)hotmail.com>
> Subject: [ROOTS-L] auction stuff and genealogy
>
> i have always advocated scouting the auction houses for stuff of
your
family....
> by surname as well as by place and
> by what was happening in the world during the time of your elders...
>
> caught this in the reader's digest...
> historybuffauction.com
>
> there are not a lot of things - perhaps 400-500 but all you need is
one
item to be a happy camper..
> they have a simple search engine... one word is best, no quotes....
> and you might prefer to click the subjects and scroll thru the
materials....
>
> nope, aint getting nothin for the advisory....
>
> ------------------------------
>
> X-Message: #8
> Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 15:06:38 EDT
> From: Elettasmom(a)aol.com
> Subject: Dora Belcher
>
> Looking for any information about Dora Belcher born in April 1887.
Believe in
> Mercer County West Virginia. Her parents were Edd J & Margary
Shrewsbury
> Belcher. It is believed she married a Goins and moved to Tenn. But I
can
not find
> any proof of this. Any help greatly appreciated.
>
> Linda Miller
>
> ------------------------------
>
> X-Message: #9
> Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 18:51:49 EDT
> From: Ahhnon(a)aol.com
> Subject: Bertha Larsen 1920 Chicago
>
> I am looking to correspond with descendants of Bertha Larsen whose
husband
> may have been Adolph/Bernard/Lawrence/Peter or Henry Larsen.
>
> Bertha Larsen had a daughter Mabel about 12 years old in 1920 and
had
two
> adult sons as well. She took care of a little girl named Schreen
Turpin
from
> birth til she was 4 years old when the father remarried.
>
> Her mother, Hazel M. Larsen Turpin, died of TB and never was able to
care for
> her child, and died when the baby was only a year and a half old.
The
> husband, Alvin Turpin, boarded his little girl with "Aunt Bertha,"
who
may have been
> her actual aunt if she was the wife of any of the men listed above.
They
were
> brothers of Captain Louis John Larsen, father of Hazel and
grandfather
of
> Schreen.
>
> Schreen was born 1918 in the TB Sanitarium, her mother died 1919.
Alvin
> Turpin married Anna Simonson about 1922 and took his daughter back
to
raise. This
> was all near La Salle Street in Chicago.
>
> If you know anything about any of these people, please contact me at
> ahhnon@aol. Thanks.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> X-Message: #10
> Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 19:33:55 EDT
> From: NelliBlu28(a)aol.com
> Subject: Harrison Roots & Branches site updated
>
> Hi all, I have just finished updating my Harrison Roots & Branches
web
site
> and fixing links and adding photos. Please do stop by and look
around...
>
> The following pages can be found there:
>
> Page Blake & Sarah Harrison | Brice | Samuel Brice & Rachel Boone |
George W.
> Brice & Christiana L. Harrison |
>
>
> Abijah Clark | Isaac Clark | Samuel Clark | David Connell & Jane E.
Lyons |
> Andrew J. Culp & Sciota B. Maddux |
>
>
> Aaron Fox & Susan Albert | Fox Notes | William & Hannah Harrison |
James
&
> Mary Brice Harrison | James Brice Harrison & Mahala Osborn | Richard
E.
&
> Elizabeth Connell Harrison | William Brice Harrison & Emma Jane
Osborne
| William
> Jr. & Sophia Dunn Harrison
>
>
> Kincheloe Family | Asa Collins Maddux & Mary Ann Downs | Asa Collins
Maddux &
> Rachel Durham | John C. & Lydia E. Fox Owen |Christopher Pitzer &
Matilda C.
> Harrison | Christopher Peck & Matilda C. Harrison | Ziegenbein
Family
|
> Ziegenbein Records | Ziegenbein Scrapbook
>
>
> Biographies & Stories | Burials & Tombstone Photos | Marriages |
Obituaries
> A-G | Obituaries H-O | Obituaries P-Z | Civil War Pension Files |
Family
Photos
> Scrapbook | Records | Sources | Cox Cemetery, Benton Co., IA |
Evergreen
> Cemetery, Benton Co., IA | Kisling Cemetery, Benton Co., IA
>
>
> Growing Up With Tulsa by Blanche Opal Kern Schad
>
>
>
> http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/index.htm
>
>
> Have a great day, Kathie
> If you can imagine it, you can create it.
> If you can dream it, you can become it.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> X-Message: #11
> Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 18:22:25 -0700
> From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts(a)telus.net>
> Subject: Post 1901 Census -- Election Called
>
> Greetings All.
>
> As expected, Prime Minister Paul Martin today called for the
dissolution
of the 37th Parliament of Canada and announced a Federal Election to be
held
on Monday 28 June 2004.
>
> For the next thirty-five days incumbents and political wannabees for
309
ridings will be pounding the pavement and holding meetings with the hope
of
gaining your votes.
>
> We encourage all to attend any meetings held in your area and
question
the candidates regarding their position on public access of 92-year-old
Census records. Challenge each of them to include the issue of Census
release on their agenda.
>
> When all is said and done there will be a great many changes on the
MPs
scoreboard. Let us hope that many of those changes will add gold ticks
of
support.
>
> Happy Hunting.
>
> Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts(a)telus.net
> Co-chair, Canada Census Committee
> Port Coquitlam, BC
>
> http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census
> en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm
>
> Permission to forward without notice is granted.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> X-Message: #12
> Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 22:56:26 -0500
> From: "John Sissom" <johnsissom(a)earthlink.net>
> Subject: Jess L. Sissom
>
> Researchers,
>
> I have located a burial for Jess L. Sissom and his wife, Vesta M.
Sissom
(maiden name unknown). I post this query to see if anyone can help me
identify this couple. I have two other Jess L. Sissom people and am
wondering if it could be an earlier marriage of either of them?
>
> Jess L. Sissom 1. b. 1903 d. 1980 buried at Green Hill Cemetery,
McMinn
County, Tennessee, as is his wife, Vesta M. Sissom, b. 1909, d. 1986.
This
is the man that I am trying to identify.
>
> Jess LeFate Sissom 2. b. 25 Jul 1902 Hillsboro, Tenn. d. 28 May 1979
Coweta, Wagoner County, Oklahoma, buried IOOF Cemetery, Hulbert,
Oklahoma.
This Jess married Hazel Pauline Stedley or Dudley, b. 09 May 1917 d. 14
Jun
1987 buried IOOF Cemetery, Hulbert, Oklahoma.
>
> Jess LeFate Sissom 3 is a son of Jess LeFate Sissom 2.
>
> Can anyone establish a relationship with Jess no. 1 with anyone else
other than Vesta?
>
> John D. Sissom
> johnsissom(a)earthlink.net
>
> ------------------------------
>
> X-Message: #13
> Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 19:42:27 -0500
> From: "Karima" <karima(a)insightbb.com>
> Subject: Ira, VT - "1881-1882 Business Directory for Rutland, Co.,
T." - Added to Gateway to Vermont Web Site
>
> I have just added, to the Gateway To Vermont Web Site, the Business
> Directory for Ira, Rutland County, VT from "The Gazetteer and
Business
> Directory of Rutland County, VT. 1881-82," Compiled and Published
by
> Hamilton Child; Printed at the Journal Office August 1881, Part Two,
> Pages 350--352.
>
> The Ira Business Directory is accessible from the main gateway page,
by
> clicking on the "Latest Additions" button (located in the middle of
the
> page):
>
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/VERMONTGATEWAY.html
>
> The entire Rutland County Business Directory will eventually be
added
to
the
> web site.
>
> Best wishes and good luck with your search,
>
> Karima
> List Administrator
> Vermont-L Discussion List
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/VermontWelcome.html
> Visit the VERMONT-L Web Site
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/
>
> ------------------------------
>
> X-Message: #14
> Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 08:29:44 -0500
> From: ".... valentine53179" <valentine53179(a)hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Opinion needed - 1635/Headrighters/Courts
>
> i am sure others will respond, but i view this as he was paid 50
acres
for eachperson he Escorted the route as noted...from gookins the river,
the
woods, the river and this is a court record that states that he is
entitled
to the total of 300 acres which he is claiming in up co of new
norfolk....
>
> the time he claimed 1637 and the time he did the work 1635 showed
(to
me) that he scouted for what he wanted...
>
> i'd try to get a copy of the court record... if at all possible... i
dont know who what told you that they did not survive, but i would
continue
to explore that they did in fact survive until you, yourself ,are
positive
of their destruction....as times goes on, things do have a way of making
an
appearance....
>
> further, i would check the records of the area where this 300 acres
is... and see what they might have in terms of tax rolls, mortgages,
etc.
>
> scout this..
> http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1153.html
> and
> also go to google and enter in
> headright
>
> you can narrow your search some after you have done a quick scan by
adding the stateNAME to the query...
> as in
> headright +virginia
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Cherrypit609(a)aol.com
> To: ROOTS-M(a)rootsweb.com
> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 10:19 AM
> Subject: [ROOTS-L] Opinion needed - 1635/Headrighters/Courts
>
>
> A gent by the name of Oliver Sprye was a "Headrighter". The
Patent Book
> states: "Oliver Sprye, 300 acs. Up. Co. of New Norfolk, 24 Oct
1637,
pg 487.
> Being called by the name of the thickett, beg. upon land of Mr.
Daniell
> Gookins, S.W. along the maine river, N.W. into the woods & S.E.
upon
the river.
> Due by order of Ct. 6 June 1635 & alsoe due for trans. of 6 pers:
James Hicks,
> John Longworthy, Tho. Bush, John Dawson, Georg Wilcock, John
Cherry."
> Would anyone have a a clue as to exactly what the Court Order
said
or
> what exactly did it apply to? Was it a court order that sent
these
young men to
> Virginia or did the court order give Mr. Sprye the right of being
a
> "Headrighter". He received 50 acres of land for each party for
which
he paid transport.
> Mr. Sprye is listed several times in the Nansemond Chronicles
1606-1800.
> I have learned that the Quarter Session Court records prior to
1702 do
> not survive. Perhaps the Assize Court was the source. I was
under
the
> impression that it was a court order that sent these young men,
but
now I am not sure.
> Also, there does not seem to be any record of their transport
(i.e.
ship).
> Thanks for any assistance. John Myrick Cherry, III
>
> --------------------------------
> End of ROOTS-L Digest V04 Issue #264
> ************************************
Hi All,
This is great. I found my house in Rochester with no problem at all...
Barb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael H Thorne" <mhthorne(a)juno.com>
To: <HARRIS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 9:46 PM
Subject: [HARRIS] Neat mapping site...
> Hope I can explain this so it makes sense...
>
> I found an internet site to day that provides both maps and satelite
> images of virtually anywhere in the US and it's not at all hard to use
> (and it's FREE). The site is called TerraServer and here's the basic
> link to it:
>
> http://terraserver.microsoft.com/
>
> Outside of the fun a lot of people will have with this, I was thinking
it
> might have some usefulness in sharing links to views of the farms or
> houses or cemeteries or towns where our ancestors are or were. Just to
> give you an example, my father was born in 1921 and lived in a little
> town called Matfield Green, Kansas. The town is in a remote area of the
> Flint Hills in Kansas and boasts a current population of around 30 hardy
> old souls. If you click on the following link, you can all see the
house
> my father grew up in.
>
>
http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?t=1&s=14&x=223&y=1320&z=14&w
> =1&ref=P|Matfield%20Green,%20Kansas,%20United%20States (this is the
> first view you get from space... but don't dispair)
>
> now, let me zoom in on his house (well, the immediate neighborhood
> anyway)
>
>
http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?t=1&s=10&x=3568&y=21131&z=14&
> w=2
>
> In case you're wondering, it's the house you can see just about 1/2 inch
> above where it says 100M on the bottom edge of the photograph!
>
> Don't know if people will use this, but wanted to show everyone an easy
> way to share (just cut and paste the link) some different kind of
> information with everyone. Best of all, you don't have to go through
> airport screening now just to see the old home place.
>
> Mike Thorne
>
> Researching: Hart, Thorne, Hunter, Holton, Kearney, Roberts, Wright,
> Shunk, Painter, Logsdon, Clayton, McCreary and a few others as well.
> mhthorne(a)juno.com
>
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Hi Jeffrey,
Do you know which Chase line Hal Chase who played for the NY Yankees descends from and who his ancestors are that leads to Wm., Aquilla or Thomas? Here is some other data on him:
Hal Chase
Harold Homer Chase (Prince Hal)
Bats right, throws left
Height 6'-0", weight 175 lbs.
Debut April 14, 1905 with the Yankees
Born Feb. 13, 1883 in Los Gatos, CA
Died May 18, 1947 in Colusa, CA
Jim
Posted on Mon, Jun. 28, 2004
For years, James Reed of Powell, Mo., neatly copied in longhand items
published in more than six decades' worth of The Pineville Herald. James Reed
compiled the histories of about 160 individuals and families. He produced
3,000 pages on Pineville, Mo., people alone.
In handwritten pages, a community's past is preserved
By KEVIN MURPHY The Kansas City Star
POWELL, Mo. James Reed never met his great-grandfather, Claiborne Duval,
the publisher and editor of The Pineville Herald from 1880 to 1942.
But Reed has Duval's six-shooter on the shelf, his wood stove in his living
room and every edition of his former weekly newspaper stacked in his attic.
It's those newspapers that have made Reed a bit of a marvel in the Pineville
area of southwest Missouri.
In a six-year feat of patience and persistence, Reed neatly copied in
longhand every item that appeared in the Herald about the people of Pineville
and the smaller communities of Powell and Cyclone.
Reed compiled the histories of about 160 individuals and families over a six-
decade span. He wrote an average of more than three hours every weekday and
produced 3,000 pages on Pineville people alone.
That is unheard of, said William Taft, 88, a retired journalism professor
at the University of Missouri-Columbia, who has written several books on
Missouri newspaper history. It's a marvelous thing from a historian's point
of view.
Reed, 59, said his great-grandfather put two or three copies of each Herald
in his closet at his house in Pineville until he died in 1942. They were
passed down to Reed, who kept them in his attic for years.
About 1980, Reed began looking at the papers, which detailed the daily lives
of people in Pineville and surrounding towns.
They wrote about everything a cow gets hit by lightning, someone's horse
ran away with a buggy just everything, Reed said.
The stories told of disease and drought, newborns and newcomers, crop prices,
picnics, dances on the lawn, shootouts on the town square, moonshiners
brought to justice, old friends passing through town.
I said, What can I do with this?'  Reed said. So, I just started writing.
When he did the writing, Reed worked as a mainframe computer operator in
Tulsa, Okla. Reed had a lot of time on his hands, and his boss allowed him to
work on the writing project.
Occasionally, people would ask what he was doing and would look a little
puzzled, Reed said.
I would explain it to them, and that would be the last of that, he
said. They never brought it up again.
Reed rewrote the Pineville items and organized them by name, creating an
index of more than 100 people and families in 15 volumes. There is an average
of 28 pages on each family, with the most being 132 pages on the large and
prominent Carnell family of Pineville.
For the much smaller communities of Powell and Cyclone, he copied each item
in chronological order, not by family. Some 60 families are mentioned.
It's a unique way of presenting history, Reed said. It looks at week-by-
week occurrences, good and bad.
Reed, who lives in a rustic, wood and concrete-block house with a large shady
yard that stretches to crystal-clear Mike's Creek, has a fancy for history. A
replica of a Civil War cannon stands guard on his front lawn.
Reed also likes archaeology, geology and astronomy. His porch shelves are
lined with rocks he cracked open to look for fossils. He collects arrowheads
and has a collection of amber from six trips he has made to Poland.
Reed finished his handwritten book in 1986 and put it in the McDonald County
Library in Pineville. He didn't call attention to what he had done, and in
1988 he took the book home.
A spur to action
Zella Collie, a retired McDonald County librarian and a descendant of the
Carnell family, wrote Reed last December to ask what became of his writing
project.
By then, Reed had lost his Tulsa job and moved permanently to what had been a
weekend retreat in Powell. He kept the 3,000 pages in three-ring binders on
shelves at the head of his bed.
At Collie's urging, Reed decided to publish some of his material earlier this
year. He sold more than 150 booklets on the Powell and Cyclone news items to
families in the area and to people passing through Powell, where the booklet
is sold at the general store.
People are interested in the past and how it was, said Frank Welch, who
operates the store.
The Powell book tells the history of the people but also of the times.
From Aug. 5, 1921: We noticed Mose Lett out driving Saturday evening in his
fine rubber-tired buggy. Girls, Mose sure looked lonesome.
From June 23, 1923: Airplanes, and some more airplanes this week, going east
and west. Two got about as far as Cyclone and returned seemed like they were
flying 200 miles per hour.
Reed has sold about 20 booklets on Pineville families. He placed a small ad
in a local paper and fills orders as they come in.
All the response has been positive, Reed said. The word that keeps coming
up is priceless.' 
Reed's work is a rare way to research family histories, said Sharol Neely of
the Ozarks Genealogical Society.
To find that for a small rural community is a gold mine, Neely
said. That's a real gift he has given to that community.
Researching most local newspapers for information on relatives would require
knowing dates when something had appeared, said Ara Kaye, senior newspaper
librarian at the State Historical Society of Missouri.
Reed's book goes far beyond birth and death notices, which people are often
left to look for in weekly newspapers.
Sometimes, news was light. From Sept. 28, 1906: James Crabb was in town
Wednesday for the first time since swallowing his false tooth about five
weeks ago.
Sometimes, news was heavy. On Sept. 1, 1922, the paper reported that Powell
area farmer Rando Garret shot neighbor Prentice Stansberry because of some
trespassing hogs.
Stansberry was shot with a .32 cal. Colt automatic revolver, one ball
entering the body about two inches to the right and below his navel and the
other in the groin, death following at about 10 o'clock, the paper reported.
Neely said genealogists treasure stories of the ancestors' histories, not
just when they lived and died.
We are all so much a product of the people who lived before us, Neely
said. This type of thing really brings people to life. Small papers wrote a
lot of that.
Small-town detail
Taft said newspapers years ago were often rich in detail about people. Famed
Kansas newspaper man William Allen White said he had 1,200 names in some
editions of his Emporia Gazette, Taft said.
The reason why those papers survived, and the reason some papers don't
survive today is because they don't have that, Taft said. I'm not too sure
today's newspapers are going to serve somebody 100 years from now.
A book like Reed's also shows how communities have changed, said Jim
Sterling, who teaches community journalism at the University of Missouri-
Columbia and worked at the Bolivar Herald-Free Press for 31 years.
There is change in how people are neighbors anymore, Sterling said. They
are not as free in telling everybody everything they do.
Kaye said the state historical society would like to put Reed's work in its
collection. Reed has applied for a $20,000 grant from the society to have his
Pineville book rewritten on a computer, published and placed in libraries.
A similar project to Reed's occurred in the 1930s when the Works Progress
Administration had people go through early Missouri papers and index items on
3-by-5-inch cards, Taft said.
Today, businesses scan some newspapers and other documents and create search
engines that people pay to use. Most larger papers are in databases, said
Mary-Kay Evans, spokeswoman for MyFamily.Com, a genealogical search firm
based in Utah.
Reed said he not only hopes to publish his Pineville work but to go through
all the papers and rewrite the histories of people in other communities his
great-grandfather wrote about.
This time, he said, he will type the items into a computer for easy search
and distribution and to save his hands from more writing. He hopes to get
the same feeling of satisfaction that his first volumes gave him.
After six years, you know you have accomplished something, Reed said. Had
I not done this, it (the information) would be totally lost to history.
To reach Kevin Murphy, call
(816) 234-4464 or send e-mail to kmurphy(a)kcstar.com.
Jeffrey Chace
http://www.chace.demon.nl
Descendant of William Chase
William, William Jr., Jacob, Isaac, Isaac, Rufus, Benjamin, Benjamin, Ira
Ira J. Chase was born in Clarkson, Monroe County, New York, December 7, 1834.
His father, Benjamin Chase, moved into Orleans County, where most of Ira's
years were spent up to the age of twenty. After leaving the public school of
that day, he attended the Milan (Ohio) Seminary and Median Academy. At twenty
he accompanied his father to Illinois, driving a team much of the time alone
through Michigan and Indiana, landing in Chicago in the spring of 1855.
Farming, merchandising and school teaching filled up the time until the war
broke out. In 1857, he united with the Christian Church. March 24, 1859, he
married Miss Rhoda J. Castle, of Cook County. In 1861, he was the first man
to enlist in the town of Barrington, Illinois. He assisted in raising a
company of men and was unanimously elected first lieutenant. The enlistments
were so numerous that the government could not accept them all, and the
organization disbanded, a part going into company C, Nineteenth Illinois,
June 17, 1861, of which Chase was made sergeant. This regiment saw hard and
continuous service from the start, being always on the move, serving in
Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee the first year of the war. While in camp at
Elizabethtown, Kentucky, he heard the news of the birth of his second child.
He was appointed drill sergeant and placed on special duty, owing to poor
health. In this capacity the Eighteenth O. V. I., officers invited him to aid
in drilling their men, as they were fresh from the farms of their state. A
petition, signed by Col. Stanley, Lieutenant Colonel Grim, for years chief
justice of Iowa, and Major C. H. Governor, famous as a soldier and statesman,
was presented to the field officers of the Nineteenth Illinois, asking for
his transfer to a lieutenancy in the Eighteenth Ohio. This was endorsed by
General J. B. Turchin, brigade commander, and by Major General O. M.
Mitchell, division commander, but denied by Major General Buell, department
commander. Our soldier was in the siege of Nashville, 1862; was discharged
and returned home from Nashville in 1863, and entered into business, but sold
out, owing to a long and very serious illness of his wife that left her blind
and lame for years. He prepared himself for the ministry and became pastor of
the Christian Church in Mishawaka in 1867, and has served at LaPorte, Wabash
and Danville. For a period of time, he labored in Pittsburgh and Peoria. He
has been prominent in G. A. R. circles, was twice department chaplain and
once department commander. In 1886, while in California, he was nominated for
congress by the fifth district. Upon his return, he accepted and made his
first political campaign. Col. C. C. Matson had received his fourth
nomination. His average majority for the three terms previous had been about
1,800. In 1886, it was 632. In 1888, Mr. Chase was spoken of for governor,
and through there was no activity manifested received a handsome vote.
General Hovey received the nomination for Governor while Mr. Chase was
nominated for Lieutenant Governor by acclamation. He served two terms as
presiding officer of the senate.
On the death of General Hovey, he served the state as governor from November
24, 1891, to January 8, 1893. At the state convention called by the
Republicans to nominate state officers, Governor Chase was nominated by
acclamation to succeed himself. He entered into the campaign with all the
earnestness of his nature, and everywhere it has been said that no man ever
fought a harder fight.
Jeffrey Chace
http://www.chace.demon.nl
Hi,
If there is a Frances Chase on this list, would you please contact me.......or if anyone knows of her, but she isn't on the list, I would really appreciate her address. The addy I have is invalid.
Thank you.
Barb Chase Thompson
Hi Everyone,
I found this interesting. Hope you do too.
Barb Chase Thompson
X-Message: #2
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 06:23:35 -0700
From: Shirley Hornbeck <hornbeck(a)s-hornbeck.com>
Subject: Naming Patterns
19th Century Naming Patterns:
First son: named for his paternal grandfather.
Second son: named for his maternal grandfather.
Third son: named after father or father's paternal grandfather.
Fourth son: named after father's oldest brother or mother's paternal
grandfather.
Fifth son: named after mother's eldest brother or father's material
grandfather.
Sixth son: named after father's second oldest brother or for mother's
maternal grandfather.
First dau: named for maternal grandmother.
Second dau: named for her paternal grandmother.
Third dau: named after mother or for mother's maternal grandmother.
Fourth dau: named after mother's oldest sister or for father's paternal
grandmother.
Fifth dau: named after father's eldest sister or for mother's paternal
grandmother.
Sixth dau: named after mother's second oldest sister or for father's
paternal grandmother.
With people being what they are, there were all sorts of variations, some
covered by rules and some by family decision. It was customary to name
the next daughter/son born within a second marriage for the deceased
husband/wife. If a father died before his child was born, the child was
often named for him. If a mother died in childbirth, that child, if a
girl, was usually named for the mother. Another child was commonly named
for a child who had died within the family.
DUTCH NAMING PATTERNS:
The custom was that the lst son be named for paternal grandfather; 2nd son
named for his maternal grandfather; lst daughter for her maternal
grandmother; 2nd daughter for her paternal grandmother. If 4 children were
born then all 4 grandparents are known.
More tips at my This and That Genealogy Tips page in my signature below.
Shirley Hornbeck http://www.s-hornbeck.com
HORNBECK, HORNBACK, HORNBEAK SURNAME RESOURCE CENTER:
<http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hornbeck/hsrc/home.htm>
THIS & THAT GENEALOGY TIPS: <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hornbeck>
THIS AND THAT GENEALOGY TIPS will be back in print about 8/1/2004.
http://www.ventanawild.org/news/fe98/chase.html
=THE DOUBLE-CONE QUARTERLY=
A WINDOW TO THE WILD
Fall Equinox 1998 || Volume I, Number 2
CALIFORNIA COAST TRAILS
by
J. SMEATON CHASE
Houghton Mifflin Company, New York 1913
Tioga Publishing Company, Palo Alto 1987
A Review by Phil Williamson
There have been moments, when watching the sun go down across the Pacific
from the shoulders of Cone Peak or walking along the banks of the Little Sur,
or perhaps strolling in the Gardens of Mission San Antonio or looking at the
ruins of the old adobe hotel near Jolon; moments when the breeze stills and
the leaves cease to rustle, when I think I can hear, as though from a great
distance, the slow tap and scuffle of hooves and a gentle whispering like
that of a man speaking comforting words into the ear of a skittish horse, and
I feel that I am in the presence of the friendly spirit of Joseph Smeaton
Chase.
Chase was an Englishman, a scholarly amateur naturalist and adventurer who,
in 1911, embarked on a journey that anyone who loves the wildlands of this
State would envy: A paseo, on horseback, along the California coast from
Mexico to Oregon. The record of his travels, liberally sprinkled with poetic
evocations of the beauty of the land, wry affectionate accounts of encounters
with people along the way, and apposite quotations from Keats, was first
published in 1913 by Houghton Mifflin under the title California Coast
Trails.
Starting in midsummer from El Monte near Los Angeles, and accompanied by a
friend, the painter Carl Eytel, Chase turned his redoubtable horse Chino to
the south and the Mexican border. Although this first leg of his paseo was
short, he found many opportunities to exercise his keen eye and poetic
sensibilities. We read his impressions of the eucalyptus, the plight of the
Mission Indians, and the hospitality of local Mexicans (throughout the book,
Chase reminds us of his love of the "Spanish" people, who in 1911 still
retained many of the noble traditions of Old California, and his disdain for
the general racism against them prevalent, then as now, among California
gringos). Upon reaching San Diego, with the hills of Baja California in
sight, Chase and Eytel return to Los Angeles, the first part of the epic
journey complete.
In May of the following year, Chase set out again, this time alone and bound
for the north and distant Oregon. Again Chino carried the baggage; and again
we are treated to a wealth of observation and anecdote. We learn of the grave
of Cabrillo and the bitter rivalry between Hueneme and Oxnard; of the Santa
Barbara of 1911 in contrast with the town that Richard Henry Dana saw in
1835; of Chinese Freemasons and the descendants of Dana himself; and of the
many Mission buildings along the way, restored or in ruins - interesting
reading for the student of Mission history. And plenty of incident as well: a
near-fatal (for Chino) adventure with quicksand on the beach at Gaviota, and
the hospitality of Spanish, Portuguese, Welsh, and Irish inhabitants of the
coast provide a lively narrative setting for Chase's observations and
digressions.
For readers of the Double Cone Quarterly - that is, for lovers of the Ventana
Wilderness, the Big Sur coast, and adjacent lands - the meat of Chase's book
begins with his first view of the Santa Lucia Mountains, from a ridge near
the valley of Todos Santos north of Lompoc (not much smog to obstruct long
views in those days!):
At the head of the canyon I looked out on a long desired sight, -- the
distant highlands of the Sierra Santa Lucia, lying low and blue in the north.
For years I had been waiting my chance to get at that little-traveled range,
and it had formed, in fact, a main inducement in planning the summer's trip.
Now that at last it was coming within striking distance, I gazed at it with
special interest, trying to forecast from the dim and tumbled outlines some
features of contour, timber, or stream.
On to San Carpofóro Canyon ("Sankypoky" to the locals of Chase's time; he
entertains us with interesting local variants on Spanish placenames,
like "Peter's Blankets" for Piedras Blancas or "A Royal Cruise" for Arroyo
Cruz). Chase enjoyed more Spanish and Welsh hospitality at isolated ranches
before heading up the canyon in search of the rare and famous Abies
bracteata, the Santa Lucia fir (for a wealth of information on which see the
article by David Rogers in this issue of the Double Cone Quarterly, and his
second article on the subject in the Winter Solstice '98 issue).
On the Nacimiento River
Photo by J. Smeaton Chase from the first edition of California Coast Trails,
1913 After an arduous climb over the coast ridge Chase reached the canyon of
the Nacimiento. A welcome swim ensued, the description of which will evoke
fond memories for anyone who has taken a cold dip in the Little Sur, Higgins
Creek, or any other stream in the mountains after a long hot dusty day on the
trail:
The water was crystal clear, and perfect in temperature. White sand formed
the bottom; one side was fringed with small cottonwoods, and the other, where
the water was deepest, was walled directly by the dark, perpendicular rock,
from the crevices of which waved fringes of delicate fern. The moon was
nearly full, but it was not yet an hour past sunset, and the day hovered on
that quiet borderland where one can hardly tell shadows from thoughts. A pale
flicker of moonlight caught the ridges of water that flowed about me as I
swam slowly to and fro, and once a water-snake slipped noiselessly away
before me, the little black head rippling the water into lines of pallid
silver. After the heat and thirst of the day I felt half inclined to sleep in
that delicious pool.
The trail took Chase next to "the domes and minarets of Jolon," which even in
1911 he could call "a primitive place;" it does not seem that he was much
impressed, despite being treated to the artistry of Indian musicians on
fiddle and mandolin. Sadly, it was here that he bade adieu to Chino, a horse
whom he endowed with as much character as any in literature; and here he
found Anton, the sturdy pack horse who would accompany him the rest of the
way to Oregon.
From Jolon Chase came next to Mission San Antonio, of which he gives us a
long and rich description. His trail took him continuously north through the
mountains: the old mines at Los Burros, the looming presence of Santa Lucia
Peak (which we call Junipero Serra Peak today - personally I like the old
name better, or even the Esselen name - Pimkolam), the first redwoods along
Willow Creek, Gamboa's and Castro's ranches and their hospitable inhabitants,
Little's Hot Springs, with bathtubs suspended on the cliff face to catch the
hot mineral waters (springs now removed from public use by the Esalen
Institute), McWay Creek Falls -- all lay along Chase's trail.
At last the long hard trail gave way to graded road and Chase and Anton
descended into the Valley of the Big Sur. They travelled swiftly northward,
past Point Sur and Point Lobos to Carmel, even then a haven for artists and
academics from Berkeley and Stanford, and then to Monterey, where in Chase's
day a haze of the romance of Old California still lingered over the shady
streets.
The trail from Monterey to Oregon is treated in less than a hundred pages,
although these pages are as rich as the rest in observation, incident, and
humor: in Aptos he inquires as to the origin of the town's name, and his host
replies with "Aptos, Aptos; well, Aptos is a good name, ain't it?"; Santa
Cruz is "a staid, ordinary kind of place" (times change - and often they come
full circle again); Big Basin, even then rotten with tourists; the effort of
getting through San Francisco on horseback after so long on the trail; Muir
Woods, the Mendocino Coast, the Klamath country and the Indians of Requa, and
the final walk from Crescent City to view the coast of Oregon before
returning south (by sea) - all described with Chase's characteristic brand of
wry aplomb and friendly good humor.
But the high point of the book - as it was the high point of his paseo for
Chase himself - is the Santa Lucia Mountains and the Big Sur Country. Even
though Chase saw it as we never can, before the highway, when the land was
still dotted with isolated ranches accessible only by trail, before tourism,
exclusive resorts and the advent of the weekend backpacker had made their
numerous marks on the land and on the spirit of the place - even with all
these changes, those who travel the backcountry can still see this truly
magical place much as Chase saw it.
One of these days, I'm going to make a paseo of my own, following Chase's
footsteps from, say, the San Luis Obispo county line, through the Silver Peak
Wilderness and Ventana to Big Sur. One of these days, for sure; and I know
that J. Smeaton Chase will be with me every step of the way.
J. Smeaton Chase was also the author of two other books of travels in
California: California Desert Trails, about two years of adventuring from
Palm Springs to the Colorado River, and Yosemite Trails, describing
adventures around Wawona, Tuolumne, and Hetch Hetchy (won't be able to do
that one for a while, I guess!). Like California Coast Trails, these were
republished in the 1980's by Tioga Press. Unfortunately they are no longer in
print, but are generally available in used book stores, over the internet at
abebooks.com or bookfinder.com , and of course in your local library. Happy
trails, and may Chase be with you!
Boon Hughey has contributed a series of four excerpts from California Coast
Trails to the Double Cone Quarterly: The Coast to Jolon (Winter '00), Jolon
to Pacific Valley (Spring '01), Pacific Valley to Castro Canyon (Summer '01),
and Big Sur to the Carmel River (Fall '01).
Jeffrey Chace
http://www.chace.demon.nl
SALISBURY TIMES - March 23, 1959
Delmarva Heritage
SAMUEL CHASE - FREEDOM FIREBRAND
By William H. Wroten, Jr.
(History Professor, Salisbury State Teachers College)
The name of Samuel Chase belongs to the stirring times of the American
Revolution and the beginnings of the new nation under the Constitution. The
Daughters of the American Revolution, in their local chapter, by using his
name honor not only this famous American but themselves. As one writer put
it: "His fame survives as a precious legacy of a State prolific in courageous
leaders and eminent lawyers."
Samuel Chase was born in Somerset County, Maryland, on April 17, 1741. He was
the only child of the Rev. Thomas Chase, a learned clergyman of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, who emigrated from England, and married Matilda
Walker, the daughter of a local farmer. In 1743, shortly after the death of
his wife, the Rev. Chase moved to St. Pauls in Baltimore.
As Baltimore at this time was not much more than a village, the opportunities
for an education were almost nil. However, Mr. Chase, who had received some
of the best advantages which England had to offer, and had become somewhat of
a scholar, was well qualified to teach his young son. Under the instruction
of the accomplished and scholarly father, young Samuel received a degree of
education uncommon for the boys of that period. At the age of 18 the young
man was sent to Annapolis to study law. His studies there were marked with
the same degree of earnestness which characterized his conduct throughout
life.
AFTER BEING admitted to the bar at the age of 20 he chose Annapolis as his
home. It was not long before he was known as able, eloquent and fearless,
with the reputation among the more conservative inhabitants "of being too
little inclined to respect and venerate the dignity of the provincial
officers."
Chase married Miss Anne Baldwin in May, 1762, and they had two sons and two
daughters. (In March, 1784, he married his second wife, Hannah Kilty Giles.)
He and his family lived in Annapolis until 1786, when they moved to Baltimore.
For 20 years, 1764 to 1784, Chase was a member of the Maryland General
Assembly. In this legislative body he distinguished himself not only by his
vigorous mind but also by his independent action and his spirit of opposition
to the royal governor and the court party.
On one occasion he went so far as to support a measure regulating the
salaries of the clergy which would cut almost in half that of his own father,
because he thought he was supporting the rights of the people.
SAMUEL CHASE was a born leader of insurrection and revolution. At the early
age of 24 he openly challenged the right of the English Parliament to tax the
Colonies without their consent. In reaction to the Stamp Act, the "Sons of
Liberty" of which Chase was most active member, forcibly opened the public
offices in Annapolis, seized and destroyed the hated stamps. The stamp
distributor or agent was burned in effigy. Chases activities in these
riotous demonstrations caused him to be denounced by the city officials as
a "busy, restless incendiary, and ringleader of mobs, a foul-mouthed and
inflaming son of discord and faction, a common disturber of the public
tranquility, and a promoter of the lawless excesses of the multitude." Chase,
in reply, admitted his participation but maintained that the so called mob
was composed of "men of reputation and merit" superior to the court official,
who had emerged from obscurity and were basking in proprietary sunshine. This
was a bold stand for a young man to take against the authorities in the
Colony.
THE CALM that seemed to follow the repeal of the Stamp act was only surface-
deep and when the various "tea parties" were held in the 1770s, the flames
of revolution were once again visible. The Committees of Correspondence were
daily adding fuel to the fire. In 1774 when word was received in Maryland
that the port of Boston had been closed the indignant colonists were aroused
to action. Several of the Maryland counties appointed committees of
conference which led to the meeting of a Maryland patriotic convention, which
in turn agreed to support a general congress of the various colonies.
Mr. Chase and four other Marylanders were appointed delegates to this first
Continental Congress in 1774, for the purpose of "agreeing on a general plan
of conduct, operating on the commercial connection of the colonies with the
mother country, for the relief of Boston and preservation of American
liberty." Chase was very active in the first Congress and was chosen a
delegate to represent Maryland at the 2nd Continental Congress which was to
meet in the spring of 1775, and from that time until the end of 1778 he was
reappointed regularly as the Maryland delegate to Congress.
CHASE, IN A sense, anticipated in 1775 the Declaration of Independence by
declaring in a public speech that he owed no allegiance to the British king.
That he was a leader among the great men of Congress, may be judged from the
fact that he served on 21 committees in 1777 and on 30 in 1778. In the spring
of 1776 he was appointed a member of the Commission to Canada, which included
two other very famous Americans, Benjamin Franklin and Charles Carroll of
Carrollton.
When Chase returned from Canada after a fruitless effort to win that Colony
to the American cause, he found that Maryland was still reluctant to unite
with the other colonies in a definite break from the mother country. Although
Chase was a "firebrand" for independence, he was honor bound to follow the
instructions of his beloved state. A great role was played by Chase in
returning to Maryland where he worked tirelessly to swing the opinions of the
citizens and the state Convention in support of independence.
BEFORE LEAVING Philadelphia for Maryland, Chase had practically promised John
Adams that he would deliver the Maryland vote for independence and by his
efforts more than any other mans, Maryland voted for a Declaration of
Independence. On July 5, 1776, the day after the vote for independence, Chase
wrote to John Adams: "I hope ere this time the decisive blow is struck.
Oppression, Inhumanity and Perfidy have compelled Us to it. Blessed be Men
who effect the Work, I envy you! How shall I transmit to posterity that I
gave my assent?"
Samuel Chase was not to be denied the honor he had so well earned, for on
Aug. 2, 1776, he, William Paca, Thomas Stone and Charles Carroll of
Carrollton signed the Declaration of Independence for Maryland. Although some
may believe that his great career and duty to country had reached the peak,
in reality they had just begun.
After the Declaration of Independence had been signed, urgent as were the
demands of his professional duties and private interests, Samuel Chase did
not hesitate to hurry to the Halls of Congress if he heard of any question
being in danger of a wrong decision or if any measure required his support
On one occasion he had gone back to Annapolis to attend to some business, but
returned quickly to Philadelphia on hearing that the plan for a confederation
and a foreign alliance with France might meet with opposition and delay.
During this period he served on a special committee with Richard Henry Lee
and Gouverneur Morris to write a paper to discredit the British peace
overtures of 1778, which would have rescinded American independence. It has
been stated that the final document was largely the handiwork of Chase.
During the early years of the American Revolutionary War, Gen. George
Washington had to fight not only the British armies but the intrigues aimed
at removing him as commanding chief. Throughout all of this, Chase staunchly
supported the general, a fact which Washington was later to remember.
IN 1778, HOWEVER, Chasess reputation was suddenly shadowed. Chase, the great
champion of American liberty, and a long-time fighter for the rights of the
people, slipped very much out of character. Very little is known of the
affair, but it seems evident that by utilizing information gained as a member
of Congress, Chase joined with others in an attempt to corner the flour
market in view of the approach of the French naval fleet.
Referring to this affair in a New York newspaper, Alexander Hamilton had this
to say of Chase: "It is your lot to have the peculiar privilege of being
universally despised Were I inclined to make a satire upon the species I
would attempt a faithful description of your heart." For the next two years
Chase was left off the Maryland delegation to Congress; and though he was
later reappointed he rarely attended and played only a minor role.
Chase was appointed by the State of Maryland to go to England in 1783, in an
attempt to recover some bank stock which belonged to the former colony. Chase
achieved very little success in this matter for the issue was tied up in
court proceedings. It was not until some years later that the problem was
settled by Chases one-time protégé, William Pinkney, who became among other
things the Attorney General of the United States, American Minister to Naples
and St. Petersburg.
HOWEVER, WHILE in England Chase met the famous Englishmen, Fox, Pitt and
Burke, and probably just as important, married his second wife, Hannah Giles.
Chase was still practicing law but entered also into the field of trade and
commerce. For the most part, these economic ventures in shipping and the
buying of coal and iron and put him deep in debt. His knowledge of trade,
nevertheless, was great enough to enable him to attend a trade conference at
Mount Vernon in 1785, and to help write the compact between Maryland and
Virginia regarding the navigation of the Potomac.
In 1786 Chase moved to Baltimore where in 1788 he became chief judge of the
criminal court and in 1791 also assumed the post of chief judge of the
general court of Maryland. While serving on the bench of this court, Chase
showed as a judge the audacity which was characteristic of his career. His
boldness and fearlessness were displayed in 1794 when he ordered the arrest
of two popular leaders of a riot. The two men refused to give bail and the
sheriff, fearing a rescue would be attempted, hesitated to take them to
jail. "Call the possee commitatus," said Judge Chase, stepping down from the
bench, said, "Summon me, then. I will take them to jail." Although warned
that his life and property would be endangered, Chase personally escorted the
two rioters to the jail.
A FEW YEARS after this event, Chase was charged by the grand jury with
holding a position in two courts at the same time. Calling the jurymen before
him, he "severely arraigned them, ordering that they confine their activities
to their proper sphere." Yet the holding of these two offices, chief judge of
the criminal court and also of the general court, resulted in an attempt by
the Maryland General Assembly to remove him from office. The move failed to
obtain the necessary two-thirds vote, but a majority of the members declared
that the spirit of the state constitution had been violated. This tumultuous
episode is another example of the fate that seemed to follow Chases path as
a judge, both state and national.
Although Chase had been one of the great leaders in our movement for
independence, he is not to be listed among the friends for the adoption of
the new Federal Constitution. Writing over the signature "Caution", Chase
expressed his opposition, and he recorded as one of the 11 members of the
Maryland ratifying convention who voted against the adoption. Strange as it
may seem to the average person, Chase was a member of a committee which
proposed amendments calling for trial by jury and freedom of the press; later
in his career he was to be considered a dangerous enemy to both of these
beliefs.
But the day was not far away when Chase, along with that other Marylander,
Luther Martin, would be classified as one of the strongest of federalists
both in words and deeds. Jut why Chase turned Federalist has been somewhat of
a mystery. He was a states righter in opposition to the constitution, and
even after the document had been put into operation he continued to be
recognized as the leader of that force in Maryland.
Be that as it may, in a letter of 1796 from President Washingtons very close
friend, James McHenry, Chase was suggested for appointment to federal office.
Washington was at first considering Chase for the post of attorney-general;
but on Jan. 26, 1796, he nominated him to the United States Supreme Court.
The very next day the Senate approved unanimously, and in February of that
year Chase took his seat.
SINCE THERE is not space to take up the merits of the cases which Judge Chase
helped to rule on during the first few years of service, mention should be
made of the fact that men writing about Chase do not agree as to his role.
One says "The first few years of service on that court were uneventful. Only
one of his decisions of this period was noteworthy."
Another scholar wrote this: "Chases performance on the Supreme Bench was the
most notably of any previous to Marshall Chase was required to several
terms of court to give his opinions first. This accident of position,
together with the colorful quality of his judicial utterances, their
positiveness of expression, their richness in political science, have all
contributed to give his opinions predominant importance in this period."
Chase served on the Supreme Court for 15 years, but most of that time he was
overshadowed by the more famous John Marshall, who came to the court in 1801.
Unfortunately, Judge Chase is almost always associated with and remembered
for the treason trial of John Fries, and his own impeachment trial. In the
year 1800, while holding circuit court at Philadelphia, Judge Chase presided
over the case of John Fries, who had been charged with treason in raising an
insurrection against the Federal Government. This was the period of the Alien-
Sedition acts when American democracy was not functioning properly and there
was a major struggle between the Jeffersonian Republicans and the Adams-
Federalists.
CHASE HAD ALWAYS been champion of the peoples right; and although he
was often stern and severe he had never been known to be cruel nor
oppressive. Yet in the case of John Fries there are grounds for saying that
Chase did not grant the defendant a fair trial. Fries was sentenced to be
executed and only by a pardon from President Adams was justice gained.
This case and the one concerning Callender for sedition in Virginia were
partly responsible for the impeachment of Chase in 1804-1805. The immediate
occasion for the impeachment was Chases intemperate charge to the Baltimore
grand jury in May, 1803, when he severely arraigned the administration of
President Jefferson.
President Jefferson wasted little time in suggesting to the House of
Representatives that impeachment proceedings be undertaken against Chase. The
house complied in March, 1804, by a vote of 73 to 32. It was believed by many
then (and is till thought to be true by many today) that although Jefferson
wanted to be rid of Chase, he was to be just a stepping stone to the removal
of a much more dangerous enemy to Jeffersonianism, the Chief Justice John
Marshall. If Chase could be removed then the Jeffersonians were planning to
try the same tactics to remove Marshall.
EIGHT CHARGES were presented against Chase, six of which had to do with the
Fries and Callender trials and one with the Baltimore grand jury affair.
Although the trial formally opened Jan. 3, 1805, it was not really under way
until a month later. Randolph and the others of the house, who had been
assigned to present the case, did everything to produce a conviction, but
fortunately for Chase these men were no match for the four able counselors
and faithful friends of Chase, Martin, Harper, Hopkinson and Key. Luther
Martin of Maryland was one of the greatest lawyers the United States has ever
produced.
On most of the charges Chase was acquitted by a majority vote of the Senate,
one charge failed to receive a single vote against Chase, and only on the
charge concerning the address to the Baltimore grand jury did a majority of
the Senate vote for impeachment, 19 votes to 15. But as a vote of two-thirds
is necessary to convict in an impeachment case, Chase was acquitted on all
counts because it is generally believed that the acquittal of Chase probably
prevented the impeachment of Marshall, it is therefore of fundamental
importance in our constitutional history.
Chase continued to be a member of the court until his death in 1811, but
because of ill health he was absent from the bench much of the time. Also, it
is a fact that with the accession of Marshall, he, the chief justice now
spoke for the court, and everyone else was subordinate.
No one as yet has done a detailed biography of Samuel Chase, although at
least several persons have started on such a project. One is certainly long
overdue. His diary on Dec. 18, 1820: " . . . I considered Mr. Chase as one of
the men whose life, conduct, and opinions had been of the most extensive
influence upon the Constitution of this country. He not only signed the
Declaration of Independence, but was an active and distinguished member of
the Congress during the early and most critical period of the Revolution. He
was a man of ardent passions, of strong mind, of domineering temper. His life
was consequently turbulent and boisterous. He had for some years almost
uncontrolled dominion over the politics of the State of Maryland; at other
times was unpopular in the extreme, and more than once impeached His
impeachment had settled some principles and some practice of our
constitutional law. But he himself, as a judge, had settled others of the
highest importance one of them, in my opinion, of very pernicious
importance."
Jeffrey Chace
http://www.chace.demon.nl
Hello All,
Just ran across this story today and thought it would be of interest. Does
anyone know anything about these particular Chases from Barbados?
Cheers,
Jeffrey Chace
http://www.chace.demon.nl
The Chase Vault (AKA The Moving coffins of Barbados)
http://ghosts.monstrous.com/famous_ghosts.htm#_Toc521862655
In Christ Church cemetery on the island of Barbados there is a burial vault
of unknown origin. The earliest records call it the "Chase vault". It was
first used for the burial of a Mrs. Goddard in 1807, followed by two-year-old
Mary Ann Chase in 1808 and her sister Dorcas in 1812, a probable suicide. A
few weeks later, Dorcas' father Thomas Chase died. When the vault was opened,
all the coffins had been moved from their original places. It was thought
that thieves had been in the vault, but the concrete seal of the tomb was
still in place.
Two more burials were made in 1816. In both cases, when the vault was opened,
the coffins already present had been moved about. The casket of Thomas Chase
was of lead, weighing 240 pounds, far too large to be moved by a single
vandal. In each of these burials, the workers returned the coffins to their
proper places and sealed the mausoleum with cement. It happened again in
1819. This time, the Governor sprinkled sand on the floor (to show
footprints), and pressed his personal seal into the fresh cement. In 1820 the
tomb was opened again, and the coffins were again out of place, even though
no footprints showed and the concrete seal was undisturbed. The governor
ordered the coffins removed and the vault left open; the mystery has never
been solved.
Hi everyone,
I am interested in discovering more about THOMAS9 CHASE (JAMES EDWARD8,
JOHN7, DAVID6, JOSEPH5, STEPHEN4, JOSEPH3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1). Thomas Chase
was born abt 1864 and appears with his family in the censuses of 1871,
1881,1891. He is not listed in 1901 census with them. Does anyone know if he
married aft 1891 and if so to whom? Thomas's grandfather was Rev. John Chase
who opened a school for young ladies at Wolfville, NS.
Year 1871
Fam N Surname G Names Line Age D of B Mar St Fam Stat
Rel Loc Community
41 Chase Edward 37 M Wolfville2
41 Chase Margaret B. 36 M
41 Chase Jane H. 10 Wolfville2
41 Chase Thomas P. 7 Wolfville2
41 Chase Annie M. 4 Wolfville2
1881 census
Name Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation
Religion
Edward CHASE M Male English 47 Nova Scotia Gardener Baptist
Margaret CHASE M Female English 46 Nova Scotia Baptist
Jane H CHASE Female English 20 Nova Scotia Baptist
Thos. R CHASE Male English 17 Nova Scotia Gardener/Student
Baptist
Anna M CHASE Female English 14 Nova Scotia Student Baptist
Census Place Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia
District 17; Sub-district H; Division 1; Page Number 3; Household
Number 15
Year 1891
118 Chase Edward 3 57 Head Head Baptist Wolfville
118 Chase Margaret 4 57 Wife Wife Baptist Wolfville
118 Chase Janie 5 29 Daughter Daughter Baptist Wolfville
118 Chase Thomas 6 27 Son Son Baptist Wolfville
118 Chase Annie 7 24 Daughter Daughter Baptist Wolfville
Year 1901
125 Chase Edward 46 67 1 Aug. 1833 Married Head Baptist Wolfville
"Wolfville, town'
125 Chase Margaret 47 66 16 Dec 1834 Married Wife Baptist Wolfville
"Wolfville, town"
125 Chase Annie 48 33 16 Nov 1867 Single Daughter Baptist Wolfville
"Wolfville, town"
Any help would be appreciated.
Linda Chase
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Hello All,
I ran across the following item at Ebay Store and thought that someone may be
interested. The abstracts are entitled "Genealogy Abstracts Chase/Chace,"
are from Vermont, and are being sold for $5.00. You can search at Ebay to
find them.
"Newspaper Abstracts Surname Chase/Chace
I have transcribed abstracts from the marriage and death notices that
appeared in the newspaper The Vermont Chronicle for the years 1826 to
1841. I am selling a booklet of abstracts of all the notices with the
Chase/Chace surname included in them. The surname Chase/Chace appeared 98
times in the Vermont Chronicle's marriage and death notices between the years
1826 & 1841."
Cheers
Jeffrey Chace
http://www.chace.demon.nl
I am searching for any family of Ezekiel, Ernest, Stephen, Charles, Rosa ,Elizabeth, and Lydia Chase,(And More) who are on the 1870 Census of Columbus Township, St. Clair County, Michigan and who are burried in a row at Kittridge Cemetery, near a small community of Snyderville, Columbus Township, St. Clair County, Michigan. Ernest is my Gr. Grandfather and I am trying to find how he fits in with all of the other Chase members at the cemetery. Have visited the gravesite and took pictures. Also visited the County clerks office there and the County Library with no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Many of the above came from Canada. Ernest was married to Margaret Ann Harrison. Both were born in Canada. I can give some dates if anyone thinks they are related. Thank you, Georgia (Chase) Golian
The papers which were publised in those days made headlines about the
donation of money to buy an artificial leg ... Thought you might enjoy this
(Hiram was son of Capt James and Phebe Chace..Grand son Of Greenfiels Chace)
Last Will and Testament of Hiram Chace of Freetown, Feb 4th 1901
Know all men by these present:
That I, Hiram Chace of freetown, in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts; being of sound mind and memory, do make, declare and publish
this my last Will and Testament, to wit:
1. It is my Will that all just debts and funeral charges be paid out of my
estate before the payments of the following bequests, by my Executor hereafter
named--
2. I give and bequeath to my sister Olive B. Jennings the sum of Three
Hundred Dollars--
3. I give to and bequeath to my sister Mary A. Gardner the sum of Three
Hundred Dollars
4. I give and bequeath to my nephew Andrew A Chace one half of my homestead
with the buildings thereon , situated o Locust Street in Freetown: to wit, the
two West rooms in the house, with privilege in the attic and joint use of the
front door and well: one half of the barn: The North half of the houselot and
the North half of the six acres of land, more or less in the rear of the
houselot--
5. I give and bequeath to my nephew Hiram Chace on half of my homestead with
the buildings thereon, situated on Locust Street in Freetown; to wit the two
East rooms in the house with privileges in the attic and joint use of the front
door and well...one half of the barn; the South half of the ouselot and the
South half of six acres of land, more or less, in the rear of the houselot--
6. But if either of said Andew J Chace and Hiram Chace should die before
their sisters Hopey Terry, Phebe Wilkerson and Amy A Palmer, then said sisters
shall inherit from the said deceased brother or brothers equal shares of said
Homestead during their lives: and after the death of the two brothers and three
sisters last named, then my said Homestead shall revert to the eirs of my
soster Olive B Jennings--
7.I give and bequeath to my nephews Andrew J Chace and Hiram Chace all of my
household furniture and utensls to be divided equally between them--
8. I give and bequeath to my nephew Philp Chace, son of James: Adonirum
Chace, son of Augustus; and George Henry Chace, son of Greenfield Chace, Fifty
Dollars each
9. I give and bequeath to my niece Sarah Ann Chace, daughter of James, One
Hundred Dollars--
10. I give my grand nephew Raymond Dearden Three Hundred Dollars..But if said
Raymond should die before the age of 21 years, then said bequest shall be the
property of his three sisters, Anner, Melinda and Gladys--
11. I give and bequeath to the children of my niece Caroline Brownell, Five
Dollars each
12. I give to Selectmen of Freetown and their sucesssors in office One
Hundred Dollars in Trust for William F Poole to buy for him an artificial leg: but
if he does not desire the leg, then said One Hundred Dollars shall be used by
said Selectmen for the benefit of said Poole from time to time as they may deem
proper--
13, I give to the Town of Freetown Twenty Five Dollars in trust, the
interest on the same to be expended for the care of my burial lot in Assonet
Cemetery--
14. I give and bequeath all the rest and residue of my property to be divided
in equal shares among my following named nephews and neices: John F Thomas,
Helen Merrgold, Jerimiah Gardner, Bernard Gardner, George Gardner, Ida E.
Pierce, George Jennings, Andrew J Jennings, Annie Brown, Hopey Terry, Phebe A
Wilkerson, Amy A Palmer, Sarah Lena Gardner and Lizzie Dearden--
15. I ordain and appoint my grand nephew Charles H Poole to be the Executor
of this this my Last Will. In testimony whereof I do hereby set my hand and
seal and publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, in the
presence of the witness named below, this Fourth day of February Nineten Hundred and
One
his
Hiram X Chace
mark
Signed,sealed, published and declared by the said Hiram Chace as for his last
Will and testament in the presence of us who, at his request and in his
presence of each other, have herewith subscribed our names as witnesses
Silas P Richmond Freetown
Iassac N Hinds Freetown
Laida s Richmond Freetown
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Question
I have been trying to locate information on my g-grandmother's second husband. His name was, Wallace Fairbanks Chase, b/abt. 1882 - do not know where. The only thing I have been able to obtain is the marriage application which has only his address at the time, and his name. Then, I have the marriage license, which also doesn't show much more. Just this past week I have found the marriage certificate to my g-grandmother. Now I have been able to obtain the names of two witnesses, but without knowing their age or relationship, I am still in the dark. So, if anyone out there would have further information, I would so much love to hear from you.
The groom was:
Wallace Fairbanks Chase, age 66 at the time of his marriage on November 1, 1948. His address at the time was:
380 North Taylor, St. Louis, Mo.
Wallace married Mamie Elizabeth (Powers)-surname (Smith) first husbands name. Mamie was listed as having been 67 years old in November, 1948 and her address is listed as having been:
315 Leighton Ave., Silver Spring, Maryland
Now, on the marriage certificate there are two other names assumed to be their witnesses.
Charles F. Chase and
William E. B. Chase
The marriage took place on November 1, 1948 at the Odd Fellows Hall, St. Louis, Mo. and they were married by Paul Weber, Supt. St. Louis Baptist Mission, St. Louis, Mo.
If anyone could help me, I would be most appreciative.
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Many Thanks,
Leta