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ALDERMAN The Alderman family is an ancient but not numerous German family. The sur- name is derived from the official title of some progenitor and belongs to the same class of names as Sheriff, Constable, Beadle, Warden, Clark, etc.
(I) William Alderman, immigrant ancestor, settled in Windsor, Connecticut, about 1672, and was doubtless born as early as 1650. He died at Simsbury about 1697. From Windsor he removed to Simsbury, where the home of his descendants has been located to the present time. He was a farmer. He married Mary Case, widow of John Case. She married ( sec- ond) James Hiliard, of Simsbury, March 30, 1698-99. Children, born in Simsbury : I. Mary, September 22, 1680. 2. Thomas, Janu- ary II, 1682. 3. William, mentioned below. 4. Sarah, 1692; married Thomas Moses. 5. John, 1695; married, October 28, 1719, Sarah Case, and had John, Jr., born August 19, 1720, and others. 6. Joseph, 1697; married, June 30, 1720, Mindwell Case.
(II) William (2), son of William ( I) Alder- man, was born October 20, 1686, in Simsbury, Connecticut. He settled in that town. He married, March 28, 1716, Rebecca Osban (Os- borne), of Windsor. Children : I. Jerusha,
born June 5, 1717. 2. William. 3. Joseph, married Mindwell Case. 4. John, born August 1, 1722. Perhaps other children not recorded. (III) Elijah, son or nephew of William (2) Alderman, married Deborah - and settled in that part of Simsbury, now East Granby, Connecticut. He died at East Granby, January II, 1779. Children: 1. Elijah, men- tioned below. 2. Gad, born January 5, 1765 ; married Happy Buckley, born May 31, 1764; he was a soldier from Simsbury in the revolu- tion, enlisting for three years February 1, 1781, in Sheldon's Dragoons (five feet ten inches in height, of dark complexion and light eyes and brown hair) ; pensioner of the United States in 1818 and then living in Massachusetts. Eli,
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John, Ephraim and Timothy Alderman, of Connecticut, and Elisha and Ephraim Alder- man, of Massachusetts, also served in the revolution.
(IV) Elijah (2), son of Elijah (1) Alder- man, was born about 1750. He had a son bap- tized at East Granby, February 14, 1777.
(V) Oliver, son or nephew of Elijah Alder- man, was born in East Granby in 1782, died January 21, 1858. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and became one of the leading citizens. Besides carrying on a large farm, he was in business as a gen- eral contractor and built many bridges, mills and other masonry structures in that section. He was also the owner of a large distillery, which had a high reptutation throughout the state for the excellent quality of spirits manu- factured. He held a commission as justice of the peace for many years and was known as a wise, just and honorable magistrate. In relig- ion he was an Episcopalian. He married Patty (Martha) Alderman, a cousin. She died Oc- tober 2, 1853, aged sixty-six years. Children, born at East Granby: I. Clyden, mentioned below. 2. Urvin, 1813, died September 28, 1838. 3. Charles, 1820; died April 15, 1862. 4. Harry, 1823, died October 11, 1849. 5. Isabelle, 1826, died February 5, 1846.
(VI) Clyden, son of Oliver Alderman, was born in East Granby, in 1812, died April 17, 1848. He was educated there in the public schools and learned the trade of wheelwright. He engaged in business as blacksmith and wheelwright, and employed some thirty jour- neymen and apprentices in his shop. He was an industrious and enterprising man and use- ful citizen. He died in the prime of life. In politics he was a Democrat; in religion an Episcopalian. He married Mary Ann, daugh- ter of Timothy Hatch. Children: 1. Isabella Louise, died aged two years and five months. 2. Eugene Clyden, mentioned below.
(VII) Eugene Clyden, son of Clyden Alder- man, was born in East Granby, March 18, 1840. When he was eight years old his father died and he was brought up in the family of his grandfather. He learned the trade of car- penter and was associated in business with his grandfather. He was working at his trade in California when the civil war broke out and re- turned home to enlist. He entered the service as sergeant in Company E, Twenty-fifth Con- necticut Regiment. He enlisted for nine months, served fourteen months all told and re-enlisted, but was rejected on account of ill health. He resumed work at his trade and continued until
1880 when he entered the employ of the Holyoke Water Power Company as carpenter. In 1895 his eyesight failed and he was obliged to give up his position. Since then he has been head gate-keeper at the dam and his unfailing devotion to duty has taken much of the respon- sibility from his superiors. Mr. Alderman has often been urged to retire. but notwithstand- ing his age continues at his post with unfailing regularity, having no desire for a life of idle- ness. He was made a Mason in Evening Star Lodge of Free Masons at Unionville, Con- necticut, in 1868, and was demitted to Mount Tom Lodge of Holyoke, Massachusetts. In religion he is an Episcopalian, and in politics a Republican.
He married, January 22, 1860, Ellen E. Holmes, born January 15, 1842, daughter of . Robert and Eliza (Barrett) Holmes, of East Granby. Her father was a proprietor of a hotel at East Granby. Of their nine children, eight lived to maturity. Children: I. George P. B., born September 20, 1862; married Belle Drake, of Springfield ; he is a member of the firm of George P. B. Alderman & Com- pany, architects. 2. Charles E., April 16, 1865; superintendent of Hampden Glazed Paper Company ; married Jennie Cook. 3. Ollie C., November 28, 1870; hardware dealer ; married Edith Stearns. 4. Henry H., June 10, 1874; the other member of George P. B. Alderman & Company, architects ; married Isabelle Pat- terson. 5. Ellen I., September 2, 1878. 6. Carrie L., May 20, 1880. 7. Eugene R., No- vember 20, 1882 ; employed as assistant super- intendent at Farr Alapaca mills ; married Emma Dickerman. 8. May Eliza, May 30, 1885. The daughters are all teachers in the Holyoke public schools.
Thomas Atkinson, immi- ATKINSON grant ancestor, was born in England and came to this country from Bury, Lancaster, settling in Con- cord, Massachusetts. He was a brother of Theodore Atkinson, of Boston. Thomas At- kinson was admitted a freeman December 7, 1636. He died November 18, 1646. Admin -- istration was granted his widow Susan No .- vember 25, 1646. Some of his estate was in England. His widow married "William Almie (or Alline), the tyler." Robert Atkinson, his brother in England, is mentioned in the settle- ment of the estate. Robert lived in Timby, parish of Halifax, England. Children : I. Rebecca, born 1638. 2. John, 1640. 3. Sus- anna, April 28, 1641. 4. Hannah, March 5, 1643.
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(II) John, son of Thomas Atkinson, was born at Concord in 1640, died there January 5, 1705. After his father died, he was adopted by his uncle, Theodore Atkinson, of Boston, under whom he learned the trade of hatter. He settled in Newbury, Massachusetts. He married (first) Sarah Myrick; (second) June 3, 1700, Hannah Cheney. Children, born at Newbury: I. Sarah, November 27, 1665. 2. John, 1667. 3. Thomas, December 27, 1669. 4. Theodore, January 23, 1672. 5. Abigail, November 8, 1673. 6. Samuel, January 16, 1676. '7. Nathaniel, November 29, 1677 ; men- tioned below. 8. Elizabeth, June 20, 1680. 9. Joseph, May 1, 1682; killed by Indians in 1706. 10. Rebecca.
(III) Nathaniel, son of John Atkinson, was born in Newbury, November 29, 1677. He was a member of the church at Newbury in 1729. He married, January 22, 1707, Debo- rah Knight. Children, born at Newbury: I. Mary, 1708. 2. Sarah, 1710. 3. Margaret, 1712. 4. Nathaniel, March 19, 1717. 5. Jo- seph. November 28, 1718.
(IV) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (I) Atkinson, was born at Newbury, March 19, 1717, died at Boscawen, October 26, 1794. He removed to Boscawen, New Hampshire, with the early settlers in 1769, late in the year. He joined the Newbury church in 1741. He mar- ried (first) November 30, 1738, Elizabeth Greenleaf, who died in 1755. He married (second) in 1756, Sarah Morse. Children,
born at Newbury, by first wife: I. Parker, February I, 1739. 2. Michael. 3. Mary, May 18, 1742. 4. Stephen, December 15, 1744. 5. Elizabeth, August 10, 1747. 6. Susanna, Au- gust II, 1750. 7. Nathaniel, December 12, 1753. Children of second wife, born at New- bury: 8. Jonathan, December 30, 1756; men- tioned below. 9. Joseph, April 28, 1758. 10. John, October 30, 1759. II. Benjamin, Janu- ary 7, 1761. 12. Sarah, January 8, 1763. 13. Mary, May, 1764. 14. Judith, 1765. 15. Eunice, 1767. 16. Hannah, died young. 17. Theodore, September 30, 1769.
(V) Rev. Jonathan, son of Nathaniel (2) Atkinson, was born at Newbury, December 30, 1756, died March 27, 1837. He graduated from Dartmouth College and was pastor of the Congregational church at Limington, Maine. He married, February 6, 1794, Betsey Pettingill. Children, born at Limington: I. Jonathan, March 16, 1795. 2. Nathaniel, Au- gust 16, 1796, died young. 3. Nathaniel, Au- gust 10, 1797. 4. Richard P., mentioned below.
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kinson, was born at Limington, April 5, 1799, died December 2, 1865. He married, October 15, 1837, Alice Gerry. Children : I. Na- thaniel, October 17, 1838. 2. John P., De- cember 14, 1840. 3. William H., January 29, 1842; mentioned below. 4. Elizabeth, Janu- ary 27, 1844. 5. Anna J., October 31, 1851.
(VII) William Henry, son of Richard P. Atkinson, was born January 29, 1842, at Lim- ington. He was educated in the public schools, and when a young man entered upon his life work as a banker. For thirty-four years he was paying teller of the Union Trust Company of Boston, and during that long period of faithful and efficient service lost but three days from his desk and those on account of illness. He is a member of the old Central Congrega- tional Church of Chelsea, where he resided for many years. He was a soldier in the civil war in the Seventeenth Maine Regiment, and is a mem- ber of Post No. 35, Grand Army of the Re- public, Chelsea, Massachusetts. He is a mem- ber of Adoniram Lodge of Free Masons, at Limington, Maine. Since he retired from active business a few years ago, he has made his home in Brookline, Massachusetts. In poli- tics he is a Republican. He married, January 9. 1868, Mary H., daughter of John D. Currier. Children: 1. George T., born November 6, 1868 ; married, June 2, 1892, Hattie N. Rogers. 2. Arthur P., November 21, 1870, died Janu- ary 4, 1876. 3. Louisa F., June 21, 1873; married, May 17, 1901, A. P. Jackson. 4. Fred S., May 9, 1879.
CLARK Arthur Clark, immigrant ances- tor, was born in England, and settled in Hampton, New Hamp- shire, where he was admitted a freeman May 13, 1640. He had a grant of land there June 30, 1640. Soon afterward he went to Salem, Massachusetts, where he was admitted to the church October 17, 1641. In 1645 he was granted a house lot in Boston, and in 1647 bought more land there. He was a carpenter by trade. He died in 1665, and administration was granted to his widow Sarah for herself and son at Boston, October 31, 1665. The inventory was presented by Thomas Matson, and the appraisers were Mr. John Endicott and Mr. Daniel Stone. The amount of the estate was seventy-one pounds sixteen shillings nine pence. Children: I. Sarah, born March IO, baptized March 17, 1644. 2. Samuel, men- tioned below.
(II) Samuel, son of Arthur Clark, was bap- tized at Boston, November 1, 1646, and died at
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Concord, January 30, 1730. He settled at Concord, and married Rachel Nichols. Chil- dren, born at Concord: I. Samuel, October 26, 1676. 2. William, December 30, 1679. 3. Sarah, July 4, 1681 (recorded at Boston). 4. Rachel, April 17, 1683. 5. Susanna, April 26, 1689. 6. Hannah, April 11, 1691. 7. Benjamin, mentioned below. 8. Arthur, January 30, 1696. (III) Benjamin, son of Samuel Clark, was born at Concord, October 13, 1693. He mar- ried Elizabeth Rugg. Children, born at Con- cord: I. Benjamin, May 7, 1717 ; died Febru- ary 17, 1809; married, April 14, 1743, Re- becca, Flagg. 2. John, mentioned below.
(IV) John Clark, son of Benjamin Clark, was born at Concord, February 10, 1718-19. He married, at Concord, June 29, 1741, Sus- anna Maynard. He settled in the adjoining town of Sudbury. Children, born at Sudbury : I. Elizabeth, June 26, 1742. 2. John, Sep- tember 25, 1744, died October 16, 1746. 3. Susanna, March 1, 1746, died February 21, 1747-48. 4. John, March 13, 1748. 5. Peter, August 20, 1752, died at Southborough, July 14, 1792. 6. Mary, August 25, 1755. 7. Luther, mentioned below.
(V) Luther, son of John Clark, was born at Sudbury or Concord, in 1761, died in 1826. He was at the battle of Concord, with the Sudbury company of minute-men. He served again from January 2, 1778, to April 2, 1778, guard- ing state stores. He married (intention dated February 20, 1790) Relief Bellows, of South- borough, Massachusetts. Children : Peter, mentioned below ; Mary, Relief and Sarah.
(VI) Peter, son of Luther Clark, was born at Sudbury, December 1, 1792. He settled at Wendell, Massachusetts, and followed farm- ing throughout his active life. He was a mem- ber of the Congregational church. He mar- ried (first ) Hannah Packard; (second) Re- becca, daughter of Stephen Gunn, of Sunder- land. Children by first wife: I. Luther, born August 2, 1823. 2. Henry, March 3, 1825. Children of second wife : 3. Dwight, mentioned below. 4. Hannah M., born July 11, 1835.
(VII) Dwight, son of Peter Clark, was born at Wendell, Massachusetts, January 18, 1831. He attended the public schools of his native town, and at the age of seventeen began to teach school. He taught the district schools at Pelham, East Longmeadow, Leverett, Had- ley and West Springfield, Massachusetts. Afterward he studied at the Springfield high school and Amherst Academy. He came to Springfield and for ten years worked at the trade of paper hanger. He then resumed
teaching in the Charles street school, later taught music in the public schools of Spring- field, still later was truant officer of the city for a time, and taught in the ungraded schools, after the Hooker school was erected. Since January 1, 1881, he has been principal of the Myrtle street grammar school, at Indian Orchard, in the city of Springfield. Since 1869 he has taught in the public evening schools of the city also. On the occasion of his seventy-eighth birthday the Springfield Re- publican said of Mr. Clark, then by far the oldest teacher in the Springfield schools : "Dur- ing twenty-eight years of service in that school nearly all the men and women of Indian Orchard have been his pupils, and he has a host of friends among the graduates from the school, and is held in the highest esteem by all. His one interest outside of the school is music, and for years he has been chorister of the Evangelical Church, and his service is greatly appreciated by those connected with the church."" Mr. Clark is a charter member of Memorial Church of Springfield, Massachu- setts. He is a member of the Massachusetts Society Sons of the Revolution, Hampden Lodge of Odd Fellows since 1870, and is past noble grand, having held all the subordinate offices of this lodge. He has been for many years chaplain of Roswell Lee Lodge of Free Masons, also a member of Morning Star Chap- ter, Royal Arch Masons; Springfield Council, Royal and Select Masters; Springfield Com- mandery, Knights Templar. In politics he is a Republican.
Mr. Clark married, October 26, 1854, Dicea M. Ainsworth, of Amherst, Massachusetts, born February 21, 1831, died 1901, daughter of Forester Ainsworth. Children: I. Frank M., born February 17, 1856, died 1898; mar- ried Mary J. Pease, June, 1888; children : Ruth P., born May 28, 1889, and Beth D., Feb- ruary 4, 1891. 2. Edward H., born June 8, 1858, died August 5, 1904.
CHASE The Chase family is of ancient English origin, derived undoubt- edly from the French word, chasser, (to hunt). The ancestral seat of the branch of the family from which the American line is descended was at Chesham, Bucking- hamshire, through which runs the Chess, which gives its name to the place. The Chase arms: Gules four crosses patance argent (two and two), on a canton azure a lion passant or. (I) Thomas Chase, of Chesham, was de- scended from the ancient family there.
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(II) John, son of Thomas Chase, was also of Chesham.
(III) Matthew, son of John Chase, was of Chesham; married Elizabeth Bould, daughter of Richard Bould. Children : 1. Richard, mar- ried Mary Roberts. 2. Francis. 3. John. 4. Matthew. 5. Thomas, mentioned below. 6. Ralph. 7. William. 8. Bridget.
(IV) Thomas (2), son of Matthew Chase, was of the Hundrichin Parish, Chesham. Children, born at Hundrich: I. John, baptized November 30, 1540. 2. Richard, baptized Au- gust 3, 1542, mentioned below. 3. Agnes, bap- tized January 9, 1551. 4. William. 5. Chris- tian.
(V) Richard, son of Thomas (2) Chase, was born in Hundrich, Chesham, England, and baptized August 3, 1542. He married, April 16, 1564, Joan Bishop. Children, born at Hundrich: I. Robert, baptized September 2, 1565. 2. Henry, baptized August 10, 1567. 3. Lydia, baptized October 4, 1573. 4. Eze- kiel, baptized April 2, 1576. 5. Dorcas, bap- tized March 2, 1578. 6. Aquila, baptized Au- gust 14, 1580, mentioned below. 7. Jason, baptized January 13, 1585. 8. Thomas, bap- tized July 18, 1585. 9. Abigail, baptized Janu- ary 12, 1588. 10. Mordecai, baptized July 31, 1591.
(VI) Aquila, son of Richard Chase, was baptized at Hundrich, in Chesham, England, August 14, 1580. Married Martha Jelliman, 1606. Children : I. Thomas, mentioned below. 2. Aquila, mentioned below.
(VII) Aquila (2), son of Aquila (I) Chase, was born in England in 1618. He was a mariner, probably employed by his uncle or brother, Thomas Chase, who was in 1626 part owner of the ship "John and Francis." He was of Hampton as early as 1640; removed to Newbury in 1646, when he had four acres of land granted for a house lot and six acres of marsh on condition that he go to sea and do service in the town with a boat for four years. He and his wife and David Wheeler were "fined" for gathering pease on the Sabbath," but were admonished and the fine remitted in September, 1646. He was a ship master. He died December 27, 1670, aged fifty-two. His will was dated September 19, 1670. He mar- ried Anne Wheeler, daughter of John Whee- ler, and she married (second), June 14, 1672, Daniel Mussiloway. She died in May, 1688. Children : I. Sarah, married, May 15, 1666, Charles Annis, born in Ireland, 1638. 2. Anna, born July 6, 1647. 3. Priscilla, March 14, 1649: married, February 10, 1671, Abel
Merrill. 4. Mary, February 3, 1651 : married, March 9, 1670, John Stevens. 5. Aquila, Sep- tember 17, 1652; married Esther Bond. 6. Thomas, July 25, 1654, mentioned below. 7. John, November 2, 1655; married, May 23, 1677, Elizabeth Bingham. 8. Elizabeth, Sep- tember 13, 1657; married, June 27, 1678, Zachariah Ayer. 9. Ruth, March 18, 1660, died May 30, 1676. 10. Daniel, December 9, 1661 ; married Martha Kimball. II. Moses, December 24, 1663 ; married (first) Ann Foll- ansbee ; (second) December 13, 1713, Sarah Jacobs.
(VIII) Thomas (3), son of Aquila (2) Chase, was born at Newbury, July 25, 1654, died in 1733. He was a soldier in King Phil- ip's war under Captain Samuel Appleton and took part in the Swamp Fight. He married, November 22, 1677, Rebecca Follansbee, daughter of Thomas Follansbee. Children, born in Newbury: I. Thomas, September 15, 1680, mentioned below. 2. Jonathan, Janu- ary 13, 1683 ; married, 1703, Joanna Palmer. 3. James, September 15, 1685; married Lydia ; (second) December, 1707, Martha Rolfe. 4. Aquila, July 15, 1688; married, 1712, Mary Smith. 5. Ruth, February 28, 1691 ; married, May 29, 1716, Nathaniel Mil- ler. 6. Mary, January 15, 1695; married Horton. 7. Josiah, July 15, 1697, died young. 8. Rebecca, April 20, 1700; married, December 14, 1721, Stephen Moulton. 9. Ju - dith, married Horton. IO. Lizza
,married, in 1732, Benjamin Rogers. II. Nathan, married (first) November 29, 1723, Judith Sawyer ; (second) December 30, 1740, Joanna Cheney : (third) January 9, 1763, Ruth Davis.
(IX) Thomas (4), son of Thomas (3) Chase, was born in Newbury, September 15, 1680. He married (first) Sarah, daughter of Deacon Thomas and Martha ( Bartlett) Ste- vens. He married (second) Sarah Hovey. Children, born in Newbury: I. Thomas, No- vember 20, 1700. 2. Abel, mentioned below. Children of second wife : 3. Jonathan, May 19, 1703. 4. Roger, June 3, 1704. 5 Sarah, Jan- uary 29, 1706. 6. Ezekiel, November 20, 1709. 7. Josiah, November 3, 1713. 8. Abi- gail, April 20, 1716.
(X) Deacon Abel, son of Thomas (4) Chase, was born in Newbury, February 25, 1702, and settled in Sutton. He married (first ) Mary , who died shortly after 1730; (second) Sarah Bicknell, who was admitted to the church February II, 1731. Children, born in Sutton: I. Abel, September II, 1732,
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mentioned below. 2. Sarah, June 15, 1735, died August 7, 1761. 3. Emma, October II, 1737, baptized Anna, December 4, 1737. 4. Martha, November 7, 1739 ; married, Septem- ber II, 1760, Francis Stone. 5. Mary, March 15, 1742; married, October 24, 1771, Ebene- zer Sibley. 6. Betty, June 4, 1744: married, July 6, 1780, David Bancroft. 7. Thomas, March 13. 1746. 8. David, September 28, 1748. 9. Ruth, April 9, 1751 ; married, June 23, 1774, Anthony Sigourney. 10. Jonathan, August 25, 1753, died September 11, 1761. 11. Moses, October 24, 1755.
(XI) Abel (2), son of Abel ( I) Chase, was born at Sutton, September II, 1732. He was a corporal from 1755 to 1761. In 1780 he was in the revolution and February 3, while serving under Colonel Thompson at "Young's House," near White Plains, New York, his detachment was surprised by the British and a terrible fight took place. He received five bayonet thrusts, one in the arm, one in the hand, one in the neck and two in the side, but escaped death and was taken to New York to the British military hospital, where his wounds were healed ; he was taken to the Sugar House prison and confined until he was exchanged at Elizabethtown, December 13, 1780. He mar- ried, at Sutton, January 3, 1754, Judith Gale, born April 12, 1734, daughter of Isaac and Judith Gale. Children, born at Sutton: I. Abel, October 29, 1754. 2. Isaac, June 26, 1756, died September 8, 1759. 3. Judith, March 19, 1758, died September 28, 1759. 4. Judith, March 27, 1760. 5. Isaac, September 12, 1761, mentioned below. 6. Sarah, Janu- ary 15, 1763. 7. Emma, November 23, bap- tized 25, 1764. 8. Anne, September 7, 1766. 9. Persis, March 22, 1768. 10. Jonathan, Feb- ruary 26, 1770. II. Silence, baptized Febru- ary 16, 1772.
(XII) Isaac, son of Abel (2) Chase, was born in Sutton, September 12, 1761, died at Westford, Vermont, January 9, 1833. He served in the revolution in Captain Andrew Elliot's company, Colonel Jonathan Holman's regiment, in September, 1777, and was witlı the northern army at Burgoyne's surrender ; also in Captain John Putnam's company, Col- onel Wade's regiment, detached from Holman's regiment for twenty-one days; he was in Cap- tain Elliot's company, Colonel Davis' regiment, and is described at eighteen years of age, height, five feet, one inch; complexion light ; residence Sutton. He also served nine months in Captain C. Marshall's company which marched to Springfield, July 8, 1779. He
married, January 8, 1789, Sarah Bond, born September 21, 1769, died July 7, 1842, daugh- ter of Josiah and Sarah Bond. He settled after the war first in Stratton, Vermont, re- moving to Newfane, and thence to Westford, Vermont. Children: I. Truman, born at Stratton, January 17, 1790. 2. Irah, born October 5, 1793, mentioned below. 3. Peter, born at Newfane, May 2, 1796. 4. Isaac, born at Westford, November 3, 1798. 5. Sarah, born at Westford, August 5, 1810.
(XIII) Professor Irah, son of Isaac Chase, was born in Stratton, Vermont, October 5, 1793, died at Newton Center, Massachusetts, November 1, 1864. He attended the public schools and in 1811 entered Middlebury Col- lege, Vermont, graduating in 1814 at the head of his class. He studied divinity in the An- dover Theological Seminary, from which he was graduated in 1817. He was soon after- ward appointed missionary in Taze's Valley, Kanawha county, West Virginia, riding to his field on horseback from his home in the town of Stratton, Vermont, taking seven weeks to make the journey, much of it through an un- settled section of country. His college educa- tion and the horse, saddle and bridle were his only inheritance from his father's estate. A few years later he was appointed professor in the Divinity School, Philadelphia, and after- ward in Columbian College, Washington, D. C., of which he was acting president for two years. In 1823 Professor Chase went abroad to study, and he attended lectures at Edin- burgh, Bonn and Gottingen universities. In 1833 he made another trip to Europe to study conditions for the American Board, which was then considering the advisability of mission work in Paris. From 1825 to 1845 he devoted much time and energy to the Newton Theolog- ical Seminary, of which he was one of the founders and the first professor. He was one of the foremost workers in the mission field in his time, a learned, eloquent, scholarly di- vine. He was an earnest and consistent Chris- tian, a citizen of public spirit, a gifted teacher.
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