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(VII) Jeremiah Potter, son of Joseph Pot- ter (6), was born July 1, 1771. He married (first), when less than eighteen, January .I, 1789, Dorcas Gulick, who was born in 1767; married (second), January, 1796, Philomela Haskins, who was born in 1776; married (third), January 30, 1817, Martha Bidwell, who was born in 1784.
(VIII) Mitchell Potter, son or near relative of Jeremiah Potter (7), was born in Platts- burg, New York, where he attended the public schools and settled as a farmer. He was a prominent citizen of the town. He married Cecilia Wells, of Plattsburg. Children : Isaac, Louise, Mary, Olive, Amelia, Henry, Jere- miah, William E., born in 1830, mentioned be- low.
(IX) William E. Potter, son of Mitchell Potter (8), was born at Plattsburg in 1830 and died in Lowell in 1904. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He helped his father on the farm until he was of age, when he accepted a position as guard in the New York state prison at Dannemora. He filled this office acceptably for several years. He resigned and in 1866 engaged in the real
estate business in Lowell, Massachusetts. He was successful from the outset and his busi- ness increased in extent until he had one of the largest real estate agencies in the state .. Having acquired a competence he retired from active business in 1900. He was well known in Masonic circles, having taken all the degrees to and including the thirty-second. He was. also a member of the Lowell Board of Trade .. He attended the Baptist church. He married in Ellenburg, New York, Cynthia Howland, who was born in Burlington, Vermont, April 2, 1842, daughter of Arnold and Harriet A .. (Wright) Howland, of Burlington. She sur- vives him. Their children : 1. Helen, resides at home with her mother. 2. Florence, mar- ried S. W. Kidder. 3. Henrietta, married W. H. Wilson. 4. William E., unmarried. 5. Charles M., born January 16, 1862, mentioned below.
(X) Charles M. Potter, son of William E. Potter (9), was born in Ellenburg, Clinton county, New York, January 16, 1862. He was educated in the public and high schools of Lowell. He was then associated with his father in the real estate business and has con- tinued it since, holding well his leadership in his line of business. Many of the most im- portant real estate transactions of his city have been effected through his agency. His integ- rity and thorough knowledge of property in the city have made him the leading expert in his line, and his advice is constantly sought by investors and intending purchasers. He is a Republican in politics. He takes great inter- est in the order of Elks, of which he is an active member. In religion he is a Baptist. A leader in financial and business circles, Mr. Potter is one of the most influential and highly esteemed citizens. He married, January 5, 1892, Mary E. Campbell, who was born May, 1867, daughter of Dr. Daniel and Julia Hall Campbell, of Bellows Falls, Vermont. Chil- dren: 1. Robert S., born February, 1894. 2. Madeline, born February, 1895. 3. Daniel, born 1896.
Deacon Thomas Loring, of LORING Hingham and Hull, Massa- chusetts, was born in Axmins- ter, County Devon, England, and died at Hull, Massachusetts, April 4, 1661. His widow, Jane (Newton) Loring, died August 25, 1672. Mr. Loring arrived in this country on De- cember 23, 1634, and for a short time resided at Dorchester, Massachusetts, and removed thence to Hingham. He was one of the early
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deacons of the church in Hingham, and subse- quently removed to the town of Hull, and there died.
(II) Thomas Loring, Deacon Thomas Loring (1), born in Axminster, County Devon, England, died at Hull, Massa- chusetts, 1679, aged fifty years ; married De- cember 16, 1657, Hannah Jacob, baptized Feb- ruary 23, 1639-40, died October 20, 1720; daughter of Nicholas and Mary Jacob of Hingham. She married second, Captain Stephen French, of Weymouth, Massachu- setts.
(III) Lieutenant Thomas Loring, son of Thomas Loring (2), born at Hull, Massachu- setts, March 15, 1667-8, died at Duxbury, Massachusetts, December 5, 1717; married April 19, 1699, Deborah Cushing, born Sep- tember, 1674, daughter of John and Sarah (Hawke) Cushing, of Scituate, Massachusetts. She married second, February 18, 1727, Syl- vester Richmond, Esquire, of Little Compton, Rhode Island.
(IV) Benjamin Loring, son of Lieutenant Thomas Loring(3), born at Duxbury, Massa- chusetts, about 1708, died there March I, 1781, "in the seventy-third year of his age;" married, February 8, 1739, Anna Alden, born June 14, 1716, died July 1, 1804, aged eighty- nine years, daughter of Colonel John and Hannah (Briggs) Alden, of Duxbury, and great-granddaughter of John Alden, who came in the "Mayflower," 1620. Mr. Loring was bred a farmer, and was esteemed as a man of sound judgment, uprightness, and integ- rity.
(V) Daniel Loring, son of Benjamin Lor- ing (4), born at Duxbury, Massachusetts, January 8, 1751, died at Braintree, Massachu- setts, July 27, 1831, aged eighty years ; mar- ried, (intention dated August 8, 1778) Mary Thayer, born March 30, 1757, died April 8, 1834, aged seventy-seven years, daughter of James and Esther (Wales) Thayer, of Brain- tree. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, held the position of a sergeant, and late in life received a pension. He resided at Braintree, and was a shipbuilder, his shipyard being on the Monatiquot River.
(VI) James Loring, son of Daniel Loring (5), born at Braintree, Massachusetts, June 18, 1780, died at Boston, Massachusetts, Janu- ary 4, 1866, aged eighty-five years, six months, and sixteen days ; married first, Mary Freeman, born December 29, 1779, died at Duxbury, November 9, 1816, aged thirty- seven years; married second, Mrs. Ruth (Dingley) Delano; she died February 10,
1830. He resided at Duxbury, was a cabinet- maker by trade, and was a deputy sheriff of Plymouth county.
(VII) Deacon Judah Loring, son of James Loring (6), born at Duxbury, Massachusetts, April 15, 1809, died at Lawrence, Kansas, Oc- tober 31, 1857; married December 3, 1835, Betsy (White) Faxon, born April 22, 1811, died at Medford, Massachusetts, January I, 1886, daughter of Captain Asaph and Eunice (Allen) Faxon, of Braintree. He learned the trade of shipjoiner, and at the age of twenty- two settled in Medford and began the success- ful prosecution of his vocation as a master shipjoiner. As soon as he became a resident of Medford he identified himself with some of her prominent public interests, and early be- came a leading spirit in works of improve- ment and reform. He held many town offices, such as school committee, overseer of the poor, selectman, etc., and for a long time was a justice of the peace. He was elected to the office of deacon in the Second Congregational Church, and served in that capacity with great acceptance for many years. He was a zealous temperanceadvocate, and an uncompromising foe of human slavery at a time when it re- quired moral courage and personal sacrifice to act in either cause. He went to Kansas in May, 1857, and there died before the close of that year, as above stated. His wife, who justly shared the respect that he won in the places of his residence, survived him, with his three children-Freeman Allen, Mary James, and Arthur Greene Loring.
Mr. Loring was a true man, a sincere and loyal patriot, and a courteous and christian gentleman. He possessed in a large degree qualities that commanded respect and . confi- dence of his fellow-citizens. The town of Medford delighted to honor him while he lived; and, after his decease resolutions in deserved commendation of his life and public services were presented at meeting of the town and adopted unanimously.
(VIII) Arthur Greene Loring, son of Dea- con Judah (7) and Betsy White (Faxon) Loring, was born on Ship street, now River- side avenue, Medford, September 29, 1844. His parents were prominent residents of that town. In 1857 he went with them to Law- rence, Kansas, where they had intended to live, but his father dying in October of that year, he returned with his mother and his brother and sister, in 1858, to Medford, Massachusetts. He was educated for mercan- tile pursuits and was engaged for a time in various undertakings, and then entered the
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shoe and leather business in Boston. Later he was engaged in the tanning business, and was superintendent of the tannery of Loring & Avery, in Winchester, Massachusetts, and later of that of F. A. Loring & Company, at North Winchester and Woburn.
Mr. Loring has interested himself for many years in historical and genealogical pursuits, and has made these matters a serious study. He is a member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society of Boston, and of the Rumford Historical Association of Woburn. In the course of his experience he has accumu- lated a large amount of information on the subject of the families of the Old Colony and on the families in that section of Massachu- setts about Boston. He has the reputation of being one of the most painstaking and accu- rate genealogists in the profession. He is an expert on the handwriting of the ancient col- onial and provincial records of Massachusetts, and has copied literally many petitions and rolls, the originals of which are to be found at the State House in Boston. As a handwriting expert he assisted in the preparation of the second volume of Judge Chamberlain's "His- tory of Chelsea," now in press, published by a committee of the Massachusetts Historical Society. He has also been selected by the Lewis Historical Publishing Company as one of the editors of their forthcoming work on Eastern Massachusetts.
Mr. Loring, while in active business with F. A. Loring & Company, resided in Winchester, Massachusetts, and in 1891 he became a resi- dent of Woburn. At Medford he held the office of town auditor, and also served as one of the cemetery committee and as a member of the fire department, and companies F (Law- rence Rifles) and E (Lawrence Light Guard), belonging to the Fifth Massachu- setts Regiment of Infantry; and is now a member of the Lawrence Light Guard Veteran Association. At Woburn he held the office of alderman for two terms in 1889 and 1900, and was candidate of the Democratic party for mayor in 1901.
Mr. Loring has written considerable for the newspaper press on subjects in which he is interested. He is the author of a pamphlet entitled "Woburn Men in the Indian and Other Wars previous to the year 1754" (Bos- ton, 1897), and furnished an appendix to the publication called "The Diary of Lieut. Sam- uel Thompson, of Woburn, Massachusetts, while in service in the French War, 1758," and published in 1896, which was largely a record of the service of all the Woburn men in
the French war, compiled from the original rolls on file in the archives of the state of Massachusetts at Boston. For the New Eng- land Historical and Genealogical Register he furnished articles entitled "The Ancestry of Phebe Pierce, of Woburn," (1898) ; "The De- scendants of Nahum Parker of Kittery, Maine," (1900) ; "Samuel Walker, of Wo- burn, Massachusetts, and some of his De- scendants" (1903); "The Brooks Family of Woburn, Massachusetts," (1904) ; "Robert Eames of Woburn, Massachusetts, and some of his Descendants" (1908) ; etc.
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 Ameri- can line is descended was at Chesham, Buck- inghamshire, through which runs a rapidly flowing river, the Chess, which gives its name to the place. The Chase arms: Gules four crosses patonce 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.
(II) John Chase, son of Thomas Chase (I), was also of Chesham.
(III) Mathew Chase, son of John Chase (2), was of Chesham; married Elizabeth Bould, daughter of Richard Bould. Children : Richard, married Mary Roberts; Francis, John, Mathew, Thomas, mentioned below; Ralph, William, Bridget.
(IV) Thomas Chase, son of Mathew Chase (3), was of the Hundrich in Parish Chesham. Children born at Hundrich : I. John, baptized November 30, 1540. 2. Rich- ard, baptized August 3, 1542, mentioned be- low. 3. Agnes, baptized January 9, 1551. 4. William. 5. Christian.
(V) Richard Chase, son of Thomas Chase (4), was born in Hundrich, Chesham, Eng- land, November, baptized August 3, 1542; married, April 16, 1564, Joan Bishop. Chil- dren, born at Hundrich: I. Robert, baptized September 2, 1565. 2. Henry, baptized Aug- ust IO, 1567. 3. Lydia, baptized October 4, 1573. 4. Ezekiel, baptized April 2, 1576. 5. Dorcas, baptized March 2, 1578. 6. Aquila, baptized August 14, 1580, mentioned below. 7. Jason, baptized January 13, 1585. 8. Thomas, baptized July 18, 1585. 9. Abigail, baptized January 12, 1588. IO. Mordecai, baptized July 31, 1591.
(VI) Aquila Chase, son of Richard Chase
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(5), was baptized at Hundrich, in Chesham, England, August 14, 1580. Children : I. Thomas, mentioned below. 2. Aquila, born 1618, mentioned below.
(VII) Aquila Chase, son of Aquila Chase (6), 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 n as early as 1640; removed to Newbury in 1646 when he had four acres 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 September, 1646. He was a ship master. He died December 27, 1670, aged fifty-two. His will was dated Sep- cember 19, 1670. He married Anne Wheeler, daughter of John Wheeler, and she married (second), June 14, 1672, Daniel Mussiloway. She died May, 1688. Children : I. Sarah, mar- ried May 15, 1666, Charles Annis, born in Ire- land, 1638. 2. Anna, born July 6, 1647, men- tioned below. 3. Priscilla, born March 14, 1649, married, February 10, 1671, Abel Mer- rill. 4. Mary, born February 3, 1651, married, March 9, 1670, John Stevens. 5. Aquila, born September 17, 1652, married Esther Bond. 6. Thomas, born July 25, 1654, married (first), November 22, 1677, Rebecca Follansbee ; (second), August 2, 1713, Elizabeth Mowers. 7. John, born November 2, 1655, married, May 23, 1677, Elizabeth Bingham. 8. Eliza- beth, born September 13, 1657, married, June 27, 1678, Zachariah Ayer. 9. Ruth, born March 18, 1660, died May 30, 1676. IO. Daniel, born December 9, 1661, married Mar- tha Kimball. II. Moses, born December 24, 1663, married (first) Ann Follansbee (sec- ond), December 13, 1713, Sarah Jacobs.
(VIII) John Chase, son of Aquila Chase (7), was born November 2, 1655, at Newbury, Massachusetts. He married (first), May 23, 1677, at Newbury, Elizabeth Bingham or Bingley; (second), December 21, 1687, Lydia Challis. Chase took the prescribed oath of allegiance and fidelity at Newbury in 1678. He was a soldier in King Philip's war and was under Captain Turner in the Falls Fight, May 18, 1676. His will dated October 22, 1730, proved March 17, 1739, states that John Chase was his son and mentions his grandson John, son of his son John, thereby. disproving the statement that John (3) Chase was son of Ann Chase (2), made in the old genealogy.
Children of John and Elizabeth Chase: I. William, born January 20, 1678-79. 2. John, mentioned below. Children of John and Ly- dia Chase: 3. Philip, born September 23, 1688, at Newbury, married, April 17, 1712, Mary Follansbee. 4. Charles, born January 12, 1689-90, married, July 15, 1714, Hepsibah Carr. 5. Jacob, married, August 24, 1716, Joanna Davis. 6. Abraham, married, Novem- ber 16, 1716, Ruth Morse; (second) Abigail 7. Phebe, married, August 25, 1726, Nathaniel Tucker. 8. Mary, married, July 30, 1726, Joseph Safford. 9. Lydia, married, November 5, 1725, William Blay. Io. Eliza- beth, born about 1710. II. David, born Octo- ber 20, 1710, married, November 24, 1729, Sarah Emery.
(VIII) Anna Chase, daughter of Aquila. Chase (7), born July 6, 1647, married (first) ; (second), April 27, 1671, Thomas: Barber. Children: I. John Chase (given. thus in the records), born December 23, 1669 .. Children of Thomas and Anna Barber: 2. Thomas Barber, born February 16, 1672. 3. Alice Barber, born March 3, 1674.
(IX) John Chase, son of John Chase (8), was born August 26, 1684, at Newbury. Mar- ried Abigail Chase, who was born August 27, 1681, daughter of James (8) and Eliza- beth (Green) Chase. James died in 1704 and his widow married (second) John Cass. James was born in 1649, married, September 2, 1676, Elizabeth Green, was the son of Thomas Chase (7) mentioned above, who came over with his brother Aquila Chase (7) and who married Elizabeth Philbrick and lived in Newbury and Hampton, New Hamp- shire. Children of John and Abigail Chase : I. James, born July 27, 1694, died young. 2. Jonathan, born October 21, 1700, married, De- cember 18, 1723, Patience Heath. 3. Eliza- beth, born April 13, 1702. 4. Elihu, born September 7, 1705, married, December 9, 1730, Mary Swain; settled in Kensington, New Hampshire. 5. John, born September 18, 1708, mentioned below.
(X) John Chase, son of John Chase (9) was born September 18, 1708, married, March 27, 1729, Anna Rundlett. His will was proved September 25, 1726; wife legatee; son James executor. He resided at Seabrook. Children : I. Thomas, born 1730, mentioned below ; John, Daniel, James, Charles.
(XI) Thomas Chase, son of John Chase (10), was born at Seabrook, New Hampshire, in. 1730, married (first), 1752, Mary Dow, of Seabrook; (second) Widow Bean. Children : I. Nathaniel, born January 9, 1753, married
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Mary Brown, of Hampton ; he died September 19, 1847; settled in Henniker, New Hamp- shire. 2. Amos, mentioned below. 3. Charles, married Mary Calef, of Kingston. 4. Edward. 5. Rachel, born January 25, 1759, married Eliphalet Page, of Weare. 6. Winthrop, born 1761, married Sarah - -, and lived in Hen- niker.
(XII) Amos Chase, son of Thomas Chase (II), was born July 12, 1756, died June 3, 1827. Married, 1780, Elizabeth Kimball, of Hopkinton, New Hampshire. She was born November 22, 1754 or 1764, died January 24, 1794. He married (second) Hannah Dow, of Seabrook or vicinity ; she died August 3, 1835. He settled in Deering, New Hampshire; chil- dren, born there: 1. John, born August 23. 1782. 2. Mary, born April 6, 1784. 3. Ed- ward, born January 15, 1786, mentioned be- low. 4. Dolly, born February 17, 1788. 5. Rachel, born February 7, 1789. 6. Rhoda, born September 15, 1791-92. 7. Elizabeth, born October 22, 1794. Most of the Chase family for many generations were Friends.
(XIII) Edward Chase, son of Amos Chase (12), was born January 15, 1786. Samuel is one of his children.
(XIV) Samuel Chase, son of Edward Chase (13) was born at Deering, New Hamp- shire, about 1800. He was educated there in the public schools. He was a well-to-do farmer and a prominent citizen of the town. In politics he was an Old Line Whig. He was selectman of the town and held other positions of trust and honor in Deering. He married Esther Manahan, of Deering. They had five sons and four daughters, among whom was Ira Mason, mentioned below.
(XV) Ira Mason Chase, son of Samuel Chase (14), was born in Deering, New Hamp- shire, May II, 1821, died at Lowell, Novem- ber, 1901. He was educated in the common schools of his native town. He worked with his father on the farm during his youth. He then secured a position as clerk in a dry goods store. When he was twenty-two years old he engaged in the meat and provision business in Lowell, Massachusetts. From the first his business prospered and his store became one of the best known and most successful in the city. He was a Republican in politics. He was an active member of the Odd Fellows, of which he was a member many years. He was greatly interested in the Congregational church, of which he was an attendant and gen- erous with his means in a quiet way. He was a sagacious business man, honest, upright and straightforward. He was respected by all his
townsmen. He was in active business until ten years before his death. He was trustee of the Lowell Cemetery.
He married, March 30, 1847, Josephine M. Leland, who was born in Vermont, the daugh- ter of Otis and Nancy (Spaulding) Leland, of Grafton, Massachusetts. Children: i. Cleora Frances, born March 6, 1849, died June 21, 1872; married, June 4, 1868, Roscoe Turner ; child, Ernest W. Turner, born in Portland, Maine, May 15, 1872, married Carrie M. Brackett, May 17, 1893 (Children: Mildred Brackett Turner, born May 19, 1894, died March 7, 1896; John Roscoe Turner, born No- vember I, 1897, died November 18, -; Carolyn Kingsbury Turner, born September 22, 1901.) 2. George Fred, born July 18, 1851, married, October 25, 1877, Loretta Cun- ningham; children: i. Eva May Chase, born in Downey, California, August 10, 1878, mar- ried, December 20, 1900, John Allen Akers (Children : Dorothy Akers, born March 18, 1902 ; John Fred. Akers, born February 16, 1906) ; ii. Ralph Arthur, born in Lowell, July 10, 1880; iii. Walter Mason, born January 30, 1883, married, June 8, 1905, Eda Anna Cur- tis (Child: Ralph Curtis, born August 20, 1906, died December 21, 1906) ; iv. Marguer- ite Chase, born at Lowell, June 12, 1890; v. Chester Cunningham, born in Los Angeles, California, August 22, 1894. 3. Laura Jane Chase, born September 4, 1853, resides at the homestead with her mother, and is active in the work of the Congregational church of which she is a member. 4. Maria Josephine, born June 30, 1856, died December 30, 1856. 5. Edwin Eugene, born November 28, 1857, married, February 2, 1882, Elizabeth S. Jew- ett; children: i. Edwin Kirk Chase, born at Central City, Colorado, May 12, 1883; ii. Reginald Leighton Chase, born at Central City, Colorado, June 24, 1889. 6. Roscoe Le- land, born October 25, 1860, married, March 27, 1888, Nellie V. Colton, and had Marion Varnum Chase, born at Lowell, December 28, 1888. 7. Nettie May, born September 26, 1866, died October 28, 1883. 8. Harold Mason, born January 15, 1872.
(For early generations see preceding sketch.) (VIII) Thomas Chase, son of
CHASE Aquila Chase (7), Aquila (6), Richard (5), Thomas (4),
Mathew (3), John (2), Thomas (I), was born at Newbury, Massachusetts, July 25, 1654, and died in 1733. He married, Novem- ber 22, 1677, Rebecca Follansbee, daughter of
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Thomas Follansbee. Children, born in New- bury : I. Thomas, born September 15, 1680, married Sarah --; resided at Newbury. 2. Jonathan, born January 13, 1683, married, 1703, Joanna Palmer. 3. James, born Sep- tember 15, 1685, married Lydia -; mar- ried (second), December, 1707, Martha Rolfe. 4. Aquila, born July 15, 1688, married in 1712 Mary Smith. 5. Ruth, born February 28, 1691, married, May 29, 1716, Nathaniel Miller. 6. Mary, born January 15, 1695, mar- ried Horton. 7. Josiah, born July 15, 1697, died young. 8. Rebecca, born April 26, 1700, married, December 14, 1721, Stephen Moulton. 9. Judith, married Horton. IO. Lizza (?), married in 1732 Benjamin Rogers. II. Nathan, mentioned below.
(IX) Nathan Chase, son of Thomas Chase (8), was born at Newbury, Massachusetts. He married (first), November 29, 1723, Ju- dith Sawyer; (second), December 30, 1740, Joanna Cheney ; (third), January 9, 1763, Ruth Davis. Children of Nathan and Judith Chase, born at Newbury: I. Nathan, born January 28 or 29, 1725, mentioned below. 2. Mary, born November I, 1727. 3. Moses, born March 31, 1729. 4. John, born July 27, 1731. 5. Judith, born April 1, 1734. 6. Josiah, born September, 1735. 7. Edmund, born June 2, 1738. Children of Nathan and Joanna Chase : 8. Moses, born September 21, 174I. 9. Lydia, born September 25, 1742. 10. Park- er, born February 28, 1745. II. Stephen, born July 16, 1750. 12. Jonathan, born December 5, 175T.
(X) Nathan Chase, son of Nathan Chase (9), was born in Newbury, January 28 or 29, 1725. He settled in Haverhill when a young man. He married in 1748 Lydia Moulton. Their descendants are living to the present time in Haverhill. He purchased the "Corlis Hill Farm" November 18, 1761, and bequeath- ed it to his son Josiah. He died May 21, 1791. Children : 1. Eliphalet, born January 25, 1749, died April 1I, 1769. 2. Lydia, born March 30, 1750, died June 12, 1759. 3. Abigail, born June 22, 1752, died December 25, 1846, aged ninety-four. 4. Judith, born October 22, 1754, died January 27, 1789. 5. Josiah, born April 18, 1757, mentioned below. 6. Ruth, born January 9, 1760, died October 12, 1762. 7. Ruth, born January 5, 1763, died in 1801.
(XI) Josiah Chase, son of Nathan Chase (10), was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, April 18, 1757, and died there March 15, 1826. He inherited the homestead. He married, about 1779, Ruth Bradley, who was born No- yember 29, 1764, and died September 10, 1829.
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