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(VII) John (2), second son and child of John (.I) and Elizabeth (Bingley) Chase, was born in Newbury ( ?) August 26, 1684, and lived in Hamp- ton, New Hampshire. He married Abigail, daugh- ter of James Chase (q. v.), and they had five chil- dren : James, Elizabeth, Elihu, John and Hannah. (Mention of John and descendants appears in this article).
(VIII) Elihu, second son and third child of John and Abigail (Chase) Chase, was born Sep- tember 7, 1705, in Hampton, New Hampshire, where he died November 30, 1794. He was married De- cember 9, 1730, to Mary Swain, of Hampton. Their children were: John, Elizabeth, Elihu, William, Solomon, Zaccheus, Rachel, Abial. Lydia, Miriam, Anna, Asa and Patience. (Mention of Elihu and descendants follows in this article).
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(IX) John (3), eldest son of Elihu and Mary (Swain) Chase, was born in Kensington, New Hampshire, where he lived and died. He married Lydia Green, and they were the parents of six chil- dren, who settled in Weare, New Hampshire, namely: Nathan G., Judith, David, Pauline, Ab- raham and Theodate.
(X) Theodate, daughter of John and Lydia (Green) Chase, was born July 6, 1773, in Kensing- ton, and became the wife of Enoch Paige, (see Paige, VI), and subsequently of Aaron Foster, and died in 1862.
(IX) Elihu (2), second son of Elihu (1) and Mary (Swain) Chase, was born May 8, 1743, in Hampton, and resided in Kingston, New Hampshire. He was married July 14, 1773, to Sarah (Gove) -, widow of Green. They were the par- ents of four sons : Samuel, Asa, Ezra and Hosea. (X) Asa, second son and child of Elihu (2) and Sarah (Gove) Chase, was born February 14, 1777, in Kingston, and resided in that town. He was mar- ried February 14, 1790, to Huldah Fowle, daughter of Jonathan and Miriam ( Martin) Fowle. She was born January 26, 1775, and died October 22, 1858. Their children were: Elihu, Sarah, Hannah, Jon- athan and Asa (the last named is mentioned with descendants in this article).
(XI) Elihu (3), eldest child of Asa and Huldah (Fowle) Chase, was born March II, 1800, in Ken- sington, and resided in Springfield, New Hamp- shire. He was married November 26, 1822, to Bet- sey Russell, of Wilton, New Hampshire. She was born May 25, 1796, daughter of Aaron and Phoebe (Gilbert) Russell of Wilton, and died February 24, 1888, in Springfield. Their children were: Betsey Ann, who became the wife of Seth Chellis Sargent. She died July 3, 1907; Hosea B., who was born and resided in Springfield up to 1888, and is now a res- ident of Newport; Daniel, who died in boyhood; and Elihu (IV). The last named went west, where he had a successful business career. He met his death by accident when in middle life.
(XII) Hosea Ballou, elder son and second child of Elihu (3) and Betsey (Russell) Chase, was born October 31, 1826, in Springfield, New Hampshire. He was a leading agriculturist of Springfield, and represented that town in the state assembly in 1877 and 1881. He was married January 22, 1852, to Evelyn H. Kidder, who was born April 12, 1835, daughter of Thomas and Ruth (Mudgett) Kidder, of Sunapee, New Hampshire. Their children are : Waldo Sumner, Herbert Anderson, and Olin Hosea. Mr. and Mrs. Chase are members of the Christian Church. (Mention of Olin H. appears in this article.)
(XIII) Waldo Sumner, elder child of Hosea B. and Evelyn (Kidder) Chase, was born October 14, 1855, in Springfield, New Hampshire. He is a machinist by trade, which he follows in Franklin. He was married (first), January 15, 1875, to Helen Frances Adams, who was born 1855 and died Oc- tober 29, 1882. Mr. Chase was married (second), December 26, 1885, to Nina Matilda Wallace, who was born April 5, 1868, daughter of William and Dinah (Marsh) Wallace, of Grantham, New Hamp- shire, who now reside in Franklin. Mr. Chase has one child, Daniel Adams, born July 24, 1876.
(XIII) Olin Hosea, youngest son and child of Hosea B. and Evelyn (Kidder) Chase, received his primary education in the public schools of Spring- field, and subsequently attended the high school of Newport, from which he was graduated with the class of 1892. The following year he entered the employ of The Republican Champion, a well-known and prosperous weekly journal of Newport, and in
1904 purchased the plant and continues to conduct the newspaper named, and in conjunction therewith also conducts a job printing establishment. In 1904 Mr. Chase was elected town clerk, and has been re- elected each year since. Mr. Chase was one of the original members of Company M, Second Regiment, New Hampshire National Guard, organized in Jan- uary, 1898. He was first sergeant of his company. This regiment served for six months, being sta- tioned at Chickamauga Park, Georgia, during this period. Sergeant Chase was promoted to a second- lieutenancy. Upon the return of his regiment from the south, and its being mustered out of the national and into the state service, Lieutenant Chase was commissioned captain. He retired therefrom in 1903. Mr. Chase is a member of the Mt. Vernon Lodge, No. 115, Ancient Free and Accepted Ma- sons; Chapter of the Tabernacle No. 19, Royal Arch Masons; Columbian Council (Clarmont) Royal Select and Master Shriners; Sullivan Com- mandery (Clarmont) Knights Templar; Bektash Temple (Concord), Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; and Aurora Chapter, No. 33, Order of the Eastern Star. Mr. Chase is past mas- ter of his lodge, high priest of the chapter, and worthy patron of the Eastern Star.
(XIII) Herbert Anderson, second son and child of Hosea B. and Evelyn (Kidder) Chase, was born September 28, 1862, in Newport, and resides in that tow11. He was married September 20, 1884, to Phoebe Russell, who was born September 20, 1865, daughter of William and Mary Ann ( Whipple) Russell, of Sunapee, now residing in Newport. His children are: Earl Herbert, born October 17, 1886, and William Hosea, January 18, 1889.
(XII) Elihu Franklin, fourth child of Elihu (3) and Phoebe (Russell) Chase, was born November 17, 1833, in Newport, and died in that town May 21, 1883, in his fiftieth year. He was married (first), September 15, 1859, to Ella M. Sherman, of National, Iowa. She was born March 22, 1844, and died August 8, 1881. Mr. Chase was married (second) January 26, 1882, to Caroline S. Amerine, who was born January 4, 1855, in Hocking county, Ohio. In 1854 he went from New Hampshire to National, Iowa, where he continued until 1877. From that time until his death he resided in Sac City, Iowa. All his children were born of the first wife, namely : Beecher, April 6, 1862; Elihu Burrett, October 21, 1865; Althea, December 8, 1870; Martha, March I, 1875: Bertha, August 26, 1879.
(XI) Sarah, elder daughter of Asa and Hul- dah (Fowle) Chase, was born 1802, and was mar- ried November 29, 1827, to Nathan S. Trow, of Springfield, New Hampshire. He was born No- vember 28, 1804, and died October 15, 1885. They resided at Mitchell, Iowa, and were the parents of three children: Elihu, the first, born July 11, 1828, died April 20, 1895; Anthony Chase, born July 14, 1833; Jonathan, born March 15, 1806, married Mary Messer, of New London, New Hampshire.
(XI) Asa (2) Chase, third son and fifth child of Asa (I) and Huldah (Fowle) Chase, was born April 19, 1812, and was married June 12, 1836, to Mary Ann Abbott, daughter of Theodore and Mary (Burpee) Abbott (see Abbott, -). She was born April 11, 1816, and died February 15, 1886. Their children were: Marshall Tram, Willard Win- ter, and James Albin. Marshall Tram was born September 16, 1837, and resides in Wilmot, New Hampshire. He was married June 1, 1873, to Bet- sey Ann Robey, who was born April 14, 1845. daughter of John and Betsey (Roundy) Robey of Sutton, New Hampshire. The youngest, James A ..
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was born July 23, 1841, and died January 8, 1880. He resided in Sunapee, and was a soldier of the Civil war. He enlisted October 20, 1861, in Com- pany G, Sixth New Hampshire Volunteers, and was wounded August 29, 1862, at the second battle of Bull Run, and was discharged April 20, 1863, at Providence, Rhode Island, and re-enlisted Septem- ber 6, of the following year in Company C, Twenty- fourth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps. He was discharged November 14, 1865, at Washington, D. C. He was married May 17, 1868, to Betsey Almira Smith, who was born May 12, 1848, daughter of John B. and Almira ( Felch) Smith. Their children were: Grace Bell, Nellie May and Arthur Emer- son. The last named died at the age of eleven years. (XII) Willard Winter, second son of Asa (2) and Mary A. (Abbott) Chase, was born April 18, 1839. He received his education in the common schools, and was reared on a farm. At the age of twenty-four years he bought his grandfather's farm in Springfield, and made great improvements upon the property in the course of time. In 1871, in company with his partner, Alfred Martin, he bought mill property at George's Mills, in Sunapee, and for eleven years they continued to operate the mill with success. In 1880 Mr. Chase began the erection of "Pleasant Home," one of the most popular hotels on Lake Sunapee. This he leased in 1904 to the present proprietors. In connection with the house he is the owner of thirty acres of land, on which he produced most of the supplies for the table in the hotel. He kept six cows and produced all the milk, butter, cheese, fruit and vegetables for summer use, beside other supplies. He is a member of New Lon- don Grange, Patrons of Husbandry; of Mont Ver- non Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and Tabernacle Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Newport. He was one of the organizers and is vice- president and director of the Sunapee Mutual Fire Insurance Company, which is now carrying some $350,000 in risks. Mr. Chase is the holder of the first policy issued by the company. In 1856 he was baptized and became a member of the First Chris- tian Church of Springfield, and was soon after made deacon, and has held that office forty years, having been connected for the last twenty-five years with the George's Mills Church, whose house of wor- ship was erected in 1897, largely through his aid and influence. For eight years he was superintendent of the Sunday-school in Springfield. He is a lib- eral contributor to home and foreign missions, and is especially interested in that work in Japan. Mr. Chase received a patent on a receiving aperture for ash bins and similar vaults and tanks. It is cal- culated for insertion in a wall or other permanent location, and is so constructed that the opening will remain either open or closed as the wish of the operator, by its own gravity, and at the same time, while open, serve as a conduit for the material to be sent through the aperture. This has never been placed upon the market. Mr. Chase has done much for the community in which he lives, and especially in the way of encouraging summer visitors, and his ambition to make the place a popular resort has succeeded well. It is well known to people in New York and Philadelphia, as well as Boston and va- rious points in New Jersey, who make it their place of recreation during the summer season. Since disposing of the hotel he has erected another fine set of buildings and continues to board a few of his old patrons. In all his undertakings and efforts he has been cheerfully and efficiently aided by his good wife, who has contributed no small part to the
accumulation of the competency which they now enjoy. He was married January 3, IS70, to Laura Ann Morgan, who was born July 6, 1846, daughter of William and Mary (Fuller ) Morgan, of Spring- field, New Hampshire. They have one child, Dura Alfred Chase, who was born March 26, 1871, in Springfield. He is an industrious and capable young man, and is making his way in the world. He was married September 4, 1895, to Harriet Augusta George, who was born November 25, 1869, daughter of Daniel A. and Miriam D. (Blood) George. Her great grandfather, Jonathan George, was the first settler in this locality, and for him George's Mills was named. Mr. Chase is the owner of "Pleasant Home," and also conducts a livery business. He has two children : Maurice George and Harold Dura.
(VIII) John (3), third son and fourth child of John (2) and Abigail (Chase) Chase, was born September 18, 1708, and resided in Seabrook. His will was proved September 25, 1776. He married, March 27, 1729, Anna Runlet (or Rundlett) ; and they had Thomas, John, Daniel, James, Charles and Jacob.
(IX) Thomas, second son and child of John and Ann (Rundlett) Chase, was born in Seabrook, July 23, 1731, and died September 19, 1787. He married, in 1758, Mary Dow, by whom he had six children : Nathaniel, Amos, Charles, Edward, Ra- chel, and Winthrop.
(X) Nathaniel (4), eldest child of Thomas and Mary (Dow) Chase, was born November 9, 1753, and died in Henniker, September 19, 1747. He married, September 27, 1780, Mary Brown, of Hampton, and immediately removed to Henniker, where he had already, before his marriage, made a clearing on the south side of Craney Hill. He went there first, taking his axe, a bag of meal, and a cow. He built himself a "bough house," and cominenced his clearing, presuming he had no neighbors nearer than Weare. One day, as he started for Weare to grind his axe, he heard the sound of axes to the westward of him. He at once resolved to know whence the sound came, and was delighted to find within a mile of him the Ross brothers, settled on a clearing; what was still better, they had a grind- stone, upon which he ground his axe, thus saving a journey to Weare. The children of Nathaniel and Mary (Brown) Chase were: Winthrop, Abraham, Hannah, Nathaniel, Jonathan, Charles, Mary, Peace, Nathaniel and Sarah (mention of Jonathan and de- scendants forms part of this article).
(XI) Abraham, second son and child of Nathan- iel and Mary (Brown) Chase, was born in Hen- niker, May 17, 1783, and died March 30, 1861. He lived many years upon the hill in the northwest- erly part of the town, know as "Wadsworth Hill." The latter part of his life he resided in Henniker village. He married, first April 3, 1811, Keziah Peaslee, of Deering, daughter of Humphrey and Phebe Peaslee. She died February 15, 1819, and he married, second, October 28, 1824. Fanny Smith, daughter of Bezaleel Smith. The children of the first wife were Hannah and Humphrey; and those by the second wife were: Mary R. and Frances M.
(XII) Hannah, eldest child of Abraham and Keziah (Peaslee) Chase was born December 21, ISII, and was married. December 21, 1837, to Dut- ton Woods (see Words. VI).
(XI) Jonathan, fourth son of Nathaniel and Mary (Brown) Chase, was born in Henniker. April 4, 1788, and died October 20, 1864. He settled on what is called the old "Craney Hill" farm, consist-
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ing of about two hundred acres, and was a pros- perous farmer. May 14, 1817, he married Patience Peaslee, who died February 18, 1868.
(XII) Eli, second son of Jonathan and Patience (Peaslee) Chase, was born in Henniker, August 15, 1820, and died February 8, 1898. He grew up and received his education in the district schools of his native town. Early in life he moved to Weare and settled on the farm now owned by his son. He was a Democrat in politics and served as select- man of the town. He was a member of the So- ciety of Friends until his marriage, when he was declared out of it by marrying outside the Society. March 20, 1842, he married Hannah A. Brown, of Henniker.
(XIII) Horace Oscar, only son of Eli and Han- nalı A. (Brown) Chase, was born at North Weare, September 1, 1852. Owing to the delicate health of his father, he, at the age of twelve years, assumed the duties and cares of the farm, thus early in life developing a natural ability for active business. He attended the schools of his native town and the academies of Francestown and Contoocook; labor- ing on the farm in summer and attending school in winter; his was a very strenuous young life. At the age of eighteen years he bought and operated with profit, lumber lots, being probably the youngest lumber dealer in the state. He continued this active life for many years, and at the present time has increased his farm from one hundred to seven hun- dred acres. Under his supervision the land has been brought to a high state of cultivation and to-day is one of the most productive farms in the town. The extent of his cattle industry is indicated by the fact that the government compelled him to kill ninety- two animals in 1903 on account of the foot and mouth disease. He also has a bearing orchard of one thousand trees and about two thousand young Baldwin trees coming along. He is a charter mem- ber of Weare Grange, No. 276, acting as steward of the same in 1899 and 1900; his wife was lecturer in 1899, 1900 and 1901. In politics he is a stanch Dem- ocrat, having occupied nearly every office of trust in town. Appraiser of real estate; supervisor of check list and served nine years as selectman, being chairman of the board longer than any other man in one hundred years. He was a representative of the town in the state legislature in 1902 and 1903. In 1906 he built the first piece of Macadam road ever constructed in town, and has always been closely identified with all the important affairs of the town and prominent in all things pertaining to its progress and welfare.
On May 1, 1884, he was married to Ida S. King, daughter of Jonathan and Irene Peasley King. Mrs. Chase is a very enterprising woman, taking an active part in the literary work of the town and a prominent member of the Grange. She was graduated from the Milford high school. They have two daughters: Florence Irene and Mildred Roanna. The elder was educated in the Man- chester high school and New Hampshire Literary Institute, the younger in the Nashua high school. Florence I. is a musician of considerable ability and both are successful teachers in the public schools.
(VI) Daniel, fourth son and tenth child of Aquilla (2) and Anne (Wheeler) Chase, was born in Newbury. December 9, 1661, and died February 8, 1707. He married, May 25, 1683, Martha Kim- ball, who survived him, and married (second). 1713, Josiah Heath. The ten children of Daniel and Martha were: Martha, Sarah, Dorothy, Isaac,
Lydia, Mehitable, Judith, Abner, Daniel and Enoch.
(VII) Daniel (2), third son and ninth child of Daniel (I) and Martha (Kimball) Chase, was born October 15, 1702. He was one of the proprie- tors "of the common and undivided land in the township of Rumford," formerly Penacook, now Concord, New Hampshire, where he settled before March 1, 1733, and died before March 16, 1775, the date of the proving of his will. His name was attached to a proprietors' order to their clerk to call a meeting of said proprietors, January 18, 1737. He was one of the guard in the garrison around Timothy Walker's house in 1746; was a petitioner with others for military protection for a certain grist-mill, 1748; was surveyor of highways 1734; was one of Captain Joseph Eastman's com- pany, in Colonel Joseph Blanchard's regiment, which was raised for the expedition against Crown Point, mostly in service from April to October, 1755; and was a signer of the remonstrance against the peti- tion of certain persons to annex the Gore to Can- terbury, 1760. He married (first), January 3, 1723, Mary Carpenter; (second), February 12, 1726, Elizabeth Collins. (Mention of David, supposed to be their son, and descendants, Isaac and descendants appears in this article).
(VIII) Jonathan, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Collins) Chase, was born in Concord, March I, 1733. He was a reputable citizen of Concord, and a member of Captain Joseph Eastman's company in 1755, and was surveyor of highways in 1766. He married Sarah Stickney, born in Concord, October 14, 1737, daughter of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Stick- ney.
(IX) Samuel, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Stickney) Chase, was born March 10, 1761. He married Molly Stanley.
(X) Horace, son of Samuel and Molly (Stan- ley) Chase, was born in Unity, December 14, 1788. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1814. The same year he went to Hopkinton and entered the law office of Matthew Hervey. In 1837 and 1842 he was moderator of town meetings: in 1824 and 1825 and again from 1829 to 1835 town clerk; from 1826 to 1835 town treasurer; in 1829 a representa- tive to the general court; from 1830 to 1832 assist- ant clerk of the house of representatives ; from 1829 to 1850 postmaster; from 1843 to 1855 judge of probate for Merrimack county, publishing in 18.45 the Probate Directory.
Horace Chase was made a Mason in Blazing Star Lodge, No. 1I, of Concord, in 1815. He was initiated Mav 23, passed August 15 and raised October 17. 1815. He was made a Royal Arch Ma- son in 1817, and a Knight Templar in 1826. In the autumn of 1818 he removed to Cheshire county, where he resided until July, 1821. In 1819 he was elected worthy master of Corinthian Lodge, No. 28, then working in Newport, and in 1820 repre- sented that lodge in the Grand Lodge, when he was honored with the appointment of district deputy grand master. In 1821 he was appointed grand lec- turer, and in 1822 again appointed district deputy grand master, to which office he was reappointed in 1823 and in 1829, 1847, 1848 and 1849. In 1850 he was elected deputy grand master, and in 1851 and 1852 was elected most worthy grand master. In 1854 he was elected grand secretary, and an- nually re-elected to that office. in which he served seventeen consecutive years. In 1850 a committee was appointed by the grand lodge to "confer upon a uniform system of lectures and work, and report to the grand lodge at the next annual communi-
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cation." Mr. Chase was appointed chairman of that committee, having associated with him three other distinguished Masons: John Christie, Daniel Balch and John J. Prentiss. The following year the com- mittee made a report to the grand lodge, recited the lectures and exemplified the work, which was ac- cepted, approved, and adopted by the grand lodge, with scarcely one important alteration or amend- ment ; and rotwithstanding an attempt was after- ward made to substitute another work for it, that work as originally reported, with trifling and im- material alterations, to this day remains the stand- ard and only authorized work in this jurisdiction. In 1858 the grand lodge decided to reprint its early proceedings, and intrusted to Mr. Chase the prepara- tion of copy, which for many years could be ob- tained from manuscript records only. He superin- tended the publication of these, and in 1860 pre- sented the grand lodge a bound volume embracing the proceedings for fifty-three years, from the for- mation of the grand lodge in 1789 to 1841 inclusive. In 1869 he had completed a second volume contain- ing the proceedings from 1842 to 1856 inclusive. Judge Chase held office in the grand lodge thirty- four years, and to him the Masonic order in New Hampshire is greatly indebted for its prosperity. He died in Hopkinton, March 1, 1875, and his funeral on the 6th wa's largely attended by Knights Templar and Masons of different degrees, and by numerous citizens not Masons. His life was long and useful and active, and the good works he did are yet remembered by many who knew him.
He married (first), December 24, 1818, Betsey Blanchard, daughter of Stephen and Betsey (Esta- brooks) Blanchard, of Hopkinton, by whom he had four children . Mary Elizabeth. Samuel Blanch- ard: Horace Gair and Charles Carroll. Mrs. Chase died June 28, 1843, and on June 5, 1844, Judge Chase married (second), Lucy Blanchard, her sister, who died December 22, 1848. November 15, 1849, Judge Chase married (third), Ruhama Clarke, widow of Daniel W. Clarke, of Manchester, and daughter of Joseph and Anna (Wilson) Cochran, of New Bos- ton, who survived him and resided in Hopkinton.
(IX) Daniel, a grandson of John (2) and Abi- gail (Chase) Chase, married Esther Shaw, and they were the parents of "Hunter John."
(X) John, son of Daniel and Esther (Shaw) Chase, settled in the town of Weare previous to the Revolution. He was famous for his skill in hunting when wild animals were abundant in the forests of that town, and by reason of his prowess as a hunter he came to be known as "Hunter John." He married Sarah Morrill, of Salisbury. Massachu- setts, and by her had four sons and three daugh- ters : Chevey, Charles, David, John, Hannah, Rhoda and Sally Chase.
(XI) Charles, second son and child of John and Sarah (Morrill) Chase, was for many years a prominent business man in the town of Weare. For a long time lie was in trade at Weare Center and afterward built the mills on Center brook and lived there until the time of his death. He married (first), Fanny Whittle, and (second), Mrs. Nancy Peterson. By his first wife he had five children : Harriet, Charles, Samuel W., Fanny and Cosmus ; and by his second wife two children: Rhoda and Israel P. Chase.
(XII) Israel P., youngest son and child of Charles Chase, was born in Weare, New Hamp- shire, March 1827, and died at Hillsborough, New Hampshire, May 26, 1890. In early life he was a printer and when twenty-two years old left the "case" and went to the gold fields of California,
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