Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol. IV, Part 17

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 878

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(IX) Colonel Samuel, eldest son and second child of Francis and Sarah (Pike) Chase, was born in Newbury in 1739, and settled in Litchfield, New Hampshire, and died there May 17, 1816. He was a distinguished citizen of Litchfield. He was select- man of that town 1768-69-75-76-77-83 and 1787, and every following year to 1795, inclusive, making a service of fifteen years in all. He was a delegate to the provincial congress in 1775, and a representative in 1780. He was a lieutenant of the militia in 1775, and soon afterward was captain of the Litch- field company, but the dates of his commissions are not preserved. December 1I, 1776, Captain Sam- uel Chase was promoted to major of the Sixth Regiment, of which Moses Nichols, of Amherst, was the colonel. In 1777, for the relief of Ticon- deroga, Captain Daniel McQuaid led a company of volunteers, and among them was Major Samuel Chase, as appears on payroll, but the fact is when Captain McQuaid reached home two days later, there was a second alarm, and Major Chase with a few men marched to Charlestown, where they were ordered home. In 1778 he served as major in Colonel Kelley's regiment, which was in serv- ice in Rhode Island. December 25, 1784, Samuel Chase was commissioned lieuenant-colonel of the Fifth Regiment of militia. of which Noah Love- well was colonel. January 25, 1790, he was com- missioned colonel of the Fifth Regiment. March 19, 1791, his resignation was accepted by the gover- nor and council. April 12, 1781, the committee of safety, representing the legislature, appointed Lieu- tenant Colonel Chase an agent to rent and have custody of the confiscated lands of tories of Hills- borough county. He filled this position several years. He married, November 1760, Mary Stewart. of Newton, New Hampshire, and they were the parents of the following named children: Samuel, Ebenezer, Daniel, Robert, Polly, died young, Fran- cis, died, young, Francis, Polly, Simeon and Anna. (X) Major Francis, sixth son and seventh child of Colonel Samuel and Mary (Stewart) Chase, born in 1775, and died in Litchfield in September, 1854, was a store keeper, miller and farmer. He married, 1813, Dorothy Bixby (see Bixby VII), born October 16, 1777 .: died October 9, 1861. They left the following children : Lydia, Samuel, Francis and Margaret, whose sketch follows.

(XI) Margaret, second daughter and fourth child of Francis and Dorothy (Bixby) Chase. was born in Litchfield, in 1819, and died September 20, 1899, aged eighty years. She married, December 29, 1843, Isaac McQuesten (see McQuesten V).

(XI) Samuel, youngest child of Major Francis and Dorothy (Bixby) Chase, was born in Litch- field, August 29, 1815. He was educated in the district schools and at Hopkinton Academy, and taught school winters for a time. He also worked on the river, was a lumberman, and later owned and tilled a farm. He was a Democrat in poli- tics, and was representative in the New Hampshire legislature two terms from Litchfield and once from Nashua and was a member of the Constitutional convention of 1876. and was also selectman in Litchfield. He married, December 2, 18.19, Susan White, born in Litchfield, April 24, 1825, daughter of John and Susanna (Dickey) White, of Litchfield. They had seven children. The first died in infancy, unnamed. Addie M. married Frank Mitchell, of Manchester, and lives in California. Margaret A. married David S. Leach, of Litchfield. Mary W.,

died young. Ernest S. married Lula Colony, and lives in California. John W. married Gertrude Russell. of Lewiston, Maine, and lives in Wor- cester, Massachusetts. Charles H. is unmarried ; and now lives with his mother, and is engaged in the milk business. Samuel Chase died January 27, 1882.

(VII) Joseph, eight child and sixth son of Moses (2) and Ann ( Follansbee) Chase, was born September 9, 1703, in Newbury, Massachusetts. now West Newbury, and lived on the west half of the homestead farm. He was married September 7, 1724, to Mary Morse, who died in 1792 (see Morse, (III). Mr. Chase passed away in November, 1784. aged eighty-one years. He was the father of ten children. (Mention of his tenth child, Moody, and descendants follows in this article).

(VIII) Jacob, eldest son of Joseph and Mary ( Morse) Chase, was born December 25, 1727, in Newbury, now West Newbury, Massachusetts. In 1751 he settled on additional lot No. 52 in Chester, New Hampshire, and became an active and prom- inent citizen of the town. He served often as mod- erator of the town, and was very active during the Revolutionary period. One item of credit in the selectmen's account for 1780 is the record of a gift to the town by Jacob Chase, Esq., of one hundred and fifty-seven pounds and ten shillings. He mar- ried, November 7, 1751, Prudence, daughter of Ben- jamin (1) and Rebecca (Ordway) Hills. She was born February 12, 1726, and died May 1, 1775, leav- ing children. Sarah, Stephen and Josiah. He mar- ried (second), Dolly Colby, widow of David Worthen. She died in 1815.

(IX) Sarah, daughter of Jacob and Prudence (Hill) Chase, became the wife of Moses Richard- son (see Richardson, V).

(IX) Stephen (5). second child and elder of the two sons of Jacob and Prudence ( Hills) Chase, was born March 27, 1759, and died February 18, 1819. He succeeded to the homestead where his father had lived. Benjamin Chase, in his "History of Chester," says of him: "Stephen Chase, Esq., came on the stage of active life about the time that Sam- tel Emerson. Esq., left it, and in some respects filled about the same sphere. He was noted as a land surveyor for more than thirty years, and made the survey and plan of Chester for Carrigan's Map, which is remarkably accurate. He wrote a very large portion of the deeds and wills, and ad- ministered on the estates of his time, and held the office of selectman many years. In Esquire Emer- son's day, he was a kind of oracle, and nearly all the small disputes were referred directly to him. But things changed, and in Esquire Chase's day there was more litigation, and he was the justice to try the causes, or one of the arbitrators. Al- though not a finished workman, he had quite a me- chanical genius, making carts, plows and other tools, and plastered houses. From 1784 to near his death he kept a diary, filled largely with his la- bors on the farm, and other business, which shows him to have been a very industrious man : and in it are also entered the births, marriages and deaths and many of the interesting events of the time. from which I have drawn many facts otherwise lost." He married. January 3. 1787, Rhoda Blake, of Hampton, who died in Chester, August 15, 1845. They had ten children: Susanna, Joseph. Stephen, Polly, Jacob. Dolly. Rhoda, Sally (died young), Sally and Henry Franklin. The last named re- ceives mention below in this article).

(X) Joseph (6), second child and eldest son of Stephen and Rhoda (Blake) Chase, was born Au-

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gust 2, 1789, and died September 14, 1841. He fol- lowed agriculture, and resided in Chester. He mar- ricd, November 4, 1817, Mehitable, daughter of Major Benjamin and Nabbe (Emerson) Hall. She was born January 6, 1794, and died June 4. 1882. Seven children were born to them:

(XI) Charles (7), second son and child of Jo- seph (6) and Mehitable (Hall) Chase, was born on his father's farm in Chester, December 14, 1820, and died May 17, 1892. He was an intelligent and successful farmer, a man of sound judgment whose advice was much sought, an upright and strictly temperate man and a highly esteemed citizen. He was a staunch Republican but not a politician. Al- though of a retiring disposition he was elected selectman many times and was chairman of the board for five years. He married, December 16, 1847, Caroline Chase, who was born September 14. 1828, eldest child of Benjamin and Hannah (Hall) Chase (see Chase, XI). She died August II, 1849, leaving an only child, John Carroll, whose sketch follows. His second wife was Amelia J. Under- hill and the third Amanda Underhill, daughter of John and Molly (Chase, 7.) Underhill, of Auburn. By them he had five children, the youngest and only surviving one being Charles B. (S), born July II. 1867, now a resident of Derry and officially con- nected with The Benjamin Chase Company.

(XII) John Carroll (8), only child of Charles and Caroline (Chase) Chase, was born in Chester, July 26, 1849. He grew up on his father's farm, attended the district school and Chester Academy, entered Pinkerton Academy in 1865, and graduated in 1869, quite a portion of the intervening time be- ing spent in teaching. He also attended the Mas- sachusetts Institute of Technology, being a member of the class of 1874. His professional career as civil engineer was begun in the office of the late Joseph B. Sawyer, of Manchester in 1869, from whence he followed Mr. Sawyer to the force in charge of the construction of the city water works system, of which Colonel John T. Fanning was the chief, where he was employed for nearly four years. After that period he was professionally engaged upon the Boston Water Works and elevated railway systems of New York city. Under the civil service regulations he entered the New York custom house, and after nearly two years of service resigned the assistant cashiership in the naval office, in 1881, to accept the position of superintendent of the Claren- don Water Works, Wilmington, North Carolina, which position he held until 1898-seventeen years, during a large portion of the time being engaged in the general practice of his profession. He was also for several years city surveyor of Wilmington, and from 1893 to 1897 was the engineer member of the state board of health. In 1898 he returned to New Hampshire and settled in Derry. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Public Health Association, the New Eng- land Water Works Association, the Boston So- ciety of Civil Engineers and several other kindred organizations, and is the author of numerous re- ports upon engineering topics. He is much inter- ested in genealogical work, is a member of the New England Historic-Genalogical Society and many family associations, and president of the Chase- Chace Family Association, one of the largest or- ganizations of the kind in the country. Since 1904 he has been a member of the board of trustees of Pinkerton Academy. of Derry, and as such was the first alumnus to be honored by an election to that place in almost thirty years. He has served since 1901 as secretary of the trustees and chairman of

the executive committee, and is also secretary of the Alumni Association. He is a trustee and treas- urer of the Taylor Library and the president of the Nutfield Savings Bank. Since coming to Derry he has been interested in manufacturing and is now the treasurer and general manager of The Benjamin Chase Company, makers of various specialties in wood. He is a member of the New Hampshire, Technology and Boston City Clubs of Boston. He is a member of St. Mark's Lodge, No. 44, Free and Accepted Masons, of Bell Royal Arch Chapter, No. 25, of which order he is a past high priest ; Mt. Nebo Council, No. 15, Royal and Select Masters, being its present illustrious master, and of Plan- tagenet Commandery No. I, Knights Templar, of North Carolina, being a past commander and a member of the Grand Commandery of that state, of which he has been deputy grand commander, and was for seven years chairman of its committee on foreign correspondence. He is also a member of Hillsborough Lodge, No. 2, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Manchester, into which he was initiated in 1872: and of Cornelius Harnett Coun- cil, No. 231, Royal Arcanum, of Wilmington, North Carolina, of which he is a past regent. He is also a member and past patron of Ransford Chapter No. 3, Order of the Eastern Star, of Derry.

He married, October 21. 1871, Mary Lizzie Dur- gin, of West Newbury, Massachusetts, who was born there May 16, 1852, daughter of Samuel and Lydia Ann (Emery) Durgin, of West Newbury. They have two daughters: Carolyn Louise, who graduated from Pinkerton Acadamy in 1895, and from Wellesley College in 1900; and Alice Durgin, who is also a graduate of the same institution, the former in 1901, and the latter in 1906. A son, Benjamin (9), born in 1876. lived only a few months. Carolyn Louise (o), married Raffaele Lorini, M. D., of Coronado, California, August 25, 1906, and resides in Coronado.

(X) Henry Franklin, youngest child of Stephen and Rhoda (Blake) Chase, was born in Chester, August 30, 1808, and resided on the Captain John Underhill place. He died at Westminister, Ver- mont. March 20, 1867. He married Abigail Mitchel, and their daughter. Anna Maria, married Julius Nel- son Morse (see Morse, X). Mrs. Annna Maria (Chase) Morse was one of the original members of the Joseph Badger Chapter (Marlboro, Massa- chusetts). Daughters of the American Revolution. Mr. Julius N. Morse left a valuable library of well selected books about five hundred of which his widow presented to the New Hampshire library and some of which were given by her to the Keene library.

(VIII) Moody, tenth child of Joseph and Marv (Morse) Chase, was born October 7, 1744, in West Newbury. He settled in that part of the ancient town of Chester which is now Auburn, New Hampshire, purchasing part of the homestead of Joseph Basford, and there passed his life, engaged in farming. He was married, October 25, 1768. to Anna, daughter of John Webster, of Hampstead, New Hampshire (see Webster, IV). She died De- cember 4. 1701, and he was married April 19. 1792, to Abigail (Worth), widow of William Rogers. He . died July 27, 1808, and was survived many years by his widow, who passed away December 9, 1826. His children, all born of the first wife, were: John W., Mary, Joseph, Jacob, Moody, Samuel, Caleb, Anna, Elizabeth, Thomas and Hannah.

(IX) Joseph, second son and third child of Moody and Anna (Webster) Chase, was born April 4, 1774, in Chester (now Auburn) and lived on

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part of the homestead. In 1816 he moved to Canaan, Grafton county, this state, where he died September 6, 1820. His wife, Nancy, was a daughter of Major Jesse Eaton, of Chester. (See Eaton, V). She was born September 30, 1775, in Chester, and died January 19, 1857, in Hanover. New Hampshire. Mr. Chase was an industrious farmer, and moved to Canaan to improve his prospects, but was cut off in the midst of an active career by an attack of colic, at the early age of forty-six years. His children were longlived and useful citizens. Jesse and Moody died in Ohio; David resided in Lowell, Massachu- setts; Asa, the fourth, was a carpenter, spent his life in Hanover and Lebanon, New Hampshire, and died in Springfield, Massachusetts; Joseph and Nancy were twins, and both lived to be about ninety years of age, the former exceeding that number, dying in Lowell, Massachusetts. The latter married (first), a man named Currier and (second), Moody Chase, a relative. She died in Lyme, a town ad- joining Canaan. Horace receives notice in a follow- ing paragraph. Eben was a harness-maker, and died in Nashua. Sally became the wife of Uriah Lary and lived in Canaan.

(X) Horace, sixth son and seventh child of Joseph and Nancy (Eaton) Chase, was born March 18, 1809, in Chester, and was only seven years old when his parents moved to Canaan. He was early deprived of his father's care and was accustomed to labor in his own behalf at the beginning of his career. He was employed as a farm laborer, and in time became a farmer on his own account. Being incapac- itated largely by asthma, he was forced to give up farming, but continued to labor as long as he was able, at intervals. A man wholly without guile, he never harbored a dishonest thought, and strove to sustain himself and family by honest toil. Always a worker up to and even beyond the limit of his powers, he seemed to enjoy hard work and, no doubt, shortened his days by overexertion. After he left the farm he worked with his father-in-law, who was a blacksmith and operated a shop in Canaan, until his death, which occurred January 3, 1878. He was a regular attendant of the Methodist Church, and lived up to its teachings throughout his time. Mr. Chase was married to Abigail Staniels Martin, who was born June 26, 1818, in Pembroke, New Hamp- shire, and died March 29, 1901, in Concord. She was a daughter of William and Mary (Staniels) Martin, both descendants of early New Hampshire families. (See Staniels). William Martin was a descendant of Nathaniel Martin, who came from county Donegal, Ireland, and settled in Derry, New Hampshire. Robert Martin, father of William, served in the Revolutionary army, having enlisted several times from Pembroke. Two sons were born to Horace and Abigail (Martin) Chase, namely, William M. and Henry Martin. The latter died at Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1901. A sketch of the elder follows.

(XI) William Martin, elder son of Horace and Abigail (Martin) Chase, was born December 28, 1837, in Canaan, and passed his early years in, that rural region, where the simple life prevailed. The foundation of his education was laid in the country school house of the time, after which he attended Kimball Union and Canaan Union academies. He entered the class of 1858, in the scientific department of Dartmouth College, in 1856, and graduated with the class. receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science. While in college he taught district schools in winter, and after graduating was instructor in mathematics and the sciences at Henniker Academy,

New Hampshire, through six terms from 1858 to I860.

Mr. Chase began the study of law at Concord while teaching, in 1859, with Ilon. Anson S. Mar- shall, and subsequently studied with Hon. William P. Weeks, of Canaan. He was admitted to practice August 21, 1862, at the session of the supreme judi- cial court then in session at Concord. At the open- ing of the following year he became associated with his former preceptor under the style of Marshall & Chase, and continued to practice under this arrange- ment until the death of Mr. Marshall in 1874. Mr. Chase then associated himself with Hon. J. Everett Sargent, who had just resigned the office of chief justice of the supreme judicial court of this state, and this connection was severed by the retirement of Judge Sargent from business five years later. With Frank S. Streeter as associate, Mr. Chase con- tinued practice under the firm name of Chase & Streeter until his appointment as associate justice of the supreme court of the state in 1891. Ten years later two courts were formed to take the jurisdiction of that body-the supreme and superior courts-and Judge Chase was continued upon the supreme bench, in which position he has since remained.

Previous to his elevation to the bench, Justice Chase was engaged in a general practice of the law, and the firms with which he was connected were busily and prosperously employed. During this activity the policy of the state with reference to railroad corporations underwent a change and, in- stead of encouraging a competition among numerous small and independent corporations, allowed their consolidation under a substantially single manage- ment, resulting in much controversy and litigation. In this and other litigation of large financial conse- quence, Mr. Chase's firm were employed and took an. active part. He was also largely employed as referee in various controversies, and it is probable that no other in the state heard so many cases in that capac- ity as long as he was in business. During a con- siderable portion of the time he was a member of the committee appointed by the court to examine can- didates for admission to the bar. Of his work as judge it is proper to say that he has labored dili- gently to carry forward the work of the court, giv- ing his best energies unceasingly to that end, and that his appointment to the bench of the new supreme court is ample evidence that his work has been successful and acceptable to the people of the state. In 1889 Justice Chase was appointed chair- man of the commission created by the legislature to revise, codify and amend the statutes of the state, and the report of this commission was adopted in 1891 by the legislature as the Laws of New Hamp- shire. In collaboration with his son he compiled and edited an edition of the public statutes and ses- sion laws in force January 1, 1901, which has been received favorably by all interested.

While active in large affairs, Mr. Chase has given of his time to the service of his home town, in various ways and to the best interests of the state, along various lines outside of legal matters. He was trustee of the New Hampshire State Library and New Hampshire Normal School several years, and has been a trustee of Dartmouth College since 1890. For twenty years he was a member of the board of education of the Union district of Concord, and its president during the latter part of the term; was fourteen years a member of the board of water commissioners of the city of Concord. He was elected an honorary member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Dartmouth College in 1883, and received

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from the college the degree of Master of Arts in 1879, and Doctor of Laws in 1898. He is a member of the New Hampshire Historical Society and the New England Historic-Genealogical Society.

Mr. Chase has been a director of the First Na- tional Bank of Concord since 1875, and was its president two years, and was trustee and vice-presi- dent of the Merrimack County Savings Bank several years. His political affiliations have been with the Democratic party, but he has disapproved of the policies advocated by its leaders regarding finance and other subjects in late years, and is considered a conservative Democrat. His religious home is in the Congregational Church. While not a church member, he is a regular attendant upon its religious worship and accepts the teachings of Christ as the best rule of life, by which his walk is ordered.

Mr. Chase was married March 18, 1863, to Miss Ellen Sherwood Abbott, daughter of Aaron and Nancy (Badger) Abbott, of Concord. (See Abbott, VI). The only offspring of this marriage is a son, Arthur Horace Chase, who was born February 16, 1864, in Concord. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1886, was admitted to the bar of New Hampshire in 1889, practiced law six years, and has been state librarian ten years.

(V) William, said to be one of the three sons of Aquila (I) Chase, born in England, came to America with his wife Mary and son William, in company of Governor Winthrop, in 1630. He thought of going to Scituate, but finally changed his purpose and went with a party to Cape Cod and settled in what is now Yarmouth. He died there in May, 1659. The widow of William Chase was found dead the same year her husband died, and an inquest decided that she died a natural death. The children of Wil- liam and Mary were: William, Mary and Benjamin.

(VI) William (2), eldest child of William (I) and Mary Chase, was born in England about 1622. He came to America with his parents, and lived in Yarmouth. His children were : William, Jacob, John, Elizabeth, Abraham, Benjamin and Samuel.

(VII) Abraham, fifth child and fourth son of William (2) Chase, married Elizabeth .

and they had ten children: Josiah, Abraham, Phineas, Henry, Elizabeth, Mary, Tabitha, Johanna, Ex- perience and Melicent.

(VIII) Henry, fourth son and child of Abraham and Elizabeth Chase married (first), January 17, 1735, Mary Tripp, and (second), November 13, 1747, Sarah Durfee. By the second wife there were Moses and other children.

(IX) Moses, son of Henry and Sarah (Durfee) Chase, was born about 1756. He was killed by the collapse of a shed early in 1834. He married Lydia Kimball of Penacook. She was fatally injured in a runaway near Horse Hill two years after the death of her husband, and died two weeks after the acci- dent. Their children were: Eliza, Lydia, Moses, Catherine, Reuben, Clarissa, Baruch, Fidelia and Timothy.

(X) Reuben Kimball, second son and fifth child of Moses and Lydia (Kimball) Chase, was born in Hopkinton, September 5, 1800, and died in the town of Hopkinton, September 3, 1871. He was a farmer. He married Betsey Ryan, born in New Hampshire. She died in Manchester. They had children: Ed- ward, James, Orrin, Matilda and Frank E.

(XI) Orrin, third son and child of Reuben and Betsy (Ryan) Chase, was born in Hopkinton, March 22, 1843, and has always resided in that town. In 1862 he enlisted in Company D, Sixteenth New Hampshire Volunteers, and served nine months in

the war of the Rebellion, being stationed at New Orleans in the Department of the Gulf. He was dis- charged at the expiration of his term, and was un- able to work for a year following his return home. He engaged in farming for a short time, and then operated a saw mill for the Northern railroad now the Boston & Maine. While thus engaged the head came off the saw, and Mr. Chase was struck and severely cut in many places, and still carries the scars made by the injuries. Subsequently he was employed as a laborer on the railroad. One day while cutting a railroad rail a chip struck him in the eve and destroyed it. Mr. Chase is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and a Democrat. He married, September 3, 1870, Hetty M. Badger, born in Warner, October 1, 1847, daughter of Sar- gent E. and Emily (Foster) Badger. Their children are : Fred J., Harry A., Lena M. and Walter B. Fred married Emma Hardy, of Warner, daughter of Ira and Celia (Getchel) Hardy. Harry married (first), Emma J. Hook, of Hopkinton, daughter of James Hook of Hopkinton. She died July 3, 1896, and he married (second), Lilla Burgess, of Claremont, daughter of Amos and Martha Burgess. They have one daughter, born December 17, 1902. Walter married Sadie Hannaford, of Manchester. They have one daughter, Lena, who married, April 21, 1898, Delmar W. Hastings, of Hopkinton, son of Alfred and Susan (Perry) Hastings. They have one son, Floyd Delmar, born January 5, 1901.

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Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol. IV, Part 17

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923 Publication date: 1908 Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 878

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 878