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NATHANIEL5 BLAISDELL (John4, Henry3, Henry2, Ralph1) was born in Amesbury, Mass., 6 Apr., 1721 ; died in Chester, 22 Dec., 1786. He married in Newbury, Mass., 14 Jan., 1744-45, Mary Blay of Newbury. They removed to Chester before 1754 where he was a wheelwright and merchant.
Children : William6, b. 1747. Micajah, Molly, Abigail, Nathan and John.
DAVID6 BLAISDELL (Isaac5) was born in Chester, 19 May, 1767; died in Peacham, Vt., 19 Apr., 1807. He married in Pembroke, 25 Nov. 1790, Hannah Frye. She was born 20 Sept. 1764 and died 10 July 1859. They resided in Pembroke, Epsom and Peacham, Vt. Nine children including Jonathan Petingall", b. in Peacham, Vt., 19 Feb. 1798 whose granddaughter is Alice L.9 Blaisdell of Stoneham, Mass., well known in genealogical re- search work.
Clicares C. Grant
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BOUTON.
REV. NATHANIEL BOUTON, D. D., son of William and Sarah (Benedict) Bouton, was born in Norwalk, Conn., 20 June, 1799; died in Concord, 6 June, 1878, aged 78 y. 11 m. 16 d. He grad- uated from Yale College in 1821 and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1824 and was pastor of the First Congregational Church in Concord 1825 to 1867. He married in Chester 8 June, 1829, Mary Anne Persis Bell, daughter of Gov. John and Mary Ann (Gilmore) Bell of Chester. She was born in Chester 2 Sept., 1804; died in Concord, 15 Feb., 1839.
Children, born in Concord :
i. JOHN BELL, b. 15 Mar., 1830.
ii. HARRIETTE SHERMAN, b. 25 Jan., 1832; m. in Concord, 21 June, 1855, John W. Noyes of Chester.
iii. MARY ANN PERSIS, b. 15 Dec., 1834; m. 8 June, 1859, Gen. Louis Bell, her cousin; d. 4 May, 1865.
iv. SAMUEL FLETCHER, b. 23 June,. 1837.
v. CHRISTOPHER BELL, b. 31 Jan., 1839.
BUSWELL.
I. LT. SAMUEL4 BUSWELL (John,3 Isaac,2 Capt. William1) was born at Salisbury, Mass., 22 Oct., 1741 ; died 9 Jan., 1827. He married in 1764, Betsy Underhill, daughter of Capt. John and Joanna (Healey) Underhill. She was born 13 July, 1742; died 30 Sept., 1806. He married (2) Betty (Smith) Berry, widow of Jonathan. They resided in that part of Chester which is now Candia. Seven children, including :
2. JOHN5 BUSWELL (Lt. Samuel+) born at Candia, 30 Nov., 1767; died 12 July, 1851. He married, 6 Sept., 1792, Mehitable McClure, daughter of James, born 31 Jan., 1774; died 30 June, 1867. They resided on the homestead in Candia. Children, born in Candia :
i. SAMUEL,6 b. 24 Sept., 1793; d. 7 Jan., 1882; m. Susanna Eaton, daughter of Jesse; lived in Candia. Children : Asa E., John F., George Franklin, Edward Francis and Samuel Augustine.
ii. JACOB, (3) b. 17 June, 1795.
iii. MAHALA, b. 4 Dec., 1799; d. 8 Nov., 1881; m. Joseph Fitts ; lived in Candia, had a large family.
iv. NANCY, b. 9 July, 1802; d. 18 Oct., 1900; m. Daniel McDuffee, b. 10 Mar., 1800; d. II July, 1887.
V. RICHARD, b. 2 June, 1810; d. 25 Nov., 1884. He m. Sally Worthen; lived in Candia and Philadelphia, Pa. One child Henrietta m. - Pfeffer and had two sons.
3. DEA. JACOB6 BUSWELL (John,5 Lt. Samuel4) was born at Candia, 17 June, 1795; died in Auburn, 25 June, 1870. He mar- ried II Dec., 1827, Mary Sargent, daughter of Josiah and Sarah (Brickett) Sargent. She was born 5 Jan., 1806; died 12 Nov., 1879. They lived on the homestead in Candia and on the Dea. E. H. Kelly place in Auburn.
Children, born in Candia :
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i. SARAH HALE," b. 30 Aug., 1828; d. 27 Apr., 1906. She m. Joseph L. Davis, b. 4 July, 1830. Children : (1) Sarah Colista Davis, b. 9 Sept., 1855; m. James E. Holden of Goffstown. One son : Lewis Holden. (2) John Dexter Davis, b. 1857; d. young. (3) Jacob Lewis Davis (twin), b. 1857; d. young. (4) Clara Jane Davis, b. - Nov., 1860. (5) Cora Ann Davis (twin), b. - Nov., 1860.
ii. MEHITABLE ANN, d. young.
iii. JOHN, d. young.
iv. JACOB P., b. Aug., 1838; d. 11 Nov., 1918; m. Mary L. Hutchins, b. 1836; d. 18 Dec., 1915. He served in Co. A, 10th N. H. V. 1862-1865. Their dau. Nellie Augusta,8 b. 30 Oct., 1867; d. 26 Jan., 1880.
v. CHARLES HENRY, b. I July, 1840; d. 12 Feb., 1875; m. 19 Oct., 1872, Elizabeth A. Tilton. She m. (2) Herbert Winkly.
vi. JAMES MURDOCK, b. - Aug., 1842; m. Mary L. Davies. Chil- dren : (1) William James,8 b. 26 Aug., 1869. (2) Mary Philena, d. 1882. (3) Frederic, b. 3 May, 1873. (4) Livy, b. 6 June, 1875. (5) Eva, b. 1 Apr., 1877. (6) Nellie, b. 19 Nov., 1882.
vii. FRANKLIN PAYSON, b. 18 Sept., 1844; m. 23 Apr., 1885, Amy Eldora Jones, dau. of Sylvester and Albena Jones. They re- sided on the homestead in Auburn and in Manchester.
viii. MARY ELLEN, b. 28 Sept., 1846; m. 6 Nov., 1884, Dea. Frank B. Coult ; d. 3 Dec., 1924. They reside in Auburn. Their child Annie May Coult, b. in Auburn, 4 Nov., 1886.
CALDWELL.
WILLIAM1 CALDWELL appears as an inhabitant of London- derry as early as 18 Apr., 1721. He was a weaver and his wife was Mary --. He, with others, "inhabitants of Chester afore- said formerly belonged, most of them, to the Kingdom of Scotland and Ireland, where they were educated in the principles of the Kirk of Scotland" petitioned 23 Mar., 1737.
Children.
i. THOMAS,2 a weaver, of Chester, 1729.
ii. JAMES, sold land which he purchased of his father William Cald- well, 7 July, 1727.
THOMAS2 CALDWELL (William1) purchased land in Chester, 28 Oct., 1729, of John Hill of Chester and Jean his wife. William Caldwell in his deed dated 14 Aug., 1731 calls him "my son Thomas." His wife was Mary Brown, daughter of Thomas Brown of Chester. They were married in Londonderry 26 Nov., 1723. He removed from Chester to Ipswich, Mass., before 20 Oct., 1740.
Children born in Londonderry :
i. WILLIAM,8 b. 26 Sept., 1724; d. 2 Nov., 1724.
ii. JEAN, b. 26 Oct., 1725.
iii. JAMES, b. 18 Jan., 1729.
JAMES2 CALDWELL (William1) sold a lot which "I sd Jams Caldwell purchased of my father M' W" Caldwell," 7 July, 1727. He married in Newington, 23 Oct., 1724, Lettice Murdock (Mor-
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dough). They lived in Londonderry near the Chester line. In 1760 they removed to Bedford.
Children.
i. SAMUEL,8 b. 12 Sept., 1725; m. 15 Feb., 1751, Elizabeth Brown of Chester, dau. of Samuel and Jean (Gibson) Brown of Chester.
ii. LETTICE, b. about 1727; m. 6 June, 1746, Capt. William Alld.
iii. WILLIAM, m. Agnes, probably Agnes Craige of Chester.
iv. HANNAH, m. I Nov., 1753, John McNeil of Londonderry.
v. MATTHEW, m. 3 May, 1759, Sarah Thomas.
vi. JAMES, b. 25 July, 1740; removed to New Boston.
CARR.
I. SAMUEL3 CARR (Mark,2 John1), only child of Mark and Elizabeth (Gilchrist) Carr, was born at Chester, II Feb., 1778; died there, 13 Feb., 1850. He married Mary Stinson of London- derry. She died at Chester, 14 Sept., 1858. He resided on the homestead in Chester. After the death of her second husband Abraham Silver in New Chester (now Hill), his mother returned and lived with her son. She died at Chester, 15 Aug., 1834, a. 86. Children: (1) ELIZA. (2) JOHN, twin, d. young. (3) JOHN. (4) NATHAN, d. young. (5) MARK. (6) SAMUEL. (7) ELIZA. (8) JANE, twin, d. young. (9) NATHAN STINSON.
2. JOHN4 CARR (Samuel3), third child, was born at Chester, 31 May, 1805; died at Chester near 1870, aged about 65. He married Rebecca Morse of Derry. She died at age of 34. One son, George Washington, b. at Chester, 1842; removed to Rochester, married a Mathes. He d. at Rochester in Feb., 1878, a. 35.
3. MARK4 CARR (Samuel3), fifth child, was born at Chester, 22 Nov., 1810; married in Manchester, Susan Huse in 1838; removed to Cleveland, Ohio. His health failing he sailed for Africa but no tidings came of him. She returned to Manchester with their three children, viz .: (1) Lizsie A., b. 1840; (2) Charles B., b. 1842, and (3) Mary E., b. 1844.
4. SAMUEL4 CARR (Samuel3), sixth child, was born at Chester, 31 May, 1812; died there, 17 Aug., 1877, a. 65. He married 27 Oct., 1840, Lydia Hall, dau. of Henry and Lydia (Marston) Hall, born at Chester, 27 Apr., 1821; died there, 27 Nov., 1902, a 81. He resided on the Carr homestead in Chester. Children, born in Chester :
i. MARK,5 b. 22 May, 1842; attended Chester Academy under the instruction of Capt. William R. Patten of Candia. He enlisted 19 Sept., 1862, in Co. F, 50th Mass. Regt., Civil War; honor- ably discharged 24 Aug., 1863. He re-enlisted at Chester, 14 Apr., 1864, as sergeant of Co. A, First N. H. Vol. Cavalry; severely wounded at White Oak Swamp, Va., 13 June, 1864; promoted Lieut. and discharged 20 Mar., 1865. He m. Martha J. Dearborn of Potsdam, N. Y. He d. at Chester, 22 Sept., 1903, a. 61.
ii. CHARLES PATTEN, b. 21 Jan., 1845; d. there 22 Sept., 1906. He
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m. 1869, Lydia Mills, dau. of Stephen Mills of Derry, who d. 1878. He m. (2) in 1882, Annie Bell of Newcastle. She d. in Haverhill, 21 Sept., 1914. Children by first wife: (1) Charles Arthur, b. Oct., 1872; d. in Salem, Mass., 13 Nov., 1913, a 41. (2) William, b. Oct., 1873; m. 27 Aug., 19II, Margaret O'Brien of Haverhill, Mass.
iii. ELLEN AUGUSTA, b. 29 Dec., 1846; m. 20 Nov., 1868, Warren Augustus Stewart, son of John and Alice (Webster) Stewart of Haverhill, Mass. She was killed by lightning in Haverhill, 29 July, 1885. Children : (1) Florence Eva Stewart, b. 25 Dec., 1872; m. 1898, Robert H. Kelly. (2) Lizzie Gertrude Stewart, 5 Nov., 1876; d. 1904, a. 28.
iv. MARY LIZZIE, b. 12 Nov., 1848; d. at Lynn, Mass., 27 Nov., 1869 in her 21st year.
v. FLORENCE CELESTIA, b. I Jan., 1852. She has erected a modern house of 25 rooms on the site of the Carr homestead of 1738, and is successful with summer boarders.
vi. WARREN MILTON, b. 16 July, 1854; m. 29 Apr., 1893, in Haver- hill, Mass. Charlotte E. McLoud, b. in Boston, 1873; d. in Chester, 25 Nov., 1914, a. 41. Children : (1) Alfred M., b. 14 June, 1899. (2) Warren S., b. 29 Aug., 1905; d. 15 Jan., 1906.
5. NATHAN STINSON4 CARR (Samuel3) was born at Chester I Dec., 1816; died at Brookfield, Ill., 1884, a. 68. He married a New York woman, who died at the home of her son in Marseilles, France, Nov., 1918, a. 94. Children : (1) Fremont Washington. (2) Cornelia U. (3) Carrie. (4) Elmer. (5) Melvin. (6) Delia. (7) Walter.
CHASE
JACOB4 CHASE (Joseph3, Moses2, Aquila1) was born at New- bury, Mass., 25 Dec., 1727; died at Chester, 12 Dec. 1803. He married (1) 7 Nov. 1751, Prudence Hills, dau. of Benjamin and Rebecca (Ordway) Hills. She was born at Newbury, Mass., 12 Feb., 1726 and died at Chester, I May 1775. He married (2) Dolly (Colby) Worthen, widow of David Worthen and dau. of Enoch Colby. She was born 16 Jan., 1730 and died at Chester, 15 Aug., 1816. He was a prominent citizen of Chester during the Revolutionary War and was a soldier in a regiment which served in the battle of Bennington.
Children, born in Chester :
i. SARAH5, b. 28 Nov., 1756; d. 10 Dec. 1822; m. Moses Richard- son.
ii. STEPHEN, b. 27 Mar., 1759.
iii. JOSIAH, b. 2 Apr., 1767, lived on the Gov. Shute farm and later removed to Grantham; d. 27 June, 1846.
STEPHEN5 CHASE (Jacob4,) was born in Chester, 27 Mar., 1759; died there 18 Feb., 1819. He married 28 Jan., 1787, Rhoda Blake of Hampton. She was born 27 Mar., 1768 and died in Chester, 16 Aug., 1845.
He was a noted land surveyor for more than thirty years and made an accurate survey and map of Old Chester. He wrote
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many wills and deeds and settled many estates. He also kept a diary covering the years from 1784 to 1819 in which are found births, marriages and deaths not elsewhere recorded.
Children, born in Chester :
i. SUSANNA®, b. 22 Nov., 1787; m. 28 Mar., 1811, John Sanborn, b. 4 Jan., 1790; d. I Dec., 1838, a. 49. She d. 26 May, 1854.
ii. JOSEPH, b. 2 Aug., 1789.
iii. STEPHEN, b. 23 May, 1791 ; d. unm., 18 May, 1819.
iv. POLLY, b. 9 Oct. , 1793; d. unm. 10 Dec., 1807.
v. JACOB, b. 6 Feb., 1797.
vi. DOLLY, b. 12 Jan., 1799; m. 6 Nov. ,1821, Robert Crawford. She d .31 Dec., 1864. [See Crawford].
vii. RHODA, b. 2 Apr., 1802; m. Nov. - , 1829, Ira James of Hampton. She d. I Jan., 1844.
viii. SALLY, b. 9 June and d. 20 Dec., 1804.
ix. SALLY, b. 30. Oct., 1805; m. 26 Apr., 1840, Richard Dearborn. She d. 13 Feb., 1848, without issue.
x. HENRY FRANKLIN, b. 30 Aug., 1808.
JOSEPH6 CHASE (Stephen5,) was born at Chester, 2 Aug. 1789; died there, 14 Sept. 1841. He married 4 Nov., 1817, Mehitable Hall, dau. of Maj. Benjamin and Nabbe (Emerson) Hall. She was born 6 Jan., 1794 and died in Chester, 4 June, 1882.
Children, born at Chester :
i. STEPHEN', b. 19 Aug., 1818; m. 17 Aug., 1845; Martha S. Squyres ; manufacturer ; d. at Cabotsville, Mass., b Mar., 1855. Their daughter Martha Jane, b. 17 Apr., 1849; m. 29 Nov., 1870, Horace W. Eddy of Springfield, Mass.
ii. CHARLES, b. 17 Dec., 1820.
i11. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. 15 May, 1823.
iv. BENJAMIN HALL, b. 23 Nov., 1825; m. 28 Nov., 1850, Cynthia H. Sherman, b. at Landaff, 24 Apr., 1824; d. 22 Jan., 1885. Child Alice, b. and d. young. He lived in Manchester and died there 30 June, 1906.
v. JOHN, b. 12 Apr., 1828; wounded and died at Gettysburg, 1863. vi. JOSEPH WARREN, b. 2 Dec., 1830.
vii. HARRIET, b. 30 Mar., 1833; m. 5 May, 1859, John W. Silver of Deerfield. Three children, Mary Bell, Walter H., and Charles R. Silver. All died without issue.
JACOB6 CHASE (Stephen5,) was born in Chester, 6 Feb., 1797; died there, 13 Nov. 1861. He married (1) 21 Mar., 1827 ; Hannah C. James of Hampton. She died 9 July 1850. He married (2) 18 May, 1851, Nancy Hazelton, dau. of Thomas and Lucretia T. (Hills) Hazelton, b. 25 July, 1813; died 3 Oct. 1874.
Children, born in Chester :
i. GEORGE JAMES', b. 25 Dec., 1827; d. unm., 28 Oct., 1861.
ii. MARY AUGUSTA, b. 23 Sept., 1829; d. unm. 4 July 1855. Children by second wife, born in Chester :
iii. LAURA JANE, b. 24 Oct., 1854; d. 5 Dec., 1861.
iv. ISABEL CRAWFORD, b. 20 Aug., 1857; m. 19 Jan., 1886, George M. Clark of Manchester. [See Clark].
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HENRY FRANKLIN6 CHASE (Stephen5,) was born at Chester, 30 Aug., 1808; died 20 Mar. 1867. He married 12 Nov., 1839, Abigail Fogg Mitchell. She was born 9 Dec., 1812 and died 12 Oct. 1883.
He lived on the David Underhill place in Chester, Lot. No. 53 and moved to Westminster, Vt. in 1855.
Children, born in Chester :
i. ANNA MARIA", b. I June 1843; m. 18 Oct., 1874, Julius N. Morse of Keene, editor of the Cheshire Republican. He b. 5 Aug. 1840. No children.
ii. ABBY, b. 30 June 1846; m. 9 May, 1880, Cyrus M. Cook, a car- penter of Hinsdale, d. 16 Jan. 1919. He died 21 Dec., 1913. No children.
iii. STEPHEN, b. 14 July, 1849; living in Hinsdale, unm. 1925.
CHARLES7 CHASE (Joseph6, Stephen5,) was born at Chester, 17 Dec., 1820; died in Concord, 17 May 1892. He married (I) 16 Dec., 1847, Caroline8 Chase (Benjamin7, Benjamin Pike6, Wells5, Moses4, Moses3, Moses2, Aquila1) dau. of Benjamin and Hannah (Hall) Chase of Chester (now Auburn). She was born at Chester, 14 Sept., 1828 and died there, 10 Aug., 1849. He married (2) 8 Apr., 1852 Amelia Jameson Underhill, dau. of John and Molly (Chase) Underhill. She was born at Chester, (now Auburn) 17 Apr., 1828 and died there, 25 Feb. 1859. He married (3) 7 Sept., 1859, Amanda Underhill, sister to his second wife. She was born at Chester, (now Auburn) I Mar. 1831 ; died in Concord, 12 Jany., 1901.
Child by the first wife, born in Chester :
i. JOHN CARROLL8, b. 26 July, 1849.
Children by second wife, born in Chester :
ii. LEWIS BELL, b .23 Jan., 1854; d. 24 July 1895, unm.
iii. CAROLINE, b. 29 Aug., 1856; d. 3 Mar., 1859.
iv. CAROLINE AMELIA, b. 16 Feb., 1859; m. 2 July, 1891, Charles Andrew Nichols, son of Andrew Sidney and Elizabeth A. (Kimball) Nichols, b. 3 Nov., 1855. She d. 19 May, 1897. Children : (1) Mildred Elizabeth, b 9 May, 1892; d. II July, 1895. (2) Hazel Mae, b. 17 May, 1894.
Children by third wife, born in Chester :
V. CHARLES BURNSIDE, b. 13 Feb., 1864; d. 30 Sept., 1865.
vi. CHARLES BURNSIDE, b. 11 July, 1867; m. 2 Sept., 1911, Sarah Russell, dau. of Rev. Jesse Gibson and Mary Lucy (James) MacMurphy, b. 29 Sept., 1871. They reside in Derry.
GEORGE WASHINGTON7 CHASE (Joseph6, Stephen3), was born at Chester, 15 May. 1823 ; died 5 Dec. 1891. He married 12 Mar. 1846, Lydia Dickey, dau. of Jonathan and Sarah (Webster) Dickey, b. 26 Sept. 1825 ; d. 12 Feb. 1893 (age 67 y. 4 m.) Children, born in Chester :
i. JOSEPH WARREN®, b. 20 Sept., 1847; m. 24 Nov., 1870; Florence J. Tomlinson, dau. of Henry George and Elizabeth Helen (Solomon) Tomlinson of Charlestown, Mass. She was b. in Boston, Mass., 21 Apr., 1850. He d. in Memphis, Tenn., 14 Apr., 1916.
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ii. MARTHA WASHINGTON, b. 8 Aug., 1849; m. 23 Aug., 1880, Ed- ward H. Allen. One child, Chester Allen, b. 15 Aug., 1884, graduate Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1905; professor Civil Engineering, Michigan Agricultural College, Lansing, Mich.
iii. ARTHUR BENJAMIN, b. 5 Dec., 1850; d. 6 May, 1880, unm.
iv. GEORGE JAMES, b. 19 July, 1852; d. 1895, unm.
v. WILLIAM CRAWFORD, b. 3 Apr., 1854; d. 14 Aug., 1895, unm.
vi. SARAH ELIZABETH, b. 29 Nov., 1855; m. George Stephen Webster of Chester. [See Webster].
vii. MARY MURRAY, b. 25 Aug., 1857; m. 24 May, 1884, David Albert Watson, son of Joseph and Mary Ann (Towle) Watson, b. in Hooksett, 26 Mar., 1853; d. in Candia, 7 Nov., 1915. Child: Ethel May Watson, b. in Chicago, Ill., 27 Oct., 1884; m. (I) 27 June, 1908, William F. Forsaith, son of Frank F. and Rosie (Pingrey) Forsaith, b. in Auburn, 1880; d. 8 Apr., 1910. She m. (2) 26 June, 1916, Willard Scott Gile, son of E. Frank and Mary Jane (Foss) Gile, b. in Lochmere, 3 Nov., 1884. Children : (a) Francis Watson Gile, b. 5 Apr., 1917. (b) David Albert Gile, 13 July, 1918. (c) Beatrice May Gile, b 9 May, 1923.
viii. FRANK P., b. 16 Apr., 1859; d. 10 Feb., 1861.
ix. FRANK P., b. 7 July, 1861, m. Grettie Alida Fox, I July, 1883, and died 13 Nov .. 1884. [See Fox.]
x. JACOB, b. 29 Mar., 1862; d. 22 Dec., 1865.
xi. HERBERT LINCOLN, b. I Mar., 1864.
xii. WALTER HARRIMAN, b. 26 Jan., 1870; d. 1894.
HERBERT LINCOLN8 CHASE (George Washington7) was born in Chester, I Mar., 1864; married 5 Nov., 1888, Harriet Llewellyn Preston, dau. of Evander G. and Eliza J. (Stewart) Preston, born 16 Mar., 1868. He died 2 Dec., 1912. She married (2) 30 Aug., 1921, Irving L. Campbell.
Children :
i. HERBERT ARTHUR9, b. I Apr., 1892; m. 30 June, 1917, Ella C. H. Westerdahl, dau. of William S. and Augusta E. (Blidberg) Westerdahl.
ii. WILLIAM ROY, b. 21 Jan., 1895; d. 29 Mar., 1896.
iii. ORRIN LINCOLN, b. 28 Aug., 1897; m. 8 Oct., 1920, Lena Nichol- son, dau. of Samuel and Christene (McLane) Nicholson. Child Orrin Herbert, b. 16 Sept., 1924.
iv. ROSCOE LLEWELLYN, b. 18 Jan., 1899.
v. ROXIA WASHINGTON, b. 15 May, 1903.
JOSEPH7 WARREN CHASE (Joseph6, Stephen5,) was born at Chester, 2 Dec. 1830; died in Chester, 9 Feb., 1920. He married 20 Oct. 1853, Mary P. Edwards, dau. of George and Ann (Smith) Edwards. She was born 28 Sept., 1833; died 22 Mar., 1884.
Children :
i. STEPHEN®, b .- July, 1854; d. 18 Feb., 1862.
ii. BENJAMIN WARREN, b. 7 Oct., 1860; d. 25 Sept., 1865.
iii. BELINDA DEARBORN, b. 10 Aug., 1866; m. 23 June, 1897, James E. McCannon, who was born in Salem, Mass., in 1863, son of Thomas and Matilda F. McCannon. She d. 19 Aug., 1920. Children born in Chester : (1) Marjorie M., b. 1897; m. Jenkins. (2) Ralph J. b. and d. 1900. (3) Warren T., b. 1905.
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iv. EDWARD CURTIS, b. 27 June, 1870; living in Chester, unm.
v. HARRIET SILVER, b. 23 July, 1877; m. - Twain, d. 8 Apr., 1913.
JOHN CARROLL8 CHASE (Charles7, Joseph6, Stephen5, Jacob4, Joseph3 ; Caroline8, Benjamin7, Benjamin Pike6, Wells5, Moses4, Moses3, Moses2, Aquila1) was born at Chester, 26 July, 1849; married 21 Oct., 1871, Mary Lizzie Durgin, dau. of Samuel and Lydia Ann (Emery) Durgin of West Newbury, Mass. She was born 16 May, 1852.
Children, first and third born in West Newbury, Mass. :
i. CAROLINE LOUISE®, b. 10 Aug., 1875; m. 26 Aug,. 1906, Raffaele Lorini, M. D., of Coronado, Calif. He is son of Domenico Bragioni and Virginia (Whiting) Lorini and was b. in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy, 22 Feb., 1859.
ii. BENJAMIN, b. 30 Oct., 1876; d. 26 June, 1877.
iii. ALICE DURGIN, b. 3 June, 1881 ; m. 30 June, 1910, Samuel Cate Prescott, Sc. D., head of the department of Biology and Public Health, Massachusetts Institute of Technology from which he graduatetd in 1894. He is son of Samuel Melcher and Mary Emily (Cate) Prescott, b. in South Hampton, 5 Apr., 1872. Children (1) Robert Sedgewick Prescott, b. 19 June, 191I. (2) Samuel Chase Prescott, b. 9 Nov., 1912. (3) Eleanor Prescott, b. 14 Jan., 1914.
WELLS5 CHASE (Moses4, Moses3, Moses2 Aquila1) was born at Newbury, Mass., 9 Sept. 1737, O. S .; died at Chester, 28 Dec. 1824. He married at Newbury, 21 Feb. 1760, Sarah Hovey, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Ilsley) Hovey. She was born at Rowley, Mass., 8 Sept. 1737, O. S .; died at Chester, 5 Oct., 1814.
He lived in West Newbury until 1771, then he removed to that part of Chester which is now Auburn.
Children, born at Newbury (now West Newbury) Mass .:
i. BENJAMIN PIKE®, b. 28 June, 1762.
ii. HANNAH, b. 23 Aug., 1766; d. 30 Aug., 1766.
BENJAMIN PIKE6 CHASE (Wells5,) was born at West New- bury, Mass., 28 June 1762; died at Auburn, 16 Mar. 1852. He married (1) 6 July 1785, Molly Hall, dau. of Caleb and Mary (Bradley) Hall. She was born in June 1766 and died at Chester (now Auburn) 18 Dec. 1790. He married (2), 7 Oct. 1792, Anna Blasdell, dau. of Isaac and Mary (Currier) Blasdell. She was born 13 July 1769 and died at Chester (now Auburn) 22 Feb. 1808. He married (3) 27 Dec. 1808, Mary5 Chase, (Moody4, Joseph3, Moses 2, Aquila1) dau. of Moody and Anne (Webster) Chase. She was born 24 Feb. 1771, and died at Chester (now Auburn) 15 Feb., 1823.
Children by first wife, born in Chester (now Auburn) :
i. MOSES', b. 7 Feb., 1786.
ii. WELLS, b. 5 Aug. 1788.
Children by second wife, born in Chester (now Auburn) :
iii. JOHN, b. 29 Sept., 1793; d. at Fairfax, Va., 20 Sept., 1868. He m. 7 Nov., 1820, Eliza Dawes, b. 1800; d. July 1877.
Leo, J. Griffin
Jane &. Griffin
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iv. STEPHEN, b. 29 Oct., 1795; d. 4 May, 1796.
v. SARAH, b. 5 Mar., 1797; d. 23 Dec., 1882.
vi. BENJAMIN, b. 7 July, 1799.
vii. MOLLY, b. II Aug., 1801; m. 27 Dec., 1821, John Underhill. She d. 5 Feb., 1881. He b. Nov. 26, 1793; d. Dec. 23, 1858. Lived on the Moody Chase place, Auburn No. 73, second part, second division.
viii. PIKE, b. 8 July, 1804.
ix. A daughter, b. 6 Mar., 1806; d. same day.
Children by third wife, born in Chester (now Auburn) :
x. ANNA, b. 7 Nov., 1809; m. 8 Feb., 1831, Amherst Coult of Aub- urn. She d. there I July 1852. [See Coult].
xi. STEPHEN, b. 30 Aug., 1813.
MOSES? CHASE (Benjamin Pike6,) was born at Chester (now Auburn) 7 Feb., 1786; died in Baltimore, Md., 18 July 1872. He married in 1806, Betsy Brown, dau. of Joseph and Lydia (Hall) Brown of Chester. She was born in Oct. 1788 ; died 28 July, 1848.
They removed from Chester to Baltimore, Md. in 1817. Children, born at Chester :
i. MARY®, b .- Mar. 1806; d. in Baltimore, Md., 12 Feb., 1862.
ii. HANNAH, b .- Apr. and d. - Nov., 1808.
iii. HANNAH, b. 18 Dec., 1809; m. (1) Joseph W. Hamilton and (2) Joseph W. George; lived in Baltimore, Md.
iv. WELLS, b. 19 Oct., 1812; d. 26 July, 1836; m. 29 Oct., 1831, Ethrida Drury. Children (1) Philenda, b. 1832; d. Mar., 1834. (2) William C., b. 1834; d. 12 Jan., 1838.
V. PHILENDA, b. - Dec. 1814; d. 16 Sept. 1816.
WELLS7 CHASE (Benjamin Pike6) was born at Chester (now Auburn) 5 Aug. 1788; died at Mount Airy, Md., 24 July, 1869. He married 5 Apr., 1814, Amelia Jameson. She was born 9 Aug., 1791 ; died 5 Feb., 1870.
He removed from Chester to Baltimore, Md. in 1810. Children, born in Baltimore, Md .:
i. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN®, b. 7 Jan., 1815; d. 14 Oct., 1821.
ii. JOHN, b. 30 Aug. 1816; d. 29 Jan., 1822.
iii. AMELIA, b. 16 Nov., 1818; d. 13 July, 1856.
iv. JANE, b. 12 Oct., 1821 ; d. I Apr., 1822.
v. STEPHEN, b. 5 Mar., 1823; d. 26 Oct., 1826.
vi. ELIZA, b. 16 Jan., 1827; m. (1) 17 Feb., 1846, Allen T. Lewis, b. 12 Apr., 1819; d. 10 Oct., 1868. She m. (2) 17 Jan., 1871, Alexander G. Davis; lived at Mount Airy, Md.
vii. WELLS, b. 19 Jan., 1830; d. 10 Nov., 1831.
vii. ANNE, b. 16 July, 1836; d. 20 Oct., 1843.
BENJAMIN7 CHASE (Benjamin Pike6) was born at Chester (now Auburn) 7 July, 1799 ; died in Auburn, 5 May, 1889, in his 90th year. He married 2 Mar. 1826, Hannah Hall, dau. of Moses Kimball and Lucretia (Currier) Hall. She was born in Chester, 18 Feb. 1787, and died in Auburn, 25 Feb., 1876.
He was author of the History of Chester, 1869.
Children, born in Chester (now Auburn) :
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HISTORY OF CHESTER
i. CAROLINE®, b. 14 Sept., 1828; m. 16 Dec., 1847, Charles7 Chase of Chester. She d. there, 10 Aug., 1849 . [See Charles Chase].
ii LOUISE, b. 16 Dec., 1829; m. 12 Dec., 1867, Frank D. Emery, b. 28 Nov., 1836; d. 14 Sept., 1914. She d. 18 Mar., 1892. No children. [See Emery].
iii. BENJAMIN, b. 18 Aug., 1832.
PIKE7 CHASE (Benjamin Pike6) was born in Chester (now Auburn), 8 July 1804 ; died in Auburn, 10 Oct., 1898. He married 5 Mar., 1833, Hannah S. Lufkin, born 4 Mar., 1809, dau. of Nehemiah and Rachel (Currier) Lufkin. She died 26 Feb., 1891.
Children, born in Chester :
i. HANNAH COFFING, b. 13 Nov., 1834; m. 26 May, 1859, George K. Eaton of Auburn. She d. 4 Aug., 1860. One child Selinda Florence Eaton, b. 17 Mar., 1860; m. Ai Willoughby, Nov. 1879; d. 29 Jan., 1883.
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