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1. John Sleeper, b. Nov. 6, 1797, m. Phoebe C., widow of Rev. Amasa Hayes, Nov. 1, 1832. He was, from 1823, Deputy Sheriff fourteen years; 1855, Sheriff five years; was Justice of the Peace, Notary Public, and Coroner; was several years in the Underhill firm, in the edge-tool business, and carried it on him- self several years at Auburn. In 1861 he was appointed Inspec- tor of Customs at Boston.
2. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 2, 1799, m. Sarah, dan. of William Gra- ham; was in the tool business; lives in Auburn.
3. William C., b. Ang. 2, 1801. He was several years a teacher; a teacher of music in Boston; a composer of music; a compiler of three collections of music, and author of a celebrated poem on rum. He was seven years editor of " Zion's Herald," the Methodist paper in Boston, and editor and publisher o the "Mother's Assistant." He has been twelve years Register of Probate of Suffolk County.
4. Simon, b. Nov. 29, 1802, m. Ann C., dau. of Hon. Daniel French, May, 1827. He learned the art of printing in the "Patriot " office, at Concord. He was a partner in establishing the " Hingham Gazette;" and afterwards in publishing the "N. HI. Spectator" at Newport. In 1837, went into the office of the Clerk of the U. S. House of Representatives ; and was Secretary of the Commissioners of Public Buildings; was in the General Post Office ; and Librarian of the House of Representatives from 1840 to 1848; since 1855, has been agricultural editor of the "N. E. Farmer," and is a practical farmer at Concord, Mass. In 1855, was elected Lieut .- Gov. of Mass .; and in 1857, Representative from Concord.
5. Mary, b. Dec. 18, 1806, m. F. T. Underhill.
6. Sarah S., b. Oct. 4, 1810, m. Jay T. Underhill; d. Aug. 17, 1862.
7. Elizabeth E., b. Oct. 4, 1810, m. a Whitney; d. Oct. 24, 1864.
8. Charles H., b. Sept. 29, 1814, resides in Manchester.
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BRICKET.
BARNARD BRICKET came from Newbury in 1765, and settled on No. 60, 2d P., 2d D., where his grandson David P. now lives. The great elm was then a sapling which he trimmed. Ile m. Mary, dau. of Nathl. Hall, March 5, 1767. Ch. :- Josiah, b. June 27, 1769, d. unm. Mary, m. Capt. Jacob Libby. Sarah, h. 1775, m. Josiah, son of Capt. John Sargent. Moses, b. June 5, 1780, m. Sally, dau. of David Pillsbury; lived on the homestead; d. Sept. 25, 1859; she d. Nov. 12, 1859, a. 79. Anna, b. 1783, m. Henry Clark.
Barnard m. (2) Mehitabel French, of Hawke, 1798. He d. Aug., 1805. The wid. m. John Butterfield; d. Feb. 7, 1824, a. 70.
BUTTERFIELD.
ZACHARIAH settled about 1740, on the west end of No. 21, 2d P., 2d D., near the road to the Norton place : had several children; d. in 1754. Nothing is known of the family.
AARON BUTTERFIELD settled near the cast end of the lot where Stephen Pingree now lives; had one son, John, b. April 8, 1746, m. dau. of Israel Dolby, Sen., who d. Aug., 1805; lived on the homestead, had no children. HIe mn. (2) Mehitable French, wid. of Barnard Bricket ; she d. Feb. 7, 1824, a. 70. He gave his property to Robert S. French. He d. Sep. 17, 1833. They came from Wil- mington, and had sometimes to go to town to garrison, and both signed the petition for soldiers in 1748.
BURLEY.
JOHN BURLEY m. Huldey, only dau. of Sylvanus Smith. He was a mariner; sailed from Newburyport in July, 1781, was taken by the British and carried to Ireland and imprisoned, and died there in the summer of 1782. They had John, b. July 3, 1780. The widow afterwards m. Daniel Greenough.
BURPEE.
NATHANIEL BURPEE came to Chester from Rowley in 1753, and settled on No. 37, 3d D., where Winthrop Wills had lived. He m. Esther Roth. He was one of the early settlers of Candia, having William Turner on one side, and Obed Hall on the other as neigh- bors. He was a tailor, and a teacher of singing. He was one of the first deacons. He was in the French war, and was at the siege of Cape Breton in 1745; d. 1815, a. 94. Children : -
Jeremiah; Nathaniel, m. Dorothy Currier, lives on the home- stead; Nathan, Ezra, Mehitalle; Sally, b. 1782, m. Peter Hall, Jr., d. 1831; Esther and Patty.
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BUSWELL.
There was a WILLIAM BUSWELL in Salisbury, who was one of the Commissioners to run the line between Salisbury and Hamp- ton, in 1667, but the records of Salisbury do not afford us any connection between him and LT. SAMUEL BUSWELL, who came from that town to Chester in 1763. He was the son of JOHN and TABITHA, b. Oct. 22, 1741. He m. Betsy, dau. of Capt. John Underhill in 1764. He settled on the west half of No. 120, 2d P., 2d D. Ile was a carpenter. IIe was in the French war and at Cape Breton, and also in the Revolutionary war. Mr. Bus- well's son Samuel went to Georgia about the year 1800, against his mother's desire, as she supposed that she should never see him again. She having a strong taint of hypochondria, took her bed and never left it or spoke for 6 or 7 years. She d. Sept. 30, 1806. Lt. Buswell m. (2) Betty Smith, the widow of Jonathan Berry. Children : -
I. John, m. Mehitable MeClure, dau. of James MeClure, in 1792, lived on the homestead and had :- 1. Samuel, m. Susan, dau. of Maj. Jesse Eaton. 2. Jacob, m. Mary Sargent, lives on the Dea. Kelly place, in Auburn. 3. Mahala. 4. Nancy. 5. Richard. He d. 1851, a. 84.
II. Moses, a physician, d. in Maine.
III. Sarah, m. Moses Underhill (son of the hatter) ; d. 1826.
IV. Richard, m. Sarah Berry, and was drowned.
V. William, went to Canada.
VI. Hannah.
VII. David, lived in Bradford, N. H.
CALFE, or as now written CALEF.
JOHN CALFE was a signer of a petition for a grant of Notting- ham. He was a clothier, and lived at Newbury, Mass. ITis parentage is not known, but he was probably a descendant of the famous Robert Calfe, a merchant of Boston, who opposed the witchcraft delusion in 1692. He was one of the grantees of Ches- ter. He however sold his right to Tristram Knight and Thomas Pike, of Newbury, Jan., 1725, and by Knight sold to Jonathan Locke, the father of Capt. William, and the Capt. settled on the 2d P., 2d D., No. 12. In 1724, he bought of Amos Cass half his right. The home lot was No. 100, on which Cass had built a house, and received settlement money. When he came to Chester is not certain, but he settled there. He bought another lot and a half adjoining in 1734. He had an amendment to these lots of 80 acres, laid out in 1735, lying from where the road crosses the 31
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Blanchard mill-pond, up by Nathan Griffin's to Campbell's bridge, which the Proprietors refused to accept until he made proposals to build a fulling-mill, for which they gave him a grant in 1735, and he built the mill. He probably removed to the mill, but in 1745 he sold to a Towle, of Exeter, two home lots, reserving two acres on which " Robert Gordon lives," and it was his homestead " where I now dwell." It was soon sold to John Stockman. and by him to Benjamin Severance, and his widow Ruth lived there many years. Where the house stood is now owned by Charles Wilcom, southeast of the road from the hill across to the Hills road. March 9, 1734, he was chosen one of a committee to adjust the selectmen's accounts, and he held various offices. IIe m. Deb- orah King, of Boston, 1702. Children :-
I. John, b, 1703: m. Naomi Elliot.
11. Deborah, b. 1705.
III. William, b. 1706.
IV. Mary, b. Feb. 1707; m. Ethridge, and had :- Nathl., who settled in Raymond : Deborah. m. Joshua Hall ; and Mary, m. Rob- ert Ambrose, and went to Concord.
V. James, b. 1709; first settled on the amendment, and removed to Massachusetts. (See Hist. Panperism.)
VI. King, first settled on the farm owned by the writer, and went to Massachusetts.
VII. Joseph, b. Oct. 31, 1718; m. Elizabeth Jewell, of Ames- bury, Sept. 30, 1746. He settled on Add. No. 64, just N. W. of the road over Bunker hill to Candia, where James Emerson after- wards lived. The house is still standing and probably the oldest in Auburn. He d. Dec. 21, 1793. They have five children on Chester records, all of whom d. young, of throat distemper. On one or more occasions while they were gone to the grave with one child, another died. They had, who survived :- 1. Jonathan, grad. at Dart., 1787, was pastor Cong. Ch .. Bloomfield and Lyman, Me .; d. April 25, 1845, a. 83. (See Graduates.) 2. Joseph, m. Eunice, dau. of Capt. James Silver, lived near the Long Meadow meeting-house. Male ch., James and Joseph. He d. about 1804. She d. Nov. 15, 1855, aged 86. 3. David, m. Mary Haselton, 1792; lived on the homestead ; exchanged farms with James Emerson and went to Londonderry. Had a son John, who was a woolen man- ufacturer at Moore's Village, and resides in Manchester.
VIII. There was a son Daniel, not on the Newbury records, but named in the will, and m. Mary Gile, 1743. Ch. :- Moses, b. 1744, but where he lived, or where went, is not known.
IX. Robert, not on the records, m. Hannah Flanders, 1748. Sarah, b. June 12, 1749, m. Ilon. Joseph Blanchard ; d. Dec. 2,
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1793. Robert procured a grant and built a saw-mill, and was quite a business man. His first wife d. and he m. (2) Mary Folsom, the widow of Samuel Bradley who was killed by the Indians. She lived at Chester more than thirty years, but went back to Con- cord about 1796, and d. at her grandson, Richard Bradley's, Aug. 10, 1817, aged 98. She was a woman of great energy and of superior education, having been brought up in the family of Nicholas Gilman, father of Gov. J. T. Gilman. Robert Calfe d. 1788.
JOHN CALFE's will is dated March 11, 1748, proved May 25, 1748, and Robert was executor and residuary legatee. John's wife was then alive.
CAMPBELL.
JAMES CAMPBELL's name is found on the records as an auditor in 1736. It is also on the Presbyterian protest, June, 1736, and the tradition is that he, with John Tolford, was imprisoned for not paying the minister rate. He lived on Add. lot No. 1, at the Perley Chase place. He removed from town and his name is found in Londonderry.
KER, KERR, KARR, CARR.
Different ways of writing the same name. In 1725, JOHN KARR, of Chester, sold to Alexander Craige a home lot. There is a memorandum on the Proprietors records, 1727. that ". John Karr having bought John Shackford's additional lot, he and Caleb Towle had agreed to divide both lots crossways, and Karr to have the S. W. end and Towle the N. E. end of both lots." In April, 1730, he bought Add. No. 20. In the inventory of 1741, John Karr is rated for two mills. In 1743. a contemplated road was to pass Karr's mills, and also across Abel Morse's land. Jan. 18, 1743, John Karr and his wife Mary, of Chester, sold to Abel Morse, of Newbury, Add. lots 20 and 21. He then probably moved into Londonderry. He was a large land-holder. His estate was divided July, 1769. Heirs: John. was dead: Hugh; Ann Moore, wife of James Moore; Mary Karr and Margaret Karr. There is a tradition that two men, Thomas Smith and John Karr, were captured by the Indians in 1724. It was prob- ably this man and not another, as has been supposed. (See notice of Thomas Smith.) The Nos. 20 and 21 is where Amos Morse lived; Shackford and Towle's, 22 and 23. Couch and Benj. Wil- son now own the southwest end.
There was another JOHN KARR or KER, who was in Ireland in 1736, as appears by a certificate in the possession of his great grandson, Nathan Carr, of Candia: - "That John Ker and his
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wife Elizabeth Wilson lived within the bounds of this congregation from their infancy, behaving themselves soberly, honestly, and piously, free from any Public Scandall, so that they may be re- ceived as members of any Christian Congregation or Society where God in his Providence may order their lot, is certified. Bally Wollon, June 23, 1736, by Ja. Thompson." They were probably a newly married couple, and came immediately to this country.
John Tolford sold to JOHN KARR two home lots, Nos. 21 and 9, where his great grandson, Saml. Carr, now lives, Feb. 28, 1738. Children : -
I. John, b. 1737, mn. Mary Wilson, dau. of Robert, and settled on No. 66, 3d D, near the meeting-house, in 1764, and built the house in which Nathan Carr now lives, supposed to be the oldest house in Candia. He d. 1813, she d. 1829. Chil. of John Carr, Jr. : - Elizabeth, m. Samuel Clay, resided Concord, Vt. ; An, m. William, son of Dr. Coffin Moore; John; Robert, m. a Marden; Mary, m. William Murray; Joseph, m. Nancy Brown, lived on the homestead, d. 1842.
II. Mark, b. about 1743, m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Gil- christ ; d. July 26, 1782. She m. Abraham, son of Capt. James Silver, and moved to New Chester; she came back to Chester, d. Aug. 15, 1834, a. 86. Ch. Samuel, m. Mary Stinson, and lived on the homestead.
III. Joseph, b. about 1744, m. Sarah, dan. of William Gilchrist, d. July 30, 1783. She m. (2) Robert Graham. Karr and Graham lived on the Robert Gilchrist place, where Dr. Josiah I. Hall now lives, H. L. 10 and 43.
John, Sen., d. Oct. 22, 1792, a. 75; Elizabeth, d. Sept. 22, 1781, a. 76.
The fore-mentioned proposed road passing Karr's mills would cross the land of Abel Morse, John Karr, Jr., Robert Graham, and John Karr; and in the inventory of 1741 there are Jolin Karr, John Karr, Jr., Mark Karr and William Karr. In the return of the road from Derry road to Gilman Morse's, in 1740, it was at the " easterly end of the additional lots that Sam. Brown, John Mills and William Karr Lives on." William Karr probably lived where Gilman Morse lives, and gave place to Stephen Morse, and moved into Londonderry, and had a son John who m. Mary, young- est dau. of John Aiken, Sen., who were the parents of the wife of Edmund Adams, at the mill. There was a Mark Karr at a later day near the foot of the hill, west of Haselton's grist-mill.
BRADBURY KARR is on the inventory of 1741, but his name is Carr in all other places. The other Karrs were of Scotch descent and were Presbyterians. It is said by his descendants that he was
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of Welsh origin. He settled on Add. No. '71, where his great grandson, Geo. W. Clark, now lives. His wife was Anna. Chil .: I. Joseph, b. Nov. 20, 1742, m. Hannah Ayer, lived on the homestead, d. Feb. 27, 1835 ; she d. Feb. 25, 1833. Chil .:- 1. Han- nah A., b. Nov. 10, 1765, m. Green, of Salem, Mass. 2. Joseph, b. Feb. 26, 1767, m. Betty, dau. of Daniel Richardson, d. Oct., 1855. 3. Anna, b. Aug. 26, 1770, m. a Silver, and John Clark, Jr., d. Jan. 18, 1859. 4. Bradbury Moody, b. Dec. 15, 1773, m. Susan, dau. of David Hall. He enlisted in 1813, d. at Concord, April 13.
II. Molly.
III. Parker, b. 1750, settled on Add. No. 72. He sold to Wil- liam Weeks, and went into the country.
IV. Judith.
SIMEON CARR lived on the Boyes land, half a mile southeast of the Head tavern, in Hooksett, by the Amoskeag Company's quarry ; kept tavern; had a dan. b. about 1778, m. Maj. Nathl. Head, who sold to Mark Whittier and went west.
DAVID CARR, a brother of Simeon, bought Hatter Underhill's place, and built the house lately owned by Gilman C. Smith. His wife was buried May 18, 1796, and was the first person buried in the Long Meadow burying-ground. He sold to Capt. John Wa- son, and moved to Piermont.
CHASE.
I shall digress so far from the History of Chester as to give the genealogy of several prominent Chases not connected with Chester.
There were two of the name who came from Cornwall, Eng- land, to Hampton, N. II., about 1639, THOMAS and AQUILA. AQUILA m. Anna Wheeler and went to Newbury in 1646. Chil- dren : -
1. Sarah. 2. Anna. 3. Priscilla. 4. Mary. 5. Aquila. 6. THOMAS, b. July 25, 1654, m. Rebecca Folansbee, Nov. 22, 1677. 7. John. 8. Elizabeth. 9. Ruth. 10. DANIEL, b. Dec. 9, 1661, m. Martha Kimball. 11. MOSES, b. Dec. 24, 1668, m. Anna Folansbee, Nov. 10, 1684, and settled in what is now West Newbury on the main road about one hundred rods above Bridge street, and a part of the farm is now owned by his g. g. g. son, Samuel Carr. He d. Sept. 6, 1743. A large majority of all the Chases in the United States are probably his descendants.
6. THOMAS and Rebecca had a son Thomas, b. 1680, who had a son Abel, b. 1702, m. Mary Bricket, 1728, and settled in Sutton, Mass. He had a son Abel, b. 1732, m. Judith Gale. He had a son Abel, b. 1754. m. Hannah Bond. He had a son Jonas, b. 1782, m. Lavina Bayden. He had a son Leonard who came to Milford, N. H., b. Aug. 12, 1812, was one of the Executive Council several years, d. 1868.
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THOMAS and Rebecca had another son, Jonathan, b. 1683, m. Joanna Palmer, settled in Stratham. They had a son James, to whom he gave add. lot No. 97. James came to Chester and lived a short time, about 1740; sold his lot to Benjamin Hills (the Ambrose place) and went to Epping, North river, where his descendants still reside.
THOMAS had another son, James, b. Sept. 16, 1685, m. Martha Rolfe. When a child she was knocked in the head by the Indians and left for dead, but recovered. They had a son JOHNSON, b. Oct. 25, 1730, m. Abigail Pike, July 9, 1753. After the death of her Imsband she came to Chester; d. 1804, a. 80. Children: -
II. HANNAII, b. Nov. 14, 1754, m. John Haselton, son of Eph- raim, March 21, 1782, d. of cancer July, 1826.
III. PERLEY, b. June 2, 1758, m. Mary, dau. of Nathaniel Ingalls. She d. Sept. 15, 1791. He lived at first on the south side of Wal- mut Ilill, then near the top, at the James Campbell place. Chil- dren :-
1. Nancy, m. Ryan.
2. Josiah, b. Oct. 2, 1791, m. Abigail, dau. of Cort. David Shaw, 1816. Children :-
Perley S., b. Nov. 8, 1817, grad. at Brown University, 1842; Hiram, b. July 17, 1819, grad. at Union College, 1844, d. Aug. 31, 1845.
Abigail d. June 20, 1824. Josiah m. (2) Adaline Ayer, and had George S., b. July 28, 1836, grad. at Newton Theo. Sem., 1866.
PERLEY m. (2) Achsah Mudget. Chil ..- John, Mary and Louisa, all d. of consumption within fifteen months.
DANIEL, the tenth child of Aquila had a son Daniel, b. Oct. 15, 1702, m. Mary Carpenter, 1723. IIe settled in Concord, N. H. His will was proved March 16, 1775. He had a son JONATHAN, b. March 1, 1733, m. Sarah Stickney. Jonathan and Sarah had SAM- UEL, b. March 10, 1761, in. Molly Stanley. They had a son Horace b. Dec. 14, 1788, grad. at Dart., 1814, is Attorney at Law in Hop- kinton, and has been Judge of Probate. Jonathan's 5th son, CHARLES, m. Sarah Currier and had a son Carlton, grad. at Dart., 1817, is now (1868) Bishop of N. H.
MOSES, the eleventh child of Aquila, had Moses and Daniel, twins, b. Sept. 20, 1685; Moses d. young.
I. Daniel, m. Sarah March, Jan. 2, 1707, lived at Newbury till about 1725, then in Littleton, then in Sutton, Mass. They had 10 children :-
1. SAMUEL, b. Sept. 28, 1707, m. Mary. dau. of Judge Dudley. He went to Cornish, N. H., and was a Judge in Cheshire County, d. Aug. 12, 1800.
The tenth child of Daniel was Moses, b. March 16, 1727, m.
B. Oche Chas
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Hannah Brown and had 14 children. He was two years Coun- cillor for Cheshire County, under the Constitution of 1784.
1. SAMUEL and Mary Dudley had nine children: the second, DUDLEY, b. 1730. m. Alice Corbet, Aug .. 1753, and had 15 children of whom 14 lived to maturity, and 5 grad. at Dart.
6. Salmon, b. July 14, 1761, grad. 1785, was a lawyer at Port- land, d. 1806.
7. Ithamar, b. Sept. 17, 1762. m. Jennette Ralston. was a farmer, and one of the Council 5 years. They had 10 children. 7. Sal- mon Portland, b. Jan. 13, 1808. grad. at Dart .. 1826, Gov. of Ohio, U. S. Senator, Sec. Treas., Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, U. S.
8. Baruch. b. March 27, 1764, grad. 1786, was a lawyer of Hopkinton. N. H.
12. Heber, b. Sept. 2, 1770, grad. 1791, was a physician. d. at Demarara, S. A.
13. Dudley, b. Dec. 30, 1771. grad. 1791. d. 1846. lived at Ran- dolph, Vt., Rep. Gen. Assembly, C. J. Supreme Court, Rep. and Sen. in Congress.
15. Philander, b. Dec. 14, 1775, grad. 1796, Bishop first of Ohio, then of Illinois, d. 1852.
The third child of SAMUEL. JONATHAN, b. 1732, was a Col. in the Revolutionary army. [See N. H. Hist. Soc. Coll., Vol. VII pp. 72, 219, 223, 229, 254, 263.]
MOSES, son of Aquila, had II. Moses, b. Jan. 20. 1658. m. Eliz- abeth, dau. of Rev. Thomas Well's of Amesbury. Oct. 12. 1709; lived on the east half of the homestead; d. Sept. 17, 1760. had 11 children :-
1. WELLS, b. 1710, settled in Amesbury. but went to Concord, N. H., d. 1785; had Thomas. b. May 14, 1735, lived awhile in Ches- ter, m. Mary, dau. of Henry Hall, had two sons, Timothy and Moses. b. in Chester, went to Salisbury, N. H., previons to 1771. .
2. MOSES, b. July 1, 1713, m. Judith Bartlett. settled on the homestead, d. Oct. 9, 1789. They had 10 children :--
1. WELLS. b. Sept. 9, (O.S.) 1737 ; m. Sarah Hovey, Feb. 2, 1760; lived at Newbury till 1771; bought 50 acres of land, part of No. 73, 2d P, 2d D, of Joseph Basford, and removed to Chester. Children: -
Benjamin Pike, b. June 28, 1762; m. Molly, dau. of Caleb Hall, July 6, 1785; lived on the homestead. Children :-
I. Moses, b. Feb. 7, 1786 ; m. Betsy, dan. of Joseph Brown : now alive in Maryland.
II. Wells, b. Aug. 5, 1788; m. Amelia Jameson and went to * Baltimore in 1810; now a merchant in Baltimore.
Molly d. Dec. 18, 1790. B. P. Chase m. (2) Anna Biasdell, Oct. 7, 1792. Children : -
RESIDENCE OF BENJAMIN CHASE.
Banja Chase
Stephen Chase
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III. John, b. Sept. 29, 1793: m. Eliza Dawes, Nov. 7, 1820; lived in Maryland, Indiana and Ohio, and was clerk in the general post office ; d. 1868.
IV. Stephen, d. young.
V. Sarah, b. March 5, 1797.
VI. Benjamin, b. July 7, 1799; m. Hannah, dau. of Moses K. Hall, March 2, 1826; lives on No. 71, 2d P., 2d D., where David White formerly lived. IIe worked at the trade of mill-wright. Children :-
1. Caroline, b. Sept. 14, 1828; m. Charles, son of Joseph Chase, Dec. 16, 1847 ; had John Carrol, b. July 26, 1849. She d. Aug. 11, 1849. 2. Louisa, b. Dec. 16, 1829; m. Frank D. Emory, Dec. 12, 1867. 3. Benjamin, b. Aug. 18, 1832.
VII. Molly, dau. of B. P., b. Aug. 11, 1801, m. John, son of Jeremiah Underhill, 1821; lives where Joseph Basford first set- tled, No. 73, 2d P., 2d D.
VIII. Pike, b. July 8, 1804; m. Hannah S., dau. of Nehemiah Lufkin, 1833; lives on the homestead. Anna d. Feb. 22, 1808.
B. P. Chase m. (3) Mary, dau. of Moody Chase. Children :- IX. Anna, b. Nov. 7, 1809; m. Amherst Coult; d. 1852.
X. Stephen, b. Aug. 30, 1813; m. Sarah T. Goodwin, Aug. 31, 1838. IIe read the New Testament through in course before he was three years and nine months old: grad. at Dart. 1832; tutor 1838; Prof. Math. 1838, and published a treatise on Algebra; d. Jan. 7, 1851.
B. P. Chase d. March 16, 1852. Mary d. Feb. 15, 1823.
Moses, Sen.'s Sth child JOSEPH, b. Sept. 9, 1703, m. Mary Morse, Sept. 7, 1724: lived on the west half of the homestead; d. Nov. 1784. She d. 1792. They had 10 children :-
I. MARY, b. May 31, 1725, m. Josiah, son of Capt. Abel Morse, d. July 18, 1814.
II. JACOB, b. Dec. 25, 1727, m. Prudence, dau. of Benjamin Hills, Sen .. Nov. 7, 1751; settled on Add. Lot. No. 52, deed dated 1751. He was a prominent man in town, very frequently moder- ator, and active during the Revolution. One item of credit in the selectmen's account for 1780 is recorded of Jacob Chase, Esq., as a present to the town, £157: 10. Children :-
1. SARAIL, b. Nov. 28, 1756, m. Moses, son of Daniel Richardson, 1778; went to Protectworth (now Springfield), d. Dec. 10, 1822.
2. STEPHEN, b. March 27, 1759, m. Rhoda Blake, of Hampton, Jan. 3, 1787; lived on the homestead; d. Feb. 18, 1819; she d. Ang. 15, 1845. Chil .:- 1. Susanna, b. Nov. 22, 1787, m. John, son of Moses Sanborn. 2. Joseph, b. Ang. 2, 1789, m. Mehitabel, dau. of Maj. Benj. Hall, Nov. 4, 1817; lived on the Joseph Clark or Thomas Merril place; d. Sept. 14, 1841. 3. Stephen, b. May
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23, 1791, d. unmarried, 1829. 4. Polly, b. 1793, d. 1807. 5. Ja- cob, b. Feb. 26, 1797, m. Hannah James and Nancy Haselton ; lived on the homestead; d. in 1861. 6. Dolly, b. Jan. 12, 1799, m. Robert, son of John Crawford, d. Ang. 31, 1864. 7. Rhoda, b. April 2, 1802, m. Ira James. 8. Sally, d. young. 9. Sally, b. Oct., 1805, m. Richard, son of Richard Dearborn, d. 1848. 10. Henry Franklin, b. Aug. 30, 1808, m. Abigail Mitchel; lived in Chester on the Capt. John Underhill place; d. at Westminster, Vt., March 20, 1867.
3. JOSIAHI, b. April 6, 1767, m. Lydia, dau. of Isaac Blasdell, 1791, lived on the south end of Gov. Shute's farm, and Grantham, N. H.
JACOB, Sen., m. (2) Dolly Colby, widow of David Worthen. He d. Dec 12, 1803. Prudence d. 1775. Dolly d. 1816.
Stephen Chase, Esq., came on to the stage of active life about the time that Samuel 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 Ches- ter for Carrigain's map, which is remarkably accurate. He wrote a very large proportion of the deeds and wills, and administered on the estates of his time, and held the office of selectman many years. In Esquire Emerson'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 liti- gation, and he was the Justice to try the causes, or one of the arbitrators. Although not a finished workman, he had quite a mechanical genius, making carts, plows, and other tools, and plastered houses. From 1784 to near his death he kept a diary, filled largely with his labors 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 times, from which I have drawn many facts otherwise lost.
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