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iii. HENRY, b. 17 March, 1824.
iv. ELIZABETH, b. 18 Oct., 1826; m. 18 Oct., 1849, John Gardiner Mason, b. 13 April, 1819, at Symbronius, N. Y., and d. at Howell, Mich .; she d. 27 March, 1850.
V. WILLIAM, b. 7 Feb., 1834; m. 20 March, 1857, Caroline Sawyer, dau. of John Abbot and Mary or Polly Rogers (Clough) Chamber- lain, b. 29 Oct., 1834, in C. Mr. Chamberlain went with his parents in 1843 to Mich. At the age of ten years he carried the U. S. mail on horse back through the forest from Michigan City to New Buffalo; at seventeen he had the active management of his father's farm; in 1864 he went to Three Oaks where he engaged in business. He was post master 1865-70; super- intendent of the county poor eighteen years; member of the Michigan legislature 1871-73; state senator 1879-81; president pro tem of the Senate 1881; member of State Agricultural Society, at one time its president; member of State Board of Charities; inspector of Mich. State Prison 1885-93; warden of Mich. State Prison 1893-1901.
5. JOHN ABBOT4 CHAMBERLAIN (Moses3, Samuel?, Jacob1) was b. 12 Feb., 1794; m. 10 Dec., 1817, Mary Rogers Clough, b. 16 June, 1798, in C., d. there 1 Sept., 1856. She was dau. of Jeremiah, 3d, and Martha (Foster) Clough. (See Clough Gen.) In 1825, Mr. Chamberlain with his wife and two children removed from Loudon to C. He was a man of affairs, serving the town as clerk. He was a staunch Anti- slavery man and a delegate to the first Free Soil convention held in Portsmouth; deacon of the Congregational church from 1837-53; church clerk and superintendent of the Sunday school. He d. 26 Feb., 1853, in Concord; interred in the C. Center cemetery. Children:
i. MARTHA5, b. 23 April, 1820, at Loudon Mills .; m. 16 April, 1845, Thomas Curry Bradley. (See Bradley Gen.)
6. ii. JOHN, b. 27 Nov., 1821.
iii. MARY GERRISH, b. 26 April, 1824, in C .; d. 23 July, 1843, in C .:
7. iv. ELIZABETH EMERY, b. 11 Aug., 1826.
v. REBECCA ABBOT, b. 5 March, 1829, in C .; d. 28 Sept., 1843, in C.
8. vi. JEREMIAH CLOUGH, b. 15 April, 1832.
9. vii. CAROLINE SAWYER, b. 29 Oct., 1834.
6. JOHNS CHAMBERLAIN (John Abbot4, Moses3) b. 27 Nov., 1821, at Loudon Mills; m. first, 9 May, 1849, Amanda M. Johnson of Sandwich, b. 29 Sept., 1829; m. second, Irene Batchelder of Northfield. Mr. Chamber- lain was a Free Baptist preacher. He d. 1 Jan., 1893, in Northfield. Children by first marriage:
i. MARY CAROLINE6, b. 4 Oct., 1852; m. Harry A. Aldrich. Children: Harry and Lucien Aldrich.
ii. CHARLES JUDSON, b. 12 Jan., 1855, in C .; m.'24 Dec., 1898, Etta F. Heath of C .; he d. 15 April, 1908, in Canton, Mass.
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iii. NELLIE B., b. 15 Oct., 1856, at Franklin Falls; m. William Darrah of Bedford. Children: Henry, Ella, Frank, Arthur and Ruth Darrah.
7. ELIZABETH EMERY' CHAMBERLAIN (John Abbots, Moses3) b. 11 Aug., 1826, in C .; m. 18 April, 1854, Cyrus C. Ryther, of Three Oaks, Mich. She d. 19 Oct., 1905, in Dowagiac, Mich. Children:
i. MARY ELIZABETH6, b. 15 May, 1856, in Three Oaks; m. 8 April, 1884, Luther I. Church; d. 12 June, 1885. Their dau., Ethel Elizabeth7 Church, b. 10 April, 1885, in Hammond, Ind .; m. 12 July, 1900, Ernest Blood of Dowagiac, Mich. They have a dau., Mary Elizabeth& Blood, b. 25 Jan., 1902.
ii. CYRUS ABBOT, b. 3 Dec., 1857; d. Jan., 1858.
iii. KATE CORWIN, b. 7 March, 1859, in Three Oaks; m. 6 Sept., 1883, Oscar W. Phelps, who d. 26 May, 1893.
iv. HALE ELKANAH, b. 4 Aug., 1860; m. 20 Sept., 1886, Josephine Bram- hall, b. 2 Nov., 1862. Child: Florence E.7 Bramhall, b. 26 Aug., 1889.
v. REBECCA CAROLINE, twin, b. 12 June, 1862, in Sabula, Iowa; m. 8 Aug., 1908, Charles Rector.
vi. NOBLE, twin, b. 12 June, 1862, d. 1862.
vii. WILLIAM CHAMBERLAIN, b. 27 March, 1864, in Sabula, Iowa; m. 18 Feb., 1900, Emma Holmes. Children: Cyrus G., b. 14 March, 1901; Jessie Golden, b. 29 Feb., 1904; George C., b. 10 Nov., 1908.
viii. THADDEUS VICTOR, b. 13 June, 1866; m. 4 March, 1889, Cora L. Stevens, b. 16 Sept., 1872. Child: Thaddeus7 Victor, b. 16 Feb., 1890.
ix. ANNA LOUISE, b. 22 March, 1869, in Three Oaks; m. 30 Nov., 1889, Rufus Jessup, of Dowagiac. Child: Katherine C. Jessup, b. 26 Aug., 1896; d. 27 Oct., 1910, in Kalamazoo.
8. JEREMIAH CLOUGH® CHAMBERLAIN (John Abbott4, Moses3) b. 15 April, 1832, in C .; m. 12 Nov., 1861, Grace, dau. of Hilton and Sarah (Gil- man) Burleigh. Mr. and Mrs. Burleigh came to C. about 1830. He had previously resided in Franklin; she was a native of Gilmanton. Grace Burleigh was b. 17 March, 1835. Mr. Chamberlain d. 17 Aug., 1901, in Chelsea, Mass. Children:
i. JOSEPH BURLEIGH6, b. 4 May, 1863; m. 29 June, 1899, Annie L. Boggs. Child: Grace Burleigh7, b. 30 Aug., 1900, in Washing- ton, D. C.
ii. HENRY GALE, b. 2 Sept., 1870, in Chelsea, Mass.
iii. GRACE HILTON, b. 1 July, 1874, in Chelsea.
9. CAROLINE SAWYER CHAMBERLAIN (John Abbot4, Moses3) b. 29 Oct., 1834, in C .; m. 20 March, 1857, in C., William Chamberlain of Three Oaks, Mich., son of Moses and Mary (Foster) Chamberlain. He was b. 7 Feb., 1834, in Pembroke; d. 7 Nov., 1901, in Jackson, Mich. Children: 10. i. ALICE6, b. 14 Oct., 1858.
ii. GRACE AMANDA, b. 1 March, 1861; m. 16 Feb., 1897, at Jackson, Mich., Daniel Tellier, b. 1 Nov., 1863, in Humboldt, Iowa; reside in Kalamazoo, Mich.
iii. MOSES ABBOT, b. 25 July, 1863, in Three Oaks, Mich .; d. there 21 Oct., 1878.
11. iv. LUCY FLORENCE, b. 29 June, 1866.
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12. v. CARRIE ELIZABETH, b. 20 June, 1869.
13. vi. WILLIAM OLIVER, b. 27 July, 1872.
vii. BENJAMIN RALPH, b. 24 July, 1882. Merchant Three Oaks, Mich. 10. ALICE6 CHAMBERLAIN (Carolines, John Abbots, Moses3) b. 14 Oct., 1858 in Three Oaks, Mich .; m. 14 April, 1880, James Harvey Hatfield, b. 3 Nov., 1855. He is president of several important business corpora- tions and director of the Home Savings Bank, Kalamazoo. Child:
i. JAMES CHAMBERLAIN7 HATFIELD, b. 15 Jan., 1881; m. 6 May, 1908, Grace Eleanor Clark. Child: Jean Clarks Hatfield, b. 23 Dec., 1909, James C. Hatfield is secretary, treasurer and director of various business companies in Kalamazoo, and is a director of the Standard Cloth Co., of N. Y. Mrs. Hatfield is a dau. of Frank M. Clark of Kalamazoo.
11. LUCY FLORENCE6 CHAMBERLAIN (Carolines, John Abbot4, Moses3) b. 29 June, 1866, in Three Oaks; m. 27 Feb., 1889, Frederick Austin, son of Frederick Austin Parsons, b. 4 Sept., 1858, in Bridgeport, Conn. Chil- dren b. in Bridgeport, Conn .:
i. WILLIAM CHAMBERLAIN7 PARSONS, b. 9 Nov., 1892.
ii. FLORENCE LAVINIA PARSONS, b. 12 Nov., 1896.
iii. FREDERICK AUSTIN PARSONS, b. 14 June, 1900.
12. CARRIE ELIZABETH6 CHAMBERLAIN (Carolines, John Abbot4, Moses3) b. 20 June, 1869; m. 16 Aug., 1893, Dr. Ethelbert Leroy, son of Thomas L. and Julia W. McCann, b. 31 Dec., 1866, a physician of Chicago. Child: Elizabeth Chamberlain7 McCann, b. 23 June, 1894, in Chicago.
13. WILLIAM OLIVER6 CHAMBERLAIN (Carolines, John Abbot4, Moses3) b. 27 July, 1872, in Three Oaks; m. Josephine Supple, b. 17 March, 1874, in Jackson, Mich. Child: Alice Christine7, b. 17 June, 1898, in Kala- mazoo.
CHAPLAIN.
1. JOSEPH1 CHAPLAIN, m. Deborah Robinson, nee Lord of Exeter, and settled in Sanbornton. Later he came to C., and resided with his son.
2. MARQUIS DELAFAYETTE2 CHAPLAIN (Joseph1) b. in Loudon 30 June, 1811; m. Martha Willey, b. in Gilford, 1 Sept., 1807. He settled in C., where he d. 23 Feb., 1874. He was a half brother of the Robinson who founded the school for girls at Exeter. She d. 23 April, 1872. Chil- dren b. in C .:
3. i. FRANCIS L., b. 28 Sept., 1832.
ii. LAVINA JANE, b. 25 April, 1834; m. David Kimball Nudd. (See
Nudd Gen.)
4. iii. ALPHEUS WASHINGTON, b. 5 Aug., 1836, resided at Wilmot.
iv. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, b. 14 April, 1846; d. 20 July, 1848.
5. v. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, b. 25 April, 1850.
3. FRANCIS L3. CHAPLAIN (Marquis DeLafayette2, Joseph1) b. 28 Sept., 1832; m. 4 July, 1852, Mary E. Rogers of Northfield, b. 12 Feb., 1835. Children:
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i. FRANK A4., b. 9 Feb., 1855; m. 7 Jan., 1874, Jane Kelley, of Lawrence, Mass. Children: 1. Mary E5., b. 19 Oct., 1879. 2. Nellie B., b. 31 Jan., 1881. 3. Martha J., b. March, 1886.
ii. WARREN H., b. 18 Oct., 1859; m. 14 March, 1879, Elma Maxfield of Loudon. Child: Claribel Es., b. 22 Feb., 1899.
iii. CHARLES H., b. 21 June, 1864; m. 28 Nov., 1886, Ida M. Cross of Loudon. No children.
4. ALPHEUS WASHINGTON3 CHAPLAIN (Marquis DeLafayette2, Joseph1) b. 5 Aug., 1836; d. at Wilmot, 3 April, 1910. M. first, Sally Runnels, b. in Sanbornton, 1835. She d. 12 Oct., 1886. M. second, Mrs Eliza Durgin Buzzell of Wilmot. Children b. in C .:
6. i. GEORGE FRANKLIN4, b. 19 April, 1855.
ii. MARTHA ANN, b. 28 June, 1857; m. first, in Franklin, Timothy Sinotte of Coaticook, Canada, 5 May, 1874. He d. in Concord. M. second, 23 June, 1897, Henry J. Murphy of Lowell, Mass.
7. iii. HORACE SANBORN, b. 9 May, 1861.
8. iv. THOMAS ALPHEUS, b. 1 Sept., 1867.
5. WILLIAM H. H3. CHAPLAIN (Marquis DeLafayette2, Joseph1) b. 25 April, 1850. M. first, Mary Stevens, 7 Nov., 1870. Divorced from her in Oct., 1886. M. second, 25 Dec., 1887, Bertha M. Wade. Children: Charles L4., b. Oct., 1889; d. Nov., 1895. Urban W., b. 18 Aug., 1894.
6. GEORGE FRANKLIN4 CHAPLAIN (Alpheus3, Marquis DeLafayette2, Joseph1) b. 19 July, 1855; m. Etta Buzzell of Northwood, b. 22 Aug., 1854. Children:
i. WALTER W5., b. 22 Feb., 1876; m. Carrie McElray of Chelsea, Mass. Child: Etta6. Residence, Chelsea. He d. 29 Feb., 1892.
ii. JOSEPHINE E., b. in C., 7 April, 1877; m. Carlton Masten of North- wood. Child: Myrtle6 Masten.
iii. SARAH MARY, b. in C., 11 Dec., 1878; m. William Caswell of North- wood. Children: Elmer6 and Percy Caswell.
iv. ETHEL, m. Henry Putnam of Lynn, Mass.
V. LEANER, m. Charles Foster of Lynn, Mass.
vi. CARLTON.
7. HORACE SANBORN4 CHAPLAIN (Alpheus3) b. 9 May, 1861; m. Harriet San- born Allen, of Newport, 17 Sept., 1881. Children:
i. AMELIA ISABELLE5, b. 9 April, 1883; m. George H. Parris of Concord, Vt. Child: Arlene Capitola Parris.
ii. CLIFTON ELMER, b. 9 March, 1895; m. May Ella Bean of Franklin, Aug., 1905. Divorced 1909.
iii. MABEL LYDIA, b. 1 Jan., 1887; drowned 15 Feb., 1891.
iv. BERNICE, b. 29 Oct., 1888; m. first, Edward Ford, 1 April, 1905, at Concord; divorced in 1906; m. second, Edward Brown of Prov- ince of Quebec, Canada, 23 May, 1909. No children.
v. LOUISE CARMEN, b. 11 Oct., 1890; m. Frank P. O'Brien of Hoosic Falls, N. Y. Child: Dorothy O6. O'Brien.
vi. MARGUERITE ARLENE, b. 30 May, 1892; d. 7 Sept., 1892.
vii. ALLEN MONROE, b. 26 Dec., 1894.
8. THOMAS ALPHEUS4 CHAPLAIN (Alpheus3) b. 1 Sept., 1867; m. Anna Smith of Newport. Children:
i. ESTELLE5, m. and lives in Greenfield, Mass. One child.
il. JESSIE C., m. Charles Wilder of Brattleboro, Vt.
iii. ANNA C., resides Lynn, Mass,
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CHASE.
Compiled by Levi Badger Chase .*
LINEAGE OF THE EDWARD CHASE FAMILY.
EDWARD CHASE became an inhabitant of C. in 1782. He was b. in Stratham Nov. 24, 1754; and had brothers and sisters: i. Anna, b. June 10, 1750; d. Dec. 29, 1786; m. Benjamin Hoit of Epping. ii. Jonathan, b. Jan. 8, 1752; d. 1828; m. Mary Harris of Exeter; moved from Stratham to Sanbornton in 1778. iii. Edward as above. iv. Sarah, b. March 17, 1757; d. July 18, 1817; m. Thomas Cawley of Sanbornton. v. Thomas, b. March 23, 1759; d. Feb. 9, 1762. vi. Levi, b. July 5, 1762; d. Nov. 13, 1840; m. Dec., 1803, Susan Clough of Salem, Mass. vii. Lydia, b. Oct. 23, 1765; d. Aug. 11, 1803; m. Jan. 15, 1789, Ebenezer Parker of C. viii. Mersy, b. March 28, 1767; d. April 2, 1849; m. Dec. 9, 1784, Noah Smith of Sanbornton. ix. Mary (Polly), b. Aug. 21, 1769; m. - - Gibson of C. x. Betsey, b. July 9, 1772; d. Oct. 10, 1786. xi. Hannah, b. Aug. 10, 1774; d. Sept. 26, 1852; m. about 1797, Jesse Ingalls of C .; removed to Sanbornton 1818. These were sons and daughters of
JONATHAN CHASE b. May 1, 1730; d. Sept. 18, 1808; m. about 1749, Anna Taylor of Stratham, perhaps dau. of Edward who was selectman there in 1746. A soldier in "King George's War" in 1748; was later in life, active in forward- ing the settlement of new towns, and in land speculation. He gave each of his boys and girls land enough for a farm. Removed from Stratham to Loudon about 1780 and there d., leaving his estate, situated upon the northerly part of Clough's Hill, to his son Levi, who was succeeded by his only son Jonathan who d. Sept. 25, 1855. Children: Elizabeth, b. Nov. 9, 1837; d. Oct. 17, 1855, and Rev. Levi Gilbert Chase (retired) now residing in Concord, who many years ago sold the farm. Jonathan as above had sisters: Sarah, m. - -- Thurston ; Joanna, m. Thomas Perkins; and brothers Thomas and Moses, who remained in Stratham. These were five children of
JONATHAN CHASE, b. at Newbury, Mass., Sept., 1707; d. 1744; m. Lydia Rollins. He lived in Stratham and had brothers and sisters: i. Anna, b. April 2, 1706; m. Nathan Taylor of Stratham. ii. William, b. Jan. 4, 1709. iii. Joanna, b. May 24, 1712; m. - - Norris. iv. Mary, b. Dec. 5, 1715; m. - Robinson. v. James, b. Aug. 6, 1718. vi. Thomas, b. June 26, 1720; children of
JONATHAN CHASE, b. at Newbury, Mass., Jan. 13, 1683; d. 1749; m. Joanna Palmer of Bradford, Mass .; settled first in Newbury where they were admitted to the second church and were dismissed to the church in Exeter, in 1716. They removed to a place purchased of Benjamin Hoag in Stratham which has in later years been known as "the Judge Scammon place." He was one of the original proprietors of Sanbornton and after his death in 1749, the lots belonging to his share in the division were conveyed to his heirs. Had brothers and sisters: i. Thomas, b. Sept. 15, 1680; m. Sarah -. ii. Jonathan as
* Received too late to conform to method adopted in preparing other genealogies.
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above. iii. James, b. Sept. 15, 1785; m. first, Lydia -; second, 1707, Martha Rolfe. iv. Aquila, b. July 15, 1688; m. 1712, Mary Smith. v. Ruth, b. Feb. 28, 1691; m. 1716, Nathaniel Miller of Rehoboth, Mass. vi. Mary, b. Jan. 15, 1695; m. - Horton. vii. Josiah, b. 1697; d. young. viii. Rebecca, b. April 26, 1700; m. 1721, Stephen Moulton. ix. Nathan, b. 1704; m. first, 1723, Judith Sawyer; second, 1740, Joanna Cheney; third, 1763, Ruth Davis. x. Judith, m. - Horton. xi. Elizabeth, b. 1715; m. 1732, Benjamin Rogers; children of
THOMAS CHASE, b. July 25, 1654; m. first, Nov. 22, 1677, Rebecca Follans- bee; second, Aug. 2, 1713, Elizabeth Mowers. He was a soldier in "King Phillip's War," serving in Capt. Samuel Appleton's company, and was in the terrible fight at Narragansett, and participated in the defense of the Mass. settlements on Connecticut river. He was a carpenter and lived in Newbury- port on the road from Artichoke river to Amesbury ferry. The house situated back 40 or 50 rods, the top of the chimney only being visible from the road. He had brothers and sisters: i. Sarah, m. 1666, Charles Annis. ii. Anne, b. July 6, 1647; m. 1671, Thomas Barber. iii. Priscilla, b. Mar. 14, 1649; m. 1671, Abel Merrill. iv. Mary, b. Feb. 3, 1651; m. 1670, John Stevens. v. Aquila, b. Sept. 26, 1652; m. Esther Bond. vi. Thomas as above. vii. John, b. Nov. 2, 1655; m. first, 1677, Elizabeth Bingley; second, Lydia viii. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 13, 1657; m. 1678, Zachariah Ayer. ix. Ruth, b. March 18, 1660; d. May 30, 1676. x. Daniel, b. Dec. 9, 1661; m. 1683, Martha Kimball. xi. Moses, b. Dec. 24, 1663; m. first, 1684, Ann Follansbee; second, 1713, Sarah Jacobs. Children of
AQUILA CHASE, the immigrant, b. 1618, at Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England; came to New England with his brother Thomas and was at Hamp- ton in 1640, where he married Ann, dau. of John Wheeler of Hampton, who came from Salisbury, Eng., and in 1646 removed thence to Newburyport, and was master of a vessel sailing from there. Thomas and Aquila above, and perhaps others, were children of
AQUILA CHASE of Chesham, Eng., bapt. there Aug. 14, 1580; m. June 22, 1606, Martha Jelliman; he had brothers and sisters: i. Robert, bapt. Sept. 2, 1565. ii. Henry, bapt. Aug. 10, 1567. iii. Lydia, bapt. Oct. 4, 1573. iv. Ezekiel, bapt. April 23, 1576. v. Dorcas, bapt. March 2, 1578. vi. Aquila as above. vii. Jason, bapt. Jan. 13, 1583. viii. Thomas, bapt. July 18, 1585. ix. Abigail, bapt. Jan. 12, 1588. x. Mordecai, bapt. July 14, 1591. Sons and daughters of
RICHARD CHASE of Chesham, bapt. there Aug. 3, 1542; m. April 16, 1564, Joan Bishop; had brothers and sisters: i. John who succeeded his father at the family seat of Hundrick, bapt. Nov. 30, 1540. ii. Richard as above. iii. Agnes, bapt. Jan. 9, 1551. iv. William, "b. in the reign of Queen Mary." v. Christian, "b. in the reign of Queen Mary." Children of
THOMAS CHASE of Hundrick in the parish of Chesham, bapt. April 22, 1504, m .; "son of
THOMAS CHASE of Eng., of whom it is recorded in Lysson's Magna Brittanica 'the unfortunate Thomas Chase was barbarously murdered 1506, in a small room, in which one could neither sit nor stand without great inconvenience,
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this room was adjoining the chapel connected with the palace of the Bishop of Longlance at Woburn, who was confessor to Henry VIII.' " *
George B. Chase of Boston, in a letter dated Dec. 27, 1879, wrote in part as follows:
"The family from which we descend originally dwelt in Suffolk, and a branch, during the reign of Henry VII went thence to Buckinghamshire where it divided, an offshoot living at Amersham, another at Great Marlow, and a third at Chesham. The head of the family at Chesham kept his family papers, and was considered a gentleman according to the social distinctions of the times."
In the Herald's Visitation of Buckinghamshire in 1634, the coat of arms here represented is found, with the note, "This coate is testified by a letter from Mr. Robert Calvert, dated at Whitehall, July 18, 1634" together with a pedigree entered by Mathew Chase. (This Mathew was a son of John who was bapt. Nov. 30, 1540, eldest son of Thomas, bapt. April 22, 1504, the head of the preceding pedigree.)
Explanation of Arms-Arms, Gules (red), 4 crosses pat. Argent (silver) 2 and 2, on a canton Azure (blue) a lion passant Or (gold). Crest, a lion rampant, Or (gold) holding between his feet a cross patonce- Gules.
Chase Coat of Arms.
1. EDWARDI CHASE of Stratham was in the mil- itary service in the war of the Revolution. En- + + listed May 30, 1775, as a private in Capt. Samuel Gilman's company in Col. Enoch Poor's regi- iment. His second enlistment Sept. 23, 1776 was in Capt. Jonathan Robinson's company, "74 men enlisted by Colo. William Whipple to reinforce the Army at New York." On the "28th Day of March Anno 1780," Jonathan Chase of Stratham NE CEDE MALIS. Yield not to evils. gave to "my well beloved son Edward Chase of Sanbornton as a part of his portion out of my estate," a deed of "all that one hundred acre lot of Land in said San- bornton which I bought of George Jaffery Esq., the Original Proprietor, the same being the Lot numbered fifty Seven in the first Division of Land in Said Town." M. in Hampton Sept. 3, 1780, Edward Chase of Sanbornton and Mary Moore b. Dec. 14, 1760, dau. of Thomas Moore, Jr., of Stratham. She had sisters, Martha, b. 1759, and Hannah (called Nancy), b. 1763. The senior Thomas Moore or perhaps his father, removed to Stratham from Portsmouth when, tradition says, "the women shed tears because they were going nine miles into the woods."
In 1782, Edward Chase and his wife were living in the "Old Dow House" in the west part of C., where Levi, the eldest son, was b. This Dow house is thought to be the old-looking house on the road from the center of the town to the depot, owned by Mrs. Hiram Miles. He built in, Hackleborough district
* From American Ancestry, Vol. VIII, page 126, Albany, 1893.
1. Residence of Levi Chase, looking northwest; 1850
2. Deacon John Mathes and Levi Chase; 1843 1
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a small house out on the old path towards the east part of the town; owning the west part of lot No. 60, Winthrop Young having built at the east end of the same lot. About 1790 he sold that place to Enoch Emery and bought of Ebenezer Cogswell the west end of Lot No. 113 including a small house and barn erected on the same old path a little over a mile further eastward. The Cogswell buildings were about 35 or 40 rods southerly of the present buildings on that farm. The next year, 1791, the selectmen laid out the public highway, and the Cogswell house was afterwards moved up near the road and there be- came the ell part of the old Chase house. Winthrop Young, Elijah Mathes and Nathaniel Colcord, the last named being at the location of Hill's Corner, had previously settled along the old path.
EDWARD CHASE d. June 19, 1814, and was buried in the northeast corner of the cemetery where, at that time, was the "old north meetinghouse." His widow d. in 1826 and was buried in the corner of the orchard on the home farm and that spot then became the family grave yard. Children: 2. i. Levi, b. April 8, 1782. ii. Aaron, b. Sept. 10, 1801; d. in 1830, unm., and was buried by the side of his mother.
2. LEVI2 CHASE (Edwardı) m. July 3, 1808, to Sarah Page, b. Aug. 30, 1789, dau. of Reuben and Sarah (Sanborn) Page. (See Page Gen.) She d. May 11 1846. He d. April 12, 1854. They were buried in the family lot at home. As a boy, or later in life, he witnessed the beginning or early development of every homestead and business enterprize in the east part of C. Children: 3. i. Charles, b. March 30, 1809. 4. ii. William Plummer, b. May 31, 1812. iii. Mary Martha, b. May 21, 1814; d. Dec. 10, 1853; unm. iv. - v. Per- melia Whitcher, b. Sept. 27, 1818; d. May 25, 1874; m. June 25, 1847, S. F. Sargent; no children. 5. vi. Uriah, b. Sept. 28, 1820. 6. vii. Joanna San- born, b. Mar. 30, 1823. 7. viii. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Feb. 22, 1825. ix. Levi. x. Child. 8. xi. Levi Badger, b. Oct. 24, 1833.
3. CHARLES3 CHASE (Levi2, Edward1) m. first, Dec. 1832, Almira, dau. of Elkins and Mary Moore of Loudon Ridge (see Moore Gen.); she d. about 1850, and he m. second, Feb. 28, 1852, Sarah Boynton. He was a stonecutter by trade. The children of his first wife were b. at Loudon Ridge, thence removed to north part of Groton where he was much in town office. He removed to a farm in Meredith and there d. Nov. 6, 1864. Children: i. Laura Anna4, b. May 17, 1833; d. Jan. 12, 1909; m. Dec. 7, 1868, Jesse Merrill of Laconia. 9. ii. Charles Warren, b. Dec. 8, 1835. iii. Harriet Maria (twin), b. Oct. 11, 1838; m. 1858, William R. Robie of New Hampton; and there d. Aug. 15, 1872. Children: 1. Samuel H.5 Robie, b. Aug. 9, 1862; 2. Charles W. Robie, b. July 28, 1866. iv. Helen Marr (twin), b. Oct. 11, 1838. Chil- dren by second marriage: v. Frederick Appleton, b. Dec. 27, 1856; d. about 1881. vi. Aaron, b. July 27, 1858; m. Rose Huzzy (or Hersey?). Living on the homestead of his father in Meredith near Winona.
4. REV. WILLIAM P.3 CHASE (Levi2, Edward1), b. May 31, 1812. Ordained in the Free Will Baptist denomination and preached about ten years. Became a farmer and resided at East C., about fifteen years, then at New Hampton, and finally settled in South Vineland, N. J., and there d. in 1874. He m. May 12, 1835, Sarah Ann Morehouse of Fort Ann, N. Y. Children: i. Levi4, b. in Warrensburg, N. Y., Dec. 30, 1836; d. Feb. 14, 1839. ii. Helen Frances, b.
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April 15, 1848; resides in Vineland, widow of -Buckminster. She has two sons.
5. REV. URIAH3 CHASE (Levi?, Edward1), b. Sept. 28, 1820, was ordained at East Parsonsfield, Maine, in the Free Will Baptist denomination. He was scholarly in taste and a deep thinker; and all his days a student of science and theology. He m. first, Oct. 25, 1855, Harriet Ann, dau. of John and Susanna (Dinsmore) Kimball of Northfield. She d. Nov. 18, 1862; m. second, Feb. 17, 1863, Lizzie Guilford of Saco, Me. He d. in Waterborough, Me., Aug. 1, 1888. His widow also died there a few years later. Children: i. John Kimball4, b. July 9, 1857; has been a photographer at Oxford, Me. Has a family. ii. Mary Nettie, b. Dec. 28, 1863; a graduate of Bates College, Pres.º N. H. Woman Suffrage Association. iii. Charles Levi, b. in Strafford, July 15, 1865; m. Dec. 22, 1887, Margaret Elizabeth, dau. of John and Mary (Wil- son) Otterson of Belmont, Nova Scotia, b. Jan. 15, 1862; resides in Gilmanton. Children: 1. Roy Eugenes, b. March 23, 1889; m. Sept., 1907, Lera Culbert- son; one child, Elizabeth6, b. May 11, 1910. 2. Ralph W., b. Aug. 13, 1896.
6. JOANNA SANBORN3 CHASE (Levi2, Edward1), b. March 30, 1823; m. Oct. 22, 1850, Rufus Boynton of Meredith (see Boynton Gen.); lived on the home- stead of her father, and there died Aug. 23, 1867.
7. SARAH-ELIZABETH3 CHASE (Levi?, Edward1), b. Feb. 22, 1825; d. Nov. 1888; m. Jan. 4, 1857, Stephen Hadley of Belmont; son, Eugene Page4 Hadley, b. Jan. 3, 1863; m. Dec. 4, 1883, Josephine James of Belmont.
8. LEVI BADGER3 CHASE (Leviz, Edward1), b. Oct. 24, 1833; resides in Stur- bridge, Mass. Member of the G. A. R., commander of Post 173, Dept. of Mass., 1901-1902, and has been adjutant twenty years. Thirty years member of Public Library committee and ten years member of the School Board of Sturbridge, the last two years, chairman. Is a member of "Worcester Society of Antiquity" and "New England Historic Genealogical Society," also hon- orary member of several local societies. Compiled and in 1883, published a "Genealogy and Historical Notices of the Family of Plympton or Plimpton in America and of Plumpton in England"; author of the Histories of Stur- bridge and Southbridge, published in J. W. Lewis' Worcester Co. History; "Early Indian Trails Through Tantiusque in Nipnet," read before the "Wor- cester Society of Antiquity" April 2, 1895, and reprinted from the "Proceed- ings" of that Society in the "Quinabaug Hist. Soc. Leaflets," from historical data hitherto undiscovered; established the knowledge of the precise route of the first parties that passed overland from Boston to the Connecticut river, 1635-48, illustrated and explained in "Interpretation of Woodward's and Saf- frey's Map of 1642, or the Earliest Bay Path, " read before the "New England Hist. Gen. Soc.," and published in "Register" for April, 1901; copied in con- secutive form and orthography preserved, and of the "Vital Records of Stur- bridge, Mass.," verified and deposited in Massachusetts State Archives.
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