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At this time, and for many years following the Chase family were more num- erous than any other in town, and their influence of course, correspondingly large. Most of them were possessed of minds "not born to serve, but rule." Their motto, "Ne Cede Malis" (yield not to difficulty), was fully exemplified in their history as pioneers of Cornish, and that in a marked degree. But like other families, many of their records have been irrecoverably lost. Had the early settlers preserved them, it would have enabled the genealogist to have done ampler justice to the memory of those of whom we have just reason to be proud.
*Doubts have arisen that Calebs ever lived in town, yet some of his children became residents, as the records show. (See Caleb branch.)
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Born September 28, 1707, and died August 12, 1800, at Cornish, N. H.
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1. SAMUEL4 CHASE (Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) commonly called "Judge Chase" was the eldest son of Daniels, and b. in Newbury, Mass., Sept. 28, 1707. He m. in May, 1728, Mary Dudley, dau. of Samuel Dudley, Esq. She was b. Feb. 22, 1711, and d. in Cornish Feb. 12, 1789.
The "memory of the just is blessed." (Inscription on her tombstone.)
They, with most of their children, some of them having families of their own, left Sutton, Mass., and lived a few years in Walpole, and then settled in Cornish among the first. He was the first justice of the peace in town, and as such, called the first town meeting. He was the first moderator, also the first selectman in town for many years. He retained his physical and mental vigor to a remarkable degree, for, although about seventy years of age, he went with the regt. of his son, Col. Jonathan Chase, to Saratoga and Bennington in the autumn of 1777. He afterwards figured conspicuously in the "New Hamp- shire Grants Controversy" as the records abundantly show. His name appears in connection with nearly all public gatherings and documentary transactions in town for several years. He was one of the judges for the Co. of Cheshire, which at that time included all the present terri- tory of Sullivan Co.
After the death of his wife, Mary, in 1789, it is said he again m. In his will, executed Aug. 2, 1794, he made a bequest, "To Ester: my dear and loving wife, This I do in consideration of my love and affection for her, and her kind treatment of me in my advanced age." He d' in Cornish Aug. 12, 1800, aged nearly 93.
"Sweet peace and Heavenly hope and humble joy Divinely beam on his exalted soul,
Destruction gild and crown him for the skies
With incomparable luster bright." (Epitaph on his tombstone.)
Children of Samuel4 Chase, all b. before coming to Cornish:
2. i. SAMUEL, JR., b. Nov. 28, 1728.
3. ii. DUDLEY, b. Aug. 29, 1730.
4. jii. JONATHAN, b. Dec. 6, 1732.
iv. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 23, 1735.
v. MARCH, b. June 21, 1738; m. first, Oct. 10, 1759, Beulah Coye. She d. May 7, 1795; m. second, Mary Dodge, dau. of Richard Dodge. No children, by either m. He d. Sept. 26, 1822.
vi. MARY, 1ST, twin, b. July 2, 1740;d. young.
vii. SARAH, twin, b. July 2, 1740; m. March 9, 1758, Ebenezer Rawson. Fourteen children. He d. June 12, 1813. She d. Nov. 4, 1814. They lived in Sutton, Mass.
5. viii. SOLOMON, b. Sept. S, 1742.
ix. MARY, 2D, b. Feb. 25, 1744; m. in 1764 Peter Bellows of Walpole. Ten children. She d. in Charlestown April 18, 1830.
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x. ANNA, b. in 1749; m. in Sutton, Mass., in 1761, Daniel Putnam, also of Sutton. Six children. (See Putnam.) She d. in Cornish Oct. 28, 1820.
xi. ABIGAIL, b. July 15, 1753.
2. SAMUEL5 CHASE (Samuels, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) was b. Nov. 28, 1728, in Sutton, Mass .; m. May 29, 1751, Silence Stow of Grafton, Mass., b. in 1727, and d. in Cornish Nov. 19, 1794, aged 67. He d. July 10, 1790. Both buried in Cornish. Records of the children a little uncertain.
i. RUTH, b. - , 1753; m. Nov. 9, 1773, Nicholas Cady of Cornish. Three children. (See Cady.) She d. July 6, 1788, aged 35.
6. ii. SAMUEL, b. - , 1754.
7. iii. PETER, b. - , 1756.
iv. ELIZABETH, b -, 1762; m. July 6, 1780, Abel Spaulding. She d. May 25, 1801, aged 39.
v. ISAAC, b. - , 1764; m. in 1788 Mary Hunt and had nine children. They early removed to New London, and spent their lives there. His wife was b. in 1769, and d. in 1855, aged 85. He d. in 1840, aged 76.
vi. SARAH E., b. - , 1766; m. Feb. 6, 1793, Abel Johnson of Cornish, she being his second wife. Five children. (See Johnson.) Shed. March 5, 1819, aged 53.
vii. JOSHUA, b. Aug. 4, 1767; m. - , Mary Chase (parentage unknown). She d. June 2, 1792, aged 26. No record of any children. He d. March 15, 1812.
"Stop kind passenger and see, As I am now, so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me." (Inscription on her tombstone.)
viii. MARTHA, b. -; m. April 23, 1798, Joseph Spaulding.
3. DUDLEY5 CHASE (Samuel4, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) b. Aug. 29, 1730, in Sutton, Mass .; m. Aug. 23, 1753, Alice Corbett of Mendon, Mass., b. in 1732.
If the honor of being the first settler in Cornish belongs to any one individual more than another it would seem that Dea. Dudley Chase can claim it. At the age of 35, in the strength of manhood and possessed of the spirit of enterprise and a desire to provide ample means for his already numerous family, he, with others, was the first to make a clear- ing in the wilds of Cornish. (See Settlement of Cornish for particulars.)
Eight children were b. to this couple before coming to town and seven afterwards. The first white child b. in town was their ninth. In many respects this was a remarkable family. Fourteen of the fifteen children grew to maturity and filled useful and even brilliant positions in life. Five of the sons were educated at Dartmouth College, while the entire number sought and acquired high degrees of scholarly attainments.
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The modern student may well query: How did they? How could these young men be prepared for college under such circumstances? There were then no "Lessons in Latin made easy," no "English Notes," no "Ponies," but the boys just dug their way through with a determination that would astonish many a modern student, because filled with high aspirations and with the gladness of a pure and happy youth, all diffi- culties were overcome.
All this was about seventy years before the first railroad car steamed up the Connecticut valley, crossing the farm once theirs, that brought the modern paraphernalia that is called Advanced Civilization.
The relation of a circumstance here may be of interest to many. In 1780 Deacon Chase began to consider ways and means for providing his family with homes for themselves. Being "well-to-do," he proposed to invest in more land. He therefore started out to explore the west branch of White River in Vermont.
He made the journey on foot and alone. Late at night, weary and hungry he made his camp in the unbroken forest, at a point near the present site of Christ's Church in Bethel, Vt. He found a convenient stone for a pillow and there spent the night. He.fell asleep, and, like Jacob of old, dreamed a similar dream. He interpreted this as a token that he had found the land that he was seeking. Upon awakening and resuming his search, he saw that the meadow lands up the branch were fair and fertile. He therefore concluded to make an extensive purchase of land, and named it Bethel and the western part Gilead, and Bethel- Gilead it has been unto this day.
Several of his family and their children subsequently settled in Bethel, being the first settlers of that town.
Deacon Chase and wife, however, never removed their home from Cornish, but each lived to an advanced age. After her death- which occurred Sept. 13, 1813, he at times conceived himself away from home and would piteously beseech his family to take him home. Still, at times, he would visit his wife's grave with unclouded reason, and he caused this couplet to be inscribed on her tombstone:
"An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave,
Legions of angels can't confine me there."
He survived her but a few months, dying April 13, 1814. On his tombstone is written:
"This is the way to immortality."
Children of Dea. Dudley and Alice (Corbett) Chase:
i. JOHN, b. April 30, 1754; d. in July of same year, aged 11 weeks.
ii. MERCY, b. April 6, 1755; m. Sept. 7, 1778, Stephen Child of Cornish. Eleven children. (See Child.) She d. Dec. 27, 1835.
iii. Lois, b. Aug. 16, 1756; m. Dec. 9, 1779, Benjamin Smith of Bethel, Vt., b. Dec. 6, 1753, and d. Sept. 12, 1822. Lived in Bethel, where she d. Jan. 4, 1832. Twelve children.
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iv. SIMEON, b. June 14, 1758; m. March 9, 1789, Mary M. March, b. in 1755, and d. July 20, 1847, aged 92. Two children: Simeon, Jr., b. in 1796, and Nancy, b. Nov. 25, 1789. Lived in Bethel, Vt., where he d. Sept. 6, 1847, aged 89. A farmer.
v. ABIGAIL, b. Nov. 9, 1759; m. Jan. 4, 1779, John Morse, then of Cornish. Eight children. (See Morse.) She d. July 17, 1792.
vi. SALMON, b. July 14, 1761. (See sketch.)
8. vii. ITHAMAR, b. Sept. 27, 1762.
viii. BARUCH, b. March 27, 1764. A graduate of Dartmouth College; m. Ellen Wiggin, dau. of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Clement) Wiggin. Two children. Established himself in the successful practice of law at Hopkinton; was solicitor of Hillsborough Co. nine years; pres. of Merrimack Co. Bank; a much beloved and respected official citizen. He d. March 4, 1841.
ix. ALICE, b. Oct. 17, 1765. The first white child b. in Cornish; m. April 5, 1789, Bibi L. Cotton. Three children. She was a woman of superior attainments. It is said that she could repeat the whole of Homer's Iliad and that when her brothers were in college, she kept up with each of them severally in Latin and Greek. Res. in Bethel, Vt., where she d. Nov. 29, 1844. Sev- eral distinguished families are among her descendants.
x. SARAH, b. Sept. 14, 1767; m. Jireh Durkee. One son. She d. in Bur- lington, Vt., July 2, 1825, aged 58.
xi. DANIEL CORBETT, b. Jan. 13, 1769. He never m; a physician, giving promise of great usefulness; d. at Philadelphia Ang. 14, 1798, "of Yellow Fever, which like the Plague in London, in 1665, clothed the city in Sackeloth."
xii. HEBER, b. Sept. 2, 1770. Also a physician of fine acquirements and promise, but he d. Sept. 4, 1798, in Demerara, S. A. Never m. xiii. DUDLEY, b. Dec. 30, 1771. (See sketch.)
xiv. RACHEL, b. June 10, 1773; m. June 9, 1802, Dr. Joseph A. Dennison, who was b. in Stonington, Conn., Dec. 22, 1774, and d. Sept. 4, 1855. He was a very successful physician; lived in Royalton, Vt., where they spent their lives. She d. Aug. 23, 1858, aged 84. Nine children. "The descendants of this worthy couple are numerous, all of them worthy of high places in the honorable estimation of friends. Many of them are men and women of high professional standing in various parts of the country." Their youngest son, Hon. Dudley Chase Dennison, ex .- M. C., b. Sept. 13, 1819, was living in his native town in 1904.
XV. PHILANDER, b. Dec. 14, 1775. (See sketch.)
4. JONATHAN5 CHASE (Samuel4, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla!) was was b. Dec. 6, 1732. (For military record see sketch.) He m. first, Nov. 28, 1759, Thankful Sherman of Grafton, Mass., b. in 1739 and d. Nov. 25, 1768, aged 29, leaving five children; m. second, Oct. 22, 1770, Sarah Hall, dan. of Rev. David Hall of Sutton, Mass., b. Dec. 15, 1742, and d. Oct. 13, 1806, aged 63. He d. Jan. 12, 1800. Children by Thankful Sherman :
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GENERAL JONATHAN CHASE
MRS. JONATHAN CHASE
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i. PRUDENCE, b. Aug. 5, 1760; m. March 11, 1778, Nathaniel Hall. Nine children. (See Hall.) She d. April 3, 1808.
ii. ELIZABETH, b. in 1765; m. Jan. 16, 1791, Dr. Nathan Smith then a physician in Cornish. (See Dr. Nathan Smith.) She d. April 24, 1793.
iii. POLLY (Mary), b. -; m. - , Ebenezer Brewer. She d. -.
iv. Son, twin, unnamed, b. in 1768, and d. in Aug. of same year.
V. Son, twin, unnamed, b. in 1768, and d. in Aug. of same year.
Children by Sarah Hall:
9. vi. JONATHAN, b. Nov. 21, 1771.
vii. DAVID HALL, b. Feb. - , 1774; a graduate of Dartmouth Col., class 1793. He d. Aug. 18, 1794. A young man of great promise. viii. SARAH HALL, b. -; m. in 1794, Dr. Nathan Smith, her deceased sister's husband, and by him had ten children. (See Dr. N. Smith.) She d. -.
10. ix. LEBBEUS, b. Jan. 21, 1779.
x. PARMELIA, b. Nov. 8, 1780; m. in 1803, Samuel Paine (her cousin). Nine children. (See Paine.) She d. June 14, 1855, aged 75.
xi. GRATIA, b. - , 1782; m. in 1805, Dr. Erastus Torrey, then of Windsor, Vt. Three children. She d. Aug. 4, 1826.
5. SOLOMONS CHASE (Samuels, Daniels, Moses2, Aquilla1) b. Sept. 1, 1742; m. (by his father) June 15, 1767, Sarah March, b. May 18, 1744, and d. Oct. 6, 1840, aged 96. He was a physician of considerable note and one of the first in town. Settled at first in Walpole as a physician but came to Cornish with his family before the Revolution. Was in the service of the Revolution chiefly as a surgeon in the army. Was under orders to thus serve three of the N. H. Regts. during the fall of 1777. After the war was over he still continued in practice till near the close of his life. He d. Nov. 1, 1828. The first two children were b. in Walpole and the rest in Cornish:
i. SOLOMON HUSE, b. March 7, 1768; m. Jan. 22, 1792, Polly Hall.
ii. SAMUEL MARCH, b. Nov. 13, 1772; m. in Feb., 1803, Ruth Curtis Child, dau. of Stephen and Mercy (Chase) Child, b. Dec. 25, 1780, and. d. March 11, 1856. Ten children. Lived in Langdon. He d. Feb., 1820.
iii. DANIEL PIERCE, b. Oct. 9, 1775.
iv. JACOB, b. Sept. 12, 1777; d. Sept. 8, 1780.
V. MARY, b. June 5, 1782; d. April 24, 1809.
11. vi. BELA, b. March 30, 1784.
vii. SARAII, b. April 25, 1787. Became a nun, "took the veil" and entered the convent at Montreal, Canada, and spent her life there. The date of her death is not known.
viii. JOHN, b. April 20, 1789. Lived in Canada, near Niagara Falls.
6. SAMUEL6 CHASE (Samuels-4, Daniels, Moses2, Aquilla1), usually known as Samuel, 3d, was b. in 1754; m. first, Nov. 12, 1772, Elizabeth Leet, b.
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in 1750, and d. March 24, 1781, in Claremont; m. second, Sept. 20, 1781, Damaris Sabin, b. in 1749, and d. Sept. 9, 1825, aged 76. He d. Oct. 1838, aged 84.
"One of the first settlers in town and a soldier of the Revolution." (Inscription on tombstone.)
Children by Elizabeth Leet:
i. MARY, b. Aug. 16, 1773; m. Feb. 27, 1791, William Leslie. Three children. (See Leslie.) She d. June 28, 1797, aged nearly 24.
ii. SARAH, b. Aug. 15, 1775; m. Nov. 10, 1796, James Balloch. Nine children. (See Balloch.) She d. Nov. 26, 1840, aged 65.
iii. An infant, d. Aug. 8, 1777.
iv. SAMUEL, b. March 13, 1779; moved to Hardwick, Vt., and d. there.
V. ELIZABETH, b. March 4, 1781; d. April 6, 1803, aged 22.
Children by Damaris Sabin :
12. vi. CHARLES, b. May 7, 1783.
13. vii. GEORGE, b. March 29, 1787.
viii. LUCINDA, b. Nov. 16, 1789; m. - , Howard Bugbee.
ix. LEVINA, b. - She also m. - , Howard Bugbee (2d wife). x. LUCIA ANN (?).
7. PETER6 CHASE (Samuels-4, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) was b. in 1756; m. Dec. 13, 1778, Sarah Cady, b. Nov. 29, 1757, and d. May 3, 1826. He d. July 17, 1792, aged 36. After his death, his wid. m. Oct. 8, 1794, Thomas Young. She had six children by Mr. Chase and three by her last husband. (See Young.)
i. SUSANNA, b. Aug. 28, 1781; m. - , Benjamin Rich. She d. Aug. 8, 1811, aged 30.
ii. ELIZABETH, b. March 25, 1782; d. unm. June 4, 1811, aged 29.
iii. SARAH, b. March 2, 1783, in Cornish; m. Oct. 6, 1812, Nahum Sturte- vant. One child, Nahum Chase Sturtevant. (See Sturtevant.) She d. March 16, 1836.
iv. PETER, JR., b. in Cornish, May 6, 1785; m. Nov. 28, 1810, Martha, dau. of E. Stevens, b. in Plainfield Feb. 22, 1785, and d. Jan. 28, 1850. He d. May 9, 1850. They both lived and d. in Boscawen. They had five children: 1. Simon Peter. 2. Sophrona. 3. Sarah Elizabeth. 4. Sylvester S. 5. William Henry. One of these children d. in Cornish Nov. 13, 1829, aged 7.
v. ZIBA, b. in 1788; d. Oct. 14, 1791.
vi. SANFORD, b. April, 1791; d. March 11, 1792.
8. ITHAMAR6 CHASE (Dudleys, Samuel4, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla) was b. Sept. 27, 1762, in Sutton, Mass. (See sketch.) He m. June 26, 1792, Janette Ralston of Keene, dau. of Alexander and Janette Ralston, both of Scot- land. She was b. July 26, 1773, in Charlestown, Mass. He d. in Keene Aug. 8, 1817. Children:
i. A child, date of birth and name unknown.
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ii. HANNAH RALSTON, b. Dec. 23, 1794; m. Sept. 16, 1818, John Whipple, Esq., of Dunbarton.
iii. ALEXANDER RALSTON, b. April 17, 1797.
iv. ABIGAIL CORBETT, b. May 26, 1799.
v. DUDLEY HEBER, b. Sept. 14, 1801.
vi. JANETTE LOGAN, b. Nov. 8, 1804.
vii. ALICE J., b. Oct. 29, 1805.
viii. SALMON PORTLAND, b. Jan. 13, 1808. (See Sketch.)
ix. EDWARD ITHAMAR, b. May 2, 1810.
x. WILLIAM FREDERIC, b. June 8, 1813.
xi. HELEN MARIA, b. Sept. 26, 1815. (Bapt. Nov. 12, 1815.) (One of the above daughters m. Dr. Isaac Rich.
9. JONATHAN6 CHASE (Jonathans, Samuel4, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) was b. Nov. 21, 1771; m. June 8, 1796,* Hannah Ralston of Keene, a sister of Mrs. Ithamar Chase, b. May 23, 1775, and d. Feb. 17, 1845. He res. in the large sightly residence now owned and occupied by Henry A. Weld. This house was built by Jonathan5 Chase and for many years he kept an inn there. He d. June 5, 1843. Children, all b. in Cornish:
i. MARY DUNBAR, b. May 11, 1797; m. Nov. 5, 1832, Rev. George Leonard, then rector of Trinity Church. He d. June 28, 1834, aged 51. She d. March 25, 1864.
ii. ELIZABETH MALVINA, b. Feb. 3, 1799; d. March 10, 1817.
iii. JONATHAN, b. Feb. 9, 1801. A physician in Lockport, N. Y. He d. Dec. 17, 1852.
iv. ALEXANDER RALSTON, b. Sept. 24, 1802. Also a physician in Lock- port, N. Y .; m. Oct. 21, 1834, Emily G. Cook of Cornish. He d. in May, 1887.
V. DAVID HALL, b. May 5, 1805. Never m. but always lived on the homestead. Had a peculiar voice, always on a high key, for which reason he was called "Squeaking David." He d. Aug. 26, 1876, aged 71.
vi. JAMES BALLOCH, b. May 29, 1807. "Educated and became a teacher." He d. in 1865.
vii. GEORGE FRANCIS, b. Nov. 22, 1809; d. Nov. 24.
viii. SAMUEL LOGAN, b. Nov. 4, 1811; d. July 1, 1882.
ix. NATHAN BUCKLEY, b. Aug. 1, 1813. A prominent physician of Hol- yoke, Mass. He d. Aug. 28, 1888, leaving a wid. and four chil- dren. Was a surgeon in the army, also practiced at Newmarket and Lockport, N. Y.
X WILLIAM PRESCOTT, b. April 13, 1815, d. young.
10. LEBBEUS H.6 CHASE (Jonathans, Samuels, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) b. Jan. 21, 1779, in Cornish; m. first, Feb. 19, 1809, Nancy, dau. of Simeon and Mary (March) Chase of Bethel, Vt., b. Nov. 25, 1789, and d. June
*Claremont History, page 315, says Jonathan Chase of Cornish m. July 4, 1790, Mary Osgood of Claremont. She was probably his first wife.
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15, 1814; m. second, Jan. S, 1815, Nizaula March of Millbury, Mass., b. April 7, 1797, and d. July 25, 1840. Mr. Chase was a farmer and always lived in Cornish on the farm inherited from his father. Was commissioned Col. in the 15th Regt. N. H. Militia. Was made a Master Mason in Hiram Lodge at Claremont June 4, 1800, and a Royal Arch Mason in Rutland, Vt. Was a man of courteous bearing and much respected. He d. Feb. 22, 1865, aged S6, in the same house in which he was born. Children, by Naney Chase, all b. in Cornish :
i. SAMUEL ROSCOE, b. Nov. 25, 1809; m. first, March 26, 1828, Lydia, dau. of Zaccheus and Jerusha (Adams) Spaulding. She d. March 20, 1867, in Chicago; m. second, Dee. 14, 1868, Mrs. Aurilla Ellis, wid. of Seneca Ellis of Cornish; she d. Aug. 22, 1905, aged 94-1. No children by either m. He d. Aug. 7, 1889.
ii. SIMEON MARCH, b. Sept. 24, 1811. Never m. He lived on the home- stead till he d. June 28, 1892.
iii. SOLON SMITH, b. July 15, 1813; m. June 17, 1866, Anna Lucinda Putnam. He d. in Bethel, Vt., Feb. 18, 1883. Two children: 1. Mary Nancy, b. Aug. 2, 1871; d. Feb. 8, 1884. 2. Alice Corbett, b. May 24, 1876; d. June 5, 1900.
Children by Nizaula March, all b. in Cornish:
iv. EBENEZER BREWER, b. Nov. 30, 1815. Never m. Studied and prac- tieed medicine several years; was considered quite skillful in his profession, but was rather eccentric in his ways and manners. He d. Jan. 21, 1855, in Cornish.
v. NANCY MALVINA, b. Aug. 10, 1817; d. Sept. 2, 1832, in Cornish.
vi. FRANCIS BARUCH, b. March 26, 1819. Graduated Kimball Union Academy in class 1839; Dartmouth College, class of 1843. A teacher of excellent promise. Went south and taught in Lexing- ton, Ga., one year and d. in N. Y. City Dec. 12, 1844. Never m. vii. HANNAH WHIPPLE PATCH, b. Sept. 15, 1821; d. in Cornish Oet. 17, 1861. Unm.
14. viii. DUDLEY TAPPAN, b. April 2, 1823.
ix. CONFUCIUS SULLIVAN, b. July 6, 1827; m. Feb. 3, 1864, Sophia I. Mitchell, dau. of Daniel E. Mitchell. He d. in Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 17, 1864.
X. HENRY CLAY, b. June 6, 1830; m. Nov. 24, 1870, Mrs. Sophia I. (Mitchell) Chase, wid. of his brother, Confucius Sullivan. She d. Dec. 26, 1891, at Glasgow, Pa. He d. at same place on July 20, 189.1.
11. BELAG CHASE (Solomons, Samuels, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) was b. Mareh 30, 1784; m. Dec. 24, 1812, Alice Child of Cornish, dau. of Stephen and Mercy (Chase) Child, b. April 2, 1787, and d. May 6, 1857, in Oregon, Ill. Quiet and unpretending and of striet integrity, he spent his life on the farm where he was b. which is about one fourth mile south of Trinity Church. He d. Sept. 9, 1841, aged 57. Children, all b. in Cornish.
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15. i. JOHN FRANKLIN, b. - , 1813.
16. ii. ORAN CORBETT, b. July 31, 1816.
iii. SARAH JANE, b. - , 1819; d. July 24, 1838.
17. iv. FRANCIS XAVIER, b. June 23, 1824.
V. MARY URSULA, b. -- , 1830; d. unm. in Windsor, July 26, 1853.
12. CHARLES7 CHASE (Samuel6-5-4, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) was b. May 7, 1783; m. Dec. 19, 1816, Olive Colston of Weathersfield, Vt. He was naturally a very capable man, but it is said he became ruined by habits of intoxication. His wife obtained a divorce in 1836 and guardians were appointed over him the remainder of his life. A farmer and also a black- smith. Was once a Capt. in the State Militia and one of the selectmen. He lived on the river road just north of the Balloch farm. He d. Jan. 15, 1865, aged 82. Children, all b. in Cornish:
i. ELIZABETH, b. June 17, 1819; d. unm. in Hartland, Vt., Jan. 26, 1865.
ii. CHARLES, JR., b. Dec. 14, 1820; m. May 6, 1852, Amelia L. Outten. Two children. He d. Feb. 16, 1892, in Ky.
iii. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 14, 1822; d. Aug. 20, 1862, in Ky.
iv. MINERVA, b. Sept. 5, 1825; m. R. H. Rice. One dau., Ella Ada.
13. GEORGE7 CHASE (Samuel6-5-4, Daniels, Moses?, Aquillai) was b. March 29, 1787; m. March, 1812, Clarissa, dau. of Moses and Susanna (Henderson) Cook, b. Feb. 26, 1787, and d. March 11, 1851. He d. in 1840. Children, the first four b. in Cornish, the rest in Claremont:
i. GEORGE SAM, b. Nov. 22, 1812; d. young.
ii. SUSAN SOPHIA, b. March 20, 1815; m. first, Geo. Whittaker of Troy, N. Y .; m. second, Sidney Brooks. She d. Dec. 8, 1885.
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HARRIET LUCINDA, b. April 16, 1817; m. Oct. 3, 1838. She d. Jan. 27, 1877.
iv. LUCIA ANN, b. Nov. 3, 1819; m. Aug. 6, 1845, Edward Wood. She d. in Chicago, Ill., July 28, 1894.
v. LUCIUS COOK, b. May 31, 1822; m. Abbie Moore, of Hancock. He d. in Boston in Oct., 1881.
vi. HENRY FISKE, b. Oct. 1, 1826; m. Jan. 27, 1859, Caroline S. Hop- kins. He d. Feb. 18, 18SS.
14. DUDLEY TAPPAN? CHASE (Lebbeuss, Jonathans, Samuel4, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) was b. April 2, 1823, on the old General Chase homestead in the first two-story house built in town. Lived there till 1840. Gradu- ated Kimball Union Academy, class of 1844; Dartmouth College, class 1848. Studied law. Admitted to the bar in 1849. Practiced at Wind- sor, Vt., till 1863, when, owing to ill health, he retired from its practice and purchased a farm in Claremont where he resided till his death, Dec. 31, 1898.
Mr. Chase was one of the prime movers in the organization of the Grange in N. H. at the time of its introduction into the state. He was the first master of the State Grange, which office he held six years. Was
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a member of the National Grange for seven years. Wrote many articles on Grange topics. Was also a prominent Mason, as was his father and grandfather. His services in Grange and Lodge work have been greatly and justly appreciated. He m. first, Nov. 12, 1851, Mrs. Adalaide G. Merrifield of Windsor, Vt., b. Sept. 4, 1822, and d. Sept. 8, 1856; m. second, Feb. 4, 1858, Mrs. Sula (Powers) Smith, b. Oet. 5, 1826, dau. of Capt. Obed and Cynthia (Comings) Powers of Cornish. She d. April 3, 1905. Children by first wife, b. in Windsor, Vt .:
i. EDWARD CAMPBELL, b. July 2, 1853; d. Aug. 12, 1854.
ii. FRANCIS DUDLEY, b. Feb. 27, 1856; d. Jan. 10, 1857.
Child by second wife, b. in Windsor, Vt .:
iii. LUCY ADALAIDE, b. Feb. 4, 1859; d. Feb. 8, 1859.
15. JOHN FRANKLIN7 CHASE (Belas, Solomons, Samuels, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) was b. - , 1813; m. - , Mary Cummings, dau. of Amos P. Cummings, b. July 3, 1806, and d. Oct. 15, 1867. He was a general mechanie. He built the house at the junction of brooks, since used as a parsonage for the Methodist Church. He rem. for a short time to Munroe, Ashtabula Co., O., but his health failing he returned east to Windsor, Vt., where he d. March 10, 1849. His wid. afterwards, Aug. 24, 1851, m. Geo. W. Townsend. Children:
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