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i. MARY ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 8, 1834, in Munroe, O., m. Feb. 21, 1854, Dr. W. W. Gould of Ingersol, Canada. Five children. They res. in Rochelle, Ill.
ii. FRANKLIN AUGUSTIN, b. Aug. 18, 1835, in Munroe, O. A first-class machinist and has since been railroading during the principal business portion of his life. Is still (1905) general master mechanic of a portion of the C., B. and Q. R. R., it being the five lines in Missouri; res. at St. Joseph, Mo. Retired in 1909. Res. (1910) in Los Angeles, Cal.
iii. JAMES EDWIN, b. Oct. 8, 1838, in Cornish. A student of Norwich Mil. Academy in 1855-56, but went on a whaling ship from New York and d. in San Francisco, Cal., the winter of 1858-59.
16. ORAN CORBETT7 CHASE (Belas, Solomons, Samuels, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) was b. July 31, 1816; m. first, Nov. 10, 1846, Lucia Curtis Chase of Cornish, dau. of Freeman and Mary (Chase) Chase, b. Aug. 9, 1816. He lived on the homestead six years after m. and then rem. to Eau Claire, Wis., in 1853, where his wife d. April 13, 1858, leaving five chil- dren. She was buried in Durand, Wis. He m. second, May 3, 1860, Harriet J. Hadley, b. June 25, 1831, d. Nov. 23, 1890. He was a farmer and d. March 3, 1877, in Eau Claire. Children, first three b. in Cornish, the rest in Eau Claire:
i. CLARA HENRIETTA, b. Oct. 16, 1847; m. Horace S. Hadley. She d. in Feb., 1903.
ii. JANE ELIZABETHI, b. Dec. 13, 1849; m. Henry F. Hadley. She d. in March, 1893.
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iii. EMILY AUGUSTA, b. June 7, 1851; m. Charles H. Daub. Four chil- dren. Live near Eau Claire, Wis.
ยท iv. EDWARD AUSTIN, b. Nov. 12, 1852; d. March 19, 1886.
V. FRED HARRISON, b. July 29, 1857; d. Feb. 22, 1858.
By second wife:
vi. BENJAMIN FRANCIS, b. Dec. 31, 1861, and d. same day.
vii. FRANCIS HENRY, b. June 5, 1863: d. Nov. 24, 1881.
viii. HARRIET ELIZA, b. June 23, 1865; m. Morrill J. Trott. Six children.
ix. HIRAM WARREN, b. Aug. 25, 1867; m. June 24, 1896, Anna L. Hobbs. Three sons. An insurance agent.
x. DANIEL ALFRED, b. Jan. 6, 1870; m. in 1893, Minnie Hanson. Two sons. Live in Milton, Wash.
17. FRANCIS XAVIER7 CHASE (Belas, Solomons, Samuels, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) was b. June 23, 1824; m. first, in 1850, Laura E. Harlow, b. in Charlestown March 4, 1830, and d. May 25, 1862; m. second, in 1864, Jennie E. Wetherbee of Madison, Wis. He was a civil engineer and was employed on different railroads of the west. He d. Sept. 13, 1866, in St. Paul, Minn. Children by first wife:
i. FRED WILLIS, b. April 26, 1852; m. Sept. 5, 1876, Almira Stratton of Greenfield, Mass., b. July 13, 1854. Two children. He d. in 189-
ii. MARY ALICE, 1ST, b. in 1853, and d. in 1855.
iii. MARY ALICE, 2D, b. July 29, 1856, and d. Nov. 7, 1871.
iv. NETTIE LAURA, b. Aug. 25, 1861. Adopted by Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Glidden of Charlestown, and named changed to Glidden. She d. Nov. 3, 1887, in Cal.
Child by second wife:
V. FRANK LINTON, b. May 23, 1865; m. Nov. 12, 1895, Sarah W. Forbes of O. A civil engineer; res., Columbus, O.
1. CALEB4 CHASE, a brother of Samuels and Moses4 (Daniels, Moses2, Aquilla1) was b. Nov. 29, 1722, in Newbury, Mass. He m. April -, 1745, Sarah, dau. of David and Phebe Prince, b. April 28, 1727, d. Feb. 15, 1803. Mr. Chase d. Oct. 2, 1808. The records of his descendants are more obscure than those of his brothers, Samuel and Moses. Some of its branches have been well preserved, but the greater part appear to be covered in the shades of the past. It has been supposed that he and his family came to town soon after his brothers came, and possibly lived and died here. Yet neither his, nor his wife's, name appears on any tablet in the cemeteries of the town, and the proportion of the marked graves of this branch of Chases being less than that of his brothers, leads one to think that his large family largely scattered away from town. Children :
i. PHEBE, b. April 7, 1747; d. an infant.
ii. MARY, b. Sept. 2, 1748; m. Oct. 17, 1770, John Woodbury.
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iii. NEHEMIAH, b. Feb. 28, 1751; m. Dec. 17, 1778, Vashti Batcheller. He d. Oct. 5, 1808.
iv. DAVID PRINCE, b. Jan. 15, 1753; m. first, Dec. 2, 1777, Sarah Green- wood. She d. -; m. second -, Judith Brown.
2. v. CALEB, JR., b. March 19, 1755.
3. vi. JOSEPH, b. March 13, 1757.
vii. SARAH, b. May 1, 1759; m. Dec. 12, 1781, Peter Dudley.
viii. JOHN, b. March 12, 1761; m. first, Feb. S, 1795, Polly Drury; m. second, Sept. 29, 1799, Elizabeth Parker.
4. ix STEPHEN, b. April 26, 1763.
x. MOSES, b. Nov. 5, 1765; m. Oct. 8, 1789, Betty Brown.
5. xi. DANIEL, b. Jan. 9, 1768.
6. xii. ISRAEL, b. March 21, 1770.
xiii. RACHEL, b. Oct. 18, 1772; m. Nov. 6, 1791, David Dudley. She d. Aug. 24, 1799.
2. CALEB5 CHASE (Caleb4, Daniels, Moses2, Aquilla1) was b. March 19, 1755; m. - , Tabitha Bemis, b. - , 1755, and d. Feb. 25, 1831, aged 76. One record says they came to Cormish from Brookfield, Mass., in 1780, with a small family; the rest of the children were b. in town. Mr. Chase d. Jan. - , 1843. Children :
i. PERSIS, b. April 18, 1775; m. - , Cyrus Freeman of Plainfield. She d. July 22, 1793, aged 19. No issue.
ii. HENRY B., b. Jan. 27, 1777; m. - , Dolly Bean; settled in Warner and was a prominent lawyer there; was first post- master of Warner, representative, senator, elerk of the senate, speaker of the house in 1817, first register of probate for Merrimack Co. He d. Jan. 11, 1854. Four children.
iii. MARY, b. Jan. 19, 1779.
iv. PHEBE, b. March 28, 1781; m. June 18 (or 26, town record), 1804, John Parmelee of Newport. Settled and lived there. Had nine children. She d. Sept. 30, 1838.
v. CALEB SEWALL, b. May 18, 1783.
vi. JUDITH, b. July 25, 1785.
vii. CATHARINE, b. July 27, 1788.
viii. DANIEL, b. Aug. 26, 1790.
ix. SARAH P., b. March 27, 1796.
x. NEHEMIAH, b. Sept. 8, 1798, d. April 5, 1813.
3. JOSEPH5 CHASE (Calebs, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) was b. March 13, 1757; m. Oct. 16, 1784, Polly Jirauld of Cornish, dau. of Dea. Reuben and Joanna (Spaulding) Jirauld, b. - , 1761, and d. July 28, 1845. Mr. Chase d. Feb. 20, 1834, aged 77. Children, supposed b. in Cornish:
i. SOPHIA, b. Aug. 22, 1785; m. March 26, 1809, Daniel Jackson of Cornish. No children. She d. Feb. 12, 1836.
7. ii. JOSEPH, JR., b. Oct. 8, 1787.
iii. POLLY (or Mary), b. Nov. 16, 1789; m. March 21, 1815, Jesse Kimball of Cornish. (See Kimball.) She d. April -, 1878.
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iv. REUBEN, b. Feb. 4, 1792; d. Nov. 16, 1796.
S. v. THEODORE, b. Feb. 16, 1794.
vi. JOANNA, b. May 10, 1796; m. Oct. S, 1817, Seth Johnson of Cornish. Eight children. (See Johnson.) She d. Sept. 10, 1849.
9. vii. JACOB, b. March 20, 1799.
viii. CYRUS, b. Oct. 5, 1801; d. July 31, 1803.
ix. URSULA, b. Nov. 26, 1803; m. Dec. 25, 1826, John Tyler Freeman of Cornish. Three children. (See Freeman.) She d. May 22, 1849.
x. CALEB, b. May 10, 1806; d. March 10, 1808.
4. STEPHEN5 CHASE (Caleb4, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) was b. April 26, 1763; m. - , Betsey Batchelder. They lived in Keene. He d. April 6, 1830. She d. April 12, 1850, aged 83. Children:
i. CALEB, b. Jan. 29, 1789; d. single, aged 26, April 7, 1814.
ii. STEPHEN, JR., b. March 19, 1791. Was killed by a falling tree June 8, 1797.
iii. BETSEY, b. April 20, 1793; m. - , Ruel Blake.
iv. BELA, b. Dec. 2, 1795; m. first, Eliza Abbott; m. second, Edee White. He d. Jan. 31, 1868.
v. STEPHEN, 2D, b. July 18, 1798; m. Louisa Dickinson.
vi. ZIBA, b. July 12, 1800; d. unm. July 7, 1850.
vii. CHARLES, b. July 17, 1803; m. June 7, 1832, Hannah Chase. He d. Aug. 4, 1866.
viii. HOSEA, b. April 23, 1805; m. Hannah Britton.
ix. REBECCA, b. Jan. 23, 180S; m. first, Joel Kendall; m. second, Hastings Alexander.
x. ALBE, b. July 13, 1812; m. Nov. 13, 1838, Miriam Chase of Keene, dau. of Moses and Miriam (Twitchel) Chase of Athol, Mass., b. Sept. 1, 1820, and d. March 7, 1900. Lived several years in Cornish, then rem. to Springfield, Vt., where he d. Nov. 1, 1874, and was buried in Keene. Had five children .*
With us thy name shall live Through succeeding years Embalmed with all our hearts can give, Our praises and our tears.
(Inscription on tombstone.)
5. DANIEL5 CHASE (Caleb4, Daniels, Moses2, Aquilla1) was b. Jan. 9, 1768; m. first, Feb. 28, 1796, Mary Fitch of Cornish, b. Nov. 2, 1775; m. second, Sept. 30, 1804, Mehitable Woodbury of Sutton, Mass .; m. third, Nov. 1, 1807, Nancy Strowbridge of Claremont, b. July 9, 1786. Mr. Chase came from Sutton, Mass., first to Cornish, where he m. his first wife, and soon afterwards he went to Claremont, where he built the Sullivan House in 1794 and was its proprietor till his death. He was a very popular landlord. He d. Dec. 2, 1840. Children by Mary Fitch:
* A son was b. to them in Cornish July 31, 1850.
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i. POLLY (or Mary), b. Jan. 11, 1797; m. Oet. - , 1817, Austin Corbin of Newport. She d. Nov. 7, 1869.
ii. DANIEL P., b. Jan. 22, 1799; m. Oct. - , 1825, Diantha P. Day. He d. July 31, 1856. A son, Daniel Fitch, m. Sept. 1, 1847, Mehitable H. Atwood of Cornish, dau. of Wm. and Rhoda. Two sons: 1. James E. P., b. May 15, 1851, a railroad engineer. 2. Frank Morton, b. Aug. 25, 1858, also in railroad employ. He d. --. Daniel F., d. Nov. 22, 1890.
Children by Mehitable Woodbury:
iii. SARAH P., b. Nov. 11, 1801; d. Nov. 17, 1818.
iv. WILLARD W., b. Nov. 10, 1805; m. Sept. - , 1833, Maria Dunlap. He d. Aug. 9, 1873.
Children by Nancy Strowbridge:
v. HITTY W., b. Feb. 3, 1811; m. Feb. 11, 1834, Amos A. Watson, who d. Aug. 30, 1897. She d. April 8, 1881. They left one son who was killed by the cars, April 27, 1901.
vi. EMILY, b. Aug. 30, 1815; m. Oct. 5, 1840, A. B. Currier. Two daus. She d. at Oak Park, Ill., in 1897. Mr. Currier d. Nov. 21, 1876. vii. SARAH, b. Nov. 4, 1821; m. Dec. 25, 1843, C. F. Norton. Six children. She d. Feb. 13, 1870.
viii. NANCY, b. Nov. 7, 1823; m. Dec. 25, 1840, Luther Farwell. Two daus. She d. Feb. 5, 1907.
ix. JAMES H., b. March 14, 1830; m. Dec. 25, 1854, Augusta S. Lamprey. Four children. He d. Aug. 1, 1893.
6. ISRAELS CHASE (Calebs, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) twelfth child of Caleb and Sarah (Prince) Chase, was b. March 21, 1770; m. first, June 5, 1798, Prudence Hall of Cornish, dau. of Nathaniel and Prudence (Chase) Hall, b. July 2, 1781, d. Aug. 19, 1811, aged 30; m. second, March 12, 1813, Sarah Chapman of Cornish, dau. of Joseph and Patty Chap- man, b. July 14, 1789, d. Sept. 12, 1881, aged 92. He d. Sept. 10, 1824. Children of Prudence Hall, all b. in town:
i. MARY B., b. April 1, 1799; m. Feb. 18, 1827, Israel Hall of Cornish. She d. Dec. 15, 1834, aged 35, leaving one child, a dau., b. in 1827. (See Ilall.)
ii. GEORGE II., b. April 12, 1801.
iii. LEBBEUS H., b. April 6, 1804.
iv. SARAH P., b. Aug. 18, 1806; m. Sept. 10, 1835, Israel Hall the widower of her deceased sister. She d. childless Aug. 4, 1838.
v. HENRY HALL, b. May 10, 1809; in. Sept. 28, 18441, Lncy C. Powers of Cornish, dau. of Obed and Cynthia (Comings) Powers, b. Feb. 10, 1820. Hlad one son, Robert Henry, b. Dec. 11, 1842, who enlisted in the 5th N. H. Vols. (See Military.) Mr. Chase kept the hotel near Windsor bridge several years till he d. May 13, 1852. Ilis wid. afterwards m. Jotham G. Allds of Claremont.
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Children of Sarah Chapman, all b. in Cornish :
vi. JOSEPH C., b. Dec. 10, 1813; d. Feb. 13, 1814.
vii. PRUDENCE JANE, b. June 28, 1815; d. Dec. 18, 1860.
viii. MARTHA J., b. May 9, 1817; d. Jan. 28, 1853.
7. JOSEPH6 CHASE (Josephs, Calebs, Daniela, Moses2, Aquilla!) was b. Oct. 8, 1787; m. March 7, 1814, Elizabeth, dau. of Job and Elizabeth (Chase) Stevens of Plainfield, b. Sept. 7, 1792, and d. March 16, 1884. He d. Oct. 31, 1838. Children, all b. in Cornish :
i. JOSEPH PHILANDER, b. Sept. 23, 1820; d. Dec. 12, 1838.
ii. MARY ELIZABETH, b. March 1, 1823; m. - , Preston T. Blood. Had five children. (See Blood.) She d. July 8, 1884.
10. iii. HENRY STEVENS, b. Oct. 8, 1826.
iv. WILLIAM CURTIS, b. Jan. 11, 1829; d. Sept. 8, 1853.
v. THEODORE J., b. -- , 1831; d. Aug. 3, 1834.
8. THEODORE6 CHASE (Josephs, Calebs, Daniels, Moses2, Aquilla1) was b. Feb. 16, 1794; m. April 7, 1819, Judith, dau. of Israel and Mehitable Bryant of Cornish, b. Nov. 17, 1793, and d. Nov. 30, 1847. He d. June 8, 1876. A farmer and lived in the south part of the town. Children:
i. MARTHA, b. April 13, 1820; m. - , Horace Plympton Weld of Cornish. Had four children. (See Weld.) She d. -.
ii. MARIA, b. Nov. 18, 1821; m. April 9, 1843, Maj. George Weld, a brother of her sister's husband. Had ten children. (See Weld.) She d. Sept. 9, 1894.
9. JACOB6 CHASE (Josephs, Calebs, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) was b. March 20, 1799; m. Oct. 27, 1825, Sarah Tinkham of -, b. Sept. 25, 1793, and d. Aug. 1, 1872. He d. March 10, 1882. He was a farmer and lived in the western part of the town. Children, all b. in town:
i. FREDERIC J., b. Sept. 30, 1826; d. in 1903.
11. ji. LEWIS T., b. Nov. 15, 1827.
jii. LAURA S., b. June 10, 1829; m. April 24, 1877, Rev. John A. Parker. Lived in Keene (?). She d. July 17, 1903. Had no children. iv. MARY J., b. Jan. 30, 1832; m. Aug. 29, 1861, William G. Wyman, formerly of Cornish. He d. April 25, 1884. They res. in Grafton, Vt. After his death she rem. to Windsor, Vt. She d. Aug. 13, 1905. No children.
V. SARAH A., b. Feb. 26, 1834; d. Sept. 7, 1857, aged 23.
10. HENRY STEVENS7 CHASE (Joseph6-5, Caleb4, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) was b. Oct. 8, 1826; m. Sept. 28, 1854, Hattie C. Batchelder, dau. of Sewall and Nancy (Alden) Batchelder, b. in Boston Dec. 23, 1833. Mr. Chase d. Aug. 17, 1874. After his death, his wid. m. Jacob Beal, Jan. 22, 1879, without issue. She d. Dec. 25, 1881. Children :
12. i. JOSEPH S., b. Aug. 7, 1857, in Cornish.
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ii. DORA B., b. June 9, 1859, in Claremont; m. Dec. 16, 1880, Charles H. Deming of Cornish. One child. (See Deming.)
iii. WILLIAM H., b. April 14, 1861, in Cornish; d. Feb. 27, 1870.
iv. AMos S., b. May 18, 1864, in Cornish. Res. in Windsor, Vt. Occupa- tion, shoe cutter; m. Sept. 20, 1895, Hattie L. Caldwell.
11. LOUIS T.7 CHASE (Jacobs, Josephs, Caleb4, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) was b. Nov. 15, 1827. He was a farmer and always lived on the homestead. Was one of the selectmen for several years. He m. Dec. 25, 1858, Mary S. Smith, adopted dau. of Lyman and Aurilla Smith, b. Feb. 28, 1836, and d. June 26, 1892. He d. Aug. 16, 1876. Children, all b. in town:
i. DORA A., b. Sept. 7, 1859; m. Dec. 25, 1876, Frank L. Johnson of Cornish. One child. (See Johnson.)
ii. LIZZIE M., b. April 3, 1866; d. unm. Dec. 12, 1887.
iii. NELLIE S., b. Oct. 19, 1871.
12. JOSEPH S.8 CHASE (Henry, Joseph6-5, Caleb4, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) was b. Aug. 7, 1857, in Cornish; m. Jan. 24, 1882, Hattie L. York of Cornish, dau. of John Q. and Esther (Corliss) York, b. June 14, 1859. Lived a while on a farm. Afterwards rem. to the Flat where for several years was engaged in harness making in the shop of W. H. Sisson. After this till the present (1910) is a carpenter and builder. Children, all b. in Cornish:
i. SADIE E., b. Jan. 23, 1884; m. Dec. 13, 1900, Wentworth Stuart, Jr.
ii. LOUIS H., b. July 4, 1886; m. Oct. 21, 1908, Lettie J. Newman of Windsor, Vt.
iii. RUTH E., b. July 3, 1889; m. Nov. 17, 1909, Harry Stone of Cornish. CHARLES AMOS, b. May 27, 1892.
iv.
v. JOSEPHI S., JR., b. Aug. 15, 1894.
vi. MCKINLEY, b. July 19, 1897.
THOMAS5 CHASE (Wells', Moses3-2, Aquilla1) was b. in Amesbury, Mass., May 14, 1735. Went first to Chester, where he m. in 1758, Mary Hall, dau. of Henry Hall, and afterwards settled in Salisbury. After a few years, in 1768, he and family came and settled in Cornish, and a part of their children were b. here. After some years he returned to Salisbury, where he d. in 1807. The first seven children were b. in Salisbury and the rest in Cornish:
i. TIMOTHY, b. Jan. 22, 1758, and d. in Cornish July 5, 177 -.
ii. MOSES, b. March 23, 1759. A Revolutionary soldier; was in Col. (afterwards Gen.) Stark's Regt. in May, 1777; served till 1780; after the war he eame baek to Cornish and m. Hannah Spauld- ing and had four children b. in Cornish: 1. Henry. 2. Hannah. 3. Moses. 4. Judah. After this he rem. to Waitsfield, Vt., where he spent the remainder of his life.
iii. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 10, 1760; m. Aug. 24, 1780, Job Stevens of Plain- field. IJad nine children. She d. March 31, 1850.
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iv. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 18, 1762. A soldier of the Revolution from Mass. Afterwards settled in Waitsfield, Vt .; was m. three times and had children. He d. in 1853, aged 91.
v. JOANNA, b. July 16, 1764.
vi. MARTHA, b. May 17, 1766.
vii. MARY, b. April 10, 1768.
viii. HANNAII, b. Dec. 27, 1769; m. Abel Spaulding, a brother of the wife of Moses. Rem. to Waitsfield, Vt. She d. March 8, 1832, in Delaware, O. She had eight children. First two were b. in Cornish.
ix. EMMA, b. Sept. 29. 1772.
x. THOMAS, b. Sept. 3, 1774. Also rem. to Waitsfield, Vt., where he m. Betsey -- -. He d. Aug. 2, 1828.
xi. WELLS, b. Feb. 2, 1778; m. - , Rachel Worthen.
ABEL and LYDIA CHASE (pedigree unknown) lived both in Croydon and Cor- nish, probably coming from the former place. They had the following children :
i. PAMELIA, b. in Croydon Feb. 7, 1806.
ii. BELINDA, b. in Croydon Mareh 9, 1808.
iii. ABEL EDSON, b. in Cornish June 2, 1810.
iv. HIRAM LEWANDO, b. in Cornish April 4, 1812.
1. MOSES4 CHASE (Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla) the tenth and youngest child of Daniels and Sarah (March) Chase, was b. March 16, 1727, in Newbury, Mass. When about five years of age, he, with his parents rem. to Sutton, Mass. He came to Cornish at, or soon after, the first settlement of the town in 1765. He was then nearly forty years of age. He had m. April 15, 1752, Hannah Brown of Sutton, dau. of Jonas Brown, b. Nov. 15, 1735, and d. Jan. 16, 1812, aged 76. He d. Oct. 18, 1799.
"Who departed this life in comfortable hope of a better." (Inscription on his tombstone.)
They both d. and were buried in Cornish. Children of Moses and Hannah (Brown) Chase. The first six were b. before coming to Cornish and the rest in town:
2. i. DANIEL, b. March 15, 1753.
3. ii. JOHN, b. Oct. 4, 1755.
iii. HANNAH, b. Feb. 7, 1758; m. Dec. 4, 1777, Daniel Kimball of Meriden. He was the founder of Kimball Union Academy which was incor- porated in 1813, receiving his name, as he was the chief donor. He contributed $6,000 towards it at the first, and made it his residuary legatee. Therefore at his death, Feb. 27, 1817, $32,000 more came into the treasury from his estate. In 1839 Mrs. Kimball gave $10,000 more for the establishment of a female department for the institution. The balance of her estate also came to the institution after her death, which occurred June
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17, 1847. A worthy example, and thousands since have enjoyed the rich fruits of their liberality. Mr. Kimball d. before he saw hardly any results of his beneficent plan. They had no children, but she watched over the school with a lively and motherly interest during her entire widowhood of thirty years.
iv. AMos, b. May 19, 1760. Was a graduate of Dartmouth College and became a minister of the gospel; m. first, Nov. 30, 1788, Rebecca Hart; m. second, Joanna Lammon. He d. in Centerville, Craw- ford Co., Pa., Jan. 25, 1850, aged 89.
4. v. NAHUM C., b. Oct. 9, 1762.
vi. JUDITH, b. Nov. 26, 1764; m. - , Capt. Sylvanus Bryant of Cornish. Had ten children. (See Bryant.) She d. Oct. 2, 1811.
5. vii. CALEB M., b. Sept. 11, 1767.
viii. SUSAN, b. Aug. 4, 1769; d. Oet. 26, 1769.
6. ix. MOODY, b. Oet. 10, 1770.
7. x. MOSES, b. Nov. 29, 1772.
xi. SUSAN, twin, b. July 4, 1776, and d. Oct. 20, 1777.
8. xii. CLEMENT, twin, b. July 4, 1776.
9. xiii. HARVEY, b. Nov. 13, 1778.
xiv. SARAH, b. Oct. 9, 1781; m. in 1801, Rev. John W. Lord. He was b. in Lyme, Conn., in 1777. Graduated Dartmouth College in 1797, and d. in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1839. He was pastor of the Congregational Church in Washington for several years.
2. DANIELS CHASE (Moses4, Daniels,. Moses?, Aquilla?) b. in Sutton, Mass., March 15, 1753, and d. Aug. 13, 1841, aged S8. Came to Cornish with his father. When of age, he purchased an extensive tract of land north of Cornish Flat and built a large and fine residence thereon. He held many offices of honor and trust, and enjoyed a good degree of popularity as well as the confidence of his townsmen. The name of "Esq. Daniel Chase," carried weight socially, morally and financially. He m. first, Sept. 5, 1776, Mehitable Kimball of Plainfield, dau. of Benjamin and Hannah (Richards) Kimball, b. March 12, 1757, in Preston, Conn., and d. May 2, 1813; m. second, -, Mrs. Mary (Estabrook) Hall, wid. of Moody Hall. She took her young children with her by agreement. She was b. Feb. 9, 1769, and d. May 21, 1824. He m. third, Jan. 5, 1825, Mary May of Bradford, Vt. She d. Jan. 16, 1831. He m. fourth, Mrs. Mary C. (Kimball) Daniels, dau. of Joseph and Hannah (Morgan) Kimball and wid. of John Daniels, b. in Nov., 1767, d. . Jan. 27, 1855. Children, all by first marriage:
i. CLEMENTINE, b. Sept. 29, 1777; d. Oct. 22, 1777.
ii. GERARD, b. Jan. 16, 1779; d. July 14, 1780.
iii. DANIEL, b. Dec. 5, 1780; d. July 17, 1782.
iv. HANNAH, b. Jan. 14, 1783; m. Feb. 15, 1803, Rev. Joseph Rowell, then pastor of the Congregational Church in Cornish. He served the church 28 years as pastor and then rem. to Claremont, where she d. Feb. 26, 1869. Had eleven children. The greater por-
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tion of these were ministers, teachers and missionaries. (See Rowell.)
v. AMOS, b. July 12, 1785; d. July 8, 1814.
vi. SALLY, b. June 11, 1787; d. May 2, 1790.
vii. MEHITABLE, b. Jan. 14, 1790; d. April 30, 1790.
viii. REBECCA HART, b. May 2, 1791; m. - , Daniel Dana. They res. in Pomfret, Vt. She d. -.
10. ix. BENJAMIN KIMBALL, b. April 5, 1798.
3. JOHNS CHASE (Moses4, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) was b. Oct. 4, 1755. He purchased and occupied a large farm on the hill south of the Flat, where he, like his brother, Daniel, built a large two-story square-roofed house, Here he spent his life chiefly in farming. He also built and operated a sawmill and gristmill, and for a time a distillery where cider brandy was made, then a legitimate business. He was a dea. of the Congregational Church, upright and honorable in all his dealings. He m. first, -, Martha Cotton, who d. March 21, 1789; m. second, -, Louisa Joslyn, who d. June 15, 1849. He d. Dec. 14, 1844. Children by Martha Cotton:
11. i. COTTON, b. Aug. 8, 1783.
ii. JOHN, b. May 25, 1785; d. Sept., 1785. iii. JUDITH, b. Feb. 6, 1787; m. - , Rev. Williams, a mission- ary to the Indians. No children. She d. about 1810.
Children by Louisa Joslyn:
iv. MARTHA JOSLYN, b. Dec. 4, 1791; m. Oct. 21, 1816, Moody March Hall. She had four children. (See Hall.) She d. Dec. 7, 1869.
v. MELISSA, b. Feb. 13, 1793; m. first, July 30, 1817, Paul Davidson, by whom she had three sons (see Davidson); m. second, .Jan. 31, 1826, Jonathan Wyman. No issue. She d. March 2, 1886.
vi. JOHN, JR., b. Sept. 25, 1794; m. - , Achsa Whitney.
vii. LOUISA, b. May 25, 1796; m. Oct. 8, 1822, Joseph K. Johnson of Plainfield.
viii. SUSAN, b. Jan. 20, 1798; m. Oct. 29, 1821, William L. Sweet, who d. June 22, 1890. She d. March 14, 1879.
12. ix. MOSES, b. Dec. 20, 1799.
x. TAYLOR GILMAN, b. Nov. 4, 1801; m. first, Oct. 23, 1828, Ursula, dau. of David and Betsey (Pollard) Nevens, b. Sept. 21, 1802, and d. Nov. 19, 1829; m. second, Sept. 26, 1831, Emily Spaulding of Plainfield, dau. of Waterman and Betsey (Stevens) Spaulding. They rem. to Brighton, Ill., in 1838.
xi. HANNAH B., b. April 22, 1803; m. Nov. 4, 1841, Abel Jackson of Cornish. One son: Charles A. (See Jackson.) She d. Aug. 28, 1894.
xii. SARAH MATTHEWS, b. Feb. 5, 1805; m. Feb. 22, 1830, Sumner Joslyn of Hardwick, Vt.
xiii. MARY DRESSER, b. Dec. 22, 1807; m. first, -, John Sheldon; m. second, -, Mason Peak. She d. May 13, 1882.
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xiv. DANIEL M., b. Feb. 24, 1809; d. Aug. 10, 1810.
4. NAHUM C.5 CHASE (Mosess, Daniels, Moses2, Aquilla1) was b. Oct. 9, 1762; m. Sept. 23, 1784, Deborah Freeman, dau. of Daniel and Mary (Gates) Freeman of Plainfield, b. Nov. 2, 1764, and d. March 30, 1837. He d. June 27, 1827. Children:
i. SUSAN, b. Sept. 10, 1785; d. April 17, 178S.
ii. FREEMAN, b. June 23, 1787; m. Dec. 13, 1809, his cousin, Mary Chase, dau. of Capt. Caleb and Elizabeth (Deming) Chase, b. Dec. 26, 1790.
iii. DEBORAH, b. Aug. 24, 1789; m. April 29, 1828, Rev. Lathrop Thompson.
iv. MOSES, b. Sept. 1, 1795; m. Oct. 2, 1825, Julia Anne Hyde of Chelsea, Vt., dau. of Elihu and Mary (Hatch) Hyde, b. April 21, 1807. Had three children, all b. in Cornish: 1. Freeman Hatch, b. Aug. 28, 1826. 2. Sarah Hyde, b. July 10, 1830, and d. May 18, 1842. 3. Emily R., b. Dec. 7, 1836, and d. May 3, 1842. Res. in Cornish a few years and then rem. to Chelsea, Vt.
5. CALEB M.5 CHASE (Moses4, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) was b. in Cornish Sept. 11, 1767; m. Jan. 21, 1789, Elizabeth Deming of Cornish, dau. of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Dana) Deming, b. Aug. 13, 1763, and d. Sept. 20, 1840. He was a farmer and held a commission of Capt. in the militia. He d. Sept. 1, 1856, in Williamstown, Vt., aged 89. Children:
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