The History of Martha's Vineyard by Dr. Charles Banks:
Volume III Family Genealogies:  pp. 71 - 80

THE CHASE FAMILY

12.  ISAAC CHASE, (Thomas1), the first of the name to settle on Martha's Vineyard, was descended from the Chase family of the parish of Chesham, Buckinghamshire, through Aquila, (a) his grandfather, bapt. 14 Aug. 1580. Richard,(b) his great grand-father, bapt. 23 Aug. 1542 (who m. Joan Bishop 16 May 1564) and Thomas (c). Isaac2 was b. abt. 1 Apr. 1650, or 1647 (according to his gravestone), and came first to Tisbury in 1674 bringing with him the trade of a blacksmith as well as his predilections for the Quaker religion. [See also Annals of Tisbury: Sketches of the Early Settlers.]

He m. (1) MARY PERKINS of Hampton, N. H. (sister of his fellow emigrant to the Vineyard, Jacob Perkins) 20 Feb. 1673, by whom he had no issue. She d. soon after and he m. (2) MARY TILTON (sister of another fellow emigrant, Samuel Tilton (3) [*See Note.]) 5 Oct. 1675, the ceremony being performed by Rev. John Mayhew. She was b. 1658-9 and d. 14 June 1746 being the mother of all his children. His Wil1 12 Feb. 1721-22 was pro. July 1727, and his large landed estate, comprising nearly the whole of the present village of Vineyard Haven, became an inheritance for his children. [He is buried at Crossways Cemetery.]

20. THOMAS, b. 9 Nov. 1677.
21. RACHEL, b. 25 Oct. 1679; m. (1) SAMUEL KNIGHT (20) of Charlestown 19 July 1700; (2) SAMUEL MUNKLEY after 1721.
22. ISAAC, b. 21 Jan. 1681.
23. ABRAHAM, b. 10 Jan. 1683.
24. JAMES, b. 15 Jan. 1685.
25. MARY, b. 17 Jan. 1687; m. BENJAMIN WEEKS (16) 14 Jan. 1704.
26. JOSEPH, b. 26 Feb. 1689.
27. JONATHAN, b. 28 Dec. 1691.
28. HANNAH, b. 25 Nov.1693; m. NATHAN PEASE (120) 30 Oct. 1712.
29. SARAH, b. 15 Oct. 1695; m. SAMUEL COBB 27 June 1716. [She is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
30. PRISCILLA, b. 12 Nov. 1697; m. NATHAN FOLGER 18 Nov. 1718.
31. ELIZABETH, b. 7 Sept. 1703; d. 27 Sept. 1719 unm. [She is buried at Crossways Cemetery.]

20. THOMAS CHASE, (Isaac,2 Thomas1), b. 9 Nov. 1677; res. Homes Hole, master-mariner. He m. JANE SMITH (350) 21 Feb. 1704, who was b. abt. 1685. He d. 22 Dec. 1721 at Virginia during a coasting voyage in his sloop "Vineyard". His est. was divided 15 Oct. 1725. [His gravestone can be found at Crossways Cemetery.] The wid. m. (2) THOMAS CATHCART (10) 15 May 1724.

35. THOMAS, b. 29 Dec. 1713.
36. SARAH, b. 14 Dec. 1717; m. (l) SAMUEL DAGGETT (60) 8 Nov. 1733; (2) EBENEZER ALLEN (59) abt. 1745. [She is buried at Crossways Cemetery.]

 

22. ISAAC CHASE, (Isaac,2 Thomas1), b. 21 Jan. 1681; res. Chickemmoo, blacksmith and mariner. He m. MARY PEASE (65) 3 Apr. 1702, who was b. abt. 1680. He d. at sea 13 Oct. 1716 and his est. was adm. by his bro. Abraham 25 Feb. 1719-20. The widow m. (2) RICHARD CROOKER or Crocker 9 July 1720.

40. NATHAN, b. 16 July 1702.
41. CORNELIUS, b. 14 July 1705; d. abt. 1727 unm.
42. STEPHEN, b. 24 Sept. 1708.
43. ISAAC, b. 15 July 1712.
44. JOSEPH, b. 22 Dec. 1713.
45. LEVI, b. 30 Mch 1716; res. Sandwich, Mass. bef. 1739.

23. ABRAHAM CHASE, (Isaac,2 Thomas1), b. 10 Jan. 1683; Homes Hole, ferryman, innholder, trader. He m. (1) ABIGAIL BARNARD (1709) prob. dau. of Nathaniel and Mary (Barnard) Barnard of Nantucket who was b. 1685 and d. 15 Oct. 1731; m. (2) MERCY NICKERSON of Falmouth, dau. of Nathaniel3 Nickerson of Chatham, 5 Mch. 1732, who was b. 1710 and d. 11 Sept. 1786. His will 1 Feb. 1760 was pro. 5 Mch. 1764.  [He is buried at Crossways Cemetery.] His wid. Mercy m. (2) THOMAS WINSTON and d. as widow of the latter [on 11 Sept. 1786.]

50. MARY, b. abt. 1710; m. REUBEN BUNKER 23 Sept. 1731.
51. ELEANOR, b. 8 Oct 1712; m. JAMES LONG 29 Nov.1734.
52. ABIGAIL, b. 30 Oct. 1714; m. JOHN WELDON.
53. ABRAHAM, b. 14 Feb. 1716.
54. TIMOTHY, b. 23 July 1717; prob. d. s. p.
55. HANNAH, b. 15 Mch. 1725; m. (1) JOHN FERGUSON 21 Sept. 1742; (2) CHRISTOPHER LUCE (55) 28 Mch. 1769.
        By Second Wife:
56. VALENTINE, b. 15 June 1735.
57. ZACCHEUS, b. 15 June 1737.
58. DAVID, b. 4 June 1739; d. y. [He is buried at Crossways Cemetery.]
59. WAITSTILL MERCY, b. 9 Apr. 174: (1) JOHN WEST (of Dartmouth) 3 July 1758; (2) JEREMIAH CRAPO.
60. MARGARET, b. 21 May 1750; m. SAMUEL LOOK (53) 11 Apr. 1769. [She is buried at Crossways Cemetery.]

 

24. JAMES CHASE, (Isaac,2 Thomasl), b: Jan. 1685; res. Homes Hole; rem. to Newport, R. I. abt. 1714 and to Nantucket bef. 1740. He m. RACHAEL BROWNE dau. of John and Rachael (Gardner) Browne who was b. 14 Dec. 1687 and d. 24 Sept. 1741.

70. ANNE, b. 22 Apt. 1709; m. TIMOTHY FOLGER 5 Dec. 1733.
71. BENJAMIN, b. 28 Aug. 1710; m. MARGARET GARDNER 12 Dec. 1734.
72. RACHEL, b. 30 Aug. 1712; m. PETER FITCH 18 Feb. 1730.
73. JAMES, b. 31 July 1715; m. ANNE GARDNER 15 Dec. 1737.
74. BROWNE, b. 13 Mch. 1718.
75. ELIZABETH, b. 16 Feb. 1720; m. GEORGE GARDNER 18 Jan 1738-9.
76. JEDIDAH, b. 15 Feb. 1723; m. ROBERT BARKER 16 Feb. 1744.

 

26. JOSEPH CHASE, (Isaac,2 Thomas1), b. 26 Feb. 1689; res. Homes Hole, hatter. He m. LYDIA COFFIN 26 July 1714, who was b. 6 May 1697 and d. 17 July 1749. He rem. to Nantucket bef. 1729 and later abt. 1737 to E. where he and his wife are buried. He owned a lot on the harbor front of E., one of the "five and twenty" south of Main Street. [Joseph and Lydia are buried at Tower Hill Cemetery.]

80. ABEL, b. 9 Oct. 1719.
81. MARY, b. 9 Apr. 1720; m. DAVID DUNHAM (141) 4 Oct 1748.
82. PRISCILLA, b. (1728); m. HENRY SMITH 17 Mch. 1740-41.
83. DAMARIS, b. 12 May 1724; m. PETER RIPLEY (17).
84. LYDIA, b. 1726; m. SHUBAEL DUNHAM (130).
85. RACHEL, b. (1730); m. THOMAS GWINN 9 July 1769.
86. SARAH, b. 7 Apr. 1735; m. SETH PEASE (163) 1 Oct. 1753.
87. BENJAMIN, b. 14 May 1737; prob. d. y.
88. JOSEPH, b. 14 May 1737.
89. THOMAS, bapt. 24 June 1739.

 

27. JONATHAN CHASE, (Isaac,2 Thomas1), b. 28 Dec. 1691; res. Homes Hole; rem. to Newport, R. I. where he followed the business of vintner. He m. MEHITABLE _____ about 1711, but nothing is known of her parentage birth or death. He d. 20 July 1743. It is prob. that Quaker records may have the desired information.

90. ANNE, b. 1 Nov. 1711; m. (1) RICHARD EDWARDS; (2) JOHN SCOTT l0 July 1740.
91. PERKINS, b. 6 Jan. 1713; m. ELIZABETH IRESON 9 July 1738.
92. MEHITABLE, b. 4 May 1716; m. GEORGE LAWRENCE 9 July 1738.
93. JONATHAN, b. 1 Feb. 1718; m. ANN KELLEY 9 June 1739.
94. JEDIDAH, b.4 Sept. 1720; d.1 Dec. 1729.
95. PHILANDA, b. (1728); m. ELEAZER WHITE 8 Apr. 1741.
96. ABIGAIL, b.30 Jan. 1724; m. JOHN DOWNS 17 June 1744.
97. ANDREW, b.30 Aug. 1726; m. ANNA ALDEN.
98. HEMAN, b.6 Apr. 1728; m. PAMELIA (BREETER?)
99. PHILIP, b. 3 Oct. 1730; m. ANNA BUDD.

35. THOMAS CHASE, (Thomas,3 Isaac,2 Thomas1), b. 29 Dec. 1713; res. Homes Hole, mariner. He m. ELIZABETH ATHEARN (23) 16 Aug. 1733, who was b. 13 Apr. 1715. He d. 7 Jan. 1738-39 in Virginia. The wid. m. (2) CAPT. PETER WEST (25) 16 Dec. 1740 [and died 2 Sept. 1789.]

100. SAMUEL, b. 26 May 1734.
101. JEDIDAH, b. 14 Feb. 1736; m. ELIJAH DAGGETT (84) 9 Nov.1757.
102. SARAH, b. 8 Apr. 1739; m. JONATHAN MANTER (62) 15 Nov.1755. [She is buried at Crossways Cemetery.]

 

40. NATHAN CHASE, (Isaac,3-2 Thomas1), b. 16 July 1702; res. Nantucket, cordwainer. He m. PARNELL LONG 24 Oct. 1723. He rem. to T., 1739 and d. there 1750. His will 30 Aug. 1750 was pro. 20 Nov. 1750 and division of his est. was made 16 Nov. 1757. The will of Wid. Parnell Chase was dated 12 Sept. 1757 and pro. 4 Oct. 1757.

110. THOMAS.
111. JONATHAN, who died bet. 1750-57 s. p.
112. BENJAMIN, died abt. 1758, prob. in the French and Indian War. His will 24 May 1758 pro. 2 Jan. 1759 leaves all property to brothers Thomas and Shubael.
113. SHUBAEL.
114. ISAAC.
115. MARY, m. THOMAS SMITH (411) 25 Aug. 1748.
116. ANN, m. JOSEPH HOVEY.

 

42. STEPHEN CHASE, (Isaac,3-2 Thomas1), b. 24 Sept. 1708; res. Nantucket. He m. (1) PATIENCE MARSHALL 7 Sept. 1730 dau. of Joseph Marshall. She d. 27 Feb. 1749 and he m. (2) DINAH FOLGER 3 Jan. 1742.

120. CHARLES, b. 31 May 1731; m. (1) JANE COLEMAN 30 July 1755; (2) EUNICE COFFIN, 16 Apr. 1771.
121. CORNELIUS, b. 21 Sept. 1734.
122. ABIGAIL, b. 15 Apr. 1737.
123. REBECCA, b. 10 July 1739.
        By Second Wife:
124. MARGARET, b. (1743); m. CRISPUS GARDNER 8 Dec. 1768.
125. DEBORAH, b. (1745).
126. MIRIAM, b. (1747); m. JOHN MORRIS 9 Jan. 1772.
127. MARY, b. (1749)
128. JOSEPH, b. (1751); m. REBECCA FOLGER 15 Feb. 1778.
129. REUBEN, b. 23 June 1754; d. 23 June 1824; m. JUDITH GARDNER 19 June 1783
129a. ZIMRI.

 

43. ISAAC CHASE, (Isaac,3-2 Thomas1), b. 15 July 1712; res. T., carpenter. He m. (1) MARY COFFIN 24 Feb. 1736, who d. 2 Oct. 1765; m. (2) MRS. BETHIAH (MAYHEW) (85) NORTON, wid. of Jacob, who was b. 31 Mch. 1712 and d. 29 Mch. 1796.

130. EUNICE, b. 4 Aug. 1738; m. (1) VALENTINE CHASE (56); (2) DAVID MERRY (33) 29 Dec. 1761.
131. RHODA, b. 4 May 1741; m. JAMES WINSLOW 3 Nov. 1757.
132. GEORGE, b. 30 Mch 1744; m. LUCY NORTON (144) 16 Feb.1769 and d. 22 Feb. 1778, prob. s. p.
133. ISAAC, b. 8 May 1746; d. Nov. 1771.
134. MARY, b. 11 June 1748; m. GEORGE WEST (131) 10 Dec. 1767.
135. JOSEPH, b. 6 Aug. 1750; m. MARTHA HILLMAN (147) 26 Dec. 1772.
136. HANNAH, b.16 Aug. 1756; m. ELISHA LUCE (645) 9 July 1778.
137. CORNELIUS, b. 10 June 1759.

 

44. JOSEPH CHASE, (Isaac,3-2 Thomas1), b. 22 Dec. 1713; res. Nantucket, mariner. He m. MIRIAM COFFIN 26 Dec. 1737.

140. FRANCIS, b. 10 Sept. 1738; m. NAOMI GARDNER 5 Jan. 1764.
141. PAUL, b. 2 Aug. 1741 ; d. 3 Dec. 1756.

 

53. ABRAHAM CHASE, (Abraham,3 Isaac,2 Thomas1), b. 14 Dec. 1716; res. Homes Hole, trader. He m. DELIVERANCE NICKERSON, dau. of William, who was b. 1712 and d. 3 Sept. 1788. He d. prob. in 1752 as inventory of his estate was made in May of that year and adm. granted to the widow same time. His property was valued at £183-7-1.

160. ABIGAIL, b. (1738); m. JOHN BURGESS; their son Tristram Burgess b. l770 was a member of Congress and Chief Justice of Rhode Island.
161. ELIZABETH, b. (1740); m. MATTHEW MERRY (42) 24 Dec.1767.
162. MERCY, b. 17 Feb. 1743; m. JETHRO ATHEARN (48) 5 Dec. 1765.
163. TIMOTHY, b. 22 June 1745.
164. BENJAMIN, b. (1747).
165. MARY, b. Jan. 1749; m. (l) NATHANIEL KETCHUM 17 Jan. 1769; (2) JOSEPH MERRY (44) 18 June 1778. [She is buried at Crossways Cemetery.]
166. DELIVERANCE, b. (1761); m. CHARLES EDMUNDSON 17 Jan. 1773.

 

56. VALENTINE CHASE, (Abraham,3 Isaac,2 Thomas1), b. 15 June 1735; res. Homes Hole. He m. EUNICE CHASE (130). He d. bef. 6 Apr. 1761 and his wid. m. (2) DAVID MERRY (33) 29 Dec. 1761.

180. ABRAHAM, b. 9 Dec. 1756; m. ELIZABETH BOURNE of Falmouth, Mass. 5 Nov.1778 Rem. to Cincinnati, O. and d. there Nov. 1832.
181. EUNICE, b. 18 Mch. 1759.

 

57. ZACCHEUS CHASE (Abraham,3 Isaac,2 Thomas1), b. 15 June 1737; res. Homes Hole, cooper and mariner. He m. (1) HANNAH BUTLER (635) 22 Feb. 1759, who was b. 20 June 1736 and d. 10 May 1770; m. (2) prob. MRS. DELIVERANCE (CAHOON) DAGGETT wid. of Peter Daggett (110). He d. 1778 at sea.

190. NICKERSON, b. abt. 1773. [He married Fanny Norton (630). They were the parents of Serena Chase.]

 

80. ABEL CHASE, (Joseph,3 Isaac,2 Thomas1), b. 9 Oct. 1719; res. E., hatter. He m. MERCY MAYHEW (107) 14 Feb. 1744, who was b. 22 July 1725 and d. 23 Feb. 1807. He d. 25 Jan. 1808.

200. BENJAMIN, b. 23 Dee.1745; m. ELIZABETH BROCK 27 Feb.1768.
201. ZEPHANIAH, b. 14 Mch. 1748; m. (1) ABIGAIL SKIFFE (104) 10 Oct. 1773; (2) LOVE (WEST) SKIFFE (136) 16 Jan. 1785; rem. to Windham, N. Y. [Shirley Pond Albert <Lilypud66@aol.com> writes that Zephaniah and Lovey Chase had a son David West Chase, who was taken as a baby to Jewett, NY in the Catskills. David m. Abigail Pratt (dau. of Zadock Pratt) and they had a daughter Lucy Ann Chase who married Aaron Pond.]

89. THOMAS CHASE, (Joseph,3 Isaac,2 Thomas1), bapt. 24 June 1739; res. Boston, to which place he rem. as a young man and became a distiller in Auchmuty's Lane. He m. (1) ANNA FIELDS; (2) MRS. ELIZABETH (COLLINS)? BAGNALL 10 Oct. 1771. He was an ardent patriot in the pre-Revolutionary times and took part in the famous "Boston Tea Party." He became officially connected with the American Party and was a member of the Committee of Inspection 1774. He joined the army after hostilities began and gradually rose to the rank of Deputy Quartermaster General of the Massachusetts Forces 1779. By m. he was connected with Gen. Thomas Mifflin of Pennsylvania. He d. 17 May 1787. "He was humane, benevolent and a sincere friend of this Country" said the Massachusetts Centinel of that date. His wid. Elizabeth m. (2) WILLIAM GREENLEAF (int. 20 Nov. 1792) and d. 19 Aug. 1808 at Stoughton, Mass.

210. ANNA, b. 20 Nov. 1764; d. y.
211. ANNA, b. 10 Aug. 1765; m. ABEL ALLEYNE (int.) 27 Oct. 1787.
212. THOMAS, b. 23 June 1767.
213. JOSEPH, b. 23 Mch. 1769; perh. d. y.
        By Second Wife:
214. ABIGAIL, b. 10 June 1772.
215. (JOSEPH W.?).

 

100. SAMUEL CHASE, (Thomas,4-3 Isaac,2 Thomas1), b. 26 May 1734; res. T. farmer. He m. JEDIDAH MAYHEW (200) who was b. 3 Mch. 1733 and d. 23 Feb. 1807. He rem. to Livermore, Me. and d. there 2 Aug. 1801.

220. SARAH, b. 9 Sept. 1753; m. WILLIAM MERRY (37) 27 Oct. 1774.
221. THOMAS, b. 30 Sept. 1755.
222. ELIZABETH, b. (1757); m. WARD TILTON.
223. SAMUEL, b. (1769); m. and lived in London, Eng.
224. LOTHROP, b. (1760); rem. to Virginia and m. there.
225. TRISTRAM, b. (1762); m. MARY MERRY (122).
226. SARSON, b. (1764).
227. OLIVE, b. 12 Aug. 1766; m. JAMES NORTON (571) 26 Mch. 1789.
228. LYDIA, b. 4 Feb. 1772; m. MOSES HILLMAN (198) 11 Sept. 1794.
229. PAINE, b. (1774); lost at sea, never heard from.
230. PRUDENCE, b. 6 July 1776; m. NAPOLEON JONES.

 

110. THOMAS CHASE, (Nathan,4 Isaac,3-2 Thomas1), b. abt. 1724; res. T., yeoman. He m. SARAH CLAGHORN (82) 28 Apr. 1751, who was b. abt. 1727. He was living in 1790, but further knowledge of this family is wanting.

231. NATHANIEL.
232. NATHAN.
233. JAMES.
234. ANN
235. MARY, b. 29 Apr. 1769; m. SAMUEL LAMBERT (71) 4 Apr. 1787.
236. LYDIA.
237. ABRAHAM.

 

113. SHUBAEL CHASE, (Nathan,4 Isaac,3-2 Thomas1), b. abt. 1728; res. Nantucket, cordwainer. He m. SARAH MANTER (63) 27 July 1758; came to T. abt. 1760.

240. PARNELL, b. 14 Nov.1759; m. GEORGE BROWN.
241. GEORGE, b. 16 July 1761; m. REBECCA COFFIN 17 July 1788.

 

114. ISAAC CHASE, (Nathan,4 Isaac,3-2 Thomas1), b. abt 1730; res. Nantucket, yeoman. He m. MERCY CHADWICK 23 Nov. 1752. He d. prob. 1763 as his wid. was app'd. admx. of his est. in Dec. of that year.

250. JONATHAN, m. MARY SMITH 9 Mch. 1783.
251. BENJAMIN, b. 1760.
253. ISAAC, m. EUNICE BROWN 22 Feb. 1778.

 

135. JOSEPH CHASE, (Isaac,4-3-2 Thomas1), b. 6 Aug. 1750; res. T. "North Shore", farmer. He m. (1) MARTHA HILLMAN (147) 26 Nov. 1772, who was b. 4 Nov. 1748, and d. 9 Jan. 1788; m. (2) EUNICE ROTCH (46) 14 July 1796, who was b. 1769 and d. 7 Sept. 1818. His will 28 Jan. 1824 was pro. 3 Dec. 1824.

270. (Son) b. (1773); d. 1794 at sea.
271. LOVE, b. 1774; m. WILLIAM DOWNS (61) 7 Nov. 1793.
272. HANNAH, b. 3 Feb. 1776; m. STEPHEN NEW 10 Jan. 1802.
273. RHODA, b. 14 Sept. 1779; m. FREEMAN DAGGETT (125).
274. FRANCIS, b. l July 1781 ; m. PRISCILLA LUCE (800) 8 Dec. 1803.
275. JOSEPH, b. 29 Apr. 1783; m. HANNAH ROBINSON (126) 22 June 1819.
276. CONSTANT, b. (1786); m. CHARLOTTE LUCE (1000) 28 May 1812.
        By Second Wife:
277. WILLIAM, b. 27 Dec. 1800; m. TEMPERANCE GRAY (111) 26 Sept. 1821.
278. GEORGE, b. 5 July 1803; removed to Wiscasset, Me.
279. ISAAC, b. 1805; d. 1831.
280. MARY, b. 1807.
281. TRISTRAM, b. 1809. [d. 29 June 1850?]

163. TIMOTHY CHASE, (Abraham,4-3 Isaac,2 Thomas1), b. 22 June 1745; res. Homes Hole, miller. He m. REBECCA BASSETT 23 Nov. 1773, dau. of Nathaniel and Hannah (Hall) Bassett, who was b. 23 Oct. 1750 and d. 28 Oct. 1821. He built the windmill formerly situated on Main Street, Vineyard Haven and now forming a part of the residence of the late Brig. Gen. A. B. Carey, U.S.A. He d. 28 Apr. 1818 and his will 27 Oct. 1815 was pro. 22 June 1818. Inventory of est. $6806.72. [He is buried at Crossways Cemetery.]

300. ABIGAIL, b. Dec. 1774; d. y. [She is buried at Crossways Cemetery.]
301. (Stillborn infant) b. 9 Mch 1777.
302. BENJAMIN, b. 2 Mch. 1779; m. ALICE F. SPALDING 20 Feb. 1806.
303. TIMOTHY, b. 28 Nov. 1781; m. (1) CONTENT DUNHAM (451) 27 Sept. 1804 ; (2) SARAH LUCE 7 June 1818. [He d. 14 June 1855 in Tisbury and is buried at Crossways Cemetery.]
304. DELIVERANCE, b. 21 Jan. 1784; m. EDMUND CROWELL (62) 4 Nov. 1804.
305. REBECCA, b. 14 Feb. 1787; m. CAPT. TRISTRAM LUCE (1109) 24 Jan. 1811. [She died 26 June 1862 in Tisbury.]
306. HANNAH, b. 5 Sept. 1789; m. ELISHA LUCE 14 Oct. 1810. [Did she marry (2) Alfred Norton and die 25 June 1866 in Tisbury?]

221. THOMAS CHASE, (Samuel,5 Thomas,4-3 Isaac,2 Thomas1), b. 30 Sept. 1755, res. E., farmer. He m. DESIRE LUCE (482) 8 Mch. 1780, who was b. 22 June 1756 and d. Apr. 1851. He rem. to Livermore, Me. in 1791 and d. there Apr. 1844. During the Revolution he served in the Sea Forces as a privateersman and in the Naval establishment. In the latter he saw service with Commodore John Paul Jones and was captured and incarcerated in Mill Prison, Plymouth, Eng. He was the ancestor of Elizabeth Chase, b. 9 Oct. 1832, later known as Elizabeth Akers-Allen, the poetess, author of "Rock Me to Sleep, Mother" and other well-known poems.

330. THOMAS, b. 22 Feb. 1782.
331. LURA, b. 11 Mch.1784.
332. LOTHROP, b. 22 Mch 1787.
333. JAMES, b.16 Nov.1789.
334. REBECCA, b.20 Sept. 1792 ; m. TRISTRAM TILTON (270) 31 Dec. 1818.
335. OLIVE, b.8 Nov.1795.
336. LYDIA, b. 8 Nov. 1795.
337. LUCY, b. 14 Sept. 1801.

 

226. SARSON CHASE, (Samuel,5 Thomas,4-3 Isaac,2 Thomas1), b. abt. 1764; res. T., farmer. He m. (1) JANE BOARDMAN (48) who was b. 14 Aug. 1767; m. (2) MARY MAYHEW (484) who was b. 10 Mch. 1774. He rem. to Livermore, Me. with his parents and d. there.

350. JANE, m. ISAAC HASKELL of New Gloucester.
351. MAYHEW, res. Livermore, shoemaker.
352. SARSON, res. Livermore; rem. to Charlestown, Mass.
353. MARY, m. CHARLES HOWARD.