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RECORDS    OF    THE    DESCENDANTS 


Key.    Nathaniel     Chase 

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BUCKFIELD,     MAINE; 


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BRIEF  ACCOUNT  OF  HIS  ANCESTORS. 

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ALSO  RECORDS  OF  SOME  OF  THE  DESCENDANTS  OF 
EDMUND  CHASE  OF  MINOT,  MAINE. 


AUGUSTA : 
T.  f.  murphy's  job  printing  office. 

1878. 


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PREFACE. 

So  much  of  the  following  Records  as  relate  to  Rev.  Nathaniel  Clia.se,  an  early 
settler  in  Bucklield,  Me.,  ami  his  descendants,  was  collected  and  compiled  by  his 
granddaughter,  Mrs.  Julia  Chase  Washburn,  of  Livermore  Maine.  Tiny  wore 
furnished  for  publication  in  the  Maine  Genealogist  and  Biographer,  but  it  was 
subsequently  thought  advisable  to  print  them  in  :i  pamphlet :  also  to  prefix  a  brief 
account  of  the  i  migrant  ancestor,  and  records  of  hi*  children  and  grandchildren, 
thereby  making  genealogical  connection  between  the  earlier  and  later  branches 
of  the  family.  This  part  of  the  pamphlet,  and  also  the  closing  pages  giving  an  ac- 
count of  Edmund  Chase,  an  early  settler  of  Minot.  Maine,  and  records  of  some  of 
his  descendants,  were  compiled  from  other  sources  and  supplied  by  me. 

The,  pamphlet  i-  designed  for  distribution  among  such  members  of  the  two 
branches  traced  therein,  as  may  desire  to  possess  it.  and  in  the  case  of  Rev, 
Nathaniel,  as  a  token  of  respi  <-t  and  love  to  the  memory  of  a  worthy  ancestor,  who 
voluntarily  aided  in  the  struggle  for  Independence,  hewed  out  for  himself  and  fam- 
ily a  home  in  the  wilderness,  ;in«l  was,  for  many  years,  a  faithful  minister  of  the 
Gospel  among  the  pioneer  settlt  i>  of  Oxford  county. 

W.M.   B.  LATHAM. 

Augunta,  April,  1878. 


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ERRATA. 

A  Family  Record  i-  valuable  only  when  it  i>  correct,  and  as  the  proof  in  this 
case  could  not  be  sent  to  the  writer,  a  few  errors  in  dates  are  found  in  the  follow- 
ing pages.    It  only  remains,  therefore,  to  make  the  following  corrections  here: 

Page  7.     A  full-face  5  should  precede  the  name  of  Isaac  (son  of  Eleazer.) 

Page  7.     No.  (5.  Mary  m.  Nathaniel  Freeman  in  1774,  not  1714. 

Page  3.    No.  10.  Charles  <i.  should  rend  Charles  V. 

Page  8.  No.  11.  Isaac  Tuttle  died  June  2,  ls7J.  Oscar  Turtle  died  January, 
1856.    Lois  Tuttle  died  April.  I857i 

Page  10.    No.  15,  Priscilla  (Chase)  Ellis  died  July  1,  1853. 

Page  (i.     No.  12,  Lucy  JI.  Eustace  died  1671,  not  l*.7i\ 

Page  13.    Gaiiis,  son  of  Daniel  (28)  died  ls.")2,  not  1S62. 


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CHASE  FAMILY  RECORDS. 


The  Chase  family  is  said  to  be  of  Norman  descent,  and  it  has 
been  suggested  that  the  name  was  formerly  LaChass.  Be  this  as 
it  may,  the  fact  that  families  of  this  name,  have  been  for  several 
centuries  in  England,  is  unquestioned.  As  early  as  1326,  families 
of  Chase,  lived  in  Suffolk.  .The  criminal  records,  show  that  a 
Thomas  Chase,  was  barbarously  murdered,  in  1^06.  There  was  a 
Sir  John  Chase  in  Exeter,  before  1637,  and  John  Chase,  Esq.,  was 
Apothecary  to  Queen  Anne,  in  1690. 

Savage  says  that  Aquila  Chase  of  Hampton  and  Newbury,  was 
a  mariner  from  Cornwall.  England,  but  the  records  of  the  Heralds' 
Visitation,  at  Buckinghamshire  in  1634,  indicate  thathis  family  may 
have  been  of  Chesham.  There  was  a  Thomas  Chase  of  Cheshain, 
who  had  a  son  Richard,  baptised  August  3,  1^42.  This  Richard, 
married  Joan  Bishop,  at  Chesham  April  16,  1564,  and  had  :  i,  Robert, 
baptised,  September  16,  1565  ;  ii,  Henry,  baptised,  August  to, 
1567  ;  iii,  Lydia,  baptised,  October  4,  1573  ;  iv,  Ezekiel,  baptised, 
April  23,  1576;  v,  Dorcas,  baptised,  March  2,  157S  ;  vi,  Aquila, 
baptised,  August  14.  15S0;  vii,  Jason,  baptised,  January  13,  15S3  ; 
viii,  Thomas,  baptised,  July  iS,  1585,  ix,  Abigail,  baptised,  Jan- 
uary 12,  1588  ;  Mordecai,  baptised,  Jnly  31,  1591. 

The  old  story  of '-three  brothers",  which  so  frequently  proves  to 
be  mythical,  holds  true  with  regard  to  the  Chase  family,  for  three 
brothers  by  the  name  of  Chase,  supposed  to  have  been  sons  of 
Aquila  and  grandsons  of  Richard  above  named,  were  among  the 
early  emigrants  to  New  England.  William1  with  his  wife  Mary-, 
and  son  William,  came  in  the  company  with  Governor  Winthrop, 
in  1630.  He  thought  of  going  to  Scituate,  but,  finally  changed 
his  purpose,  and  went  with  a  party  to  Cape  Cod,  and  settled  in  what 
is  now  Yarmouth.  He  died  there  in  May,  1659,  leaving  children  ; 
i,  William  born  about  1622  :  ii,  Mary  born  1637  ;  iii  Benjamin  born 
1630  married  Phillippe  Sherman.  The  widow  of  William  Chase  was 
found  dead  the  same  year  that  her  husband  deceased,  and  an  inquest 
decided  that  she  died  a  natural  death.  The  descendants  of  William 
and  Mary  Chase  continue  to  reside  in  the  towns  of  the   Cape,  and 


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may  be  found  scattered  elsewhere.  The  two  Chase  brothers, 
Thomas  and  Tristram  who  came  from  Marthas'  Vineyard  and  set- 
tled early  in  Livermore,  Maine,  are  supposed  to  be  descendants  of 
William  the  emigrant. 

Thomas1  and  Aquila  Chase,1  younger  brothers  of  William, 
appeared  in  Hampton  about  the  year  1639.  They  were  young, 
unmarried  men.  Thomas  married  Elizabeth  daughter  of  Thomas 
Philbrook  and  resided  in  Hampton  until  his  death  which  occurred 
in  1652.  His  widow  married  (2)  John  Garland  in  1654.  and  (3) 
Henry  Roby  in  1677.  The  children  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Chase 
were  :  i.  Thomas  born  1642  died  unmarried  October  23,  1714;  ii, 
Joseph  born  1645  married  Rachel  Partridge.  January  31,  1671  ;  iii, 
Isaac  born  April  1,  1647  married  (1)  February  20,  1673,  Mary 
Perkins  and  (2)  October  ^,  167^,  Marv  Tilton  ;  iv,  James  born 
1649,  married  Elizabeth  Green,  September  2,  1675  ;  v,  Abraham 
born  August  6.  1651,  unmarried,  "wvas  killed  in  ye  warres   1676." 

Aquila  Chase1,  mariner,  born  in  161S,  married  Anne,  daughter 
of  John  Wheeler  of  Hampton,  X.  H.,  and  about  the  year  1646  he 
moved  to  Newbury  where  he  had  a  grant  of  four  acres  of  land  and 
resided  till  his  death  which  took  place  Dec.  27,  1670.  He  was  a 
man  of  some  note  in  Newbury,  and  his  name  often  appears  upon 
the  town  records  of  his  time.  He  is  said  to  have  been  the  first 
person  to  bring  a  vessel  over  Newbury  bar.  The  only  record  to 
his  discredit  is  that  which  states  that  "Aquila  Chase  and  his  wife 
were  presented  for  gathering  pease  on  ye  Sabbath  day."  The 
purpose  of  this  little  pamphlet  is  to  trace  down  one  or  two  branches 
of  the  family  of  Aquila,  but  we  have  given  his  children  and  grand- 
children complete,  so  far  as  they  appear  upon  the  records  of 
ancient  Newbury.  The  children  of  Aquila  and  Anne  Chase  were 
as  follows : 

2  i  Sarah,  b. ;  m.  May  15, 1GGG,  Charles  Annis. 

3  ii  Anne,  b.  July  6,  1647;  m.  April  27,  1671,  Thomas  Barber. 

4  iii  Triscilla,  b.  March  14,  1649 ;  m.  Feb.  10,  1671,  Abel  Merrill. 

5  iv  Mary,  b.  Feb.  3, 1651 ;  m.  March  9,  1670,  John  Stevens. 

6  v  Aquila,  b.  Sept.  27,  1052;  m.  Esther  Bond. 

7  vi  Thomas,  b.  July  25, 1054;  m.  1st,  Sot.  22, 1677,  Rebecca  Folhnsbee ;  2d, 

Aug.  2, 1713,  Elizabeth  Mowers. 

8  vii    John,  b.  Nov.  2, 1655;  m.  1st,  May  23, 1677,  Elizabeth  Bingley;  2d,  Lydia. 

9  viii  Elizabeth,  b,  Sept.  13, 1657;  m.  June  27.  1678,  Zaehariah  Ayer. 

10  ix  Ruth,  b.  Mareh  IS,  1600;  d.  May  30, 1676. 

11  x    Daniel,  b.  Dec.  9, 1061 ;  m.  May  25, 1633,  Martha  Kimball. 

12  xi  Moses,  b.  Dee.  24,  1063;  m.  1st,  Xov.  10,  16>4,  Arm  Folkmsbee;  2d,  Dee. 

13, 1713,  Sarah  Jacobs. 
Ann,  widow  of  Aquila,  m.  June  14, 1672,  Daniel  Mussiloway. 


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3     The  children  of  Anne2  were  : 

1G  i        John,  b.  Deo.  23, 1669,  m. ,  Abigail   Chase,  d.  of  Jaiues  of 

Thomas  1. 
Ann,  in.  April  27. 1671,  Thomas  Barber,  and  had, 

14  ii       Thomas,  b.  Feb.  16. 11)72. 

15  iii      Alice,  b.  March  3, 1074. 

6  Aquila2  and  Esther  Bond  had  ; 

1C  i  Esther,  b.  Nov.  2S,  1674.  in. ,  Daniel  Merrill. 

17  ii  Joseph  b.  March  25,  1677:  in.  Nov.  S,  If!!)!.).  Abigail  Thurston. 

18  iii  Ann,  b.  April  4.  1078;  in.  Oct.  27.  1703,  Abraham  FouMiain. 
lit  iv  Priseilla,  b.  ( »ct.  15, 1GS1 :  m. .  1704.  Joseph  Hills. 

20  v      Jemima,  b. ;  ni.  Sept.  — ,  1721.  Peter  Ordway. 

21  vi      Rebecca,  b. ;  m.  Dec.  5.  1716,  Jonathan  Moulton. 

22  vii     Hannah,  b. 1689;  in.  Die.  22.  1707.  Joseph  Hoyt. 

23  viii    Abigail,  b. ;  in.  (  kt.  1710,  Joseph  Robinson. 

24  ix     Benjamin,  b. ;  m.  May  20, 1718.  Sarah  Bailey. 

7  Thomas2  and  Rebecca  Follansbce  had  : 

25  i        Thomas,  b.  Sept.  1."),  1680;  m. ,  Sarah 

26  ii      Jonathan,  b.  Jan.  13.  1083;  in. ,  1703.  Joanna  Palmer. 

--27  iii  James,  b.  Sept.  15,  1685  ;  m.  1st, ,  Lydia ;  2d,  Dee.  17, 1707, 

Martha  Rolfe. 

28  iv  Aquila,  b.  July  17),  16S8;  m. ,  1712.  Mary  Smith. 

29  v  Ruth,  b.  Feb.  28, 1691 ;  m.  May.  29, 1716.  Nathaniel  Miller. 

30  vi  Mary,  b.  Jan.  15,  1695;  m. Horton. 

31  vii  Jo.-iah,  b.  July  15,  1607:  d.  young. 

32  viii  Rebecca,  b.  April  26,  1700;  m.  Dee.  14,  1721.  Stephen  Moulton. 

33  ix  Nathan,  b. ,  1704  :  m.  1st.  Nov.  20,  1723.  Judith   Sawyer;  2d,  Dec. 

30,  1740,  Joanna  Cheney;  3d,  Jan.  9, 1763,  Ruth  Davis. 

34  x      Judith,  b. ;  m. ,  Horton. 

The  first  wife   of  Thomas   died,    and    he    married    2d,    Aug.  2, 
1713,  Elizabeth  Mowers.     Their  child  was: 

35  ix    Elizabeth,  b.  July  9, 1715;  m.  Aug.  17, 1732.  Benjamin  Rogers. 

8  John2  by  1st  wife,  Elizabeth  Bingley,  had: 

36  i        "William,  b.  Jan.  20, 1670;  d.  young* 

37  ii       John,  b.  Aug.  26, 1684:  m. 


38  iii      Phillip,  b.  Sept.  23, 1688;  m.  April  17, 1712,  Mary  Follansbee. 
By  second  wife,  Lydia  : 

39  iv     Charles,  b.  Jan.  12,  1690;  m.  July  15, 1714,  Hepsibah  Carr. 

40  v       Jacob,  b. ;  m.  Aug.  24, 1716,  Joanna  Davis. 

41  vi      Abraham,  b. ;  m.  1st,  Nov.  16, 1716,  Ruth  Morse ;  2d, 

,  Abigail . 

42  vii    Phi'be,  b. ;  m.  Aug.  25, 1726.  Nathaniel  Tucker. 

43  viii    Mary,  b. ;  m.  July  30,  172* ,  Joseph  Satford. 

44  ix      Lydia,  b. ;  m.  Nov.  5, 1724,  William  Blay. 

45  x  -    Elizabeth,  b. , . 


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||     Daniel2  and  Martha  Kimball,  had  : 

40  i       Martha,  b.  Aug.  18. 1084:  m.  Aug.  3.  1TIG,  David  L:iw*on. 

47  ii      Sarah,  b.  July  is.  1686;  m.  Nov.  IT,  1714,  Francis  Danforth. 

48  iii     Dorothy,  b.  Jan.  24,  1689. 

40  iv  Isaac,  b.  Jan.  10.  1691 ;  m.  Oct.  -2!).  1710.  Hannah  Kerry. 

50  v  Lydia,  b.  Jan.  10,  1693;  m.  Jan.  30,  1710.  William  Evans. 

51  vi  Mehitable,  b.  Jan.  19,  1695;  m.  Xov.  19,  1715.  Timothy  Osgood. 

52  vii  Judith,  b.  Feb.  10,  1697;  m.  Jan.  21,  1711.  John  Tuttle. 

53  viii  Abuer,  b.  Oct.  15, 1699;  m.  Nov.  24, 1721.  Elizabeth  Whittior. 

54  ix  Dauiel,  b.  Oct.  15,  1702;  m.  1st,  Jan.  3,  1723,  Mary  Carpenter;  2d,  Feb. 

12, 172(3,  Elizabeth  (  ollins. 

55  x       Enoch,  b. , ;  m.  Jan.  25,  1727,  Judith  Colby. 

Daniel,  died  Feb.  8,1707;   Martha,  his   widow, m.  2d — ,  1713, 

Josiah  Heath. 

|2     Ensign  Moses2  and  Ann  Follansbee,  had  : 

50  i  Closes,         1  b.  Sept.  20,  1685,  d.  young. 

57  ii  Daniel.         j  b.  Sept.  20,  !•;-•">,  tu.  Jan.  2,  1707,  Sarah  Marsh,.  ^ 

58  iii  Moses,  b.  Jan.  20,  1688;  in.  Oct.  12.  1709,  Elizabeth  Wells. 
50  iv  Samuel,  b.  May  13,  1690;  m.  Dec.  s.  1713,  Hannah  Emery. 

60  v  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  2.3,  1693;  m.  Dee.  14,  1708,  John  Carr. 

61  \i  Stephen,  b.  Aug.  20.  1697;  m.  Dee.  — ,  1717.  Sarah  Hale. 

62  vii  Hannah,  b.  Sept.  13,  1699;  m. .  1710.  Green  Whittier. 

63  viii  Joseph,  b.  Sept.  0.  1703;  m.  Sept.  7.  1724,  Mary  Morse. 

64  be  Benoni,  b.  April  5,  1708;  Mary  Rogers. 

The  2d  wile,  Sarah  Jacobs,  had  uo  children. 

58  Moses'2,  who  married  Elizabeth  Wells  of  Amesbury,  Mass., 
in  1709,  had  the  following: 

65  i  Wells,  b.  Oct.  4.  1710;  m.  Martha  ?v*  -jhs.  1734. 

66  ii  Moses,  b.  July  1,  1713:  in.  Judith  Harriett,  1736. 

67  iii  Seth,  b.  Xov.  21.  1715;  111.  Elizabeth  Bartlett,  1738. 

68  iv  Humphrey,  b.  Jan.  8,  1717:  went  to  Haverhill. 

69  v  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  20.  1710;  m.  Joshua  Bailey. 

70  vi  Eleazer,  b.  July  25.  1722 :  m.  Jeanette  Elder. 

71  vii  Anne,  b.  Sept.  11,  1724;  d.  young. 

72  viii  Daniel  b.  Dec.  31,  1720,  m.  Hannah  Somerby. 

73  ix  Anne,  b.  March  10, 1720. 

74  x  Rebecca,  b.  July  21,  1731. 

75  xi  Abigail,  b.  Dec.  4,  1734. 

70  Eleazer4  came  in  early  manhood  to  Windham.  Maine,  to 
aid  in  defending  the  infant  settlement,  from  the  attacks  of  the 
Indians.  He  never  returned  to  Newbury,  but  married  Tcanette 
Elder  of  Windham,  and  settled  there.  By  this  marriage,  he  had: 
Isaac  and  Mary  (1756)  and  two  other  children  who  died  young. 
His  wife  died  and  he  married  Mrs.  Mary  (Boobv)  Brown  of  Mar- 
blehead,  Mass.,  and  had  Betsey,  Nathaniel  (1761)  and 
Joseph   (1769),  and   one   other  child    that   died   young.     Eleazer 


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was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution.  In  17S2,  he  removed 
to  Buckfield,  and  died  there  in  1S0S,  aged  S6. 

Isaac,  (son  of  Eleazer4)  married  Lois  Smith,  and  had  S  children: 
Gideon,  Eleazer,  Abigail,   Isaac.  David,   Jane,  James  and   Mary, 

He  lived  and  died  in  Standish,  Me.,  and  many  of  his  descendants 
now  live  there.  Isaac,  Jr.,  married  his  cousin,  Eunice  Chase  and 
moved  to  Turner,  Maine.     He  was  known    as    "Esquire    Chase". 

6  Mary,  (daughter  of  Eleazer4)  born  April  5,  1 755,  married 
Nathaniel  Freeman,  of  Gorham,  Maine,  1744,  and  had  10  children, 
Jane,  Mary,  Lydia,  David,  Bethiah,  Nathaniel,  Hannah,  Betsey, 
Eunice  and  John.  Jane  married  Eben  Lombard  ;  Mary  married 
Joseph  Whitney;  Lydia  married  Gershom  Hamlin  ;  Bethia  married 
Enoch  Shaw  ;  Hannah  married  Stephen  Whitney,  and  Betsey 
married  Cyrus  Hamlin. 

7  Betsey,  (daughter  of  Eleazer4)  manned  Eben  Cotton, of  Gorham 
and  had  six  children  ;  Joseph,  Susan,  Nathaniel,  Polly,  Lydia  and 
William.      Betsey  lived  and  died  in  Gorham. 

8  Nathaniel  Chase,  (son  of  Eleazer4)  was  born  in  Windham, 
Me.,  Sept.  2,  1761.  When  14  years  old.  the  Revolutionary  War 
broke  out.  and  his  father  enlisted  as  one  of  the  first  minute  men,  leav- 
ing the  whole  family  dependent  upon  him.  When  sixteen  he  enlisted 
himself  and  when  seventeen  he  entered  the  army  and  served  one 
year  In  March,  17S1,  being  nearly  twenty  years  of  age,  he  left 
Windham  in  company  with  two  others  and  walked  forty  miles  on 
snow-shoes,  through  the  forest,  drawing  a  hand-sled  on  which  was 
a  bushel  of  meal,  axe,  hatchet  and  gun,  to  what  is  now  the  town 
of  Buckfield,  Maine.  Here  he  cleared  twelve  acres  of  land  and 
built  a  log  cabin  to  which  he  removed  his  parents  in  17S2  ;  giving 
them  the  land  thus  prepared,  he  began  anew  in  the  forest  himself. 
By  an  act  of  Legislature  he  was  enabled  to  secure  one  hundred 
acres  of  land  for  his  father  and  a  tract  adjoining  this  of  equal  ex- 
tent for  himself,  and  he  subsequently  added  over  200  acres  to  his 
own  farm  by  purchase.  Here  he  built  first  a  log  cabin,  then  a 
small  frame  house  and  finally  the  large  square  house  where  he 
lived  till  his  death.  This  house  and  a  large  part  of  the  farm  is  still 
owned  and  occupied  by  the  family  of  his  son,  the  late  Hon.  Thomas 
Chase,  to  whose  faithful  care  he  was  indebted  for  the  comfort  and 
quietude  of  his  last  years.  The  remainder  of  the  farm  is  divided 
into  two  farms,  on  one  of  which  his  oldest  son  Daniel  lived  and 
died,  and  the  other  was  owned  tor  many  years  by  his  son  William. 
He  was  married  three  times.     In  1 7S3  he  married  Rhoda  Elliot  of 


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Windham,  MeM  and  had  five  children;  first  twins  that  died  in 
infancy;  Daniel,  born  March  iS.  i  7S5  ;  Dolly,  March  12.  1 7S7  ; 
and  Jaibel,  died  in  infancy.  His  wife  died  and  he  married  Jemima 
Haskell  of  Xcw  Gloucester,  Me..  1791,  and  had  eleven  children. 
Mercy,  born  April  4.  1792  ;  Betsey.  Jan.  ."*.  1794  ;  Eunice,  Mar.  30, 
1796;  Priscilla,  May  4,  1798 ;  Nathaniel,  June  29,  1S00;  Salome, 
April  15,  1S02,  (died  Jan.  15,  1S06)  ;  Miriam,  April  1.  1S04 ; 
Job,  June  2S,  1S06  ;  Thomas,  June  6,  1S0S  ;  William,  January  25, 
1S11  ;  Isaac,  April  6,  1815.  His  second  wife  died  Dec.  14,  1S31, 
aged  61,  and  he  married  Mrs.  Joanna  (Berry)  Briggs,  Feb.  20, 
1S33,  who  survived  him  many  years.  He  was  ordained  a  minister 
in  the  Baptist  church  in  1S00,  and  preached  fifteen  years  to  the 
First  Baptist  church  of  Buckfield,  also  at  Livermore,  Harrison, 
Woodstock,  Paris  and  other  places,  mostly  without  compensation. 
He  was  a  man  of  firm  will,  a  benevolent  heart,  and  great  physi- 
cal endurance.  Nathaniel  died  in  Buckfield  of  typhoid  fever  April 
30,  1S53,  aged  nearly  92  years. 

9  Joseph  (son  of  Eleazer*)  born  in  Windham,  1769.  came  to 
Buckfield  with  his  parents  in  17S2.  He  married  Hannah  Ellliot  of 
Windham  (a  sister  of  his  brother  Nathaniel's  wife.)  and  had  two 
children:  Rhoda  1 791 .  and  Hannah  1795.  His  wife  died  and  he 
married  Anna  Legro  and  had  four  children  :  Joseph,  :  796  :  Eleazer, 
1797  »  Mary,  1S00,  and  Nancy,  1S02.  Joseph  died  in  Buckfield, 
(on  the  place  now  owned  by  his  grandson   Lewis)    in   1S14,  aged 

45  )'ears- 

10  Daniel  (son  of  Nathaniel8)  married  Abigail  Record  1S05, 
and  had  seven  children:  Daniel,  April  13,  1S07  ;  David  R.,  Dec. 
26,  tSoS  ;  Jacob  E.,  May  8,  181 1  ;  Charles  G.,  Sept.  13,  1S13; 
Stephen  D.,  Aug.  r,  iS  1 7  ;  Cyrus  G.,  Sept.  1S19;  Rhoda  A., 
March  12,  1S22.  Rhoda  A.  died  July  1S24.  .  His  wife  died  and 
he  married  Mrs.  Diedamia  Thompson,  1S46.  Daniel  lived  in 
Buckfield  and  died  there  July  8,  1S55,  aged  70. 

||  Dolly,  (daughter  of  Nathaniel9)  married  William  Tuttle 
1S07,  and  had  nine  children:  Isaac,  Oct.  7,  1S07  ;  (died  June  7, 
1S55  ;)  Rhoda  E.,  March  12,  1810:  Hiram,  Nov.  S.  1S12  ;  Mercy, 
March  9,  1S15  ;  Lois,  Sept.  29,  1S17;  William,  Oct.  5.  1S20; 
Adeline,  May  21,  1S23  ;  Angeline,  Oct.  6,  1S25,  died  1S43  ;  Oscar 
F.,  April  14,  1S2S.  Isaac  married  Rozana  Spaulding.  died; 
Rhoda  married  Joseph  Hutchinson,  died  June  4,  1S43  ;  Hiram 
married  Mary  A.  Conant  and  Britannia  Fernald  ;  Mercy  married 


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Benjamin  Roberts,  died  July  25,  1S4S.  and    Lois    married   David 
Ripley,  died  January,  1S56;  the   remainder  of  the    children    died 
unmarried.     William    died    Sept.  1S45  ;  Adeline,  April  22,  1S41. 
Dolly  lived  in  Turner  and  died  there  Dec.  1S41,  aged  54. 

|2  Mercy,  (daughter  of  Nathaniel8)  married  William  Walker 
of  Peru,  March  .7,  1S1S  and  had  four  children:  Martha,  March 
16,  1S19;  William  Haskell,  Jan.  7,  1S24 ;  Amanda,  Feb.  21, 
1829;  Adelia  B.,  March  is,  1S34.  Martha  manied  Orrin  Rey- 
nolds of  Canton,  Aug.  31.  1S53  and  had  one  child  :  Malcomb, 
born  May  12,  1S55  ;  she  died  May  25,  1S77.  William  H.,  married 
Mrs.  Sebrina  R.  Walker,  May  25,  1S56.  and  had  two  children: 
Charles  Sumner,  born  March  9,  1S57  ;  Daniel  II.,  Feb.  8,  1S59 
(died  Sept.  23,  1S60.)  Adelia  married  Gilbert  Eustace,  April  2, 
1S63  and  had  one  child:  Lucy  Malvina,  Sept.  17,  1S64.  died  May 
2,  1S72.  Her  husband  died  and  she  married  Amos  Harlow  of 
Peru,  May  9,  1S72.  Mercy  lived  in  Peru  and  died  there  May  6, 
1S77  aged  S$. 

13  Betsey  (daughter  of  Nathaniel8)  married  Adam  Knight  of 
Peru,  Dec.  1S15,  and  had  eight  children,  viz  :  Nathaniel,  Dec.  7, 
1S16;  Merrill,  Dec.  6,  1S1S;  Salome,  Dec.  26,  1S20;  Eveline  A., 
March  23,1824;  Calista,  March  27,  1826;  Daniel,  March  10, 
1S2S;  Jemima,  Dec.  23,  1831  ;  Maria  Louisa,  Aug.  1S37.  Nath" 
aniel  married  Columbia  Sweet,  June  5,  1S42,  and  had  two  chil- 
dren :  Aubry  Mellen,  Aug.  S,  1S43,  and  Eveline  A.,  June  11, 
1845.  Nathaniel  died  Oct.  20,  1S56.  Merrill  married  Esther 
Woodsome,  Jan.  15,  1S54,  and  had  two  children;  Bevillo  A., 
July  11,  1S56,  and  Lura  M.,  Aug.  16,  1S63.  Salome  married 
Enoch  Morrill,  June  23,  1S50.  Eveline  died  March  7,  1S44. 
Calista  manied  Oliver  Robbins  Aug.  20,  1S4S,  and  had  five  chil- 
dren, viz :  Susan,  Sept.  20,  1S49,  (died  Oct.  4,  1S54)  ;  Betsey, 
March  8,  1851,  (died  Nov.  22,  1S54.)  E.  Onello,  March  S,  1853; 
(married  June  9,  1870)  ;  Estella,  Sept.  28,  1855,  and  Albertus, 
Sept.  27, 1858,  (died  April  14,  1861.)  Calista  died  March  20,  1859. 
Daniel  died  in  Oregon  Jan.  18,  1852.  Jemima  married  Lucius 
Double  1852  and  had  five  children:  Oscar,  April  1850;  Alston, 
March  1855  ;  Earnest,  Jan.  24,  i860  ;  Abraham  Lincoln,  March 
1862  ;  Eveline  L.,  June  1866.  Maria  L.,  married  J.  W.  Farnham, 
Sept.  6,  1861  and  had  Maxcellena  June  22,  1862.  Louisa  died  Jan. 
1867.  Betsey  lived  in  Peru  and  died  there  June  22,  1847,  aged 
53  years. 

14     Eunice,  (daughter    of  Nathaniel8,)    married    Isaac    Chase, 

(son  of  Isaac5)  Jan.  1822  and  had  seven  children,  viz  :  Solon,  1823  ; 


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OthoTT.,  1825;  Maria,  1828;  Mary  Freeman,  1830 ;  Charles  C, 
1833  ;  Erexine  IT.,  1835  ;  Ann  J.,  1837.  Solon  married  Ann  Phillips, 
1845  and  had  four  children,  viz  :  Charles  C,  1846  ;  James  J.,  1848  ; 
Cora  C,  1853,  died  1872  ;  Isaac,  1857.  Charles  C,  (son  of  Solon) 
married  Elmira  Johnson,  1870  and  had  two  children:  Cora,  July 
1873;  Winnie,  born  Oct.  1877;  James  J.  (son  of  Solon)  married 
Drusilla  McKenney,  1866  and  had  three  children  :  Jennie,  1868  ; 
Ella,  1870;  Solon,  I873.  Otho  W.,  married  Deborah  T.  dishing, 
I849,  and  had  five  children,  viz  :  Charles  C,  I850,  died  186o; 
Frank  H.,  1 852;  Emma  J.,  1 854,  died  I860:  Clara.  I856,  died 
I860;  Deborah,  I858,  died  I858  with  her  mother ;  he  then  married 
Lizzie  Johnson,  and  had  six  children  :  Arthur,  I859  ;  Lucy  S., 
1861,  died  I865;  Addie  J.,  1866;  Clinton,  I873  ;  Harry,  I874, 
died  I875  ;  Roswell  Bradford,  May  5,  I877  ;  Frank  IL,  son  of 
Otho,  married  Fannie  Gilbert  had  one  child  that  died  ;  Maria 
married  Homer  B.  Record  and  had  rive  children,  viz  :  Homer, 
I850  died  IS52  ;  Eva  M.,  I853  ;  Charlie,  I858  died  IS58  ;  Lena, 
I860,  died  I860;  Charles  Homer,  1863.  Eva,  (daughter  of 
Maria)  married  Leman  Severy  and  had  two  children  :  Lila.  187<  ; 
a  son  IS77.  Maria  died  I864  ;  Mary  F.  married  Dr.  IL  D  Irish 
and  had  four  children,  viz  :  H.  Louis,  IS53  ;  Isaac  C.  I855  ;  Wal- 
ter, B.,  1861  ;  Mary  D.,  I864;  Louis,  son  of  Mary  married  Etta 
Hersey,  I877  ;  Charles  C,  died  from  accident  iStf  ;  Erexine  died 
I858  ;  Ann  J.,  married  Ichabod  Allen  I860,  and  had  Mary  Eunice, 
I863  and  died  I864.  Eunice  lived  in  Turner  and  died  there  June 
8,  I845,  aged  49  years. 

15  Priscilla,  (daughter  of  Nathaniel3)  married  John  Ellis  of 
Canton,  Sept.  1,  I823,  and  had  three  children,  viz  :'  Edwin,  born 
in  Peru  May  25,  IS24  ;  Lydia  S.,  born  in  Turner  Sept  28,  I830; 
Alexander  IL,  born  in  Temple,  July  6,  I839 ;  Edwin  married 
Sophia  S.  Davis,  Nov.  25,  I847.  She  died  April  6,  I849,  an<^  he 
married  Martha  B.  Baker,  Aug.  1850,  had  four  children  :  Augusta, 
(married  George  H.  Kennedy  and  lives  in  Canada  ;)  Damelia, 
(married)  ;  Edwin  Hamilton  and  Jonathan  Scott.  Edwin  is  a 
physician  in  Minnesota.  Lydia  S.,  married  John  V.  Tucker  of 
Upper  Stillwater  and  had  two  children  :  Mary  Priscilla,  March  24, 
I867  ;  Grace,  March  3,  I869.  Hamilton  died  at  Forbestown,  Cal- 
ifornia, July  5,  IS72.  Priscilla  lived  in  Peru,  Turner,  Temple  and 
died  in  Farmington.  July  1,  aged  55  years. 

16  Nathaniel  (son  of  Nathaniel3,)  married  Eunice  "VVescott 
March  I826,  and  had  four  children :  Amanda,  I828  (died  I830)  ; 
Lewis,  Jan.  22,  I830 ;  Ethan   Allen,  Jan.  18,  I832  ;    Martin    Van 


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Buren,  Oct.  9,  IS35.  His  wife  died  Aug.  31,  1  842,  and  he  mar- 
ried Mrs.  Hannah  (Bicknell)  Hayford,  I843.  She  died  Feb.  13, 
1S50,  and  lie  married  Abby  Gould  Dec.  23,  1S50,  who  died  June 
27,  1S53,  and  he  married  Sebrina  Gould  in  1S54.  Nathaniel  lived 
in  Turner.  Sidney,  and  now  lives  in  Readfield,  Maine, 

17  Miriam  (daughter  of  Nathaniel8,)  married  Nathan  Morrill 
of  Buckfield,  June  S,  1S31,  and  had  three  children:  Horace, 
Oct.  3,  1S32;  Ellen,  Dec.  12,  1S33  ;  Isaac  Chase,  Nov.  16,  1S3S. 
Horace  married  Emily  R.  Farrar,  and  had  three  children  :    Eliza 

A., ;    Alice, ;    Helen,    ■ .     Ellen    married 

Samuel  Thomas,  Isaac  married  Laura  J.  Withington  and  had  two 

children  ;  Zadoc  Long  died  in  infancy  ;  Nathan,  .      His  wife 

died  and  he  married  — ■ —  Rogers.  Miriam  lived  in  Buckfield  and 
died  there  Dec.  S,  1S62  aged  5S. 

18  J°b5  (son  of  Nathaniel9.)  married  Rebecca  D.  Latham  of 
Buckfield,  June  8,  1S01  and  had  three  children:  Mary  L.,  born 
in  Sangerville,  Maine,  April  5,  1S32  ;  George  F.,  born  in  Sanger- 
ville,  Nov.  24,  1S34;  Julia  C,  born  in  Turner,  Dec.  10,  1S40. 
Mary  married  Horace  M.  Bearce  of  Yarmouth,  Maine,  now  of 
Boston,  Feb.  3,  1S53  and  had  two  children:  Ada  M.,  born  in 
Yarmouth,  Nov.  27,  iS^3,  married  Frank  A.  Bates  of  New  York, 
Dec.  6,  1S77  ;  Annie  G.,  born  in  Auburn.  Me.,  May  23,  1S58. 
Julia  married  Seth  D.  "Washburn  of  Livermore.  March  S,  1S71. 
Job  lived  in  Turner  and  Sangerville.  and  now  lives  ;n  Livermore. 

19  Thomas  (son  of  Nathaniel8,)  married  Esther  M.  Daggett, 
Jan.  14,  1S32,  and  had  nine  children:  R.  Melona,  July  17,  1S35  ; 
Roscoe  G.,  Nov.  3,  1837  >  Abbie  F.,  Oct.  23,  1839  ;  Charles,  July 
18,  1S41  ;  George  H.,  May  5,  1S44;  Howard  Aquila,  Oct.  15, 
1846;  Lucy  x\.,  May  20,  1S49  !  William  D.,  Aug.  26,  1S52  ;  Ho- 
mer N.,  Sept.  30,  1S55.  Melona  married  Dr.  Charles  D.  Bradbury 
of  Buckfield,  now  of  Woodstock,  April  26,  1S54,  and  had  four 
children:  Thomas,  April  16,  1S55  ;  Charles  D.  July  9,  1S5S; 
Rolfe,  March  12,  1S61  ;  Abbey  L..  Jan.  7,  1864.  Ahby  F.  married 
M.  Dana  Holbrook  of  South  Braintree,  Mass.,  Dec.  13,  1S65,  and 
had  four  children:  William  Chase,  April  30,  186S ;  Annie  L., 
June  27,  1870 ;  Antoinette  Kimball,  Aug.  17,  1S73  ;  Roscoe  G., 
Dec.  27,  1877.  Lucy  A.,  died  of  diphtheria  Nov.  22,  1S60,  aged 
1 1  years.  Thomas  lived  on  the  homestead  in  Buckfield  and  died 
there  March  13,  1S66,  aged  nearly  5S.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
State  Senate  at  the  time  of  his  death. 


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20  William,  (son  of  Nathaniel8,)    married  Vesta    Fernald    of 

Buckfield,  x,^35  an(^  had  five  children,  viz  :  an    infant    that 

died;  Persis  M.,  April  26,  183?;  William  W.,  Dec.  15,  1S40  ; 
Mary  Frances,  April  29.  1S42  ;  Alice  A..  March  16,  1S51.  Persis 
married  Thomas  Bowman,  Dec.  2S,  1S57.  and  had  two  children  : 
Fred  Earle,  Jan  1,  1S64,  and  another  that  died  the  same  year  as 
herself.  Persis  died  Sept.  17,  1669.  William  W.,  died  Feh.  15, 
1841  ;  Mary  F.,  married  Nathan  D.  Harlow,  March  4,  1S66.  and 
had  one  child  :  Gertrude,  1S6 jr.  Alice  A.,  died  Aug.  15,  1S6S. 
William  lives  in  Buckfield. 

21  Isaac  (son  of  Nathaniel3,)  married  Philena  F.  Swett  of 
Buckfield,  March  2S,  1S37  an<^  nac^  f*ve  children,  viz  :  DeWitt 
Clinton.  Dec.  3,  1S37  ;  Lerov  R.,July  20,  1S39,  died  Oct.  16, 
1S44;  Leslie  H.,  Sept.  29,  1S43 ;  Leroy  R.,  Oct.  17,  1S45  ;  Isaac, 
Nov.  29,  1S47.  His  wife  died  Jan.  21,  1S4S  and  he  married  An- 
gelia  Shackley,  April  1 1,  1852.  and  had  four  children  :  Henry  A., 
Nov.  26,  1853  ;  Clarence  M..  Nov.  23,  1S56,  died  March  2,  1865  ; 
Philena  F.,  May  18,  1863,  died  Feh.  16,  1872  ;  Charles  Clarence, 
born  May  14,  1875.     Isaac  lives  in  Peru. 

22  Rhoda.  (daughter  of  Joseph9,  married  Barnard  Pompilley 
of  Turner  and  had  nine  children  :  Benjamin  E.,  Daniel  G.,  Han- 
nah, Zenette,  Barnard.  Bennett,  Nancy,  Louisa  and  Eliza.  This 
family  went  to  Ohio  about  1838,  and  the  surviving  members  still 
live  there. 

23  Hannah  (daughter  of  Joseph9,)  married  Daniel  Tuttle  of 
Turner,  and  had  eleven  children  :  Jeanette,  Melissa,  Allen,  Joseph, 
Ripley,  Allen,  Amanda,  Harrison,  Wm.  Wallace,  Mary  Ann  and 
Helen.  Melissa  married  Ambrose  Mitchell  ;  Joseph  married 
Frances  Gilbert  and  Clara  Churchill  ;  Ripley  married  Maria  Sta- 
ples ;  Allen  married  Almeda  Robinson  ;  Amanda  married  Lyman 
Stratton  ;  Harrison  married  Vesta  Mitchell ;  Wallace  married  Hat- 
tie  Gilbert.  Hannah  lived  in  Turner  and  died  in  Buckfield  185 1, 
aged  56. 

24  Joseph  (son  of  Joseph9,)  married  Almira  Shaw  of  Buck- 
field  and  had  four  children  :  Jane,  1S16;  Miriam,  181S;  Sarah  Ann, 
1825,  died  184S  ;  Lewis,  1830;  Jane  married  Rasseleus  Cole  and 
had  two  children  that  died  in  infancy,  and  Mary  who  married 
Horatio  Davis.  Miriam  married  Lucian  Philbrook  and  had  ten 
children:  Almira,  Joseph,  Marilla,  Zenan.  Ximenas,  Charles, 
George,  Offa,  Sarah  Jane  and  William.  Joseph  lived  on  the 
homestead  in  Buckfield  and  died  there . 


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25  Eleazer,    (son    of  Joseph9,)    married     Ann    Kneeland    of 

Bi'ckfleld  where  he  lives.v 

26  Mary,  (daughter  of  Joseph9.)  married  Amos  Shaw  and  had 
four  children  :  Zenas,  1S20;  Silas,  1S21  ;  Joseph.  iS2^,  and  Wil- 
son, 1S27.  Zenas  married  Jane  Benson.  Silas  married  Amanda 
Record.  Joseph  married  Sarah  A.  Pettengill.  Wilson  married 
Eleanor  Loring.     Wilson  died  1850.     Mary  lives  in  Buckfield. 

27  Nancy,  (daughter  of  Joseph9,)  married  Alva  Gilbert  of 
Buckfield,  and  had  two  children:  Martha,  1824  and  Dexter  1S26. 
Martha  married  Josiah  Hutchinson  of  Buckfield,  and  Dexter  mar- 
ried Amanda  Huff  of  Phillips.  Nancy  lived  and  died  in  Buck- 
field. 

28  Daniel,  (son  of  Daniel10,)  married  Betsey  Allen,  Oct.  11, 
1837,  anu"  nac^  three  children  :  Jairus  A.,  born  in  Turner,  Aug.  18, 
1 841  ;  Charles  A.,  born  in  Boston.  March  iS,  1S47  '  Gaius  A., 
born  in  Boston.  Aug.  27,  1S62.  died  in  Buckfield,  Sept.  30,  1S54. 
Charles  A.,  married  Sarah  J.  Mitchell  1870.  and  had  one  child: 
Temperance.  Daniel  lived  in  Boston,  now  lives  on  the  homestead 
in  Buckfield. 

29  Charles  Y.,  (son  of  Daniel1'1,)  married  Margaret  Lamb  of 
New  York  and  had  four  children  :  John,  Charles,  Nancy,  Dec. 
1S44,  and  Margaret,  March  13,  1847.  Charles  lived  in  New  York 
and  died  there  Dec.  1S53  aged  40. 

30  S.  Decatur,  (son  of  Daniel10,)  married  Olive  Briggs  Nov. 
1S43,  lives  in  Hebron,  Maine. 

31  Cyrus  G.,  (son  of  Daniel10,)  married  Lucy  Record  1S61 
and  had  one  child  :  Abby  that  died  in  infancy.  Cyrus  lives  in 
Buckfield. 

32  David  R.,  (son  of  Daniel10,)  died  in    South    Boston  July 

1852,  unmarried,  aged  34. 

33  Tacob   Elliott  (son  of  Daniel10)  died  in    New  York,  Feb. 

1853,  aged  42. 

34  Lewis  (son  of  Nathaniel16,)  married  Elvina  G.  Dyer, 
Sept.  6,  1855  and  had  five  children  :  Ada  Byron,  born  in  Sidney, 
July  15,  1856,  (died  Aug.  23,  i860)  ;  Charles  H.,  and  Helen  E., 
twins  born  in  Augusta,  Feb.  15,  1S59  ;  Arthur  L.,  born  in  Shediac. 
N.  B.,  Aug.  24,  i860,  died  April  19.  1S63  ;  Ada  Byron  born 
in  Sidney,  April  24,  1865.     Lewis  lived  in  Shdeiac,  N.    B.,    and 


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Sidney  and  now  lives  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.  ;  is    senior    member   of 
the  firm  of  "Chase  Brothers,  Nurserymen." 

35  Ethan  A.,  (son  of  Nathaniel16,)  married  Augusta  Field  of 
Sidney,  Nov.  1S60,  and  had  five  children:  Frank  F.,  born  in 
Sidney.  June  iS,  1S62  ;  Florence  A.,  born  in  Sidney,  April  28, 
1865  ;  Harry  B.,  born  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  April  23,  1S6S  ;  Lewis 
Martin  born  in  Sidney,  June  27,  1S73  ;  Homer  Aquila,  born  in 
Rochester,  Aug.  29,  1S77.  Ethan  taught  school  in  Georgia, 
lived  in  Shediac,  N.  B.,  and  in  Sidney  and  now  lives  in  Roches- 
ter, New  York  ;  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  "Chase  Brothers." 

36  Martin  V.  B.,  (son  of  Nathaniel10,)  married  Helen  A. 
Waite  of  Sidney,  Oct.  28,  i860,  and  had  three  children:  Fred 
\\\,  born  Dec.  1,  1S61  ;  Eunice  E.,  born  in  Sidney,  June  30,  1866, 
died  in  Augusta,  Sept.  8,  1870;  Fannie  Murray  born  in  Augusta, 
April  8,  1872.  Martin  was  an  officer  in  the  late  war  ;  now  lives 
in  Augusta  and  is  one  of  the  '"Chase  Brothers,  Nurserymen." 

37  George  F.,  (son  of  Job18,)  married  Ann  M.  Strickland, 
Feb.  14,  i860,  and  had  five  children:  Horace  M.  B.,  born  in 
Auburn,  Jan.  22,  1861,  died  Aug.  1861  ;  Herbert,  born  in  Auburn, 
June  11,  1862  ;  Charles  F.,  born  in  London,  Nov.  11,  iS 65  ;  Henry 
B.  born  in  Livermore,  June  13,  1S70;  Robert  Chilton  born  in 
Livermore,  Oct.  13,  1S75.  George  F.,  lived  in  Auburn,  London 
and  Livermore,  and  now  lives  in  North  Carolina. 

38  Roscoe  (son  of  Thomas19,)  married -Ellen  E.  Gerrish  of 
Sumner,  Nov.  1S65,  and  had  two  children  :  Lila  G.  born  in  Buck- 
field,  April  3,  1S66,  died  in  AuburnMay  2,  1870 ;  Orville  G.,  born 
Geneva,  May  26,  1S73.  Roscoe  lived  in  Buckfield  and  Auburn, 
and  now  lives  in  Geneva,  New  York.  He  is  senior  member  of 
the  firm  of  "R.  G.  Chase  &  Co.,  Nurserymen." 

39  Charles,  (son  of  Thomas19,)  enlisted  from  Boston  in  the 
33d  Regiment  of  Massachusetts  Volunteers,  and  was  lost  m  the 
engagement  at  Cold  Harbor,  Va.,  June  3,  1864.  A  very  worthy 
young  man. 

40  George  H.,  (son  of  Thomas19,)  married  Maranda  Morton 
of  Paris,  Sept.  24,  1865  and  had  three  children:  Charles  H., 
(and  twin  that  died  in  infancy,)  born  in  Paris,  Feb.  17,  1868  and 
George  Morton  born  in  Auburn,  Dec.  18,  1873.  George  lived  in 
Paris  and  Auburn,  Maine,  and  now  lives  in  Maiden,  Mass.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  "R.  G.  Chase  &  Co." 


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41  Howard  (son  of  Thomas19.)  married  Mary  E.  Gibbs  of 
Geneva,  New  York,  Nov.  23,  1871,  and  has  three  children: 
Howard  Gibbs,  born  in  Geneva.  April  7,  1873  ;  Mary  Esther  born 
in  Geneva,  Feb.  4,  1S75  ;  Charles  Thomas,  born  in  Philadelphia, 
Penn.,  Oct.  27,  1876.  Howard  lived  in  Geneva  and  now  in  Phil- 
adelphia and  is  one  of  the  firm  of  ';R.  G.  Chase  Sz  Co.,  Nursery- 
men." 

42  William  (son  of  Thomas19,)  married  Lizzie  C.  Withing- 
ton  of  Lawrence,  Mass.,  Aug.  15, 1S77.  William  lives  in  Auburn 
and  is  one  of  the  editors  of  ''Chase's  Chronicle." 

43  DeWitt  Clinton  (son  of  Isaac21,)  married  Flora  Newman 
of  Carthage,  May  23,  iS^c),  and  had  one  child:  Elmer  E.,  born 
Oct.  7,  1861,  died  May  15,  1S63.  His  wife  died  July  21,  1S63, 
and  he  married  Clara  A.  Newman  May  15,  1S64,  and  had  one 
child:  Elmer  E.,  born  May  23,  1S65.  Clinton  lived  in  Peru  and 
Wilton,  also  in  California  and  now  lives  in  Auburn,  Maine. 

44  Lewis,  (son  of  Joseph24,)  married  Eunice  Cole  and  had  eight 
children  :  Julia,  Sarah  Jane,  Amanda,  Ellen,  Mary  Anna,  Ells- 
worth, Harrison  and  Eunice.  His  wife  died  and  he  married  Eva 
Bisbce.  Lewis  lives  in  Buckrield  on  the  same  farm  as  his  father, 
grandfather  and  great-grandfather. 

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ANOTHER  MAINE  BRANCH. 

33  Nathan  Chase3,  (Thomas2,  Aquila1,)  married  first,  Nov. 
29,  1723,  Judith  Sawyer  and  had: 

4  i  Nathan,  born  Jan.  23,  1725. 

5  ii  Mary,  born  Nov.  1, 1727. 

6  iii  Moses,  born  March  31,  1729. 

7  iv  John,  born  July  27,  1731. 

8  v  Judith,  born  April  1,  1734. 

9  vi  Josiab,  born  Sept.  — ,  173(3. 

For  second  wife,  Nathan  Chase  married  Dec.  30,  1740  Joanna 
Cheney  and  had : 

10  vii    Moses,  born  Sept.  21, 1741. 

11  viii    Lydia,  born  Sept.  15,  1742. 

12  ix      Parker,  born  Feb.  28.  1745. 

13  x      Edmund,  born  June  21,  1748;  married  Esther  Merrill. 

14  xi     Stephen,  born  July  16,  1750. 

15  xii    Jonathan,  born  Dee.  5,  1751. 

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13  Edmund  Chase4  married  Esther  Merrill,  Nov.  30,  T769, 
and  later  in  life  with  his  family,  moved  from  Newbury,  Mass.,  to 
Minot,  Me.     They  had  twelve  children  as  follows  : 

Joanna,  b.  Nov.  5,  1770. 
Stephen,  b.  Jan.  14, 1772. 
Merrill,  b.  Oct.  17.  1773. 
Priseilla.b.  Jan.  22.  1776. 
Ruth  b.  Sept.  3,  1777. 
Sally,  b.  Sept.  3.  1779. 
Abigail,  b.  April  17.  1781. 

23  viii   Nathan,  b.  May  1G,  1783. 

24  ix      Edmund,  b.  Dee.  9,  1785;  d.  1878  at  Minot,  Me.,  aged  over  02  years  and 

had  been  70  years  a  Fremasou  J  said  to  be  the  oldest  Freemason  in  the 
United  States. 

25  x       Polly,  b.  Sept.  23, 1787.  . 

26  xi      Charles,  b.  April  6,  1791. 

27  xii    Abner,  b.  April  28, 1793. 

|7  Stephen  Chase5  married  Ruth  Tyler  of  New  Gloucester. 
lie  lived  in  Lewiston  and  was  said  to  be  the  first  miller  in  that 
town.  In  1S03  he  moved  to  No.  3  Plantation,  now  the  town  of 
Woodstock.  He  was  the  first  Town  Clej-k,  the  first  Justice  of  the 
Peace  in  that  town,  and  the  first  Representative  to  the  Legislature. 
He  was  also  agent  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  town.  He  was  one 
of  the  early  Deacons  of  the  Baptist  Church  at  Paris  Hill,  and  a 
licensed  preacher.  About  the  year  1S2;;,  he  moved  to  Lincoln, 
Maine,  and  died  there.      Children  : 

28  i        Clarissa,  b.  Sept.  22, 1790;  m.  Daniel  Curtis. 
Ruhamah,  b.  June  28.  1*01 ;  married  Benjamin  Davis. 
Ruth,  b.  July  6.  1803;  m.  Simon  Fickett. 
Betsey,  b.  Dec.  28,  1804;  m.  Solon  Gates. 
Thomas  H.,  b.  Dee.  22,  1806;m.  Mary  Gates. 
Peter  M.,  b.  Dec.  28,  1808;  m.  Mary  Cole. 

33  vii  Cyrus  H.,b.  Nov.  30, 1810;  m.  Harriet  Bailey. 

34  viii  Stephen  S.,b.  May  29,  1813;  died  July  1S72. 

35  ix  Noah  C,  b.  Oct.  29,  1815,  unmarried. 

36  x  Dudley  P.,  b.  Feb.  14,  1M7;  m.  Olivia  Carpenter. 

37  xi  Abner  B.,  b.  Dec.  12, 1819;  m.  (1)  Hannah  P.  Norton.     (2)  Frank  But- 

terfield.    Resides  in  Norway,  Me. 

18  Merrill  Chase5  married  (1)  Sally  Tucker,  March  3,  1796. 
and  moved  from  Minot,  Maine  to  No.  3  Plantation  in  1S02,  with 
his  brother  Stephen,  and  settled  on  an  adjoining  lot.  He  succeeded 
his  brother  as  Clerk  of  the  town,  and  was  a  prominent  man  in 
town  affairs  for  many  years.  He  died  in  Paris,  July  17,  i860. 
Children  : 

38  i        Sally,  b.  Feb.  20, 1797 ;  m.  Lemuel  Perham. 

39  ii       Merrill,  b.  Narch  20, 1799;  m.  Mercy  Swan. 


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40  iii     Alfred,  b.  Nov.  2, 1801 :  in.  Elvira  Perhain.     No  children. 

41  iv      Mary  A.,  bom  Aug.  5,  1803;  m.  Edmund  Bowkcr. 
,     42    v      Esther  31.,  b.  May  2C,  1806;  married  Galen  Gates. 

43  vi     Edmund,  b.  Sept.  20, 1808;  m.  Anna  Spofl'ard. 

44  vii    Lydia  A.,  b.  Oct.  13,  IMO;  m.  Mahahm  Bryant. 

4o    viii   Eliza,  b.  Dee.  21,  1*12;  m.  Zephauiah  B.  "Whitman. 

For  second  wife,  Merrill  Chase5  married  Mrs.  Lucy  (Spofford) 
Felt,  widow  of  Joshua  Felt  of  Temple,  X.  II.,  who  died  in  Wood- 
stock, Maine,  in  1S12.     Children  by  second  marriage: 

46  ix     Lucinda,  b.  Feb.  9, 1816;  m.  Gibbs  Benson. 

47  x      Alden,  b.  June  5,1819;  m.  Lucy  Golf  June  11,  1S40.  and  had  Lucy 

Merrill,  b.  May  10, 1841,  died  Oct.  11, 1846;  Alden  Fitzroy,b.  Get.  16, 
1842.. graduate  of  Middli  town.  Conn.  University  and  Profes-or  of  Mathe- 
matics in  Maine  Wesleyan  Seminary  at  Kent's  Hill,  m.  Louisa  F.  Allen; 
Estella  Ophelia,  1>.  Sept.  1,  1846;  m.  Rev.  Albert  A.  Ford;  Aquila  Mont- 
rose, b.  June  22.  1854. 

Alden  Chase  was  a  successful  teacher  of  the  public  schools  in 
his  younger  days  ;  has  often  held  town  office  ;  served  two  years  in 
the  Maine  Legislature,  and  two  terms  of  five  years  each  as  Regis- 
ter of  Deeds  for  Oxford  County.  Now  resides  on  his  farm  in 
Woodstock. 

29  Ruhamah  Chase"  married  Benjamin,  son  of  Aaron  and 
Thankful  (Strout)  Davis,  and  lived  in  Woodstock  and  died  there- 
Children  : 

i  Ptichard.  b.  Fob.  21.  1823;  d.  May  23.  1832. 

ii  Emeline,  b.  March  15,  1824. 

iii  Herrick  Chase,  b.  Xov.  5.  1825;  m.  Lucy  M.  Felt. 

iv  P.enjamin.  b.  Aug.  11,  1^-27:  in.  and  1  iv«--  m  Woodstock. 

v  Stephen  Chase',  b.  May  23,  1*29:  m.  Martha  E.  Perham. 

vi  Ruhamah,  b.  July  1">,  1831  ;  m.  JolmQ.  Ellis. 

vii  Xehemiah,  b.  Nov.  8,  1833:  m.  Mary  J.  Perham. 

viii  Gyrus  Cha<e,  b.  Sept.  20,  1*3-1 ;  d.  a  young  man. 

ix  Henry,  b.  May  11,  1*3*;  m.  Maria  P.  Greenleaf. 

x  Emma,  b.  Dec.  19,  1840. 

39  Merrill  Chase6,  who  married  Mercy,  daughter  of  Elijah  and 
Eunice  (Barton)  Swan  of  Paris,  has  resided  in  Woodstock,  Sum- 
ner and  now  in  Paris.  He  was  the  first  settler  and  built  the  first 
mill  in  that  part  of  Woodstock  known  as  "■Sygotch."       Children  : 

i  Eunice,  b.  Dee.  29,  1820;  m.  Darius  .Sessions. 

ii  Olive,  b.  Xov.  14,  1*23;  m.  Ephraira  K.  Andrews. 

iii  Elvira,  b.  May  4,  1*28;  d.  young. 

iv  Elijah  S.,  b.  June  3,  1830: m.  Augusta  Nash, 

v  Merrill.  Jr.,  b.  June  5.  1830. 

vi  Elvira,  b.  April  17,  1833;  m.  Lucius  Hackett. 

vii  Aravesta,  b.  May  13,  1*30. 

viii  Thadeus  K.,  b.  June  25, 1840. 


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41  Mary  A.  Chase6  who  married  Edmund,  son  of  James  and 
Judith  (Chase)  Bowker,  survives  her  husband  and  resides  in  Wood- 
stock.    Children  : 

i  Esther  C.  b.  Juno  11, 1827;  m.  Danville  J.  Libby. 

ii  Anson  G..  b.  Juno  5.  lv.,>;:  m.  (1)  Martini  J.  Silver  and  (2)  Melissa  Harlow. 

iii  Albion  P..  b.  May  IT.  183  >:  m.  Angeline  Dudley. 

iv  G''o.  W.,  b.  Sept.  7,1831;  m.  (1)  Sarah  T.  Carter,  and  (2)  Frances  A.  Hilton. 

v  Henry,  b.  April  29,  1SW:  d.  young. 

vi  Charles  H..  b.  Oct.  24.  1833;  m.  Ellen  Gilpatrick, 

vii  Galen  Gate-.  1).  Nov.  1,1841;  d.  in  the  Union  Army  at   Great  Falls,  Md. 

Jan.  3, 1$G3. 

viii  Chauncey  C,  b.  Aug.  -JO.  ls43;  died  young, 

ix  Janus  L.,  b.  Aug.  13.  1SA4  :  in.  Ellen  E.  Davis. 

43  Edmund  Chase6  married  Anna  Spofibrd  of  Rumford.  He 
was  for  several  years  a  resident  of  Woodstock  and  served  one  term 
in  the  Maine  Legislature.  He  moved  with  his  whole  family  to 
Wisconsin  about  18^3.     Children  born  in  Woodstock: 

i  Earl  S.,  h.  Nov.  10.  1832. 

ii  Otis  F.,  b.  July  14, 1834. 

iii  Elorinda,  b.  Aug.  2*.  1836. 

iv  Nicy  M.,  b.  Sept.  19,  1838. 

v  Leroy  C,  b.  May  16, 1840. 

vi  Ann.-  S.,  b.  July  24.  1842. 

vii  Louisa,  b.  January  8,  1n46. 

viii  Lueinda,  b.  April  9,  1S4*. 

ix  Arthur,  b.  May  3. 1S53. 

45  Eliza  Chase5  married  Zephaniah  B  ,  son  of  Luther  and 
Polly  (Bern)  Whitman  of  Woodstock  and  has  always  lived  in 
Woodstock.      Children : 

i       Sylvinia  E.,  b.  Oct.  5,  ls>3:  m.  Amos  Thurlow. 

ii      Vesta  L.,  b.  Aug.  1,  ISotJ:  m.  (1)  Mark  F.  Rawson;  (2)  Charles  Besse. 

iii     Gilman  A.,  b.  March  24.  1838;  in.  Evelina  A.  Jackson. 

iv      Napoleon  B..  b.  Dec.  2*.  1SJ!J;  died  l'rorn  effects  of  wounds  received  at  the 

battle  of  Shiloh. 
v      Alanson  Mellen,  b.  April   17.   1841;  died  Aupr.  2d,  1864  at  Ander-onville 

Prison,  Georgia.     A  brave  soldier  in  the  Union  army, 
vi      Gilbert  M.  L..  b.  April  2*.  LS14;  m.  Adelaide  Dudley.     Lives  in  Wisconsin. 
vii     M.  Josephine,  b.   June  2o.   Is45,   married  Charles  M.   Bryant.     Lives   in 

Wisconsin, 
viii    Eugene  Z.,  b.  Dec.  6,  18o<J;  m.  Dora  V.  Whitman. 


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