Jeffrey- I had posted a private response to Ginger - but I want to say public thank you to you, taking up the reins on the Continent, following in the footsteps of Keith Hume who did so much for us all (and thank you, Keith - for the good-spirited greetings to mark the celebration of the split between our countries). Sometimes we drop our research for six months or so due to family or business pressures, but then we pick it up with a "fresh" eye , a different tack, and lo and behold - a breakthrough is made! The answers to William's origins are out there, I feel sure. We're all hoping you will be the one to discover those origins..............We can wait. Best of luck! Judy Chace Needham

To all of the Chase Group in the U.S. Have a good Holiday and may the forthcoming year be happy and successful to you all, Your "Limey"/"Aussie" cousin , Keith Hume

I recall there was some discussion in June re the book written by A. W. Chase, MD. I came across the following site which may interest those who took part in the earlier discussion. http://www.davetill.com/ads1920s/06_aw_chase.htm The site has an old advertisement that appeared in Toronto paper in 1926. The site says the following about Dr. Chase: "Dr. A.W. (Alvin Wood) Chase (1817-1885), of Ann Arbor, Mich., was a giant of the patent-medicine field. Though he had no medical degree, having learned his trade by apprenticing to another doctor, he made up for his lack of formal training with a healthy dose of entrepreneurship. Besides Dr. A. W. Chase’s Every-Day Mouth Wash, the good doctor’s remedies included Dr. A. W. Chase’s Ointment, Dr. A. W. Chase’s Catarrh Powder and Dr. A. W. Chase’s Tonic (which was laxative pills). However, Dr. Chase was best known as an author. In 1863, his first book, Dr. Chase’s Recipes or Information for Anybody, was published. This book was intended for people who either couldn’t afford a doctor or preferred to treat their own ailments. Since doctors in those days were expensive and usually not particularly skilled, the book sold over seven hundred thousand copies in the thirteen years following its first appearance.

http://www.geocities.com/heartland/4678/kate.html Kate Chase Sprague http://www.washingtonian.com/inwashington/museumguide/mus_historic.html Chase-Lloyd House : Samuel Chase signer of Dec. of Independence http://mindy.glover.org/edgewood.html Salomon P. & more on daughter Kate http://bahai-library.org/books/t.chase/ch.chapt02.html Thornton Chase http://www.mcslibrary.org/program/museum/homes.htm Margaret Chase Smith http://www.historicwindsor.com/model.htm Dudley Chase's "Mansion" used as a educational model in Vermont http://vermont-archives.org/govinfo/elect/senterms.htm Vermont US Senators http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/news/stories/news1866.html Dudley chase Smith ggrandson of Bishop Philander Chase http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/ do a search on Chase in Otsego, NY http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/projects/dbases/chase1.htm Camp Chase Cemetery Civil War http://www.villageofchase.com/about.html Canada http://www.chasenegw.com/1940chasewho.htm Chase county, Nebraska http://famousamericans.net/famousamericans-cha-chi/ http://44.1911encyclopedia.org/C/CH/CHASE_SAMUEL.htm http://members.core.com/~figueroa/sw19.htm Gads! how did she get on the web! http://www.vineyard.net/vineyard/history/chase.htm

I thought this to be interesting bit ole history Harriet ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 8:53 AM Subject: [DAVENPORT] What "Below the Salt" means, and It's Implications to Pamunkey Davenports : Pamunkey Davenports & Others Interested: : : In my introductory discussion relative to Davis Davenport's ancestry, : I used the term "below the salt" to describe Davis' social status compared to : that of Major John Waller, Davis's new neighbor in 1696. "What do you mean : by that?" I have been asked by a cousin. : : It's a succinct term from Medieval English times describing a person : of lower social standing. In those days, Lords of Manors and those of their : household, excepting cooks and others involved in food service who ate in the : kitchen, all persons of the household took their meals together and sat at a : common table, which was a "T" in design. (King Arthur's Round Table being the : notable exception.) The Lord of the Manor or the Master of the Household, his : wife, his family, and honored guests and favorites sat at the cross table, : all others, seated according to their status in the household, were at the : long table extending from the cross table. Salt for individual seasoning was : placed in one or more trenchers, depending on the length of the long table, : in the center of the table midway, one-third, one-fourth, one-fifth, whatever : needed, down. Those of highest status in the household sat closest to the : Lord or Master and his lady at the cross table. Those of lesser status or in : disfavor sat down the table according to their relative status, with Pages : and Apprentices, young nobodies on their ways to becoming somebodies, sitting : at the foot of table, below all the salt, but everyone at the long table : beyond those who sat above the first salt were "below the salt." Hence, by : station or place at the table one social status in the household was : identified and all knew who their "betters" were. A visitor was placed where : the Host determined he belonged, and woe unto anyone who "gave himself Aires" : and seated himself above his station. : : Pecking Order was possibly more crucial in Colonial Virginia than it : was in England, for all life in the Colony centered on one's social status. : You'll recall that the earliest Company of Adventurers to Virginia in 1608 : was largely composed of youthful Gentleman, who were of little use in doing : the work that it took to establish the Jamestown settlement because they had : no useful skills nor work ethic and considered themselves above common labor. : They were parasites on the labors of the Commoners, uncontributing mouths to : feed. : : The Social Structure was cemented into Seventeenth Century English : life from Medieval Times. In frontier Virginia, the English did not change, : but scoured the streets of English cities for the homeless and vagrants--the : jails for debtors and petty criminals, and shipped them to Virginia to become : indentured servants and do the common labor. According to Governor Berkeley : in 1671, four out of every five shipped to the Colony in its first fifty : years died within a year of their arrival, largely due to the harshness of : the life and their poor physical condition on arrival. The English turned to : Slavery in Virginia only because Blacks had the physical strength to do the : work and could survive the environment. Virginia Planters did not embrace : Slavery until the 1690s, after eighty years of failure with the dregs and : jail birds of English cities who could not survive the labor of pushing back : the forest to make fields, and planting, cultivating, and harvesting the : Tobacco that created the wealth that justified Virginia's existence. : : Not all who came to Virginia were Gentleman or Indentured Servants. : Merchants, Craftsmen, Yeomen, and Younger Sons made their own way or had it : made for them to seek their fortunes. Whoever they were, they were : classified by social status, not by merit or contribution to the good of the : Colony. An uneducated, shiftless son of a prominent English family shipped : to Virginia as a "Remittance Man" was of higher social regard and more : entitled to a place "above the salt" than was a hard working, highly skilled : artisan, who had to sit "below the salt," possibly at the foot of the table. : : The point is that in Colonial Virginia Society, social caste was : primary, and only the brash and inconsiderate married out of their Class, up : or down, and did so at the peril of losing whatever status they had obtained : or were born to. By becoming Virginia land owners and small planters, men of : low stature in England could advance in both economic and social status in : Virginia, but it was a slow, unsure process. Wealth did not guarantee that : one common born a place above the salt. : : I'll be touching on the matter of Social Status constantly as I unfold : what we have learned about the times of Davis Davenport, because of some of : our Pamunkey cousins are determined to make a Silk Purse out of a Sow's Ear : insofar as our ancestry is concerned. The reality of our Beginning will be : considered bitter medicine, by some. Bitter medicine, if needed, is better : administered in one, early dose where Genealogy is concerned. Delusions of : Grandeur contribute nothing but fiction to our effort. : : Every corollary family known to have been associated with the Pamunkey : Davenports in the first two generations after Davis was higher up the social : ladder than we were. Accept the premise that we started below the salt, and : have worked our way up, and the rest of the story will fall into place : comfortably. We started low, but we have been upwardly mobile on these : Shores for at least three hundred and fifty years. : : John Scott Davenport : Holmdel, NJ : : : ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== : The Pamunkey Davenport Chronicles are available on CD. : Visit the link below for a free preview and instructions on ordering. : http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/davnport/chronicles.htm : : ============================== : To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: : http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 :

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We are trying to locate information on 1) Lewis Chase, born 2/18/1806 that married Martha True and 2) their son Melville Chase that married Frances True, and 3) their son was Earle Chase. Thanks for any help.

Dear Cousin Melinda, Sent the information about the Lawyer and the Biker on to the Chase group that I have belonged to for a number of years. They are extremely active and helpful and you may be interested in joining them. Please see the message I sent onward. Ginger Address is listed above.

Perhaps some of you were watching 60 Minutes II on June 5, 2002. If so, you were probably not aware of the fact that Edwin Matthews is a direct descendant of Benjamin Chace, son of William Chase, who was what we refer to as Cape Cod Chase who came over from England in 1630. If interested in this interesting story, just type in www.CBSNEWS.com click on 60 minutes II Then click on The Lawyer and the Biker You can read the transcript even though you may have missed the program. He is my second cousin and thought you may be interested in what Chaces are doing today. Ginger in AZ

Hi Listers, I am researching the descendants of Thomas CHASE (who used alias LINNELL) of Lunenburg and Kings County. I have made some progress, but would like to correspond with anyone who has any information on this family. Following is what I have on the early generations. Descendants of Thomas (Sr.) CHASE Generation No. 1 1. THOMAS (SR.)1 CHASE was born Abt. 1792 in ??, and died 27 February 1868 in New Ross, NS. He married ELIZABETH LEGGE 29 January 1822 in St John Anglican, Lunenburg, NS, daughter of WILLIAM LEGGE and CATHERINE DAREE. Children of THOMAS CHASE and ELIZABETH LEGGE are: 2. i. THOMAS (JR.)2 CHASE, b. 3 June 1822, Prob. Martin's River or Western Shore, NS; d. 2 October 1895, White Rock, NS. 3. ii. SOPHIA CHASE, b. 7 November 1823, Prob. Martin's River or Western Shore, NS. 4. iii. JAMES FREDERICK CHASE, b. 6 June 1825, Prob. Martin's River or Western Shore, NS; d. November 1894. iv. ELIZABETH CHASE, b. 11 September 1827, Prob. Martin's River or Western Shore, NS; d. 8 May 1830, Martin's River, NS. 5. v. JULIA ANN CHASE, b. 15 September 1829, Prob. Martin's River or western Shore, NS; d. 21 August 1860. 6. vi. GEORGE HENRY CHASE, b. 26 September 1832, Prob. Martin's River or Western Shore, NS; d. 1910, buried at The Oaks in Kentville. 7. vii. JOHN CHASE, b. 26 April 1835, Prob. Martin's River or Western Shore, NS; d. 18 March 1896, New Ross, Nova Scotia; New Ross Old Anglican Cemetery. 8. viii. SUSANNA CHASE, b. 9 January 1837, Prob. Martin's River or Western Shore, NS. Generation No. 2 2. THOMAS (JR.)2 CHASE (THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 3 June 1822 in Prob. Martin's River or Western Shore, NS, and died 2 October 1895 in White Rock, NS. He married REBECCA SWALLOW 4 December 1846 in St Stephen Anglican, Church, Chester, Lunenburg Co., daughter of JAMES SWALLOW and CATHERINE GREENLAW. Children of THOMAS CHASE and REBECCA SWALLOW are: i. DORCAS3 CHASE, b. Abt. 1853; d. 18 May 1907; m. MARK LANDRY. ii. MARY CHASE, b. Abt. 1856. 9. iii. JAMES NORMAN CHASE, b. Abt. 1853; d. 1 January 1899, Wolfville, NS. iv. CATHERINE CHASE, b. Abt. 1860. v. HANNAH CHASE, b. Abt. 1862. 3. SOPHIA2 CHASE (THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 7 November 1823 in Prob. Martin's River or Western Shore, NS. She married DANIEL CORBIN Abt. 1851, son of WILLIAM CORBIN and CATHERINE <UNKNOWN>. Children of SOPHIA CHASE and DANIEL CORBIN are: 10. i. MARTIN JOSEPH3 CORBIN, b. 19 November 1852; d. 8 October 1926. 11. ii. STANLEY CORBIN, b. 19 November 1852; d. 24 March 1925, Kentville, Kings Co., NS. iii. ELLEN CORBIN, b. Abt. 1855. iv. JAMES CORBIN, b. Abt. 1857. 12. v. FRANK CORBIN, b. Abt. 1860. vi. DANIEL CORBIN, b. Abt. 1864. vii. WILLIAM CORBIN, b. Abt. 1868. 4. JAMES FREDERICK2 CHASE (THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 6 June 1825 in Prob. Martin's River or Western Shore, NS, and died November 1894. He married HELEN REGINA (JANE) WENTZELL 7 April 1855 in Chester, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, daughter of MATTHIAS WENTZELL and LOUISA TANNER. Children of JAMES CHASE and HELEN WENTZELL are: 13. i. ALMA JANE3 CHASE, b. 21 December 1856, Indian Point. 14. ii. BENJAMIN JAMES CHASE, b. 7 December 1858, Indian Point; d. 1931. iii. JOHN HENRY CHASE, b. 1 December 1860, Indian Point. iv. EDWARD FREEMAN CHASE, b. 12 July 1863, Martins River. 15. v. JOHN WILLIAM CHASE, b. Abt. 1865. 16. vi. SARAH THERESA CHASE, b. 3 February 1869, Martins River. 17. vii. LOUISA CHASE, b. 23 September 1871; d. 1950. viii. MELINDA CHASE, b. Abt. 1873. ix. MARY CHASE, b. Abt. 1875. x. ARTHUR CHASE, b. Abt. 1877. 18. xi. TITUS MATTHEW CHASE, b. 30 October 1879; d. 26 March 1963, Berwick, Kings Co., NS. xii. TIMOTHY CHASE, b. Abt. 1880. 19. xiii. MAY CELEST CHASE, b. 27 June 1881; d. 1971. 5. JULIA ANN2 CHASE (THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 15 September 1829 in Prob. Martin's River or western Shore, NS, and died 21 August 1860. She met (1) JOHN BRUHM. She married (2) JOHN WILLIAM SALTZMAN 11 December 1853 in St Stephen Anglican, Church, Chester, Lunenburg Co., son of GEORGE SALTZMAN and CATHERINE ERNST. Child of JULIA CHASE and JOHN BRUHM is: 20. i. JAMES WILLIAM (BILL)3 CHASE, b. 20 June 1849, New Ross, Lunenburg County, NS; d. 9 June 1900, Lakeville, Kings Co., N.S. ; buried Cambridge, Kings County, Baptist Cemetery. Children of JULIA CHASE and JOHN SALTZMAN are: ii. WILLIAM KINGSMIRE3 SALSMAN, b. 19 October 1854. 21. iii. JOHN DAVID SALSMAN, b. 2 December 1856. iv. GEORGE HENRY SALSMAN, b. 25 September 1858. 6. GEORGE HENRY2 CHASE (THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 26 September 1832 in Prob. Martin's River or Western Shore, NS, and died 1910 in buried at The Oaks in Kentville. He married MARY ANN VEINOT 19 November 1860 in New Ross, NS, daughter of PETER VIENOT and MARY HILTZ. Children of GEORGE CHASE and MARY VEINOT are: 22. i. DAVID ARTHUR3 CHASE, b. 27 December 1862, New Ross, Nova Scotia; d. 5 March 1897, buried at The Oaks in Kentville. 23. ii. EMMELINE L. (EMMA) CHASE, b. 20 November 1863, New Ross, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia. 24. iii. GEORGE EDWARD CHASE, b. 15 October 1866, Kentville, Kings Co., Nova Scotia. iv. AMELIA CHASE, b. 19 September 1869. v. WILLIAM RODNEY CHASE, b. 13 April 1871; d. 4 February 1876. vi. JAMES HENRY CHASE, b. 12 April 1874; d. 1945, Nova Scotia Sanatorium, Kentville. vii. ESTHER MARIA CHASE, b. 5 November 1876. viii. JOHNIE OSTIN CHASE, b. 20 April 1877. 25. ix. GLENNIE OLIVE CHASE, b. 28 May 1880; d. October 1975. 26. x. LALIA LEE CHASE, b. 2 July 1882; d. 29 March 1980. 7. JOHN2 CHASE (THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 26 April 1835 in Prob. Martin's River or Western Shore, NS, and died 18 March 1896 in New Ross, Nova Scotia; New Ross Old Anglican Cemetery. He married ELIZA J. KEDDY 15 December 1861 in Christ Anglican Church, New Ross, N.S, daughter of ISSAC KEDDY and SARA SARTIE. Children of JOHN CHASE and ELIZA KEDDY are: i. ISAAC3 CHASE, b. 26 March 1862; d. 28 April 1862, New Ross. 27. ii. CLARA JANE CHASE, b. 30 March 1863, New Ross, N.S.; d. 3 January 1963, Greenwood, N.S.. iii. AMOS CHASE, b. 22 September 1864; d. January 1872. iv. SARAH ELIZABETH CHASE, b. 21 June 1866; d. January 1868. 28. v. MARGARET MATILDA (TILLY) CHASE, b. 23 April 1868; d. 6 August 1882. 29. vi. JOHN WILLIAM CHASE, b. 23 April 1870, New Ross, Lunenburg County; d. Abt. 1906. 30. vii. JAMES WILLIAM (WILL) CHASE, b. 29 March 1872; d. 1935. viii. ABNER RICHMOND CHASE, b. 29 January 1874; d. 26 April 1961, Kingston, NS. ix. JOSEPH FREEMAN CHASE, b. 6 December 1875, Hiltzboro (The Forties), N.S.; d. 1882, Norwood Settlement. x. BENJAMIN CHASE, b. 6 December 1877, Norwood Settlement; d. 31 October 1950. xi. ANNA AMELIA CHASE, b. 17 June 1880, Norwood Settlement. xii. IDA MAY CHASE, b. 1 July 1882, Norwood Settlement; d. 6 August 1882, Norwood Settlement. 8. SUSANNA2 CHASE (THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 9 January 1837 in Prob. Martin's River or Western Shore, NS. She married WILLIAM CHARLES HISCOCK 10 May 1867 in Lunenburg County, son of HENRY HISCOCK and SUSANNA BOOTH. Children of SUSANNA CHASE and WILLIAM HISCOCK are: i. MARY HELEN3 HISCOCK, b. Abt. 1865; d. 30 March 1873. ii. HIRAM HISCOCK, b. 10 October 1867; d. 1873. iii. ELLA MAUD HISCOCK, b. 6 July 1870; m. SAMUEL AUGUSTUS FOOTE. iv. CHARLES WILLIAM HISCOCK, b. 1864; d. 1902; m. ADELIA HATCHARD. Generation No. 3 9. JAMES NORMAN3 CHASE (THOMAS (JR.)2, THOMAS (SR.)1) was born Abt. 1853, and died 1 January 1899 in Wolfville, NS. He married CATHERINE EMENO 23 December 1880 in Wolfville, NS, daughter of INO EMENO and LOUISA <UNKNOWN>. Children of JAMES CHASE and CATHERINE EMENO are: i. HIBBERD4 CHASE, b. Abt. 1878. 31. ii. WARREN CHASE, b. Abt. 1882; d. 1989, Lincoln, New Hampshire. 32. iii. HELLENA CHASE, b. Abt. 1885. 33. iv. VANDORA (DORA) CHASE, b. Abt. 1888. v. NELLIE CHASE, b. Abt. 1889. 34. vi. NORMAN JAMES CHASE, b. 25 September 1890; d. 1963, Port Williams. 10. MARTIN JOSEPH3 CORBIN (SOPHIA2 CHASE, THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 19 November 1852, and died 8 October 1926. He married SUSAN ANTOINETTE RAFUSE Abt. 1879, daughter of JOHN RAFUSE and SARAH EWALD. Children of MARTIN CORBIN and SUSAN RAFUSE are: i. ALFONSO LEWIS4 CORBIN, b. 3 April 1880. ii. LEOPOLD JOSEPH MARTIN CORBIN, b. 14 July 1882; d. 21 March 1957, Kentville, Kings Co., NS; m. EMMA MAE HILTZ, 15 March 1908, Advocate Harbour, Cumberland Co., NS. iii. DANIEL ARCHIBALD CORBIN, b. 12 September 1884, Advocate Harbour, Cumberland Co., NS; d. 29 August 1939, Montreal, Quebec; m. CORA ELIZABETH WARK, 5 June 1912, Sisson Ridge, Victoria County, New Brunswick. 35. iv. HARRY OWEN CORBIN, b. 10 February 1887, West Advocate, Cumberland Co., NS; d. 16 September 1966, Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia. v. NELLIE ELLEN CORBIN, b. 19 November 1890; m. (1) <UNKNOWN> HATFIELD; m. (2) LAWRENCE RAFUSE. vi. ISAAC SPICER CORBIN, b. 23 March 1893; d. 28 October 1969; m. DOROTHY CATHERINE HUGHES. vii. RALPH EDMUND CORBIN, b. 1 May 1895; d. 22 July 1964; m. AMY L. LOVELOCK. viii. EMILY JANE CORBIN, b. 16 July 1897; d. 3 April 1978; m. ROBERT MCCULLY. ix. LILLIAN PEARL MERITUS CORBIN, b. 6 March 1900; m. WARREN WEST PRICE, February 1918. x. EFFIE ESTELLA CORBIN, b. 11 April 1902; m. WILLIAM LOVELOCK. 11. STANLEY3 CORBIN (SOPHIA2 CHASE, THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 19 November 1852, and died 24 March 1925 in Kentville, Kings Co., NS. He married (1) SARAH <UNKNOWN>. He married (2) JEMIMAH DOREY Abt. 1894. Children of STANLEY CORBIN and SARAH <UNKNOWN> are: i. BLANCHE4 CORBIN, b. Abt. 1876; m. <UNKNOWN> ZWICKER. ii. CASSIE CORBIN, b. Abt. 1879; m. <UNKNOWN> BENJAMIN. iii. PHILLIP CORBIN, b. Abt. 1881. iv. JOHN CORBIN, b. February 1881. 36. v. AMBROSE CORBIN, b. Abt. 1883. vi. ALICE CORBIN, b. Abt. 1885; d. 10 October 1888; m. THOMAS LANDRY. vii. LENA CORBIN, b. Abt. 1886; d. Abt. 1961; m. THOMAS LANDRY. viii. VERNON CORBIN, b. Abt. 1888. Children of STANLEY CORBIN and JEMIMAH DOREY are: ix. CECILIA4 CORBIN. x. LEONARD CORBIN. xi. JACOB JOSEPH CORBIN, b. Abt. 1894, Kentville, Kings Co., NS; d. 17 June 1984, Kentville, Kings Co., NS; m. EDITH BLANCHE <UNKNOWN>. xii. EMMA S CORBIN, b. Abt. 1901. xiii. DANIEL CORBIN, b. Abt. 1904; d. Abt. 1991; m. ISABEL E FARRIS, Abt. 1923. 12. FRANK3 CORBIN (SOPHIA2 CHASE, THOMAS (SR.)1) was born Abt. 1860. He married ELLEN CAVANAUGH. Children of FRANK CORBIN and ELLEN CAVANAUGH are: i. ALICE M4 CORBIN, b. Abt. 1884; d. 10 October 1888. ii. CHARLES CORBIN, b. Abt. 1888; d. 23 August 1889. 13. ALMA JANE3 CHASE (JAMES FREDERICK2, THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 21 December 1856 in Indian Point. She married FRANK COOK 1884. Children of ALMA CHASE and FRANK COOK are: i. BILL4 COOK. ii. JIM COOK. iii. OLIVE COOK, m. VICTOR WARD. 14. BENJAMIN JAMES3 CHASE (JAMES FREDERICK2, THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 7 December 1858 in Indian Point, and died 1931. He married SUSAN BREMNER 1883. Children of BENJAMIN CHASE and SUSAN BREMNER are: i. CHARLES4 CHASE, b. 14 July 1886. ii. GEORGE CHASE, b. 14 July 1898. 37. iii. MARY ALINE CHASE, b. 26 July 1892; d. Aft. 1978. iv. HARRY CHASE, b. 8 December 1894. v. AUBRY CHASE, b. 8 November 1896. vi. WILLIAM S CHASE, b. 24 December 1900. vii. NELLIE CHASE. viii. VIVIAN CHASE. 15. JOHN WILLIAM3 CHASE (JAMES FREDERICK2, THOMAS (SR.)1) was born Abt. 1865. He married BESSIE PRUDENCE BAKER 30 September 1889 in Windsor, Hants co. NS., daughter of FRANK BAKER and MARGERY <UNKNOWN>. Child of JOHN CHASE and BESSIE BAKER is: 38. i. JOHN AVERY4 CHASE, b. 27 March 1886; d. September 1975. 16. SARAH THERESA3 CHASE (JAMES FREDERICK2, THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 3 February 1869 in Martins River. She married JAMES DAVID HOUGHTON 31 May 1887, son of DAVID HOUGHTON and SOPHIA DAUPHINEE. Children of SARAH CHASE and JAMES HOUGHTON are: i. HENRY PURDY (HARRY)4 HOUGHTON, b. 4 April 1888. ii. HAROLD HOUGHTON, b. 11 May 1890; d. 9 December 1891. iii. CLIFFORD HOUGHTON, b. 11 December 1892; d. 1969. iv. REGINALD HOUGHTON, b. 11 May 1894; d. 1950; m. HAZEL BAKER. v. PAULINE HOUGHTON, b. 8 October 1896. vi. JAMES HOUGHTON, b. 8 April 1899; m. MARY THOMPSON. vii. MABEL HOUGHTON, b. 9 November 1902; d. 9 December 1982; m. JOSEPH WORSFOLD. viii. CYRIL HOUGHTON, b. 1905; d. 1972; m. MINERVA HOLLOWAY. ix. MURIEL HOUGHTON, b. 1907; d. 1999; m. HENRY LAFANCE. x. ORIN TIMOTHY (TIM) HOUGHTON, b. 1911; d. 1979; m. DORIS HATT. 17. LOUISA3 CHASE (JAMES FREDERICK2, THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 23 September 1871, and died 1950. She married SIMON GRAVES 1890 in Lunenburg County, son of MARIA. Children of LOUISA CHASE and SIMON GRAVES are: i. NELLIE4 GRAVES, b. 21 December 1893; m. <UNKNOWN> HARRIS. ii. EVELYN GRAVES, b. 10 November 1896; m. <UNKNOWN> SCHNARE. iii. WILLIAM GRAVES, b. 2 March 1900. iv. THOMAS GRAVES, b. 1902; m. SARAH DANIELS. 39. v. JAMES EDWARD (NED) GRAVES, b. 1908; d. 1976. 18. TITUS MATTHEW3 CHASE (JAMES FREDERICK2, THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 30 October 1879, and died 26 March 1963 in Berwick, Kings Co., NS. He married MARTHA GRAVES 27 September 1902, daughter of JOHN GRAVES. Children of TITUS CHASE and MARTHA GRAVES are: 40. i. ALLEN PAUL4 CHASE. ii. JOHN WILLIAM CHASE. iii. GORDON CHASE. iv. FRANK CHASE. v. LAWRENCE CHASE. vi. RUTH CHASE, d. in infancy. 19. MAY CELEST3 CHASE (JAMES FREDERICK2, THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 27 June 1881, and died 1971. She married HOWARD RODENHISER 1 September 1901 in Lunenburg County, son of ZENAS RODENHISER and MARY CROSS. Children of MAY CHASE and HOWARD RODENHISER are: 41. i. DAVID ZENAS4 RODENHISER, b. 8 September 1912. ii. HARVEY AMOS RODENISER, b. 1914; m. SADIE JEAN CROSS. 42. iii. MARY MATILDA RODENISER, b. 19 March 1904, Tancook Island; d. 18 October 1970, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. iv. FRANCES RODENISER, m. ALLEN EISNOR. 43. v. LOWELL DEWITT RODENHISER, b. 10 April 1902; d. 10 February 1980. vi. MARY MATILDA RODENHISER, b. 19 March 1904. vii. CARRIE MAUD RODENHISER, b. 24 May 1907, Tancook Island; d. 1953, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia; m. DEXTER ROLAND LANGILLE. 44. viii. MILDRED O. RODENHISER, b. 31 August 1909, Tancook Island; d. 5 August 1998, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. ix. ENA MAY RODENHISER, b. 9 September 1917; d. 1933. 20. JAMES WILLIAM (BILL)3 CHASE (JULIA ANN2, THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 20 June 1849 in New Ross, Lunenburg County, NS, and died 9 June 1900 in Lakeville, Kings Co., N.S. ; buried Cambridge, Kings County, Baptist Cemetery. He married ANNA FREEDOM (FREELOVE?) BARKHOUSE 18 July 1874 in New Ross, Lunenburg County, NS, daughter of JACOB BARKHOUSE and SOPHIA CORKUM. Children of JAMES CHASE and ANNA BARKHOUSE are: 45. i. EDNA SOPHIA4 CHASE, b. 6 May 1875, Chester Basin, Lunenburg Co., N.S. Canada; d. 26 March 1952. ii. GEORGE ALBERT CHASE, b. 17 May 1877, Chester Basin, Lunenburg Co., N.S. Canada; d. 14 May 1963, Lakeville, Kings Co., N.S.. 46. iii. ARCHIBALD (ARCHIE) ROBBINS CHASE, b. 26 August 1879, Chester Basin, Lunenburg Co., N.S. Canada; d. 26 February 1965, Berwick, Kings Co., N.S. Canada. 47. iv. EMILY BEATRICE CHASE, b. 18 November 1880, Mariott's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada; d. 13 October 1945, Lakeville, Nova Scotia, Canada. 48. v. ELIZABETH (LIZZIE) WEEKS CHASE, b. 18 March 1883, Woodville, Kings Co., N.S. Canada; d. 31 January 1974, Berwick, Kings Co., N.S. Canada. 49. vi. CHARLES COX CHASE, b. 10 October 1885, Woodville, N.S. or Mariott's Cove,Chester,NS; d. 7 July 1972, Lakeville, N.S.. vii. EVA N. CHASE, b. 6 March 1889. 50. viii. MINNIE CORDOREY CHASE, b. 4 May 1890, Woodville, N.S. Canada; d. 3 June 1972, USA. ix. GERTRUDE MAY CHASE, b. 28 December 1892, Woodville, Nova Scotia, Canada; d. 1986. 51. x. AMANDA BURDETTE (BURDIE) CHASE, b. 1 October 1896, Lakeville, Nova Scotia, Canada; d. 23 August 1988. xi. JAMES RICHMOND CHASE, b. 7 August 1897, Lakeville, Nova Scotia, Canada; d. 11 October 1916, Camp Aldershot, England. 21. JOHN DAVID3 SALSMAN (JULIA ANN2 CHASE, THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 2 December 1856. He married MARGARET MATILDA (TILLY) CHASE 7 January 1885 in Christ Anglican Church, New Ross, N.S, daughter of JOHN CHASE and ELIZA KEDDY. Children of JOHN SALSMAN and MARGARET CHASE are: 52. i. JOHN4 SALSMAN. ii. WALTER SALSMAN. 53. iii. ADA MAE SALSMAN, b. 13 March 1909, Greenwood, Kings County, NS; d. 16 August 1997. iv. MINARD RICHMOND SALSMAN, b. 19 March 1886. v. CLARENCE BENJAMIN SALSMAN, b. 10 March 1888. 22. DAVID ARTHUR3 CHASE (GEORGE HENRY2, THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 27 December 1862 in New Ross, Nova Scotia, and died 5 March 1897 in buried at The Oaks in Kentville. He married EMMA ROSINA ROTTLER 1882, daughter of PIUS ROTTLER and SOPHIA JOUDRY. Children of DAVID CHASE and EMMA ROTTLER are: 54. i. ALICE BLANCHE4 ROTTLER, b. 25 February 1881, Kentville, Kings Co., NS; d. 11 February 1920, Waltham, Massachusetts. ii. ARTHUR FREEMAN CHASE, b. 17 August 1884, South Alton, NS; d. 13 February 1932, Brooklyn, Hants Co., NS; m. IDA HUNTLEY. 55. iii. WILLIAM ALBERT CHASE, b. 12 January 1886, Kentville, Nova Scotia; d. 11 August 1979, buried at the Oaks, Kentville, NS. iv. GEORGE HENRY CHASE, b. 21 December 1887, Kentville, Nova Scotia; d. 18 November 1984, buried at the Oaks, Kentville, NS; m. LILLIAN ADELAIDE AALDERS. 56. v. LILLIAN MAY CHASE, b. 15 May 1889; d. 1957. 57. vi. ADELIA ROSINA CHASE, b. 22 April 1892; d. 12 January 1982, buried at the Oaks, Kentville, NS. 58. vii. MILDRED MAUDE CHASE, b. 27 April 1895; d. Bef. 1984. 59. viii. LESLIE DAVID CHASE, b. 10 August 1897, South Alton NS; d. 13 June 1959, Kentville, Nova Scotia. 23. EMMELINE L. (EMMA)3 CHASE (GEORGE HENRY2, THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 20 November 1863 in New Ross, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia. She married ELIAS KEHOE, son of PATRICK KEHOE and SARAH GUSTILLER. Children of EMMELINE CHASE and ELIAS KEHOE are: 60. i. REGINALD HEBRA4 CHASE, b. 13 March 1888; d. 25 November 1968. ii. SADIE CHASE. 24. GEORGE EDWARD3 CHASE (GEORGE HENRY2, THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 15 October 1866 in Kentville, Kings Co., Nova Scotia. He married MINNIE B. Children of GEORGE CHASE and MINNIE B are: i. EVA A4 CHASE, b. 30 December 1893. ii. NINA D CHASE, b. 22 August 1895. iii. CARLETON CHASE, b. 18 March 1898. 25. GLENNIE OLIVE3 CHASE (GEORGE HENRY2, THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 28 May 1880, and died October 1975. She married (1) CHARLES PATTERSON, son of JAMES PATTERSON and MARY JONES. She married (2) HARRY BRADFORD PATTERSON 4 June 1902, son of ROBERT PATTERSON and FRANCES DEWINTER. Child of GLENNIE CHASE and CHARLES PATTERSON is: 61. i. DONALD4 PATTERSON. Children of GLENNIE CHASE and HARRY PATTERSON are: 62. ii. MARJORIE OLIVE4 PATTERSON, b. Casey's Corner, Kings Co; d. 16 August 1997. 63. iii. HENRY PATTERSON, d. Bef. 1997. 64. iv. FRANCES MARY (PAT) PATTERSON, b. Abt. 1907; d. 17 May 2001. 26. LALIA LEE3 CHASE (GEORGE HENRY2, THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 2 July 1882, and died 29 March 1980. She married RUFUS PORTER WARD 12 September 1905 in Methodist Parsonage, Dartmouth by the Rev. Arthur Jackin, son of JAMES WARD and ANNIE KILCUP. Children of LALIA CHASE and RUFUS WARD are: 65. i. CHESTER4 WARD, b. 18 May 1920. ii. GERTRUDE WARD, m. <UNKNOWN> JOHNSON. iii. RUTH WARD, m. FOREST BEAVER. iv. KENNETH WARD, b. 1906; d. 1942. v. THEODORE (JACK) WARD, d. Bef. 1980. vi. NELLIE WARD, d. Bef. 1980. vii. MILDRED WARD, d. Bef. 1980. 27. CLARA JANE3 CHASE (JOHN2, THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 30 March 1863 in New Ross, N.S., and died 3 January 1963 in Greenwood, N.S.. She married JAMES HENRY KEDDY 19 December 1882 in Christ Church Anglican, New Ross, son of ISAAC KEDDY and CAROLINE VEINOT. Children of CLARA CHASE and JAMES KEDDY are: i. HOWARD OSBURNE4 KEDDY, b. 24 May 1885; d. 1889. ii. JANET (JENNIE) ADELIA KEDDY, b. 25 May 1887; d. 1891, Burial: Greenwood Base Cemetery. 66. iii. REGINALD CELESTINE KEDDY, b. 27 May 1889; d. 31 July 1979. 67. iv. EDGAR CECIL KEDDY, b. 15 April 1893. 68. v. EDITH MAY KEDDY, b. 3 June 1895; d. 1929, Burial: Greenwood Base Cemetery. 69. vi. MURRAY GRANT KEDDY, b. 4 October 1898, Greenwood Square, NS; d. 23 March 1950, Auborn, NS. 70. vii. HAROLD (HARLEY) KINGSLEY KEDDY, b. 18 December 1908; d. 4 May 1988, Greenwood, NS. 28. MARGARET MATILDA (TILLY)3 CHASE (JOHN2, THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 23 April 1868, and died 6 August 1882. She married (1) JOHN SALSMAN. She married (2) JOHN DAVID SALSMAN 7 January 1885 in Christ Anglican Church, New Ross, N.S, son of JOHN SALTZMAN and JULIA CHASE. Children of MARGARET CHASE and JOHN SALSMAN are: 52. i. JOHN4 SALSMAN. ii. WALTER SALSMAN. 53. iii. ADA MAE SALSMAN, b. 13 March 1909, Greenwood, Kings County, NS; d. 16 August 1997. iv. MINARD RICHMOND SALSMAN, b. 19 March 1886. v. CLARENCE BENJAMIN SALSMAN, b. 10 March 1888. 29. JOHN WILLIAM3 CHASE (JOHN2, THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 23 April 1870 in New Ross, Lunenburg County, and died Abt. 1906. He married (1) ELIZA (LIZZIE) EMMALINE KEDDY 12 July 1899 in Anglican Church, Kentville, NS, daughter of EPHRAIM KEDDY and SOPHIA HILTZ. He married (2) BLANCHE IRENA PELTON 23 April 1903 in Church of England, Aylesford, N.S. Child of JOHN CHASE and ELIZA KEDDY is: 71. i. GRACE VIOLA4 CHASE, b. 17 June 1900, Waterville, NS; d. 9 December 1976, Digby General Hospital, Digby, NS. 30. JAMES WILLIAM (WILL)3 CHASE (JOHN2, THOMAS (SR.)1) was born 29 March 1872, and died 1935. He married ANNIE CECILIA KEDDY 1900, daughter of JOHN KEDDY and ANGELINE KEDDY. Children of JAMES CHASE and ANNIE KEDDY are: 72. i. WALLACE BENJAMIN4 CHASE, b. 11 February 1901, Lake Ramsay, Lunenburg Co., N.S; d. 4 May 1991, Middleton, N.S.. ii. GLADYS HILDA CHASE, b. 25 September 1902, Lake Ramsay, Lunenburg Co., N.S; d. 1927. iii. RALPH EDWIN CHASE, b. 28 February 1904, Lake Ramsay, Lunenburg Co., N.S; d. 1928. iv. ARCHIBALD WILLIAM CHASE, b. 3 January 1907, Lake Ramsay, Lunenburg Co., N.S; d. 1920. 73. v. EVERETT GORDON CHASE, b. 3 October 1909; d. 27 February 1976. 74. vi. LESTER FRANKLYN CHASE, b. 27 May 1912; d. 5 January 2001. 75. vii. RUSSELL LLEWELYN CHASE, b. 10 March 1916, Mount Hanley, Annapolis County, N.S. viii. RETA CHASE, b. Abt. 1917; d. 29 March 1983, Port George.

Long History Behind Three New Research Projects Debra Levey Larson Communications Specialist (217)244-2880; [email protected] April 23, 2002 URBANA- You might say that three research projects recently awarded by the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois have been 169 years in the making. The reason being that the funding for these projects and many more in the future, comes through a gift from a remarkable man who lived to be 100 years old, given in honor of his father, who was born 169 years ago. Both men were named Dudley Chase Smith. Smith Sr., was born in 1833. He worked on a farm and as a store clerk in Shelbyville, Illinois and became a Colonel while serving in the Civil War under General Ulysses S. Grant. During his lifetime, he accumulated farm acreage in three Illinois counties and one Indiana county. Smith Jr., studied agriculture at the University of Wisconsin, graduating in 1920. That same year, his father died. In 1923, he began what became a 76-year correspondence with the University of Illinois. That year, he wrote asking the College to help him find a University of Illinois graduate to manage his farm. Although Smith Jr., moved to Tryon, North Carolina in the early 1930s, making a living in the poultry industry, he continued corresponding with the University of Illinois. In the 1970s he began thinking about the future of farming and looking for a way to contribute to research that would sustain farmland and the rural community and establish his father's name in a special way. In 1986 he wrote, "...if all Land Grant Colleges and all farm oriented individuals would think constructively of the problems facing agriculture, furthering their research in the large and open field of biotechnology, genetic engineering, etc.-the change could be constructive and worthy to be remembered." In 1994, Dudley Smith, Jr., gave the University of Illinois 228 acres of farmland in Christian County in honor of his father. This gift was valued at almost $1 million in farmland and assets and has been used to conduct research projects, many of which relate to Dudley Smith Jr.'s interests in sustainable agriculture. Then in 1996, Dudley Chase Smith, Jr., died at the age of 100. During his lifetime and through his estate, he provided more than $5 million to the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois. In keeping with the dreams and ideals expressed by Dudley Smith Jr., The Dudley Smith Initiative was created to inspire innovative research and outreach projects. Funding from his gift in honor of his father would be awarded to a small number of extraordinary research or outreach projects that would benefit the citizens of Christian County and the State of Illinois. The largest of the first three research projects funded by the Dudley Smith Initiative will be conducted on the farmland in Christian County that Smith donated to the College in 1994. The project will look at alternative crop rotations that would involve pasture and livestock integrated into the cropping system. "Farmers in Illinois, and other parts of the corn belt, need alternatives to short-term crop rotations," said Ben Tracy, assistant professor of agroecology at the University of Illinois. "The short-term rotations have been profitable but have had negative consequences, too, like reducing soil organic matter and increasing soil erosion and the need for more external fertilizer and pesticide." Tracy said that an extended rotation may be a good alternative for farmers. It would involve 10 to 12 years with fields planted in grass-legume pastures for the first four to six years and then followed by cash grain crops. "In the study, this integrated system will be compared with a conventional, short-term corn-soybean rotation, including agroecology variables as well as the costs and revenues of the different systems," said Tracy. Conducting a long-term study like this one, Tracy said, using a realistic size farm, will better facilitate transferring scientific information that farmers can use. He said that the results from studies like these are more believable to practicing farmers. Two smaller research projects were also among the first to receive funding through the Dudley Smith Initiative. One will build a team that will look at the influences cropping systems have on carbon sequestration and commercializing of carbon credits. Another project will focus on finding out what people think about possible health risks in agriculture and how their perceptions affect their behavior as consumers at the grocery store. All three of these newly-funded projects have the potential for helping farmers and citizens in Illinois and throughout the United States-from the farmer, to fuel producers, to well-informed shoppers. And, as these first three Dudley Smith Initiative research projects gather data and seek answers to questions about how we can make agriculture more sustainable, the dream that began 169 years ago is being realized. For more information visit: www.aces.uiuc.edu/DSI/ on the Web or contact Steve Pueppke at: (217) 333-0240; [email protected] -30- Source: Steve Pueppke (217) 333-0240; [email protected] and Ben Tracy (217) 265 5313; b ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ For information about items reported on this website, please contact: [email protected] ______________ Is the first Dudley Chase Smith, the son of Laura Chase Smith,the one who wrote the Life of Bishop Philnader, who was her granfather? _____ wondering, Harriet Chase

I found this in Luzerne County,Pa. deed books,Vol. 5,page 274, 14 Nev. 1851. I have no idea on who he was. The estate of GORTON CHASE dec'd. There was apparently a court action to revoke the sale of some of his lands which NATHAN K. CHASE who was the eldest heirship. The suit was brought by H.W. and G.B. NICHOLSON who was attorney for NATHAN. Clyde

Hi All, Hope someone can help me with this problem.... ! It's abit confusing...! Daniel Wood, son of Jonathan Wood & Peace Davis, b 1729, Dartmouth, Bris. MA, d. Dec 1773, Westport, MA, m. Susannah Chase,b.1735, dt. of Stephen Chase & Esther Buffinton, Susannah d. 1765, Dartmouth, Bris, MA,, then after he could have m. Mehitable Thurston Oct 1769, as Susannah d., 1765, (cause as I said before M. Thurston, dt. of Johnathan Thurston & Lydia Goddard, 1st m. Cornelius Coggeshall Dec 1763, Mehitable m. 2nd hus. Daniel Wood . Oct. 1769) so...:........ Sus. Chase m. D. Wood, she dies 1765, then Daniel Wood m. Mehitable Thurston 1769, Daniel dies 1773, Mehitable could have m. Benjamin5), in 1777. Benjamin Chase 5) was Susannah's brother born right after her, Sus. was iv.b. 1735, & Benj. Chase5) was 125 v.,b. 1737 (both children of Stephen Chase 4). Mehitable was supposed to have taken Benj. Chase as her 4th...... husband. I guess...... she could have squeezed another one in there, but anyway I have a feeling.......... that Meh. was the widow of Dan Wood who m. Benj Chase. (Was probably a marriage of convenience.) ,Then it would make sense that Mehitable Thurston & Benj Chase5)names her 3 children Elizabeth, who dies an infant, and Cornelius Thurston Chase, and Benjamin Chase......who is Benj6), and he & wife Phebe Barnard Macy name the 2nd son Daniel Wood. Also note how she,Mehitable Chase, apparently names her son Cornelius after her 1st husband Cornelius Coggeshall, by whom incidentally she has 1 child , a daughter, Elizabeth Coggeshall, b. 27 Aug. 1764............!!!!!!! Then speaking of Eliz Coggeshall, Benj 6) names 1st dt. Elizabeth as seen above..... It just seems to be toooo much to just be coincidental. Also, info I have does not show Mehitable having any children by Daniel Wood. Anybody have any thoughts on this??????, ESPECIALLY ABOUT HOW TO TRY TO PROVE THIS THEORY........! And....would you still look for a nother husband btn. Daniel Wood and Benj. Chae in orer for Brnj Chase to be her 4th husband.........??????? Also, could someone send the Sherman info where Wm1)Wm2) and then Joseph3) ties in by marrying Sarah Sherman. dt. of Samson & Isabel (Tripp) Sherman. I would also appreciate the Tripp info. Not sure I have all of this and if it is correct. If anyone knows how to join the Sherman List, PLEASE let me know....! Thanks very much for any help on all this........ Barb Chase Thompson [email protected] right after her. She being iv. and Benj. is 125. v.

A note from Jeffrey Chace: Part III in the Melungeon's search for ancestry. ============================================================ From Wired News, available online at: http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,53325,00.html Legends of a Lost Tribe's Origin By Kristen Philipkoski 2:00 a.m. June 19, 2002 PDT Ask 10 Melungeons about their ethnic identity and you'll likely get 10 different answers. Even though historians have concluded that Melungeons, a sub-population of southern Appalachia, are a "tri-racial isolate" made up of whites, local tribes like the Cherokee, and escaped slaves, nobody knows for sure. "Anybody who tries to claim there's one ethnic background for the Melungeons is like the story of the blind men and the elephant," said Libby Killebrew, a Melungeon historian and genealogist with a background in sociology. "It's not that everyone's wrong, it's that everyone's right and they need to get together." See also: - Check yourself into Med-Tech - The 'Lost Tribe' of Appalachia - Tracing Heritage Through Disease Over the centuries, so much ethnic mixing has occurred that all of the theories are at least somewhat true. A researcher at the University of Virginia's College at Wise could offer tantalizing evidence at a gathering of the Melungeon Heritage Association on Thursday. Kevin Jones, a molecular biologist, has analyzed the DNA of about 120 Melungeon women and 30 men, and has hinted that his results will reveal a very mixed background. One thing that's certain is Melungeons were a disenfranchised group in southern Appalachia, most of whom had darker skin and were marginalized by the wealthier whites around them. They settled in isolated communities such as Newman's Ridge in Hancock County, Tennessee, or Stone Mountain in Wise County, Virginia. They hid their backgrounds by saying they were Indian, orphans, or adopted. They changed either the spelling of their surnames or took on new ones. They called themselves black Dutch or black Irish -- anything but Melungeon. In fact, Melungeon was considered a derogatory label until just a few decades ago. In the mid-1960s, Hancock County was one of the poorest counties in the country, and its leaders were looking for a way to attract people and money. "The only thing that Hancock County had going for it was this story of the Melungeons," said Wayne Winkler, president of the Melungeon Heritage Association. Kermit Hunter had seen success with a previous outdoor production in Cherokee, North Carolina, called Unto these Hills, so officials formed the Hancock County Drama Association and commissioned Hunter to write a play about Melungeons. The show, called Walk Towards the Sunset, was staged in Sneedville, Tennessee, in 1969. Even though the town had no hotels, few restaurants and was well off the beaten path, the drama ran for six years (they had to skip 1973 because of the gas crisis). Winkler believes it was only after Walk Towards the Sunset that families begin to take pride in calling themselves Melungeon. "It would be like saying: 'Our family is a low-class and trashy, disreputable people,'" Winkler said. "It's not the kind of thing you passed onto your children." Even today, there are Melungeons who don't want to admit or discuss their heritage. But those who do talk do so openly and often loudly. In 1943, Walter Plecker, the director of Virginia's Department of Vital Statistics, declared Melungeons "free persons of color," causing people to deny they were Melungeon altogether. But stories that deflected the possibility of African ancestry temporarily helped them preserve their right to vote, send their children to school, or marry whom they wanted. Later, it helped some Melungeons escape discrimination. One such yarn is that Portuguese sailors brought Turkish slaves to America who joined with local American Indians. Some believe they are Portuguese who fled Spain to escape the Spanish Inquisition. Some scholars say that while these stories serve a convenient purpose, history bears no proof for them. Many Melungeons are quick to point out that just because these stories divert from the possibility of African ancestry, it doesn't meant they're not true. "They're saying our ancestors were lying and that is what drove me on to say, 'Look, maybe they weren't lying, maybe it's who they thought they were,'" said Brent Kennedy, author of The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People: An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America. Even now, some Melungeons feel an aversion to the possibility of having African heritage. "The controversy (when the DNA results are announced) will be that not everyone, even today in our more enlightened times, is willing to accept the possibility of African ancestry," Winkler said. At the same time, there are Melungeon theories of origin that strongly suggest African ancestry. One is the Angolan theory, which suggests that all Melungeons are descendants of the original Angolan servants, who were brought to Virginia in 1619 and are widely regarded as the first African slaves. They were not technically slaves. Early Africans in America were actually indentured servants and were able to buy their own freedom, become landowners, and sometimes married white women, Killebrew said. "I like that theory because it gets rid of a lot of myths, and the idea that 'I'm more American that you, or more white than you,'" she said. The list of hypotheses goes on and on, and it's unlikely one will come out the winner, at least not as a result of the DNA study. Jones is keeping his results quiet until Thursday, but he has hinted that they'll likely reveal a mishmash of different ethnicities. Perhaps it doesn't matter which is the true tale, because the basis of racism against Melungeons was not necessarily the color of their skin, but their socio-economic position, Killebrew said. "In my experience you got called Melungeon only if you were poor enough and low-class enough that people didn't respect you," she said. "There are plenty of people who haven't been discriminated against who have the same ethnic background as me. Race is a matter of perception -- there's no genetic basis to race." Related Wired Links: X-Files: Science Fact or Fiction? May 18, 2002 The Human Clone: What Gives? April 6, 2002 Cloning Bill No Laughing Matter March 14, 2002 Live Longer With the DNA Diet March 8, 2002 Copyright (C) 1994-2002 Wired Digital Inc. All rights reserved.

A note from Jeffrey Chace: Part Two in the Melungeon search for ancestry. ============================================================ From Wired News, available online at: http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,53256,00.html Tracing Heritage Through Disease By Kristen Philipkoski 2:00 a.m. June 18, 2002 PDT Nancy Sparks Morrison was diagnosed in 1998 with Familial Mediterranean Fever, a rare disorder known to occur mainly in people of Mediterranean descent. The strange part is that Morrison grew up as a white girl in the southern part of Appalachia, where her family has resided for over 200 years. See also: - Part 1: The 'Lost Tribe' of Appalachia - Ethical Concerns at the DNA Bank - The Human Clone: What Gives? - Cloning Bill No Laughing Matter - Check yourself into Med-Tech Her need for an accurate diagnosis of ailments she suffered most of her life, combined with a passion for genealogy, made her realize that her family history was more mysterious than she suspected. "Who would have ever thought that a little girl from Appalachia would have this exotic illness?" Morrison said. Certainly not any of the dozens of doctors who diagnosed her with 17-odd diseases and prescribed 21 medications before she found a way to treat her aching joints, stabbing side pains and severe fatigue, among other symptoms. Even after Morrison matched her symptoms to those of FMF, doctors laughed when she suggested she might have the disease. Although one doctor in particular didn't believe she had the illness, he was finally convinced to prescribe a trial of colchicine, a fairly benign but effective drug. She felt an improvement in just hours, she said. Morrison's great-great-grandfather was the key to solving the mystery. She could trace much of her family back to the 17th century, but couldn't find any of his ancestors. After getting on the Internet in 1997 and posting questions on genealogy message boards, Morrison received an e-mail from a woman in California who asked if she had ever considered her great-great-great-grandfather might be Melungeon. "My question was, who or what the heck are Melungeons?" she said. Melungeons, she discovered through more Internet research, may be a group first noticed in the Appalachian Mountains in 1654 by English explorers, who described them as "dark-skinned with fine European features." Many historians dismiss this theory and believe they are a "tri-racial isolate" who were once Irish- and English-indentured servants, local Native American tribes such as the Cherokee, and escaped slaves. Exiled into a common community by whites, these three ethnicities became one, they believe. But many Melungeons, like Morrison, believe firmly that there must be some Mediterranean heritage in there, otherwise how could she -- and many other Melungeons -- have FMF? No one has researched whether Melungeons have unusually high instances of FMF and other diseases. But one local physician, Dr. Chris Morris, who diagnosed and treated Brent Kennedy, author of The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People: An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America, said he's never seen a case in someone who was not Melungeon. According to medical literature, some small groups in southeastern Philadelphia, Spain and Japan are the only other incidences outside the Middle East where FMF has been detected. The true origin of the Melungeons is hotly debated, especially on Internet message boards. When Kevin Jones, a molecular biologist at the University of Virginia College at Wise, sought to research FMF and other rare diseases found in people of the southern Appalachian region, he didn't realize he was diving into the middle of many closely-held personal agendas. "They are the most argumentative people I've ever come across," Jones said. Jones is about to announce DNA research results on FMF and the other rare diseases found in people of the southern Appalachian region. He hopes his research will increase awareness and encourage doctor education of these diseases, so no one will ever again have to wait 30 years for a diagnosis. Diseases of the Melungeons include Behcet's Syndrome, Machado-Joseph Disease, Familial Mediterranean Fever, Sarcoidosis and thalassemia. All of the diseases are associated with ethnicities not commonly found in Appalachia: Mediterranean, Jewish, Arab, Turkish and African. Therein lies the mystery of the Melungeons. They are not African-American but also not fair-skinned like most Scottish-Irish Appalachians. They have been called or have declared themselves to be Native American, Middle Eastern, African American, Portuguese and Turkish, among other ethnicities. Because Jones' research could eventually settle the dispute surrounding Melungeon ancestry, he has been heralded as well as threatened by the subjects of his study. Some cling to the possibility of Mediterranean ethnicity to dismiss ideas they might be African American, because they lost rights and faced discrimination throughout history based on that assumption. Others have their own pet theories. "Everybody wants blood, scandal and glory. I have some not-bad science but it's not quite what some people want to hear, be it for better or worse," Jones said. Like Morrison, Kennedy struggled for years to get an accurate diagnosis of his disease, which also turned out to be FMF. "Since I was a child I've suffered fevers, joint pains, abdominal discomfort, rashes on the legs and shoulders that couldn't be explained," Kennedy said. "I never got any definitive diagnosis and just accepted it as a part of my life." As he got older, his symptoms worsened and became nearly unbearable near his 50th birthday. "My joints were now 'freezing' and the pain in my neck, shoulder, feet, hip and elbows was excruciating," Kennedy said. He was finally referred to Morris, who diagnosed him with FMF and put him on colchicine. "Within three hours I felt better than I'd ever felt in my life," Kennedy said. "It was remarkable." Just a few months later he played three sets of tennis -- the first time he's played more than one set in 20 years. "That's when I realized I had really struck on something," Morris said. Morris has become a champion of victims of the disease, after closely following Kennedy's case for the past five years. He is not Melungeon, but is on board with the theory of their origin outlined in Kennedy's book. Kennedy suggests that Portuguese sailors brought Turkish slaves to America -- they joined with female Cherokee Indians and other tribes in the area to produce the first Melungeons in the 1500s. His diagnosis of FMF seemed to lend even more credence to the circumstantial evidence presented in Kennedy's book. But there is one glitch. A DNA test found that Kennedy does not carry one of three gene markers found in 70 percent of FMF patients. Nancy Sparks Morrison doesn't carry the gene, either. But while it would have been a tidy bit of proof had they carried the gene, the fact that they don't carry it doesn't mean Melungeons are not of Middle Eastern extraction. First, 30 percent of patients don't carry one of the three FMF genes. Second, if Melungeons did originate when Kennedy theorizes, gene mutations surely would have been introduced over a period of 500 years, Morris said. A researcher at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Dan Kastner, has seen Kennedy and corroborated this possibility, Morris said. Kastner, who discovered one of the FMF genes, declined to comment. Morris toys with the notion that Melungeons have developed their very own disease. He's even given it a name: Periodic Melungeon Fever. Wednesday, Part 3: Melungeon theories of origin. Related Wired Links: A Good Sequence, Easy to Dance To May 21, 2002 X-Files: Science Fact or Fiction? May 18, 2002 Live Longer With the DNA Diet March 8, 2002 Copyright (C) 1994-2002 Wired Digital Inc. All rights reserved.

A note from Jeffrey Chace: Interesting story involving genealogical aspects and the search for ancestry. ============================================================ From Wired News, available online at: http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,53165,00.html The 'Lost Tribe' of Appalachia By Kristen Philipkoski 2:00 a.m. June 17, 2002 PDT Kevin Jones wanted to study the genetics of the rare diseases common to a mysterious sub-population in Appalachia called the Melungeons. What he discovered was a group of people starving for information about their heritage. The Melungeons make up about 50,000 of the 22 million people who live in the mountainous region just inside the eastern seaboard, most of them in the southern edge of Appalachia in the area where Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky meet. See also: - The Code of Life as a Paint Set - Ethical Concerns at the DNA Bank - DNA Prescribed for Women's Health - Check yourself into Med-Tech There seem to be as many stories of how these people came to be as there are Melungeons to tell them: They're from the abandoned colony of Roanoke, they're Portuguese shipwreck descendants, or maybe they're one of the Lost Tribes of Israel. Many of these tales are greeted with skepticism and even hostility from historians. They were first documented at the end of the 18th century. But the first Melungeons knew they were Melungeons simply because their not-so-friendly neighbors said they were. "Being in the same geographical region and being non-white, they had to come up with something to call us because that's what white folks did then, so they could segregate you and treat you differently," said Wayne Winkler, president of the Melungeon Heritage Association. The origin of the name, which was considered derogatory until recently, is disputed as much as the heritage. It might be a version of the French word for mix: m&#233;lange, or from an African word malungo, meaning shipmate, or the Turkish melun jinn, meaning "cursed soul." Now Melungeons are looking to new genetic research from Kevin Jones, a molecular biologist at the University of Virginia's College at Wise, for answers. Unfortunately, he thinks they'll be disappointed. The results will give some hints and suggestions about the origins of the population as a whole, he said, but won't tell anyone definitively whether they are or aren't Melungeon, or exactly how they came to live in Appalachia. "I think it's a study that raised a lot of expectation and will actually provide relatively few answers," said Jones, who has been gathering and studying DNA samples from Melungeons for about two years. Jones will announce his results at a gathering of the Melungeon Heritage Association on Thursday. Throughout history Melungeons have either been discriminated against because of their ethnicity, or denied an ethnic history altogether by historians skeptical of their theories. "The truth of the matter is, we probably would never have taken an interest in DNA or genes except for the fact that scholars and academia have historically dismissed the early Melungeon claims of having at least some of their background in Mediterranean heritage," said Brent Kennedy, president of the Wellmont Foundation and author of The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People: An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America. His book suggests that Portuguese sailors brought Turkish slaves to America -- they joined with female Cherokee Indians and other tribes in the area to engender the first Melungeons in the 1500s. He also asserts that Abraham Lincoln, Elvis Presley and Ava Gardner may have had Melungeon ancestry. One skeptic is David Henige, an oral tradition and historical methodology expert at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He calls Kennedy's book, which asserts that Melungeons may be of Turkish descent, "bad history." "My objection to Brent Kennedy's book was that it was so ahistorical in its use of evidence," Henige said. "DNA testing might show that they are descended from Turks like he said, and that's fine -- if that's what it shows, that's what it shows. But I have no reason to expect it would." He said there is simply no evidence to corroborate the theory, although he concedes that events in history have certainly taken place that bear no evidence. Jones' study might provide at least some proof of Middle Eastern roots. "There are some (DNA sequences) that clearly do reflect non-European origin, that are of Middle Eastern or Northern Indian origin," Jones said. He wouldn't say anything more specific about the results, however. Jones gathered the DNA of about 120 Melungeon women and sequenced their mitochondrial DNA, a type of DNA that women pass down through generations. A lab in England is also helping analyze about 30 Y-chromosome DNA samples from men, but Jones isn't sure if those will be ready in time for the meeting. While the study might provide a certain amount of information about a population, it can't tell much about individuals, Jones said. "It may be that 70 percent of a population shows a particular sequence. So if a sequence matches that, statistically you have a chance of that reflecting your background," Jones said. "But it's not geared towards the individual like people want it to be." He also said that some sequences associated with ethnicities stand out in a person's genome more prominently than others. "There are some unusual and fairly unique ones out there, but others you find anywhere worldwide," he said. European sequences are next to impossible to categorize according to country because Europeans have migrated quickly through the centuries. This historical intermingling of ethnicities has made modern European DNA an unidentifiable mishmash. "I think overall what the study will show is that the population is very mixed," Jones said. Related Wired Links: Handheld Delivers the 411 on DNA May 21, 2002 A Good Sequence, Easy to Dance To May 21, 2002 X-Files: Science Fact or Fiction? May 18, 2002 Copyright (C) 1994-2002 Wired Digital Inc. All rights reserved.

To All, I know it is not the purpose of this list to fwd emails, but I thought this was SO GOOD that many of you might like to read it. Perhaps even those who not live in the USA. Barb Thompson ----- Original Message ----- From: bozo 603 Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 3:49 PM Subject: An American Subject: An American The following was said to be written by a dentist in Australia. An American "You probably missed it in the rush of news last week, but there was actually a report that someone in Pakistan had published in a newspaper an offer of a reward to anyone who killed an American, any American. So I just thought I would write to let them know what an American is, so they would know when they found one. An American is English, French, Italian, Irish, German, Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek. An American may also be Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Australian, Iranian, Asian, Arab, Pakistani, or Afghan. An American may also be a Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache, or one of the many other tribes known as native Americans. An American is Christian, or he could be Jewish, Buddhist, or Muslim. In fact, there are more Muslims in America than in Afghanistan. The only difference is that in America they are free to worship as each of them chooses. An American is also free to believe in no religion. For that he will answer only to God, ! not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the government and for God. An American is from the most prosperous land in the history of the world. The root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of Independence, which recognizes the God given right of each man and woman to the pursuit of happiness. An American is generous. Americans have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need. When Afghanistan was overrun by the Soviet army 20 years ago, Americans came with arms and supplies to enable the people to win back their country. As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than any other nation to the poor in Afghanistan. The best products, the best books, the best music, the best food, the best athletes. Americans welcome the best, but they also welcome the least. The national symbol of America welcomes your tired and your poor, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores, the homeless, tempest tossed! . These in fact are the people who built America. Some of them were working in the Twin Towers in the morning of September 11, earning a better life for their families. [I've been told that the people in the Towers were from at least 30, and maybe many more, other countries, cultures, and first languages, including those that aided and abetted the terrorists.] So you can try to kill an American if you must. Hitler did. So did General Tojo, and Stalin, and Mao Tse-Tung, and every bloodthirsty tyrant in the history of the world. But, in doing so you would just be killing yourself. Because Americans are not a particular people from a particular place. They are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an American. So look around you. You may find more Americans in your land than you thought were there. One day they will rise up and overthrow the old, ignorant, tired tyrants that trouble too many lands. Then those lands, too! , will join the community of free and prosperous nations. And America will welcome them! Pass this around the World! ____________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com.

Spent a few hours at the Essex Town Clerk's Office: found the folllowing. Was concentrating on Chase but did one hatch becsue of the Kidney desease. CHASE:Essex, Chittenden CO., Vermont George Chase (my gggrandfather) Died Oct. 7, 1907 @ 91 years 10 mos 13 day. Living King St.; Esex , born Westford, VT Father Jacob Chase, Mother Betsey Converse, wife Sarah Davenport Cause of death "Inability to take food" & "old age" Buried Villiage Cem., Essex CHASE, Frank W. , born Oct. ,1871 Died March 19, 1953, living at 4 Scarff Ave Burlington.., (not sure if this one is related) (could be) Father Geo D.Chase born Essex Jct., VT, Mother Salina Winkler, born Grand Isle, VT Causes of Death: Cerebral Hemorrhage, chronic myocarditis Buried Lake View Cemetery, Burlington, VT Marriage: Jennie A. Chase, age 18 (my ggg Aunt), parents George & Sarah Chase To: Geo. H. Clark, age 23 Married Nov. 3, 1875, by J. G. Perkins "Minister of the Gospel". Winooski, VT Death: John Chase, June 7, 1909, 65 years, 6 mos. 22 days, RR Engineer Single Born Nov. 26, 1843, Father George J. Chase, Mother Sarah Devenport Causes of Death: Chronic nephritis (another ancestor with kidney desease) Dilation of Heart Buried Villiage Cem, Essex, VT OK, one Hatch because I noticed the kidney thing going with him Smith B. Hatch, died 4 April 1879, Kidney Complaint, age, 72 yrs, 1 mo. Born Jericho, VT; Parents Russell & Clarinda Hatch BIRTH DEATH INDEX Vol 1 Essex Jeremy A. Chase born Feb. 1, 1857 Wm. Herbert Chase born June 2, 1859 John J. Chase death May 19, 1857 Issac Chase death April 18, 1875 Mary A. Chase death Jan 16, 1876 Sarah Davenport Chase death May 25, 1889 (my gggrandmother) Ruth Hazel Chase death July 23, 1893 Mable Sarah Chase birth Jan 15, 1897 INDEX of Marriage Essex 1820-1916 Samuel Chase & Sarah Kimball Mar. 6, 1820 F. W. Chase & Mary M. Howe Issac Chase & Olin Clark Nov. 7, 1874 Meranda E. Chase & Leonard T. Murray April 14, 1864 Hannah M. Chase & Jacob Plummer April 29, 1862 (Book Numbers available for the above) Eliza O. Chase Cady, buried in Villiage Cem. In the CADY Plot. She married a Cady.

The following message was posted on the Internet. Someone on this list may wish to reply to the person posting the message. "An antique store owner gave me some loose pages from an old Bible that describe the career, children , siblings and parents of a Presbyterian minister named Joshua Chase Burgess (b. 1842), son of John Burgess and Hannah Chase of somewhere in Nova Scotia. Joshua went to Dalhousie U. in Halifax and also the Theological College there. I would be happy to donate the loose leaves to anyone who cares about this man and his relatives. His career took him to New Brunswick, San Francisco, CA and finally Danville, CA." http://genforum.genealogy.com/burgess/messages/3405.html I am not connected to this family, but I am researching another Nova Scotian Chase family. I do know that Joshua Chase Burgess's mother, Hannah Chase, was the daughter of Joshua Chase and Esther Terry. Joshua Chase was the son of Joseph Chase and Hannah Ells. Joseph was the son of Stephen Chase and Esther Buffinton. Stephen was born in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA and died in Cornwallis, Kings Co, Nova Scotia. Linda Chase

Dear All, Amidst other more straightforward genealogical material I have inherited over the years, I have just "rediscovered" a letter from the Chase-Chace Family Association written to my Grandfather's brother, James Burton Chace, dated December 30, 1938. The first time I took a look at the letter years ago, I simply thought it interesting to know that such an association had existed. I tried to find out then if the association was still in existence. I could find nothing in the telephone book or directory assistance for Boston, Mass, so I just filed the letter away. Yesterday, I thought it might be interesting to review some of the material I hadn't looked at for awhile (this is a very good practice, by the way, and sometimes allows you to connect information you have since acquired). I got out the letter and now appreciate many things about it I had glanced over long ago. First, at the top, there is a nice letterhead with the Chace Crest, and under it the founding date and place of the Association. Second, The names of all of the officers of 1938 are listed (six with Chase in their names) along with the places they lived. And third, two addresses for the Association - the old address having been crossed through and the new address having been added with a stamp. And, that's just the letterhead itself. Further, in the text of the letter will be found, the address of my Great Uncle, which because my Grandfather lived with his brother, James Burton Chace, for awhile while he was growing up, allows me the possibility to track down some information about that part of my Grandfather's life (unfortunately he died in January of 1999 and I no longer can simply ask him about such matters). Also, the body of the letter itself is very interesting and it contains much information about the workings of the Chase-Chace Family Association and about applying for membership. The letter mentions the Chase Chronicle, annual meetings, winter luncheons, and the N.E.Historic Genealogical Society and its address. I bet you would like to read this letter and check out the names of the Officers of the Chase-Chace Family Association of 1938, wouldn't you? Well, you can. I have taken some painstaking measures to transcribe the letter and to format the html to allow the presentation to look as closely as possible to the original. If you go to my website at http://home.wanadoo.nl/j.b.chace and click on the Chace and Cornell Family Correspondence link, you will find a link to 1938 Letter from the Chase-Chace Family Association and by clicking it you will find the letter. You can also simply go to http://home.wanadoo.nl/j.b.chace/1938Letter.html if the letter does not fit nicely in the frame of your browser. I do not know how it will appear on all browsers. I have a 17" monitor set to 1024x768 resolution and I use Mozilla webbrowser under Red Hat Linux 7.2 with the Gnome XWindows environment. Under these conditions, it appears very much like the original. My aim is that you could simply choose to print it and would get a document close to the original - probably the best way to do this is through the direct link at http://home.wanadoo.nl/j.b.chace/1938Letter.html The crest I used I found on the internet. It is rather close to the one in the letterhead. I hope you enjoy the letter and maybe some of you will recognize relatives in the list of Officers. Cheers, Jeffrey Chace