Is there anyone who has access to records for any of the cemeteries in Stuyvesant, Columbia County, NY? I am looking for a record of JOSEPH CHASE or CHACE. He lived in Stuyvesant in 1830 and 1840. I will gladly pay someone for their time and trouble,or swap info I have courtesy our local FHC--extensive WISCONSIN info,EMMIGRATION records, GERMAN and SCOTTISH and many other records, NY... Thank you so much! Rebecca

Please contact all of us if you know where the commemorative stone is. I know it was created by John Carroll Chase, and I had looked forward to seeing it sometime. Please help!

Hi,Everyone, I am fairly new to this Group and this is my first posting t so please excuse me if I go over old ground. I have a reference to William CHASE, born 15 June 1621 at Rogate,Sussex,England. Two sources are given 1)NEHGR V87: 258, Dr. John B. CHACE 2) CHASE,Gladys,Marie "William Chase of Yarmouth" 1995 I have checked the Parish Register for Rogate and there is no reference to a Chase 5 years either side of that date. I also checked for the period around 1600 in search of his father without a positive result. I do realise that as non-conformists William's parents may not have had him baptised in the Church of England but the West Sussex Records Office has no knowledge of a non conformist organisation in the area. I also am aware that there was a "pocket" of CHASE families in the Sussex area To cast further doubt on this information William's parents are shown as William Chase and Mary TOWNLEY and I have some doubt as to whether this "link" was made at the time when every "Chase" family member was trying to establish blood lines to the TOWNLEYs Is there anyone in the Group who could possibly check the 2 sources given above to see if there is any further information? Thanks, Keith Hume Keith Hume, email khume@netcomuk.co.uk http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~khume/home.html Kent,England Researching:- HULME,DAWSON,(In Lancs.) HUME,McKAY, (In New Brunswick & Nova Scotia SHERMAN,SIMMONS AND CHASE,(In USA & Canada) SHERRING & BLUNDEN (Hampshire,England) FALL,(Ireland & Australia)

Resending message which I previously composed a few days ago in response to Liz; have just learned from Lonnie how to post to the list correctly. Hope you all get this. Lonnie, this newcomer's mentor (!), please let me know if you get this ASAP so I can relax about this!

I have just read all the information you sent on the family homesite and family of 'Old' Thomas Chase, and was excited to learn so much about that side of my family. My father's line goes back to the Chases. His 4th great grandfather married Rebecca Chase, daughter of Nathan Chase, 5th great grandson of 'Old' Thomas Chase, and it is really interesting to find out so much about your history. I have a possible last name for Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Chase. I don't have the source for it, but was told her name was Elizabeth Bowchiew. If you have anything to validate this I would appreciate hearing from you. I also have Thomas's parents as Matthew Chase and Elizabeth Bould, his grandparents as John Chase and Alice Harding, and his great grandfather as Thomas Chase. Again I can't document this so if you can give me some validation that this is correct or not please let me know. As your correspondence noted, the Chase name could be traced back to the time of William the Conquerer. I was wondering if anyone has any information on the line at that time period, and whether it can be validated. Any information on this line would be gratefully appreciated. Holly M. Snead 5761 Bethel Road Clermont, Ga. 30527 770-983-0574 E-Mail snead@bellsouth.net

Please read my query to the New England Historical Genealogical Society and subsequent reply, below. If anyone reading this is in possession of this stone, please contact me at the address below. My objective is to learn if it still exists. Any other information about it would be welcome also. Lonnie Chase maryetta@concentric.net >I have recently found the following information and wish to verify it if >possible. > >"A tablet of caen stone in the entrance corridor of the New England >Historical Genealogical Society's building at 9 Ashburn St., Boston, says": >"Aquila Chase >Mariner >Hampton, N.H. 1640 >Newbury, Mass. 1646 >By repute the first pilot at the mouth of the Merrimack River. Erected by >his descendant John Carrol Chase 1928". > >My question is this: Do you now have or have you ever had, this stone? > > >Lonnie Chase >maryetta@concentric.net > Dear Mr. Chase, Thank you for your inquiry regarding the Chase Stone. It was in our possession at one time, but because of its size and load-bearing our building couldn't accommodate it and according to Scott Barltey in our Fine Arts Department, it was evidently given to another Chase descendant in 1988 or 1989. I'm sorry that we're unable to locate the piece for you. If you have any other questions, please feel free to call on me. Sincerely Linda Skinner Austin

I am the last (female) in a line of Chases directly descended on paternal side from Aquila. I just found this listserve but have been commuicating since last year with Hoisingtons (married name) on similar listserve. I will be running my list of Chases to start adding to, and sharing, info on our trees ( I use Family Tree Maker). My family are all Vermonters (5 generations) and Massachusetts/Great Bay Colony Pilgrims. Related names are Hebb, Jackman, Sallies, Smith, Abbott/Abbot, Eastman, Bowles, Miller. Darcy Chase Hoisington

I got quite a laught out of a story appearing in THE CHASE CHRONICLE in which J. Montgomery Seaver, President of the American Historical-Genealogical Society faces a fraud order by the superintendent of mails, Washington DC Apparently he'd been taking pages from the phone book, writing to the people (a mass mailing ! gasp!) and selling genealogies purporting to go back to William the Conquerer !!!! (Vol 20 Jan - Apr 1930 p-31) Sounds familiar doesn't it ??? or better yet "An oldie but a goodie !" Derek Chase

Rebecca, sorry to take so long to reply, been out of town. My ggggrandmother was Martha CHACE. She was born Jennings co., Ind. march 1, 1831. She married John VENIS 24 Feb 1842 in Boone County IN. John and Martha's children were: Henry b. 1843, Boone co, Ind, George b. 1844-50 clinton Co., Ind., d. Aug 26, 1918, duane Augusta b. Feb 26, 1846 in Ind., m. Ida Belle McMindes sept 19, 1880 and died Aug 12, 1921 in Fairland,Ok., Maryann, b. 1849 Ind., Margaret, Benjamin b. 1851 in Ind., harriet b. 1855 Ind., alice b. 1856 Ind and John b. 1859-60 Ind, died 1925 Ind. She died 22 July 1902 in Thorton, Boone, IN. I love any information that could lead me further in this line. Thanks, Patricia Hopkins jhopkins@cswnet.com

Hello from a new subscriber in New Zealand. I am interested in the name CHASE from the above district. Is anyone else? Cheers Betty bettyd@voyager.co.nz.

I am trying to track some Chaces/Chases who relocated to Indiana from NY at some point in the 1800's (between 1800-1830?). Can you give me a little more info on your Marcia Chace? Especially her husband's name, a b.d., b.p., children? I can check my notes then to see what I might have. In case you haven't seen it yet, the USGenWeb site for Indiana has a number of searchable databases for censuses, land and marriage records. I have found lots of Chases (search on both spellings!) in these databases, including some in Boone County. Thanks! Rebecca

On Wed, 18 Mar 1998 19:25:33 -0500, you wrote: > > > 3. Alexander Hamilton Chase, b. 1 September 1814 at Danville, ME, > > m. Lavinia Boston This one is Alexander, descended from Peter; Jonathan; Nathan and Thomas .......Born in Danville Maine, ...his FIRST marriage was to Jane G. Farr abt. 1838....His second marriage was to Lavinbia Boston ..>They had Susie J.,; b. 10 May 1839,;Marietta b. 25 May 1841,; Alexander b. 27 Nov 1842;, Edward M. b. 30 Jan 1848;, Annie L. b. 20 Sep 1850;, and John COlby , b. 29 Dec 1856......... THis is in Seven Generations of the Descendents of Aquila and Thomas Chase By John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain....page 296..... Sixth Generation.... family 689...It doesn't say by whom the children were gotten. > > > 4. Peter Chase, b. 23 January 1781 at Newbury, MA, m. Susanna Royal ==== married her ..they lived in Danville Maine and later Bangor... p-136 Aquilla and THomas. > Chase, 29 November 1808 at Danville, ME, d. 20 April 1863 at >Bangor, ME > > >5. Jonathan Chase, b. 5 December 1751 at Newbury, MA, > m. Hannah Merrill, 22 April 1773 at Newbury, MA, d. 13 April > 1825 at Danville, ME [ she was d.o. John and Anne (Ordway) Merrill] > > >6. Nathan Chase, b. 1702 at Newbury, MA, m. Judith Sawyer, [d.o. John and Mary (Merrill) Sawyer, 29 Nov 1723...She was b.16 Oct 1701 in Newbury..she died there aged 38 20 Feb 1740. Then he marr. Joanna (Pike) Cheney, widow of John Cheney dau. of Joseph and Joanna (Head) Pike. First marriage produced 6 children...6 also by second wife.> > 29 November 1723 at Newbury, MA, m. Joanna Pike Cheney,> > 30 December 1740 at Newbury, MA, d. 1784/5 at Newbury, MA > anyway most of this is in 7 generations... All the best Derek Chase

Hi Chase researchers, I have been looking for Sarah Chase for several years now, without much luck. All I know is that she was born about 1788, married William Wingate, I think in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, before 1805, the year her first child was born. She moved to Boone County, KY about 1814 and died there in 1852. On the 1850 census, she gave her birthplace as Maryland. I can find no trace of her, or husband William Wingate, in Maryland. Would someone please give me some suggestions as to where to look? I will be going to my local (very small) FHC soon. Thanks, Suzanne Russell auntsue@twlakes.net

A little while back someone raised the issue of the veracity of the information that is presented in published CHASE geneaologies such as the 1933-1934 NEHGR articles "Some Descendants of William Chase of Roxbury and Yarmouth." I happened upon an informative article addressing the subject of reviewing and evaluating existing scholarship in the area of New England ancestors like the Chase family. The article is entitled "Details, Details, Details: Reviewing Existing Scholarship for Alcock Origins" by the eminent genealogist Patricia Law Hatchez, CG, in the September 1997 issue of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly (Vol. 88, No. 1). In this article she notes that the wealth of scholarship we sometimes find on our New England ancestors "is most likely to trip up 'lucky' New England genealogists. Those who find publications by eminent genealogists--replete with birth dates, names of spouses, mentions of sources, and erudite discussions--are not likely to believe that the author has missed something or erred...[and] see no need to compulsively track down the cited sources, study the originals themselves, look for confirming--and conflicting--evidence, and question every conclusion. Instead, they blithely continue 'collecting' ancestors, comfortable that they have cited a respected source. What is wrong with this approach? Many early conclusions were drawn by researchers in a time when citation standards and evaluation practices were less rigorous now. Furthermore, the records accessible in the past were only a small fraction of what is readily available to researchers today..." The author discusses and illustrates a research method that can be used in New England and other genealogical research. I found it well worth the read and thought I'd mention it to everyone. I find it especially helpful in trying to find the family of my CHASE ancestor, William H. Chase, who was born in Austerlitz, Columbia County NY in 1814, where there is a large CHASE family enumerated in "Some Descendants of William Chase..." who I suspect are related somehow to my William. In going over primary sources for this family, however, I am finding a number of serious potential errors in this work. Others who have written here about similar errors they've found in this and other published genealogies concerning their ancestors may find this a helpful read. Rebecca Laird

<fontfamily><param>New_York</param>Please look through this and correct any errors and help clear up all the guessed dates. For those of you who are copying this, be careful with especially the names near the end of this list. They need *a lot* of correcting. : ) 1 Amy Lura Chase, b. 1878 at Bangor, ME, m. Ralph Vernon Morrison, d. 1930 at Bangor, ME 2 John Colby Chase, b. 29 December 1856 at ME, m. Cora Allene Gilman 3. Alexander Hamilton Chase, b. 1 September 1814 at Danville, ME, m. Lavinia Boston 4. Peter Chase, b. 23 January 1781 at Newbury, MA, m. Susanna Royal Chase, 29 November 1808 at Danville, ME, d. 20 April 1863 at Bangor, ME 5. Jonathan Chase, b. 5 December 1751 at Newbury, MA, m. Hannah Merrill, 22 April 1773 at Newbury, MA, d. 13 April 1825 at Danville, ME 6. Nathan Chase, b. 1702 at Newbury, MA, m. Judith Sawyer, 29 November 1723 at Newbury, MA, m. Joanna Pike Cheney, 30 December 1740 at Newbury, MA, d. 1784/5 at Newbury, MA 7. Thomas Chase, b. 25 July 1654 at Newbury, MA, m. Rebecca Follansbee, 22 November 1677 at Newbury, MA, d. 25 February 1733 at Newbury, MA 8. Aquila Chase, b. 1618 at Cornwall, Chesham, England, m. Ann Wheeler, 1641 at Hampton, NH, d. 27 December 1670 at Newbury, MA 9. Aquilla Chase, b. 14 June 1580 at Hundrich, England, m. Sarah or Martha Jellison, 22 June 1606, d. 24 December 1670 10. Richard Chase, b. 23 July 1542, m. Joan or Anne Bishop, 16 September 1564, d. 1571/1635 11. Richard Chase (2), m. Mary Roberts 12. Mathew Chase, b. 1486 at Hundritche, Parish of Chesham, England, m. Elizabeth Bould (2), d. 1523/83 13. John Chase (2), b. 1460, m. Alice Harding, d. 1490/1540 14. Thomas Chase b. 1365/1465, d. 1401/1512 </fontfamily> -- *************************************************************** Liz Vose liz@ervose.mv.com Vose Arts and Crafts http://www.chickadee.com/vosearts "If you don't know where you're going, you may miss it when you get there." (Farmers' Almanac 1997)

Hi Chases, Are any of you descended from Elisha abt 1728-1759, Ezekiel 1753-1813, Ashur 1793-1862, or Nathan 1852-1927? I have had no contact with anyone this side of Isaac, Elisha's father, and am wondering if I am the only one left in my line. Lonnie Chase maryetta@concentric.net

I am new to the list. I am actually researching the name CHACE, but I think I am about to the point where their names change from CHASE. My ggggrandmother was Martha Chace who married 24 Feb 1842 in Boone County IN. There were several others with the spelling CHACE in Boone County at that time. Hopefully they are related and someone could help me find the connection and discover her parents. Thank you, Patricia Hopkins jhopkins@cswnet.com

For anyone who might be interested. Inventory of the estate of Aquila Chase of Newbury lately deceased as it was pprised by those whoe names are under written: Jan the 21st 1670 Aquilla Chase deceased December the 21st 1670 [old style calender] [Newbury Vrs say 27th] Imp: House, barne & orchard with twenty foure acres of land adjoyning to it 100.00.00 Twenty cares of marsh meadow ground or there about 060.00.00 One horse & one mare 012.00.00 Two oxen and two steeres 018.00.00 Foure cowes 016.00.00 Eleven swine 007.00.00 Twenty sheepe 013.00.00 Two heifers & three two yeare old beast 012.00.00 one steare three calves 006.15.00 One feather bed with boulster, pillows, Rugg, blankett & curtains 008.00.00 Two remnants of cotton cloth 001.16.00 A remnant of searg 00.16.03 weareing apparrell 004.10.00 two shirts 000.16.00 peice of new cotton 000.18.00 table cloth, two pillo cases, 4 napkins 001.04.00 one new curtaine 000.12.00 six paire of sheetes 003.00.00 linen yarne 001.07.06 20 I. of woollen yarn 002.10.00 One bed & blankett & furniture to it 004.10.00 70 bushells of Indian Corne 010.10.00 6 bushells of Barly 001.04.00 wheate, Rye & pease 001.16.00 old bacon, a saw, a pillion 001.10.00 Two wheeles; muskett & sword and rest and pike 001.11.00 sadle & bridle 000.14.00 three Iron potts, hookes & Trammell 002.12.00 spitt, fire pann, tonges, peele, fryeing pann, greediron & two skillets 001.02.00 carpenters tooles 001.14.00 4 axes, beetle, wedges 001.00.00 pewter platters, basen, pott, spoones 001.12.06 A box Iron & heaters, earthenware 000.06.06 bookes, two chests & a box, baggs 001.02.00 meale, meate, garden stuff 012.19.00 hogg lard, butter, iron greare & grinding stone 004.04.06 the cart, dung pot & plow 002.00.00 yoakes & chaines 000.16.00 old Lumber 20s 001.00.00 a hay boate 015.00.00 totaling L336.14.03 Edmund Wood man John Bayley [Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase Chase & Chamberlain pp33-34] Ancestry of Samuel Blanchard Ordway, Dean Crawford Smith NEHGS 1990 pp 170-171

Hi Bill and all of you - I am a descendent of Thomas Chase who married Rebecca Follansbee. Tom is a brother of Moses who married Anne Follansbee. Moses and Anne were married on the 10 Nov 1684. Thomas and Rebecca were married 1 Nov 1677. It wouldn't surprise me if Rebecca and Anne were sisters. Unfortunately I have no info on the ancestry of either of the ladies. Will look forward to any input from Chase cousins out there. My line is direct male line from my father to Aquila and beyond. Line ended with my brothers. One had girls and the other had none. Priscilla Chase Marchbanks

This may be of interest to many of you who are Aquila's descendants. >Only days before his death at the early age of 52, Aquila, fearing that his >"weakeness" was fatal, dicated the following will: > > Witness by these presents that I Aquilla Chase of Newbury in the >countye of Essex in New England being weake in body, yett of sound & pfect >memory, for divers causes and considderrations me therunto moveing, doe make >this my last will and testament And doe dispose of my lands goods & >chattells as followeth, first I bequeath my soule into the hands of my >blessed Saviour & redeemer Jesus Christ In an assured hope of a resurrection >and my body to be buryed when it shall please the Lord to call me hence, To >my well-beloved wife Ann I give and bequeath, my house barne aand orchard >and all my lands both Eareable pasture and marsh meadow ground lyeing and >being in the bounds of the Towne of Newbury aforesayd together with all my >goods and chattells both within dores & without > All the sayd house and land before mentioned I give unto Ann my well >beloved wife dureing the time of her widdow hood, paying unto my daughter >Ann Chase five pounds, in corne or neate cattle, and five pounds more to pay >, unto my daughter Prisilla Chase, to be payd within twelve months, after >the day of their marriages, > Also I will that my wife give unto my sonn Thomas Chase at the age of >one and twenty, Tenn pounds in corne or neate cattle, pvided the sayd Thomas >doe abyde and serve with his mother to the sd age, And if his mother and hee >the sd Thomas see cause, that hee should serve for a trade, with any other >man soe that he have the benifitt of a trade, then his mother my well- >beloved wife, is to pay unto the sayd Thomas, but six pound in the like pay >before mentioned, for the rest of my children my will and testament is, That >Ann my wife, shall give unto them all shee sees good according to her >abilitye, and at the end of her naturall like, I give and bequeath all house >houseing & Lands before mentioned unto Aquilla Chase my eldest sonn, or if >Ann my wife marry , my sonn is to posses all my houseing and lands, paying >unto his mother three pounds p annum as long as shee liveth or three score >pound which shee pleaseth, > further my will is, that Aquilla my sonn shall pay to his brother John >Chase the summ of tenn pounds in corne or neate cattle, and tenn pound more >the sd Aquilla, is to pay unto his Brother Moses Chase Tenn pounds incorne & >cattle, > Also my will is that Aquilla pay unto my daughter Sarah three pounds >within two years after her mothers decease, and pay unto my daughter Mary >twenty shillings > and further my will is that Aquilla my my sonn pay unto his sister >Elizabeth foure pounds in the like pay, > Also my will is, that Aquilla pay foure pounds in the like paye to his >sister Ruth, > All which summs to be payd in two yeares after the decease of Ann my >wellbeloved wife. And I doe apoynt Ann my well beloved wife, to be sole >executrix of this my last well and testament, and further I doe apoynt >Ensigne Steven Greenleafe and Wm. Chandler to be the overseers of this my >last will and testament, Further my will is that Aquilla my sonn shall pay >unto his Brother Thomas Chase before mentioned the sum of ten pounds in the >like pay with the rest of my children and if any of my younger children be >not of age within two years after the decease of my wife, then they are to >stay for their portions till they be of age >In witness wherof I have hereunto sett my hand & seale the 10th day of >december in the yeare of our Lord 1670 >Witness: The mark of Aquilla Chase >William Chandler >Steven Greenlefe >James Ordway >[The Probate Records of Essex County 2:217-219] >"The Ancestry of Samuel Blanchard Ordway" Dean Crawford Smith NEHGS 1990 >pp168-170