Hello, I would like the father and mother of these two Francis CHASES. Also their wives and children. I would like to thank you in advise . I'm desperately trying to clean my Chase files Frances grams@ohiovalley.com

Hello, I have the following info Matthew CHASE chr 6 Jan 1619 Chesham d 1663 ( The CHASES of Chesham co Bucks, Eng p 28) m Alice -1668 I would like correction or additions to this family of CHASES

Need info on John CHASE 1470 England. I have John CHASE b Aft 1470 Chesham, Buck, England m Elizabeth I would like his wife's maiden name and his children. Frances grams@ohiovalley.com

Would like more info on Thomas CHASE 1440 England. Especialy where he was born; his wife and children; any info of any kind. I'm looking for leads to this family. Frances grams@ohiovalley.com

I am looking for verifiable information on Matthias Chase. We believe he is a descendent of Aquila Chase. We want to prove that Matthias Chase was the father of Frederick Chase. Or at least we want to know for certain who Frederick's father was. This is what I have: 1. Mathias CHASE-2109 was born about 1813 in France. BIRTH: Fred's Death Certificate said his father, Billie Chase, was born in Canada; the informant was Charley, Fred's son. BIOGRAPHY: Mathias may or may not be Fred's parents; Fred was living with them in the 1860 Census but not in the 1850 Census. This may be the Mathias Chase listed in the 1870 Census in Minnesota. CENSUS: 1850, Ash, Monroe Co., MI 1860, Baltimore, Barry Co., MI Mathias married (MRIN:920) Rachael UNKNOWN-2110. Rachael was born about 1813/1818 in NY. BIRTH: Fred's Death Certificate said his mother, name unknown, was born in Michigan; the informant was Charley, Fred's son. Mathias and Rachael had the following children: + 2 M i. Frederick (Ring ?) CHASE-36 was born 1828/1843 and died 10 Feb 1914. Second Generation 2. Frederick (Ring ?) CHASE-36 (Mathias) was born 1828/1843 in Asby, Monroe Co., MI. He died 10 Feb 1914 in Panther Island, Lake Twp, Greene Co., AR and was buried in Reddick Cem., Paragould, Greene Co., AR. ******************************************************** Junelle L. McClintic PO Box 530 Madras, OR 97741 USA Personal Homepage http://www.angelfire.com/or/sweetamiga/ Genealogy Homepage http://www.freeyellow.com/members2/sweetamiga/ ICQ & AIM: SweetAmiga

Thank you everyone for responding so quickly to my plea for CHASE information. I have received a number of good questions concerning what exactly I want from everyone. I will try to address those questions now. 1) I am not currently interested in any of the descendants of Aquila CHASE, although I do also descend from that family. 2) I am interested in any information/theories about where William CHASE may have come from, but do remember that everything that has been written about his relations to the Chesham, England family is all assumed and speculative (maybe we will have to test this theory by DNA some day, I am a genetist). 3) I do want information about all the female lines, this is a major way that my genealogy will expand beyond the previous genealogy published in The Register of the NEHGS. 4) I do want everyone who is a descendent, not just direct lines. 5) In order to assure privacy I do not need information on anyone who is living, the cutoff is up to you, the year 1900 is a good cutoff. 6) I can except GEDCOMs, and I prefer GEDCOMs. I am currently using FTM 4.0 which excepts the GEDCOM format. 7) As I stated before I would prefer if everybody sent the information to my home email account ( Atbond@Concentric.net ) rather than my Grad. School account. 8) As far as sharing information, I would be happy to share and do lookups for anyone who has CHASE questions or Swansea, MA questions (I own a copy of the vital records). Andrew Bond email: Atbond@Concentric.net

Hello, I am putting together a more complete and accurate genealogy of William CHASE of Yarmouth, MA. The NEHGS Register has published a good genealogy of this family to five generations. I am currently entering in that information and making corrections as I go. I would appreciate everyone who is a descendent of this CHASE family to send me (via email) what they have on this family so I can expand the number of generations covered. It would be helpful if you could send the info to my home email address which I have included. Thank you. Andrew Bond Atbond@Concentric.net

I sure would like to find information about any of the Chases of Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England before 1600. Any information would really make my day! Lonnie Chase maryetta@concentric.net

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Hello, everyone! This is my first posting on this list. I am researching the Chase line in Dennis and Yarmouth, MA and my connection to it. My great grandfather was Elias William Chase, b.31 Aug 1842 in Dennis, MA. All I know of his family so far is that he had a brother, Freeman Davis Chase, b in 1839. My research has turned up information on the family of Lot and Elizabeth Chase of Dennis, MA. They had 11 children and I think that my great-great grandfather was one of their sons. Two of the sons were Freeman and Elias, b. 1813 and 1815, a generation back from my great grandfather, Elias. Other children of Lot and Elizabeth were Bassett, Josiah, Allen, Sally, Betsey, Lot, Elizabeth, Hira, and Easther. I'm going to be working on finding Elias William's birth certificate; however if anyone has any leads or info on this little mystery, send me a note. I'd love to hear from you. By the way, Elias William Chase married Abbie Freeman Studley, b. 24 Mar 1846(?). Their children, all born in Dennis, include Elias Clinton, Minnie, Jesse Willis, Elata, and Leonard Bradley. Jesse was my grandfather, 1877-1968; he married Julia Morong and settled in Rowley, MA, where my mother, Lydia Abbie Chase, was born, along with her five older siblings, Jesse Harold, Elza Bradley, Madeline Rita, Laurence Clinton, and William Russell. Thanks to all Laurie Wallace

This is the line of Chases in my husband's family. If any of you have any dates to add or see corrections that should be made, please let me know. I have been doing days of research at the library for many different lines. This is what I came up with for the Chases: John Chase Hundritche Parish Chesham, England I Mathew Chase, b. Hundritche Parish Chesham, England, m. Elizabeth Bould I Richard Chase b. Hundritche Parish, Chesham, England, m. Mary Roberts I Richard Chase, b. 23 July 1542, Hundritche Parish, Chesham, England, m. Joan or Anne Bishop 16 Sept. 1564 I Aquila Chase, b. 14 June 1580 at Hundrich, Parish, Chesham, England, m. Sarah or Martha Jellison, or Jelliman on 22 June 1606, d. 24 Dec. 1670, Hundritche Parish, Chesham, England I Aquila Chase, b. 1618 at Hundritche Parish, Chesham, England, m. Ann Wheeler d. 27 Dec. 1670 at Newbury, MA I Thomas Chase, b. 25 July 1654 at Newbury, MA m. Rebecca Follansbee, 22 Nov. 1677 Newbury, MA d. 25 Feb. 1733 at Newbury, MA I Nathan Chase, b. 1702 at Newbury, MA m. Judith Sawyer 29 Nov. 1723 at Newbury, MA m. Joanna Pike Cheney, 30 Dec. 1740 at Newbury, MA, d. 1784/5 at Newbury, MA I Jonathan Chase, b. 5 Dec. 1751 at Newbury, MA m. Hannah Merrill, 22 Apr. 1773 at Newbury, MA, d. 13 Apr. 1825 at Danville, ME I Peter Chase, b. 23 Jan. 1781 at Newbury, MA, m. Susanna Royal, 29 Nov. 1808 at Danville, ME, d. 20 Apr. 1863 at Bangor, ME I Alexander Hamilton Chase, b. 1 Sept. 1814 at Danville, ME m. Lavinia Baston I John Colby Chase, b. 29 Dec. 1856 at ME m. Cora Allene Gilman I Amy Lura Chase b. 1878 at Bangor, ME, m. Ralph Vernon Morrison, d. 1930 at Bangor, ME I Helen Louise Morrison Vose, b. 20 Aug. 1907 at parent's home on Union St., Bangor, ME, m. Harmon Francis Vose, 4 Aug. 1948 at Church of Christ, Bangor, ME She is 90 years old...had her first son at age 41 I Ralph Harmon Vose (first son of Helen) b. 13 May 1949 at Eastern Maine General, Bangor, ME, m. Elizabeth Ida Pray, 22 Aug. 1970 at St. John's Episcopal Chapel, Bangor, ME Now living in Berwick, ME I Marc Anthony Vose, b. 24 May 1971 at St. Joseph's Hospital, Bangor,ME Now living in NY City, NY Maybe this will help some of you follow your lines of Chases. Liz -- *************************************************************** 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)

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Good evening fellow rooters, I would just like to say I am so very pleased to see all these queries coming across about the Chase lines. I have not yet been able to make a connection from mine to any which have been listed. But, you can sure bet I am trying. :>) Keep the posts coming. Thank you, Remember "The Truth Is Out There" ================ It's a Great Day for Research Jack & Addie MAILTO:searchn@gte.net Visit our Home Page, you will see surnames,emigration,vital records and many other links. (this site supports midi music files) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5978 (Our Home Page) Member of: General Joseph Warren Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/3361/ Member of the NEHGS Member of Ancestry Member of BFGS

I've been lurking on the Chase list for some time, hoping to see something about my line. With all the recent discussion about the "three brothers" (William, Aquilla, Thomas) coming to America, I thought my line would be of interest. I descend from Samuel Chase, b. abt 1775-80, place unknown, d. abt. 1810, St. David, New Brunswick, Canada. In 1977, Guy B. Chase published a book entitled "Descendants of Samuel Chase. There it is stated that little is known about the origin or ancestry of Samuel prior to his arrival in Canada. In 1810, when he petitioned for land in Charlotte Co., NB, he was described as "a native of U.S.A." He apparently moved to Canada with several thousand other Loyalists. He was married to Elizabeth Moore, d. of William Moore and Hannah Livingstone, both of old New England stock, descendants of Mayflower pass., etc. The book suggests that both descendants and professional genealogists have "failed to determine what, if any, relationship existed between Samuel Chase and the numerous descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase in New England." I have spent numerous hours on this trail, and I too have failed to find any trace of this Samuel in the U.S.A. Keep an eye out for any Samuels around 1775-1800 in New England.

I've been lurking on the Chase list for some time, hoping to see something about my line. With all the recent discussion about the "three brothers" (William, Aquilla, Thomas) coming to America, I thought my line would be of interest. I descend from Samuel Chase, b. abt 1775-80, place unknown, d. abt. 1810, St. David, New Brunswick, Canada. In 1977, Guy B. Chase published a book entitled "Descendants of Samuel Chase. There it is stated that little is known about the origin or ancestry of Samuel prior to his arrival in Canada. In 1810, when he petitioned for land in Charlotte Co., NB, he was described as "a native of U.S.A." He apparently moved to Canada with several thousand other Loyalists. He was married to Elizabeth Moore, d. of William Moore and Hannah Livingstone, both of old New England stock, descendants of Mayflower pass., etc. The book suggests that both descendants and professional genealogists have "failed to determine what, if any, relationship existed between Samuel Chase and the numerous descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase in New England." I have spent numerous hours on this trail, and I too have failed to find any trace of this Samuel in the U.S.A. Keep an eye out for any Samuels around 1775-1800 in New England.

I, too, have heard of this Lawrence-Townley story but still do not believe that William Chase was related to the Aquila Chase line. In going over my notes I did find the following which seems to indicate that William Chase was not related to Aquila Chase. Aquila, son of Richard and Joan (BISHOP) CHASE was baptized 14 August 1580 Welsden, Middlesex, England. The unique name of Aquila is found nowhere else in England in connection with the name CHASE, which makes it reasonably certain that this Aquila was the ancestor of the American family. Tradition says his wife was named Sarah. Record is found of two sons: Thomas and Aquila CHASE. Some authorities intimate that Thomas and Aquila were employed by their uncle, Thomas CHASE, who was part owner of the ship "John and Francis" and thus became navigators and found their way to America. This theory is supported by the fact that Aquila CHASE was granted a home lot and six acres of marsh in Newbury, MA "on condition that he go to sea and do service in the Towne, with a boat for four years." Aquila (son of above Aquila) CHASE married Ann WHEELER and had Sarah, Ann, Priscilla, Mary, Aquila, Thomas, John, Elizabeth, Ruth, Daniel and Moses. My opinion, for what it's worth, is that there is absolutely no connection to the Lawrence-Townley estate (if it ever existed) through our William CHASE. I'm also wondering if that's why some people are putting down Mary TOWNLEY as the wife of William CHASE. Thanks for listening. Joan Gerrits

Searching for ancestry of Freedom Chase b. 1799 Washington Co., NY, d. 1868 in Warrensburg NY. He married Ann Latham abt 1821. Suspect he descends from William Chase rather than Aquilla. Lois.

I've recently been in touch with John Banes (not sure if he's on this list), and he had some interesting clues as to the origins of William Chase. Begin quote: I just found reference to some newspaper clippings from a scrapbook collected by Russell M. Ormsbee(1808-1892). I am sending you the information as I got it from a book passed down by my grandfather in 1957. This would seem to indicate that there were four brothers, of which three came to America, and one stayed in England. And the father was Robert, rather than Aquila & Martha (Jelliman) Chase -------------------------------------------------------------------------- RUSSELL M. ORMSBEE SCRAP BOOK This scrap book is a collection of newspaper clippings, most of which were written by Russell M. Ormsbee for the "Saratogian" published at Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Some family items were from other newspapers. This book has been preserved by the Roy Ormsbee family of Porter Corners, Saratoga Co., N.Y. and copied by me July 1959. The notes I took are concerned only with the Ormsbee and associated families. I numbered them for convienience of reference. 14. From a Newton, Kansas paper, Nov. 6, 1882. Mrs Theodore Gates of this City received notice that the British Government had decided to pay to the legal heirs of the Lawrence-Townsley estate their share. The estate amounts to 800 million in money and 400,000 acres of land in City and Village property. The estate was inherited by 4 brothers of the Chase Family. Three came to this country before the Rev. War; William, Aquilla, and Thomas. Mrs. Gates is a grand daughter of Thomas. (Note: our Chases are descended from William) (See Chase Family) 33. 1889 In an article by R.M. Ormsbee about the Longevity of some of the families of Greenfield, he says his own mother is from the Chase family whose last representative in England was Mary Chase-Townsley and first representative in America was William Chase who settled at Yarmouth, Mass. in 1630. 37. St. Louis, Mo. Dec. 2, 1885. The Chase-Townsley estate in England accumulated by Sir Richard Townsley reverted to the Crown when the Owner was executed for high treason. Later it was transfered to Robert Chase the nearest living relative. Robert Chase had 4 sons. Three came to America prior to the transfer of the estate to their father. (See item 14) On the death of the father, Robert, the estate reverted to his son Robert. The sons in America were never notified, and on the death of the son Robert, it again reverted to the Crown. A long list of heirs appointed a Commission to try and secure the estate, For further reference on this matter see, "The Lawrence Chase-Townsley Estate, The Mystery Solved" by Frank Alden Hill (1888) End quote. I was able to locate a copy of "The Lawrence Chase-Townsley Estate, The Mystery Solved" at the Sutro library in San Francisco. I only had time to peruse the book, and it didn't seem to have any evidence re: William Chase except to say that they found no connection. Has anyone else researched this possibility? ***************************************************************** Name: David M. Mitchell Webpage: http://www.calweb.com/~dmitch/index.html Resume: http://www.calweb.com/~dmitch/resume.txt Genealogy: http://www.calweb.com/~dmitch/family/index.html E-mail: dmitch@calweb.com *****************************************************************