Hello All, This is an excellent guide to using Quaker Records that I found online. I found it to be very informative and thought I would share it with you since many Chases and Chaces of the William as well as Aquila and Thomas lines were members of the Society of Friends. http://www.neym.org/GuideToRecordsRSOF_1997.pdf Cheers, Jeffrey Chaceh -- Jeffrey Chace http://www.chace.demon.nl

http://www.villageofchase.com/history.php History of Chase, British Columbia. The town of Chase was named after Whitfield Chase, an American from New York State who arrived in the area in 1867 after coming to Canada during the 1858 gold rush. He was the first non-native settler that farmed and raised a family in what was then called the Shuswap Prairie. He married a young First Nations girl who became Elizabeth Chase, and they raised nine children together. The town was named in honour of Whitfield Chase although the community did not exist until more than 10 years after his death. Shuswap is the European version of a local First Nations word Secwepemc, which refers to the people of the Secwepemc Nation. The Shuswap/Secwepemc Nations covers an area of 145,040 square kilometres in the British Columbia Interior. Before the town of Chase existed (pre-1908), the main town centre was called Shuswap and was located approximately five kilometres west. This was also the site of the first train station in the area in 1888, and the site of the first bridge to cross the Thompson in the area before the Pine Street Bridge was built in the 1930's. An American logging company first came to the area in 1907 and purchased what became the original town site from Whitfield's heir. They subdivided the land into lots, installed water and electricity and sold the lots to workers and business people. For the location of the mill, they leased approximately 70 acres of land from the Chase family that bordered the Thompson River near Little Shuswap Lake. The Chase mill became known as the Adams River Lumber Company (not to be confused with the Interfor mill on Adams Lake originally owned by Mr. Holding from the 1940s), because they logged exclusively off the Adams River and Lake area. The Adams River Lumber Company, after logging within 100 feet of the Adams River and Lake closed the mill in 1925 and took their profits back to the United States. This lease will terminate in 2006 and the property will revert to descendants and heirs of the Chase family. Chase grew slowly over the next few decades with only a small core of permanent residents. It was not until incorporation in 1969 that the community began to market itself as a tourist destination and people began to explore the area. The community, as a result, saw an increase in population with visitors to the area returning to live, work and retire. Chase also benefited from the construction of the Coquihalla Highway in the mid-1980's. Improved access to the area brought now life to the local economy in the form of another tourist explosion that has only expanded the community's economic base and resident population. Chase continues to benefit as the number of businesses, population and tourism increase and contribute to the local economy. -- Jeffrey Chace http://www.chace.demon.nl

As I understand the situation, the DNA from those descended from William has very little resemblance to the DNA of those descended from Aquila and Thomas. Therefore, it is unlikely that there is any relationship between William and the two brothers existed unless the common ancestor was from a very distant unknown past. Rex Chase

1. The evidence, (a reference to "brother" in a land transaction between the two) would seem to support that Aquila and Thomas were in fact brothers. Thomas seems to have married first, so the presumption is that he probably was older. 2. There is no valid evidence in any records on either side of the Atlantic that provides any provable indication or either where Aquila and Thomas emigrated from, or who any of their ancestors are. The Chesham link is admittedly a tempting one due to the fact that there was an Aquila in that family line, but any linkage that you might see in any genealogy (and, frankly, the erroneous linkage is unfortunately rampant) is based on nothing more than either speculation or wishful thinking. 3. There was for a spell early in the 20th century a legend that there was a linkage to a vast fortune in England. It was proven to be a myth. 4. None of it happened in my particular family line (although I have found that my wife's line includes not one, but two links to Thomas), but given the number of ancestors in the three lines, and the geographical proximity to each other, I am rather sure William and Aquila/Thomas ancestors have linked up more than once in the last 300 years. 5. I'll leave the count of "Chaces" for someone better versed in that aspect of our ancestry to answer. Dick Chase -----Original Message----- From: Jeffrey Chace [mailto:j.b.chace@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 11:54 AM To: CHASE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CHASE-L] Aquila and Thomas Chase Hello All, Being that I am a William descendent, I have not spent as much time investigating Aquila and Thomas. As such, I have a few questions for those of you who are more knowledgable about these two gentlemen. 1) Do you agree that Aquila and Thomas were brothers? 2) Does your research indicate that Aquila of Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, was the father of these two men? 3) Are there any popularly held family legends which have been disproven? 4) Does anyone have any evidence of Aquila's or Thomas's family marrying into William's family? 5) How many instances of the spelling Chace have you found in the Aquila and Thomas families? Thanks in advance for any answers which are forthcoming. Cheers, Jeffrey Chace -- Jeffrey Chace http://www.chace.demon.nl ==== CHASE Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the list send a request here Chase-L-request@rootsweb.com and put the word unsubscribe ONLY in the subject and message boxes.

Hello All, Being that I am a William descendent, I have not spent as much time investigating Aquila and Thomas. As such, I have a few questions for those of you who are more knowledgable about these two gentlemen. 1) Do you agree that Aquila and Thomas were brothers? 2) Does your research indicate that Aquila of Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, was the father of these two men? 3) Are there any popularly held family legends which have been disproven? 4) Does anyone have any evidence of Aquila's or Thomas's family marrying into William's family? 5) How many instances of the spelling Chace have you found in the Aquila and Thomas families? Thanks in advance for any answers which are forthcoming. Cheers, Jeffrey Chace -- Jeffrey Chace http://www.chace.demon.nl

Sacramento Evening Bee Thursday, July 6, 1905 Napa Valley Swept By a Costly Fire NAPA (Napa Co.), July 6 - A fire swept over the hills and through the grain fields in Napa Valley Tuesday afternoon, completely surrounding and doing considerable damage to Stag's Leap, the beautiful country place of Horace B. CHASE. Although the residence and principal buildings of the Chase ranch were saved there was considerable loss, consisting of fifty tons of hay, 10,000 grapes stakes, twenty cords of wood and over two miles of fence. The house where the ranch hands lives was completely destroyed. The fire is still racing but is being fought by the farmers whose places are endangered, besides many neighboring ranchers. Pat DOWNEY and John CLAUSSEN also met with heavy loss. Considerable apprehension is felt for the schoolhouse, and also for the Napa Bank ranch. Yesterday afternoon the fire had spread to the Valley.

Derek, I feel that Chipman Chase did not come from Yorkshire, England, but rather he descended from the Chases who lived in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia. Chipman's brother is likely Reuben Chase who married Famicha Bower Kerr, daughter of Ebenezer Kerr and Caroine Lavinia Gesner. In Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, you will find the following marriage record, transcibed by Don Lewis: http://nsgna.ednet.ns.ca/dl/dlfiles.html CHASE REUBEN 67 W UPPER LAKEVILLE SACKVILLE JETHRO ISABEL 1 1 1880 KEN DANICHA B 35 S PARRSBORO PARRSBORO EBENEZER CAROLINE Note: Don Lewis incorrectly transcribed Famicha Kerr's name as "Danicha Ken." This record indicates Reuben's parents were Jethro Chase (1786- ?) and Isabel Unknown, so I have assigned these; parents to Chipman as well. Jethro Chase was the youngest son of Jethro Chase (1746 - ?) and Dorothy "Dolly" Cone of Cornwallis, Nova Scotia. Chipman also had a son Jethro Chase (1854-1911) who married Martha Jane Richardson. Jethro Chase and Dorothy "Dolly" Cone are named in the document "Some of the Descendants of William Chase," compiled by George Walter Chamberlain for John Carroll Chase, Hazen P. Chase, Holyoke, Mass.,1983 : 129. JETHRO5 CHASE (Stephen,4 Joseph,3 William,2 William1), of Cornwallis, N. S., born at Freetown 13 June 1746, died at Cornwallis. He married, 15 Dec. 1768, DOROTHY CONE, daughter of Reuben and Nem[sic] Cone. Children, born at Cornwallis: i. STEPHEN,6 b. in 1769; d. 15 Dec. 1769. ii. STEPHEN, of Cornwallis, b. 22 Nov. 1770; d. about 1840, aged 70 years; m. 7 Jan. 1796 ALICE WOODWORTH, b. 9 Aug. 1776, probably daughter of John and Submit (Newcomb) Wood-worth of King's County, N. S. (Eaton's History of King's County, p. 878.) Children: 1. Submit,7 b. 10 Oct. 1796. 2. John Woodworth, b. 26 Aug. 1798. 3. Alice, b. 14 June 1800. 4. Jane Sarah, b. 6 June 1802. 5. Mary Ann. 6. Stephen Albert, b. 19 Jan. 1816. 7. Elizabeth. iii. ESTHER, b. 15 Aug. 1772; m. 2 Mar. 1803 ABIJAH PARSONS. iv. REUBEN, b. 12 Aug. 1774. v. JOHN, b. 10 Sept. 1776. vi. HANNAH, b. and d. 10 Mar. 1778. vii. BENJAMIN, b. 26 Aug. 1780; m. (???). Child: 1. Benjamin,7 living at Sackville, N. B., about 1865. viii. EXPERIENCE (twin), b. 11 Nov. 1782. ix. SAMUEL (twin), b. 11 Nov. 1782. x. DOROTHY, b. 22 Nov. 1783; m. JAMES KINSMAN. xi. JETHRO, b. 12 Nov. 1786. <<<<<<<<<<<< Also notice that Benjamin, the son's of Benjamin( Jethro Jr's brother) was named as living in Sackville in this document. Also five of the granddaughter of Stephen Jr. (Jethro Jr's brother) moved to Sackville: Alice Chase married William Fawcett Jane Sarah Chase married Thomas Wheaton Elizabeth Chase married James Ayer Mary Ann Chase married Bedford Boutenhouse Barnes Rebecca Chase married Barnhill Cahill From documents I have read, the Chases frequently travelled back and forth by boat between Sackville, NB and Cornwallis, NS. Hope this helps, Linda Chase Alberta -----Original Message----- From: Derek Chase [mailto:chasede@nbnet.nb.ca] Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 5:44 PM To: CHASE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CHASE-L] Chipman Chase Does anyone know the name Chipman Chase ? and is there any way of discovering his birth about 1820, probably in Yorkshire, ENG? Maybe they had a census near that time. He did come to North America some time after 1820 and died here. Thanks! ==== CHASE Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the Digest send a request here Chase-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the word unsubscribe ONLY in the subject and message box. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.1/28 - Release Date: 6/24/05

Does anyone know the name Chipman Chase ? and is there any way of discovering his birth about 1820, probably in Yorkshire, ENG? Maybe they had a census near that time. He did come to North America some time after 1820 and died here. Thanks!

The Chase Family, in the Schenectady history site (below), has my branch - Lt. Isaac Chase through Elizabeth Chase and Luman Whitcombs' daughter Augusta Helen (my gg grandmother). I don't know about Rochester, Schenectady, or Robinson though. Bill RE: [ROBINSON] Robinson-Rochester, NY > > > This link is on the Chase family. > > http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/chase.html > > On this link click on Search Local History and you can search for > any surname or location. It is not just Schenectady. > > http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/firstsettlers/index.html

----- Original Message ----- From: Helen To: ace3399@msn.com Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 6:59 PM Subject: RE: [ROBINSON] Robinson-Rochester, NY This link is on the Chase family. http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/chase.html On this link click on Search Local History and you can search for any surname or location. It is not just Schenectady. http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/firstsettlers/index.html lol.........Helen -----Original Message----- From: Barb and Don [mailto:ace3399@msn.com] Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 4:24 PM To: ROBINSON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ROBINSON] Robinson-Rochester, NY Hi All, At first I was looking for a John Robinson but now believe his name to be Charles. In any event he was in business in Rochester, NY and the company at one point made the highly prized Robinson chairs in the mid 1800's, I believe. He came here fr. who knows where abt. 1825 and ended up going into a partnership w/the business w/my gggfather, Daniel Wood Chase. He died shortly thereafter which I believe was about 1865. Anyyyyyy help anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated.... Thanks so very much! Barb Chase Thompson ace3399@msn.com

http://www.pictonpress.com/catalog/details.htm?edit_id=969 http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10224&ti=0 ----- Original Message ----- From: Betty <betty@unisette.com> Date: Thursday, June 16, 2005 2:28 pm Subject: [CHASE-L] Seven Generations Book > For those of us who do not know, > what seven generations are included in the book? > Can you give us an idea of time frame and general location? > > Betty in CA > >

Hi, If anyone has access to Heritage through their library, which can also be accessed from your home, you can click on publications, type in the word Seven and the book will come up. You can copy as little or as much of the book as you want. I mention Heritage Quest as it is a free service provided by many public libraries and is the only way the site can be accessed. You can also get census records and Rev. War papers on your ancestors through this site. I live in a rural county and asked our library to get this service and within 6 months, we had it. Sue Jones macduff@infionline.net -----Original Message----- From: Lonnie Chase [mailto:chase1858@direcway.com] Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 12:39 PM To: CHASE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CHASE-L] Seven Generations Book Apparently Ancestry.com has reproduced the "Seven Generations" book and is charging to see it. Don't pay them to see it if the book is the sole purpose for joining their group. There are plenty of Chases who have the book and are glad to do lookups. I am one of those, and will do your lookups for free. Lonnie Chase chase1858@direcway.com ==== CHASE Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the list send a request here Chase-L-request@rootsweb.com and put the word unsubscribe ONLY in the subject and message boxes.

For those of us who do not know, what seven generations are included in the book? Can you give us an idea of time frame and general location? Betty in CA

I also have a copy.... will do look ups. SueEd NY Lonnie Chase <chase1858@direcway.com> wrote: Apparently Ancestry.com has reproduced the "Seven Generations" book and is charging to see it. Don't pay them to see it if the book is the sole purpose for joining their group. There are plenty of Chases who have the book and are glad to do lookups. I am one of those, and will do your lookups for free. Lonnie Chase chase1858@direcway.com ==== CHASE Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the list send a request here Chase-L-request@rootsweb.com and put the word unsubscribe ONLY in the subject and message boxes. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour

Apparently Ancestry.com has reproduced the "Seven Generations" book and is charging to see it. Don't pay them to see it if the book is the sole purpose for joining their group. There are plenty of Chases who have the book and are glad to do lookups. I am one of those, and will do your lookups for free. Lonnie Chase chase1858@direcway.com

For those who may be interested in his life, the page at the address below was prepared by William Eugene Chase before he died. William, you may recall, organized the Chase reunion at Salt Lake City in 2000. I enjoyed meeting William, and thought of him as a friend through correspondence with him. Lonnie Chase http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Chase.htm

On the IAGenWeb Gravestone Photo Project Web site, <http://iowagravestones.org/>, there are 95 CHASE listings. Happy hunting! Slán, Mo! (Hanrahan) Langdon IBSSG

Ilove this! Chasing is also a highly skilled craft of hand engraving designs on jewellry. Any more? Keith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Chace" <j.b.chace@gmail.com> To: <CHASE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 7:20 PM Subject: [CHASE-L] Definitions of Chace > There are a few other interesting meanings of the name Chace that I have > run > across over the years. > First, and most recent, this intriguing definition from the Urban > Dictionary: > 1. chace > Chace is an anoying little piece of crap!!!! > At my new school the geeks are called Chace. > Source: Lindsay, Jan 15, 2005 > http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chace&defid=1000622 > Second, from Virginia Tech Music Department: > Chace > (CHAH-suh) > [Fr.] A 14th century French term for "canon". The term was also > specifically > applied to two- and three- voice canons that imitated bird calls or the > sounds of instruments, etc. > http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textc/Chace.html > > And, third, an extensive list of definitions from Webster's Unabridged > Dictionary. > Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) > Chase \Chase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chased; p. pr. & vb. n. > Chasing.] [OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr. (assumed) LL. > captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See Catch.] > 1. To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an > enemy, or game; to hunt. > We are those which chased you from the field. > --Shak. > Philologists, who chase A panting syllable through > time and place. --Cowper. > 2. To follow as if to catch; to pursue; to compel to move on; > to drive by following; to cause to fly; -- often with away > or off; as, to chase the hens away. > Chased by their brother's endless malice from prince > to prince and from place to place. --Knolles. > 3. To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game. > Chasing each other merrily. --Tennyson. > Chase \Chase\, n. [F. ch['a]se, fr. L. capsa box, case. See > Case a box.] (Print.) > 1. A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type > are imposed. > 2. (Mil.) The part of a cannon from the re["e]nforce or the > trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon. > 3. A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, > as for the reception of drain tile. > 4. (Shipbuilding) A kind of joint by which an overlap joint > is changed to a flush joint, by means of a gradually > deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats. > Chase \Chase\, v. i. > To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor. > [Colloq.] > Chase \Chase\, n. [Cf. F. chasse, fr. chasser. See Chase, v.] > 1. Vehement pursuit for the purpose of killing or capturing, > as of an enemy, or game; an earnest seeking after any > object greatly desired; the act or habit of hunting; a > hunt. ``This mad chase of fame.'' --Dryden. > You see this chase is hotly followed. --Shak. > 2. That which is pursued or hunted. > Nay, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase, For I > myself must hunt this deer to death. --Shak. > 3. An open hunting ground to which game resorts, and which is > private properly, thus differing from a forest, which is > not private property, and from a park, which is inclosed. > Sometimes written chace. [Eng.] > 4. (Court Tennis) A division of the floor of a gallery, > marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball > falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must > drive his ball in order to gain a point. > Chase gun (Naut.), a cannon placed at the bow or stern of > an armed vessel, and used when pursuing an enemy, or in > defending the vessel when pursued. > Chase port (Naut.), a porthole from which a chase gun is > fired. > Stern chase (Naut.), a chase in which the pursuing vessel > follows directly in the wake of the vessel pursued. > Chase \Chase\, v. t. [A contraction of enchase.] > 1. To ornament (a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting > away parts, and the like. > 2. To cut, so as to make a screw thread. > > http://dict.die.net/chase/ > > > -- > Jeffrey Chace > http://www.chace.demon.nl > > > ==== CHASE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the list send a request here > Chase-L-request@rootsweb.com and put the word unsubscribe ONLY in the > subject and message boxes. > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.5 - Release Date: 07/06/2005 > >

Hi, Ginger Christensen wrote a book about the CHASE/CHACE families that were associated with her line. It is over 400 A4 pages long. In it she mentions the derivation of the name CHASE and CHACE as being French/Norman. However somewhere I have seen a document she produced with a map showing an area in France from whence the main Chase line originated. I am not totally in accord with the "skilled" huntsaman for it fails to mention that the name was most probably derived from the area where Lords of the Manor had reserved hunting rights. I live in Bexleyheath a few miles east of Greenwich. The town got its name from the Heath alongside what is now known to locals as Bexley village. There is a street there called The CHASE which covers a small part of the original CHASE area. I consider the theory that the name is derived from "casa" to be at least "oblique", Keith Hume ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lonnie Chase" <chase1858@direcway.com> To: <CHASE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 3:45 PM Subject: [CHASE-L] Origin of Chase > > I have not seen the number 2 origin of our name. It is listed at the web > site below. People who belong to Ancestry.com may find some interesting > information at this site. > > > Name History and Origin for Chase > > Chase > 1.. English: metonymic occupational name for a huntsman, or rather a > nickname for an exceptionally skilled huntsman, from Middle English chase > 'hunt' (Old French chasse, from chasser 'to hunt', Latin captare). > 2.. Southern French: topographic name for someone who lived in or by a > house, probably the occupier of the most distinguished house in the > village, > from a southern derivative of Latin casa 'hut', 'cottage', 'cabin'. > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~geneseeker/ > > > ==== CHASE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Digest send a request here > Chase-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the word unsubscribe ONLY in the > subject and message box. > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.5 - Release Date: 07/06/2005 > >

On Sat., June 4, 2005 the Annual Meeting for The Flagon and Trencher Society: Descendants of Colonial Tavern Keepers was held at the Pirates’ House in Savannah Georgia. My wife, some friends that live not far (in Ga.), and I attended to represent my tavern owner ancestors, including Lt. Isaac Chase (son of Aquila’s brother Thomas Chase), who held the first tavern license in Martha’s Vineyard, granted March 26, 1677-8. We had a wonderful time, and each year the organization chooses a different building from the 18th century (or earlier) to hold the meeting. This has been a very educational experience, and lots of FUN to boot! Their first meeting, in the 1960’s, was held at the historic Fraunces Tavern in NYC, owned by the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York, of which I am also a member. Unfortunately, I was too young to attend that one (and didn’t even yet know about Isaac Chase LOL). Like other taverns in the colonies, Fraunces was also a place for holding secret meetings of the Sons of Liberty and other Patriot groups - and George Washington gave his farewell address to his officers in Frauces in 1783. http://www.flagonandtrencher.org/ http://history.vineyard.net/banks2d.htm http://sonsoftherevolution.org/mus_farewell.html Bill Brooklyn, NY