John Chase and Elizabeth Baker had a number of children, one of which was William, who was my ancestor. He also had an older brother named Thomas b 20 Aug 1679 at Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA, who married Sarah Gowell, my date says 1726, but that sounds suspect. He d. 20 Nov 1767 at Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA . If this person is your ancestor and you want more info. I have a couple of generations before that. Leslie Quist Mjc2646@aol.com wrote: > Hi Debby, > > I have Thomas Chase b. 8/20/1679 married to Sarah Gowell abt. 1703. This > Thomas' father was John Chase b. 4/6/1649, d. 1735, and married to Elizabeth > Baker. This was from a family tree I found on the internet at Ancestry or > the LDS site. Since this is not my direct family line I did not follow up on > it. Just thought I'd share this in case it helps. > > Melody > > In a message dated 5/12/99 8:18:14 PM !!!First Boot!!!, cdkj@theriver.com > writes: > > << My great grandmother was Mabel Julia Chase b. Sept 16 1879 in Minn. She > died July 25 1970 in Pa. Her father was Francis Truman Chase b. Sept 28 1833 > in NY and died Apr. 23 1918 in Minn. He md. Jan 15 1863 in Minn. to Julia > Ann Moreland. I have Francis' line for certain back to his father John b. > 1795 Mass. and his father Berry b. 1742 Mass. and his father Richard b. 1714 > Mass. and his father was presumably a Thomas b. unknown md. to a Sarah > Gowell. Is this familiar to any one on this site? My great grandmother said > when she was young her family hired lawyers to tie them into some Chase > fortune that had been uninheireted but apparently they weren't successful. > Would like to see the work those lawyers did and the info they dug up! The > story goes that Gr Gram said they were related but couldn't prove it?? > Probably wishful thinking on her families part!! > Debby >>