Additional Info. I'm so used to spelling the name Chase that I see I did so in the lst email.......LOL Barb PS Linda, I don't see any Thomas Chase except a Thomas S. Chase of Chatham, NY which would be fr. Stephen's son Benjamin's brother Cornelius Chase. However, I will read it over to be certain, but this is written over other writing and almost impossible to read. All I can really make out is Thomas S. Chase. Barb Barb, I don't descend from Stephen Chase as far as I tell, but I have collected lots of info on his family. My ancestor was Thomas Chase (born abt 1792 probably in New England. He married Elizabeth Legge in Nova Scotia in 1822 and died there in 1868. He went by the alias LINNELL (also spelled Linnel or Lennel) when he married. Some have theorized he was pressed into British navy around the time of the war of 1812 and jumped ship. Because deserters were often hung, he changed his surname to avoid detection. Later in his life, he returned to Chase surname and so did his ancestors. Following are some notes I have on Stephen Chase: Millicent Submit Chase wrote a document in 1936 about the descendants of Stephen Chase of Cornwallis, Nova Scotia. She wrote that Stephen Chase and his three sons Stephen Jr., Joseph, and Jethro went to Nova Scotia. "Apparently father and sons divided forces - for in the Town Book of Liverpool, Stephen Chase has a grant of land, in the Township, but he never occupied it and his name does not appear there again. As there was a community of Quakers near there interested in whale fishing, he may have been induced by them to go there, but he did not remain and soon joined his three sons in Cornwallis, whose lands were granted to them in 1763, and in the year following Stephen Chase Sr. received his Grant. The Grant is recorded in the Crown Lands Book. Others to receive lands at the same time were Porter, Cove, Kinsman, and Blackmer. In The assessment roll for Cornwallis 1765, appears the following: L. S. Jethro & Joseph Chase 4 4 Stephen Chase Jr, 4 4 Stephen Chase 4 4 Assessors: William West, Isaac Bigelow, Handley Chipman In common with many of the early settlers - the Chase men chose the North Mountain land for their home lace and tho there is no exact record of it found, it is a family story that the original homestead was near what is now known as Halls Harbour and that at least three generations were born there - and removed to the Valley lands between 1825 - 1830. In the Chipman Collection, Kings County records in the Provincial Archives of Nova Scotia, there is this reference in some road survey papers: "1813 folder - A road leading from a certain place called Sheffields in Cornwallis to a place called Chase's Harbour." No map in existence shows any place of that name, nor is any other reference to be found. In 1771 papers there is a mention of Chase's Grist mill - the following letter or petition in all its original spelling, mentions a mill, persumably the family property: "To the Justices of The Court of General sessions These are to Informe that Isaac Bigelow surveyor of highways for the year past hath neglected the highways so that there is no passing with horse nor teme in the Road on the North sid of Little Habitant River up to the mill greatly to the prejudice of the Inhabitants and a material road for all on that sid of the s. river. and likewise he hath neglected one of the the biggest roads in the town namely the mill road so that it is not passabell many times and at best very bad passing and in danger many times of life and many complints have been made to him, the said souiever, but to no purpos. when there us inhabitants that not worked on the high ways the years past. Witnesses William Canidays. Amos Sheffield. Isaac Bigelow Ju. Stephen Harrington and many more beside the nou inhabiing population by which neglects the inhabitants hath suffered much as you may be informed by Peter Wickwire and sseveral more Grand Jurors of our town, I respect and remane your friend Stephen Chase Cornwallis May ye 25 - 1767" At the time of the granting of land, everyone was given a certain proportion of meadow upland, etc. and it was to this that Stephen Chase, Born 1770, came and built, about 1830, on the present (1936) Chase homestead. The following is from <http://www.rootsweb.com/~nskings/placenames3.html> SHEFFIELD MILLS This rural area is located on the Upper Habitant Creek in central Nova Scotia. It was named for the Sheffield family who were early settlers. Mason and Frank A. Sheffield acquired land here on what was the site of Stephen Chase and Company Mills, or Mills Montique, probably in the late 18th century. The following minute is found in the registrar's office in Cornwallis: "William Newcomb and his Phebe his wife went to Lebanon in the County of Windham-- sold some of their lands, after they went back, to Capt. Ratchford, some to Benjamin Newcomb. He gave to Stephen Chase & Abigail (Porter) his wife half of his farm lot-- reference being had to Proprietors' records-- Signed a Deed in Lebanon, County of Windham, in 1771." William married Phebe Porter on 19 Mar 1761 in Cornwallis N.S. Phoebe was the sister of Abigail Porter (Stephen's wife). Linda ****************************************** 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!