I don't know anything about the genealogy of O.R. Chase, or if he's ever been mentioned here, but it's very interesting. Bill "Oliver R. Chase of Boston invented and patented a lozenge cutter, the first American candy machine. His company, Chase & Co., was the forerunner to the family of companies now known as Necco." http://www.victoryseeds.com/candystore/necco_buttons.html Another: 1847 "Oliver R. Chase of Boston invents and patents the first American candy machine, a lozenge cutter. This marks the founding of the nation's candy industry, the beginning of commercial manufacture. With his brother, Silas Edwin, he founds Chase and Company, the pioneer member of the NECCO family." http://www.necco.com/AboutUs/History.asp