| Philander Chase was the 15th child of Deacon Dudley &Alice Corbett Chase, | born in Cornish, NH,b. 14 Dec 1775 | His lineage is: Dea.Dudley 5, Judge Samuel 4, Daniel 3, Ens. Moses 2, | Aquila 1 | | Beginning of excerpts of the book "Life of Philander Chase" | Book Published 1903 Preface: | It is a source of happiness to me in writing this life of Bishop Chase that | now, fifty years after his death, his work for the American Church | (Episcopal) is better known than ever before, his motives vindicated, his | judgment approved, and that in the rushing tide of life in the two great | dioceses that he founded, there are some souls wise and honest enough to | acknowledge the value and supremacy of his pioneer work for the Church in | the West. | | The Rev. Dr. Roberts, in an address before the New Hampshire Society, gives | a clear-cut summary of my grandfather's character: "Bishop Chase was a | mighty man, devout Christian, a picturesque character; original, | self-willed, of iron determination, extraordinary genius, courage, and | industry........ | As solider or statesman,Philander Chase would have achieved the kind of | distinction which makes names of men of genius household words. As | missionary, pioneer, builder of foundations, his name is in a measure | shadowed by the superstructure, as the foundations which sustain the | monuments of the world are buried out of sight, in the ground. " | (In this preface this is the only time the author, Laura Chase Smith, | granddaughter of Philander Chase speaks in the first person. | I am now going to quote part towards the end of the book, which more than | likely cemented the bonding of Laura with her grandfather: | Chapter Titled; A Journey West in 1840 | | Returning from the south in the summer of 1840, the Bishop took occasion to | visit his friends in Vermont. As his stay was to be short, there was a | gathering of the clans from Randolph to Royalton, twelve miles distant. | Service was to be held at old Christ Church in Bethel, near the house of | Simon Chase and not far from that of Allace Chase Cotton, and also of Asa, | son of Benjamin Chase (seems like that should be Smith) and Lois Chase | Smith. Rachel Chase Denison and numerous family lived in Royalton. | | The descendants Mercy Chase Childs at Bethel-Gilead and Bethel proper, | Dudley Chase and some of the family of Abigail Chase Morse from | Randolph, ----- all of these , besides the Bishop's own grandchildren and | their mother, with cousins of the second generation, were present. | .....When he finally came to the house of his widowed daughter-in-law (I | think the authour is speaking of her own mother) , had prepared a tempting | meal of typical New England viands, "light biscuits" and honey, "lucent | syrups tinct with cinnamon" | Laura his young granddaughter was awed into silence by his great height and | size and his dark piercing eyes. | ... He however, had taken a liking to her and after his visit was over and | he had gone up the two-mile hill to Randolph Centre to visit Dudley Chase, | her mother was surprised to receive a note from him announcing that he was | to leave on 22nd August, and should take his youngest grandchild with him. | | This was a shock to her but not to the child, who had often dreamed of the | delight of travel. Moreover, she had begun to love and reverence her | grandfather; she enjoyed his society; it was unique and delightful beyond | that of any being she had ever seen; there was something in it that had | inspired all the reverence of her awakening soul. He drew her to him from | the first with the love of a child for a father, --the stronger perhaps she | had no recollection of her own father. | ....... They began their journey by taking the stage -coach to Concord, New | Hampshire. The vehicle was comfortable and the horses swift. White River | sparkled in the sunshine as it rippled on to the Connecticut; the hills were | green and the open country beautiful.......They went on to Hopkinton, where | lived Baruch Chase in a beautiful house. | | To be Continued! Harriet Chase hatchase@uswest.net | | | |