Hi: Does anyone know of any fairly recent work done on the Cape Cod CHASES? I'm looking specifically for information on: Samuel CHASE b. Yarmouth 1739 son of Richard CHASE and Thankful BERRY; later of Harwich; married Zilpha BURGESS, intentions December 1758. I descend from their son Richard who various sources have listed as born 1767 but have not seen his birth record. Richard m. Priscilla SNOW. I have been unable to find death records/burial locations for either Richard or Thankful. I find a lot of conflicting information on this couple, such as whether or not Thankful (BERRY) CHASE m. second John CHASE (brother of above Samuel). Some of the sources I've checked are: Yarmouth VR Harwich VR "Some of the Descendants of William Chase of Roxbury and Yarmouth, Mass., contributed by John Carroll Chase, compiled for him by George Walter Chamberlain, NEHGR, January 1933 Library of Cape Cod Hist and Gen., "The Yarmouth Family of Chase" Katharine Hiam's Burgess genealogy Paine's History of Harwich Are there any resources I've missed? I haven't checked for any probate records. Thanks to anyone who has any words of advice! Chris Chirokas in snowy Westford MA

I found a little book in the Portsmouth, NH Athenaeum titled US Official Register 1851 which listed Barnstable county Post Offices and postmasters, part of the US Post Office Department Barnstable - Richard Ainsworth to 12 Feb David Bursley Chatham - Joseph Mayo Cotuit - Phineas Fish Cotuitport - Alexander Scudder 1st qtr Randall Kelley Dennis - N. Y. Hall East Brewster - George W Higgins East Dennis - Lathrop Howes Jr East Falmouth - John Robinson Eastham - George Seabury East Harwich - Benjamin F Eldridge East Orleans - Freeman Doane East Sandwich - Joseph Hoxie 3d Falmouth - Obed Goodspeed Harwich - Obed Brooks Harwichport - Ephr'm Doane 1st qtr Hyannis - Abner W Lowell Hyannisport - Daniel Bassett Marstons Mills - Nathaniel Hinckley Monument - Ellis M Swift North Chatham - Joshua Nickerson Jr North Eastham - D C Atwood North Falmouth - Ferdinand G Nye North Sandwich - Charles Bourne North Truro - John Grozier Orleans - Betsey D Knowles to 1 May Azariah Snow Osterville - Josiah Scudder to Aug 14 Isaiah Crocker Pocassett - Howard Perry Sandwich - Zena R Hinckley South Dennis - Watson Baker South Harwich - Joseph P Nickerson South Orleans - Seth Sparrow 3d South Sandwich - Solomon C Howland South Wellfleet - Stephen Hatch South Yarmouth - David K Aikin Waquoit - Asa Phinney Wellfleet - E Higgins to Sep 12 Jno. W Davis West Barnstable - S. N. Howland West Brewster - Clarissa Winslow to Nov 19 Nathaniel Winslow West Dennis - Luther Child West Falmouth - Stephen Dillingham West Harwich - David H Small West Sandwich - Charles H Burgess 3 qtrs West Yarmouth - Sylvanus Crowell 3 qtrs Woods Hole - Benjamin B Webster Yarmouth - Charles Thacher Yarmouthport - Nathan Hallett Jr I understand that mail was delivered to the P.O. twice daily and many people would meet at these locations to receive mail and visit. The actual location of the P.O. may have been in the proprietor's store. They were not all individual buildings with the sole purpose of being a post office. I know that visiting the East Dennis post office in the 50s-60s with my grandmother was always a treat. She would introduce me to everyone, let me dial in the combination to her box and check the mail. In later years I was trusted to go pick up the mail by myself. The P.O. was only across Rte 6A and about two hundred yards east of "The Cedars" now completely restored to its 1700s spendor by the current owner -