Moses Chase (1727 - 1799)

Born 3 Mar 1727 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Brown) Chase — married 15 Apr 1752 in Sutton, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 18 Oct 1799 at age 72 in Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Captain Moses Chase served with New Hampshire Militia during the American Revolution.

Moses Chase is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A021178.

Moses Chase, son of Daniels and Sarah (March) Chase, was born March 16, 1727, in Newbury, Massachusetts, ^[1] and they soon removed to Littleton, and then Sutton, Massachusetts. Moses later removed to Cornish, New Hampshire, c1765, ^[2] where he and his family were among the first settlers, and his seventh child, Caleb, b. 11 Sep 1767, is said to have been the first child born there. ^[3]

He married on April 15, 1752, Hannah Brown of Sutton, daughter of Jonas and Hannah Brown. Hannah was born there on November 15, 1735. ^{[2] [4]}

He died on October 18, 1799. Hannah died January 16, 1812, aged 76. ^[2]

They were buried in Chase Cemetery, Cornish City, NH. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Military

• Capt. Moses Chase served within Col. Chase's Regiment under the command of Major Francis Smith, proceeded to Ticonderoga. ^[8]
• 1777: Captain of New Hampshire minutemen under Col. Allen at the taking of Fort Ticonderoga. ^[9]
• A delegated elector for the State of New Hampshire at the election of Washington. ^[9]

Children

1. Daniel, born on March 15, 1753 ^[4]; died August 13, 1841, aged 88; married first Mehitable Kimball of Plainfield on September 5, 1776. She died May 2, 1813 and he married second, Mrs. Mary (Estabrook) Hall; married third, on January 5, 1825, Mary May of Bradford, Vermont who died January 16, 1831; he married fourth, Mrs. Mary C. (Kimball) Daniels. ^[2]
2. John, born October 4, 1755^[4]; died December 14, 1844; married first, Martha Cotton, who died on March 21, 1789; married second Louisa Joslyn. ^[2]
3. Hannah, born February 7, 1758 ^[4]; died after 1839; married Daniel Kimball of Meriden on December 4, 1777. No children. ^[2]
4. Amos, born May 19, 1760 ^[4]; died in Centerville, Crawford, Pennsylvania on January 25, 1850, aged 89; married first on November 30, 1788, Rebecca Hart; married second, Joanna Lammon. ^[2]
5. Nahum C., born October 9, 1762 ^[4]; died June 27, 1827; married Deborah Freeman of Plainfield on September 23, 1784. ^[2]
6. Judith, born November 26, 1764^[4]; died October 2, 1811; married Capt. Sylvanus Bryant of Cornish. ^[2]
7. Caleb M., baptized at Sutton February 14, 1768^[4]; born September 11, 1767; died September 1, 1856, in Williamstown, Vermont; married Elizabeth Deming on January 21, 1789. ^[2]
8. Susan born. Auguat 4, 1769; died October 26, 1769. ^[2]
9. Moody, born October 10, 1770; died in April, 1845; married first Rebecca Chapman on January 28, 1793; married second Rhoda Cook of Claremont on January 28, 1795; married third Lucy Farnham. ^[2]
10. Moses, born November 29, 1772; died August 27, 1861; married Deborah Bull on January 20, 1800. ^[2]
11. Susan, twin, born on July 4, 1776, and died October 20, 1777. ^[2]
12. Clement, twin, born July 4, 1776; died June 6, 1867; married Lucy Murray of Litchfield, Connecticut in 1798; married second Olive Spaulding of Plainfield in 1815; married third Prudence Andrews. ^[2]
13. Harvey, born November 13, 1778; died February 18, 1857; married Eunice Dana. ^[2]
14. Sarah, born October 9, 1781; married Rev. John W. Lord in 1801. ^[2]

Research notes

Littleton Births

Born at Newbury: Moses Chase son of Daniel & sarah Chase Born march ye 3d 1726/27. (p. 34) ^[1]

Sutton Marriages

CHASE, Moses and Hannah Brown, April 15, 1752. (p. 230)

Sutton Births/Baptisms

BROWN, Hannah d. Jonas and Hannah, May 15, 1735. (p. 24)

Chase, Daniel s. Moses and Hannah, March 23, 1753. (p. 37)

Chase, John s. Moses and Hannah, Oct. 4, 1755. John s. Moses and Hannah, bap. April 2, 1758. (p. 39)

Chase, Hannah d. Moses and Hannah, Feb. 7, 1758. (p. 38)

Chase, Amos s. Moses and Hannah, May 19. 1760. (p. 37)

Chase, Nahum s. Moses and Hannah, Oct. 9, 1762. (p. 40)

Chase, Caleb s. Moses bap. Feb. 14, 1768. CR. (p. 37)

Chase, Judith d. Moses and Hannah, Nov. 26, 1764. (p. 39) ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Records of Littleton, Massachusetts, Births and Deaths, From the Earliest Records in the Town Books Begun in 1715 , Printed by the Town, Patriot Press, Concord, Massachusetts, 1900
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16} Child, William H. History of the town of Cornish, New Hampshire, with genealogical record, 1763-1910, Rumford Press, Concord, New Hampshire, 1911
3. ↑ John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain, Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase (Derry, New Hampshire (Record Publishing Company, Haverhill, Mass.), 1928, 624 pages), p. 91
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8} Vital Records of Sutton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1907
5. ↑ NSSAR Patriot & Grave Record https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/131895
6. ↑ http://patriot.sar.org/fmi/iwp/cgi?-db=Grave%20Registry&-loadframes
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #61521104
8. ↑ Report of the Adjutant Generals for the State of New Hampshire, for the Year Ending June 1, 1866: Volume 2: G.E Jenks, State Printer, Concord, New Hampshire, 1866
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Burke, Arthur, The Prominent Families of the United States of America, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1908

See also:

• DAR.org Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Moses Chase", Ancestor # A021178.
• SAR Membership Documentation: Lineage documented in the Application for Membership in the Sons of The American Revolution of Charles A. Jackson dated January 30th 1897, accepted March 30th 1897. Moses Chase DOB 16 Mar 1727 in Sutton Massachusetts, DOD 18 Oct 1799 in Cornish New Hampshire. Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. Images 273-275 of 505. Application SAR Charles A. Jackson (paid subscription)
• George Bigelow Chase. Genealogical Memoir of the Chase Family of Chesham, Bucks, in England, and of Hampton and Newbury in New England, with Notices of Some of Their Descendants. H. W. Dutton & Son; Location: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; Date: 1869: Reprinted from the Heraldic Journal

• Empire Club - SAR https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/sar/ances-C.htm