William Chase (abt. 1800 - abt. 1874)

Born about 1800 in England

Husband of Lucy (Gregory) Chase — married 3 May 1829 in Pagham, Sussex, England

Descendants

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The 1871 Ontario Census shows William (71) living with his wife Lucy (61), son Edwin(30) and daughter Sarah(28) in St. Catherines, Ontario. His occupation is listed as Locktender. There is also a William D. Grant (13) living in the household and going to school.^[1]

William Chase is mentioned in English Immigrant Voices in letter number 30, Edward Francis Heming writes: "I have bought 134 more acres of land, with 30 in crop, and a loghouse to put Chase into." The footnote accompanying this is: Original annotation: "A labourer who went out with Mr. Heming" William Chase was from Pagham, a short distance along the coast from Bognor, and he brought his wife Lucy (Gregory) and two very young children. His £5 deposit with the Petworth Emigration Committee was paid by a Mr. Goddard. Chase stayed with Heming into 1833. He moved to St. Catharines some time before 1835 -- Long enough to be described as "still" living there in 1835 by Joseph Webb."(in letter #99)^[2]

That letter by Joseph Webb, written from St. Catharines on 11 January 1835 gives the bare mention: "William Chase is still living near us."^[2]

The commentary following this letter states: "We cannot identify Joseph and Ann Webb in later records with any certainty. William and Lucy Chase prospered; in 1871 they were living with two adult children in St. Catharines and William worked as a locktender, presumably on the Welland Canal. They moved to Grantham Township to the "farm lot," lot 21 concession 6, before William died on 17 April 1874. Lucy and the youngest son, Edwin, were the executors of an estate valued at $2000 which included a lot in St. Catharines."^[2]

Edward Heming (and therefore, William Chase) sailed on the Lord Melville which departed from Spithead outside Portsmouth Harbor on 11 April 1832. The ship arrived in Quebec on 28 May 1832 and arrived at Montreal on 8 June. The emigrants from the Lord Melville arrived in York, Ontario around 20 June, just at the beginning of a cholera epidemic.^[2] See Petworth Immigration Scheme free-space page.

Sources

1. ↑ 1871 Census Microfilm
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Cameron, Wendy; Haines, Sheila; Maude, Mary McDougall; English Immigrant Voices: Labourer's Letters from Upper Canada in the 1830s; McGill-Queen's University Press; Canada; 2000; ISBN: 0-7735-2035-X;p 4, p 59, note 130; p179-180

• "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N66V-84G : 10 December 2014), William Chase and Lucy Gregory, 12 Oct 1829; citing Pagham, Sussex, England, reference item 1 p 44, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,041,597.

• "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FMFG-5Y3 : accessed 10 January 2015), Lucy Chase in entry for Edwin Chase and Jane Donaldson Goodwin, 25 Dec 1871; citing registration , St Catharines, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,694.