John Chase Sr (1649 - abt. 1718)

Born 6 Apr 1649 in Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Baker) Chase — married about 1668 in Yarmouth, Plymouth

Descendants

Died about 1718 at about age 68 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

He was fined in the Plymouth Court October 1674 and was a soldier in King Philip's War in 1675.^[1] He was granted herring rights in 1678.^[2]

Birth

John Chase was born about 6 Apr 1649 to William Chase.^[1][3] There is no record of William's wife anywhere to be found, therefore, Elizabeth Holder is being detached as his mother.^[4]

Marriage

He married Elizabeth Baker by 1668.^[1][3][5] Issue (no daughters recorded in any records):

1. John Chase^[1][5]
2. Thomas Chase^[1][5]
3. Jonathan Chase^[1][5]
4. William Chase^[1][5]
5. Jeremiah Chase^[1][5]
6. Isaac Chase^[1][5]

Notes

John Chase, son of Wm Jr. md. Elizabeth Baker of Yar. 1674/5. He settled over the Har. line. He was a Friend. He d. abt. 1718. On the 2nd mo. 4 - 1718, Wm Chase com John and his oldest brother, William and three brothers-in-law; Daniel, Samuel, and William Baker, were members of the Narragansett Expedition in 1675/76. Of the forty Yarmouth men who took part in the expedition, only William Chase and Richard Taylor were living when the grants for this service were made in 1735. John's grant was assigned to his heirs. The Massachusetts House, justifying and explaining the grants to the Council on 19 Jan 1732, sent the following message Proclaminations were made to them, when mustered on Dedham Plain, whence they began their march' (Rev. Peter Hobarts diary gives the date of this marching from Dedham, Dec. 9, 1675) 'that if they played the man, took the fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in land, besides their wages.' Such a victory was achieved. 'And as the condition have been performed, certainly the promise in all equity and justice out to be fulfilled. And if we consider the difficulties these brave men went through in storming the fort in the depth of winter, and the pinching wants they afterwards underwent in persuing the Indians that escaped, through the hideous wilderness, formerly known throughout New England this day, by the name of the "hungry march" and if we further consider, that until this brave, though small army, thus played the man, the whole country was filled with distress and fear, and we trembled in this capital, Boston itself, and that to the goodness of God to this army, we owe our fathers and our own safety and estates'- they ought to have claim." No will or intestate administration of his estate has been found. . He settled over the Har. line. He was a Friend. He d. abt. 1718. On the 2nd mo. 4 - 1718, Wm Chase complained of his brother John withholding from him his share of his father's estate {property}. CHASE FAMILY OF HARWICH FROM JOSIAH PAINE PAPERS AT NEHGS copied by Bertha (Mrs. Peter J.) Walsh, 1615 Commonwealth Avenue Brighton, MA 02135 14 Feb 1972 [copies found in papers of Trudy (Mason) James of Chatham, MA; transcribed by B. N. Derick, Nov 1998]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) Descendants of William Chase.pg 52
2. ↑ Paine, J. (1937). A history of Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts: 1620-1800 ; including the early history of that part now Brewster ; with some account of its Indian inhabitants. Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle. pg 68
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. pg 302
4. ↑ Chase, George Whitefield, 1844-. "Genealogy of a portion of the descendants of William Chase : who came to America in 1630, and died in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, May, 1659." Washington, D.C. : [s.n.]. 1886. pg 1
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6} Chase, George Whitefield, 1844-. "Genealogy of a portion of the descendants of William Chase : who came to America in 1630, and died in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, May, 1659." Washington, D.C. : [s.n.]. 1886. pg 3

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