William Chase (1668 - 1771)

Born 8 Jul 1668 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Dorcas (Baker) Chase — married 20 Sep 1715 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Husband of Patience (Walker) Chase — married 15 Oct 1747 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died Sep 1771 at age 103 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

WILLIAM CHASE was born on 08 Jul 1684, in Yarmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He married (1) Dorcas Baker, and they had eight children together. He then married (2) Patience Walker, and they had three children together. In 1745 he was a member of the Society of Friends.

Birth and Family

William was born in Yarmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, on 8 Jul 1668.^[1] to John Chase and Elizabeth Baker.^[2][3][4] In 1745 he was a member of the Society of Friends.

In 1712 his portion of the common land in the Town of Yarmouth was 7 1/2 acres.^[5]

Marriage

William Chase was married twice. His first marriage was to Dorcas Baker, married on 20 Sep 1715^[2]. Dorcas was the daughter of William and Mercy Baker; his second wife was Patience Walker, married 15 Oct 1747^[2]. She was the daughter of Jabez and Elizabeth Walker. William had nine children from his first marriage, and three from his second marriage.

Children

Children born to William Chase and Dorcas (Baker) Chase:

1. Lydia, b. 27 Mar 1716, in Yarmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony ; m. on 04 May 1741, to Philip Leonard;

2. Elizabeth (Chase) Wixon, b. 06 Oct 1718, in Yarmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony; m. (intention recorded 18 Dec 1731), to Joshua Wixon;

3. Thankful (Chase) Kelley, b. 06 Mar 1720/1, in Yarmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony; m. (intention recorded on 10 Feb 1742) to Stephen O'Kelly;

4. Deborah Chase, m. 02 May 1751 to Henry (or William) Hewitt;

5. Dorcas (Chase) Wixon, m. at Harwich, Massachusetts Bay Colony, on 03 Jan 1745/6, to Reuben Wixon;

6. Mary Chase, m. (1) 02 Apr 1768 to Richard Chase; m. (2) Sherbael Wixon;

7. William Chase.

8. Silvanus Chase, b. abt. 1732, in Yarmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony;

9. Job Chase, b. abt. 1736, in Yarmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Children born to William Chase and Patience Walker, born in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony:

10. Edmund Chase, b. abt. 1748, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony;

11. Patience (Chase) Ellis, m. (intention of marriage recorded on 12 Sep 1772) Atkins Ellis;

12. Meribah (Chase) Brooks, m. (1) James Ellis; m. (2)________; m. (3) Sylvanus Brooks.

Siblings

1. Sarah (Chase) O'Killey ;

2. John Chase Jr;

3. Thomas Chase;

4. Jeremiah Chase;

5. Isaac Chase;

6. Jonathan Chase .

Death and Burial

He died in September 1771 in Harwich, Massachusetts, having lived a long life of 93 years, and was buried there.

Sources

1. ↑ 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. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} 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
3. ↑ 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
4. ↑ 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 143
5. ↑ Swift, C. Francis. (1884). History of old Yarmouth: Comprising the present towns of Yarmouth and Dennis. From the settlement to the division in 1794 with the history of both towns to these times. Yarmouth Port: The author.pg 129

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