Anne (Follansbee) Chase (abt. 1668 - 1708)

Born about 1668 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Moses Chase Sr — married 10 Nov 1684 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 18 Apr 1708 at about age 40 in Newbury, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Anne Follansby (more commonly spelled Follansbee) was born in about 1668 in Newbury, Massachusetts. She was the fourth child born to Thomas Follansbee and Mary Bradford.

Anne married, as his first wife, Moses Chase, an Ensign in the Essex Regiment, on 10 November 1684.^[1][2] Their firstborn children were twin boys, Moses and Daniel, who were born on 20 September 1685. Moses died sometime within the first two years of his life; Daniel grew to adulthood, married, had children, and died at the age of 83.^[3]

Anne and her husband Moses had a third child, whom they also named Moses. Like Daniel, this Moses grew to adulthood, had a family, and lived to the relatively old age of 72.

Anne and her husband Moses had six more children, as follows:

Samuel was born in 1690 and lived until 1743

Elizabeth was born in 1693 and lived until 1764

Stephen was born in 1696 and lived until 1756

Hannah was born in 1699 and lived until 1740

Joseph was born in 1703 and lived until 1782

Benoni was born in 1708 and lived until 1788

Anne Follansbee Chase died approximately two weeks after the birth of Benoni, her youngest child, on April 18, 1708.^[4] She is buried in the Sawyer Hill Burying Ground in Newburyport (formerly Newbury), Massachusetts.^[5] Her gravestone is engraved:

HERE LYES BURIED

BODY OF ANN

CHASE YE WIFE OF

ENSIGN MOSES CHASE

AGED 40 YEARS DIED

APRIL Ye 18, 1708

BEING Ye LORDS DAY

SAR Membership Documentation

Mentioned in the Application for Membership in the Sons of The American Revolution of Charles A. Jackson dated January 30th 1897, accepted March 30th 1897.^[6]

Anne was born in 1668. She passed away in 1708.

Sources

1. ↑ Chase, George B. 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. Boston; H. W. Dutton & Son, 1869
2. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, accessed at NewEngalndAncestors.org; "Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts", Vol. 2 - Marriages and Deaths; Page 179
3. ↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
4. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, accessed at NewEngalndAncestors.org; "Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts", Vol. 2 - Marriages and Deaths; Page 560
5. ↑ Ann Follansbee Chase (1668-1708) on Find A Grave: Memorial #34849981 Retrieved 23 January, 2018.
6. ↑ 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)

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