Ruth (Morse) Chase (1694 - bef. 1746)

Born 25 Sep 1694 in Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Abraham Chase — married 16 Nov 1716 in Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before Nov 1746 before age 52 in Haverhill, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

Parentage; Date and Place of Birth

Ruth Morse, the daughter of Benjamin Morse and Susanna (Merrill) Morse, was born in Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay on September 25, 1694.^[1]

Marriage and Children

Ruth married Abraham Chase in Newbury on November 16, 1716.^[2][3][4]

Ruth and Abraham had the following children:

1. a son (no name shown in record), bp. November 17, 1717 in Newbury^[5]
2. Susanna, b. September 1, 1717 in Newbury,^[6][3] m. September 30, 1735 Zachariah Johnson in Haverhill^[3]
3. Ruth, b. January 28, 1718 in Newbury,^[7][3] m. December 14, 1738 William Eastman^[3]
4. Lydia, b. September 29, 1720 in Newbury,^[8] m. Jonathan Bartlett^[3]
5. Phebe, bp. September 23, 1722 in Newbury,^[9] m. August 27, 1741 Sylvanus Noyes^[3]
6. Prudence, b. probably sometime in 1724-30, m. Moses Stevens/Stephens^[3]

Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase suggests that Ruth and Abraham also had children named Ezra and Elizabeth.^[3] Both assertions appear based on Abraham's will, but both appear suspect. As Seven Generations notes, Abraham's will appointed Ezra Chase as co-executor. However, Abraham's will referred to Ezra as "my trusty friend" and did not refer to him as a son or make a bequest to him.^[10][11] One transcription of Abraham's originally contained no reference to daughter Lydia and instead included a bequest to Elizabeth Bartlett, wife of Jonathan Bartlett. A later, different hand, however, crossed out Elizabeth and wrote in Lydia.^[10] The transcription of Abraham's will included in Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire. Vol. 7 shows the bequest as to Lydia Bartlett, with no reference to Elizabeth.^[11] No other evidence of a daughter Elizabeth has been found.

Death

Ruth died sometime before November 1746, when Abraham married Elisabeth (Davis) Colby.^[12] Since Ruth and Abraham lived in Newbury, but by 1741 Abraham was living in Haverhill,^[12] Ruth probably died in either Newbury or Haverhill.

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume I - Births. The Essex Institute, 1911. p. 345. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume II - Marriages and Deaths. The Essex Institute, 1911. p. 87. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9} Chase, John Carroll & Chamberlain, George Walter. Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase. 1928. p. 52. Link to page at archive.org.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, Part I. 1897. p 94. Link to page at archive.org.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume I - Births. The Essex Institute, 1911. p. 97. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume I - Births. The Essex Institute, 1911. p. 96. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume I - Births. The Essex Institute, 1911. p. 95. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume I - Births. The Essex Institute, 1911. p. 92. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume I - Births. The Essex Institute, 1911. p. 94. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} New Hampshire Probate Records. Vol. 26 (1769-1771). pp. 412-414. Case #3803. Link to pages at ancestry.com.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2} Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire. Vol. 7 1760-1763. State Papers Vol. 37. The State of New Hampshire, 1939. pp. 95-97. Link to pages at archive.org.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2} See the profile for Abraham Chase.