Jemima (Haskell) Chase (abt. 1770 - abt. 1831)

Born about 1770 in New Gloucester, Cumberland, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Chase — married 3 Sep 1791 in Turner, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died about 13 Dec 1831 at about age 61 in Buckfield, Oxford, Maine, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth

Jemima Haskell was the daughter of Thomas Haskell and Priscilla (Royal) Haskell of New Gloucester, Maine (then in Masachusetts).^[1] Based on the age at her death from her gravestone, she was born about 1770.^[2]

Marriage

On 24 Jul 1791, Jemima Haskell and Nathaniel Chase, both of Bucktown, Maine, published at Turner, Maine, (both towns then in Massachusetts) their intention to marry, and they married at Turner on 3 Sep 1791.^[3] The Chase genealogy says that Jemima was of New Gloucester as of their marriage.^[4]

Death

A gravestone at the Lowell Cemetery in Buckfield, Maine, says that Jemima Chase died on 13 Dec 1831 at the age of 61.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Ira Joseph Haskell, Chronicles of the Haskell Family (Lynn, Mass., 1943), page 272
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Photo of gravestone of Rev. Nathaniel Chase and "Jemima, His Wife" (Find A Grave: Memorial #179626400)
3. ↑ Undated transcription made by the town clerk of Turner, Maine, of the marriage record of Nathaniel Chase and Jemima Harskel, in "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, database with images, FamilySearch, Delayed returns for vital records 1670-1891 > Chadbourne, 1770-Chase, 1877 > image 3258 of 4877; multiple sources, Maine.
4. ↑ John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain, Seven generations of the descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase (Derry, N. H., 1928), page 195