Benjamin Chase (1759 - 1828)

Born 21 Jul 1759 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts

Husband of Elizabeth (Tourgee) Chase — married 28 Sep 1780 in Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island, USA

Descendants

Died 18 Jun 1828 at age 68 in Fairfield, Herkimer, New York, United States

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Biography

Benjamin was born in 1759 in Swansea, MA to Jabez and Mary Chase.^[1]

Benjamin was married to Elizabeth on 28 September 1780 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.^[2][3]

Residence 1790 - Swansea, Bristol Co, MA

US Census, 1790 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts^[4]

Benjamin Chase household

1 - male 16+ (head Benjamin)

1 - male under 16 (William)

2 - female (wife Elizabeth, Abigail)

Residence 1810 - Fairfield, Herkimer Co, NY

US Census, 1810 in Fairfield, Herkimer County, New York^[5]

Benjamin Chase household

1 - male 10-15 (Ephraim)

1 - male 45+ (head Benjamin)

3 - female 16-25 (Abigail, Charlotte, Mary)

1 - female 45+ (wife Elizabeth)

Research Notes

Last Will and Testament - A copy of the probate of Benjamin Chase's last will and testament can be found on ancestry.com. The will is dated 9-May-1828, and probated 2-Sep-1828 (after his death). It lists a wife named Elizabeth, and provides that after her death it gives 1/5th equally to his "lawful heirs": 1) son William, 2) daughter Abigail, 3) daughter Mary, 4) daughter Charlotte, 5) two grandchildren Ephraim and Sarah Elizabeth.

Marriage - There appears to be some questions surrounding the marriage record to Elizabeth Tourgee. This record^[6] on familysearch.org shows that for Benjamin Chase's marriage on 28-Sep-1780 in Swansea to Elizabeth Targer, that particular Benjamin was born 18-Oct-1739, and has parents of Isaac and Mary Chase. The familysearch.org profile page for that particular Benjamin has a "memories" page that shows a book excerpt (CHACE - family - Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island p1287 J H Beers and Co) that says Isaac and Mary's son Benjamin died as an infant. That same profile page for Benjamin - son of Isaac and Mary - says he died in 1757. Thus, both sources show that Benjamin - son of Isaac - died long before a 1780 marriage. So maybe the familysearch.org marriage record has incorrect data? One would have to view the original marriage image to confirm.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC37-WHW : 10 February 2018), Benjamin Chase, 02 Jul 1759; citing , SWANSEA, BRISTOL, MASSACHUSETTS, 2:1749KH6; FHL microfilm 903,395.
2. ↑ Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, compiler. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850. With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and may be available through Family History Centers throughout the United States; database, "Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850," Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005 (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 September); Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0022366 item 3 & 0903395 items 7-8.
3. ↑ "Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-712Z : accessed 22 April 2019), Benjamin Chase and Elizabeth Targer, 28 Sep 1780; citing Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, town halls, Rhode Island, and Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; FHL microfilm 59.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKG-ZP9 : accessed 17 October 2019), Benjamin Chace, Swanzey, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 597, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2P-YKD : accessed 17 October 2019), Benjamin Chase, Fairfield, Herkimer, New York, United States; citing p. 383, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 27; FHL microfilm 181,381.
6. ↑ "Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-7GNP : accessed 14 October 2019), Benjamin Chase and Elizabeth Targer, 28 Sep 1780; citing Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, town halls, Rhode Island, and Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; FHL microfilm 22,366.

See also:

• Profile page on familysearch.org: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LYLS-4YP

• Historical Events of The Early Settlers of Fairfield, White Creek and Vicinity, Mrs. Jane S. Raynore, Newport, N.Y. 1909. Benjamin Chase section. Direct linked here.

• Descendants of William Chase, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 87, Page 262.

• Chamberlain, George Walter, 1859-, and John Carroll Chase. Some of the Descendants of William Chase of Roxbury And Yarmouth, Mass., Holyoke, Mass.: H.P. Chase, 1983.

• Swansea Vital Records - H. L. Peter Rounds; Editors Jane Fletcher Fiske & Margaret F. Costello, Vital Records of Swansea, Massachusetts to 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society : Boston, MA, 1992, Page 238.