Samuel Chase (1741 - 1811)

Born 17 Apr 1741 in Princess Anne, Somerset Co, Province of Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Hanna Kitty (Giles) Chase — married 1784 in England

Died 19 Jun 1811 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Judge Samuel Chase served Signers of the United States Declaration of Independence during the American Revolution
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Biography

Early Life

Samuel was the only child of the Reverend Thomas Chase (c. 1703 – 1779) and his wife, Matilda Walker (? – by 1744), born near Princess Anne, Maryland.[3] Issue:

MATILDA

MARY

SIMON

ELIZA

His father was a clergyman who immigrated to Somerset County to become a priest in a new church. Samuel was educated at home. He was eighteen when he left for Annapolis where he studied law under attorney John Hall.[3] He was admitted to the bar in 1761[4] and started a law practice in Annapolis. It was during his time as a member of the bar that his colleagues gave him the nickname of "Old Bacon Face."

Career

Samuel received a good classical education in Baltimore, Maryland. He studied law and began practice in Annapolis.

In 1774 he was selected to represent Maryland at the Continental Congress. He was re-elected to that post in 1775, and served there until 1778. In 1786 he moved to Baltimore, where two years later he was appointed chief justice of the Criminal Court of that district. He was later appointed chief justice of the state.

In 1796 he was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, an office that he filled until his death on the nineteenth of June, 1811.

Burial in Old Saint Pauls Cemetery Baltimore Maryland

Sources

Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 3 Mar 2019), "Record of CHASE, SAMUEL", Ancestor # A021208. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2804

1. Source: Samuel Chase. en.wikipedia.org. Update: 22 Aug 2014. Accessed 21 Sep 2014. CreativeCommons.org Licenses URL: < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Chase > The_New_International_Encyclop%C3%A6dia/Chase,_Samuel  Wikisource has the text of a 1999 New International Encyclopedia article about Samuel Chase

1. Source: Samuel Chase. www.ushistory.org. Copyright ©1999-2014 by the Independence Hall Association, a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 1942. Publishing electronically as ushistory.org. On the Internet since July 4, 1995. Update: Accessed: 21 Sep 2014. URL: http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/chase.htm

Acknowledgements

A huge thank you to Ken Broughton and Michael Stills for their contributions in developing this profile.

Thank you to Lynden Raber Castle Rodriguez for adding to bio, sources, and formatting.

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