General Notes

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BIOGRAPHY
The record of Rev. John Eliot, the Indian Apostle, of "such as
adjoyned themselves to this church," the First Church of Roxbury, has
thi s entry:
"William Chase, he came with the first company, bringing with
him hi s wife Mary and his son William." The maiden name of his wife is
not known. Th e son William was about seven years old at the time of
migration. The father a pplied for admission as a freeman, October 19,
1630. He was a town officer at Roxbury. He served against the
Narragansetts in 1645. He removed to Yarmouth, Massachusetts, in
1638, and died there. His will, dated May 4, 1659, states th at he was
aged. It was proved May 13, 1659, hence his death occurred in May of
that year. He bequeathed to his wife Mary and two sons, Benjamin and
William (see N. E. Hist. Reg. V. 388). His daughter Mary was buried at
Barnstable, Ma ssachusetts, October 28, 1652. The early records of the
town of Yarmouth were destroyed by fire, so that it is impossible to
give the dates of birth and dea th of all the children.
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SOME OF THE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM CHASE
OF R OXBURY AND YARMOUTH, MASS.
Compiled by
George Walter Chamberlain
for
John C arroll Chase
Hazen P. Chase
Holyoke, Mass.
1983
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AN INTRODUCTION
I publish this book on William Chase, the first Chase in
America, in the hope t hat we his descendants may have a more perfect
understanding from whence we ca me and thus a better idea of where we
go. In this day when young people are st ruggling for identity, what
better way to find it than to find where they have been.
In 1928 John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain
published The Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase. Five years
later, Mr. Chamberlain com piled for Mr. Chase a like genealogy of
William Chase. This record was then pu blished in the New England
Historical and Genealogical Registers for the years 1933 and 1934. It
is now published with the New England Historic Genealogical Society's
permission in book form as it was printed fifty years ago.
I hope you can find your ancestor where the compiler left off
and that you will conti nue your record on the pages left blank for
that purpose.
Holyoke, Massachuse tts                            HAZEN P.
CHASE
1 March 1983
"A precious gift, these links that bind
The lives before with lives behind"
- Mrs. Ira A. East man
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SOME OF THE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM CHASE
OF ROXBURY AND YARMOUTH , MASS.
Contributed by JOHN CARROLL CHASE of Derry, N. H.,
as compiled for hi m by
GEORGE WALTER CHAMBERLAIN, M.S., of Malden, Mass.
1. WILLIAM1 CHASE, of Roxbury and Yarmouth,(*) carpenter, the
first of the Chase name to settle in N ew England, came with his family
to Roxbury in 1630.
As he married in England , before 1627, MARY (???), and had a
son born there as early as 1627, he proba bly was born about 1600. He
died at Yarmouth between 4 May 1659, the date of h is will, and 13 May
1659, when his will was proved. His widow, Mary, died ther e on or
before 6 Oct. 1659.
William Chase and his family lived at Roxbury fro m 1630 to
1638; and the following information about them has been copied from
the records of the church at Roxbury kept by Rev. John Eliot:
"William Chase, he came with the first company, 1630; he
brought one child his son willia. a child of ill qualitys, & a sore
affliction to his parents: he was much afflict ed by the long & tedious
affliction of his wife; after his wives recovery she bare him a
daughter, wch they named mary borne aboute the midle of the 3d
mon th [May], 1637. he did after yt remove (intending) to Situate, but
after went with a company who maide a new plantation at yarmouth."
(Roxbury Church Recor ds, pp. 73-74.)