(II)"Jan Willemszen, ye Duitsher," son of Wilhelm Janszen and possibly of Leentje Martens, appears September 1, 1689, as "ye duitsher" in Ulster County, New York, and took the oath of English allegiance.  "Jan Willemszen" with Aert Peterszen Tack, purchased, August 5, 1660, from Joanna de Laet, widow of Jan de Hulter, and wife of Hieronymus Ebbengs, of Hamburg, forty-eight morgens, two rods of land at Esopus, for six hundred guilders, payable in three annual installments in grain and beavers. Jan Willemszen made his mark.  Tack appears in Kingston, August 14, 1661, and "Jan Willemszen" the same year.  Burhan's genealogy mentions an unconfirmed statement of the late Jonathan W. Hasbrouck that in 1663 "Jan Willemszen and his wife" in court at Kingston referred to Jacob Burhans as capable of testifying to their good characters, as he came from their town, Einigen, in Brabant.  "Jan Willemszen" was fined September 18, 1663, for venturing outside the Kingston stockade without a guard in violation of the decree made after the Indian massacre of June 7, 1663.  "Jan Willemszen" was lieutenant, September 14, 1673, under Captain Matheis Mathysen at Kingston and in 1680 "Jan Willemszen" was corporal under the camp captain with "rullof Johnson: as a private and in 1687 "John Williamson," with "Barend a holeander" were "fottmen" in Captain Tomes (Thomas) Gersone's company.  Children;  1. William, born January 22, 1662.  2. Cornelis, born about 1667; married, before 1692, Leonora de Hooges.  3. Cornelia Jansen, married, January, 1689, Jan Wels.  4. Catharina, born at Vlecke Bos, Ulster County, New York; had a son, Lucas, June 3, 1694; married Jan Roeland, February, 1700.  5. Dirck, born Hurley, Ulster County, New York; married, November 19, 1699, Jannetje Bont.  6. Barent, born Esopus, New York; married (first), before 1701, Maretje Conckling, married (second), December 29, 1717, Dirckje Smit.  7. Roelof, born Marbletown, Ulster County, New York; married, banns, November 19, 1800, Jannetje Brisic; died January 19, 1737.  8. David, mentioned below.  9. Tys, (i.e., Matthew), born April 24, 1681. 

          (III) David Dutcher, son of Jan Willemszen ye Duitcher, was born at Kingston.  In 1711 he was a volunteer in the expedition against Canada with his brother Roelof.  He early removed from Kingston to Rumbouth Precinct, the present Westchester County, New York.  His will, dated August 2, and proved December, 1773, recites David as of Rumbouth Precinct, Dutchess County, and mentions his wife, his son "Barneth" (Barent) and his grandson, David, son of his son, David, deceased.  The executors were his son "Barneth" Cutcher and Johannes Dubois.  He married, February 19, 1714, Elizabeth Davenport, born at Kingston, baptized February 3, 1689, daughter of Humphrey Davenport, born in the Isle of Barbadoes (to which island a John davenport, aged thirty years, emigrated from England in 1635) and anna Rosencranz, his wife.  Humphrey Davenport, who had had much court experience, was for many years county

Page 729

clerk of Ulster County, New York.  Children:  1. David, born March 27, 1715.  2. Annatje, born New York; married, February 16, 1733, at Fishkill, Symen Schouten, born and lived at Fishkill, probably son of Symon Schouten and Eycke Jansen, his wife.  3. Johannes, baptized November 21, 1722, at Poughkeepsie.  4. Willem, born November 4, 1725, baptized March 14, 1726.  5. Margaret, married Joseph Gonzales Duk, probably the Joseph, baptized December 4, 1715, son of Manuel Gonzales "Duck" and Rebecca Westvaal, his wife, subscriber to the fund toward paying the expenses of the early Poughkeepsie minister.  6. Barent, mentioned below.  7. Maria, probably daughter of David, married at Fishkill, New York, Nicholas Brouwer, baptized March 16, 1707, son of Nicholas and Jannetje Brouwer. 

          (IV) Barent, son of David and Elizabeth (Davenport) Dutcher, was born at Fishkill, New York, May 16, 1733.  He married, October 23, 1756, at Lower Rhinebeck, Antje Hegeman, born at Poughkeepsie and baptized May 27, 1741, daughter of Isaac Hegeman and Neeltjen De Graav.  The following children were all baptized at Poughkeepsie:  1. Lidea, born December 6, 1767.  2. Amelia, April 27, 1770.  3. Isaac Hegeman, January 3, 1773, married Catharine du Bois.  4. David, mentioned below.  5. Hendrickus, December 21, 1777, married, November 17, 1799, Marie Van Everin, at Poughkeepsie.  6. Johannes, October 12, 1779.  7. Levi, June 2, 1782.

          (V) David (2), son of Barent and Antje (Hegeman) Dutcher, was born December 21, 1774.  He lived at South Grangerville, Dutchess County, New York, where his children were born, and where he owned land.  There is no available record of his marriage nor of the name of his wife.

          (VI) Seneca, son of David (2) Dutcher, was born about 1795, at South Grangerville, Dutchess County, New York.  He acquired a large tract of land which he cut up into lots and farms.  He married Nellie Roomer, of Dutchess County, New York.  Children:  1. Alfred.  2. Courtland.  3. Theodore.  4. Hariett, married Thomas Hardenburg.  5.  John.  6. Thomas.  7. Caroline, married Straton Porter.  8. Margaret, married Gramillo Porter, brother of Straton Porter,  9. Seneca, mentioned below.

          (VII) Seneca (2), son of Seneca (1) and Nellie (Roomer) Dutcher, was born, November 15, 1815, died January 25, 1895, in Monticello, Sullivan County, New York, where he moved in 1861.  He married, (first) Rachel, daughter of Elias Depew, who died in 1859, at the age of thirty-seven yeas, and (second), in 1864, Margaret, daughter of Samuel and Louise (Dabron) Potts, who were born in England.  Children by first marriage:  1. Edson.  2. Enoch.  3. Elizabeth, married Robert Grant and lives in New York City.  4. Riley.  5. Helen, married Edward Eldridge and lives in Brooklyn.  Children by second marriage:  6. Sophia.  7. Olivia, married Charles Ebinger, of Brooklyn, and now lives in the old home at Monticello.  8. Cornelia, living in New York City. 

ELLIS.

          This surname is spelled in the early records in a variety of ways, such as Elis, Elce, Else, Alice.  It has been in use as a surname from the earliest times.  The word means stepson, though in some cases the surname may have been derived from the baptismal name Elias, which was in common use very early in Normandy before the Conquest.  In the Welsh the name is derived from "Aleck's," the possessive form adopted in many names of similar origin.  Instead of saying William's David, the Welsh use the expression "David, William's" and this usage gave rise to such names as Evans, Jones, (John's), Edwards, Harris (Harry's), and so through the long category.  Many immigrants of the name are found of early record in New England, the first being among the Puritans of Plymouth.  Another family springs from Dedham, and both sent out a large progeny. 

          (I) The Ellis family of the line here under consideration is probably descended from John Ellis, of Sandwich, Massachusetts, an Englishman by birth and parentage, but the place of nativity, the year of his birth and the exact date of his emigration to the hospitable shore of New England are not known.  He was of Sandwich as early as 1641, and in 1643 he is mentioned in the town records as a persons capable of bearing arms.  This implies that he was a man of good report in the plantation there, a freeman, and member of the church in good standing.  In July, 1657, John Ellis,

Page 731

mentioned as "Lieutenant Ellis," was one of the fourteen freemen of Sandwich who signed the agreement to support a minister in the town:  "We whose names are hereunder written do hereby engage ourselves to pay toward the minister's support, yearly, the several suns as followeth--except as God by His Providence shall disenable us, or any of us remove our of Sandwich."  To this cause John Ellis promised to pay one pound each year, there being only three of the whole number who pledged a greater sum, hence it may be inferred that he was a man of substance as well as of influence amount the townsmen.  In the same year "the account of LT. Ellis for drum, muskets & purchased was rendered," amounting to ten pounds, six shillings, seven pence.  In 1658 the lands of the town were described in accordance with an order of the court, and John Ellis Sr. and John Ellis Jr. are mentioned as property owners at that time.  His name also appears in 1675, when a meeting was called by Lieutenant John Ellis, and Benjamin Hammond, the constable, for the purpose of granting liberty to "any families that may be necessitated, to repair to the town garrison for safety."  In the same year the same of John Ellis Sr. appears among those who could "male appear their just right to the privileges of the town."  The "Annals of Sandwich" in noting events of the year 1677 state that "Mr. John Ellis, the ancestor of those of the same in this town, one of the oldest and first settlers, died this year."  To this statement the author of that work adds this note:  "He is called Jr., we know not for what reason.  He must, we think, have been Sr. of Sandwich.  There probably was one of the name elder in the colony."

          In 1645 John Ellis married Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund Freeman, to whom, April 3, 1637, and nine associates, the town of Sandwich was granted.  He was the leading proprietor of the town.  He was born in England about 1590 and came to New England in 1635, in company with his two sons, Edmund Jr. and John, the former of whom was fifteen years old and the latter eight years old at the time of the immigration.  Both of them afterward married daughters of Governor Prince.  He also brought with him two daughters, Alice, then seventeen, and Elizabeth, twelve years old.  Alice Freeman married Deacon William Paddy, of Plymouth, the first treasurer of the colony.  Elizabeth, third in the order of birth of her father's children, married John Ellis, of Sandwich.  It is said of Edmund Freeman that "he was a man of consideration in England and brought with him much valuable plate, which last remark," says Mr. Freeman in his "History of Barnstable County," "we suppose was intended to be indicative of his position in society.  Such, perhaps it might have been at that day, but it would be a poor criterion now.  It is said, moreover, that he acted as the 'confidential agent' of certain of the 'merchant adventurers.'  This would seem to be corroborated by his correspondence with Mr. Beauchampe, ' a London merchant and valuable friend to the colony,' who also was brother-in-law to Mr. Freeman.  Mr. Freeman was not only conspicuous in town affairs, but from 1640 to 1646 inclusive, assistant, in the government of the colony.  He lived to be ninety-two years old, dying in Sandwich in 1682.  His sons Edmund and John also were prominent, both being deputies of the general court, and the latter, who removed to Eastham, became assistant."   Lieutenant John Ellis and Elizabeth Freeman had eight children:  1. Bennet, born 1649.  2. Mordecai, 1651, died 1715, made freeman 1681, married Rebecca Clark.  3. Joel, 1655.  4. Nathaniel, 1657.  5. Matthais, of whom further.  6. John, married Sarah Holmes.  7. Samuel.  8. Freeman, admitted freeman, 1681, married Mercy -------- and had sons, Joel, Ebenezer, Mordecai and Gideon. 

          (II) Matthias, fifth son of Lieutenant John and Elizabeth (Freeman) Ellis, was born June 2, 1657, in Sandwich.  He was admitted a freeman there in 1681, and was a prominent citizen of the town. His name appears again in the list of freemen in 1702, and he died in that town, August 30, 1748.  In 1739 he was granted one hundred and fifty acres of land in Sandwich "in consideration of the great service rendered by him in the expedition of Port Royal, especially in guarding the artillery at great hazard of his life."  The name of his wife was mercy, but her surname is unknown.  They 

Page 732

had children:  1. Matthias, born 1681.  2. Freeman, 1683.  3. Mary, 1685.  4. Experience, 1687, married Stephen Churchill.  5. Malachi, 1689.  6. Remember, 1691.  7. Benjamin, mentioned below.  8. Samuel, 1699  9. William.

          (III) Benjamin, fifth son of Matthias and Mercy Ellis, was born about 1697, in Sandwich, and resided in that part of ancient Hardwich which was set apart in 1744 as the south precinct and constitutes the present town of Hardwich.  He married Harriet Gibbs, a descendant of Thomas Gibbs, who settled in Sandwich, in 1639.  Children:  1. Benjamin, died young.  2. Hannah, born 1726.  3. Sarah, 1728.  4. Benjamin, 1732.  5. Joseph,  mentioned below.  6. Susannah, 1736.  7. Freeman, 1738.  8. Nathaniel, 1742.  9. Betty, 1746.

          (IV) Joseph, third son of Benjamin and Harriet (Gibbs) Ellis, was born 1734, in Sandwich.  He left that town in early life.  He probably settled at the village of Gilead, in the town of Hebron, Connecticut, where several descendants of this family located. No record of his wife appears. In old age he and his wife lived with their son William in the town of Mamakating, Sullivan County, New York.  Colonel Thomas Ellis, who was prominent in the town of Mamakating in 1774, was probably another son.   A daughter Sarah married and lived in Sullivan County. 

          (V) William, son of Joseph Ellis, was born 1754055, probably in Connecticut, died February 24, 1845, at the age of ninety years.  He was a large land holder in Mamakating, where he settled in 1776, near the village of Bloomingburg, where there were but two houses at the time of his settlement there.  He was a cooper by trade, but engaged chiefly in farming after settling in Mamakating.  He lived on friendly terms with the Indians until they were incited by the British to make war upon the colonies and was once driven away from his home by their depredations, returned for a short time to Connecticut.  He was unable to enter the regular service in the Revolutionary army because he was obliged to care for his aged parents, but took part in several expedition by the local militia, including the undertaking for the defense of Fort Montgomery.  Just before reaching the fort the members of this party learned that it had already fallen into the hands of the British forces, and thus they escaped capture.  Mr. Ellis is described as a man of advanced ideas, honest and industrious, and an advocate of liberty in thought and action.  His farm of one hundred acres lay one and one-half miles north of the village of Bloomingburg.  He married Emily Parks, probably a member of the family which settled Parksville, in the town of Liberty.  Children:  1. Joseph.  2. Betsy, married Walter Rockefeller, and lived in Orange County.  3. Polly, died unmarried.  4. Keziah, wife of James Hare, lived at Bloomingburg.  5. Jeremiah, died in Iowa.  6. James of whom further. 

          (VI) James, youngest child of William and Emily (Parks) Ellis, was born June 12, 1813, on the paternal homestead near Bloomingburg, New York.  He received his education in the public schools of that village.  By purchasing the interest of the other heirs he became the owner of the homestead, which he sold in 1848 and moved to the township of Rockland, in the same county, where he purchased one hundred and sixty-five acres of land two miles west of Livingston Manor.  Here he resided until 1900, when he removed to the village of Livingston Manor, and died there, April 10, 1910.   He married, February 25, 1837, Rachel, daughter of David Overton.  Children:  1. Mary Jane, died aged eighteen.  2. Alexander, died aged twenty.  3. Enoch Albert, of whom further.  4. George, born 1843, a farmer in Livingston Manor, Sullivan County, New York.  5. Rachel, 1846, married George Purvis, and lives in Rye.  6. Theodore, 1848, died 1897, married Emma Johnson.  7. Sarah, 1851, died young.  8. Walter, 1853, married Mary Ann Terwilliger, and lives on a farm three miles south of Livingston Manor. 

          (VII) Enoch Albert, second son of Joseph and Rachel (Overton) Ellis, was born September 28, 1841, in Mamakating, New York.  He grew up near Livingston Manor, in which village he received most of his education.  He attended Eastman's Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York, one year.  He continued to reside on the paternal homestead until he was twenty-five years of age.  He then purchased a farm of one hundred and eighteen acres, one mile south of Livingston Manor, which he continued

Page 733

to cultivate until 1907, when he sold out and moved to the village.  In 1909 he purchased the house there in which he now resides, retiring from the active cares of life.  He served as justice of the peace from 1891 to 1895, and was also several years a school trustee.  He is a well read man and very well posted on the laws of the state, and was thus able to render valuable service as magistrate and member of the town board.  He is a member of the Methodist Church, and in politics a Democrat.  He married November 20, 1866, Julia, daughter of James and Hannah (Knapp) Reynolds, of Fallsburg township.  Children:  1. Charles, born September 28, 1868, died May 13, 1872.  2. Flora, October 26, 1870, wife of William Reid, living at Middletown, New York.  3. Estelle, July 15, 1874, died January 17, 1880.  4. Bertha, April 25, 1876, married (first) Lee Babcock, who was killed on the railroad in 1895, (second) Ambrose Eignor, and resides at Middletown.  5. Elmer R., August 27, 1883, married Jennie Kelsey, and lives at Binghamton, New York.  6. Beulah Pearl, September 19, 1885, wife of Frank Knapp, resides in Livingston Manor. 

ELLSWORTH.     Josias Ellsworth, of Windsor, Connecticut, son of John, said to have been a descendant of Sir John Ellsworth, of the time of Edward III., who resided in Cambridgeshire, England, was born in 1629.  Hinman says he was in Connecticut in 1646,  His name first appears in connection with his marriage, November 16, 1654, to Elizabeth Holcomb.  The same year he bought a house and lot.  In 1655 he bought the property later known as the Chief Justice Ellsworth place.  In 1664 he was a juror; was made freeman, May 21, 1657; in 1676 he was a contributor to the Connecticut relief fund for the poor of other colonies.  He died August 20, 1689, aged sixty yeas.  His estate was valued at £655.  His widow, Elizabeth, died September 18, 1712.  She is mentioned as a member of the Windsor Church in 1666.  Children:  1.  Josias, December 5, 1655.  2. Elizabeth, November 11, 1657.  3. Mary, May 7, 1660.  4. Martha, December 7, 1662.  5. Sergeant Thomas, September 2, 1665.  6. Jonathan, June 28, 1669.  7. Lieutenant John, October 7, 1671.  8. Captain Job, April 13, 1674.  9. Benjamin, January 16, 1676, died 1699.

          (II) Lieutenant John Ellsworth, son of Josias and Elizabeth (Holcomb) Ellsworth, was baptized October 15, 1671, and was killed by the fall of a tree, October 20, 1720.  He was the first settler in the town of Ellington, where he lived on the west side of Town Street, nearly opposite the old Ellsworth place on the west side of the Connecticut River.  He married, December 9, 1696, Esther, daughter of Daniel White, of Hartford.  She died September 7, 1766, aged ninety-five years.  Children:  1.  John, of whom further.  2. Daniel.  3. Esther.  4. Anne.  5. Martha.  6. Ann.  

          (III) Captain John (2) Ellsworth, son of Lieutenant John (1) and Esther (White) Ellsworth, was born November 7, 1697, died January 4, 1784.  He was a captain of militia, and served in the Indians Wars.  He married, November 8, 1734, Ann Edwards, born April 28, 1699, died April 11, 1790, aged within sixteen days of ninety-one years, daughter of Rev. Timothy Edwards, of East Windsor, Connecticut.  Children:  1. 1. Captain John, from a journal kept by him it appears he was on an expedition for the governor on the Mississippi River in 1775-75, and for his services was granted a tract of land where the city of Natchez now stands.  2. Solomon, of whom further.  3. Frederick.  4. Ann, married colonel Lemuel Stoughton. 

          (IV) Lieutenant Solomon Ellsworth, son of Captain John (2) and Ann (Edwards) Ellsworth, was born April 30, 1737.  He served in the Revolutionary War as a lieutenant of Captain Lemuel Stoughton's company, of East Windsor, Connecticut, militia, who marched on the Lexington Alarm of April 19, 1775.  He died October 19, 1822, aged eighty-five years.  He married, December 27, 1758, mary Moseley, born December 8, 1737, died February 16, 1823, aged eighty-six years.  Children:  1. Mary.  2. Ann. 3. Solomon.  4. Elizabeth.  5. Stoddard, born April 14, 1767.  6. Abigail.  7. Abner.  8. Moseley.  9. John, of whom further.  10. Marilda.  11. Timothy.  12.  Joseph.  13. Ann. 

          (V) John (3), son of Lieutenant Solomon Ellsworth, was born in Connecticut, December

Page 734

18, 1801.  He came to Warwarsing, Ulster County, new York, where he bought a large tract of timber land, cleared a farm and cultivated it there, until he died in 1861.  In politics he was a sterling Democrat; in religion, a Methodist Episcopalian.  He married, September 18, 1829, Margaret Pawling, a native of Dutchess County, of an old New York family.  Children:  1. William Henry, mentioned below.  2. Levi, born April 29, 1832, married, January 2, 1854, Mary M. Mosher, of Warwarsing.  3. John, born October 7, 1833, married Lydia Clemons, of Ulster County.  4. Harriet, born December 15, 1835, married A. Pratt, a farmer of Warwarsing.  5. Margaret, born September 2, 1840.  6. Caroline, born August 7, 1937, married Silas Mosher, a farmer of Warwarsing. 

          (VI) William Henry, son of John (3) Ellsworth, was born December 11, 1830, at Warwarsing, Ulster County, New York.  He was educated there in the district schools. For several years he was a teamster by trade, afterward owning a canal boat which plied between New York City and Ellenville.,  In 1856, at the age of twenty-seven he removed to De Bruce, in the town of Rockland, Sullivan County, New York, and was in the employ of Benedict & Hammond, as foreman, taking charge of the outside work at their tannery at De Bruce.  At that time this was the largest tannery in the United States.  He remained in their employ six years.  He moved to Cook's Falls about the year 1865, and worked there two years.  In 1862 he became one of the partners in the tannery at Beaverkill, Sullivan County, under the firm name of Babcock & Ellsworth.  The business was continued until the year 1887, when the tanner buildings were destroyed by fire, and were never rebuilt as the supply of bark in the upper Beaverkill region was nearly exhausted.  Some years before the end of this combination another member entered the firm in the person of the late James Murdock.  The history of the tanning business in this portion of New York State is most romantic from the standpoint of pioneer courage and hardihood.  The Rockland County bark was used in the preparation of hides, purchased in Odessa, Russia, and Rio Janeiro, South America, and shipped by way of the Erie Railroad to Callicoon depot, and thence brought to Beaverkill in wagons.  The teams could make but two trips a week because of the bad roads.  At that time there was not a bridge across the Willowemoc River, and the teams had to ford it near the present site of Keery Bridge.  An almost unbroken forest extended from Rockland, now called Westfield Flats, to Beaverkill, and the only clearing for farm lands were those at Kimball (Butler) and Hardenburg.  On the right bank of the river there was no highway road at all.  The remarkable mentality and persevering spirit of Mr. Ellsworth found a way over all the obstacles, and made it possible for him to conduct his business successfully in such a remote place.  Others who had the attempt before him, had failed.  No man accomplished more than Mr. Ellsworth in developing the resources and civilizing the section in which he lived. 

          From 1895 to 1909 he cultivated a farm of three hundred acres, besides attending to his business interests.  The farm remained in his possession, but since 1909 he has retired from active life until the time of his death, September 4, 1912, at Roscoe, New York.  He was buried in the Beaverkill cemetery.  He was noted as having never lost an opportunity to help those who needed help, and his sturdy and kind personality will be missed by those with whom his years were spent.  He was one of the foremost pioneers of Sullivan County, and as such became one of the leaders in public opinion.  However, he did not care for public office, and never sought it, although his sympathy for the principles of the Republican Party was actively expressed.  In religion he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

          Mr. Ellsworth married, about 1848, Nancy, daughter of henry and Sally (Shaver) Voorhies.  Her father was a miller and farmer in Beaverkill.  At the time of her marriage she resided in Lewbeach.  She died January 16, 1913.  Children of William henry and Nancy (Voorhies) Ellsworth:  1. Howard Voorhies, born December 11, 1859, wholesale merchant in Middletown, New York, dealing in farm produce; married Cora Dodge, of Roscoe; they have no children.  2. Edith, 1862, died September 5, 1889.  3. John Elmer, twin of

Page 735

Edith, died in 1880.  4. Grace Edna, May 13, 1871; married Dr. John Adams Miller, of Roscoe, a physician and surgeon.  Their children are:  Richard Ellsworth, born October 27, 1892, died September 5, 1894; Henry Ellsworth, April 9, 1896, a senior in the Roscoe High School, and Janet Nancy, February 20, 1906. 

CHASE.     The Chase family is of ancient origin, derived from the French "chasser," to hunt.  The seat of the family in England was at Chesham, in Rockinghamshire, England, through which runs a rapidly flowing river, the Chese, from which the place and perhaps the family name is derived. 

(I)               Thomas Chase, of Chesham, was descended from the ancient family.

(II)            John, son of Thomas Chase, was also of Chesham.

(III)         Matthew, son of John Chase, was of Chesham, and married Elizabeth,

daughter of Richard Bould.  Their children were: 1; Richard, married Mary Roberts; 2. Francis, 3. John, 4. Matthew, 5. Thomas, mentioned below, 6. Ralph, William, 8. Bridget. 

          (IV)  Thomas (2), son of Matthew Chase, was of Hundrich, in Parish Chesham, and his children were:  1. John, baptized November 30, 1540.  2. Richard, mentioned below.  3. Ages,  baptized January 9, 1551.  4. William.  5. Christian.

          (V) Richard, son of Thomas (2) Chase, was born Hundrich, baptized August 3, 1542.  He married, April 16, 1564, Joan bishop, and their children were:  1. Robert, baptized September 2, 1565.  2. Henry, baptized August 10, 1567.  3. Lydia, baptized October 4, 1573.  4. Ezekiel, baptized April 2, 1576.  5. Dorcas, baptized March 2, 1578.  6. Aquila, mentioned below.  7. Jason, baptized January 13, 1585.  8. Thomas, baptized July 18, 1585.  9. Abigail.  10. Mordecai, baptized July 31, 1591. 

          (VI) Aquila, son of Richard Chase, was baptized at Hundrich, in Chesham, August 14, 1580.  Children;  1. Thomas, mentioned below.  2. Aquila, mentioned below. 

          (VII) Thomas (3), son of Aquila Chase, was born probably about 1615 in England, and as early as 1640 was in Hampton, New Hampshire, where he died in 1652.  He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Philbrick, of Newbury, and may have lived there for a time.  His widow married (second) October 26, 1654, John Garland, and (third) January 19, 1674, Henry Roby.  She was administratrix of his estate.  She died February 11, 1677.

          (VII) Aquila (2), son of Aquila (1) Chase, was born in England in 1618.  He was a mariner, probably employed by his uncle or brother Thomas, who in 1620 was part owner of the ship "John and Francis."  He was of Hampton as early as 1640; removed to Newbury in 1646 when he had four acres granted for a house lot and six acres of marsh on condition that he go to sea and do service for the town with a boa for four years.  he and his wife and David wheeler were fined "for gathering pease on the Sabbath" but were admonished and the fine remitted, September, 1646.  He died December 27, 1670.  His will was dated September 19, 1670.  He married Anne, daughter of John Wheeler, and she married (second), June 14, 1672, Daniel Mussiloway, and died May, 1688. 

          William Chase is believed to be the cousin of Thomas and Aquila Chase.  He was born in England in 1595, died May 4.13, 1659.  He settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and became a member of the First Church.  The record of Rev. John Eliot, the Indian Apostle, pastor of this church, has this entry:  "William Chase, he came with the first company bringing with him his wife Mary and his son William." His wife Mary -------- was an invalid for several years, and died in 1659.  He applied for freemanship, October 19, 1630, and was admitted May 14, 1634.  He was a town officer of Roxbury and served against the Narragansetts in 1645.  He moved to Yarmouth in 1638.  His will states that he was aged.  It was dated May 4, 1659, and proved May 13, 1659.  He bequeathed to his wife Mary, and his sons Benjamin and William.

          Many descendants of the Chase immigrants settled in Ulster County, New York, where the census of 1790 reports no less than forty-six families.  The family at even that early date was widely scattered in New York and owing to lack of public records they have not been traced.

(I) John Chase, of the New York State

Page 736

branch, descendant of the New England family described above, was a farmer at Furnace Woods, Westchester County, New York.  He married Elizabeth Haight, of a family prominent from the early days in lower Connecticut and New York States and colonies.  John Chase lived to the great age of eighty-six years, and was buried at Furnace Woods.  He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at that village.  Children all born at Furnace Woods:  1. Oliver.  2. John D.  3. Benjamin.  4. Daniel.  5. Herman B.  6. Amos B.  7. Sarah.  8. Eliza ann.  9. Roseata.  The sole survivor of this family of nine is Amos B. Chase, who resides in New York City. 

Top

Mardos Memorial Library

Transcribed by Holice B. Young

Html by D. J. Coover

Copyright © 2000 - 2003 D. J. Coover All Rights Reserved Webmaster: D. J. Coover