Richard Chase

Richard married Joan Bishop on 16 May 1564 in Chesham, Bucks, England. Joan was born about 1545 in Hundrich, England; died on 4 May 1597 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 14 Aug 1580, Hundrich, England

Aquila married Martha Sarah Jelliman on 22 Jun 1606 in London, England. Martha (daughter of John Jelliman and Margerie Lnu) was born in 1582 in Hundrich, Bucks, England; died on 15 Aug 1643 in St. Nicholas, Cole Abbey, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Thomas Chase was born possibly in Willesden Parish, Londonor Cromwell Parish, Nottingham. He died intestate in 1652. Early genealogical histories of the family indicate that Thomas and Aquila came from
Cornwall, England. It is believed that they were employed by an uncle named Thomas Chase, who was part owner of a ship named "John & Francis" and that they learned to become navigators. Thomas' brother, Aquila, was granted land in Hamptonon the condition that he go to sea and service the town for four years. Thiswould tend to verify the above theory and would explain why they were found on the coast rather than in their original area of birth.

The settlement of Hampton, New Hampshire Began on October 14, 1638, under the leadership of Rev. Stephen Bachiler. By the first part of 1639 another group arrived with Timothy Dalton, who became the associate pastor of the Hampton Church. It is probable that Thomas and Aquila were with this second group, as by 1640 immigrations had slowed considerably. We know that Thomas, at least, was in the second group as he is mentioned in a list of families that came to Hampton that second summer.

In June of 1640 small grants were made to a number of people including Aquila and Thomas Chase. These grants were for six-acre house lots. Aquila later acquired six acres of upland meadow and swamp, which was sold to his brother, Thomas, when he moved to Newbury, now located in the present state of Massachusetts. In fact, it was his acknowledgement in court of the sale of all his land in Hampton, except a dwelling and one and one-half acre, to his brother, Thomas Chase of Hampton.

On February 23, 1645/46 sixty owners of house lots were given one or more shares in the "Common" Aquila received one and Thomas two.

Thomas' signature on a deed of sale to John Shilbrick shows that he was literate man. His purchase of land which abutted the river was probably to facilitate his livelihood. He was a seaman who paid for the building of a vessel by freighting boards from Exeter to Boston. The large trees along the coast were much in demand for the building of dwellings.

The Thomas Chase homestead was a short way from "The Meeting House Green" and opposite that of his father-in-law, Thomas Philbrick. The site selected for the erection of a house of worship was on the northerly side of the salt marsh, about one-fourth mile distant from it. A large tract of land near it was called The Meeting House Green and included all of what ws later know as the Ring Swamp, along the road around it. A common-way was laid along the eastern edge and later became the main road to the seashore. Around the green and along the common-way many homes were built, some of which are still inhabitated by descendants of the original owners.[ThomasChaseDescendants.ged]

Thomas married Elizabeth Philbrick on 5 Oct 1643 in USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Philbrick and Elizabeth Knopp) was born on 23 Oct 1621 in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England; died on 11 Feb 1676 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Acquila Chase,first generation of Chase's in the U.S.
Acquila Chase, B. 1618, Chesham, England. Appears first in this country from Hampton, NH.
A company under Rev. Stephen Bachiler is supposed to have founded this settlement 10/14/1638. Early in 1639 a band of settlers came with Timothy Dalton, who became associate pastor of the church of Hampton. The town
was incorporated by the General Assembly of the Massachusetts Bay Colony on 5/22/1639. It is probable that Acquila and Thomas Chase came with the second company. In 1640 Acquila Chase had six acres granted to him for a house lot. He removed to Newberry, Mass about 1646 where he received "Four Acres of land at the new towne for a house and six acres of upland for a planting lot, and six acres of marsh where it can be had, also on
condition that he go to sea and do service in the towne with a boat for four years."

This inducement to remove to Newberry would indicate that he was a mariner or a fisherman, and Joshua Griffen in his History of Newberry states that it was a Chase family tradition that Acquila was the first man to pilot a vessel across the bar at themouth of the Merrimack River. A deposition taken in 1666 speaks of his as Acquila Chase, aged about 4.

He died 12/27/1670. A tablet of Caen Stone in theentrance corridor of the New England Historical Genealogocal Society's building at 9 Asburn St., Boston, says: Acquila Chase
Mariner
Hampton, NH.1640
Newberry, Mass. 1646
By repute the first pilot at the mouth of the Merrimack River. Erect his descendant John Carrol Chase 1928.
Acquila Chase first appears at Hampton,N.H.A company under the leadership of Rev. Stephen Bachiler is supposed to have commenced the Settlement on 14 Oct. 1638.(Dow's History of Hampton).Early in the year of 1639,a new
band of settlers came with Mr. Timothy Dalton,who became associate past of the Hampton church.The town was incorporated by the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony 22 May 1639.It is probable that Acquila and
Thomas Chase came with the second company as it appears that emigration was greatly diminished by the year 1640.

The Hampton records show that in the year 1640,there was granted to Acquila Chase six acres for a house lot.In 1644 an additional grant was recorded of six acres of "upland meadow and swamp",which he sold to his
brother, Thomas,on his removal to Newbury.More information can be obtained from Seven Generations of Thomas and Acquila Chase. One story about early American traditions willbe told.Before he removed to Newbury,he was seen gathering peas on the firstday of the week and at the Quarterly Court held at Ipswich,29 Sept. 1646,he and his wife, and David Wheeler, his brother-in- law,all of Hampton,were presented for gathering peas on the Sabbath.

One handed down tradition states that Acquila and David were returning home from a bountiful fishing day,upon
their arrival,Ann proceded to the garden and prepare a meal celebrating their catch.It came to pass that they were caught and were supposedly punished for their act.The rest as it is said is history.

Other records recently found state that Acquila Chase came over from England on the Mary and John in 1630 but fails to mention his brother on that specific voyage.Other voyages of thatship occured between 1620-1643.
* All data was taken from book previously mentioned and other recorded material too numerous to mention.

Aquila married Ann Wheeler about 1644 in USA. Ann was born in 1621; died in 1689. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 1643

Joseph married Rachel Partridge on 31 Jan 1669 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. Rachel was born on 9 Jun 1650; died on 27 Oct 1718. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Elizabeth Green on 2 Nov 1675 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth was born on 11 Jun 1656 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Gravestone in Crossways Cemetery:
Here lies the body
of Lt Isaac Chase
who died May ye 19
1727 aged about
80 years

Lt. Isaac Chase was a Tisbury blacksmith, and a Quaker. He married (1st) Mary Perkins, and (2nd) Mary Tilton. He was the son of Thomas Chase.

One of the original settlers of Tisbury, his estate comprised nearly the whole of the present village of Vineyard Haven.

ISAAC CHASE.
The progenitor of the Chase family of Martha's Vineyard, was born in Hampton, N. H., April 1, 1650, the third son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Philbrick) Chase. The family genealogies state that Thomas came from County Cornwall, England, to New England, and was the son of Aquila Chase of the Chesham, County Bucks family, whose pedigree extends back several generations. In what way Isaac Chase came to be interested in this distant island is not known, but the neighboring town of Salisbury, Mass., had already furnished many settlers for Nantucket, men of Quaker faith, and through this source it is probable that his knowledge of the Vineyard was acquired. At the age of 24 he came to Tisbury to settle (1674), but the townsmen refused the privilege to him for some reason at that time. Possibly it was because of his religious beliefs, which were of the Quaker doctrinal variety. 'The townsmen of Tysbury,' so reads the record, 'do not give unto Isack Chace of Hampton liberty to settle in the town.' [Tisbury Records, 8. We may surmise that they finally gave him permission to inhabit at Homes Hole, in the uttermost part of the town, many miles from the dwellings of any settlers. He was of Hampton in October 1673 (Norfolk Co. Deeds).] However he must have overcome this refusal before long, as we find him in less than two years making purchases of land in the town limits.

He must have been possessed of more than the average wealth at that time as he became, before 1700, one of the largest landholders on the Vineyard. He began his purchases of Homes Hole neck in 1676, as elsewhere related, and finally became its sole proprietor. His property in the Chickemmoo region was second in extent of acreage. His initial purchase in 1682 became a subject of dispute with the Sachem and the town, and was relinquished; but in 1692 he bought the entire eastern half of Chickemoo of Thomas Tupper, consisting of 1200 acres, and was continually adding to his domain in that region. [Deeds, I, 130, 187, 281, 391.] He rarely sold any portion of these acquisitions and all of it, practically, became the heritage of his heirs.

His occupation, as elsewhere detailed, was that of blacksmith, inn-holder, and ferryman, and these he followed until his death. Although by religion a Quaker, yet he does not seem to have been ultra orthodox in the faith, for he took military office as Lieutenant in the Company of Foot in Tisbury before 1692, and thus broke one of the principal tenets of that sect. In the political upheavals of that time Simon Atheam thus refers to him: 'Mr. Isaac Chase the Leueten't without oath he pleading for the quakers.' [Mass. Arch., CXII, 424. This is the only reference to the Quaker proclivities of Chase to be found in the record. The allusion to the oath relates to their objection to swearing, although willing to affirm to an act or statement.] During the remainder of his life he was generally called Lieutenant in the records of that period.

He died May 19, 1727, and his will, dated Feb. 12, 1721-2, was proven in July, 1727. By it he bequeathed what lands he had not given away in his lifetime to his widow and surviving children and grandchildren. The Chickemmoo property was mostly deeded to his several sons, 1706-1718, and the Homes Hole neck was to a large extent, 1705-1717, similarly disposed of to Thomas, Isaac and Abraham. In 1725 this remained undivided and Lieut. Isaac and his son Abraham entered suit against the heirs of Thomas and Ebenezer Rogers for a partition. This was done, and the division then made by the jury is the basis of all land titles in Vineyard Haven north of the creek in front of the hospital.

Isaac Chase was twice married; first to Mary, daughter of Isaac Perkins of Hampton, Feb. 20, 1673, by whom he had no issue; second to Mary Tilton, probably sister of Samuel of Hampton and Chilmark, Oct. 5, 1675, by Rev. John Mayhew. By his second marriage he had six sons and six daughters, who left a large progeny here and in Nantucket. He was a man of sterling worth and scrupulous honesty, and his life was singularly free from contentions and litigations with his neighbors.

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Isaac married Mary Tilton on 5 Oct 1675 in Vineyard Haven, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA. Mary was born about 1658 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 14 Jun 1746 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in South End Cemetery, Vineyard Haven, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaac married Mary Perkins on 20 Feb 1671 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary was born on 23 Jul 1658 in Hampton, Norfolk, New Hampshire; died about 1674. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]