Aquila Chase

1652 - 1720  (67 years)

• Name	Aquila Chase
  Born	26 Sep 1652	Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Jul 1720	Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA   [1]
  Person ID	I7455	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	24 May 2005

  
  

  Father	Aquila CHASE,   b. Abt 1618, prob in England ,   d. Dec 1670, Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA  (Age ~ 52 years)
  Mother	Ann WHEELER,   b. Between 1620 and 1630, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1644  [1]
  Notes	Aquila first appears at Hampton, NH when he is granted 6 acres for a house lot, June 1640. In 1644, he was granted an additional 6 acres of 'upland meadow and swamp' which he sold to his brother, Thomas when he removed to Newbury, Mass. He was induced to move to Newbury in 1646 - Newbury Records: "Granted to Aquila Chase, Anno 1646, fower acres of land at the new towne for a house lott and six acres of upland for a planting lott, where it can be had, and six acres of marsh where it can be had, also on condition that he doe goe to sea and do service in the towne with a boate for four years." (this 4 acres was located on the NE corner of Chandler's Lane, now Federal Street, and the 'way by the Merrimack River', now Water street, in present day Newburyport, as evidenced by the sale of the lot several years later.) This inducement to remove to Newbury would indicate that he was a mariner or fisherman and Joshua Coffin in his 'History of Newbury' states that it is a Chase family tradition that Aquila was the first person to pilot a vessel across the bar at the mouth of the Merrimack River. On May 11, 1667, Aquila acknowledged that he sold to his brother, Thomas Chase of Hampton, all his land in Hampton excepting a dwelling and one acre and a half of land which had been sold about 20 years before the date of these presents. (Old Norfolk Co deeds, 2:122) Before moving, he and Ann and his brother-in-law, David Wheeler, were seen 'gathering pease' on the first day of the week, and they were presented to the Quarterly Court at Ipswich, 9/29/1646 and again for the same offense on 3/30/1846/7, but the constable reported that the parties were not there but 'were gone to Newbury.' A deposition presented at the Quarterly Court, Ipswich, 9/25/1666, mentions Acquilla Chas, aged about 48 years.
  Family ID	F2498	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Esther Bond,   b. 25 Sep 1655, Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA ,   d. Aft 29 Jul 1720  (Age > 65 years)
  Married	Abt 1673	Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA   [1]
  Children	1. Esther Chase,   b. 18 Nov 1674, Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA ,   d. 1751  (Age 76 years)   2. Joseph Chase,   b. 25 Mar 1677, Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Anne Chase,   b. 4 Jun 1679, Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Priscilla Chase,   b. 15 Oct 1681, Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA ,   d. 14 Jul 1750, Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA  (Age 68 years)   5. Rebecca Chase,   b. Abt 1694, Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA ,   d. 24 Oct 1763  (Age ~ 69 years)   6. Jemima Chase,   b. Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Hannah Chase,   b. 1689, Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Abigail Chase,   b. Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2517	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S139] Seven Generations . . Chase.