West Virginia Pioneers
Moses Chase
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Name Moses Chase Born 24 Dec 1663 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA
[1] Gender Male Died 6 Sep 1743 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA
[1] Person ID I7460 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 1 Anne Follansbee, b. Abt 1668, Portsmouth, NH
, d. 18 Apr 1708, Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA
(Age ~ 40 years) Married 10 Nov 1684 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA
[1] Children 1. Moses Chase, b. 20 Sep 1685, Newbury, MA
, d. young2. Daniel (twin) Chase, b. 20 Sep 1685, Newbury, MA
, d. Yes, date unknown3. Moses Chase, b. 20 Jan 1687/8, Newbury, MA
, d. Yes, date unknown4. Samuel Chase, b. 13 May 1690, Newbury, MA
, d. Yes, date unknown5. Elizabeth Chase, b. 25 Sep 1693, Newbury, MA
, d. 4 Apr 1764, Newbury, MA
(Age 70 years)6. Stephen Chase, b. 29 Aug 1696, Newbury, MA
, d. Yes, date unknown7. Hannah Chase, b. 13 Sep 1699, Newbury, MA
, d. Yes, date unknown8. Joseph Chase, b. 9 Sep 1705, Newbury, MA
, d. Yes, date unknown9. Benoni Chase, b. 5 Apr 1708, Newbury, MA
, d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F2531 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Sarah Jacobs, b. 26 Sep 1674, Ipswich, MA
, d. 13 Mar 1739, Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA
(Age 64 years) Married 13 Dec 1713 [1] Family ID F2532 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- 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:
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Sources - [S139] Seven Generations . . Chase.
- [S139] Seven Generations . . Chase.
