Judith Chase

Judith Chase is an ancestor of President Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.[1]

Biography

This person is an ancestor of President Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.[1]

Her husband Ezra wrote his will on December 3, 1792. Among his bequests, he mentions land given to he and wife Judith by their 'honored father William Davis in his will'. Ezra left bequest to:

wife Judith
son Amos Chase
daughter Ann Nichols, wife of Enoch Nichols
grand daughter Judith Webster, daughter of my daughter Judith Webster, deceased
daughter Elizabeth Chase
son William to be sole executor [2]
Judith died intestate and a committee was appointed by the court to divide her estate among her heirs. Those receiving lots were: [3]

daughter Anna Nichols, wife of Enoch Nichols
son William Chase
daughter Elizabeth Chase
granddaughter Judith (Webster) Hoyt, wife of Joseph Hoyt
son Amos Chase [3]
Research notes

Newbury Births

Chase, Ezra, s. Jacob and Joanna, July 9, 1717. (p. 89) [4]
Haverhill Births

Davis, Judith, d. William and Mary (Calee), Mar. 12, 1721-1. (p. 89)
Chase, Amos, s. Ezra and Judith (Davis), Sept. 9, 1741. (p.59)
Chase, Mary, d. Ezra and Judith (Davis), Aug. 27, 1743. (p. 62)
Chase, Ann, d. Ezra and Judith (Davis), July 29, 1745. (p. 59)
Chase, William, s. Ezra and Judith (Davis), Feb. 14, 1746-7. (p. 63)
Chase, Mary, d. Ezra and Judith (Davis), Apr. 16, 1749. (p. 62)
Chase, Elisabeth, d. Ezra and Judith (Davis), Apr. 21, 1754. (p. 60)
Chase, Judith, d. Ezra and Judith (Davis), Dec. 29, 1751. (p. 62)
Chase, William, s. Ezra and Judith (Davis), Apr. 12, 1756. (p. 63) [5]
Haverhill Marriages

Chase, Ezra, and Judith Davis, Dec. 2, 1740. (p. 60)
Chase, Amos, and Mrs. Mehitabel Kelly, Mar. 17, 1768. CR4 (p. 58)
Chase, Anne, and Enoch Nichols of Amesbury, Aug. 18, 1763. (p. 58)
Chase, Judith [Mrs. CR4], and Jonathan Webster, 3d, May 19, 1774. (p. 60)
Haverhill Deaths

Chase, Ezra, Dea., Mar. 3, 1793, a. 75 y. GR5 (p. 372)
Chase, Judith, w. Dea. Ezra, Feb. 28, 1808., a. 86 y. GR5 (p. 372)
Chase, Mary, d. Ezra and Judith (Davis), Nov. 16, 1747. (p. 372)
Webster, Judith (Chase), w. Jonathan, 3d, Oct. 5, 1779. [in her 28th y. GR1] (p. 485)
Chase, Elizabeth, Miss, Apr. 19, 1810, a. 56 y. GR4 (p. 371) [6]

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Judith (Davis) Chase (abt. 1722 - 1808)

Judith Chase formerly Davis

Born about 12 Mar 1722 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Daughter of William Davis and Mary (Kelly) Davis

Sister of Mary Davis, Mary Davis, Deborah (Davis) Williams, Abigail (Davis) Sargent, Mary Davis, Sarah (Davis) Colby and William Davis

Wife of Ezra Chase — married 2 Dec 1740 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts

Mother of Amos Chase, Mary Chase, Anna (Chase) Nichols, William Chase, Mary Chase, Judith (Chase) Webster, Elizabeth Chase and William Chase

Died 28 Feb 1808 at about age 85 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Profile last modified 19 Jul 2021 | Created 3 Jan 2011

U.S. President Direct Ancestor
Judith (Davis) Chase is an ancestor of a US President/Vice President

Sources

↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents
↑ Case 5117: p. 1-10: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13763/5117-co4/30106555
↑ 3.0 3.1 Case 5148: p. 1-15: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13763/5148-co4/30107032
↑ Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849: Volume I: Births, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1911
↑ Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849: Volume I: Births, The Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1910
↑ Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849: Volume II: Marriages and Deaths, The Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1911
Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Yates Publishing. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.