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Nehemiah Chase

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Birthplace: Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: 1742 (23-24)
Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
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Son of Daniel Chase and Sarah Chase
Brother of Honorable Samuel Chase, Esq.; Daniel Chase; Joshua Chase; Anna Chase; Sarah Chase and 4 others

Managed by: Cecilie Nygård
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About Nehemiah Chase

  • Full text of "Encyclopedia of Connecticut biography, genealogical-memorial; representative citizens;"
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  • CHASE, Charles Edward, Active Factor in Insurance Circles.
  • The Chase family, of which Charles Edward Chase, chairman of the board of directors of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, and a prominent public official, is a worthy representative, is of English origin, being among the ancient and highly honored families of England, the name being derived undoubtedly from the French word, Chasser, to hunt. They are one of the families entitled to bear a coat-of-arms, described as follows : Gules four crosses patence argent (two and two), on a canton azure a lion rampant or.
  • (IX) Daniel Chase, one of the twin sons of Moses and Ann (Follansbee) Chase, was born in Newbury, Massachusetts, September 20, 1685, and died May 28, 1769. Prior to March 26, 1733, he removed to Sutton, same State, his corn mill being mentioned in the town records then, and he is credited with having built the first corn mill at Pleasant Falls, and was known as "Miller Chase. His homestead was on the present site of the Sutton Manufacturing Company property. He married Sarah March, whose death occurred in December, 1771, aged eighty-eight years. Mr. and Mrs. Chase were admitted to the church in 1736 by letter from the Littleton church, and in 1751 he and his wife were among the Separatists from the Sutton church. Children : Samuel, born September 28, 1707, married Mary Dudley ; Daniel, of whom further ; Joshua, born November 9, 171 1 ; Ann, November 13, 1713, became the wife of David Lilley, May 25, 1736; Sarah, April 22, 1716; 'Nehemiah, June 27, 1718'; Judith, September 7, 1720, became the wife of Thomas Hall, September 15, 1737; Valeb, November 29, 1722, died October 2, 1808; Moody, September 3, 1723, married, January 17, 1749, Elizabeth Hall; Moses, March, 1726, married Hannah, daughter of Jonas Brown.
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Nehemiah Chase's Timeline

1718
June 27, 1718
Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
1742
1742
Age 23
Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States