Ezekiel Chase

M x Ezechiel (Ezekiel) (Chase) Chaase 1 was born on 23 Apr 1576 in Chesham, Bucks, England. He was christened on 23 Apr 1576 in Hundridge, Bucks, , England. He died before 6 May 1663.

Baptized 2 Apr 1576 at Hundridge Parish, Chesham.

New England Families, Genealogical And Memorial V2: A Record Of The Achievements Of Her People In The Making Of Commonwealths And The Founding Of A Nation (1914) by William Richard Cutter

Birth date is only assumed, as date known is actually the baptism date.

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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.
• (V) Richard Chase, second son of Thomas (2) Chase, was born in Hundrich, Parish Chesham, England, and baptized there, August 3, 1542. He was one of the prominent men of that community, active and public-spirited, performing well the duties that fell to his lot. He married, April 16, 1564, Joan Bishop, who bore him nine children, born at Hundrich, 'baptismal dates given' : Robert, September 2, 1565 ; Henry, August 10, 1567; Lydia, October 4, 1573 ; 'Ezekiel, April 2, 1575' ; Dorcas, March 2, 1578; Aquila, of whom further; Jason, January 13, 1585; Thomas, July 18, 1586; Abigail. January 12, 1588; Mordecai, July 31, 1591.
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