Ezra Chase

Links

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Biography

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chase-690

Ezra Chase was born on May 25, 1720, in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, the son of James and Martha Chase.[1][2]

He married Abigail Lowe in Newbury in 1743.[3]

In the capacity of Private (Minuteman), Ezra served in the Revolutionary War by enlisting at Haverhill, Massachusetts and serving for two days in April 1775 in Cambridge in Captain Ebenezer Colby's Company.[4][5]

Abigail and Ezra had ten children, early ones born in Newbury (children Abigail, Somersby, Lois and Daniel are seen in the Newbury Vital Records).

He passed away in 1799 in Leominster at the age of 78.[6] His wife survived him by 11 years.[7]

Sources

1. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ9M-M3X : 4 December 2014), Ezra Chase, 25 May 1720; citing NEWBURY,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 823,653.
2. Pg. 89, Vital Records of Newbury Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Volume I, Births, Essex Institute, 1911
3. Pg. 90, Vital Records of Newbury Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Volume II, Marriages and Deaths, Essex Institute, 1911
4. Pg. 350, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution, Volume III
5. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application, 27 May 1946, Membership No. 66331
6. Pg. 302, Vital Records of Leominster, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Published by Franklin P. Rice, 1911
7. FindAGrave, Memorial #112304183, Ezra Chase. Created by Gerald Whelpley, June 14, 2013. [No gravestone photo.]