General Jonathan Chase

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NEW HAMPSHIRE with the rank of COLONEL. DAR Ancestor # A021153

Brigadier General Jonathan Chase

Jonathan Chase, son of Samuel Chase, commonly called "Judge Chase" and Mary Dudley was born December 6, 1732 at Sutton, Massachusetts. (p. 60)

Col. Jonathan Chase - Find A Grave Memorial ID # 37068511

He married first at Grafton, Massachusetts on November 28, 1759, to Thankful Sherman. She was born at Grafton on July 21, 1739, daughter of Ephraim and Thankful (Temple) Sherman.

Thankful Chase (Sherman) - Find A Grave Memorial ID # 37068514

They had five (5) children, three (3) surviving daughters and twin sons who both died in August 1768 shortly after their births. Thankful died at Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire on November 25, 1768.

After Thankful's death, Jonathan married second, on October 22, 1770, Sarah Hall, daughter of Rev. David and Elizabeth (Prescott) Hall of Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Sarah was born at Sutton on December 15, 1742, and died on October 13, 1806, aged 63.

Sarah 'Sally' Chase (Hall) - Find A Grave Memorial ID # 37068510

Jonathan died on January 12, 1800. (p. 62). He is buried in the Trinity Cemetery, Cornish City, New Hampshire, as are his twin sons and wives Thankful and Sarah.

He was a farmer, a surveyor, a storekeeper and a miller in the new township of Cornish. In 1775, with the coming of the American Revolutionary War, Chase was appointed colonel of the 13th New Hampshire Militia Regiment. Jonathan Chase led his regiment to Fort Ticonderoga in 1776 to support the Continental Army. His regiment served in General William Whipple's Brigade of New Hampshire Militia during the Saratoga Campaign of 1777. At the surrender of General John Burgoyne, Colonel Chase drew up the Articles of Convention for the Surrender of General Burgoyne's Army for Gen. Horatio Gates. His regiment was also called up in 1780 in response to the Royalton Raid in Vermont.

Chase was promoted to brigadier general in the State Militia of New Hampshire.

His Inscription reads: Erected in Memory of General Jonathan Chase a free and accepted Mason, one of the first settlers in this town. He filled a variety of offices with honor to himself and advantage to the public. On the 14th of Jan 1800 departed this Life. In the 68th year of his age.

Note: The gravestone for General Jonathan Chase was carved by Jonas Stewart, [Sr.] of Claremont, New Hampshire. This carver produced gravestones from 1770-1822. He was the carver of choice for the Chase Family.

Burial: Trinity Cemetery Cornish City Sullivan County New Hampshire.

Military Record:

Jonathan Chase served with 13th Regiment, New Hampshire Militia during the American Revolution.
Jonathan Chase is a DAR Patriot Ancestor #: A021153
Jonathan Chase is an SAR Patriot Ancestor #: 131862
Rank: Colonel

1774: January: Col. Jonathan Chase of Cornish, Field Officer, 13th Regiment.
1775: May -July: Provincial Congress names Col. Jonathan Chase to the 13th Regiment.
1777: Col. Jonathan Chase's regiment was ordered by Major General Folsom to re-enforce the Continental Army at Ticonderoga There were 160 men on roll.
1777: May 21: Arrived at camp in Mt. Independence.
1777: May 29: At the Council of War at Ticonderoga.
1777: July 30: Payroll for Col. Chase's Regiment
1777: Oct. 18: Saratoga: Brig. General Jacob Bayley discharged Colonel Chase's Regiment of Volunteers from Service in the Northern Army.
1779: Col. Chase directed by the Committee of Safety to raise militia to defend the frontiers.
1781: May 8: Jonathan Chase's appointed as Colonel of the first Regiment in the 3rd Brigade & third Regiment of the Militia of the State of Vermont.
1784: December 25: Jonathan Chase's appointed as Colonel of the Fifteenth Regiment of Militia, of the State of New-Hampshire.
1786: September 13: Jonathan Chase appointed a Brigadier General of the Militia, in the State of New Hampshire.
1791: June 9: Jonathan Chase granted "leave to resign his Commission as a Brigadier General of the militia." Signed by Josiah Bartlett.

Children by Thankful Sherman

• Prudence, born August 5, 1760; married on March 11, 1778, Nathaniel Hall
• Elizabeth, born in 1765; died April 24, 1793; married on January 16, 1791, Dr. Nathan Smith.
• Polly (Mary), born ___ ; married Ebenezer Brewer.
• Son, twin, unnamed, born in 1768, and died at Cornish, New Hampshire in August 1768.
• Son, twin, unnamed, born in 1768, and died in August 1768. (p. 63)

Children by Sarah 'Sally' Hall

• Jonathan, born November 21, 1771; died June 5, 1843; married Hannah Ralston of Keene on June 8, 1796.
• David Hall, born in February, 1774; died August 18, 1794.
• Sarah Hall, born ___ ; married in 1794, Dr. Nathan Smith, her deceased sister Elizabeth's husband.
• Col. Lebbeus born January 21, 1779; died February 22, 1865; married first on February 19, 1809, Nancy Chase who died June 14, 1814. He married second Nizaula March of Millbury, Massachusetts on January 8, 1815.
• Parmelia, born November 8, 1780; died June 14, 1855; married Samuel Paine (her cousin) in 1803.
• Gratia, born in 1782; died August 4, 1826; married Dr. Erastus Torrey of Windsor, Vermont in 1805.

JONATHAN CHASE

Name: Jonathan Chase
Birth Date: about 1732
Death Date: 14 Jan 1800
Death Age: 68
Clerk Locality: Cornish, New Hampshire
Event Type: Death
FHL Film Number: 1001066

New Hampshire, U.S., Death and Burial Records Index, 1654-1949

Name: Jonathan Chase
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 1732
Birth Place: Sutton, Massachusetts
Death Date: 1800
Death Place: Cornish, New Hampshire
Father: Samuel Chase
Mother: Mary Dudley
Spouse: Sarah Hall
Child: Pamela Chase

North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000

Name: Jonathan Chase
State: New Hampshire
County: Sullivan County
Township: Cornish
Year: 1777
Page: 280
Database: New Hampshire Early Census Index

New Hampshire, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890

ADDITIONAL SOURCES:

• Jonathan Chase Papers
• The ranger service in the upper valley of the Connecticut, and the most northerly regiment of the New Hampshire militia in the period of the revolution: An address delivered before the New Hampshire Society of Sons of the American Revolution at Concord, N.H., April 26, 1900
• State Builders: An Illustrated Historical and Biographical Record of the State of New Hampshire. State Builders Publishing Manchester, NH 1903