Lieutenant Wells Chase, Sr.

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Brief Life History of Wells

When Wells Chase Sr was born on 4 October 1710, in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Moses Chase, was 23 and his mother, Elisabeth Wells, was 21. He married Martha Morse on 6 August 1734, in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He registered for military service in 1775. He died on 2 December 1785, in Old North Cemetery, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Old North Cemetery, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States.

Spouse

Wells Chase Sr
Male
1710–1785

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Male

Martha Morse
Female
1708–1771

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Female

Marriage
6 August 1734
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Children (9)

Thomas Chase
Male
1735–1807

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Male

William Chase M.D.
Male
1736–1798

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Male

Elder Moses Chase
Male
1738–1797

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Male

Wells Chase Jr
Male
1740–1788

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Male

Anna Chase
Female
1743–1778

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Female

Amos Chase
Male
1743–Deceased

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Male

Daniel Chase
Male
1744–1802

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Male

Martha Chase
Female
1747–1787

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Female

Timothy Chase
Male
1749–1753

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Male

Spouse

Wells Chase Sr
Male
1710–1785

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Male

Mary Currier
Female
1715–1797

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Female

Marriage
27 February 1773
Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Parents

Moses Chase
Male
1687–1760

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Male

Elisabeth Wells
Female
1688–1755

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Female

Siblings (11)

Wells Chase Sr
Male
1710–1785

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Male

Moses Chase III
Male
1713–1789

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Male

Seth Chase
Male
1715–1791

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Male

Humphery Chase
Male
1717–1794

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Male

Elizabeth Chase
Female
1719–1808

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Female

Eleazer Chase
Male
1722–1808

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Male

Ann Chase
Female
1724–1726

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Female

Daniel Chase
Male
1726–1777

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Male

Anne Chase
Female
1729–1736

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Female

Rebekah Chase
Female
1731–1736

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Female

Abigail Chase
Female
1734–1736

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Female

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Wells Chase (1710 - 1785)

Lieut. Wells Chase

Born 4 Oct 1710 in Newbury, Essex, Mass.

Son of Moses Chase Jr and Elizabeth (Wells) Chase

Brother of Moses Chase III, Seth Chase, Humphrey Chase, Elisabeth (Chase) Bailey, Eleazer Chase and Anne Chase

Husband of Martha (Morse) Chase — married 6 Aug 1734 [location unknown]

Husband of Mary Currier — married 27 Feb 1773 in Amesbury, Massachusetts

Father of Thomas Chase, William Chase, Moses Chase, Wells Chase Jr, Anna (Chase) Lowell, Daniel Chase, Martha (Chase) Davis and Timothy Chase

Died 2 Dec 1785 at age 75 in Concord, Merrimac, New Hampshire

Profile last modified 1 Jan 2015 | Created 4 Apr 2011

Biography

"Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"

Name: Wells Chase. Gender: Male. Birth Date: 04 Oct 1710. Birthplace: NEWBURY, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS. Father's Name: Moses Chase. Mother's Name: Elisabeth. Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50032-1. System Origin: Massachusetts-ODM. GS Film number: 823653.

"Wells CHASE, born on 1 Oct 1710. Married first Martha MORSE in Newbury on 6 Aug 1734. Martha MORSE was born in Newbury on 14 Feb 1708, the daughter of William MORSE and Sarah MERRILL. She died in Amesbury on 19 Oct 1771. Wells married second Mary CURRIER on 27 Feb 1773 in Amesbury. Wells CHASE died in Concord, N. H. on 2 Dec 1785."

"Well Chase was a Lieutenant in the Lexington Alarm, April 1775; First Lieutenant of Col James Frye's Massachusetts Regiment, May to December, 1775."

Revolutionary War Vet. "Served in Capt Matthias Hoyt's Company of Minute-men; service 9 days; Served in Capt John Currier's co., in Col James Frye's regt. in the list of officers dated May 26 1775; Listed in company's return Oct 1775. In list of men who received money from the public treasury for losses in the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill; amounts allowed in Council June 13, 1776."

"In 1775, after the battle of Lexington, Amesbury took immediate steps to raise volunteers for the common defense. Captain John Currier, of the East Parish, raised a company of fifty-four men, of whom about twenty belonged to the West Parish, and was in the engagement at Bunker Hill. In this company Wells Chase was lieutenant and Timothy Silver corporal, and both were wounded."

FRENCH WAR: A draft was made from the militia company in West Parish to recruit an army under the Earl of Loudon. Wells Chase served in Captain Enoch Bailey's Company, Newbury, MA in service on the Eastern Frontier at and near Norridgewock. Ticonderoga in 1758.

Sources

Birth: Vital Records of Newbury, Mass., p.97

Marriage: Vital Records of Newbury, Mass. p. 344

History of Merrimac - From the History of Essex County Compiled under the Supervision of William Hurd, 1888.

Chase, John Carroll, "Seven generations of the descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase". Derry, N.H. 1928. p.91.

General Register of the Society of Colonial Wars, 1899-1902: Constitution of ... By General Society of Colonial Wars (U.S.), page 593.

History of Merrimac, History of Essex County, William Hurd.