Matthew Chase

Wife Alice moved to Matthew Chase born 1619 son of Ezekiel Chase born 1576 and Elizabeth along with the children. Eugene Thomas

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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.
• (III) Matthew Chase, son of John Chase, also spent his life in Chesham, honored and respected by his fellow-citizens. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Bould, and they were the parents of eight children, as follows: Richard, married Mary Roberts; Francis, John, 'Matthew', Thomas, of whom further; Ralph, William, Bridget.
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