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Ruth Chase (Morse)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Haverhill, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts
Death: 1732 (37-38)
Newbury, Essex, MA
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Benjamin Morse and Susanna Morse
Wife of Abraham Chase and Abraham Chase
Mother of Phebe Noyes; Susanna Chase; Ruth Chase; Lydia Bartlett; Phebe Noyes and 3 others
Sister of Joseph Morse; Captain Abel Morse; Mary Brown (Morse); Hannah March; Joshua Morse and 12 others

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About Ruth Chase

  • Memorial of the Morses : containing the history of seven persons of the name, who settled in America in the seventeenth century ; with a catalogue of ten thousand of their descendants ... (1850)
  • https://archive.org/details/memorialofmorses00mors
  • https://archive.org/stream/memorialofmorses00mors#page/90/mode/1up
  • 1 3 ANTHONY1 w. Mary ---- ; 2. Anne ----, d. Mar. 9, 1679-80, r Newbury.
    • id 1. Anthony2 jun. died Feb. 25, 1677-8, married Elizabeth Knight.
    • id 2. Benjamin2 Dea. z. March 4 or 27, 1640, married Ruth Sawyer.
    • 3. Sarah May 1, '41, married Amos Stickney June 24, '63, r. Newbury.
    • 4. Hannah 1642;
    • 5. Lydia, May, 1645, died May 8 or 18, 1648.
    • 6. Lydia Oct. 7, '47 ;
    • 7. Mary, April 9, '49, died June 14, 1662, at Newbury.
    • 8. Hester May 3, '51, married Robert Holmes Feb. 26, '68-9, at Newbury.
    • id 9. Joshua2 July 24, '53, died March 28, '91-2, at Newbury, leaving "Smith's tools" and land at Piscataqua inventoried at £103.
    • 10. Mary pr who married Philip Eastman, Aug. 22. '78, of Haverhill.
  • .... etc.
  • id 2 BENJAMIN2 Dea. wife Ruth Sawyer, r. Newbury, now E. part of W. Newbury
    • 91 1. Benjamin3 jun. z. Aug. 24, 1668, died Oct. 25, 1743, m. Susanna, dg. of Abel Merrill, and granddaughter of Aquila Chase of N., from Cornwall, Eng.
    • 2. Ruth Dec. 8, '69, married Doct. Caleb Moody Dec. 9, '90, had Judith.
    • 91 3. Joseph3 z. Feb. 10, '71-2, dis. to Andover chh. 1722, died at Casco Bay, Sep 9, 1745, "sick seven weeks before others went out in the troops."
    • 91 4. William3 Dea. z. Jan. 28, '73-4, died May 10, 1749, married Sarah Merrill.
    • 5. Sarah Jan. 13, '75-6, died Jan., '78-9 ;
    • 7. Sarah. Jan. 19, '79-80.
    • 92 6. Philip3 z. Oct. 19. '77, died 1758, married Mary Brown, r. Newbury.
    • 8. Anne March 27, '80-1 ;
    • 9. Hannah. Feb. 19, '81-2, in. Samuel Poor, '05.
    • 10. Mary May 15, '86, married David Merrill Dec. 18, 1706.
    • 92 11. Samuel3 z. Dec. 7. '88, a weaver, married Elizabeth March.
  • .... etc.
  • https://archive.org/stream/memorialofmorses00mors#page/91/mode/1up
  • 90 1 Benjamin3 wife Susanna Merrill, b. Nov. 14, 1673, married Jan. 28, '91-2, r. N.
    • 93 1. Abel4 z. Hn. Oct. 5, '92, married Grace Parker 1714, r. N. and Chester, N. H.
    • 2. Ruth Sept. 25, '94, married Abraham Chase Nov. 16, 1716.
    • 3. Priscilla April 22, '97, married Nathaniel Ordway July 6, 1718.
    • 4. Judith March 13, '99, and no further reported.
    • 93 5. Stephen4 z. Mar. 30, 1701, d. Mar. 7, '39-40, m. Sarah Hopkinson, z. of Rowley.
    • 6. Mary 1703;
    • 7. Hannah, z. 1706;
    • 8. Susanna, z. 1710-11.
    • 121 9. Benjamin4 Doct. March 25, '13 or '16, married Abigail Dudley, r. Sutton.
  • .... etc.

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Profile last modified 4 Dec 2020 | Created 4 Apr 2011

Ruth (Morse) Chase (1694 - bef. 1746)

Ruth Chase formerly Morse aka Mors

Born 25 Sep 1694 in Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Daughter of Benjamin Morse and Susanna (Merrill) Morse

Sister of Abel Morse, Priscilla Morse, Judith Morse, Stephen Morse, Mary (Morse) Pearson [half] and Benjamin Morse

Wife of Abraham Chase — married 16 Nov 1716 in Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Mother of Lydia (Chase) Bartlett and Phebe (Chase) Noyes

Died before Nov 1746 in Haverhill, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Biography

Parentage; Date and Place of Birth

Ruth Morse, the daughter of Benjamin Morse and Susanna (Merrill) Morse, was born in Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay on September 25, 1694.[1]

Marriage and Children

Ruth married Abraham Chase in Newbury on November 16, 1716.[2][3][4]

Ruth and Abraham had the following children:

a son (no name shown in record), bp. November 17, 1717 in Newbury[5]
Susanna, b. September 1, 1717 in Newbury,[6][3] m. September 30, 1735 Zachariah Johnson in Haverhill[3] Ruth, b. January 28, 1718 in Newbury,[7][3] m. December 14, 1738 William Eastman[3] Lydia, b. September 29, 1720 in Newbury,[8] m. Jonathan Bartlett[3] Phebe, bp. September 23, 1722 in Newbury,[9] m. August 27, 1741 Sylvanus Noyes[3] Prudence, b. probably sometime in 1724-30, m. Moses Stevens/Stephens[3] Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase suggests that Ruth and Abraham also had children named Ezra and Elizabeth.[3] Both assertions appear based on Abraham's will, but both appear suspect. As Seven Generations notes, Abraham's will appointed Ezra Chase as co-executor. However, Abraham's will referred to Ezra as "my trusty friend" and did not refer to him as a son or make a bequest to him.[10][11] One transcription of Abraham's originally contained no reference to daughter Lydia and instead included a bequest to Elizabeth Bartlett, wife of Jonathan Bartlett. A later, different hand, however, crossed out Elizabeth and wrote in Lydia.[10] The transcription of Abraham's will included in Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire. Vol. 7 shows the bequest as to Lydia Bartlett, with no reference to Elizabeth.[11] No other evidence of a daughter Elizabeth has been found.

Death

Ruth died sometime before November 1746, when Abraham married Elisabeth (Davis) Colby.[12] Since Ruth and Abraham lived in Newbury, but by 1741 Abraham was living in Haverhill,[12] Ruth probably died in either Newbury or Haverhill.

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume I - Births. The Essex Institute, 1911. p. 345. Link to page at hathitrust.org. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume II - Marriages and Deaths. The Essex Institute, 1911. p. 87. Link to page at hathitrust.org. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Chase, John Carroll & Chamberlain, George Walter. Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase. 1928. p. 52. Link to page at archive.org. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, Part I. 1897. p 94. Link to page at archive.org. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume I - Births. The Essex Institute, 1911. p. 97. Link to page at hathitrust.org. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume I - Births. The Essex Institute, 1911. p. 96. Link to page at hathitrust.org. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume I - Births. The Essex Institute, 1911. p. 95. Link to page at hathitrust.org. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume I - Births. The Essex Institute, 1911. p. 92. Link to page at hathitrust.org. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume I - Births. The Essex Institute, 1911. p. 94. Link to page at hathitrust.org. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 New Hampshire Probate Records. Vol. 26 (1769-1771). pp. 412-414. Case #3803. Link to pages at ancestry.com. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire. Vol. 7 1760-1763. State Papers Vol. 37. The State of New Hampshire, 1939. pp. 95-97. Link to pages at archive.org. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 See the profile for Abraham Chase.

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Ruth Chase's Timeline

1694
September 25, 1694
Haverhill, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts
1717
September 1, 1717
Newbury, Essex, Ma
1718
January 28, 1718
Haverhill, Essex, Ma
1720
September 29, 1720
Newbury, Essex, Ma
1722
September 23, 1722
Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts
September 23, 1722
Newbury, Essex County, MA, United States
1725
1725
Newbury, Essex, Ma
1727
1727
Of, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
1729
1729
Of, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts