Abigail Chase

26 September 1796–23 November 1882 (Age 86)
Fairfield, Somerset, Maine, United States

The Life Summary of Abigail

When Abigail Chase was born on 26 September 1796, in Fairfield, Somerset, Maine, United States, her father, Captain Ezekial Chase, was 35 and her mother, Betsey Goodwin, was 29. She married James Smith on 25 October 1817, in Sebec, Piscataquis, Maine, United States. She died on 23 November 1882, in Sebec, Piscataquis, Maine, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Sebec, Piscataquis, Maine, United States.

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James Smith
1795–1859
Abigail Chase
1796–1882
Marriage: 25 October 1817

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    25 October 1817Sebec, Piscataquis, Maine, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

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    +9 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
    Age 4
    While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
    1812
    Age 16
    Historical Boundaries: 1812: Hancock, Massachusetts, United States 1816: Penobscot, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Penobscot, Maine, United States 1838: Piscataquis, Maine, United States
    1819 · Panic! of 1819
    Age 23
    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

    Name Meaning

    English (southern): metonymic occupational name for a huntsman, or perhaps a nickname for an exceptionally skilled huntsman, from Middle English chase ‘hunt’ (Old French chasse, from chasser ‘to hunt’, Latin captare).History: Thomas Chase came to MA from Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, in the 1640s, and had many prominent descendants. Samuel Chase, born in Somerset County, MD, in 1741, was one of the first members of the US Supreme Court; Philander Chase, born in Cornish, NH, in 1741 was a prominent Episcopal clergyman, and his nephew Salmon Portland Chase (1808–73), also born in Cornish, was governor of OH, a US senator, and secretary of the US Treasury during the Civil War.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Chace

    Sources (3)

    • Abigail Chase in entry for James Smith, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
    • Abby Chase, "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980"
    • Abby Chase, "Find A Grave Index"

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