Hannah Chase

Brief Life History of Hannah

When Hannah Chase was born on 31 December 1785, in Henniker, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Nathaniel Chase Sr, was 32 and her mother, Mary Brown, was 28. She married Elijah Dow on 30 May 1804, in Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 10 February 1809, at the age of 23.

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Elijah Dow
1780–1833
Hannah Chase
1785–1809
Marriage: 30 May 1804
John Dow
1805–1810
Hannah Dow
1807–1896
Greeley Dow
1809–1815

Sources (3)

  • Hannah Chase, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
  • Hannah Chase in entry for Hannah Dow, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
  • Hannah Chase in entry for Hannah Dow, "New Hampshire Deaths and Burials, 1784-1949"

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World Events (7)

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

1788 · New Hampshire Helps Ratify the US Constitution

On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and final state needed to ratify the US Constitution and make it the official law of the land

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

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.

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