Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Chase was born from 1775 to 1778, in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Anthony Chase, was 43 and her mother, Abigail Woodman, was 41. She married William Coffin Little Jr on 26 November 1797, in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. She died before 12 October 1857, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, and was buried in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Mary Little, "United States Census, 1850"
- Polly Chase in the Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850
- Mary, "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
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.
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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