Sarah Chase

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Chase was born about 1817, in Lexington, Greene, New York, United States, her father, Benjamin Chase, was 44 and her mother, Lydia Skiff, was 44. She married Peleg W Chamberlain on 30 May 1841. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Sidney, Delaware, New York, United States in 1860 and New Hampton, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States in 1860. She died on 17 May 1879, in Hopkins, Hopkins Township, Allegan, Michigan, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Hopkins, Hopkins Township, Allegan, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Peleg W Chamberlain
1812–1879
Sarah Chase
1817–1879
Marriage: 30 May 1841
Albert P Chamberlain
1843–
West Chase Chamberlain
1845–1928
Helen A Chamberlin
1847–1869
Lydia Ann Chamberlain
1849–1936
Mary J Chamberlain
1851–1854
Emerson H Chamberlin
1853–1889
Edward A Chamberlain
1856–1885
Julia H Chamberlain
1858–1864

Sources (15)

  • Sarah Chase in household of William P Chase, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Sarah Chamberlain, "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"
  • Sarah Chase in entry for Lidia Linsley, "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

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. 

1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State

During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.

1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough

In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot. 

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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