Brief Life History of Darius
When Darius Chase I was born about 1753, in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Benjamin Chase, was 25 and his mother, Mary Baggs, was 24. He married Wealthy Pierce on 5 November 1779, in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 8 December 1822, in his hometown, at the age of 70.
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- Darius Chase, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001" Note: This is a marriage intention
- Darius Chase, "Massachusetts Town Deaths Index, ca. 1640-1961"
- Drais Chace in entry for Mary Brown, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""
1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
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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