Brief Life History of Royal
When Royal Chase was born on 11 October 1760, in Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, his father, Elisha Chase, was 28 and his mother, Sarah Sisson, was 22. He married Patience Luther on 29 April 1784, in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States in 1760. He died in 1826, in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 66.
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- Royall Chass, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
- Rial Chaje, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Rial Chase in entry for Elizabeth Chase, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
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World Events (8)
1763 · First Synagogue in America
The first Jewish Synagogue in America was built in Newport, Rhode Island in 1763. It still stands today, making it the oldest synagogue in the United States.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1780 · French Occupy Newport
During 1780 to 1781, over 12,000 French troops occupy Newport, Rhode Island.
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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