Brief Life History of Gardiner
When Gardiner Chase was born in April 1808, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Preserved Chase, was 28 and his mother, Rhoda Rogers, was 27. He married Lydia Butterfield on 19 November 1835, in Wilton, Franklin, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Wilton, Franklin, Maine, United States for about 20 years. He died on 22 August 1865, at the age of 57, and was buried in Wilton, Franklin, Maine, United States.
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- Gardner Chase, "United States Census, 1840"
- Gardner Chase, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Gardner Chase, "Find A Grave Index"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1820
Maine is the 23rd state.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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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