Priscilla Chase

Female15 January 1799–

Brief Life History of Priscilla

When Priscilla Chase was born on 15 January 1799, in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, her father, William Chase, was 34 and her mother, Deborah Baker, was 31. She married Abiel Smith about 1830, in Colton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Colton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States in 1850.

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Family Time Line

Abiel Smith
1797–1889
Priscilla Chase
1799–
Marriage: about 1830
Emily Smith
1823–
Abial W Smith
1825–1883
Esther Ann Smith
1830–1917
Sarah Jane Smith
1834–1900
Seymour O Smith
1834–
Harriet Parcilla Smith
1836–
Justus Emulus Smith
1842–

Sources (2)

  • Priscilla Smith in household of Abial Smith, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Priscilla Chase - birth: 15 January 1799; Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1830Colton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States

    • Children (7)

    +2 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (10)

    +5 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

    Age 1

    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.

    1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State

    Age 28

    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.

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening

    Age 31

    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    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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