Ezra Chase

Brief Life History of Ezra

When Ezra Chase was born on 4 February 1796, in Colrain, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Timothy Chase, was 35 and his mother, Sarah Simmons, was 34. He married Tirzah Wells on 29 September 1818, in Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 24 October 1873, in Harrisville, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ezra Chase
1796–1873
Tirzah Wells
1796–1867
Marriage: 29 September 1818
Ezra Chase Jr.
1819–1819
Abigail Eliza Chase
1820–1892
Nancy Bailey Chase
1823–1892
Charlotte Chase
1825–1904
Diana Severance Chase
1827–1886
Elisha Wells Chase
1830–1917
Henry Chase
1832–1910
Dudley Chase
1835–1906
Newton Chase
1837–1918
Juliett Chase
1841–1911

Sources (84)

  • Ezra Chase, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850
  • Ezra Chase, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"

World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

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.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

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. 

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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Ezra Chase

Ezra Chase, the 7th of 9 children born to Timothy Chase and Sarah Simmons, was born February 4, 1796 in Colrain, Franklin, Massachusetts.  Ezra=s five older siblings, Abner, Sisson, Thurston, Charlot …

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