Brief Life History of William
When William Chase was born on 5 June 1736, in Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Elihu Chase, was 30 and his mother, Mary Swain, was 21. He married Anna Green on 17 July 1755, in Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 4 September 1818, in Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States.
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- William Chase, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- The Gove Book
- William Chase, "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New Hampshire is 9th state.
1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
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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