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Descendants of Aquila Chase

Generation No. 1

1. AQUILA¹ CHASE was born 1618 in England?¹, and died December 21, 1670 in Newbury,Mass.. He married ANNE WHEELER Unknown. She was born 1620, and died April 21, 1687 in Newbury,Mass..

Notes for AQUILA CHASE:
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Aquila Chase,first generation of Chase's in the U.S.

Aquila Chase first appears at Hampton,N.H.A company under the leadership of Rev. Stephen Bachiler is supposed to have commenced the Settlement on 14 Oct. 1638.(Dow's History of Hampton).Early in the year of 1639,a new band of settlers came with Mr. Timothy Dalton,who became associate pastor of the Hampton church.The town was incorporated by the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony 22 May 1639.It is probable that Aquila and Thomas Chase came with the second company as it appears that emigration was greatly diminished by the year 1640.
The Hampton records show that in the year 1640,there was granted to Aquila Chase six acres for a house lot.In 1644 an additional grant was recorded of six acres of "upland meadow and swamp",which he sold to his brother, Thomas,on his removal to Newbury.More information can be obtained from Seven Generations of Thomas and Aquila Chase. One story about early American traditions will be told.Before he removed to Newbury,he was seen gathering peas on the first day of the week and at the Quarterly Court held at Ipswich,29 Sept. 1646,he and his wife,and David Wheeler,his brother-in- law,all of Hampton,were presented for gathering peas on the Sabbath.One handed down tradition states that Aquila and David were returning home from a bountiful fishing day,upon their arrival,Ann proceded to the garden and prepare a meal celebrating their catch.It came to pass that they were caught and were supposed to be punished for their act.The rest as it is said is history.
Other records recently found state that Aquila Chase came over from England on the Mary and John in 1630 but fails to mention his brother on that specific voyage.Other voyages of that ship occured between 1620-1643.

* All data was taken from book previously mentioned and other recorded material too numerous to mention.

Children of AQUILA CHASE and ANNE WHEELER are:

	i.	SARAH² CHASE, b. ABT 1645¹.
	ii.	ANNE CHASE, b. July 6, 1647¹.
	iii.	PRISCILLA CHASE, b. March 14, 1647/48¹.
	iv.	MARY CHASE, b. February 3, 1649/50¹.
	v.	AQUILA CHASE, b. September 26, 1652¹.
2.	vi.	THOMAS CHASE, b. July 25, 1654, Newbury,Mass.; d. February 25, 1732/33, Newbury,Mass..
	vii.	JOHN CHASE, b. November 2, 1655¹.
	viii.	ELIZABETH CHASE, b. September 13, 1657¹.
	ix.	RUTH CHASE, b. March 18, 1658/59¹.
3.	x.	DANIEL CHASE, b. November 15, 1661, Newbury,Mass; d. February 8, 1706/07, Newbury,Mass.
4.	xi.	ENSIGN-MOSES CHASE, b. December 24, 1663, Newbury,Mass.; d. September 6, 1743, Newbury,Mass..

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