Chase, John son of Aquila | Rocks Village in Haverhill, Massachusetts

John James Chase, s. Aquila, b. Nov. 2, 1655, dies Feb. 26, 1740, a. 84 y. 4 m.
He was a soldier in King Philip’s war and was under Captain Turner in the Falls Fight, May 18, 1676.

A grandson of John through his son Jacob, David Chase (1710-1783) had many descendants who lived in the village, so many in fact that there is a separate David Chase page.

A sibling of David Chase is Lydia Chase whose daughter Ruth Blay was executed by hanging in Portsmouth, NH. for hiding the body of her illegitimate child who might have been stillborn. She was not convicted of killing the baby.

Other descendants of John include William Davis Stickney Chase (1792-1831) (William, Ezra, Jacob, John, Aquila), a prominent citizen of Rocks Village who donated land for the Baptist Church on Amesbury Line Road and lived nearby in the early 1800’s. William DS Chase, as he was known, had a daughter Julia Ann who married John Nichols, grandson of Phineas Nichols, an early settler of the village. William married Zelenda Gage from Bradford whose sister Nancy married John Ingersoll, village teacher and son of village trader Zebulon Ingersoll. William’s sister Mary married into the Ayer family. His son William Stickney Chase b 1828, was listed as a manufacturer in the 1865 Mass. census. Supposedly two of William D S Chase’s grandsons were in the shoe manufacturing business including Herbert Stickney Chase, but the only record we can find is a son of William Stickney named Herbert E. Chase born in 1861 who was indeed a shoe manufacturer in Haverhill (1865 census).

Marriage 1 Elizabeth Bingley m May 23, 1677 b: 24 Jun 1660 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Children of John and Elizabeth:

William Chase b: 20 Jan 1679 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts (Jan. 20, 1678)
John Chase b: 26 Aug 1680 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, America
1. James Chase: Birth: 28 Jul 1698 Death: Abt 1700 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, America
2. Jonathan Chase: Birth: 21 Oct 1700 in Death: 27 Jun 1780 in Seabrook, Rockingham, New Hampshire, America
3. Elisabeth Chase: Birth: 13 Apr 1703 in
4. Elihu Chase: Birth: 7 Sep 1705 Death: 30 Nov 1794 in Kensington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
5. John Chase: Birth: 18 Sep 1708 iDeath: 19 Jun 1776 in Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine, America
6. Hannah Chase: Birth: 1710 iDeath: 1736

Marriage 2 Lydia Challis (1665 – 1736) m Dec 21, 1687. Children of John and Lydia:

Philip Chase b: 23 Sep 1688 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Philip (23 Sept 1688 – 11 July 1764) married in 1712 Mary Follensbee b: 4 Apr 1695 in Newbury, MA.
Charles Chase b: 12 Jan 1689 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Charles son of John and Lydia 1689, marries Hepsibah Carr in 1714
Abraham Chase (1695/6 Newbury- 1770 Plaistow NH) marries 1) Ruth Morse (1694-1732) in 1716, 2) Elizabeth (Davis) Colby (1711-xx) in 1746 she married Elijah Colby in 1734
1. Susannah (1717-1776) marries Zachariah Johnson (1712-1776) in 1735. See Johnson page for children
2. Ruth (1718/9 – 1744)
3. Lydia (1720
4. Phebe (1722
5. Prudence (1725
6. Ruth (1747
7. Abraham (1750
8. Parker (1754
9. Ezra
Jacob Chase b: 1692 in Newbury (b1690 – d1754) son of John and Lydia marries Joanna Davis (05 Sep 1697 – 1754) in 24 Aug 1716
Children of Jacob and Johanna: [83]
1. John Chase (5 Nov 1719 in Haverhill – 1790 Londonderry) marries Hannah Ela (Ely)(13 Mar 1722 in Haverhill – ) in Oct. 27, 1741.
  1. Sarah (1742-
  2. Jacob, s. John and Hannah (Ela), Mar. 4, 1743-4.-1815
  3. Rachel (1747 – )
  4. Samuel (1752-x)
  5. John Chase (John, Jacob, John, Aquilla) (11 Jul 1756 – ) marries Hannah Morrill b: in Londonderry, Rockingham, NH
    1. Nancy Chase b: 16 Sep 1787
    2. John Chase b: 11 Mar 1791
    3. Sally Chase b: 4 Feb 1794
    4. Francis Marden Chase b: 15 Apr 1796
    5. Robert Teller Chase b: 4 Jun 1799 i
    6. Moody M Chase b: 1 Sep 1802
    7. Peasley Chase b: 30 Nov 1806
    8. Betsey E Chase b: 1 Jan 1810
    9. William B Chase b: 1813
  6. Enoch (1756 – <1850) marries Susannah Richards (xx-xx)
    1. David (1789 – 1832) marries Ruth Chase (1788 Haverhill-1857 Lowell) (Josiah, Nathan, Nathan, Thomas, Aquila) in 1808
      1. David Chase (there was a David Chase that worked for/with Isaac Merrill, he is listed as from Lowell. Died in 26 Sept 1839. There was also a Ruth from Lowell. A person named David Chase who apprenticed with Issac Merrill in 1835/36 went to probate on 19Apr and heavy hearted went to Readfield Maine to see about schooling at Wesleyan seminary. This was the same David Chase that brought his mother to lunatic hospital in Worcester on March 30, 1836.
    2. John (1791 – 1826) marries Ann Ayer (xx-1832) in 1818
      1. Elizabeth (1820- x)
      2. Lavinia Brackett (1821-1860) marries John Burbank Nichols (1814-1903) in 1846. See Nichols for Children.
  7. Abraham Chase son of John and Hannah bp. Sept 12, 1750,C.R 4.
  8. Hannah, d. John and Hannah, bp. July 11, 1756.
2. Phebe Chase (17 Nov 1721 in Haverhill -xx)
3. Sarah Chase b: 27 Nov 1722 in Haverhill
4. Ann Chase b: 18 Dec 1724 in Haverhill
5. Enoch Chase (18 Feb 1725 in Haverhill – ~1728)
6. Ebenezer Chase b: 27 Mar 1729 in Haverhill
7. Ezra Chase (b: 9 Jul 1717 – 3 Mar 1793, age 75) marries Judith Davis (12 Mar 1722 – 28 Feb 1808, age 86) 2 Dec 1740. Judith was daughter of William Davis and Mary Kelley. William was son of Samuel b abt 1640, son of James Davis Sr., a founder of Haverhill and landowner in East Parish. In a list of the “‘Third foot company in Haverhill in 1757” are the names of Ensign Ezra Chase, Sergts. Robert Hunkins and Joseph Kelly, Amos Davis and Robert Hastings, and in the alarm list is the
  name of Jacob Sanders. [26]
  1. Amos Chase s. Ezra and Judith (Davis) (Sept. 9, 1741 – 23 Jan 1824). Amos married Mrs. Mehitabel Kelly, Mar. 17, 1768. C.R.4. Children:
    1. Elisabeth, June 10, 1778, Elizabeth, marries Live [Levi. int.]
    2. William, Mar. 21, 1805.;
    3. Ezra, Aug. 27, 1771, Ezra marries Juda Webster of Haverhill, int. Aug. 3, 1800.;
    4. Joseph Aug. 15, 1774;
    5. Judith Feb. 13, 1769;
    6. Mehitable, Oct. 4, 1780. Land of his honored father sold by Joseph and Betsy to Benjamin Chase in 1823. (244/143).
  2. Ann (Ezra and Judith (Davis), (July 29, 1745 – xx), marries Enoch Nichols
  3. Elisabeth, d. Ezra and Judith (Davis), Apr. 21, 1754.
  4. Judith, d. Ezra and Judith (Davis), Dec. 29, 1751, marries a Webster, has daughter Judith who marries Joseph Hoyt.
  5. Mary, d. Ezra and Judith (Davis), Aug. 27, 1743.
  6. Mary, d. Ezra and Judith (Davis), Apr. 16, 1749.
  7. William, s. Ezra and Judith (Davis), (Feb. 14, 1746-7 – Nov. 14, 1753)
  8. William, s. Ezra and Judith (Davis), (Apr. 12, 1756 – Dec 9, 1838 age 82), William marries Abigail Gove (March 18, 1792 – Nov 29, 1844 aged 83) of Kensington [Aug. 15, 1783. int.]
    1. William Davis Stickney Chase (1792 -1831) m Zelenda Gage (1791 – 1868)[of Bradford. int.], Dec. 3, 1817.* Zelenda is the sister of Nancy Gage who married John Ingersoll in 1814. See Ingersoll family. Zelenda (wife of WDSC) dies April 11, 1868 age 76.; more below. Children:
      1. James Manroe, s. William D.S. and Zelenda (Gage), Mar. 25, 1822
      2. Abigail Gove, d. William D.S. and Zelenda (Gage), Feb. 9, 1824 Abigail G., a. 21 y., d. W.D.S. and Zelinda, marries Giles M. Kelly of Amesbury, a. 31 y., teacher, s. Jacob and Mary, Apr. 20, 1845.* Their child Clarence E. Kelly was the principal of the Haverhill High School.
      3. Julia Ann, d. William D.S. and Zelenda (Gage), born May 1, 1820. Marries a John Nichols (son of Benjamin who in turn is the son of Phineas Nichols) May 9, 1839 Children: William Munroe Nichols and Frank Nichols.
      4. Mary Frances, d. William D.S. and Zelenda (Gage), born Aug. 20, 1826.
      5. Zelenda Gage, d. William D.S. and Zelenda (Gage) born Nov. 30, 1818 – dies Nov. 29, 1843, a. 25 y. GR5
      6. William Stickney, s. William D.S. and Zelenda (Gage), born June 12, 1828. Died Oct 6, 1881, aged 53. Buried in Greenwood. Wife Abby died Dec 4, 1889 aged 60.
        
        Laroy T. Chase b 1850 m Katie I McGregor in 1880. She died 1904 Haverhill, buried in Linwood. He married (2) Sarah Hallowell in 1907 in Maine.
        
        Herbert E. Chase, shoe manufacturer, b 1861 m Emma Johnson 1883, he died 1917. Buried Linwood Cem. Haverhill
        
        Esther Gage Chase 1886-1941 [FAG]
    2. Mary (Polly) Chase(b 15 Aug 1784 -1854) m Samuel Ayer (1777-1847). For children see Ayer family page.
Elizabeth Chase b: 1695 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts (1710)
David Chase (20 Oct 1710 in Newbury – 1783, 71 years) marries Sarah Emery. See David Chase Page for children.
Phebe Chase b: 1712 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Mary Chase b: 1713 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Lydia Chase b: abt 1703 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts d 1747/8 m William Blay 5 Nov 1724.
1. Mary Blay b 1725 d 1788 m Nathaniel Blaisdell
2. Lydia Blay b 1726
3. Abigail Blay b 1729 m Noah West
4. Ann Blay b 1731
5. Ruth Blay 1733-1735
6. Ealce Blay 1735-1735
7. Ruth Blay (June 10, 1737 – December 30, 1768) Executed by hanging in Portsmouth, NH. for hiding the body of her bastard child who might have been stillborn. She was not convicted of killing the baby. She was granted 3 reprieves before the execution. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Blay See also Pamela Keene; Melanie Keene; Kevin Auger. “The Tragic Story of Ruth Blay”. SeacoastNH.com.

William Davis Stickney Chase (b. March 18, 1792 – d. Feb 8, 1867 age 75) (William, Ezra, Jacob, John, Aquilla). Wm. D.S. Chase clerk and treasurer of 2nd Baptist Church of Haverhill.(33) Wm. D.S. Chase gave the land on which the church was built. [33]”I have been interested in the name of the man who gave the land for the church building, William D.S. Chase. At that time so few had even one middle name; I find from a member of the family that his name in full was, William Davis Stickney Chase. Just above the old church was the home of Stickney Chase, and two of his grandsons have been in the shoe business on Essex Street for many years. One of the firm, Herbert Stickney Chase, died quite recently; he was familiarly known by his intimate friends as “Stick Chase”. (33) Owned land in 1854 that the little red schoolhouse is on. On 1832 and 1851 map, he owned land past the 2nd Baptist Church on Amesbury Line Road (Road Leading to Plaistow). See above for Herbert E. Chase, grandson of Wm D S.

PROBATES

Judith Chase Probate for Judith Chase dated 1808 # 5158 (Children listed: Ann Nichols, William Chase, Elizabeth Chase, Judith Hoyt (granddaughter through Judith (Chase) Webster), and Amos) (William is administrator and Amos of Amesbury petitions this) Land was on Brandybrow and along Amesbury Line bounded by Stuart and James Davis and Jamaica Way.Amos Chase probate #5085 in 1824.Judith is a daughter. Mehitable (daughter) and Joseph (Son), heirs, ask the court to appoint Judith administratrix. In her list of RE is some pieces of land in Brandy Brow, one sold to Richard Stuart, one to Ben Chase. One of the debtors listed is Elias Weld. One of the docs signed John S. Morse on behalf of Levi Williams (son in law). Nat Ladd’s name also appears. Sureties are Judith, Richard Stuart, yeoman and Anthony Chase cordwainer both of Hav. Committee assigned is Richard Stuart, Nat Ladd and Nathan Huse of Amesbury. They make an inventory.They have a son named William Davis Stickley Chase (see below). They also have a daughter named Mary/Polly who marries Samuel Ayer (of Plaistow, son of Daniel and Sally Adams, sister of Sarah Ayer who marries David Ayer and has Sally Adams Gile who marries Samuel Chase son of Josiah in Thomas line) and a daughter Abigail who marries Isaac Webster, esq., and a daughter Sukey (d. May 31, 1868) aged 83). See will #5193 in 1838. Witnessed by Enoch Foot, Benjamin Chase and Jacob Nichols.

William D S Chase

William D. S. Chase’s will is #35097 Feb. 15, 1867. His wife Zelenda is to be executrix. It lists his wife Zelenda, other relations as above except Giles M Kelly is said to be of Haverhill and Mary F. Crocker, wife of Samuel P. Crocker of Summervill MA. Daughter Zelenda is not mentioned as she had died by then. He leaves all real estate to his wife, but use of the east chamber of his house to his sister Sukey and other privileges. His son James is bequeathed ten acres of land on Corliss Hill but only after Zelenda dies. To William he leaves 3 acres across from the meeting house, also only after Zelenda’s death. The rest of his real and person estate to be divided among the rest of his children.

CENSUS

1850

832-1051 William Davis Stickley CHASE, Esq., 58, farmer, $5000

Zelenda “, 58

William “, 22, laborer, born 1828 (their son b 1828)

Edward HUNTER, 12

Susan CHASE, 63 (William’s sister Sukey)

Mary F. “, 23, b 1826

1855 census for Haverhill lists William D S/Zelenda, William S/Abby and son Laroy, James Davis, Jr., James Davis/Lydia in that order for East Parish. This means William S. and Abby lived approximately next door to William DS (his father) on Amesbury Line Road.

DEEDS

53/221 signed 1729. Jacob Chase to William Blay, cordwainer, land in Haverhill that he currently resides on. One acre adjacent to Robert Peaslee land. (Jacob could be William’s wife Lydia’s brother).

References

https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/188860/P9326/laviniabrackett-chase/individual