Chase family

Chase family
Ethnicity English
Current region New England, New York
Place of origin Massachusetts and New Hampshire, originally England
Traditions Congregational churches, Episcopal Church, Presbyterianism

The Chase family is an American family involved in politics in the 19th century. Originating in Chesham, England, brothers Aquila Chase II and Thomas Chase journeyed to New England in 1636, shortly after the Pilgrims. Most of the notable members of the family were descendants of Aquila Chase, whose children settled in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. In the late 1700s and early 1800s, members of the Chase family, who had previously been wealthy but not particularly influential, began involving themselves in law, politics, and religion. Lawyers such as Scott Lord (whose mother was a Chase) and Salmon Portland Chase, Chief Justice of the United States, were produced. Chase politicians included Dudley Chase, Champion S. Chase, Dudley Chase Denison, and Margaret Chase Smith. Though the Chase politicians were perhaps best known, the family produced several notable clergymen as well, including Episcopal bishop and educator Philander Chase and the Presbyterian theologian John Chase Lord, who were at the forefronts of their respective churches in their prime.

Older version of the Chase family coat of arms.

Ancestors

In England

Richard Chase, of Chesham, England (1542) (m. Joan Bishop 16 April 1564)

Indicated in bold are Aquila Chase II and Thomas Chase, who left England to settle in New England in 1636.

$10,000 Gold Certificate, Series 1934, depicting Salmon P. Chase, with signatures of W.A. Julian, Treasurer of the United States, and Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury.

Aquila Chase II line

Of these 11 children, the descendants of the three in bold will be delved into with detail.

Salmon P. Chase

Aquila Chase III line

US Representative Dudley Chase Denison.
US Representative Dudley Chase Haskell.

Thomas Chase, son of Aquila Chase II line

Moses Chase line

A large majority of the Chase family in the United States and an overwhelming majority of the notable Chases come from the line of Moses Chase.[6]

Thomas Chase line

Other notable members

References

  1. ↑ "Jane Chase, wife of Samuel Wallis of New Castle, N.H.". The Slovak Yankee. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  2. 1 2 Chase, George Bigelow (1869-01-01). A Genealogical Memoir of the Chase Family of Chesham, Bucks, in England: And of Hampton and Newbury in New England, with Notices of Some of Their Descendants. H.W. Dutton & Son.
  3. ↑ "Rev. Josiah Chase". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  4. ↑ "Bradstreet Chase". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  5. ↑ "Josiah Chase, Jr., Col". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  6. ↑ Cutter, William Richard (1912-01-01). Genealogical and Family History of Western New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation. Lewis Historical Publishing Company.
  7. ↑ "Dudley Chase Denison 1819-1906 - Ancestry". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
  8. ↑ "Moses Chase | WikiTree: The FREE Family Tree". www.wikitree.com. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
  9. ↑ Wallace, Patricia Ward (1995). Politics of Conscience: A Biography of Margaret Chase Smith. Praegar Publishers.
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