Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-30

"Tur CHASE FAxrLY ''-.s The Chase NIL
Ion, -. A Ship that has Come Home.
etc., and reported as recsired BY c. b. C"0se'
Of Albany
s.THe Court Of Chancery of England Or
dered nv the House of Commons, February
%, 1865. that the William Townely estate
remains unchanged AMI as yet subject to
claimant; that on the books 10 marked
/. Heirs gone to America that the Court
passed the following decree That the es-
tate belongs to the heirs OF Mary ro"neiy'
who married Chase; that three OF her heirs
settled in America and their descendants are
the legal heirs to the said estate.
This vast properly, valued at $3.50, OOO.-
600. three-fourths of which, by the late decls-
ion of the English Court, declared in favor
of the American heirs, comes, it thus ap-
pears, by descent from Sir William Townely,
living about the year 1900. at Townely Hall,
Lancashire, England.
| 1t is accredited history that, about this pc
riod or soon after, three Eoglishmen. by the
name Of Chase, emigrated to this country,
and were among the carly settlers OF New
Engand: namely William, Thomas and
Aquila. They are now the reputed heirs OF
TINS immense rownely estate William set
tied in Yarmouth, Mass. and there died In
1869, leaving two sons, Benjamin and vii
| liam.
That the last two, Thomas and Aquila,
were brothers, appears from deed given In
1867. by Aquila to 9 the sons OF his brother
Thorn rs" They were among the first settlers
of Hampton, N. II. in 1889,
Thomas cor t.nued his residence in Hamp-
ton during his lite. Aquia married Anne
Wheeler, daughter OF John Wheeler OF
Hampton, removed in 1915 to Newbury
N. H., where he died Dec. q, 1910. aged 81
Second generation. children OF AquIla
and Anne Wheeler, eleven, v.z.-Sarah, Anne
Priscilla, Mary, Aqulla, Thomas. John,
Eliz ibeth, Ruth, Daniel and Moses.
Third generation M ,ses, BORN Dec. "A
1868, married Anne Follansbee, Nov. lo,
1854. Tneir caildren were Moses, Daniel,
Moses 81, Samuel, Elizabeth, Stephen, Han
nah, JOS phi, Benoni
Fourth generation; Samuel (4th son Of
Moses BORN May IL, 1890, married Hannah
Emery, Dec. 8, l7I3. Children TO- viz =
Francs, Ames, Hannah, Mary, Anne, Mary
ID, Betty, Benjamin, John, Samuel
FIN generation Francis, list son OF
Ssmuel.) born Aug. Is, Ills, married Sarah
Pike. Children IA VIZ Hannah, Samuel
Amos, Francis, j .seph, Amer, Simeon, Sa-
rah, Betsey, Daniel, Betsey u, Molly, Moses
Ruth.
Sirth generation Betsy, 9th lid O
Franc,s,) born Oct. p. 1858. AZ Newtown
N. Ii. and died March II, 1882, married
Dec. 4, l777, Richard hitter, who war
born May 2, 1855, at Methuea, Mass. and
died March 80, 1913, at Canaan, \. Ii. agee
So
Children ten, as follows Daniel Bod
well. Simeon Chase, Dorotay, Rtcaard,
M'ses, Asa. Abiah, Moses 81, Leonard
ku US
There is committee, whose chairman re
sides In Boston. chosen to Investigate is
eetate.
For Information touching the Chase gene
aloqy, the intert sted reader Is re erred to DE-.
john b. Chase of 1aun;ou, Mass, who Il
devoting his whole time in compll Il toll
genealogical history of the Chase family.
Tue notices irst above mentioned, are but
few OF those now current in the public press
throughout the country, and laterested read
ers are real y beginning TO thiuk, that tt
50 much smoke there must be some fire
W ell all ls-let 1t I'll re away. 500, GOO,
900 is pretty sum, large enough To satls +
ambition, certainly to look aft,r, and solI
And fire or not 1t jostles Us to SUR gu
stumps TO looking after our ancestors, tor
,.her re ison than to decide whether W.
would be proud Or ashamed OF them and Il
: the former, it would afJri Us great lnteres
aud pleasure well. We might BE- justified IL
niuiiestlng little pride as well as wonder
that SO worthy a family as ours Should hay'
sprung from such a STOCK.