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Aquilla Chase was born in approximately 1618 SA8, for a deposition dated September 25, 1666 stated that “Accquilla Chas” was then about forty-eight years of age DO14. He married Ann Wheeler SA8, NO10. He and his brother, Thomas Chase, were in Hampton, New Hampshire in the year 1640 SA8, CH2. Winnacunnet had become incorporated as a town on May 22, 1639, and very soon after was renamed as “Hampton” DO21. In June 1640, Aquilla received a grant of six acres as a house lot, south of Meeting House Green CH2, DO21, and four years later, he was granted another six acres of upland meadow and swampland CH2.

On March 7, 1643/4, he signed a petition to the Governor and Deputy Governor assembled at the General Court in Boston, which outlined their grievances against their current leader, William Haward, and requested that he be replaced BO12:

 

The humble pettition of part of the Brethren and most o [sic] the inhabitants of Hampton, Humbly showeth that whereas William Haward of the same (towne) Towne was heretofore chosen by part of the towne to be our Leader for present & for Triall of his sufficiencie, who afterward as it is reported by some that he was established for a lief tenant over us without our knowledge or desires & hath so continued about the space of 3 years in all which time we find not that we have profited by him so much in military knowledge or practis as we might had not many defects of his hindred us in these respects, first in training your worships pittitioners in the winter season the snow being very depe & the weather percinge coulde that our trainings was to littel purpos; secondly when the weathar was warme we are Imployed in some towne business of anothar nature the most parte of the day in repect whereof we your worships pititioners doe find ourselves verry unfitt for the searvice of the country, nor dare we Comfortably committ our lives under his Conduction if in case we should be Couled to present sarvis in defence of this Honred state, which we your worships pittioners in all humble dutie are bounden unto. Further more your worships pittionars doth inform your worship that William Haward being deputie for our towne about two years since Receved one barrell of gunpowder for the townes use in case of presant danger at which time he told us that it was an order of Court that whosoever would bring him as much Corne as comes to two shillings he should have from him a ticket under his hand to excuse from the Clarks fine, which is that any one that hath not one pound of powder in his howse is liable to pay ten shillings; but when enquiry was made of other deputies concerning the truth of this thinge, but we found it otherwaies, then he informed us, & we did certifie him thereof, but he gave us provoking speeches, & charged all that should say that it was not a Court order to be liars tho’ sume of the deputies had formerly tould us that it was no Court acte. May it therefore please your worships to redress these our aggrievances & to make choyse of some other Leder for us and your pittianers shall pray.

 

The remarks regarding this petition indicated that sixteen or seventeen witnesses for the plaintiff (the petitioners) were heard, and most of them were “much prejudiced agt their Officer that lead them, who gave satisfactorie answers to all the materiall things that were objected”, and suggested that Captain Denison “exercise them some time with their new officer, whereby we hope after a while their spirits may close again” BO12.

On February 23, 1645/6, two hundred acres of cow common land in Hampton was subdivided into 147 shares, of which Aquilla Chase was granted one share; the land itself was not divided, but merely its ownership was portioned DO21. He was granted four acres of land for a house lot, six acres of upland for a planting lot, and six acres of marshland, all in Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1646 CU8, CU7, CH2, but the condition for this grant required him to “goe to sea and do service in the towne with a boate for four yeares” CU8. He may have been the first English settler to bring a boat over the sandbar, at the mouth of the Merrimack River CU8. His house lot was situated on the northeast corner of Chandler’s Lane and the road which followed Merrimack River; these roads are now called Federal Street and Water Street, respectively CU7, CH2. His neighbors were Henry Fay and David Wheeler CU7. Aquilla sold his six-acre parcel of upland meadow and swamp to his brother, Thomas, at about this time CH2, when he relocated to Newbury in the summer of 1646 CH2, SA8, NO10.

In the Quarterly Court at Ipswich on September 29, 1646, he was presented for gathering pease on a Sunday, an act which was witnessed by William “Samburne” (Sanborn CH2) and William Fifield of Hampton, who stated this crime was perpetrated by Aquilla, his wife, and his brother-in-law, David “Wheler” DO12. It seems as though they were not present at court, and neither were they present during the following court session on March 30, 1646/7 DO12, CH2. On that date, the constable stated that he sent the court summons to Hampton, but Aquilla Chase and David Wheeler had left for Newbury DO12, CH2. The following year, on March 28, 1647/8, the parties were admonished DO12, CU7 and their fines were remitted CH2.

On March 1, 1651 CU7, and again on January 10, 1653 he was listed as a freeholder with an interest in the common land of Newbury, Massachusetts CH2. He and fifty-seven additional men signed a petition to the court of Massachusetts Bay on May 14, 1654, which requested that they abate the fine of Lieutenant Robert Pike of Salisbury CU7, CH2.

He sold his homestead to Robert Rogers of Newbury on or before April 4, 1659, for on that date, Robert and Susannah Rogers sold that land to William Moody SA21. The deed below was transcribed by George Freeman Sanborn, Jr. and a small portion has been reproduced here under a Creative Commons “Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International” license SA21:

 

…all my now dwelling house and all my land lately purchased of Aquilla Chase, conteining about four acres, be it more or less, being bounded with the land of Henry Fay, lately deceased, on the south, the land of William Morse & David Wheeler on the west, the way next Merrimack river on the north, and the lane on the east, with all and singuler the fences…

 

He may have then resided on his planting lot, positioned near Low Street and on the north side of Sawyer’s Lane, which runs in a northwestern direction, and is now called North Atkinson Street in Newburyport CH2. Aquilla had sold his share in the cow commons by March 23, 1663, when on that date it was owned by Thomas Chase DO21, and on May 11, 1667, he acknowledged that he sold to Thomas Chase of Hampton, his brother, all of his land in Hampton, aside from a house and one and one half acres of land, which had already been sold twenty years previously CH2.

Aquilla created his will on December 10, 1670 TH27, CH2, which was witnessed by William Chandler, Steven “Greenlefe”, and James Ordway TH27. It was proved in the Ipswich court on March 28, 1671, and has been transcribed below TH27:

 

Witness by these presents that I Aquilla Chase of Newbury in the countye of Essex in New England being weake in body, yett of sound and p[er]fect memory, for divers causes and considderrations me therevnto moveing, doe make this my last will and testament And doe dispose of my lands goods & chattels as followeth, first I bequeath my soule into the hands of my blessed Saviour and redeemer Jesus Christ In an asured hope of a resurrection and my body to be buryed when it shall please the Lord to call me hence, To my well-beloued wife Ann I give and bequeath, my house barne and orchard and all my lands both Earable pasture and marsh meadow ground, lyeing and being in the bounds of the Towne of Newbury aforesayd together with all my goods and chattells both within dores & without All the sayde house and land before mentioned I give vnto Ann my well beloued wife dureing the time of her widdow hood, paying vnto my daughter Ann Chase five pounds, in corne or neate cattle, and five pounds more to pay, vnto my daughter Prisilla Chase, to be payd within twelve months, after the day of their mariages, Also I will that my wife give vnto my sonn Thomas Chase at the age of one and twenty, Tenn pounds in corne or neate cattle, p[ro]vided the sayd Thomas doe abyde and serve with his mother to the sd age, And if his mother and hee the sd Thomas see cause, that hee should serve for a trade, with any other man soe that he have the benifitt, of a trade, then his mother my wellbeloved wife, is to pay vnto the sayd Thomas, but six pound in the like pay before mentioned, for the rest of my children my will and testament is, That Ann my wife, shall give vnto them all shee sees good acording to her abillitye, and at the end of her naturall life, I give and bequeath all house houseing & lands before mentioned vnto Aquilla Chase my Eldest sonn, or if Ann my wife should marry, my sonn, is to posses all my houseing & lands, paying vnto his mother three pounds p[er] annum as long as shee liveth or three score pound which shee pleaseth, further my will is, that Aquilla my sonn shall pay to his brother John Chase the sum of tenn pounds in corne or neate cattle, And tenn pound more the sd Aquilla, is to pay vnto his brother Daniell in the like pay viz. corne or neate cattle, further more my will is that my sonn in law Charles shall have boate loade of grass or sedge of the lower end of penny Iland as long as he liveth, and no body to molest him till he hath a boate loade, further more my will is that my sonn Aquilla pay vnto his Brother Moses Chase Tenn pounds in corne & cattle, Also my will is that Aquilla pay unto my daughter Sarah three pounds within two years after his mothers decease, and to pay vnto my daughter Mary Twenty shillings and further my will is that Aquilla my my [sic] sonn pay vnto his sister Elizabeth ||Chase|| foure pounds in the like pay, Also my will is, that Aquilla pay foure pounds in the like paye to his sister Ruth, All which summs to be payd in two yeares after the decease of Ann my wellbeloved wife And I doe apoynt Ann my well beloved wife, to be sole executrix of this my last will and testament, and further I doe apoynt Ensigne Steven Greenleafe and Wm. Chandler to be the overseers of this my last will & testament, ffurther my will is that Aquilla my sonn shall pay vnto his Brother Thomas Chase before mentioned the sum of ten pounds in the like pay with the rest of my children and if any of my younger children be not of age within two years after the decease of my wife, then they are to stay for their portions till they be of age In witness wherof haue heervnto sett my hand & seale the 10th day of december in the yeare of our Lord 1670

 

He died on December 17, 1670 DO15, December 21, 1670 TH27, DO15, or December 27, 1670 MA26, CH2, VI6 at the age of fifty-two SA8, CH2 in Newbury, Essex County Massachusetts VI6. The record of his death in the Newburyport Death Register stated, “Aquila Chase. dyed. December. 27th – 1670” MA26. He may have been buried in Old Town Cemetery in Newbury CH2. This cemetery is also called “First Burying Ground of the Settlers”, established in Newbury in 1635 according to the stone columns at its entrance, and alternatively the “Burying Ground of the First Settlers”, which is painted upon a white wooden sign near the road.

The inventory of his estate occurred on January 21, 1670, and included his house, barn, and orchard, with twenty-four acres of land which adjoined it, about twenty acres of marsh meadow, one horse, one mare, two oxen, two steers, four cows, eleven pigs, twenty sheep, two heifers, three “two yeare old beast”, “one stear” (mentioned separately from the other two steers), and three calves TH27. Indoors, his inventory included one feather bed with a bolster, pillows, a rug, blankets, curtains, two remnants of cotton cloth, a remnant of a serge, “weareing apparell”, two shirts, a piece of new cotton, a tablecloth, two pillowcases, four napkins, one piece of homemade cloth, one new curtain, six pairs of sheets, linen yarn, woolen yarn, a box iron and heaters, books, two chests, one box, and one bed, along with its blanket and furniture for the bed, which was likely a frame, and perhaps a headboard TH27. In the larder were seventy bushels of Indian corn, six bushels of barley, some wheat, rye, and pease, some old bacon, bags, meal, meat, hog lard, and butter TH27. He owned a saw, a pillion, two wheels, a musket, a sword, rest, and pike, a saddle and a bridle, carpenter’s tools, four axes, a beetle (this is a large wooden mallet), wedges, “garden stuff”, iron gear and a grinding stone, a cart, dung pot, a plow, yokes, chains, old lumber, and a hay boat TH27. In the kitchen were three iron pots, hooks, and a trammel TH27, which is an adjustable hook in a fireplace to hang a kettle, which can be lowered or raised, depending on the desired cooking temperature. He also owned a spit, a fire pan, tongs, a frying pan, a gridiron, two skillets, “pewter platters, basen, pott, spoones” (these were probably all of pewter), earthenware, and a peel TH27, which was probably a long-handled, wooden, spade-like tool, used to move dough and bread from the oven. The total value of his inventory was 336 pounds, fourteen shillings, and three pence TH27.

Ann Wheeler ★ (John, Agnes) was baptized on May 13, 1621 at St. Edmund’s Church in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; the surname of both Ann and John, her father, was spelled “Wheler” EN4. She was the mother of Sarah, Ann, Priscilla, Mary, Aquilla, Thomas, John, Elizabeth, Ruth, Daniel, and Moses.

Sarah Chase was was born in Hampton, New Hampshire in about 1645 CH2, SA8, NO10. Sara Chase married Curmac (alias Charls) Annis on May 15, 1666 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI6. Both Sarah and Aquilla’s son-in-law, Charles, were mentioned in Aquilla’s will dated December 10, 1670 TH27. Curmac (or Charles) Annis or Ans was the father of seven children whose births were recorded in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI28. Charles Annis was the father of an unnamed daughter who was born on December 23, 1666 and Curmac (Charles) Ans was the father of an unnamed son who was born on August 18, 1668. Curmac Annis was the father of Aquilla, born on June 4 or 6, 1670, an unnamed son who was born on April 12, 1672, Priscilla, born on November 8 or 10, 1677, Hannah, born on November 15, 1679, and Anne, born on December 28, 1681 VI28. An unnamed child of Curmac (Charles) Annis died on April 17, 1672 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI6. Joseph, the son of Charles and Sarah Annis, died at age ninety-two on August 11 or 12, 1758 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI6. Charls Annis died on December 19, 1717 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI6. Sarah Annes of Newbury, Essex County wrote her will on November 12, 1718 in which she described herself as the widow of Charles Annes and she named her four daughters, Sarah Bagly, Presila Godfree, Hannah Wood, and Anne Worthen AM1. This will was witnessed by Orlando Bagly, Jr., John Daves, and Ezekiel Worthen and was proved on June 6, 1726 AM1.

Ann Chase was born on July 6, 1647 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA26, CH2, SA8. Ann was unmarried on December 10, 1670 when her father wrote his will TH27. Anne Chase married Thomas Barbar on April 27, 1671 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI6. Thomas Barbar (or Barber) was the father of Thomas, born on February 16, 1671 and of an unnamed daughter, born on March 3, 1674, both in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI28. Thomas and Anna Barber were the parents of six children whose births were recorded in Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut SU7. These were Joseph and Benjamin, twins born on February 1, 1676, Aquilla, born on July 17, 1679, Anna, born on August 4, 1681, John, born on April 4, 1684, and Moses, born on November 14, 1687 SU7. Their son, Benjamen, died on August 15, 1690 SU7.

Priscilla Chase was born on March 14, 1648/9 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA26, CH2, SA8. Prisilla was unmarried on December 10, 1670 when her father wrote his will TH27. Priscilla Chase married Abell Merrill on February 10, 1670 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI6. Abel or Abell Merrill was the father of six children whose births were recorded in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI28. These were Abell, born on December 28, 1671, Susanna, born on November 14, 1673, Nathan, born on April 3, 1676, Thomas, born on January 1, 1678, Joseph, born on July 12, 1681, and Nathaniel, born on February 6, 1683 VI28. Abell and Priscilla Merrill were also the parents of two additional children born in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI28. These were Priscilla, born on July 13, 1686 and James, born on January 27, 1688/9 VI28. Abell Merrill of Newbury died on October 28, 1689; the inventory of his estate was conducted on November 22, 1689 and was returned to the probate court on March 25, 1690 AM1. Priscilla “Merril” was the administrator of the estate and the account of her administration was exhibited to the probate court on November 1, 1697 AM1.

Mary Chase was born on February 3, 1650/1 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA26, CH2, SA8. Mary Chase married John Stevens on March 9, 1669 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI6. Mary was mentioned in her father’s will dated December 10, 1670 TH27. John Stevens was the father of four children whose births were recorded in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI28. These were Mary, born on February 10, 1670, an unnamed son, born on March 22, 1673/4, Thomas, born on July 3, 1676, and an unnamed daughter, born on September 7, 1680 VI28. John and Mary (Chase) Steevens were the parents of three children whose births were recorded in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts VI4. These were Aaron, born on April 7, 1685, Joseph, born on November 19, 1689, and Benjamin, born on January 25, 1692/3 VI4. John Stevens of Haverhill, Essex County described himself as a weaver in his will dated January 15, 1724/5, which mentioned his son, John Stevens, his son’s “Patient Mother”, and his children, Sarah, Thomas, Moses, Mary, Hannah, Aaron, and Benjamin MA64. John was deceased by April 6, 1725 when his will was proved in Ipswich MA64.

Aquilla Chase was born on September 27, 1652 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA26, CH2, SA8. Aquilla was called the eldest son in his father’s will, written on December 10, 1670 TH27. Aquila Chase married Esther Bond, the daughter of John and Esther (Blakely) Bond about the year 1673 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts TO1, CH2. Aquilla Chase was the father of four children whose births were recorded in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI28. These were Esther, born on November 18, 1674, Joseph, born on March 25, 1677, Anne, born on June 4, 167? or 1681, and Presilla, born on October 15, 1681 VI28. Aquilla and Esther were also the parents of Rebecca, born about 1694, Jemima, Hannah, born in 1689, and Abigail CH2. Because Aquilla did not sign his written will, he died intestate and his heirs made an agreement about the division of his estate on January 16, 1722/3 CH2. Aquila Chase died at age sixty-eight on July 29, 1720 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI6.

Thomas Chase was born on July 21 (or July 24 MA26), 1654 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA20, CH2, DO12.

John Chase was born on November 2, 1655 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA20, CH2, SA8. John Chase married Elizabeth Bingly on May 23, 1667 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI6. John Chase was mentioned in his father’s will dated December 10, 1670 TH27. John Chase was the father of William Chase, born on January 20, 1678 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI28. He was also the father of John, born about 1680 CH2. John Chace married Lidia Chalice on December 21, 1687 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI36. John and Lydia Chace (or Chase) were the parents of three children whose births were recorded in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI28. These were Phillip Chace, born on September 23, 1688, Charles Chace, born on January 12, 1689/90, and David Chase, born on October 20, 1710 VI28. Additionally, John and Lidia were the parents of Jacob, Abraham, Phebe, Mary, Ludia, and Elizabeth CH2. John Chase, the son of Aquilla and Anne, died at age eighty-four years and four months on February 26, 1740 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI6.

Elizabeth Chase was born on September 13, 1657 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA20, CH2, SA8. Elizabeth was mentioned in her father’s will dated December 10, 1670 TH27. Elizabeth Chase married Zachariah Eires on June 27, 1678 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI6. After the death of Zachariah, Elizabeth was said to have married Daniel Favor TO1.

Ruth Chase was born on March 18, 1660 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA20, CH2, SA8. Ruth was mentioned in her father’s will dated December 10, 1670 TH27. Ruth Chase died on May 30, 1676 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI6.

Daniel Chase was born on November 15, 1661 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA20, CH2, SA8. Daniel was mentioned in his father’s will dated December 10, 1670 TH27. Daniel Chase married Martha Kimble on August 25, 1683 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI6. Daniel and Martha Chase were the parents of nine children whose births were recorded in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI28. These were Martha, born on August 18, 1684, Sarah, born on July 18, 1686, Dorothy, born on January 24, 1688, Isaac, born on January 19, 1690, Lydia, born on January 19, 1692, Mehittable, born on January 19, 1694, Judith, born on February 19, 1696, Abner, born on October 15, 1699, and Daniel, born on October 15, 1702 VI28. The number of children born on January 19 in three different years and October 15 in two different years is suspicious for inaccurate record-keeping. Daniel Chase, called a wheelwright of Newbury in his probate record, died intestate February 8, 1706/7; the inventory of his estate was conducted on March 13, 1706/7 and the administration of his estate was granted to his widow, Martha Chase, on May 1, 1707 AM1.

Moses Chase was born on December 24, 1663 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA20, CH2, SA8. Moses was mentioned in his father’s will dated December 10, 1670 TH27. Moses Chase married Anne Follinsby on November 10, 1684 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI6. Moses and Ann (or Anne) Chace (or Chase) were the parents of nine children whose births were recorded in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI28. These were Moses Chase and Daniel Chace, twins who were born on September 20, 1685, another son named Moses Chace, born on January 20, 1687/8, Samuel Chace, born on May 13, 1690, Elizabeth Chace, born on September 25, 1693, Stephen Chace, born on August 29, 1696 or 1697, Hanah Chace, born on September 13, 1699, Joseph Chase, born on September 9, 1705, and Bennoni, born on April 5, 1705 VI28. Ann Chace, the wife of Ensign Moses Chace, died at age forty on April 18, 1708 VI6. Ensign Moses Chase died at age eighty on September 6, 1743 VI6.

Anne Chase was mentioned in the will of her father, John Wheeler, which was dated March 28, 1668 AM1. After the death of Aquilla, she married Daniel Missolloway MA26 or Mussiloway MA26, SA8 on June 14, 1672 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA26, SA8. “Anne the wife of Daniel Mussiloway dyed April 21st 1687” in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA26.