Benjamin Chase^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]}

1639 - 1730  (91 years)

• Name	Benjamin Chase
  Born	1639	Yarmouth, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Sep 1730	Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I1529	Alford Hathaway
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	William Chase,   b. 1595, Chesam, Buckingham, England ,   d. 4 May 1659, Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Mary Trowley,   b. 5 Mar 1603, Norfolk, England ,   d. 6 Oct 1659, Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony  (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F580	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Philipa Sherman,   b. 1 Oct 1652, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island ,   d. 25 Jull 1731, Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts  (Age 78 years)
  Married	1673
  Children	1. Mary Chase,   b. 1674,   d. Jan 1698  (Age 24 years)   2. Sarah Chase,   b. Jan 1676, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island ,   d. Sep 1730, Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts  (Age 54 years)   3. Philipa Chase,   b. 5 Jul 1679, Freetown, Plymouth Colony ,   d. 5 Oct 1754, Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Province  (Age 75 years)   4. Benjamin Chase,   b. 15 Jul 1682, Freetown, Plymouth Colony ,   d. 1765, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island  (Age 82 years)   5. Walter Chase,   b. 23 Oct 1684, Freetown, Plymouth Colony ,   d. 16 Apr 1734, Freetown, Plymouth Colony  (Age 49 years)   6. Bethiah Chase,   b. 3 Dec 1686, Freetown, Plymouth Colony ,   d. 6 Sep 1730  (Age 43 years)
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2021
  Family ID	F578	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Assonet A satellite view of the area of Freetown where Benjamin and Philipa lived.
  		Assonet River A picture of the Assonet River not far from the location of Benjamin and Philipa's home.

  
  

  Documents

  The Last Will of Benjamin Chase An image of the original Will of Benjamine Chase. It demonstrates what remarkable handwriting he had. It is likely he learned this from his father-in-law, Philip Sherman, who was the first Secretary of Rhode Island and was known for his penmanship.

  
  

  Flipbooks

  Benjamin and Philipa Chase This is the story of Benjamin and Philipa Chase.

  
  

  Timelines

  Benjamin and Philipa Chase Timeline The lives or Benjamin and Philipa Chase mapped against major events in history.

  
  

• Sources

  [S41] History of Old Yarmouth, Charles F. Swift, (Yarmouth Port, 1884). [S42] Descendants of William Chase, George Whitney Chase, (Forgotten Books). [S43] Chase and Hathaway Families, C.V.Chase, (T.E.Wilson-Clark Co., 1900). [S44] Genealogies of Rhode Island , Alden-Mowry, (The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1989). [S14] Plymouth Colony Records, Nathaniel B. Shurtleff and David Pulsifer, (AMS Press, New York, 1968.), vol 1 p 135, 162; vol 2 p 9, p 20, p. 128-130; vol 3 p 52, p 116; vol 8, 185-6, 194. [S45] Great Migration Begins, Robert Charles Anderson, (NEHGS). [S46] Connecticut Quarterly, George Atwell. [S21] An American Ancestry, Anna Richmond Warner French, (Forgotten Books). [S48] Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, NEHGS, (New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, Baltimore, 1989). [S49] The Great Migration, Anderson, Robert Charles, (NEHGS), Volume 3, page 1670. [S50] History of Rhode Island, Thomas Williams Bicknell, LL.D, (The American Historical Society). [S51] Early Records of Portsmouth, The Librarian of the Rhode Island Historical Society, (R.L. Freeman & Sons, State Printers.). [S52] Documentary History of Rhode Island , Howard M. Chapin, (Preston and Rounds Company). [S53] History of Barnstable County , Simeon L Deyo, (Higginson Book Company, Salem, Massachu). [S27] History of Freetown, Freetown Historical Society, (J.H. Franklin & Company. 78 Bedford Street, Fall River, Massachusetts).