William Chase^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]}

1595 - 1659  (64 years)

• Name	William Chase
  Born	1595	Chesam, Buckingham, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 May 1659	Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony
  Person ID	I1537	Alford Hathaway
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2021

  
  

  Family	Mary Trowley,   b. 5 Mar 1603, Norfolk, England ,   d. 6 Oct 1659, Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony  (Age 56 years)
  Children	1. William Chase,   b. 15 Jun 1621, Rogate, Sussex, England ,   d. 27 Feb 1684/85, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age 63 years)   2. Mary Chase,   b. 15 May 1637, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts ,   d. 28 Oct 1652, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age 15 years)   3. Benjamin Chase,   b. 1639, Yarmouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 6 Sep 1730, Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts  (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2021
  Family ID	F580	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Swan Pond Modern day photo photo of Swan Pond. William Chase's homestead was located on the east side of Swan Pond.
  		Monument to William and John Chase This monument, installed by the Chase family, has led careless genealogists to claim William died crossing the Delaware River with George Washington.

  
  

  Documents

  The last Will and inventory records of William Chase Probated May 1659 Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991

  
  

  Flipbooks

  William and Mary Chase This is the story of William and Mary Chase, who were born and raised in England and came to the New World on the Winthrop Fleet. They are our immigrant Chase ancestors.

  
  

  Timelines

  William and Mary Chase Timeline The lives of William and Mary Chase mapped against major events in history.

  
  

  Maps		Map of Old Yarmouth This map of old Yarmouth from 1644. It shows the location of 21 prominent citizens and the meeting house. This is only a small portion of the residents at the time. Swan Pond, where William's hose was is shown on the lower right.
  		Map of Yarmouth Hand drawn map of Yarmouth showing modern day streets and locations of colonial homesteads including William and Mary Chase's.

  
  

• Sources

  [S41] History of Old Yarmouth, Charles F. Swift, (Yarmouth Port, 1884). [S42] Descendants of William Chase, George Whitney Chase, (Forgotten Books), Descen. [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.