FATHER

Aquila Chase

MOTHER

Ann Wheeler

WIFE

Elizabeth Bingley

Lydia Challis

CHILDREN with Elizabeth Bingley

1. William Chase b. 20 Jan 1678/9

2. John Chase b. 26 Aug 1684

CHILDREN with Lydia Challis

1. Philip Chase
    b. 23 Sep 1688
    m. 17 Apr 1712 Mary Follansbee
    d. 11 Jul 1764

2. Charles Chase
    b. 12 Jan 1689/90
    m. 15 Jul 1714 Hepzibah Carr
    d. 7 May 1755

3. Jacob Chase
    b. Abt. 1694
    m. 24 Aug 1716 Joanna Davis
    d. 11 Sep 1754

4. Abraham Chase
    b. Abt. 1696
    m. 16 Nov 1716 Ruth Morse
    m. 26 Nov 1746 Elizabeth Davis
    d. Bef. 28 Nov 1770

5. Phebe Chase
    b. Abt. 1699
    m. 25 Aug 1726 Nathaniel Tucker

6. Mary  Chase
    b. Abt. 1704
    m. 30 Jul 1728 Joseph Safford

7. Lydia Chase
    b. Abt. 1706
    m. 5 Nov 1724 William Blay

8. Elizabeth Chase
    b. Abt. 1708

9.David Chase
    b. 20 Oct 1710
    m. 24 Nov 1729 Sarah Emery
    d. 17 Dec 1802

John Chase
by Susan Brooke
Aug 2023

John Chase was born in Newbury, MA on 2 Nov 1655. (1)  He married Elizabeth Bingley on 23 May 1677 and they had two children. (2)  Elizabeth died and he remarried to Lydia Challis on 21 Dec 1687. (3) John Chase was in King Philip's War.  He was a cooper by trade.  He built his home in Newbury about 1699 and it is still standing. (4) He wrote his will on 22 Oct 1730 naming his children.  The children and grandsons appear to be listed by their birth order. (4)  He died 26 Feb 1738/9 in Newbury. (5) 

                                                   Sources                                                  

(1) Newbury Town Records
"John ye son of Aquilla Chase was born November 2" (1655)

(2) Newbury Town Records
""John Chase Elizabeth Brough were married May 23, 1677"
Newbury Town Records
"John Chase and Elizabeth Bingley were marryed May 23, 1677"

(3) Newbury Town Records
"John Chace and Ldia Chalice were married 21 Dec 1687"

(4) House of John Chase
503 Main Street, Newbury, MA

"The John Chase house is reported to have been constructed during the late 17th or early 18th century for “husbandman” John Chase (1655-1739 or 1740). 1 According to a 1928 account, in 1698, John Chase “purchased ‘upland in the upper woods’ at the ‘Training Field,’… The house which he is supposed to have erected about 1699 is still standing and is the third east of the … Town House.”2 Chase fought in King Phillip’s War and was in the “Falls Fight” (at Turner’s Falls) in 1676.3 In 1701 or 1702, John Chase petitioned for a land grant for this service.4 John Chase was a cooper by trade."

(5) Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase by John Carroll Chase. 1928

"John was a soldier in King Philip's War under Capt. William turner and was in the 'Falls Fight' at Turner's Fall, May 19, 1676.  He was one to help bury the brave commander there as he himself certified (Bodge's soldiers in King Philips War, 251). In January 1701/02 he petitioned for a grant of land for this service (Currier, History of Newbury, 1902. p. 511).  At the age of 23 in 1678, he took the oath of allegiance in Newbury.  He was a cooper by trade and in 1688 paid a tax on one head, two horses and one cow.  He settled at first near the  bank of the Merrimack river above the 'chain bridge'.  On Dec. 24, 1698, he purchased 'upland in the upper wood', at the 'training Field' in the west end of the town (now West Newbury).  The house which he is supposed to have erected about 1699 is still standing and is the third east of the present Town House."
John Chase of Newbury made his will 22 Oct 1730, which was proved 17 Nov 1739.  Inventory taken 24 Nov 1740.

(5) Will of John Chase
Essex Probate Bk 24 page 184
FHL film 875132 image 295
written 22 Oct 1730

People named probably in order of age
wife Lydiah
son Phillip
son Charles
son Jacob
son Abraham
daughter Phebe Tucker
daughter Mary Safford
daughter Lydia
grandson John of Hampton
    son of my son John Chase deceased
daughter Elisabeth
    provided she come to Newbury for it
grandson Jonathan
    son of my son Charles
    when he come to the age of 21
son David Chase
    all my estate

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(6) Newbury Town Records
"John Chase son of Aquilla & Anne C died 26 Feb ag 84yr 4 mo"