The Chase family is an American family involved in politics in the 19th century. Originating in Chesham, England, brothers Aquila Chase II and Thomas Chase journeyed to New England in 1636, shortly after the Pilgrims. Most of the notable members of the family were descendants of Aquila Chase, whose children settled in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. In the late 1700s and early 1800s, members of the Chase family, who had previously been wealthy but not particularly influential, began involving themselves in law, politics, and religion. Lawyers such as Scott Lord (whose mother was a Chase) and Salmon Portland Chase, Chief Justice of the United States, were produced. Chase politicians included Dudley Chase, Champion S. Chase, Dudley Chase Denison, and Margaret Chase Smith. Though the Chase politicians were perhaps best known, the family produced several notable clergymen as well, including Episcopal bishop and educator Philander Chase and the Presbyterian theologian John Chase Lord, who were at the forefronts of their respective churches in their prime.
In England
Richard Chase, of Chesham, England (1542) (m. Joan Bishop 16 April 1564)
Robert Chase, of Chesham (baptized 2 September 1565)Henry Chase, of Chesham (10 August 1567)Lydia Chase, of Chesham (4 October 1573)Ezekiel Chase, of Chesham (baptized 23 April 1576)Dorcas Chase, of Chesham (2 March 1578)Aquila Chase I (14 August 1580) (m. Martha Jelliman)Aquila Chase II (9 April 1618 – 27 December 1670)Anne ChaseMartha ChaseWilliam ChaseSara ChaseElizabeth ChaseJoane ChaseThomas ChaseJason Chase, of Chesham (13 January 1583)Thomas Chase (18 July 1585)Abigail Chase, of Chesham (12 January 1588)Mordecai Chase (31 July 1591)Indicated in bold are Aquila Chase II and Thomas Chase, who left England to settle in New England in 1636.
Aquila Chase II, of Newbury, Massachusetts (9 April 1618 – 27 December 1670) (m. Anne Mussiloway Wheeler)Sarah ChaseAnne Chase (6 July 1647)Priscilla Chase (14 March 1649)Mary Chase (3 February 1651)Aquila Chase III, of Hampton, New Hampshire (26 September 1652 – 29 July 1720) (m. Esther Bond)Thomas Chase, of Newbury (25 July 1654)John Chase (2 November 1655)Elizabeth Chase (13 September 1657)Ruth Chase (18 March 1660)Daniel Chase (9 December 1661)Ensign Moses Chase (24 December 1663)Of these 11 children, the descendants of the three in bold will be delved into with detail.
Aquilla Chase III, of Hampton, New Hampshire (26 September 1652 – 29 July 1720) (m. Esther Bond)Esther Chase (15 January 1674)Joseph Chase, of Littleton, Massachusetts (25 March 1677) (m. Abigail Thurston 8 November 1699)Nathan Chase (2 August 1701)George Chase (17 February 1703)Rev. Stephen Chase, of New Castle, New Hampshire (26 October 1705 – 1 January 1778) (m. Jane Wingate 1732)Abraham Chase (25 March 1734 – 25 March 1734)Stephen Chase (22 February 1735 – 1 December 1739)Joshua Chase (March 1738)Jane (Chase) Wallace (7 January 1740) (m. Samuel Wallace)Joseph Chase WallaceStephen Chase, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire (22 June 1742) (m. Mary Frost, granddaughter of Sir William Pepperrell, 1st Baronet)Joseph Chase (22 April 1772) (m. Margaret Chesley)William Chase (10 February 1774 – 30 August 1834) (m. Sarah Blunt)Mary (Chase) Toppan (15 November 1776) (m. Edmund Toppan, Esq.)Harriet (Chase) Crosby (14 August 1778) (m. Oliver Crosby, Esq.)Sarah (Chase) Woodman (23 October 1780) (m. J. H. Woodman, Esq.)Theodore Chase, of Boston, Massachusetts (16 March 1786 – 13 March 1859) (m. Clarissa (Bigclow) Andrews 26 April 1831)Theodore Chase (4 February 1832) (m. Alice Bowdoin 17 November 1868)George Bigelow Chase, of Boston (1 October 1836) (m. Anne Lowndes, granddaughter of Rawlins Lowndes)Stephen Chase (30 January 1863)Gertrude Lowndes Chase (23 October 1868)Charles Henry Chase (5 March 1841 – 27 February 1849)Mary Chase (19 October 1744)John Wingate Chase (14 August 1749)Anne Chase (11 February 1707)Abigail Chase (27 March 1709)Hannah Chase (25 February 1711)Rebecca Chase (16 November 1714)Benjamin Chase (21 June 1717)Joseph Chase (8 December 1719)Priscilla Chase (15 October 1681)Jemima ChaseRebecca ChaseAnne ChaseHannah ChaseAbigail ChaseBenjamin ChaseThomas Chase, Sr., of Newbury, N (m. Rebecca Follansby)Deacon Thomas Chase, Jr., of Newbury, Massachusetts (September 15, 1680) (m. Sarah Stevens)Thomas Chase IIIAbel ChaseJonathan ChaseRoger ChaseSarah ChaseEzekiel ChaseRev. Josiah Chase, Sr., of Kittery, Maine (30 November 1713 – 17 December 1778; drowned in Spruce Creek) (m. Sarah Tufts 5 April 1743)Bradstreet Chase (19 January 1744 – 1834) (m. Mary _____)Col. Josiah Chase, Jr., of York, Maine (15 April 1746 – 21 September 1824) (m. Hannah Grow)Cotton ChaseJosiah Chase IIIEdward ChaseOlive (Chase) MessingerWilliam ChaseHannah ChaseRufus ChaseHadassah (Chase) WebberSophia ChaseJotham Sewall ChaseLydia ChaseSgt. Cotton ChaseSimon ChaseSally (Chase) CarlisleAbigail ChaseMartha ChaseA large majority of the Chase family in the United States and an overwhelming majority of the notable Chases come from the line of Moses Chase.
Ensign Moses Chase, Sr., of West Newbury, Massachusetts (24 December 1663) (m. Anne Follansby; m. Sarah Jacobs 13 December 1713)Moses Chase, Jr. (20 September 1685–died young)Daniel Chase, Sr., of Sutton, Massachusetts (20 September 1685 – 28 May 1769) (m. Sarah March 6 January 1706)Samuel Chase, of Cornish, New Hampshire (28 September 1707 – 12 August 1800) (m. Mary Dudley)Samuel Chase IIGen. Jonathan Chase, of Cornish, New Hampshire (6 December 1732 – 12 January 1800) (m. Thankful Sherman 28 November 1759; m. Sarah Hall)Jonathan Chase II, of Cornish, New Hampshire (m. Jeanette Ralston)Dr. Alexander Ralston Chase, of Lockport, New York (m. Emily Cooke)George C. ChaseLebbeus ChaseDudley Tappan Chase (2 April 1823)Dudley Chase, Esq. (1730–13 April 1814) (m. Alice Corbet 23 August 1753)Salmon Chase (14 July 1761)Hon. Ithamar Chase (d. 1817) (m. Janet Ralston)Alexander Ralston Chase (22 December 1794)Hon. Salmon Portland Chase, of New York City (13 January 1808 (m. Catherine Jane Garniss 4 March 1834; m. Eliza Ann Smith 26 September 1839; m. Sarah Bella Dunlap Ludlow 6 November 1846 (Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court)Katherine Jane Chase (13 August 1840 – 31 July 1899) (m. William Sprague IV, Governor of Rhode Island 12 November 1863; divorced 1882)William Sprague (1865–1890 suicide)Ethel Sprague (1869)Catherine "Kitty" Sprague (1871)Portia Sprague (1873)Banich Chase (27 March 1764)Heber Chase (2 September 1770)Dudley Chase, of Randolph, Vermont (30 December 1771 – 23 February 1846) (Senator, Governor of Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury, and Chief Justice of Vermont)Bishop Philander Chase, of Jubilee College, Illinois (14 December 1775) (Episcopal bishop and founder of Kenyon College)Rachel (Chase) Denison (1783–1858) (m. Joseph Adams Denison)Dudley Chase Denison (13 September 1819 – 10 February 1905(US Representative)March ChaseSarah ChaseElizabeth ChaseSolomon ChaseAnne ChaseMary ChaseDaniel Chase, Jr. (18 September 1709)Anne (Chase) PutnamJoshua ChaseJudith (Chase) HallNehemiah ChaseSarah ChaseCaleb ChaseMoody ChaseClement Chase (1776–1867) (m. Olivia Spalding)Champion Spalding Chase (20 March 1820 – 3 November 1898)Moses Chase, of Cornish, New Hampshire (3 March 1726 – 18 October 1799)Hon Moses Chase, of Newbury, New Hampshire (1772–1861Sarah (Chase) Lord, of Burlington, New York (m. Rev. John Way Lord)Rev. John Chase Lord, of Buffalo, New York (9 August 1805 – 21 January 1877)Rev. Claudius Buchanan Lord, of Springfield, New YorkRev. William Wilberforce Lord, of Vicksburg, MississippiHon. Charles Backus Lord, of St. Louis, MissouriScott Lord, of New York CityMoses Chase II (20 January 1688) (m. Elizabeth Wells)Moses Chase III (1 July 1713 – 9 October 1789) (m. Judith Bartlett)Wells ChaseEnoch ChaseMoses Chase IVSamuel Chase, of Newbury, Massachusetts (13 May 1690)Elizabeth (Chase) Carr (25 September 1693)Stephen Chase (29 August 1696)Hannah (Chase) Jackman (13 September 1699)Joseph Chase (9 September 1703)Benoni Chase (5 April 1708)Thomas Chase, of Hampton, New Hampshire (d. 1653) (m. Elizabeth Philbrick)Joseph Chase, of Hampton (1645–12 January 1718) (m. Rachel Partridge 31 December 1671)Isaac, of Edgartown, Massachusetts (1647–9 May 1727) (m. Mary Perkins)Thomas Chase, of Hampton (1648–28 October 1714) (unmarried)James Chase (1649) (m. Elizabeth Greene 2 September 1675)Abraham Chase (6 August 1652 – 1676, "slain in ye warres")Dudley Chase Haskell, U.S. Representative representing Kansas, was born in Vermont. His mother, Almira Chase, was a descendant of William Chase, brother of Aquila and Thomas Chase. His ancestors likely came over in the years following the original 1636 arrival of Aquila and Thomas in what is now Massachusetts.Margaret Chase Smith, U.S. Senator from Maine, was descended from the original Chase brothers.Philander Chase Johnson, journalist, and Philander Chase Knox, US Secretary of State, were probably members of the family. The uncommon name Philander Chase likely came from the famous bishop of the same name.Helena Modjeska Chase Johson Drea was a well known artist who resided many years in Colorado.David Chase was a renowned developer from Chicago, formerly the president and CEO of The Thrush Companies, who built many iconic projects throughout the city.
