Husband Rev. Amos Chase 1 2 3
Born: Abt 1759 - Litchfield, Litchfield Co, CT
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Died: 23 Dec 1849 - ? Crawford Co, PA 4
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Wife Joanna Lanman 3 5
Born: - Litchfield, Litchfield Co, CT
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Died: Abt 1848
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Father: [Father] Lanman ( - )
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1 M Joseph L. Chase 6
AKA: Joseph I. Chase 2
Born: 17 Jul 1799 - Litchfield, Litchfield Co, CT 7
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Died: 23 Apr 1879 8
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Spouse: Susan Jane Titus (1801-1878) 9
Marr: Nov 1825 10
2 M James Chase 3
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3 M Edward H. Chase 11
Born: 18 Jul 1807 - Litchfield, Litchfield Co, CT 2
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Died: 18 Jun 1878 2
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Spouse: Sarah Ann Titus ( -1897) 12
Marr: 24 Feb 1835 2
4 M Daniel Chase 3
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Died: - Toledo, Lucas Co, OH
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
5 M Charles Chase 13 14
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Died: - Painesville, Lake Co, OH
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Spouse: Ann Irwin (1806-1884) 15
Marr: 13 Oct 1831 14
6 M Julius Chase 3
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7 F Joanna Boyleston Chase 3 16
Born: - Litchfield Co, CT
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Spouse: Hon. Thomas H. Sill (1783-1856) 3 16
Marr: 1816 16
8 F Rebecca Chase 8
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Spouse: Jonathan Titus ( - ) 8
General Notes: Husband - Rev. Amos Chase
The Chase family is of ancient English origin, the name being undoubtedly derived from the French word "chasser," to hunt. The ancestral seat of the branch of the family from which the American line is descended, was at Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, through which runs a rapidly flowing river, the Chess, which gives the name to the place. There is a coat-of-arms as follows: Gules four crosses patence argent (two and two), on a canton azure a lion rampant or. The Chase family came to New England in early Colonial days.
He was the recipient of an excellent education, and became a minister of the Presbyterian church. At that time a great deal of money was spent by the churches in the conversion of the Indians, or heathen, as they were called, and Mr. Chase decided to devote himself to this branch of church activity. In 1813, with his young family, he left Connecticut, going westward. He had inherited $10,000 in cash, and this he took with him. He purchased almost a full township of land, on which the village of Centerville was located, and in 1815 they located at Centerville, and spent the remainder of their lives there. The church gave him a circuit of one hundred miles square, and he rode over this on horseback, preached in all the pioneer churches, did excellent missionary work among the Indians, and lived to the advanced age of ninety years. [GPHWP, 1298]
He took up his residence in Meadville, Pennsylvania, at an early date but retired to Centerville in 1830. His par-sonage stood on Main Street, east of Martin, but had to be removed when Main Street was opened for travel.
He was the first minister of Titusville, Pennsylvania, and belonged to the Connecticut branch of the distinguished Chase family of New England, and in that state one member of the family held the dignified office of chief justice and also creditably served the commonwealth for years in the United States senate, while other members stood conspicuously in public service.
On the next day after peace was ratified between Great Britain and the United States,
(War of 1812?) with six sons and five daughters, left Litchfield, Con-necticut, and went west, with teams.
For eleven years this venerable pioneer minister labored as a mis-sionary in portions of Warren, Venango and Crawford Counties, including Titusville, and in 1826 he accepted a call to preach at Oil Creek one-half of his time, and one-fourth at Centreville, leaving the remaining one-fourth for his favorite missionary work. This relation continued till 1830, when, at the age of seventy years, he retired to Centreville.