West Virginia Pioneers
Family: Aquila CHASE / Ann WHEELER (F2498)
m. Abt 1644-
Father | Male
Aquila CHASE
Born Abt 1618 prob in England 
Died Dec 1670 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA Buried Married Abt 1644 [1] Father Mother
Mother | Female
Ann WHEELER
Born Between 1620 and 1630 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Died Yes, date unknown Buried Father John WHEELER | F2559 Group Sheet Mother Ann YEOMAN | F2559 Group Sheet
Child 1 | Female
Sarah Chase
Born Abt 1645 Hampton, NH Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse Charles\Curmac Annis | F2511 Married 15 May 1666 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA
Child 2 | Female
Anne Chase
Born 6 Jul 1647 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse Thomas Barber | F2512 Married 27 Apr 1671 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA
Child 3 | Female
Priscilla Chase
Born 14 Mar 1648/9 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse Abel Merrill | F2513 Married 10 Feb 1670/1 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA
Child 4 | Female
Mary Chase
Born 3 Feb 1650/1 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse John Stevens | F2514 Married 9 Mar 1669/70 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA
Child 5 | Male
Aquila Chase
Born 26 Sep 1652 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA Died 29 Jul 1720 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA Buried Spouse Esther Bond | F2517 Married Abt 1673 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA
Child 6 | Male
Thomas CHASE
Born 25 Jul 1654 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA Died 25 Feb 1733 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA Buried Spouse Rebecca FOLLANSBEE | F2497 Married 22 Nov 1677 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA Spouse Elizabeth Moores | F2520 Married 2 Aug 1714 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA
Child 7 | Male
John Chase
Born 2 Nov 1655 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA Died 26 Feb 1739/40 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA Buried Spouse Elizabeth Bingley | F2526 Married 23 May 1677 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA Spouse Lyda Challis | F2527 Married 21 Dec 1687 Salisbury, MA
Child 8 | Female
Elizabeth Chase
Born 13 Sep 1657 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse Zachariah Ayer | F2515 Married 27 Jun 1678 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA Spouse Daniel Favor | F2516 Married
Child 9 | Female
Ruth Chase
Born 18 Mar 1659/60 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA Died 30 May 1676 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA Buried
Child 10 | Male
Daniel Chase
Born 15 Nov 1661 OR 9 Dec 1661 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA Died 8 Feb 1707 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA Buried Spouse Martha Kimball | F2530 Married 25 Aug 1683 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA
Child 11 | Male
Moses Chase
Born 24 Dec 1663 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA Died 6 Sep 1743 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA Buried Spouse Anne Follansbee | F2531 Married 10 Nov 1684 Newbury, (now Newburyport) MA Spouse Sarah Jacobs | F2532 Married 13 Dec 1713
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Notes - Aquila first appears at Hampton, NH when he is granted 6 acres for a house lot, June 1640. In 1644, he was granted an additional 6 acres of 'upland meadow and swamp' which he sold to his brother, Thomas when he removed to Newbury, Mass. He was induced to move to Newbury in 1646 - Newbury Records:
"Granted to Aquila Chase, Anno 1646, fower acres of land at the new towne for a house lott and six acres of upland for a planting lott, where it can be had, and six acres of marsh where it can be had, also on condition that he doe goe to sea and do service in the towne with a boate for four years." (this 4 acres was located on the NE corner of Chandler's Lane, now Federal Street, and the 'way by the Merrimack River', now Water street, in present day Newburyport, as evidenced by the sale of the lot several years later.)
This inducement to remove to Newbury would indicate that he was a mariner or fisherman and Joshua Coffin in his 'History of Newbury' states that it is a Chase family tradition that Aquila was the first person to pilot a vessel across the bar at the mouth of the Merrimack River.
On May 11, 1667, Aquila acknowledged that he sold to his brother, Thomas Chase of Hampton, all his land in Hampton excepting a dwelling and one acre and a half of land which had been sold about 20 years before the date of these presents. (Old Norfolk Co deeds, 2:122)
Before moving, he and Ann and his brother-in-law, David Wheeler, were seen 'gathering pease' on the first day of the week, and they were presented to the Quarterly Court at Ipswich, 9/29/1646 and again for the same offense on 3/30/1846/7, but the constable reported that the parties were not there but 'were gone to Newbury.'
A deposition presented at the Quarterly Court, Ipswich, 9/25/1666, mentions Acquilla Chas, aged about 48 years.
- Aquila first appears at Hampton, NH when he is granted 6 acres for a house lot, June 1640. In 1644, he was granted an additional 6 acres of 'upland meadow and swamp' which he sold to his brother, Thomas when he removed to Newbury, Mass. He was induced to move to Newbury in 1646 - Newbury Records:
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