Person:Ruth Chase (23)

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  • F.  Zenas Chase (add)
  • M.  Hephzibah Baker (add)
m. 23 Mar 1786
  1. Rebecca Chase1786 -
  2. Huldah Chase1788 -
  3. Hepsabeth Chase1790 - 1865
  4. Edith Chase1795 - 1872
  5. Ruth Chase1799 - 1878
  6. Francis chase1801 -
  • H.  Joshua Studley (add)
  • WRuth Chase1799 - 1878
m. Aft 5 Dec 1818
m. Bef 1841
  1. Sears Thacher Kelley1841 - 1897
Facts and Events
Name[4] Ruth Chase
Gender Female
Birth[1][3] 5 Aug 1799 Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Aft 5 Dec 1818 Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United StatesIntentions
to Joshua Studley (add)
Marriage Bef 1841 Based on birth of eldest known child
to Elihu Kelley
Death[1][2] 26 Mar 1878 Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Derick, Burton Nathaniel. Cemetery inscriptions of Dennis, Massachusetts. (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, c1993)
    p. 325.

    RUTH Wife of ELIHU KELLEY Died Mar. 20, 1878 Aged 78 Yr's 7 Mo's 15 Da's
    [Birth calculates to about 5 Aug 1799. Since it is easy to mistake 6 for 0 on a gravestone, assume death record is correct.]

  2. Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
    [phttps://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11053-188498-72?cc=1463156].

    Deaths Registered in the Town of Dennis for the Year eighteen hundred and seventy-Eight.
    No.: Eighteenth
    Date of Death: March 26th [1878]
    Name: Ruth Kelley
    Sex: Female
    Condition: Widow
    Age: 78 y. 6 m. [birth about Sep 1799]
    Cause: Pneumonia
    Place of Death: Dennis
    Occupation: House keeper
    Place of Birth: Harwich
    Parents: Zenas & Hapsibeth Chase
    Birthplaces of Parents: Harwich / Harwich

  3. Kelley, Louise H., and Dorothy Straw. Vital Records, Town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850. (Harwich, Massachusetts: Harwich Historical Society, 1982)
    p. 319.

    A record of the births of the Children of Zenas Chase & his wife Hepsabah
    ...
    Ruth Chase born August 5th 1799.

  4. Chase, John Carroll. "Some of the Descendants of William Chase of Roxbury and Yarmouth, Mass.", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    Vol. 87, p. 318.

    Children of Zenas Chase and Hepsibah Baker: Ruth, b. 3 Aug 1799 [sic, VRs say 5 Aug], m. (1) 5 Sep 1818 [sic, intentions dated 5 Dec] Joshua Studley, m. (2) Elihu Kelley.