Person:Aquila Chase (2)

"SERGT. AQUILA² CHASE (Aquila¹) was born in Newbury (now Newburyport), 26 Sept. 1652; died there 29 July 1720, in the 68th year of his age. He married about 1673, ESTHER BOND, daughter of John and Esther (Blakeley) Bond of Newbury, Rowley and Haverhill. She was born in Newbury, 25 Sept. 1655 and survived her husband.

He was a husbandman and inherited his father's homestead on North Atkinson street in what is now Newburyport. He was chosen a fence viewer at the upper end of Newbury 18 Mar. 1683/4. (Currier's History of Newbury, 1902, p. 116). Aquila Chase, aged 26, was among those who took the oath of allegiance at Newbury 1678. (Ibid. 181).

… He was one of the soldiers under the command of Capt. Thomas Noyes at a training in 1688. He was sergeant of the company and was one of the men who went to Amesbury (Ibid. 1659, 660). He made a will but neglected to sign it and his estate was divided by agreement of his heirs, 16 Jan. 1722/3. Daniel Merrill and his wife Esther had ten acres at the northwest end. Joseph³ Chase, the only surviving son, had seven acres and the buildings which he sold to Daniel Merrill, excepting his mother Esther Chase's dower, 18 Mar. 1722/3 (Essex Co. Deeds, 49:87).

Esther Chase widow, and Joseph³ Chase son of Aquila² Chase of Newbury dec'd, were appointed administrators of the estate of Aquila² Chase of Newbury dec'd, 5 Sept. 1720. Sureties Joseph Bond and John Rogers. Account rendered Feb. 1721/2 mentions paid Joseph Chase, £13-01-04; to Thomas Chase, constable, £2; to Mary Freize [Freese], widow, 2/3. etc.

Inventory of Aquila² Chase, late of Newbury, who deceased 29 July 1720 … total £685.

Heirs Joseph, Anne, Hannah, Esther, Priscilla, Jemima, Rebecca and Abigail. Joseph³ Chase, Daniel Merrill, Peter Ordway, Robert Savory, Esther Merrill, Jemima Ordway, Rebecca Savory, Esther Chase as guardian for Elizabeth Robinson son and sons-in-law and Daughters of Aquila² Chase, late of Newbury, dec'd, who dyed intestate have made this a full and final settlement of ye estate of our father (and also of ye estate of our brother Benjamin³ Chase, late of Newbury dec'd, who died intestate) among ourselves. Joseph³ Chase to have for himself and for his sisters Ann Foulsham, Priscilla Hills and Hannah Hoit. … Daniel Merrill ... Esther his wife, Peter Ordway ... Jemima his wife. … Robert Savory ... Rebecca his wife". Jemima and Elizabeth Robinson to have 10 ¼ acres of pasture in fourth pasture by their guardians. Confirmed 16 Jan. 1722/23."^[1][Generation numbers in the original.]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Chase, John Carroll, and George Walter Chamberlain. Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase. (Haverhill, Mass.: Record Publishing Company, 1928)
   35-36.
2. ↑ Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1911)
   I:87.

   Chase, Aquilla, s. Aquilla, Sept. 26, 1652. [Sept. 27. S. dup.]

3. ↑ Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1911)
   II:560.

   Chase, Aquila, July 29, 1720, in his 68th y. [Age 67, so born about 1653.]