LETTER FROM REV. JOHN WALROND OF OTTERY, ENG., TO REV. OTTERY, March 8, 1725-6. "REV. AND Dear Sir, It was a very pleasant surprise to me to receive a Letter from you, who no doubt are of the same Name and Family with myself, tho' a letter in it be transposed, and who by Dr. Mather's Character of you, are not the least in your Father's House. I have made some Enquiry about the Somersetshire Branch of our Family, from whence you are descended, but cannot exactly determine, tho' I am apt to think it must be from one of those two Gentlemen, of which, one was Walrond, of Illbrewers who had about five hundred Pounds pr. Annum or more, and the other Walrond of Saye, of about the same Value, and I think both of them Justices of the Peace, in that County, one of them I am sure was so, viz., the former; both of them degenerated into looseness of Living in Charles 2ds Reign, and both ruined their Estates and dyed poor, above twenty years since. Walrond of Illbrewers was a great persecutor of the Dissenters, but in the conclusion wanted bread. There is an honest family of about a hundred Pounds pr. annum, still living at Wellington, in Somerset, very excellent Men, great supports of Religion, and one of the Brothers abt your Age, a very good young Minister, living now in Dorsetshire. The Head of all our Family still remains in a good Estate, about a thousand Pounds pr. Annum, from whom I am the second Generation. The seat is called Bradfield in Devon. It was granted by the Crown, about six hundred years since, to one Richard Walerand, and has continued in the Family to this Day; The last Gentleman that dyed was a very pious good Man, about eighty years of Age and an excellent Magistrate in his Country, that could at any time lead three hundred Freeholders, to the Election of a Shire Knight; but his son is degenerate and very wicked: I conversed much with the old Gentleman, but this is no Friend to my Profession. Another Branch sprung from Bradfield House in this county (beside those two families in Somerset before mentioned) which is seated at Bovey, in the East of Devon, which Branch sprang from its Root about 340 years since, and now inherits at least, a thousand Pounds per Annum; This also has degenerated and become like other Gentlemen in England: For Religion indeed, is almost quite gone, out of the Familys of the Gentry, by Means of a loose and licentious Clergy. I never could find any of our Name, in all England, but in the Western Counties, and from thence, a Family went, as Merchants to Barbadoes, grew rich, and was in the Government there; and the last Gentleman a Batchelor seated himself at Greenwich near London, was morally honest and very charitable, but having a great loss in the South Sea, of almost all his Money could not bear it, but shot himself in the Head. Our Coat of Arms, is three Bulls Heads, as you'l see by my seal on this Letter, But Stemata quid faciunt? I find our Name in Skinner's Etymologicon Linguae Anglicanae; toward the end of which Book, in his Onomastichon, he has the word Walarand, olim Praenomen nunc Coghave trannomen ab Anglo Sax WALPIAN, volvere, et RAND, Scutum, volvere scutum, i. e., qui Clypeum huc illuc circumagit. Waldron autem cognomen contractum est a Walarand. scribed what he says lest the Book should not be common with you. I wish you had let me know into what Family your Grandfather married, for that might perhaps have given Light into the Enquiry; however I will examine farther, and take the first opportunity to inform you, as I can get Intelligence; but I know of no male Posterity left of the two Somersetshire Familys that I mentioned above. I am much pleased with your Correspondence, and shall at any time be obliged by Letters from you, *** send, by a worthy good Man, Capt. *** who carries this (as I hope he will) from the *** Exeter to Boston. As to any Ecclesiastical Infor mations I must refer you to Dr. Mather's Letter which encloses this. May the Lord of the Harvest prosper you and make you a burning and a shining Light. You and I are of one Family, Faith and Profession. Let us particularly pray for each other, tho' we should never see each others face on Earth. Oh that the God of all Grace, may excite us both, to work the Works, of him that sent us while it is Day, that we may have a comfortable Requiem, from our Labors at last, and be accepted, when our Lord shall come, with which I conclude. Dear Sir, Your affect: Kinsman and Serv't, JOHN WALROND." "To the Rev. Mr. William Waldron, Minister in Boston." NOTE. Where blanks occur in the last part of the letter, the words were worn out in the original. A Family Record on this plan may be extended so as to include two, three, or more families, and contain all the births, marriages and deaths which have happened, up to the date of its formation. The figures in the first column denote the year of birth, marriage, or death; the other columns show the ages of every individual at the time of any birth, marriage, or death, of every other individual -comprehended within the limits of the Table. GENEALOGIES. CHASE FAMILY. PREPARED BY JOSHUA COFFIN, M. A. Among the early settlers of New England, were three persons by the name of Chase; namely, William, Thomas, and Aquila. The first settled in Yarmouth, and there died, in 1659, leaving two sons, Benjamin and William. The last two were certainly brothers, as appears from a deed given in 1667 by Aquila to "the sons of his brother Thomas." The name is found in various places in English history, from the time of William the Conqueror to the present time. Thus, we find in 1326 a family of that name in Suffolk; a Thomas Chase, who was barbarously murdered in 1506; a Sir Robert Chase, Knight, in the West of England, 1628; a Sir John Chase in Exeter, prior to 1637; a John Chase, Esq., Apothecary to Queen Anne, 1690, &c. See Magna Britannia, Lysson's London, Polwheles' Devonshire, and other works. Thomas' and Aquila1 Chase were among the first settlers of Hampton, N. H., in 1639. Thomas' there married Elizabeth Philbrick, daughter of Thomas Philbrick. He d. in 1652, leaving five children, all sons; namely, I. Thomas, b. 1643, d. a bachelor, Oct. 23, 1714. II. Joseph, b. 1645, m. Rachel Partridge, Jan. 31, 1671, d. Jan. 12, 1718. III. Isaac, b. 1647, m. Mary Perkins of Hampton, d. May 9, 1727. V. Abraham, b. 1651, was not married, and "was slaine in ye warres," 1676. Elizabeth, the widow of Thomas' Chase, married John Garland, Oct. 26, 1654, who died Jan. 4, 1671. She then married Judge Henry Roby, Feb. 19, 1674, and died Feb. 11, 1677. The children of Joseph' and Rachel Chase were as follows: I. Hannah, b. June 6, 1672, d. June 10, 1674. II. Elizabeth,3 b. March 11, 1674, d. Sept. 8, 1675. III. Jonathan, b. March 14, 1676, and drowned, Feb. 1, 1696. V. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 14, 1685, m. Benjamin Hilliard. The children of Isaac and Mary were as follows: I. Thomas, b. 1677. VII. Joseph, b. 1689, m. Lydia VIII. Jonathan,3 b. 1691. X. Sarah, b. 1695. XI. Priscilla,3 b. 1697. XII. Elizabeth,3 b. 1703, d. 1719. The children of James 2 and Elizabeth Chase were as follows: I. Abigail, b. Aug. 27, 1681, m. John Chase* of Newbury. II. Dorothy, b. March 17, 1686, m. John Chapman, March 16, 1705. III. Mary, b. Feb 8, 1688. Aquila Chase, brother to Thomas1 Chase, m. Anne Wheeler, daughter of John Wheeler of Hampton, removed, in 1646, to Newbury, where he d., Aug. 29, 1670, aged 52. His widow, Anne, m. Daniel Mussiloway, June 14, 1672, and d. May 19, 1688. The children of Aquila1 and Anne Chase were as follows: I. Sarah,2 b. - m. Charles Annis, May 15, 1666. 2 II. Anne, b. July 6, 1647, m. Thomas Barber, April 27, 1671. III. Priscilla, b. March 14, 1649, m. Abel Merrill, Feb. 10, 1670. V. Aquila, b. Sept. 26, 1652, m. Esther Bond, ab. 1673. VI Thomas, b. July 25, 1654, m. Rebecca Follansbee, Nov. 22, 1677. VII. John, b. Nov. 2, 1654, m. Elizabeth Bingley, May 23, 1677. VIII. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 13, 1657. IX. Ruth, b. March 18, 1660, d. May 30, 1676. X. Daniel, b. Dec. 9, 1661, m. Martha Kimball, Aug. 25, 1683. XI. Moses, b. Dec. 24, 1663, m. Anne Follansbee, Nov. 10, 1684. The children of Aquila and Esther Chase were as follows: I. Esther, b. Nov. 18, 1674, m. Daniel Merrill. II. Joseph, b. March 25, 1677, m. Abigail Thurston, Nov. 8, 1699. III. Priscilla, b. Oct. 15, 1681, m. Joseph Hills, 1704. The children of Thomas' and Rebecca Chase were as follows: I Thomas, b. Sept. 15, 1680, m. Sara II. Jonathan, b. Jan. 13, 1683, m. Joanna Palmer, 1703. III. James, b. Sept. 15, 1685, m. Martha Rolfe, Dec. 17, 1707. V. Ruth, b. Feb. 28, 1691, m. Nathaniel Miller of Rehoboth, May VII. Rebecca, b. April 26, 1700, m. Stephen Moulton, Dec. 14, 1721. VIII. Judith, b. IX. Lizza, b. m. Horton. m. Benjamin Rogers, Aug. 17, 1732. X. Josiah, b. July 15, 1697, d. young. XI. Nathan, b. 1702, m. Judith Sawyer, Nov. 29, 1723, then Joanna Cheney, Dec. 30, 1740, and then Ruth Davis, June 9, 1763. Thomas' Chase m. for his second wife Elizabeth Mooers, Aug. 2, 1713. * Son of John Chase, and grandson of Aquila Chase of Newbury. The children of John2 and Elizabeth Chase were as follows: I. William, b. Jan. 3, 1679. II. Philip, b. Sept. 23, 1688, m. Mary Follansbee, April 17, 1712. III. Charles, b. Jan. 12, 1690, and m. Hepzibah Carr, July 15, 1714. IV. Jacob, b. V. Abraham, b. VI. Phebe, b. VII. Mary, b. VIII. Lydia, b. IX. Elizabeth, b. X. John, b. m. Joanna Davis, Aug. 24, 1716. m. Abigail Chase of Hampton, N. H. John Chase m. for his second wife Lydia XI. David, son of John and Lydia, b. Oct. 20, 1710. The children of Daniel' and Martha Chase were as follows: I. Martha, b. Aug. 18, 1684, m. David Lawson, Aug. 3, 1716. II. Sara, b. July 18, 1686, m. Francis Danford, Nov. 17, 1714. III. Dorothy, b. Jan. 24, 1689. IV. Isaac, b. Jan. 19, 1691, m. Hannah Berry, Oct. 29, 1710. V. Lydia, b. Jan. 19, 1693, m. William Evans, Jan. 30, 1716. VII. Judith, b. Feb. 19, 1697, m. John Tuttle of Lebanon, 1713. IX. Daniel, b. Oct. 15, 1702, m. Mary Carpenter, Jan., 1723, and for his second wife, Elizabeth Collins of Salisbury, Feb., 1726. Daniel' d. Feb. 8, 1707. His widow Martha m. Josiah Heath of Haverhill, 1713. 2 The children of Moses and Anne Chase were as follows: I. II. Moses, b. Sept. 20, 1685, d. young. Daniel, b. Sept. 20, 1685, m. Sarah March, Jan. 2, 1706. III. Moses, b. Jan. 20, 1688, m. Elizabeth Wells, Oct. 2, 1709. IV. Samuel, b. May 13, 1690, m. Hannah Emery, Dec. 8, 1713. V. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 25, 1693. VI. Stephen, b. Aug. 29, 1696, m. Sarah Hale, Dec., 1717. VII. Hannah, b. Sept. 13, 1699, m. Timothy Jackman, April 9, 1723. VIII. Joseph, b. Sept. 9, 1703, m. Mary Morss, Sept. 7, 1724. IX. Benoni, b. April 5, 1708, m. Mary Rogers, Sept. 4, 1728. Moses Chase m. for his second wife, Sarah Jacobs of Ipswich, 1713. The children of John3 and Abigail3 Chase of Hampton were as follows: I. James, b. July 28, 1698. II. Jonathan, b. Sept. 21, 1700. III. Elizabeth, b. April 13, 1703. IV. Elihu, b. Sept. 7, 1705. V. John, b. Sept. 18, 1708, and m. Anna Runlet, March 27, 1729. VI. Hannah, b. May 10, 1711. |