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necticut, the records thereof appearing in
vols, i i and 12.
(VI) Edward Chase, son of David and
Susanna (Pierce) Chase, was born in
Swansea, Massachusetts, May 31, 1757.
and was married, according to the Swan-
sea Friends' Record, November jo. 1777
(by the Rehoboth Vita] Records, August
25, 177S1 to Chloe Bullock, of Rehoboth,
who was born July 5. [753, and died September
,;. [848. Their children, all bom
in Killingly, were: David, mentioned lie-
low; Daniel, born October 8, 17S1 ;
Edward, born February -'(>. 17S4; Sampson,
born January 24, 1780 ; 'Thomas, born
July 19. 1789; Israel, born June 15, 1794.
Edward Chase died in Killingly, in April,
[842, and is buried in the old Chase fam-
ily burying ground near the home of John
Chase, of East Killingly. His gravestone
calls him "Deacon Edward Chase," the
name by which he was commonly known.
(VII) David (2) Chase, Judge, eldest
son of Edward and Chloe (Bullock)
Chase, was born in Killingly, Connecti-
cut. November 5, 1779, and died in Kill-
ingly. January 31, [866, after a long life
of distinguished service to his town and
State. He was trained as a surveyor and
afterward became a lawyer, lie held
many public offices and represented Kill-
ingly in the State Legislature several
times. As a lawyer of judicial mind, clear
judgment, and firm and upright principles,
he was repeatedly appointed by Gov-
ernors of Connecticut one of the judges of
the Windham County Court which cor-
responded to our present Sta1 rior
Court of general jurisdiction. It was
largely through Judge Chase's efforts that
the town of Killingly was made a separate
probate district ; and as a recognition of
these services he was chosen as Kill-
ingly's first probate judge and held the
office for two terms. In his younger days
Judge Chase was active in military cir-
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cles, sen ing as lieutenant, and afterward,
during the trying Embargo Period pre-
ceding the War of [812, as captain of the
Fourth I ompany of the Eleventh Regiment.
Judge Chase married, August 29,
[803, Alma, known as Amy, daughter of
\\ hitne\ i
rraveS, Of Killingly. who fought
in the Revolutionar) War. She was born
August 15, 1782, and died in February,
[869. Their children were: i. Koxana,
born July 29, [804, who married Uriah
Coman. and resided at Painesville, Ohio.
2. chloe, born August 1, 1805, who mar-
ried 'Turner Miller, and resided at 01n<
ville. Rhode Island. 3. Alvia, born Octo-
ber [9, 1807, resided in Killingly, a sur-
veyor. 4. Giles, mentioned below. 5.
Lewis, born January 2