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Author: Joseph C. Williams
Jonathan Chase was a farmer in West Newbury, Massachusetts. A family man: he fathered 10 children with Joanna Morse: his wife of 55 years.
Born in Newbury, Mass on 18 August 1723, he was the Great-Grandson of Aquila Chase who was the first to pilot at the mouth of the Merrimac River. His Grandfather, John, had been a soldier in the French and Indian War. His father was the Town Constable (Newbury, Massachusetts).
In 1744 he married Joanna Morse in Newbury. They remained married to each other for 55 years until Jonathan passed in 1799. Joanna Passed in 1807. Their children were: Jonathan; Stephen; Eliphalet; Anna; Abigail; Eliphalet (2); Hepsibah; Molly; Joshua; Hannah.
Jonathan was a member of the Newbury, Massachusetts Militia. On 19 April 1775 he answered the alarm delivered by Paul Revere and William Dawes the night before.
On that fateful April Morning on the green at Lexington, he was ready to defend his home; his land; his family; his means of support from the oppressive King George III. He did so on that day and continued on for 5 more days of fighting. Jonathan witnessed first-hand “…The shot heard round the world…” and the birth of a new nation.
SERVICE: Pvt MA
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