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State of Service: MD
Qualifying Service: Signer Declaration of Independence
Author: Christopher Smithson
Samuel Chase was born 17 Apr 1741 in Somerset Co., MD. He was the son of Thomas Chase and Matilda Walker.
He married (1st) Ann Baldwin, daughter of Thomas and Agnes (Sanders) Baldwin on 2 May 1762; (2nd) Hannah Kitty Giles, (1759-1856), daughter of Dr. samuel and Mary (Hart) Giles in London, England on 2 Mar 1783.
He had 8 children: (by 1st wife) Matilda Chase (1763-1835) m. Henry Ridgely (1763-1811) on 7 Jun 1787; Child (b. c. 1766); Child (b. c. 1769); Ann (1771-1852); Samuel (1773-1841); Thomas (1774-1826) m. Matilda Chase (1782-1829) on 17 Oct 1816; (by 2nd wife) Mary Chase (1785-1872) m. William Bedford Barney (1781-1838) on 9 Sep 1808; Eliza (1788-1853) m. Skipwith Hollad Coale (1789-1832) on 29 Jan 1810.
He died 19 Jun 1811 in Baltimore Co., MD.
His patriotic service included Patriotic Service as a Second Continential Congress, 1775-1778; Signer, of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. He is buried at Old St. Paul’s Cem. in Baltimore City, MD.
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