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Samuel,⁸ Jonathan,⁸ Dudley,⁸ b. 1730, March ,⁸ Sarah,⁸ Elizabeth,⁸ Solomon,⁸ Anne,⁸ and Mary.⁸

Dudley⁸ Chase married August 23, 1753, Alice Corbet, of Mendon, and died April 13, 1814. He was the father of a distinguished family of sons :—

1. Salmon⁹ Chase, born July 14, 1701, at Sutton, an eminent lawyer of Portland.
2. Ithamar,⁹ b. 1763, at Sutton.
3. Banich,⁹ b. March 27, 1764, at Cornish.
4. Heber,⁹ b. September 2, 1770.
5. Dudley,⁹ b. December 30, 1771.
6. Philander,⁹ b. December 14, 1775.

The Hon. Ithamar⁹ Chase, a distinguished citizen of Vermont, married Janet Ralston, of Keene, and among others had Alexander¹⁰ Ealston, b. December 22, 1794, and Salmon¹⁰ Portland, b. at Cornish, January 13,1808.

The Hon. Dudley⁹ Chase, a graduate with honors of Dartmouth College, 1791, was for many years a leader of the Vermont Bar. He was a Senator of the United States, from 1813 to 1817, and Chief Justice of Vermont from 1817 to 1821.

The Rev. Philander⁹ Chase, one of the most remarkable men of his time, and whose Reminiscences and Autobiography constitutes one of the most interesting and valuable books illustrative of the early history of the West, was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1796. He was ordained a Deacon of the Episcopal Church in 1798, and after some years' service as a Missionary Preacher, became Rector of Christ's Church, Poughkeepsie, which office he resigned to become Rector of Christ's Church, New