Another Nancy Jane Chase (1845-1919) - My Great Great Grandfather's Sister and Some of Her Family - Yarmouth and Dennis, MA
I have previously written about my great great great grandmother Nancy J. (Brooks) Chase, as well as her son, my great great grandfather Franklin Howes Chase, both of Yarmouth and Dennis. Nancy J. Chase had a daughter, a sibling to Franklin, also named Nancy Jane Chase of whom I had not researched beyond the most basic of vital record information. What I found reflected in available documents was perhaps a difficult life for Nancy J. as well as for her children and others in her circle. The documents themselves can present the facts but do not inform us of emotions, drama, and background, for any of the tribulations they actually lived through. Nancy Jane Chase, sister to my great great grandfather Franklin Howes Chase, was born 25 February 1845 at Yarmouth, Massachusetts to George Washington and Nancy Jane (Brooks) Chase. Like her mother and siblings, Nancy Jane's race is identified as "Indian" in the 1855 Massachusetts State Census at Yarmouth. She is ide...