Gone "Mackerlin" - Paying Off A Step Father's Debts / George Washington Chase of Yarmouth, MA
Gone “Mackerlin" - Paying Off A Step Father’s Debts George Washington Chase 1821-1889 Yarmouth, MA George Washington Chase was born in Harwich, Massachusetts on 19 July 1821; he died at Yarmouth of heart disease on 11 January 1889. His parents were Jeremiah Chase and Betsey Nickerson. Jeremiah Chase died before 28 December 1833 when marriage intentions were recorded for George W.’s mother Betsey and Lewis Long of Yarmouth. George W. married Nancy J. Brooks of Yarmouth who was a descendant of the indigenous tribe at Yarmouth through her father Thomas Greenough Brooks. George W. Chase and Nancy J. (Brooks) Chase are my great great great grandparents; they had nine children. I have posted a separate report on Nancy J. Brooks. George Washington Chase appears in various records as “white” while his wife and children are identified as “Indian. George W. was a boy of approximately 10-12 years when his father Jeremiah died. Lewis Lo...