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Samuel CHASE
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Samuel CHASE 4
Notes: The only son, Samuel was brought up by his mother in Nottingham after his father died when he was two, and then by his mother's sisters when she died eight years later. He was educated at Bristol Baptist College and Marischal College Aberdeen, where he obtained his MA in 1806 (Baptists could not attend the Universities at Oxford or Cambridge). He was appointed Minister of St Andrew's Baptist Church in Cambridge in 1809, but resigned just one year later due to ill health. He then trained in law in Cambridge, moved to Wellingborough in 1819, and a year later to Northampton where he practiced with Nonconformist and Liberal clientele. Around 1830 he joined the Anglican Church; he also became a Tory and was several times appointed as the Candidate's Agent at elections. These changes to his religious and political affiliations led to the loss of much of his business, and in 1837 he moved to Reading where he took over the legal practice of his brother-in-law Alfred Compigne. He was successful there and became Mayor of Reading in 1841. He contracted typhoid with his son Septimus in Clifton in 1847, and did not fully recover. After the death of his wife in 1851 he remarried and moved to Brighton, where he died aged 76. Samuel married Louisa COMPIGNÉ, daughter of Michael COMPIGNÉ and Sarah LLOYD, on 15 Jun 1809 in St Pancras Parish Church, Middlesex.1 2 (Louisa COMPIGNÉ was born on 24 Aug 1783 in Holborn, London 9 10, christened on 26 Oct 1783 in St Andrew Holborn, London,11 died on 5 May 1851 in Reading, Berkshire 12 and was buried on 12 May 1851 in Reading Cemetery, Berkshire 13.) Samuel next married Ann RIVERS on 1 Feb 1859 in St Mary Magdalene, Woolwich, Kent.3 (Ann RIVERS was christened on 16 Feb 1799 in St Mary the Virgin, Merton, Surrey,14 died on 11 Mar 1883 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent 15 and was buried on 16 Mar 1883 in Tunbridge Wells Cemetery, Kent 16.) |
1 Marriage allegation, Vicar General 13-6-1809, SoG Mf.
2 Church Register, St Pancras, LMA ref X030/025.
3 GRO (England and Wales), Certified Copy of Entry of Marriage MXB836994.
4 Church Register, St Bride Fleet Street, Guildhall Library ref Mf 6541 (baptism of son Henry).
5 Church Register, Baptist Meeting House Luton, TNA ref RG4/276 f19.
6 GRO (England and Wales), Certified Copy of Entry of Death DYE182614.
7 Monumental Inscription, Reading Cemetery (E5) 1843-1995, Berkshire FHS (1997), Berkshire County RO ref L5548.
8 Non-parochial burial ground, Order Book for Reading Cemetery, Berkshire County RO ref Mf 97518.
9 James Compigne (1778-1828), Compigne (Unpublished notes in Huguenot Library, University College London (7pp)).
10 Census, 1851 Census - HO107/1692 f474 p25.
11 Church Register, St Andrew Holborn, Guildhall Library ref Mf 6667.
12 GRO (England and Wales), Certified Copy of Entry of Death DYE181077.
13 Non-parochial burial ground, Order Book for Reading Cemetery, Berkshire County RO ref Mf 97514.
14 Church Register, St Mary the Virgin Merton Registers, Surrey County RO microfiche.
15 GRO (England and Wales), Certified Copy of Entry of Death DYA493330.
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Non-parochial burial ground, www.deceasedonline.com.
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