Mary Abbot was the daughter of Stephen, merchant, and Sarah. She married Abijah Chase, son of Stephen and Rebecca Chase on Oct 9 (or Sep 10) 1795.
Brothers Abijah and Henry Chase married sisters Mary and Elizabeth Abbot.
Info from Vital Records, and a June, 1950 survey by the Cemetery Commission of Salem. It identifies those buried in the cemetery with their locations. The document is available in the Peabody-Essex Library.
The following provided by contributer 46960440:
MARY CHASE, Salem, Mass. 87 4 mo. 26 1861
Widow of Abijah Chase.
It may truly be said, that she came to her 'grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season'--and it is reverently believed has been gathered into the heavenly garner. Her parents were members of the Episcopal Church, and she was educated in its tenets until about the twentieth year of her age, when she joined the Society of Friends, from a true conviction of the value of the Spiritual communion, and its superiority over forms and ceremonies. She continued a beloved and consistent member until her death, giving evidence through her long and useful life of the sincerity of her faith, by self-sacrifice, humility, and charity to all.
Soon after her admission into the Society, a gift in the ministry was intrusted to her charge, which being approved by her Meeting, was exercised at intervals (though never at great length or frequency) until near the close of her life, greatly to the acceptance of Friends. Her favorite theme was the fulness and freeness of the provision for the salvation of our fallen race.
For several years an invalid, her love, gentleness, and Christian patience were instructive, she being preserved in a state of quiet, patiently waiting for the coming of her Lord; seeming, as was felt by those who were much with her, and expressed by one who occasionally enjoyed her company, like one already redeemed from the defilements of earth. She often spoke of the favor it was to feel, that He who had been her morning light was now her evening song.
Her last illness was attended with much suffering, but she often said, she was mercifully dealt with. During the early part of it, doubts and fears were permitted to assail her in view of her own unworthiness, but these were in great mercy all removed, and perfect peace with a childlike trust took possession of her mind, and expressions of thanksgiving and praise were from time to time heard. She retained her faculties until near the close. Surely there was reserved in heaven for her an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away.
—The American Annual Monitor for 1862; or Obituary of the Members of the Society of Friends in America, for the Year 1861, published New York: William Wood, 1862, Vol. 5, pp. 20-22.
Brothers Abijah and Henry Chase married sisters Mary and Elizabeth Abbot.
Info from Vital Records, and a June, 1950 survey by the Cemetery Commission of Salem. It identifies those buried in the cemetery with their locations. The document is available in the Peabody-Essex Library.
The following provided by contributer 46960440:
MARY CHASE, Salem, Mass. 87 4 mo. 26 1861
Widow of Abijah Chase.
It may truly be said, that she came to her 'grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season'--and it is reverently believed has been gathered into the heavenly garner. Her parents were members of the Episcopal Church, and she was educated in its tenets until about the twentieth year of her age, when she joined the Society of Friends, from a true conviction of the value of the Spiritual communion, and its superiority over forms and ceremonies. She continued a beloved and consistent member until her death, giving evidence through her long and useful life of the sincerity of her faith, by self-sacrifice, humility, and charity to all.
Soon after her admission into the Society, a gift in the ministry was intrusted to her charge, which being approved by her Meeting, was exercised at intervals (though never at great length or frequency) until near the close of her life, greatly to the acceptance of Friends. Her favorite theme was the fulness and freeness of the provision for the salvation of our fallen race.
For several years an invalid, her love, gentleness, and Christian patience were instructive, she being preserved in a state of quiet, patiently waiting for the coming of her Lord; seeming, as was felt by those who were much with her, and expressed by one who occasionally enjoyed her company, like one already redeemed from the defilements of earth. She often spoke of the favor it was to feel, that He who had been her morning light was now her evening song.
Her last illness was attended with much suffering, but she often said, she was mercifully dealt with. During the early part of it, doubts and fears were permitted to assail her in view of her own unworthiness, but these were in great mercy all removed, and perfect peace with a childlike trust took possession of her mind, and expressions of thanksgiving and praise were from time to time heard. She retained her faculties until near the close. Surely there was reserved in heaven for her an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away.
—The American Annual Monitor for 1862; or Obituary of the Members of the Society of Friends in America, for the Year 1861, published New York: William Wood, 1862, Vol. 5, pp. 20-22.
Mary Abbot was the daughter of Stephen, merchant, and Sarah. She married Abijah Chase, son of Stephen and Rebecca Chase on Oct 9 (or Sep 10) 1795.
Brothers Abijah and Henry Chase married sisters Mary and Elizabeth Abbot.
Info from Vital Records, and a June, 1950 survey by the Cemetery Commission of Salem. It identifies those buried in the cemetery with their locations. The document is available in the Peabody-Essex Library.
The following provided by contributer 46960440:
MARY CHASE, Salem, Mass. 87 4 mo. 26 1861
Widow of Abijah Chase.
It may truly be said, that she came to her 'grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season'--and it is reverently believed has been gathered into the heavenly garner. Her parents were members of the Episcopal Church, and she was educated in its tenets until about the twentieth year of her age, when she joined the Society of Friends, from a true conviction of the value of the Spiritual communion, and its superiority over forms and ceremonies. She continued a beloved and consistent member until her death, giving evidence through her long and useful life of the sincerity of her faith, by self-sacrifice, humility, and charity to all.
Soon after her admission into the Society, a gift in the ministry was intrusted to her charge, which being approved by her Meeting, was exercised at intervals (though never at great length or frequency) until near the close of her life, greatly to the acceptance of Friends. Her favorite theme was the fulness and freeness of the provision for the salvation of our fallen race.
For several years an invalid, her love, gentleness, and Christian patience were instructive, she being preserved in a state of quiet, patiently waiting for the coming of her Lord; seeming, as was felt by those who were much with her, and expressed by one who occasionally enjoyed her company, like one already redeemed from the defilements of earth. She often spoke of the favor it was to feel, that He who had been her morning light was now her evening song.
Her last illness was attended with much suffering, but she often said, she was mercifully dealt with. During the early part of it, doubts and fears were permitted to assail her in view of her own unworthiness, but these were in great mercy all removed, and perfect peace with a childlike trust took possession of her mind, and expressions of thanksgiving and praise were from time to time heard. She retained her faculties until near the close. Surely there was reserved in heaven for her an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away.
—The American Annual Monitor for 1862; or Obituary of the Members of the Society of Friends in America, for the Year 1861, published New York: William Wood, 1862, Vol. 5, pp. 20-22.
Brothers Abijah and Henry Chase married sisters Mary and Elizabeth Abbot.
Info from Vital Records, and a June, 1950 survey by the Cemetery Commission of Salem. It identifies those buried in the cemetery with their locations. The document is available in the Peabody-Essex Library.
The following provided by contributer 46960440:
MARY CHASE, Salem, Mass. 87 4 mo. 26 1861
Widow of Abijah Chase.
It may truly be said, that she came to her 'grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season'--and it is reverently believed has been gathered into the heavenly garner. Her parents were members of the Episcopal Church, and she was educated in its tenets until about the twentieth year of her age, when she joined the Society of Friends, from a true conviction of the value of the Spiritual communion, and its superiority over forms and ceremonies. She continued a beloved and consistent member until her death, giving evidence through her long and useful life of the sincerity of her faith, by self-sacrifice, humility, and charity to all.
Soon after her admission into the Society, a gift in the ministry was intrusted to her charge, which being approved by her Meeting, was exercised at intervals (though never at great length or frequency) until near the close of her life, greatly to the acceptance of Friends. Her favorite theme was the fulness and freeness of the provision for the salvation of our fallen race.
For several years an invalid, her love, gentleness, and Christian patience were instructive, she being preserved in a state of quiet, patiently waiting for the coming of her Lord; seeming, as was felt by those who were much with her, and expressed by one who occasionally enjoyed her company, like one already redeemed from the defilements of earth. She often spoke of the favor it was to feel, that He who had been her morning light was now her evening song.
Her last illness was attended with much suffering, but she often said, she was mercifully dealt with. During the early part of it, doubts and fears were permitted to assail her in view of her own unworthiness, but these were in great mercy all removed, and perfect peace with a childlike trust took possession of her mind, and expressions of thanksgiving and praise were from time to time heard. She retained her faculties until near the close. Surely there was reserved in heaven for her an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away.
—The American Annual Monitor for 1862; or Obituary of the Members of the Society of Friends in America, for the Year 1861, published New York: William Wood, 1862, Vol. 5, pp. 20-22.
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