Chaisey History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

The history of the name Chaisey dates back to the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It is derived from a member of the family who worked as a person who dominated as an exceptional huntsman which was derived from the Old English word chase which means to hunt. 1

Early Origins of the Chaisey family

The surname Chaisey was first found in Hampshire where one of the first records of the family was William Chase who was Mayor of Winchester in 1464. 2

Early History of the Chaisey family

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Chaisey Spelling Variations

Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Chaisey has undergone many spelling variations, including Chase, Chases, Chasey, Chace, Chaces, Chacey, Chaise, Chaises and many more.

Early Notables of the Chaisey family

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Migration of the Chaisey family

To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Chaisey were among those contributors: William Chase, who arrived in Massachusetts in 1630; Aquilla Chase and his brother Thomas Chase, both born in Chesham in Buckinghamshire, England, between 1580 and 1585, they came to Hampton, then Newburyport, MA in the 1640s, and had many prominent descendants.

Citations +

Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.