Chasse History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
France

The many generations and branches of the Chasse family can all place the origins of their surname with the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. Their name reveals that an early member 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 Chasse family

The surname Chasse 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 Chasse family

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Chasse Spelling Variations

Before the last few hundred years, the English language had no fast system of spelling rules. For that reason, spelling variations are commonly found in early Anglo-Saxon surnames. Over the years, many variations of the name Chasse were recorded, including Chase, Chases, Chasey, Chace, Chaces, Chacey, Chaise, Chaises and many more.

Early Notables of the Chasse family

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Chasse Ranking

In the United States, the name Chasse is the 5,629^th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 3 However, in Quebec, Canada, the name Chasse is ranked the 587^th most popular surname. 4

Chasse migration to the United States +

To escape oppression and starvation at that time, many English families left for the "open frontiers" of the New World with all its perceived opportunities. In droves people migrated to the many British colonies, those in North America in particular, paying high rates for passages in cramped, unsafe ships. Although many of the settlers did not make the long passage alive, those who did see the shores of North America perceived great opportunities before them. Many of the families that came from England went on to make essential contributions to the emerging nations of Canada and the United States. Research into various historical records revealed some of first members of the Chasse family emigrate to North America:

Chasse Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Eugenio Chasse, aged 42, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1846 5

Chasse migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Chasse Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Jean Chassé, who married Marie-Joseph Migneau in Kamouraska, Quebec in 1735
Jean Chasse, son of Sébastien and Élisabeth, who married Marie-Louise-Angélique Asselin, daughter of Louis and Marie-Angélique, in Kamouraska, Quebec on 1st August 1757 6
Jean-Baptiste Chasse, son of Jean and Marie-Josephte, who married Élisabeth Levasseur, daughter of Pierre and Geneviève, in Kamouraska, Quebec on 24th January 1763 6
Jean-Baptiste Chassé, who married Anne Pinet in Kamouraska, Quebec in 1785
Clément Chasse, son of Jean and Marie-Louise-Angélique, who married Marie-Anne Pelletier, daughter of Charles and Marie-Anne, in Kamouraska, Quebec on 23rd September 1787 6
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Contemporary Notables of the name Chasse (post 1700) +

Steven Chasse, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 2008 7
David Henri Chassé, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 8
David Hendrik Chassé (1765-1849), Dutch soldier

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.
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
"The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Internoscia, Arthur E., and Claire Chevrier. Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Français 1608-1760. Vol. 1, Institut Drouin, 1958.
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 12) David Chassé. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html