He was a whaling ship captain of the ship "Britannia" in 1779, and his ship was captured by Tory privateers. He was taken to Halifax, and later imprisoned on a British Prison Ship off of Rhode Island. He escaped.
He was listed in Warren Town, Mass., enlistment records in 1776 in the Bristol County Alarms. He served as a private. He was listed in a military census in April 1777, as 15 years to 60 years, able to bear arms and living in Bristol County.
His father, Isaac Chase, also a whaling ship captain. Was at his home at Swansea, when the British burned the town, and his house. He took his 10 children and Rufuses 3 children and moved to Providence, Rhode Island.
Rufuses great-grandchildren, the Merritts, in Medina, New York, had a swing made from rope made from twisted whale baleen. It had been a bed rope used to hold the mattress.
Later in the Revolutionary War, Rufus and brother James moved their families to Guilford, Windham, Vermont. Rufus named a daughter after his ship, Britannia.
He was listed in Warren Town, Mass., enlistment records in 1776 in the Bristol County Alarms. He served as a private. He was listed in a military census in April 1777, as 15 years to 60 years, able to bear arms and living in Bristol County.
His father, Isaac Chase, also a whaling ship captain. Was at his home at Swansea, when the British burned the town, and his house. He took his 10 children and Rufuses 3 children and moved to Providence, Rhode Island.
Rufuses great-grandchildren, the Merritts, in Medina, New York, had a swing made from rope made from twisted whale baleen. It had been a bed rope used to hold the mattress.
Later in the Revolutionary War, Rufus and brother James moved their families to Guilford, Windham, Vermont. Rufus named a daughter after his ship, Britannia.
He was a whaling ship captain of the ship "Britannia" in 1779, and his ship was captured by Tory privateers. He was taken to Halifax, and later imprisoned on a British Prison Ship off of Rhode Island. He escaped.
He was listed in Warren Town, Mass., enlistment records in 1776 in the Bristol County Alarms. He served as a private. He was listed in a military census in April 1777, as 15 years to 60 years, able to bear arms and living in Bristol County.
His father, Isaac Chase, also a whaling ship captain. Was at his home at Swansea, when the British burned the town, and his house. He took his 10 children and Rufuses 3 children and moved to Providence, Rhode Island.
Rufuses great-grandchildren, the Merritts, in Medina, New York, had a swing made from rope made from twisted whale baleen. It had been a bed rope used to hold the mattress.
Later in the Revolutionary War, Rufus and brother James moved their families to Guilford, Windham, Vermont. Rufus named a daughter after his ship, Britannia.
He was listed in Warren Town, Mass., enlistment records in 1776 in the Bristol County Alarms. He served as a private. He was listed in a military census in April 1777, as 15 years to 60 years, able to bear arms and living in Bristol County.
His father, Isaac Chase, also a whaling ship captain. Was at his home at Swansea, when the British burned the town, and his house. He took his 10 children and Rufuses 3 children and moved to Providence, Rhode Island.
Rufuses great-grandchildren, the Merritts, in Medina, New York, had a swing made from rope made from twisted whale baleen. It had been a bed rope used to hold the mattress.
Later in the Revolutionary War, Rufus and brother James moved their families to Guilford, Windham, Vermont. Rufus named a daughter after his ship, Britannia.
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