The Ellen G. White Letters and Manuscripts: Volume 1

CHASE, Lewis (1814-1896) and Almira (1816-1881)

A Methodist farmer-minister from New York, Lewis Chase became a Sabbatarian Adventist about 1852. There is some evidence from the Review that he subsequently preached in his home area, around Sandy Creek and Boylston, New York. After 1863, however, there is no further mention of Lewis Chase or “L. Chase” in the Review, suggesting that he severed his contact with the Adventists. In her 1859 diary Ellen White wrote of a meeting in Mannsfield, New York, where “Brethren Chase and Bailey … opened their mouths and glorified God.” 1EGWLM 808.2

See: Phyllis Smith Oyer, Oyer and Allied Families: Their History and Genealogy (Rochester, Interlaken, N.Y.: Heart of the Lakes Publishing, 1988), p. 46; Glenn F. Thibault, “Thibault and Chase of New England and N.Y.,” November 2004, RootsWeb, http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com (Dec. 18, 2006); 1850 U.S. Federal Census, “Lewis Chase,” New York, Oswego County, Boylston, p. 187; search term “Chase” in Review and Herald online collection, www.adventistarchives.org; C. B. Preston, “From Bro. Preston,” Review, Nov. 11, 1858, p. 199; Ellen G. White, Ms 8, 1859 (Oct. 23 entry). 1EGWLM 808.3