Location:
New North Cemetery
Section no: AA
Memorial no: 1
Orientation: West
See map of this cemetery: https://nha.org/cemeteries/maps/libcemeterynewnorth.html
Personal Information
Name: Owen Chase
Gender: Male
Age: 73
Birth:
Death: March 8 1869
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Number interred: 3
Notes
Inscription:
OUR FATHER
OWEN CHASE
DIED
March 8, 1869.
Aged 73 yrs. 5 mos.
PEGGY NANCY
his wife his wife
DIED DIED
Sept. 22, 1826 Aug. 11, 1833
Aged 26. Aged 39
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Image of note:
Text on footstone: O.C.
Biographical notes: Owen Chase (1798-1869) was first mate of the whaleship Essex, which was struck and sunk by a sperm whale on November 20, 1820. Chase wrote about the incident in “Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex.” This book, published in 1821, inspired elements of Herman Melville’s novel “Moby-Dick.”
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Inscription Condition: Clear but worn
Monument
Stone Composition: Marble
Stone Shape: Rectangular, slightly curved top
Type of Monument:
Monument Condition: Sound, in place|Discolored/stained
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Shape of text panel:
Main motif: Lettering only
Marginal motif:
Width of stone: 23″
Thickness of stone: 3″
Length of slab: 36″
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Data Collection
Date data collected: June and July 2003
GPS marker location:
Stone exists 1900:
Stone exists 2002:
Stone exists 2003: Yes
Stone exists 2004:
Stone exists 2005:
Footstone exists: Yes
Location note:
Citation source: Preservation Institute Nantucket students
Field recorder: Susan Jolley or Jill Donlon
Data input by: Susan Kirk
Reviewed by: Automatic