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==Early life==
[[File:Coat of Arms of Samuel Chase.svg|175px|thumb|left|Coat of Arms of Samuel Chase]]
Samuel Chase was the only child of the Reverend Thomas Chase (c. 1703–1779) and his wife, Matilda Walker (1705–1741), born near [[Princess Anne, Maryland]].<ref name=mdoe>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Chase, Samuel (1741–1811) |encyclopedia=Maryland Online Encyclopedia (MdOE) |publisher=Maryland Online Encyclopedia, a joint project of the [[Maryland Historical Society]], the Maryland Humanities Council, the [[Enoch Pratt Free Library]], and the Maryland State Department of Education |year=2005 |url=http://www.mdoe.org/chasesamuel.html |access-date=December 5, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509001446/http://www.mdoe.org/chasesamuel.html |archive-date=May 9, 2008 }}</ref> His father was a clergyman who immigrated to [[Somerset County, Maryland|Somerset County]] to become a priest in a new church. Samuel was educated at home. He was eighteen when he left for [[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis]] where he studied law under attorney John Hall.<ref name="mdoe" /> He was admitted to the bar in 1761<ref name="SCHS">{{cite web
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