Hello Dick, You have given me a lot to think about. I have a feeling I will be referring back to your letter many times. Thank you for the information. Melody In a message dated 5/12/99 3:27:57 PM !!!First Boot!!!, RAChase writes: << Melody -- regarding your posting of the Chase lineage: You show (#6) Aquila, son of Richard, as 1580 - 1670. Actually, there is no further record of that Aquila in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, other than that of his baptism on 7 Aug 1580. It is presumed by many respected researchers, however, that the Aquila who appears in the Thomas-the-Apostle Parish records in London with the marriage to Martha Jelliman (22 Jun 1606) is probably that Aquila. (If it isn't, we then haven't the foggiest idea what happened to him.) The London Aquila's burial is recorded in the St. Nicholas, Cole Abbey, records as occurring 9 Feb 1643/4. Martha was buried in the same parish 15 Aug 1643. Their children were: Anne, Martha, Sara, Elizabeth, Joane, and Aquila (baptisms all recorded in either St. Thomas-the-Apostle or St. Nicholas parishes). There is no record of a son William. These Parish records are judged by researchers to be complete. The son Aquila was baptized in 1626, and his burial is recorded there in 1659/60, so he is obviously not the Aquila who shows up in Hampton, Mass. Bay Colony (now New Hampshire) in 1638 with his brother Thomas. That Aquila is the one who died in 1670. It remains unknown what, if any, any relationship there is between the brothers Aquila and Thomas and William Chase. Dick Chase >>