Leslie and List, Thanks to some very diligent Chase researchers (foremost, Lonnie Chase), I have the following information regarding the genealogy of Aquila Chase. Good luck with your search. Teri Popp Information obtained from Pedigree Charts compiled by Joanna Baxter Curtis and on file Yates Publishing, PO Box 67, Greenville, MT 59870. Referred to in the will of Aquila Chase, Sr. See also "Seven Generations of the descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase," Chase and Chamberlain pp. 33-34. Information obtained from Pedigree Charts compiled by Joanna Baxter Curtis and on file Yates Publishing, PO Box 67, Stevensville, MT 59870. Referred to in the will of Aquila Chase, Sr. See also "Seven Generations of the descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase," Chase and Chamberlain pp. 33-34. See also the following information regarding the parentage of this Aquila Chase: The following information is from the book "Seven generations of the descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase". Compiled by John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain and supplied by Lonnie Chase. Page 9: "It was assumed , or claimed, that the brothers Aquila and Thomas Chase were sons of the Aquila Chase who was baptized in Chesham, 7 Aug. 1580. The facts studied at close range show that the assumption is not correct. Extensive research shows that the above named Aquila Chase went from Chesham to London, there married Martha Jelliman, was the father of six children, was a merchant tailor, lived on Knight Rider's street, attended the two established churches on that street and, with his wife and five of his children, was there buried. The parish registers fail to show that he had a son Thomas but they do show that he had a son Aquila who was baptized in the parish of St. Nicholas, Cole Abbey. The parish register further shows that Aquila Chase, the tailor, and Aquila his son, there baptized, were also buried there. As there was only one Chase family on Knight Rider's street, 1606 to 1660, we feel justified in assuming that Aquila and Thomas Chase, the Hampton brothers, could not be the sons of Aquila Chase of Chesham, England. They may be descended from the Chesham family but our researches fail to show such a connection". Page 39.: "John Chase married [1] in Newbury, 23 May 1677, Elizabeth Bingley, daughter of William and Elizabeth [Preston] Bingley, born in Salisbury, 24 June 1660; died about 1685. He married [2] in Salisbury, 21 Dec. 1687, Lydia Challis, daughter of Philip and Mary [Sargent] Challis. She was born in Salisbury, 31 May 1665; living 22 Oct. 1730". The book has a copy of Aquila's [1618 - 1670] will and the inventory of his estate and some interesting things about John's life and a copy of his will. The following information taken from the Chase family website: Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 19:24:52 EDT From: RAChase <RAChase@aol.com> To: CHASE-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <89560f4.356214c5@aol.com> Subject: [CHASE-L] Aquila Chase Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit There is disagreement among published Chase genealogies about the lineage of the brothers Aquila and Thomas Chase who arrived in Hampton NH in 1639, and subsequently located in Newbury (now Newburyport) MA. The Chase Family History by J.M. Seaver (1929) lists the Aquila Chase born in Chesham in 1580 as the one which came to Hampton NH in 1639. This is clearly in error, since it is refuted by a recorded court deposition filed by Aquila in Ipswich Mass. in 1666 wherein he gives his age as 48, making the year of his birth about 1618 ("Decendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase"; John Chase & Geo. Chamberlain, 1928). The Chase/Chamberlain genealogy assumes that the Chesham Aquila (b. 1580) is the Aquila Chaste (in later records written as Chase) who is listed in Parish records in London as marrying a Martha Jelliman on 22 June 1606, and who had a number of children whose baptisms are recorded there. Among them was a son Aquila who was bp. 9 April 1626 (his burial there in the year 1659/60 is also recorded). There is no record of a son Thomas. Chase/Chamberlain therefore break the Chase genealogy between the Chesham Chases, and the brothers Aquila and Thomas in Hampton, since no factual documentation of the linkage apparently could be found. Any information (hopefully in the form of documented references) that anyone can provide on the parents, birth, and early life of the Newbury MA Aquilla and Thomas will be most welcome. Dick Chase Many recent Chase family compilers list the Aquila and Thomas who came to New Hampshire as children of the senior Aquila Chase of Chesham (b. 1580, son of Richard and Joan Chase) and Martha Jelliman, married 22 June 1606. Presently available evidence suggests that this is in error. If the Chesham Aquila is indeed the Aquila listed in the London records, then it seems unlikely that he could be the father of the brothers Aquila and Thomas; if he is their father, then the Aquila listed in London must be a different one, and Martha Jelliman cannot be his spouse and their mother. Regarding the spelling of the name "Aquila," the early "Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts" show the births of Aquila Chase, Aquilla Chase and Aquilla Chace.