I hope you will forgive me if I ask for clarification on this email. I have a number of questions about the dates you gave for the various people named. (1) I have the 1688 date for William who married Dorcas Baker, but I have also * Jul 1668. Which is correct? (2) I noticed that you gave 15 Nov 1696 as the birthdate for Dorcas Baker and the same for Mary Chase. Could you check this one and give the correct date for whichever? (3) If Dorcas Baker was born in 1696, as given, it would be a physical impossiblity for her to have a son born on 16 Oct 1774, especially if he married someone born in 1696 and 1733. Could you clear this one up? I have his birthday as somewhere in 1729. I don't have a birthday for the Mary Chase you mentioned, but I have that they were married 12 Feb 1756 or 1757 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA. Thank you for the info on Mercy, by the way, I didn't have that at all. Thanks also for their children and the dates for them. Do you have a death date for Mary and a marriage date for Mercy? Thank you for a very informative letter. It was fascinating to read and to check against my information. Sorry if I sounded confused before. Sometimes it is difficult to keep the various William Chases separate. Leslie Quist Dave & Luanne Davies wrote: > Hi mamakitty, I have been watching with interest your mail concerning > William Chase....and I note a certain uncertainty as to which generation > of of William was married to and the son of who. I am a descendant of > St Lucia William Chase born in England in 1790, and in searching have > found very good lines of the other William Chase lines that exist. > For instance Williams Chase b 4 Jan 1607 mar. Mary Townley b 5 Mar 1603 > had a son William Chase Jnr b 15 Jun 1621 mar. Elizabeth Holder b 1624 > had a son John Chase b 16 April 1649 mar. Elizabeth Baker b 1648 had a > son William Chase b 8 July 1688 mar. his cousin Dorcas Baker b 15 Nov > 1696 had a son William Chase b 16 Oct 1774 mar. his cousin Mary Chase b > 15 Nov 1696 and her older sister Mercy Chase b 11 Feb 1733, now this > William had no issue by Mary but had 9 children by Mercy, they were Job > Chase b 1753, Sylvanus Chase b 1755, John Chase b 1757, Elizabeth Chase > b 16 Dec 1759, William Chase b 1761, who appears to have died as a baby, > William Chase Jnr b 1764, Rebecca Chase b 1767, Deborah Chase b 1769, > and Archelies Chase b 3 Mar 1771. Now if that ain't enough William > Chase's to think about, then tell me more. I live in New Zealand and > our generation of Chases stem from James Alvin and John Frances Chase > who were Ship owners working with their uncle Job Chase b 1736, shipping > magnate 1800 to 1840. Our generations here in New Zealand have a very > good understanding of geneology as most of us are Latter Day Saints and > you and other Chase descendants can access the same information by > visiting and using the website www.familysearch.org....I'll copy this to > CHASE-L@rootsweb as well, I too am a subscriber and I'll be interested > to see results forthcoming. > > bye......Dave Davies....another Chase on line...