Thank you Lonnie, Harriet and Jackson. I will forward this info to the interested party, Jane Devlin. Now all she needs is Sybil and Abner's children to make the connection into this whole branch of the William Chase line! Based on the following from Arnold's Vital Records of Rehoboth (from LDS IGI record), looks like Abner Anthony, and perhaps Sybil, moved to Rehoboth by 1777, after the birth of their first two children in Swansea in 1760 & 1762. It is possible that the following Abner may be a child of Abner and Sybil's born later in life (17 years of childbearing is still well within normal bounds, if she lived that long!), or he could be from a second marriage of Abner's. Wonder how old your Sibbel or Lilebell ANTHONY was who married Asa SMITH of Dighton, 4 Sep 1793? If 17-18, she could have been a slightly older sister of this Abner! The LDS didn't have any other siblings listed in Rehoboth, though ... Abner ANTHONY Sex: M Birth: 21 Dec 1777 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Parents: Father: Abner ANTHONY Mother: Jan Researching: PARKISON, HEDGES, DOWNEY SAWYER, VIETS, QUELCH ALSPACH, PETERS, BRIDWELL, SPANGLER BRUMBAUGH, RODGERS, WATSON ROBSON, MASSEY, KEMP, SPRY, DENNY ELLS, RICKARDS CHACE, CHAMPLIN, CARPENTER, BULLOCK NORTHROP/NORTHRUP/NORTHUP, BANE GRAY, KELTY, CONNER ---------------------------------------------- From: Lonnie Chase [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 1:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [CHASE-L] Sybil Chase Sybil's parents and siblings HEZEKIAH4 CHASE (William,3 William,2 William1), of Swansea, born at Swansea, died there in June 1738. He married first, at Swansea, 24 July 1717, JAEL PIERCE, born at Scituate 24 Feb. 1692, died at Swansea about 1730, daughter of John and Patience (Dobson) Pierce; and secondly, at Swansea, 16 Dec. 1732, PRISCILLA PERRY. In his will, dated 1 Apr. 1738 and proved 19 June 1738, he mentioned his eight children. Children by first wife, born at Swansea: BARNABAS,5 b. in 1718. HEZEKIAH, b. in 1720. ENOCH. BATHSHEBA, m. 11 Dec. 1755 SMITH ROWLAND. JAEL, b. in 1724; m. 1 Jan. 1740 MICHAEL EDDY. PHEBE [? m. 30 Nov. 1749 NATHANIEL WOOD]. CHRISTIAN, living 1 Apr. 1738. SYBIL [? m. 25 Jan. 1759 ABNER ANTHONY]. Lonnie Chase [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------- From: Karen Sullivan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 8:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [MABRISTO] ANTHONY - Swansea Records - late 1700s - lookup request I found two children of Abner and Sybil (Chase) Anthony in the Swansea VR. p. 41, Asa b. April 1762. p. 142, Ruben b. 20 May 1760. Karen Sullivan Visit Alden Kindred of America at http://www.alden.org/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 4:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MABRISTO] ANTHONY - Swansea Records - late 1700s - lookup request Does anyone have access to the Vital Records from Swansea who would be willing to look up references to Abner ANTHONY who married Sybil CHASE, 25 Jan 1759 [NEHGR, Vol 87, p 129]? I'm interested in whether they may have had a daughter or a granddaughter named Sybil, Sibbel, or Lilebell. I've been searching for the family of Sibbel or Lilebell ANTHONY who married Asa SMITH of Dighton, 4 Sep 1793, [Rehoboth Vital Records, Search & Research CD] and recently received the clue that she may have been the daughter of Abner & Sybil [CHASE] ANTHONY. I've checked the Search & Research Bristol Co. CD, but only a surname index of the Swansea records is included. I could find no mention of Abner ANTHONY in the archives for this mailing list or in the Rootsweb ANTHONY surname message board. There were several occurrences of Anthony & Sybil in the World Connect family trees, but only one, Jim Bullock's, gave any children - two sons Reuben & Asa. The one mention in Vol 87, a genealogy of the CHASE family, is the only reference to Abner ANTHONY in the Register and it does not follow the family to later generations. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Jane Devlin Lake Orion, MI [email protected] Records from CT, MA, & MI + family lines: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/