In a message dated 98-06-19 18:54:08 EDT, you write: << He was baptized at St Nicholas Cole Abbey 9th April 1626 abut from other sources it is known that his year of birth was 1618. He emigrated to America in 1640 and settled in New Hampshire,. >> Good Evening, The above was taken from the Noble book and seems to have been successfully put to rest in later years by John Carroll Chase, President of the NEGHS and author of "Seven Generations of the descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase". The above mentioned Aquila was born 9 April 1626 and did not go to America but rather he died and was buried in Cole Abbey 10 January 1659/1660. >From the Chase Chronicle, Vol. 19, Jan-April, 1929, #1-2: "The English Ancestry of American Chases" "Who can show it?" "So many varying and erroneous statements have been printed in regard to the coming of the Chases to this country that it appears desirable to set forth the proven facts in the case, although it is probably a hopeless task to correct the unnumbered stories that have appeared.....more than four-score years ago." "The original story that the brothers, Aquila and Thomas Chase, who had grants of land in Hampton, N.H., in 1640 (the first official mention of them that has been found), came from Cornwall, England, was disproved by Mr. George Bigelow Chase of Boston, in an article in the HERALDIC JOURNAL, published in 1868. The investigations in regard to the matter was made by Mr. Horatio G. Somberby, who reported that the family originated in Chesham, County Bucks, and this has been repeatedlly asserted in practically every published bit of the family genealogy." "It was assumed, or claimed, that the aforesaid brothers were the sons of the Aquila Chase who was baptized in Chesham, 7 Aug. 1580, and the names and dates are entirely consistent with the supposition, but recent careful and extended research shows that the assumption is not correct." "This Aquila Chase went from Chesham to London, 22 June 1606, married there Martha Jelliman, and was the father of six children. He was a merchant tailor, lived in Knight Rider's street, attended the two established Churches in that street, and with his wife and five children was there buried. The parish records do not 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, 9 April 1626, and was buried there 10 Jany. 1659/60, so that he could not have been identical with Aquila Chase of Hampton, and, furthermore, there was only one Chase family living in Knight Rider's street from 1606 to 1660. The brothers may be descended from the Chesham family but these researches fail to show such a connection." "The use of the comparatively infrequent name of Aquila in both Chesham and New England is, however, very suggestive of the relationship of the two families." (many more paragraphs about William Chase, John Chase, Rev. Thomas Chase, the fortune myth, etc.) "If any reliable proof from undisputed original records can be adduced to show the connection between the English and American families the writer would be more than pleased to have it, but the proof must be something more than a reiteration of errors that have been in print for the past eighty years." (signed) "JOHN CARROLL CHASE, President, NEGHS" I think the Noble book was published BEFORE this article was written. What was the date of original publication of the Noble book? I would be interested in comments regarding John Carroll Chase's last paragraph. It sounds like he was really getting exasperated & taxed!! Rex Gilman Chase