Hi,Dick, I am not an Aquilla descendant but I have seen some glaring inconsistencies myself. Can the Group please comment on Richard's statement, Keith At 01:08 25/05/98 EDT, you wrote: > In regard to the lineage displayed for Rebecca Chase, there is, of course, >a major problem with the indicated relationships for the Aquila Chase who is >shown as (1) the son of Richard, (2) the husband of Martha Jellison, (3) >father of a William Chase, and (4) dying in 1670. > It is a recorded fact (London Parish records) that the Aquila who married >Martha Jellison (in London in 1606) was buried in there in 1643/4. Children >born to that marriage were: Anne, Martha, Sara, Elizabeth, Joane, and >Aquila. The son Aquila was born in 1626, so he is not the Aquila (b. 1618) >who showed up in 1640 in Hampton NH, and who died in Newbury MA in 1670. >There is no record of a son Thomas or a son William. (Note also the listing >in the Rebecca Chase lineage would make Martha only 13 years old when her >alleged son William was born !) > It seems clear from the factual documents that seem to currently be >available that, while Richard Chase and Joan Bishop ("Byshoppe") are recorded >as having a son Aquila bp. 7 Aug 1580, there is more than passing uncertainty >about both this Aquila's marriage and his children (if any, in both cases). >If he, in fact, married Martha Jelliman, as commonly seems to be listed in >many assumed lineages, then he died in London and is father to neither the >Aquila and Thomas who came to Hapmpton NH, nor their sometimes-alleged brother >William. If he is not the Aquila who married Martha, then there appears to be >little factual data other than his birth that are known. >Dick Chase > > > Keith Hume, email khume@netcomuk.co.uk CHASE-L Website at:- http://www.surnameweb.org/centers/c/chase/index.html http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~khume/home.html Kent,England Researching:- HULME,DAWSON,(In Lancs.) HUME,McKAY, (In New Brunswick & Nova Scotia SHERMAN,SIMMONS,HATHAWAY AND CHASE,(In USA & Canada) SHERRING & BLUNDEN (Hampshire,England) FALL,(Ireland & Australia) BUTCHER,PAYNE/PAINE,BURCKITT(Bedfordshire,England)