This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Chumbley/Chumley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XlI.2ACIB/1.3.39.44.47.49.1.1 Message Board Post: Bob, Sorry I haven't replied in a while. I was in England but, only for 10 months. I've since been through two countries and 3 moves, I'm now back in the U.S. I didn't have time to much research while in England, sorry. I was able to verify that there is no John Chumley in the Rochester, England area....I found a record stating there was a John Chumley buried in the Rochester Cathedral, not true. Reference your Chomondeley (1769 -1855); doesn't fit in my ancestrial line....I show my Chumley line in Virginia in 1760ish back to about 1740ish, then it gets fuzzy. Circumstantial evidence points to the Chumleys being in Virginia as early as 1728ish or possibly earlier. The iron works factory you,or someone, references by Wales, are the Chumleys' connected to it specifically ? I thought the iron factory was located in London somewhere, and the Chumley line entered the U.S. via Georgia or one of the southern States. My Dad and Aunt initially told me of the brothers, inclusive of a Baxter Chumley, who owned an iron works in England, migrating to the States via Virginia. Turns-out the story is partly true, except for the location of entry to the U.S. Haven't found a connection between my John Chumley married Martha (Lockett) and the Chumbley/Chumleys of the South. Sorry, I haven't been more diligent in returning my replies....computers and internet were "iffy" at my last location. Now it looks like I'll be moving again in the next few weeks; Kansas to Texas. My daughter is still in England....Chatham area (Southeast, England). I've given here some information to verify/research. So far haven't found anything that shows Chumbley/Chumleys boarding a ship to the Colonies from England. There is a Robert Chomle that arrives in the U.S. about 1625ish with Miles Standish (?) on the ship Charitie. I'm told he may be our link to the Chumbleys/Chumleys of Virginia....still working that bit of information. I'll try to keep everyone better informed on anything I find....for now I'm still chasing ancestry from Virginia to England.