Carla, Lack of ship records definitely isn't a strong foundation for such a theory.  Ship records from as late as the mid-1800s when some of my other ancestors immigrated have proved absent.  I'd venture to guess that you'd be lucky to find surviving passenger records for even half or two-thirds of those that immigrated to the colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries.  It would probably be as remarkable an occurence had you found the record as to have not done so.  Even assuming you're correct that he was named after a place, there is no credible evidence to suggest it was anything but his real name. Dan --- On Sun, 12/14/08, carla page <carla_page39@yahoo.com> wrote: From: carla page <carla_page39@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [PAGE] English Origins Of Axel Heath Page and RelationshiptoNathaniel P... To: page@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, December 14, 2008, 3:17 AM well,my opinion is it is not his real name.i,ve done research on this man ever since i found out about him.i believe that it is a name of a place.i believe the family gave him the nickname for the place.just my honest humble opinion.and there are absolutely no ship records bearing his name,period! i,ve even gone all the way back to 1600 in williamsburg and or james town. ________________________________ From: KAREN DALE <kdale2640@msn.com> To: page@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 11:49:20 PM Subject: Re: [PAGE] English Origins Of Axel Heath Page and RelationshiptoNathaniel P... Hardly proof of his name because a) early ship records are notoriously incomplete b) he may well have been born in this country. Moreover, every document concerning him uses this name or a variation--and none other. Some of his descendants had a variation of it as well. Obviously it was his "real" name. ----- Original Message -----   ----- Original Message -----   From: carla page<mailto:carla_page39@yahoo.com>   To: page@rootsweb.com<mailto:page@rootsweb.com>   Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 9:02 PM   Subject: Re: [PAGE] English Origins Of Axel Heath Page and RelationshiptoNathaniel P...   we know that exolheath aka axelheath was not his real name,because i,ve researched ship lists going back to the very early 1700,s on immigrant ships and i cannot find him coming to america with his parents with the name of exolheath or axelheath page.i believe he was given that as a nickname,or given that name as the name of a place,probably in england.there is an exolheath road that runs infront of windsor castle,or near it.   http://maps.google.com/<http://maps.google.com/>   ________________________________   From: George W. Page <gwpage@erols.com<mailto:gwpage@erols.com>>   To: page@rootsweb.com<mailto:page@rootsweb.com>   Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 9:24:18 PM   Subject: Re: [PAGE] English Origins Of Axel Heath Page and Relationship toNathaniel P...   At 06:09 PM 12/13/2008, you wrote:   >I am a Page descendant of some 7 generations. I have posted to your site,   >but it was some time ago. How does one arrange for DNA testing, and what is   >the cost. - Daniel Page   The Page Y-DNA Project is described and a Y-DNA test kit can be   ordered from the following website:   https://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.aspx?code=H98087&special=true<https://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.aspx?code=H98087&special=true>   The order form defaults to 25 markers at a group rate of $124, which   can be paid by credit card or by check sent with the test vials.   You can read further about Y-DNA testing and order a test kit from my website:   www.PageY-DNA.ORG<http://www.pagey-dna.org/>   GWP   -------------------------------   To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAGE-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:PAGE-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message             -------------------------------   To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAGE-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:PAGE-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message