This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Russell, Long, Chase Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oZEBAIB/3549.7 Message Board Post: Hi Beth, As you gather information on these early Russells, if you should find any connection to William Russell, b. Abt. 1680-85 who shows up in Newbury, MA as a malster, I would certainly appreciate it. William m. Sarah Long of Salisbury, daughter of Richard and Ann French Long and moved to hamton Falls, NH. Children with Sarah were Mary and Joseph Russell, Sarah died shortly after Joseph's birth in 1721, He then m. Elizabeth Chace of the Newbury Chases, and had 5 more children; Sarah, Anna, Mercy, James and David. thank you very much, Barbara Baker