Aquila Chase, Il

Not the same as Aquila Chase, of Newbury

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chase-6

Aquila and Martha had the following children:

Aquilla/Aquila, bpt. April 9, 1626 at St. Nicholas, Cole Abbey,[15][4] became a member of the Company of Drapers on October 1, 1649,[16] bur. January 10, 1659/60 at St. Nicholas, Cole Abbey.[4] (Note that since this Aquila was living in London in 1649 and was buried there in 1660, he could not have been Aquila Chase the New England immigrant.)

Disputed Identity

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chase-124

Because incorrect information has been replicated over and over, we are quoting extensively from the publication that disproved these claims:

The general claim has been made that the brothers, Aquila and Thomas Chase, were descendants of the Chesham family of Chases in England. [See George B. Chase, A Genealogical memoir of the Chase family…, Boston, MA: H.W. Dutton Son (1869).] ...

This connection has been given in practically every publication relating to Chase families that has later appeared, but our investigations fail to confirm it.

"It was assumed, or claimed, that the brothers Aquila and Thomas Chase were sons of the Aquila Chase who was baptized in Chesham, 7 Aug 1580. The names and dates are entirely consistent with the supposition, but the facts studied at close range show that the assumption is not correct.

"Extensive research shows that the above named Aquila(1) Chase went from Chesham to London, there married, was the father of six children, was a merchant tailor, lived in Knight Rider's street... and, with his wife and five of his [six] children was there buried.

"The parish records fail to show that he had a son Thomas, but they do show that he had a son Aquila... The parish register further shows that Aquila Chase, the tailor, and Aquila his son, there baptized, were also buried there. [our emphasis] As there was only one Chase family living in Knight Rider's street, 1606 to 1660, we feel justified in assuming that Aquila and Thomas Chase, the Hampton brothers, could not be the sons of Aquila Chase of Chesham, England. They may be descended from the Chesham family but our 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 a connection between the two families.[1]

Therefore, we are detaching Aquila Chase and Martha Jelliman as the parents of the Hampton brothers Aquila and Thomas Chase.

References

• 1. John Carroll,. Seven generations of the descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase. Derry, N.H.: unknown, 1928, pp 9-10 https://archive.org/details/sevengenerations00chas/page/8
• Ashley, Chase W. "New Research on the Origin and Parentage of Aquila and Thomas Chase." New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Vol. 175 (Winter 2021). pp. 32-41. < Link to NEHGR issue at americanancestors.org. >