Reverend George A. Aldrich, I

According to a query in the Boston Evening Transcript, 1932, George was from London.

Cheam School [http://www.friendsofwhitehallcheam.co.uk/Whitehall_Cheam_School.htm]

"Today Cheam School is a leading preparatory school at Headley, near Newbury in Berkshire, but as its name suggests, it began life in Cheam, Surrey. Its early history is associated with Whitehall through its seventeenth century founder, the Rev. George Aldrich, who is reputed to have lived here. George Aldrich was assistant curate of St Dunstan’s Church in Cheam for ten years from 1633. He served under the rector, the Rev. John Hackett, a fellow Royalist, who was later to became Bishop of Lichfield."

"The two clerics suffered for their views, and Royalist graffiti, possibly connected with Aldrich, dating from the time of the Civil War, may be found on the door now on display in Whitehall. By 1647, Aldrich was running a successful school in Cheam where the clean downland air provided a healthy escape from London’s Great Plague of 1665. It is possible that the school was held for a time in West Cheam Manor (now the site of Cheam Library). From 1719, the Rev. David Sanxay established the school on what is now the site of Tabor Court at the tope of the High Street, beside Dallas Road, where it remained for over 200 years. Prints showing the school at that time are on display in Whitehall."

He was tableted in Cheam Church as the "Descendant of William Aldrich of Norfolk who married Mary, daughter of Isabella of France and Edward II of England." Isabella was a daughter of Philip IV of France and sister of Charles IV.

Please note that Mary Plantagenet who was the daughter of Edward II and Isabella was born in 1310. She could not have been the mother of this George Aldrich.