Quoted directly from Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England by James Savage, Boston, 1860-1862 Vol. I, pp. 387-388. Select abbreviations for futher definition by Savage.
CHUTE, JAMES, Ipswich, s. of Lionel, b. in Eng. m. (as once was thot.) a d. of Hon. Samuel Symonds, wh. names s. C. in his will. But the mean. of the testator may have been s. or s.-in-law of Martha Epes, or ano. of sev. ws. that S. had; for such seems, also, the case of Peter Duncan, call. s. of Symonds, because h. of Mary, wh. was d. of Daniel Epes by that Martha, wh. after was w. of S. By his w. whatever was her name of bapt. or whoever was her f. he had James, and rem. 1681, to Rowley. JAMES, Rowley, s. of the proced. m. 10 Nov. 1673, Mary Wood, possib d. of Isaiah, had Eliz. b. 22 June 1676; Ann, 19 Oct 1679; Lionel, bapt, 3 Apr. 1681; James, 13 June 1686; Thomas, 31 Jan. 1692; Mary, 12 Sept. 1697; beside Martha; Ruth; and Hannah; but the three last are less certain. LIONEL, Ipswich 1639, the earliest sch.master there, made his will 4 Sept. 1644, pro. 7 Nov. 1645, leav. by w. Rose, d. of Robert Baker, s. James, and perhaps no other ch. Perhaps, he was of a very anc. fam. for I have seen his geneal. trac. back to 1268, bef. the first king Edward.
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