This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VS.2ADI/634.1 Message Board Post: I found a document on the Hatchett family in the library in Shrewsbury in England. At one time there were many Hatchetts living in Shrewsbury, Burlton, Peplow, and other small towns near Shrewsbury. I looked currently for Hatchetts living there and could find none. There are a few Hatchetts living in London. I went into the Hatchett Pub in Bath but it is no longer owned by Hatchetts, yet some did live in Bath at one time. There was a restaurant in London named Hatchetts but it closed in the 1970's. Hatchett is anglicised from the original name, Hache, wheich was one of the soldiers who came to England in 1066 with Willam. The Hache/Hachette families were from France in the Alsace/Lorraine area.