Hi Tim, A big "thumbs up" on your Loudoun Co, VA, area visit. Many happy returns! My old bones are envious. Thanks, too, for sharing. John Chipman. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy Hites" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 11:36 AM Subject: [HATCHER] Hatchers in Loudoun Co, VA > Hello again. I had the opportunity last week to accompany a friend on a > business trip that just happened to pass through Loudoun County where his > brother lives. He was nice enough to take me to the Goose Creek Burying > Ground in Lincoln. I was greeted there by a nice gentleman from the Goose > Creek Meeting House who directed me to a section of Hatchers that took up > two long rows. In the midst of the rows I was able to find some things > that > left me curious. > > 1. To the left of MAHLON GREGG HATCHER, I found an R.G. HATCHER. I was > wondering if anyone knew to whom he belongs. > > 2. There are 2 uninscribed or otherwise unreadable markers to the left of > R.G. > According to the gentleman there, those would be older markers. > One could infer that those might belong to some of the others that I > didn't > find a marker for. > > 3. Between WILLIAM (1808-1836) and ADDISON (1836-1840) HATCHER is buried > an > S.A. COOMBS (1888-1899). > MARY ANN HATCHER (B. 1823 in Dorset, England) Married JOHN COOMBS in > Dorset > in 1847. > Is this just a coincidence or a possible link between the DNA-connected > Quaker and Dorset Hatchers? > Also, for some reason, the COOMBS marker is facing the opposite direction. > > I was able to get pictures of most of the names I added on FAG based on > info > from the Leesburg website. You can find them here: > > http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GSln=hat&GSiman=1&GScid=1974309&GRid=43734450&CRid=1974309& > > I was also able to visit Ketoctin Baptist Church Cemetery. I was able to > get > more detailed pics of the J. HATCHER/ G.G. GREGG family plot which also > includes the names CARRUTHERS (married into the Gregg family) and BROOKS > (an > infant whose connection I don't know). > > We did a quick drive through Sharon Cemetery. But it was getting too dark. > I > hope to return there soon when I can spend more time there. > > I hope I have raised a few new questions for us to pursue. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message