Well, I have confidence in your skills. Y.H.D. On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 8:50 AM, nelhatch <[email protected]> wrote: > > HATCHER website: http://hatcherfamilyassn.com > HALL DNA project: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hall/HDNAtest.htm > "One of the tragedies of life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a > brutal gang of facts" - La Rochefoucauld > > Not fantastic yet, Yvonne :-) > > Any time you start working on a theory and begin rearranging records and > people on your file, you run the risk of running head-on into new problems. > > I'm only part way thru this rearranging and have already run into new > problems and questions. > > The start of all this began with a 1690 patent on Proctor creek that ID's > Henry Hatcher as an adjacent owner. Both of our Henrys, the sons of Ben/Liz > and Henry/Lound, are either still minors in 1690 or just barely 21. There > have been no records found to indicate the estate of Henry/Lound contained > any real estate. But we do know John Greenhaugh gave Ben's sons land while > they were still minors c1675. From some of the records, it "appears" these > deeds were not registered until 1696. IF this is true, it doesn't explain > how it was known in 1690 that Henry owned this parcel of land. > > Maybe Henry, our Indian trader, was reported killed by Indians, his kids > get a guardian and his wife remarries. But, wah-lah! He ain't dead! He > escapes from his captors and returns (surprising a whole bunch of people) > and settles on Proctors creek. Would make for a great soap opera, ya think?? > > It ain't over til it's over :-) > > Nel > > ------------------------------- > 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 >