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 Folks, On the subject of Maj John's wife being a Brady, I've just found a record that may indicate she wasn't a Brady. Brady, Patrick, Oct 1768, 10 mo in GA, wife and 5 children, asks for 250A on Buck Head, 1m of Jas Howell; Mar 1769, asks for 150A on Buck Head; Aug 1769 granted 250A; Nov 1769, has 6 children, asks for 200A; May 1770, granted 200A adj Wm Moxley; Oct.1770, granted 250A. There are 2 possibilities on USGS - Buck Head or Buckhead. Buckhead is in JenkinsCo, formerly the very southern end of BurkeCo. Buck Head is in ChathamCo and even further south. I tracked down the Wm Moxley family and they were in EmmanuelCo so still in the BurkeCo area. None of our Hatchers have ever been found in this timeframe this far south and if that land was in south BurkeCo, it certainly wasn't close to RichmondCo. When we look at the timeline, we have Maj John in 1778 in WilkesCo and in 1779, he married Mary. WilkesCo is north of Richmond, even further from BurkeCo. It's in 1786 that he is found in a deed as John of RichmondCo buying land on Joe's creek adj Brady [no given name]. This is the first known connection between John and any Brady family but 7 yrs after his marriage. Unless a Brady family can be found living in WilkesCo, where Mary was very likely living, there is currently no known connection to the Bradys until several years AFTER the marriage. Nel