Nel, re: Sarah Faley Your analysis on Sarah Farley sounds reasonable as being to w/o Richard instead of Edward. Your right Mathew Farley wrote his will 1791 giving gifts to grandchildren abt 10 yrs aft death of Edward Hatcher in 1781 which does seems odd. The reasons for speculating that Sarah Farley was w/o Edward Hatcher are the following: -Edward Hatcher's first son was named Farley b. abt 1755 -Edward Hatcher was next door neighbor to Matthew Farley in 1762 Chesterfield VA. -Edward had a daughter named Sarah b. ~1763 (named after her mother Sarah?) This daughter Sarah md Richard Booth who was s/o John Booth & Pheobe Farley, d/o Mathew Farley. -Edward had a daughter named Phoebe b.~1756 (named aft Sarah Farleys sister Phoebe?) -Matthew Farley (now of Cumberland/Powhatan) went to Chesterfield in 1770 to witness a deed transfer of Edward Hatcher to Charles Cogbill. Edward was not required to pay Matthew Farley for travel/time expense. Looking at Richard Hatchers file/activities I see no connection with Mathew Farley. Richard does not even have children named after Sarah Farleys family members. JW Garrett -------------------------------------------------------------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:00:34 -0700 > Subject: [HATCHER] Richard Hatcher update.......... > > > 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, > > Based on BedfordCo chancery court records, I've made some additions and corrections to the family of Richard Hatcher of BedfordCo, VA. He is the brother of Edward Hatcher/Sarah Bowling and the father of Ward Hatcher/Tempy Greer among others. > > I have also given a name to Richard's 1st wife - Sarah FARLEY, dau of Matthew Farley with reasoning provided on Richard's page. She never was, never will be the wife of Edward as most have assumed! > > Cheers, > 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

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 Hey JW, My remarks embedded....... Your right Mathew Farley wrote his will 1791 giving gifts to grandchildren abt 10 yrs aft death of Edward Hatcher in 1781 which does seems odd. *** Very odd indeed. I've never seen a similar case. The other unmentioned oddity is that Edward died a wealthy man. And I've not seen gfathers bequeathing to the best well off but usually to the least well off of his gkids.*** The reasons for speculating that Sarah Farley was w/o Edward Hatcher are the following: -Edward Hatcher's first son was named Farley b. abt 1755 *** True - and more on that later.*** -Edward Hatcher was next door neighbor to Matthew Farley in 1762 Chesterfield VA. *** So was Richard. Don't forget that Edward and Richard were brothers and that their father who held a land grant for 1800+ acres gave land on this tract to his sons.*** -Edward had a daughter named Sarah b. ~1763 (named after her mother Sarah?) *** Sarah was a very common name at that time. So all I can say is - So?*** This daughter Sarah md Richard Booth who was s/o John Booth & Pheobe Farley, d/o Mathew Farley. *** Neighbors marrying neighbors. Very common. I believe its been found that most people back then married into families from within a 10 mile radius.*** -Edward had a daughter named Phoebe b.~1756 (named aft Sarah Farleys sister Phoebe?) *** NOW I say you may be ALMOST correct. It's quite possible Ed married a Farley but NOT Sarah. And if so, we will likely never know her name. Matthew mentioned only one dec'd dau in his will, Sarah, and I believe that is because she died shortly before his death. This is the most common situation when you see gkids mentioned in a gfather's will. Because Ed's wife had died long before Matthew, if Matthew gave anything at all to Ed's kids, that record has not been found. And again, because Ed was a wealthy man, Matthew may have felt no need to give to these gkids.*** -Matthew Farley (now of Cumberland/Powhatan) went to Chesterfield in 1770 to witness a deed transfer of Edward Hatcher to Charles Cogbill. Edward was not required to pay Matthew Farley for travel/time expense. *** And that may be because Matthew was simply IN Chesterfield visiting family or friends at that time and made no special trip. *** Looking at Richard Hatchers file/activities I see no connection with Mathew Farley. *** Of course there's a connection. They were long time neighbors, just as Edward was. If Ed knew the Farleys, certainly Richard did, too. The Farley and Hatcher kids grew up together. *** Richard does not even have children named after Sarah Farleys family members. *** Richard also does not have children named for his father, mother or siblings. His children have names totally odd and unique in the Hatcher family - Zebediah, Ward, Judith and Deme. Names are meaningless as proof [or disproof] of a relationship. If one has proof of a connection, the addition of family names is only icing on the cake but the absence of family names does not disprove the proof. We can't ignore William's will and say this Richard can't be William's son because he didn't name a son William. If one does not have proof of a connection, the presence of common family names will become a strong clue that there IS a connection but that still remains only a theory, not a fact. An example would be my belief that Ed probably did marry a Farley, but I will not add to our file a Farley wife for him based only on the presence of a single name. I will point out, too, that Richard only had 5 known kids at a time when a dozen were common. He may have had children named after family who died young. But that's something we will never know. Simple fact - not every family followed naming patterns. You just can't hang any hats on names. Nel