HATCHER website: http://hatcherfamilyassn.com HALL DNA project: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hall/HDNAtest.htm "If you can't stand the skeletons, stay out of the closet" - Val D Greenwood OK - let's see if I understand this right. If rec'd by request, does this imply they are asking to become NEW members of the Society and were not previously Quaker? Obviously we know Ann was not "born" into the Friends and it does appear that Wm wasn't either. I've never seen any Quaker Hatcher recs prior to Wm c1754 so this really could be the beginning of their involvement with the Quakers. And, Paul, that's a VERY important baptism rec for Wm of Dorset. Do you have an exact source for it? And if he was baptized, who were his parents? That's something we definitely have to follow thru on. I've also seen baptisms that occurred 1-3 yrs after the birth of the child. If I'm remembering correctly, our MN Hatchers from Dorset were Catholic but, of course, that's 150 yrs later. Martha!! Correct me if I'm wrong on this....... I would be particularly interested in whether the Dorset family of Wm baptized 1706 had any Joseph Hatchers running amok. It's still not clear if we're looking at a Joseph Hatcher or Thatcher in BucksCo. Moving right along.........! Nel