Remember Nel that there was a Richard Hatcher that I found in Bucks Co.Land Records way back there......Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "nelhatch" <nelhatch@hills.net> To: <hatcher@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 2:15 PM Subject: Re: [HATCHER] A question for our Quakers........... > > 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 > > Wow! You wouldn't believe how some of these names are intersecting over a > 100-yr period! > > Van Sants with Van Horns with Van Zutphens. Pennsy Bob's John H md Ann Van > Horn (parents unknown) 1773 in Philly. Wm Coates Hatcher md Beulah Sutvan > 1826 in Burlington, NJ. > > I'm agreeing the Hatchers weren't originally Quakers (perhaps Catholic?) > And in reading some early 1700s NJ history, it seems they had a very > bigoted anti-Catholic governor pre-1728 who made life most unpleasant. > Compelling reason to change one's religion? > > But because we have these stray Hatchers in NJ and Philly, it seems that > Wm must have had a brother (Joseph or someone else?) who was there in PA > before heading to NJ. Mary who md Stephen Sands still may be the key. Do > we have a Quaker marriage in the Loudoun, VA area for Mary Hatcher to a > Gibson (per Wm's will?). If so, was she Mary Hatcher or (Mrs) Mary Sands > (a widow)? BIG difference! > > The Quaker-Dorset online file is now back in good order - pheeewwww! > > I've just sent Ed his Sherlocking instructions for his trip tomorrow. Ray > has sent me 6 pages of info on Samuel Coates. Still working to organize > everything he sent the past 2 days. I'm mailing today a request to NJ for > copies of court cases, 1791 and 1817, between Sarah Hatcher-John Gibbs and > Rachel Hatcher-Wm Stokes. These are unknown names. > > And I must also run away from home for a while this afternoon :-( > > Keep those cards and letters coming! One of these days I'll catch up :-) > > Nel > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HATCHER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.24.4/1478 - Release Date: 6/2/2008 7:12 AM