This is in response to the letter from Jane Phillips. Jane, I'm glad we agree about Samuel being the son of James Hooker. However, I wanted to clear up another matter in your letter. You mention that two brothers, William Hooker married Laney Harper, and Nathan Hooker married Ann Lackey. Yes, they did, but your letter gives the impression that these two brothers were sons of William II. Actually, the William and Nathan you mention were sons of William III of Dobbs Co., NC. William Hooker II did have sons named William and Nathan. However, one of them was William III, who purportedly married one Mary Heymrick, and was the father of the William who married Laney Harper and also Nathan, who m. Ann Lackey. William III also had other children, including, Heymrick, Mary and James, and possibly a son named Stephen. The Nathan who was the son of William II moved to GA, ca., l762, and d. l78l, in Burke Co., GA., leaving a widow, Martha Jones Hooker. Kyle