I posted a message several hours ago regarding the Hookers of NC and GA and will attempt, once again, to refute some of the myths that have been circulated among researchers in recent years. Joyce, I appreciate your response but first I would ask you to take a deep breath and reread my earlier letter. I cited the original source which mentioned an alleged Martha Swain Hooker. Yes, there was a Martha Swain, daughter of John and Mary Swain, b. l7l8. She d. ca. l758, unmarried. Martha Swain had a sister, Rosanna, b. l735, who m. Stephen Hooker, son of William II. Stephen, as stated earlier, left a will in l766 which was probated in l767. He listed four children: Mary, John, Nathan, and Amelia. There was no Stephen and no Samuel. Now please tell me if you can find another Stephen Hooker of this same time period who could have been the father of a Stephen b. l769 and a Samuel, b. earlier than that. I can provide proof that the Martha Hooker, who was a widow in GA in l78l, was the widow of Nathan Hooker, not Stephen. Finally, I am absolutely shocked that some persons have identified the first three William Hookers as William B. Hooker, I, II, and III. Where did this come from??? I only know of two William B. Hookers. The first was my 3great grandfather, William Brinton Hooker (l800-l871) of Hillsborough Co., FL, and the other was a Wm. B. Hooker of Greene Co., NC, who appears on the l850 census of Greene. Kyle