As I have said in previous posts I believe that my Hooker line, up to this point, goes to Daniel and Mary (Gates) Hooker through their son Stephen . All the records I have seen online show Daniel's father as Jacob Hooker born in Stow MA. I am the Linda who started out looking for Stephen G. Hooker, b. VT in 1824, married to Helen N. Norton and moved to Chicago, IL. My grandfather changed his name from Hooker to Farrell and never told his son, my father, or the rest of his "new" family. My brother and I have traced us back to Stephen G. Hooker and even have contacted our second cousin 1x removed who is almost 80. My brother has had his DNA results done and we are waiting for our cousin's to be done soon. So we want to figure out the Daniel Hooker mystery. I know that there is a big difference in opinion for Daniel Hooker. Some say he is from Germany himself. Some say he is from Littleton, Middlesex County, Mass. This has gone on apparently for a long time. I'd like to know if anyone has any answers or thoughts on this or how to solve this mystery. If Daniel's father is Jacob who was born in Stow, Mass; then how can he be from Germany himself? If Jacog isn't his father, then who is? I think all records I have seen and family trees online that are of this line, show Jacob as being Daniel's father. Some even say that a Matthew is Jacob's father. Perhaps this Matthew is from Germany? I would just like to discuss this with others who are also stuck at this block wall and see if someone has solved it or if we can figure it out together. I would even be willing to start an email list at RootsWeb or Yahoo for those interested to use so we would not take time from others. I hope to hear from the ladies I have heard from before who I bcc'd this email to. My personal email is linda.lathrop@yahoo.com Thanks very much. Linda Lathrop