Thanks, I have a bit better idea about these people and will keep them in mind if I see anything about them/this line. Hopefully that trunk of papers will give you some ideas. It is good you found out about it before someone threw everything away - that happens a lot!! My ex husband's grandmother threw lots of things away as she thought no one wanted to know aobut her line - the Earps!!! Celeste --- Linda Lathrop <lindalathrop@tds.net> wrote: > Well, it was a well known fact and in many family > trees online and all > the genealogy sites that Jacob Hooker and Mary Farr > were the parents > of Daniel Hooker. > And there were about 5 generations with the same > names of these three in a row. > The Jacob and Mary Farr that have been believed to > be this Daniel Hooker's > parents were born back in the 1600s which was too > early for them to be the > parents of my Daniel Hooker, born in Littleton, > Mass, (who died fight in the Rev. War). > > So I did alot of research and found out that there > were people with the same > names every generation for at least 5. I found the > couple that were born > in the right time frame to be my Daniel's > parents...born around 1720. > > I found online a copy of the Littleton, Mass birth > records showing my Daniel being > born at the right time with the right parents. > > Daniel moved to VT at some time, Brandon to be > exact, and that was where he lived > and died. > > The Stephen Hooker that I think is my ggggrandfather > was born in Brandon, VT > and married to Abigail Goss. They had two twin boys > named William G. > and Daniel G. that died as little toddlers and are > buried in the Buffalo St. > Cemetery which doesn't exist anymore. Buried with > them was Daniel G. > Hooker who died in 1817 amd born in 1750. I believe > he was their grandfather > since one of them was named after him. > Stephen and Abigail had other children...another > William G, a Stephen, a Sarah, > a Luke and one or two more that I can't remember off > the top of my head. > They are in my tree. > I believe the son Stephen is my gggrandfather. I > don't know positively because > there is no birth cert for him in VT. We had it > checked. They said he was probably > born at home and that there wasn't one. > But looking at the time frames and going backwards > into the past and with the same > names being used (at least some of them) as my > grandfathers cousins, etc. it just > seems to fit. > My brother and I are hoping to go back VT next > Spring or Fall and see if maybe we can find church > records or something for our Stephen. > > Also, our second cousin 1xremoved that my brother > matched on DNA said his daughter in Maine has > an old trunk full of family papers, photos, etc. No > one has looked at it for ages apparently. > She is now going through it and will be sending us > copies of everything in it. So maybe we will > find something about Stephen. We will be keeping our > fingers crossed. > > Linda > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Adella Holly > To: hooker@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 12:22 PM > Subject: [HOOKER] Attn: Linda L > > > The Jacob Hooker and Mary Farr - how did you find > them - how did you verify that connection, and > what > yrs are we talking about again? - I know you said > the > dates for both sets of these names (for those > couples) > - just want to be sure I have the dates for your > set > right. > > Sometimes people know a name; it is say their > g-g-grandparents, but they write it down in a tree > or > somewhere as the g-grandparents as they were just > told > by family that was "someone's" grandparents. In > other > words they confused the names and the generations. > I > have talked to people this has happened to (esp in > on-line "trees"). In one of the lines I work on > there were 3 males of the same first and last name > over 2 generations, and people got them mixed up > as to > whom went with which direct line. > > Keep researching - it has taken yrs for several of > us > in our line to get some of our info , and we still > have not gotten a direct link to the generation b > c > 1777 back to their parents who were probably b c > 1750s. > > Celeste > --- Linda Lathrop <lindalathrop@tds.net> wrote: > > > Hi Celeste, > > > > Yes, I have used the comparing of names of > siblings, > > parents and grandparents. > > I have our tree tentatively figured out back to > > Jacob Hooker and Mary Farr, parents of > > Daniel Hooker who married Mary Gates. Now > remember > > this Jacob Hooker and Mary Farr > > are NOT the ones that are in just about > everyone's > > Trees. They were from the late 1600's and > > were too old to be Daniel's parents since he was > > born in 1750. His father, Jacob, was born in > > 1720. > > Some of the names that come up repeatedly down > to my > > grandfather's family are Chester W., > > Mercy, William, Stephen (of course), Cornelia, > > Daniel, Edward, Graves, Gardner, Wadsworth, > Abigail > > and more. They keep popping up the same. > > > > The 3 little children of Spicer Hooker, that > died as > > toddlers, were buried with Stephen and Abigail > > (Goss) Hooker in Buffalo St. Cemetery in NY. It > is > > now razed. I believe that Stephen Hooker Sr, is > the > > father of my gggrandfather, Stephen G. Hooker. > > Spicer was, I believe, a cousin or nephew of > Stephen > > Hooker Sr. A great number of Hookers are buried > in > > the Cottage Cemetery in NY and those records are > > online. I think we are related to most of them > in > > one way or another. > > > > What line are all these people from? I'm not > sure > > but I think we fit somewhere in Rev. Thomas' > line. > > I didn't see anything familiar in Joseph's > line...at > > least what I saw of it. > > > > If I never find out what line we are from, that > is > > ok. I'd like to know but just knowing from the > DNA > > testing that we are Hookers is great! > > > > Linda > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Adella Holly > > To: hooker@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 11:43 AM > > Subject: Re: [HOOKER] Attn: Linda L > > > > > > > > Linda you wrote an e-mail some days ago about > > genealogists/researchers who just do pne > direct > > line > > and do not explore all the siblings, children, > > etc., > > of a certain person - that is a pet peve of > mine, > > too. > > > > I have found more about my direct line by > > exploring > > all the possible relatives of my line - ie: > > certain > > given names that are unusual which pop up in > > family > > lines - like Charlotte's Esom/Esam. Then the > > occurance > > of that given name in anoother Hooekr family > in > > the > > same area.. > === message truncated === test'; "> ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/