Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and to all on the list!! Celeste --- Sharon Marsalis <sharonmarsalis@hotmail.com> wrote: > Great little find, Celeste. Due to several > circumstances I have been away > from the hunt for awhile but will try to get back > into after the new year. I > did not hear more from the Episcopal archives after > I sent you their phone > number. Again have a blessed Christmas as we > remember the Reason for the > Season. Sharon > > -----Original Message----- > From: hooker-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:hooker-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Adella Holly > Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 1:46 PM > To: hooker@rootsweb.com > Subject: [HOOKER] Mecar/Michael Hooker in Franklin > Co.,AL 1850 (wife of > Seth) > > > Just received insight from posting on the Kent > family > forum that Michael Hooker (1850 in Franklin Co.,AL) > was probably Mecar/Michal Kentmarried to Seth Hooker > in the 1820s in Lawrence Co., AL. She seems to have > been widowed by 1850; Seth has never been found > after > the 1840 census in Franklin CO.,AL. The original > census has not been viewed by me lately so I cannot > state for sure if the gender might have been unclear > - > or maybe the census taker went back later and wrote > "male" based on the name - or if a neighbor gave > the > names, as often happended, and the census taker > thought "Michal" was a male?? > > Another Hooker researcher found a notation on Seth > marrying "Mecar" Kent - so I posted on the Kent > forum > and found that Mecar was Michael/Michal; a female > name > from the Bible (David's wife). Mecar/Michal Kent was > b > VA at the same time as the Michael in 1850 in > Franklin > CO.,AL wa,s and so that is probably that "Michael" - > another mystery solved, hopefully - why the Michael > in > Franklin Co.,AL was b in VA not TN or AL like the > others in that line in that generation - in that > county - were!! > > The Kents were from VA nad Michal/Mecar's mother was > Michal, as well - many of Mecar/Michal's Kent family > were living right next to the Micheal listed in 1850 > in Franklin CO.,AL. > > The names of the children also follow the names > given > to Hooker children of the line of the "6 Hooker > brothers." Does anyone have info on those Hooker > children - b in AL between 1820s and 40s?? > > Celeste > > > > > > > test'; "> > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to > HOOKER-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to HOOKER-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > test'; "> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com