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