George: the "family lore"...seldom is correct...there may be a little truth in them but not whole truth. ie: my family has always said my grandfather Philip Drown's parents [Caledonia county,VT] came from Canada when in fact they were from Rochester NH and previous to that Boston. However the "little truth" in the lore was that the wife's family was from Canada !! --------------------- OLD KITTERY AND HER FAMILIES: HOOD PAGE: 736: "(Snow genealogy): Henry and Sarah (Nason),dau Agnes b. 22 Nov.1703 married SAMUEL HOOD OF LYNN, 11 Dec 1723." --- 710: " "(Safford genealogy): Thomas-1 Stafford settled Ipwich,Ma. prior to 1730. He married (1) Mary,dau of NATHAN HOOD of Topsfield,Ma," --------- 711: "(Safford gene.): Moses-3,son of Moses-2 and Mary(HOOD) Safford, had dau called Mary HOOD,9/2/1797, who married James Pettegrew." ---------- that's it for the HOODS Cynthia Admin Ma-Bay-ColonL@rootsweb.com ALWAYS VERIFY your source(s) REGARDLESS OF WHERE IT'S FROM > Cynthia, > You're right I'm still looking. > I found that William son of Nathan born 1731 was married twice and one of > the original Hoods came from this second marriage. Found that the Hoods who > originally came to Vermont were cousins and not twins as original family > lore has it. > Also thought that John Hood, original Hood in America, was in Kittery in > 1653 guess not!! > Any information on any of the Hoods you mentioned along with dates?? > Thanks, > George > PS interesting note, Snow is a family line on my mother's side, Pike. I > suspect a lot of families are intertwined several times. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <bunnydust@attbi.com> > To: "George Hood" <ghood@vtlink.net> > Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 10:20 PM > Subject: Re: OLD KITTERY AND HER > > > > Hi George: > > Last I heard from you , you were still hunting ancestors in > > Vermont.... > > -- > > Hoods,in old Kittery, there's: > > Agnes[Snow] > > Mary > > Nathan > > Samuel > > > > Cynthia > > > Could you look up Hoods, > > > John Hood Kittery 1653? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > George E. Hood, Sr. > > > > > > > > > >