I just looked at the 1870 census--Samuel and Mary HOOVER did have a son William aged 16. Do you have William's marriage or death certificate? I will send the census image to you separately. There is a death notice for a William HOOVER of Jersey City formerly of Burlington who died in 1924. Here is a link to the indexes. The age does not match exactly. _Newspaper Notices Indexes_ (http://sql.bcls.lib.nj.us/gen/) Kathy Karn