I do not believe the Hanchetts are French. The article friend or foe that included my Seth Hanchett or Hachney is either Irish or German. The group was coming from Fort Pitt and had suffered religious persecution. They were Catholics and were asking to baptise there children. They of course were moving into an area where the Acadians had moved to, which was Louisiana. Carla --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1880 U.S. Census: Fred Hachney, single, Age: 30 b. Louisiana c1850; residing in New Orleans as a border and employed as a news carrier; both his father and mother were born in Prussia. William and Samuel Hachney served in the Revolutionary War from Virginia. The name Hachney is found in the 1861 and 1891 census of England. An obituary for Claude Vincent Foster, age 89 in 1915, at Gonzales, LA mentions a Daisy Forster Hachney. Lee Ramsey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris and Carla DeVille" <chrisandcarla@centurytel.net> To: <Scotch-Irish-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 9:42 PM Subject: [Sc-Ir] French Hanchetts >I do not believe the Hanchetts are French. The article friend or foe that >included my Seth Hanchett or Hachney is either Irish or German. The group >was coming from Fort Pitt and had suffered religious persecution. They >were Catholics and were asking to baptise there children. They of course >were moving into an area where the Acadians had moved to, which was >Louisiana. > Carla > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >