The Bedford List might be interested in this old letter. I would appreciate all and any comments on it. Thanks, Marian eepedersen@msn.com -----Original Message----- From: Marian <eepedersen@email.msn.com> To: VA BEDFORD List <VABEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, March 12, 1999 7:56 AM Subject: HACKWORTH Surname >This is a copy of a letter my family received February 2, 1972 It may be >of some value to you. > >Mr. O.W. Hackworth >611-14 Specls Bldg. >Los Angeles, Calif. > >Dear Sir and Cousin: > >I was pleased to receive your kind letter of yesterday, for I love all who >bear the HACKWORTH name. > >My uncle, Nicademus Hackworth, of Marene County, Alabama whom I never saw, >but with whom I kept uf correspondence as long as he lived, was a family >Historian, and took great pains to learn all he could about our ancestors. > >He was educated in Kentucky as a dentist and found a number of the >Hackworths in that state, while there attending the college of dentistry. > >In tracing our family history, he learned that the first Hackworth family >emmigrated to Virginia in 1660 from Wales. He had five sons and four >daughters who emmigrated into other states as they married. All the >Hackworths in the U.S. are descendants of the five sons of the first >Hackworth, who emmigrated into this country from Wales and England. > >Some of our family emmigrated from Wales into London in 1500 and there the >name was changed into Ackworth, because it is the English custom to leave >out the "h" sound in many words. > >You will find in the leading encyclopedia that one J.W. Hackworth in the >early history of railway business made an important improvement upon the >railway locomotive. > >Our family are noted in being well represented in all professions, many of >them are able phyusicians, lawyers, preachers and leading mechanics. > >My maternal grandfather was of English ancestry, therefore all of my near >kindred are of pure English blood, of which we are all proud. My >grandfather Hackworth was for many years one of the leading preachers of the >Baptist Church we now call "hardshell Baptists" but later he became a >leading Christian minister of that denomination known as "Camellites." > > There is one general trait of character in the Hackworth blood that nothing >can daunt or change. > >They do their own thinking regardless of the opinions of others. They >cannot be driven by force or otherwise to do a thing they think wrong or >untrue. They never desert a friend in need. They are generous and kind and >are never tyrants to the lowly. > >I am now in my 85th year of life and my wife is in her 83rd year of life. >The 6th of next March will be the 60th anniversary of our marriage. We have >three sons and two daughters of whom we are very proud. John W.Hackworth, >whom you met, is our youngest son. His mother calls him her baby. > >I may soon be in your city and if so, I shall take pleasure in calling upon >you. If you ever come out into this little city which is a part of the main >city of San Diego, call and see us. I will be glad to see or hear from you >at any time. > >With best wishes for you and yours, I am >One of your distant cousins, >(signed) S.A. Hackworth > >This letter is from S.A. Hackworth, 884 Prospect St., La Jolla, CA. >no date, (in possession of record of Mrs. Nannie Tuck Hackworth) >as of the present date (that copy was made) February 2, 1972. > >Does anyone know who the grandfather was that was referred to? >Does anyone know who were the sons of S.A. Hackworth? >I would appreciate any and all information... >Thanks >Marian >eepedersen@msn.com > > > >