I have been researching Howson HOOE and Frances BERNARD as possible ancestors of mine. Howson's son Howson HOOE, Jr. was born in 1726 to Howson, Sr.'s second wife Anne Francis HARRIS whom he had married 1724 Stafford Co., VA. Descendants of Howson Hooe, Sr. 1 [1] Howson Hooe, Sr. 1696 - 1780 b: 02/1696 in Of St. Paul's Parish, Stafford Co., Virginia d: 1780 in King George Co., Virginia . +Frances Bernard - 1726 d: 04/26/1726 *2nd Wife of [1] Howson Hooe, Sr.: . +Anne Frances Harris 1703 - 1773 b: 1703 in Stafford Co., Virginia d: Aft. 1773 .... 2 Howson Hooe, Jr. 1726 - 1796 b: 09/26/1726 in Fairfax Co., Virginia d: Aft. 04/08/1796 in Prince William Co., Virginia ........ +Mary Elizabeth Dade 1727 - b: 06/11/1727 in King George Co., Virginia .... 2 John Hooe, Maj. 1727 - 1774 b: Bet. 02/23/1727 - 1728 in Of Buckhall, Stafford Co., Virginia d: Aft. 1774 in Of Buckhall, Stafford Co., Virginia ........ +Ann Fowke 1737 - b: 09/04/1737 in Gunston Hall, Stafford Co., Virginia .... 2 Harris Hooe 1736 - b: 01/01/1736 in Of Stafford Co., Virginia d: in Stafford Co., Virginia ........ +Catherine Taliaferro .... 2 Anne Hooe 1738 - b: 12/07/1738 in Stafford Co., Virginia ........ +Smallwood Maddox 1734 - b: Bef. 1734 in Charles Co., Maryland d: in Fauquier Co., Virginia .... 2 Bernard Hooe, Capt. 1739 - 1825 b: 10/30/1739 in Stafford Co., Virginia, now King George d: 08/28/1825 in Of Hazel Plain, Prince William Co., Virginia ........ +Margaret Pratt 1745 - b: Abt. 1745 in Prince William Co., Virginia .... 2 William H. Hooe 1743 - 1809 b: 09/09/1743 in Stafford Co., Virginia d: 1809 in "Pine Hill", King George Co., Virginia ........ +Ann "Frances" Pratt 1748 - b: 09/14/1748 Charlene REEDS-EBELING In a message dated 6/12/2010 10:20:26 A.M. Central Daylight Time, cpzb4@aol.com writes: Amanda On Ancestry.Com it states: Howson [2] Hooe son of Howson [1] and Frances [Bernard] Hooe, was sheriff and Justice for Pr. Wm. Co. 1761-1769 and in 1791 was vestryman for Dettingen Parish. He married Mary, daughter of Robert Dade, and granddaughter of Francis Dade and Lady Frances [Townshend] Dade, the 2nd wife of his grandfather Lt. Col Rice Hooe. Lady Frances was a sister to Lady Mary Townshend, who married John Washington, The Towenshend nobly descended from Ludovic a Norman Knight who assumed his wife's name. June