Re: Elizabeth HATCHER, b 26 Oct 1796, VA
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Elizabeth HATCHER, b 26 Oct 1796, VA
2/21/99
Dyna
Sorry, I tried to email you directly, but dduncan223@aol didn't work. I have been tracing out all HATCHERs for over 35 years. I have almost 100,000 people in my family tree, all HATCHERs and allied families. I also descend from Isaac and Rachel (RANDALL) HATCHER through their son, James and Sarah (REA) HATCHER, and their son James Duncan HATCHER. I wonder if he was named after your James DUNCAN. To answer your original question about documentation, it is very well documented in the Society of Friends (Quaker) records, back through James and Catherine (NICHOLS) HATCHER. These records were published in the "Encyclopedia of American QuakerGenealogy" by William Wade Hinshaw, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1938, in 6 large volumes. You will need volumes IV and VI (Ohio and Virginia), and they can be found in most genealogical libraries. They have been reprinted twice by the Genealogical Publishing Co. but cost about $75.00 each in paperbound, plus shipping. Even better, Broderbund Software currently sells a CD-ROM containing all six volumes and a full name index, including given names. For instance, Rachel is indexed under both Rachel RANDALL and Rachel HATCHER. This CD costs about $60.00 and may start showing up in libraries. I have the hardcover set and the CD. I keep the CD loaded and use it many times every day. It is so nonvenient I use it to check the spelling of surnames.
I don't know where you live, but the counties you might like to search are Logan and Champaign counties, Ohio, and Loudoun county, Virginia. I have not been able to locate Isaac HATCHERs burial, but his will was written and probated in Champaign county, Ohio.
I would appreciate any info you can provide on the descendants of James and Elizabeth DUNCAN. They have as much HATCHER blood as I do.
Send me your phone number and I will call you back on my dime.
Paul Hatcher
248-948-8018
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