Hello Trevor,
My connection to the Hood family is a distant one and I would be interested to know how - if at all - John Hood is related. My 4 x great grandfather was a Richard Milner (baptised 4 Nov 1744, Old Malton; died 6 Dec 1824, Old Malton). His parents were John Milner (birth year unknown; died 8 Mar 1788, Old Malton) and Mary Hood (bapt 4 Mar 1722, Old Malton; died 20 Nov 1761, Old Malton). Mary was a child of Richard Hood and Mary Luccock. On 5 Mar 1766, Richard Milner married Eleanor (Ellen) Hick (bapt. 28 Apr 1740 at New Malton; died 30 Mar 1824, Old Malton daughter of Thomas Hick and Mary Kendray).
Pat