Hello All
Just for information Dave.
I was most interested (to begin with) to find this Mrs Ann Hood, Widow, of Gateshead, on Family Search, Full Text Search.
Until I found this, which means she cannot go back to John Hood ...
Newcastle Courant, 15th January 1841
At Gateshead, in Grosvenor Street, on the 7th inst., aged 40, Mrs Ann Hood, relict of the late Mr Jabez Hood, spirit merchant, Newcastle.
Jabez Hood of the Close, Newcastle, was the Son of Robert Hood of The Bee Hive premises (per Newcastle Journal 9th & 16th February 1839), so she cannot link back to the Father, John Hood in the 1786 Baptism.
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I have a suspicion John Hood, Master of the Brig called the Mary of Inverness was from the North.
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In 1814 there was a person called, J. Hood, sailing a vessel called Lizard, linked to Inverness or an Inverness Company.
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I have an 1820 Scottish Will of the Ross Commissary Court, of James Hood of Cromarty, Ship Master.
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Some of the Hood of Berwick, were also Masters and Sailors.
1828
Also that Elizabeth Selby Hood buried Newcastle in 1828, was the daughter of John Hood of Kilfinnan (newspaper notice), and also likely the Sister to John Hood, Factor, of the Estate at Glengarry, residing at Invergarry, Scotland and George Hood, Farmer, of Tarlogie, near Tain, Scotland.
1776
I have a Commander Jubb of the Brig, Mary, but very unlikely to be the same vessel, if from another Port or Harbour.
1776 The Brig, Mary, at "Bill Key" Newcastle, Captain, Philip Jubb, regarding Lauchlan Anderson of Cleash [Cleish?] Fifeshire, apprentice to Captain, Wharton Wilson
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I'm looking at yet another possible link by association, to John Turner, Grocer, of Selby (John Hood's Landlord at Selby) to Holliday of Wren Lane, sharing the premises with Richard Gibson.
1778 at Selby
John Halliday, Cordwainer married Mary Breasley, witnesses:- Hannah Gowland, Jno Todd and John Dickinson, Jun'r were witnesses.
1778 at Selby
Mary Halliday (newly married) is then present 6 months later at John Turner, Grocer, marriage to Hannah Gowland and both marriages have the same Todd and Dickinson witnesses.
Mark