Dobfarm - the northern newspapers mention a George Hood a few times. Is he the same chap from Morpeth who married a Jane Searchivell 1814, he is in 1841 census in Morpeth, and was 'of Morpeth' in wedding transcription.
He was born around the same time as the infamous George Hood we are searching for - has anyone come across a baptism for him in Morpeth ?
Jomot found the marriage of one of the children of William Cook and Elizabeth Hood - Rosamund in Morpeth. I'd hate to think that the Hoods (John - mariner and Elizabeth nee Gibson) relocated to Morpeth with a George Hood bn 1786 in Gateshead.
