May be worth trying to make a family tree of sorts - of the Hoods we can locate in the early Selby registers from what resources we can all find, and follow them forward to see how that pans out.
I seem to recall quite a few of them from looking.
Hello Claire
I did this a while back, I'll need to tidy it up, before posting it here, later.
Seems nearly all the Hood males at Selby died out, with the exception of Samuel Hood, buried Thorganby.
Later at Thorganby, is a burial of Mary TATE HOOD, wife of Thomas Tate Hood, Labourer 21st May 1781, but that did not seem to lead us anywhere.
Although the Hoods had Church weddings, I'm beginning to wonder if perhaps a Hood Birth somewhere, was a Quaker registration.
We need to perhaps consider a visit to Leeds, who have suggested looking through the Quaker Meeting notes too and suggested allowing quite some time, for a careful search.
Due to limited time on answering questions they did confirm, George Hood does not have a Quaker Birth registration, nor a Quaker burial at Selby.
I'm still having my searches done at Newcastle, though.
Regards Mark
