Porch Swings, Fireflies, and Jelly Jars: Andrew Hood Follow-Up

Saturday, September 25, 2021

Andrew Hood Follow-Up

When exciting turns to disappointing...

The clue that Andrew Hood of Kershaw County, South Carolina had removed to Chester County, South Carolina and that his wife Elizabeth was the granddaughter of Alexander Archer seemed so very promising in my search to identify who the sister of my ancestor Richard Owens married. If his sister Elizabeth Owens had married Andrew Hood and was the granddaughter of Alexander Archer, then that would mean that Richard Owen's father Archibald Owings had married a daughter of Alexander Archer.

My search got really exciting when I found that Alexander Archer and been a near neighbor of Archibald Owings in Kershaw County before he moved to Chester County.

However, an examination of Alexander Archer's will that was filed in Chester County revealed no connections to the Owings/Owens family. None. Not one.

Alexander Archer did have at least two granddaughters named Elizabeth, probably more than two. At this time there is no reason to think that Andrew Hood married Elizabeth Owings. Instead, I think he probably married Elizabeth Archer.

That means that Andrew Hood and Richard Owens were not brothers-in-law through a connection to Richard's sister Elizabeth Owings, who married a Hood. Although if Richard Owens married Andrew Hood's sister Elizabeth, then they would be brothers-in-law. Got that? Not convoluted at all.

Another secondary source, has Elizabeth Owings married to Samuel Hood, so that needs to be followed up. Did they move to Pickens County, Alabama with the large contingent of Kershaw County, South Carolina neighbors who moved there? I'm not sure. I also found that there was a John Hood, who had a wife named Elizabeth, in Kershaw County. Is he the same John Hood who moved to Chester County? And why did all these Hood men married women named Elizabeth?!

In any event, it's back to the drawing board for candidates for Elizabeth Owing's husband whose surname was Hood. In a roundabout way, I am hoping to figure out if Richard Owens was a brother-in-law to this Hood family.

1 comment:

Miss MerrySeptember 25, 2021 at 2:32 PM
I never thought about the ramifications of my paternal grandfather's family all marrying women named Helen. Actually as a child, they were all called by their maiden names (as in Aunt Black, Aunt Studer, etc.) and I guess I just thought those were their names. Now - if I had only put any of this into writing at the time.
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My favorite memories from childhood include visits to my grandparents in East Texas. At dusk we'd run around my grandparent's yard, catching fireflies and putting them in jelly jars. When darkness descended, we'd return to the porch. It was a special treat to sit in the porch swing. Inevitably, the adults would launch into family stories of Pink Kelley's brush with Sherman's troops, of Great Uncle Hood Brown's tragic death, and of the Kelley family's wagon trip to Texas, among many others. The stars on those nights were magical.

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