Good Morning Mamsoth, I now have most of my ducks in a line! My home program is Roots Magic which was only on an old laptop which was uncharged. I have now put it on a more modern machine and alongside the main PC. I think you have accidently introduced an extra generation and I was earlier confused by (almost) the same names. John Lingard (and there were others earlier) was born 1770 and died 14 May 1845. He was an innkeeper in 3, Ave Maria Lane, City of London. I have Wills and the City Freeman scroll for him. (He may have made brollies as well - don't know!) Don't know name of his spouse. His family were: John James Hood (born 1795), Lucy C1800, Sarah Sophia 24 Mar 1794 and William Henry 22 Feb 1796. William Henry would appear to be your ancestor and brother (not son) of JJH. Now JJH himself (1795 - 1885) He married either twice or three times and I do not yet know the names but can see one at least from the recent posts. His children (and there may be more) I have as: John Hood (my G Grandfather) 4 Apr 1842 - 1926), William (this was the one I thought you meant earlier), Ann, Elizabeth and Rose - I do not have dates for the last 4 as yet). John Hood seems to have been home educated and went on to do rather well as a teacher and then General Manager of the Daily Mail. John James Hood was - as you know - a Naval Officer and having made Lieut at age 19 in HMS Abercrombie) he seems to have left the RN (or at least put 'on the beach') since officers rarely gave up their Commissions (I still hold mine on the Retired List) and then came back as a Master on 1 March 1830. Then Brazen and he finally retired on 8 August 1853. A Master with his seniority these days would probably be a Lt. Cdr (Navigation specialist ) or PWO(N) to use current terminology. He might possibly re ranked as a Cdr these days but unlikely with a Court Martial on his record. It seems he was discharged medically with a double hernia and his record was signed by him on 12 Nov 1851 (date discrepancy or just burocracy?). His address then was given as 34, Elliots Row, St George's Road, Southwark. This research was done by my late father so I have not seen the Naval records, but he did. Other notes from an unknown source think that JJH may have been involved with blockade running during the American Civil War, to the South. My father believes he was married twice and that his first wife had died as no. 2 was said to be an 'excellent mother to the children of both marriages'. JJH's grandfather was another John and he too was an innkeeper in Ave Maria Lane (have that scroll too) and his dates were: 25 Jun 1731 - Jan 1764. Before him was Christopher who seems to have been a farmer (a Yeoman farmer owning his own land) in Coniston Cold in Yorkshire - more investigation required. The first John was therefore a younger son who had to move elsewhere as the farm would have gone to the eldest. Christopher was born in Sept 1685. His wife was Elizabeth and they had 9 children of whom John was the youngest (with 5 elder brothers! and a three sisters). Would a Gedcom be any use to you? I should now be able to use a Personal message according to the moderator.
