Elston, Hockers & Weavers Oh My!

I was very intrigued by the entry for Manderville Elston Hocker as Michael Young and a Mandeville Elston appear on deeds together.

Elston, Hocker, Newton and Weaver have been used in the Speer / Runyon family:

• Julia Ann Elston (Young) Pearce
• Fannie Elston (Runyon) Gurley
• Weaver Hocker Speer
• Elston Gurley
• Michael Newton Runyon

but I had not been able to make the connection until now.

Michael Young b. 4 Apr. 1800, d. 4 Jan. 1877 Shelby Co., KY married 1) Emily ca. 1826 and 2) Susan Dawson 1835.  Emily was born ca. 1805 and died ca. 1834.  She and Michael had three children: Nancy Louisa, Julia Ann Elston and William Nathan who were raised by his second wife Susan.

Through the years we have searched for an Elston and Mandeville connection, but could not find one.  I've been told that Emily was a Walker, but could not prove that either.  With the record of Manderville Elston Hocker I began to search for Hockers and found the following information regarding Emily which is given in ahnentafel style.


1. Emily Hocker b. 1808, md. Michael Young, d. ca. 1834.

2. George Hocker b. ca. 1786 Maryland, d. before 1860 Lincoln Co., KY, md. 1806 in Lincoln Co., KY
3. Nancy [Hocker?] b. ca. 1788, d. ?
children: Mary, Armesia, Emily, Owen, Newton, George, Julia Ann, Joseph, Richard Weaver & Sarah Ann.

4. Nicholas Hocker b. 1752 Montgomery Co., MD, d. 1813 Lincoln Co., KY, md. 1773 Montgomery, MD
5. Sarah Barnes b. 1752, d. ? 

8. Philip Hocker b. 1716, d. ? 
9. Margaret Snowden b. 1720
10. Weaver Barnes b. 1710 Prince George's Co., MD, d. 1781 Montgomery Co., MD
11. Elizabeth Waters b. 1710 Prince George's Co., MD, d. 1785 Montgomery Co., MD

16. Nicholas Hocker b. 1686
17. Sophia Brooks Simms
18. William Snowden b. 1691 Trenton, NJ, d. 1763 Nottingham, NJ
19. Abigail Woolly b. 1693 Philadelphia, PA, d. 1745 Burlington, NJ
22. Samuel Waters b. 1674 West River, MD, d. 1747 Prince George's Co., MD
23. Jane Dunster b. 1676 MA

36. John Snowden b. 1662 Nottinghamshire, England, d. 1736 Philadelphia, PA, md. 1682 Burlington, NJ
37. Ann Barrett (?) b. 1662 England, d. 1715 Burlington, NJ
44. John Waters b. 1640 Calvert Co., MD, d. 1704 West River, MD
45. Susannah

72. William Snowden b. 1630 Edwinsborough, England, d. 1681 Edwinsborough, England, md. 1655 Nottinghamshire, England
73. Ann Hooten b. 1635 England, d. 1675 Nottinghamshire

144. John Snowden b. 1580 Nottinghamshire, England, d. 1648 Edwinsborough, England
145. Dorothey Wilkes b. 1580, d. 1653
146. Oliver Hooten b. 1600 Nottinghamshire, England, d. 1657 Nottinghamshire, England, md. 1628 Kelham, England
147. Elizabeth Carrier b. 1600 Ollerton, England, d. 1672 Jamaica

292. Robert Hooten
294. Richard Carrier lived Nottinghamshire, England
295. Janet Parker b. 1592 Brownsholme, England

More research will be needed to verify these entries, but I'm confident that we are on the right track at last and have knocked down a brick wall!