| Welcome! The Hatcher Families Genealogy
Association, a nonprofit organization, was formally
approved on October 17, 2007 by the state of South Dakota
after working together as a group since late 1996.
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In that period of time
we have had many hundreds of Hatcher descendants
contribute everything from a few details to entire
families, tombstone and family pictures, and untold hours
of research both online and offline. As a result of those
efforts, we have accumulated an overwhelming abundance of
records and documentation on the Hatchers in America that
has assisted in identifying several unique Hatcher
families.
Aiding us in the
identification of these distinct families was our
decision to set up our Hatcher DNA project which verified
much of our research but also gave us a number of
surprises. Needless to say, we have found that a few
branches have been grafted onto the wrong tree, leading
us into new areas of our ongoing research.
Our family files
consist of the following:
 Hatchers of Henrico Co, VA
- William the Immigrant who arrived in Henrico Co, VA,
circa 1636, the ancestor of the majority of the American
Hatchers with a file currently over 44,000 individuals.
The majority of these Hatchers in earlier days are found
predominantly in the southern and southwestern states.
Quaker and Dorset Hatchers
- On this file are two unconnected but blood related
(proven through DNA testing) Hatcher families. The
largest group are the descendants of William Hatcher,
born circa 1705, of Bucks Co, PA, with descendants moving
into Loudoun and Faquier Co, VA, and then straight west
through the northern states. The second and smaller group
arrived circa 1850 from Dorset, England, settling mainly
in Minnesota before spreading west and northwest. The
second group were not Quakers in religion.
Unconnected Hatchers - The
individuals on this file may be a single person up to
families of a few hundred. What they have in common is
that they have not been connected to parents, either here
or any other country. Some have been created from
descendant submissions and others have been created from
census and other records.
English Hatchers in America
- These families were identified as English born through
census records. The earlist born of these immigrants were
born late 1700s to early 1800s and still alive to be
found in the 1850 census. Unless descendants can be found
for these families who are willing to take a DNA test, it
is not possible to know if they connect to our 2 main
Hatcher families.
Waccamaw Hatchers of North
& South Carolina - This family of Hatchers has
been proven through DNA testing to have a Langford as
their earliest ancestor. The earliest Hatcher in this
family was James Hatcher, born circa 1787 in SC. Most
members of this family lived in Richland and Scotland
counties of NC and Horry and Marlboro counties in SC and
still do today. Many are also registered members of the
Waccamaw tribe.
The African American Hatchers
- A small collection of Hatchers created mainly from the
1870-1930 census records. Many have been added, being
identified in the early Hatcher wills as slaves. This
file is far from complete and represents only a fraction
of our African American Hatchers.
We hope your journey
through our Hatcher files is rewarding and we hope you
will continue to contribute through membership and any
and all new data, pictures and sources on the members of
your family.
---- Nel Hatcher
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