Samuel Hood RN (abt. 1762 - 1814)

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Frederica Elizabeth (Mackenzie) Stewart Mackenzie — married 6 Nov 1804 (to 24 Dec 1814) in St Michael, Barbados, West Indies

Died 24 Dec 1814 at about age 52 in Madras, India

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Biography

Samuel Hood RN is Notable.

Samuel Hood, son of Samuel Hood and his wife, Anne Bere, was baptised at Netherbury in Dorset on the 25th of May 1763. ^[1]

At Barbados on the 6th of November 1804 he married Mary Frederica Elizabeth MacKenzie, ^[2] daughter of Francis Mackenzie, Lord Seaforth, Governor of Barbados, and his wife, Mary Proby. The marriage was childless. ^[3]

He was created baronet Hood of Tidlake ^[4] on the 13th of April 1809 with remainder to his nephew Alexander Hood of Wootton House at Butleigh in Somerset, and the heirs male of his body. ^[3]

Samuel died at Madras on the 24th of December 1814, carried off by a fever, after three days' illness. ^[3] By the special remainder he was succeeded in the Baronetcy by his nephew, Alexander. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Dorset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 (Netherbury 25 May 1763 Samuel Hood son of Samuel and Ann Hood)
2. ↑ Barbados, Church Records, 1637-1849 St Margaret, Barbadoes (6 November 1804 Samuel Hood married Mary Frederica Eliz. McKenzie) Viewed at Ancestry. Text only
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 27 Hood, Samuel (1762-1814) by John Knox Laughton
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Wikipedia: Hood baronets of Tidlake (1809)

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