When Jacob Craig Hood was born on 13 April 1870, in South Carolina, United States, his father, Starling Jones Hood, was 26 and his mother, Arvilla R. Watson, was 20. He had at least 5 sons and 8 daughters with Esther Sarah Medlin. He lived in Oconee, South Carolina, United States in 1930 and Wagener Township, Oconee, South Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 19 June 1959, in West Union, Oconee, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Ebenezer, Oconee, South Carolina, United States.
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English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English hod, hood, hodde ‘hood’, either for someone who wore a hood (like the medieval folk hero Robin Hood) or who made and sold hoods. In Kent and Sussex the name may sometimes have been confused with Hoad .
English: from the Middle English personal name Hod(e), a variant of Ode or Odd with prosthetic H-; see Ott and Oates and compare Hodson 2.
English and Scottish: variant of Hudd, from the Middle English personal name Hudde, Hutte, which could represent Old English Hud(d)a or its ancient Germanic equivalent Hud(d)o, but is more likely from Anglo-Norman French Hud(de), a pet form of Hugh.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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