Thomas Hockaday (1818)1 -> Edney (1857)2 -> Clara Lawrence (1883)3 -> Buddy Braswell (1920)4 -> Clara Mae (1953)5 -> Marleena Thomas (1994)6 -> Rayden Brown & D’Mar Love7
The earliest Hockaday we have is Thomas.
- Thomas Hockaday 1818- He was born in 1818 in Cumberland, North Carolina. He had two sons and three daughters with Sally Hockaday between 1840 and 1857. He appears in the 1870 census as Thomas Hockady. His wife Sally is not listed as living with him and had likely passed away. His daughter Sylvia was living with hm and was listed as keeping house. Thomas was a farm laborer and is listed as a mulatto (possibly referring to his Native American ancestry).
- Edward Edmund Hockaday (1840–?) Married Louisa Carroll and had several children. In 1880 Edward is listed as a farmer in Brassfield, Granville, North Carolina.
- Richard Hockaday (1840–?) In 1880 he lives with his wife Eliza and 3 children in Brassfield, Granville, North Carolina. His sister Julia lives with them.
- Sylvia Hockaday (1855–?) Marries Willis Magnum.
- Julia Hockaday (1856–?)
- Edney Hockaday (1857–1907)
- Edney Hockaday 1857-1907
Daughter of Thomas Hockaday - Clara Lawrence 1883-1935
Daughter of Edney Hockaday - Buddy Braswell 1920-1988
Son of Clara Lawrence - Clara Mae Braswell 1953-
Daughter of Buddy Braswell - Marleena Shadell 1994-