I don't know if there is a family connection between Joel Thacker and your Ruben Thacker. I ran a "find" in my misc. Thacker information and found this information. It is not a Thacker family that is proven to be connected to mine and this is all that I know about them. If your Ruben ever spelled his name another way, contact me at
gpthacker@aol.com and I'll check that too.
BENJAMIN THACKER was from Goochland Co., VA and married Nancy Taylor. He was on the 1787 tax list. Children:
1) MARTIN THACKER – Born pre 1767; moved by 1798 to Albermarle Co., VA; died 1835 in Abbeville Co., SC.
2) DAVID THACKER – Born pre 1772.
3) HEZEKIAH THACKER – Born pre 1773.
4) RUBEN THACKER – Married Jenny _______; found on the 1804 tax list in Goochland Co., VA; died 1818 in KY.