Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: LX31-DPB

Notater:

Thomas Hooker [abt 1553-1635], Rev. Thomas Hooker's father, was the grandson of Thomas Hooker [abt 1500 - 1562 ] of Blaston, Leicestershire. Some family trees have his as the son of John Hooker, other trees have him the son of Kenelm Hooker. John and Kenelm are brothers, they are not the same person. John Hooker's will of 1558 names 2 children, son Thomas and daughter Frances. This Thomas is most likely the correct person. Kenelm Hooker is mentioned in his father's will of 1562. Some family trees have Thomas Hooker as the son of John Kenelm Hooker, or Kenelm John Hooker. These names should read John OR Kenelm Hooker. Please do not merge John and Kenelm Hooker, as they are different people.

Note on children of Thomas and Susannah:
Anne, who married George Alcock;
Dorothy, who married John Chester;
John;
Rev. Thomas Hooker.
Also Frances Hooker who married John Tarlton, and her sisters Elizabeth and Hannah, and brother William who were born in Birstall, Leicestershire.
see family wills that, at one point, were attached as sources and notes, but have been deleted, will attempt to add them, again, probably in discussions, where they cannot be deleted.

Thomas blev gift med Susannah Pym i 1584 i Marefield, Tilton, Leicestershire, England. Susannah blev født i apr. 1564 i Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England; døde den 16 apr. 1631 i Marefield, Tilton, Leicestershire, England; blev begravet den 16 apr. 1631 i St Peters Churchyard, Tilton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: L8P6-B17

Notater:

Note on Parents:

There are several wills that prove that the Hooker family who lived at Birstall was the same Hooker family that lived at Marefield and worshipped at Tilden on the Hill parish church. Please see notes for William's sister, Frances, for more information.

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Dåb: Birstall, Leicestershire, England
• AFN: JXZ5-VM
• FSID: LCZ5-V9Y

Notater:

There are several wills that prove that the Hooker family who lived at Birstall was the same Hooker family that lived at Marefield and worshipped at Tilden on the Hill parish church. Please see notes for Elizabeth's sister, Frances, for more information.

Elizabeth blev gift med Robert Milner den 18 okt. 1622 i Birstall, Leicestershire, England. Robert blev født cirka 1592 i Leicestershire, England; og døde. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: G3HN-CDM

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: M95W-XX8

Notater:

(Aunt of four women accused in Salem Witch trials 1692)

Birth: 1589 Braunstone, England
Death: 1662
Hartford Hartford County Connecticut, USA

Born by about 1589 as Dorothy Hooker, daughter of Thomas Hooker of Marefield. Tilton, Leicestershire. Came feom Leicester, Leicestershire to Massachusetts Bay in 1634. First settled at Cambridge MA; moved to Hartford in 1636. Died before 27 May 1662 (date of inventory.
Dorothy (Hooker) Chester was sister of Rev. THOMAK HOOKER & of the wife of GEORGE ALCOCK. Her son LEONARD CHESTER had arrived in New England by 1633. It is probable that Dorothy emigrated with her brother & son in 1633, but there is no record of her in New England before 1 Dec 1634.
Married in Birstall, Leicestershire, 1 Jun 1609, John Chester. He was buried at St. Margaret's, Leicester. 30 Jul 1628.

Family links:
Spouse: John Chester (____ - 1628)

Burial:
Ancient Burying Ground
Hartford Hartford County Connecticut, USA
Plot: Founders Monument

Created by: Linda Mac
Record added: May 25, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 37478922

From FindAGrave

Dorothy blev gift med Esquire John Chester den 1 jun. 1609 i Birstall, Leicestershire, England. John blev født cirka 1584 i Birstall, Leicestershire, England; døde den 30 jul. 1628 i Tilton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England; blev begravet den 30 jul. 1628 i St Margaret's, Leicester, Leicestershire, England. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: LRLR-CM8
• Dåb: 17 nov. 1594, Birstall, Leicestershire, England

Notater:

(Matriarch of four offspring accused in Salem witch trials of 1692)

Note: Anne's Find a Grave Memorial has a wrong death date. The Great Migration gives a death date of the Winter of 1631.

The Find a Grave Memorial has the wrong death date.
Marriage and death information given in George Alcock's entry in GMB.
Date: 1630
"MARRIAGE" (1) By 1626 (Anne?) Hooker, sister of THOMAS HOOKER; she died during the winter of 1630/1 [Dudley 72][1]

Sources

↑ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston 1995), Vol 1 A-F, p 17.

Anne blev gift med Deacon George Alcock den 1 maj 1623 i Marefield, Leicestershire, England. George (søn af John Alcock og Alice Alrich) blev født den 25 mar. 1581; døde den 30 dec. 1640; blev begravet i Elliot Burying Ground, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: M57S-DLN
• Indvandring: 1634, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Aboard ship GRIFFIN

Notater:

The Reverend Thomas Hooker led his congregation through the woods, to found Hartford, Connecticut. was a prominent Puritan colonial leader, who founded the Colony of Connecticut after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts. He was known as an outstanding speaker and a leader of universal Christian suffrage. A staunch supporter of universal Christian suffrage (voting rights independent of church membership), Hooker was a renowned theologian and orator who greatly shaped the early development of colonial New England.
He entered Emanuel College, Cambridge in 1604. He received his B.A. in 1608, the degree of M. A. in 1611 and entering upon a divinity course, he was elected a Fellow of the College. He left the college before completing the first course and receiving the degree of B. D. There are many reasons supposing that he went from the college direct to Chelmsford and remained their until being silenced, arrested and placed under bonds to appear before the Ecclesiastical Court, he fled to Holland. Came to New England on ship "Griffin" 1633.
Called today “the Father of Connecticut,” Thomas Hooker was a towering figure in the early development of colonial New England. He was one of the great preachers of his time, an erudite writer on Christian subjects, the first Puritan minister of Cambridge, Massachusetts, one of the first settlers of Connecticut and the chief founder of Hartford, Conn. In 1639 he was cited by many as the inspiration for the "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut," cited by some as the world's first written democratic constitution that established a representative government.

Thomas blev gift med Susannah Garbrand den 3 apr. 1622 i Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England. Susannah blev født den 30 aug. 1593 i Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; døde den 17 maj 1676 i Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; blev begravet i maj 1676 i Ancient Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KZ7Q-1C9
• Testamente: 26 nov. 1655

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: 93X2-PL4

Notater:

There are several primary sources that help prove Frances's parentage, including the will of John Hooker, brother of Rev Thomas Hooker, and the will of Samuel Tarlton, nephew of Rev Thomas Hooker, etc.

England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 about John Hooker
Name: John Hooker gentleman
Probate Date: 26 Nov 1655
Residence: Marefield, Leicestershire, England
-cousin William Jannings his 5 children and to his wife
-cousin Samuel Hooker student in New England [nephew]
-cousin Elizabeth Orristo?? and to her daughter Abigail
-cousin Alice Burton
-cousin Rebeccah Webster
-cousin Katherine Coge or Cage
-William and John Juring? sons of John Jurings of Chilcott in Derbyshire
-Elizabeth and Dorothy the 2 daughters of the said John Jurings or Jenings?
-cousin John Hooker student in Oxford [nephew][from New England, son of Rev Thomas Hooker]
-children of my sister Frances Tarlton of the city of London
-executor cousin William Junnings of Marefeild

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PCC Will of Samuel Tarlton, Gentleman of London 1682
Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. Name of Register: Cottle Quire Numbers: 1 - 54. Will of Samuel Tarlton, Gentleman of London.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew - Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Date: 02 March 1681/82
Reference: PROB 11/369/315
will written 21 January 1681/82
Samuel Tarlton of London gentleman
-wife Rebbecca Tarlton 2/3 part
-property in St Olave in Southwark, Surrey
-cousin[can mean nephew or great-nephew etc.] John Tarlton of Gilmorton, Leicestershire
-cousin Anne Tarleton, cousin William Jurmyn senior of Marefeild, Leicestershire, cousin John Hooker of Massworth[Marsworth?] and cousin John Tarleton of Gilmorton
-mother in law Mrs Mary Kesar
-brother in law Timothy Kesar or Hesar or ??
-brother Daniel Tarleton
-cousin John Tallis founder
-Benjamin Hinchman
-friend Joshua Eyres
-Abigaile Money
-friend Giles Steele
-old friend Elizabeth Murden, Thomas Murden her son and William Digling
-residue to wife Rebeccah Tarleton whom I make sole executrix
-witnesses Richard Aubrey Nath: Barre Giles Steele scr[ivenor]
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the following strongly suggests a close relationship between John Tarlton and the Rev Thomas Hooker

http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/new-york-genealogical-and-biographical-society/the-new-york-genealogical-and-biographical-record-volume-99-ywe/page-44-the-new-york-genealogical-and-biographical-record-volume-99-ywe.shtml
Tarleton's Deposition.

John Tarleton, of the parish of St. Olaves in the Borough of South wark, brewer, aged 46, deposes 30 December, 1631, that in July last he, at the entreaty of Susan Hooker, wife of Thomas Hooker of Waltham in the county of Essex, preacher of God's word, now resident of Delph in Holland, did lade aborde the Jacob of London, Robert Jacob master, one small truncke of apparrell to be delivered to Mr. Peters, a minister dwelling at Rotterdam, for the accompte of the said Thomas Hooker. And he also sayeth that the said Hooker was borne at Burstall in the county 0/ Leicester, and went to Holland in or about the month of June last past. J

New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. The New York genealogical and biographical record (Volume 99) online. (page 44 of 57)

Frances blev gift med John Tarleton cirka 1625 i London, England. John blev født cirka 1585 i Gilmorton, Leicestershire, England; døde i Surrey, England; blev begravet i St Olave Southwark, Surrey, England. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: LVZG-VWM
• Immigrated to the U.S.: 1633, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Notater:

Leonard Chester's parents were original Founders of Hartford, which later was made Connecticut Colony by King Charles
Leonard's mother Dorothy Hooker Chester was the sister of the Rev Thomas Hooker, who led his Massachusetts bay congregation to found hartford on the Connecticut River. They were Puritans in search of more religious tolerance than available in the Massachusetts Bay Churches

Biography of
Leonard Chester
Source: "Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Includes Waltham and Weston"
by Henry Bond, M.D., Boston, 1860.
Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth

Subject: Leonard Chester.
Leonard Chester, came from Leicestershire, England in 1633; was an early proprietor of Watertown. He was one of the small colony that went from Watertown in 1635 to settle Wethersfield, Conn., which was at first called Watertown, Conn. There was a locality in Watertown, long known as "Chester's Meadow," and "Chester Brook," William Chester sold 13 acres of planting ground at Watertown, Mass., to William Paine, prior to 1642.

Leonard Chester from Brady or Blaby, Leicestershire, England, of a very respectable lineage, came to New England in 1633 then aged about 23 or 24 years of age, and settled at Watertown, Massachusetts. Two years afterward he left Watertown, Mass., with the col-ony that first planted at Pyquag, which the named Watertown, CT. Soon after, by the Court, they renamed Wethersfield, CT. He left Watertown previous to the making out of the List of Possessions, and his name, therefore is not found in any list of proprietors. But it is recorded that one of the lots of Mr. William Paine was bought of Mr. Chester. Several circumstances, in confirmation of tradition, evince his respectable social posi-tion and that he was comparatively wealthy. His name occurs only once in Massachusetts Colonial Records, in April, 1634, and then, although so young a man, he was designated as "Mr. Chester" Although he remained at Watertown, Mass., only about two years, a con-siderable water-course (the outlet of Sherman's Pond, sometimes of late called the West Branch of Beaver Brook) was named for him, Chester Brook, Watertown, Mass. These names were long retained.

In laying out the Naubuc Farms, on the east side of the Connecticut River, now in Glastenbury) previous to 1640, which was "the first tract of land in the Colony regularly surveyed and laid out into farm," Mr. Chester's allotment was the largest except for four: viz.

1. To Elder Clement Chaplin, 1,200 acres.

2. To Matthew Mitchell (father of Rev. Jonathan Mitchell of Cambridge, Mass) 900 acres.

3. To Governor George Wyllis, 480 acres.

4. To Governor Thomas Welles, 435 acres.

5. To Mr. Leonard Chester, 432 acres.

The next largest was to Mr. Thurston Raynor, 330 acrs.
In the family pedigree chart of Chester Families of Blaby, Leicestershire, England, William Chester of London and of Barnet, County of Hertford, England. Robert Chester of London and of Barnet County, Hertford, whose first wife was Bridget, dau. of John Sharpe of Frisby, Super Wreke. He had a second wife, unamed. Augustine Chester of Blaby who died in 1626, and his wife, Phoebe, dau. of John Michell; m. 1598. Charles Chester b. 1599 m. Alice Brickwood in 1624 and had, Jane b. 1632, Amy b. 1635 and Charles b. 1635.

The eldest son of Leonard Chester was John Chester, by his wife, Mary (Nevill) Chester, born at Watertown, Mass., where she was left, on account of her health, until he could go and prepare accomodations for her. We have not found this birth in the town records which did not begin to be kept until after Mr. Clements removal to Connecticut. He was a Juror in 1643, 1644 and 1645. He was a Grand Juror in 1643-1644. He died December 11, 1648 aged 38 or 39, and his widow, Mary, married (2) the Honorable Richard Russell of Charlestown, Mass. on Feb 21, 1655-6. She died at Charlestown, Mass., Nov 30, 1688, her Will dated Nov. 20th).

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KJC5-GXB

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Accused of being a witch: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; Died in the Salem jail
• FSID: LCXG-6QY

Notater:

ANN FOSTER

“In 1692, when Joseph Ballard’s wife, Elizabeth, came down with a fever that baffled doctors, witchcraft was thought to be the cause. Soon, the search for the responsible witch began. Two of the afflicted girls of Salem village, Ann Putnam and Mary Walcott, were taken to Andover to seek out the witch. At the sight of Ann Foster, the girls fell into fits, and Ann, 72, was subsequently arrested and taken to Salem prison.” (3)

In 1692, this aged and infirm widow was accused of witchcraft; and feeble though she was, she was carried from her home to prison and examined four times in the court at Salem.

“Ann was examined on July 15, July 16, July 18 and July 21. Under pressure from her examiners, she not only confessed that the devil had appeared to her in the shape of a bird, but also implicated Martha Carrier and Rev. George Burroughs, who had previously been arrested. (Ann’s examiners were looking for evidence to use at the trials of Martha Carrier and Rev. Burroughs).

“Harassed by the magistrates, she agreed to everything alleged against her and even confessed to a series of additional atrocities. Like others before and after her, she admitted that she had employed the traditional practice of making images of people she disliked and running pins through their bodies. Nor did she deny that she had caused the death of one of Andrew Allen’s children, probably a niece of “Goody” Carrier.”

When Ann Foster was testifying against Martha Carrier, she declared that she had ridden on a stick with Martha to Salem Village and had there met with three hundred witches, among whom were not only the Reverend George Burroughs (afterwards executed) but also “another minister with gray hair,” who resembled Mr. Dane. But nobody dared take the crucial step of charging him directly with witchcraft.

Not long afterwards, when Ann’s daughter, Mary (Foster) Lacey, and granddaughter, Mary Lacey, were also accused and arrested, Ann Foster refused to implicate her daughter and rose to her defense, saying “I know no more of my daughter being a witch that what day I shall die upon.” (3) This protest accomplished nothing. The constable reported that they had found “a parcel of rags and a parcel of quills which none of the family could explain.”

Ann’s daughter insisted that both she and her mother were witches, and her little granddaughter confirmed the story. Thus, All three women confessed to being witches. When Ann Foster, in her despair, was heard mumbling to herself and was asked what she was saying, she answered, “I am praying to the Lord.” “What God do witches pray to?” inquired one examiner. The poor woman could only reply hopelessly, “I cannot tell; the Lord help me.”

Ann Foster, was condemned as a “confessing witch,” as was her daughter, and granddaughter, but they were all later reprieved. Because they confessed, their lives were spared and they continued in prison.

Ann Foster died in Salem prison on December 3, 1692. Her son, Abraham Foster, in petitioning later for the removal of her body, declared that he had been compelled to pay the jailer 2 pounds, 10 shillings before he was allowed to remove his mother’s dead body for burial. Ann’s daughter and grandaughter were released the following year.”

(From Find A Grave) - Convicted in Salem Witch Trials. A careful reading of the trial transcripts reveals that Ann resisted confessing to the 'crimes' she was accused of having committed, despite being "put to the question" (i.e., tortured) multiple times over a period of days. However, her resolve broke when her daughter Mary Lacey, similarly accused of witchcraft, accused her own mother of the crime in order to save herself. The transcripts reveal the anguish of a mother attempting to shield her (undeserving) child by taking the burden of guilt upon herself. Convicted, Ann later died in the jail in the winter of 1693. Ann was more fortunate in her son, Abraham, who later petitioned the authorities to clear her name ("remove the attainder") and reimburse the family for the expenses associated with her incarceration and burial, doubtless at some risk to himself. (bio by: Michael Smith)

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: LK4W-3SM
• _MILT: New Hampshire, USA
• _MILT: New Hampshire, USA
• Arrival: 1630, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
• Testamente: 10 maj 1667, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Notater:

~~Anne (Anna) Alcock Hooker~~

Born: 1 January 1626 Marefield Leicestershire England

Daughter of Thomas Hooker I and Susannah (Pym) Hooker

Sister of Thomas Hooker II, Frances Hooker, Dorothy (Hooker) Chester, Elizabeth Hooker, William Hooker and John Hooker

Anne Hooker Alcock (spelled Annee Hooker Alcock) is buried at Eliot Burying Ground in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, in the same location as her husband George Alcock.The grave is too old for location.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*

Wife of George Alcock - married about 1625 (to about 1630) in England map [uncertain]

Mother of John Alcock, Frances Elizabeth (Alcocke) Hutchins, Ann (Alcock) Foster, Sarah Alcock, Thomas Alcock, George Alcock, John Alcock and Samuel Alcock

Died about 1630 in Roxbury, Suffolk, massachusetts

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John blev gift med Sarah Palgrave i 1648 i Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah blev født den 29 nov. 1620 i Wymondham, Norfolk, England; blev døbt cirka 1621 i England; døde den 29 nov. 1665 i Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; blev begravet den 29 nov. 1665 i Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: LDRR-TJN

Notater:

John Hooker was the son of Thomas Hooker and Susannah Garbrand. He was born about 1631. He returned to England and married there, Savage says he became a parish priest. (Great Migration)

John blev gift med Mary Lovell den 23 apr. 1659 i Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire, England. Mary blev født cirka 1625 i England; og døde. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KLGM-3SQ

Notater:

Sarah Hooker christened 21 February 1629/30 at Bromfield, Essex, England,

REVEREND JOHN WILSON Jr. was born September 1621, of London, England, to Rev. John Wilson Sr. (1588-1667) and Elizabeth Mansfield (1592-1658.) Rev. Wilson married Sarah Hooker, daughter of Rev. Thomas and Susannah Hooker, about 1648 of Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

John Wilson Jr. was brought to New England by his father, John Wilson Sr., on the latter’s second voyage, 1632. He was graduated in the first class at Harvard College, in 1642, was admitted to his father’s church in Boston in 1644, and was freeman in 1647. After preaching several years he became assistant to Rev. Richard Mather, at Dorchester in 1649, and after two years’ service here removed to Medfield, soon after the settlement of that place, and in December, 1651, he was installed as the first minister of the town, where he was ordained Pastor, October 12, 1652, in which service he continued for forty years, until his death, besides performing the duties of physician and school master.

By a contemporary he is referred to as “gracious and godly, a faithful and useful man, well esteemed.”

In his will, made three days before his decease, he mentions his wife Sarah; son John (to whom he bequeathed his share of the Braintree farm); daughter *Sarah, wife of Josiah Torrey, formerly wife of Paul Batt; daughter Susanna, wife of Grindall Rawson; and grandchild Thomas Weld son of his daughter Elizabeth, deceased, formerly wife of Thomas weld. (Suffolk Co. Probate, Vol. 8, fol. 58.)

Reverend John Wilson died 23 August 1691, in Medfield, Massachusetts, age 70, having on the previous Sunday “preached both forenoon and afternoon, fervently and powerfully.”
SARAH HOOKER was christened 21 February 1630, in Chelmsford, England.

Sarah’s parents were Thomas Hooker (1586-1647, immigrant) and Susanna Garbrand (1593-1676.) Thomas Hooker came from Rotterdam in 1633 in the Griffin. He resided in Cambridge and then Hartford in 1636. He was Pastor there. He was a Freeman 14 May 1634. In his will he left “my daughter, Sarah Hooker £100 at marriage or at age twenty-one, the disposal and further education of her and the rest I leave to my wife.” The inventory of his estate was £1136, including £450 in real estate.

Sarah married John Wilson in about 1647, of Medfield, Massachusetts.

Sarah Hooker passed away 20 August 1725, Braintree, Massachusetts, age 95.

Children of Rev. John Wilson and Sarah Hooker:

1. John Wilson, b. 6 July 1649; d. young. Child.
2. Sarah Wilson was born about 1650 of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, to Rev. John Wilson (1621-1691) and Sarah Hooker (1629-1725.) She married (1) Paul Batt, bef. 1674, of Boston. He died in 1678; (2) *Josiah Torrey, 5 May 1680, in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts. We do not know when or where Sarah Wilson passed away.
3. Thomas Wilson, b. 1652; d. 1652. Child.
4. Elizabeth Wilson, b. 1653 d. 1653. Child
5. Elizabeth Wilson, b. 1656; d. 1687.
6. Dr. John Wilson, b. 1660; d. 1728.
7. Thomas Wilson, b. 1662; d. 1662. Child.
8. Susanna Wilson, b. 1664; d. 1748.

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: LCR3-MCX

Notater:

Sarah was the first daughter named Sarah of Thomas Hooker and Susannah Garbrand. She was baptized at Great Baddow, Essex, 5 January 1625/6; and buried at Chelmsford, Essex, 23 May 1626. (Great Migration)

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• AFN: JXZ5-JW
• FSID: LDRG-M9T

Notater:

Anne was the daughter of Thomas Hooker and Susannah Garbrand. She was baptized in Great Baddow, Essex, 5 January 1625/6 and buried at Chelmsford, Essex, England 23 May 1626. (Great Migration)

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: LDRL-1VK

Notater:

Joanna Hooker was born about 1622. She married by about 1638 as the second wife of Rev. Thomas Shepard of Cambridge. (The marriage took place in October 1637 or in the "year after those wars in the country," meaning the Pequot War of 1637.) ("Great Migration")

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• AFN: 7M0F-ZB
• FSID: K2N4-1WM

Notater:

Thomas Hooker (July 5, 1586 - July 7, 1647) was a prominent Puritan colonial leader, who founded the Colony of Connecticut after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts. He was known as an outstanding speaker and an advocate of universal Christian suffrage.
Called today "the Father of Connecticut," Thomas Hooker was a towering figure in the early development of colonial New England. He was one of the great preachers of his time, an erudite writer on Christian subjects, the first minister of Cambridge, Massachusetts, one of the first settlers and founders of both the city of Hartford and the state of Connecticut, and cited by many as the inspiration for the "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut," which some have called the world's first written democratic constitution establishing a representative government.
Most likely coming out of the county of Leicestershire, in the East Midlands region, the Hooker family was prominent at least as far back as the reign of Henry VIII. There is known to have been a great Hooker family in Devon, well known throughout Southern England. The Devon branch produced the great theologian and clergyman, the Rev. Richard Hooker who, with Sir Walter Raleigh, was one of the two most influential sons of Exeter, the county town of Devon. Family genealogist Edward Hooker linked the Rev. Thomas to the Rev. Richard and the Devon branch. Other Hooker genealogists, however, have traced the Rev. Thomas back to Leicestershire where, in fact, he is said to have been born. Positive evidence linking Thomas to Leicestershire is lacking since the Marefield parish records from before 1610 perished. Any link to the Rev. Richard is likewise lacking since the Rev. Thomas's personal papers were disposed of and his house destroyed after his death. There remains no evidence giving positive information as to which region Hooker came from, so the issue remains unsettled.
homas Hooker was likely born at Marefield or Birstall, Leicestershire, and went to school at Market Bosworth. In March 1604, he entered Queen's College, Cambridge as a scholarship student. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1608, continuing there to earn his Master of Arts in 1611. He stayed at Emmanuel as a fellow for a few years. After his stay at Emmanuel, Hooker preached at the Esher parish sometime between 1618-20, where he earned a reputation as an excellent speaker. and became famous for his pastoral care of Mrs. Joan Drake, a depressive whose stages of spiritual regeneration became a model for his later theological thinking. While associated with the Drake household, he also met and married Susannah Garbrand, Mrs. Drake's woman-in-waiting (April 3, 1621) in Amersham, Mrs. Drake's own birthplace.
Around 1626, Hooker became a lecturer or preacher at what was then St. Mary's parish church, Chelmsford (now the Chelmsford Cathedral) and curate to its rector, John Michaelson. However, in 1629 Archbishop William Laud suppressed church lecturers, and Hooker was forced to retire to Little Baddow. His leadership of Puritan sympathizers brought him a summons to the Court of High Commission. Forfeiting his bond, Hooker fled to Rotterdam (the Netherlands),[8] and for a time considered a position in the English reformed church in Amsterdam, as assistant to its senior pastor, the Rev. John Paget. From Holland, after a final clandestine trip to England to put his affairs in order, he immigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony aboard the Griffin.
Hooker arrived in Boston and settled in Newtown (later renamed Cambridge), where he became the pastor of the earliest established church there, known to its members as "The Church of Christ at Cambridge." His congregation, some of whom may have been members of congregations he had served in England, became known as "Mr. Hooker's Company".
Hooker and Company Journeying through the Wilderness from Plymouth to Hartford, in 1636, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846
Voting in Massachusetts was limited to freemen, individuals who had been formally admitted to their church after a detailed interrogation of their religious views and experiences. Hooker disagreed with this limitation of suffrage, putting him at odds with the influential pastor John Cotton. Owing to his conflict with Cotton and discontented with the suppression of Puritan suffrage and at odds with the colony leadership,[8] Hooker and the Rev. Samuel Stone led a group of about 100 who, in 1636, founded the settlement of Hartford, named for Stone's place of birth: Hertford, in England.
This led to the founding of the Connecticut Colony. Hooker became more active in politics in Connecticut. The General Court representing Wethersfield, Windsor and Hartford met at the end of May 1638 to frame a written constitution in order to establish a government for the commonwealth. Hooker preached the opening sermon at First Church of Hartford on May 31, declaring that "the foundation of authority is laid in the free consent of the people."
On January 14, 1639, freemen from these three settlements ratified the "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut" in what John Fiske called "the first written constitution known to history that created a government. It marked the beginnings of American democracy, of which Thomas Hooker deserves more than any other man to be called the father. The government of the United States today is in lineal descent more nearly related to that of Connecticut than to that of any of the other thirteen colonies."
In recognition of this, on the wall of the narrow alleyway just outside the grounds near the Chelmsford Cathedral in Chelmsford, Essex, England, where he was town lecturer and curate, there is a Blue Plaque fixed high on the wall of the narrow alleyway, opposite the south porch, that reads: "Thomas Hooker, 1586-1647, Curate at St. Mary's Church and Chelmsford Town Lecturer 1626-29. Founder of the State of Connecticut, Father of American Democracy."
The Rev. Hooker died during an "epidemical sickness" in 1647, at the age of 61. The location of his grave is unknown, although he is believed to be buried in Hartford's Ancient Burying Ground. Because there was no known portrait of him, the statue of him that stands nearby, in front of Hartford's Old State House, was sculpted from the likenesses of his descendants.
However, the city is not without a sense of humor regarding its origins. Each year in October, organizations and citizens of Hartford dress up in outrageous costumes to celebrate Hooker Day with the Hooker Day Parade. T-shirts sold in the Old State House proclaim "Hartford was founded by a Hooker."
Thomas Hooker came to the colonies with his second wife, Suzanne. Nothing is known of his first wife.
His son Samuel, likely born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, graduated from Harvard College in 1653. He became the well-known minister of Farmington, Connecticut, where his descendants lived for many generations.[notes 1] Of Rev. Samuel Hooker, Cotton Mather wrote in Magnalia Christi Americana: "Thus we have to this day among us our dead Hooker, yet living in his worthy son Samuel Hooker, an able, faithful, useful minister at Farmington, in the Colony of Connecticut."
His daughter Mary married Rev. Roger Newton who was a founder and first minister of Farmington, Connecticut. He later went on to be minister in Milford, Connecticut.
John Hooker, son of Rev. Samuel and grandson of Rev. Thomas, served as Speaker of the Connecticut Assembly, and previously as Judge of the state supreme court. James Hooker, brother of John and son of Rev. Samuel, also became a prominent political figure in Connecticut. He married the daughter of William Leete of Guilford, Connecticut, and subsequently settled there.
James Hooker served as the first probate judge, and later as speaker of the Connecticut colonial assembly. Rev. Thomas's granddaughter Mary Hooker, the daughter of Rev.

Samuel, 7th known child of Rev. Thomas & Susan (Garbrand) was born in 1633. He married Mary Willet on September 22nd, 1658 in Plymouth.
Mary was the daughter of Thomas Willet.
He died on Nov. 6, 1697.
Inscription:
Rev. Samuel Hooker, 2nd Minister of Farmington in the 37th year of his pastorate, son of Rev. Thomas Hooker, 1st Minister of Hartford.
Parents:
Thomas Hooker (1586 - 1647)
Susannah Harkes Garbrand Hooker Goodwin (1593 - 1676)
Note: Note: age about 64 years.
Find A Grave Memorial# 54937586
He entered Harvard College in 1651, and graduated in 1653.
He entered the ministry in 1657, and preached at Plymouth, Mass., though probably not regularly settled there.
He was invited to settle in Springfield, Mass., but declined the invitation and remained at Plymouth until he removed to Farmington, Conn., in 1661, where he succeeded his brother-in-law Rev. Roger Newton and became the second minister of the place and remained there until his death in 1697.
Rev. Samuel Hooker occupied at Farmington, the parsonage which had been used by Rev. Roger Newton, on the East side of South Main St. and nearly opposite to the road going to the meadows across the stone bridge which now spans the Pequabuc river. This house stood a few feet northward from the site of the house so long occupied by Mr. Solomon Cowles, who was one of Mr. Hooker's descendants, and here in this parsonage Rev. Samuel Hooker died.
He was succeeded at Farmington by Rev. Samuel Whitman whose grandfather was Mr. Hooker's cousin. Mr. Whitman like Mr. Hooker, died while the minister of the town, and tradition says he was buried by the side of Mr. Hooker.
1653- graduated Harvard; 1657- Pastor at Plymouth, MA; from 1661 till death, was 2nd pastor of the church at Farmington, CT, ordained there July; in 1662- one of four to meet w/ the New Haven Colony Rep abt the proposed union with CT, under one colonial government.
On account of his earnestness and piety he was called the 'Fervent Hooker'. He could commit his sermons to memory and was considere

Samuel blev gift med Mary Brown Willett den 22 sep. 1658 i Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (datter af Captain Thomas John Willett, Sr. og Mary Browne) blev født den 10 nov. 1637 i Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; døde den 24 jun. 1712 i Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; blev begravet den 27 jun. 1712 i Old Burying Grounds, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

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• Arrival: 1633, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

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Mary Hooker was the daughter of Thomas Hooker and Susannah Garbrand. She was born about 1624, and married by about 1646 Rev. Roger Newton (she had one child by the date of her father's will, 7 July 1647. (Great Migration)

HARTFORD GENEALOGY WIKIA
Mary (Hooker) Newton (1624-1675)
Mary Hooker (1624 - February 4, 1675) was a resident of Farmington, Connecticut, and Milford, Connecticut. She was also the daughter ofThomas Hooker, one of the founders of Hartford, Connecticut.
Hooker was born in 1624 in England as the daughter of Thomas Hooker, one of the founders of Hartford, Connecticut. After her marriage in 1644, she settled in Farmington, Connecticut, where she remained for two decades. She then moved to Milford, Connecticut, with her young family. It is here that she remained for her last years.
On February 4, 1675, Hooker died in Milford, Connecticut.

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Thomas Hooker and Susannah Garbrand lost a son in Cambridge late in 1634. (Great Migration). His first name is not known.

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John blev gift med Constance Milam den 29 nov. 1677 i Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. Constance (datter af Mr. Mr. Humphrey Milam og Mary Gore) blev født den 15 dec. 1653 i Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; og døde. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

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Samuel blev gift med Mehitabel Hamlin den 28 jun. 1687 i Connecticut, USA. Mehitabel blev født den 17 nov. 1664 i Connecticut, USA; døde i 1749 i Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; blev begravet i 1749 i Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

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William blev gift med Susannah Fenn i feb. 1685 i Surry, Virginia, USA. Susannah blev født i 1669; døde i 1699. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

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John blev gift med Abigail Stanley den 24 nov. 1687 i Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Abigail (datter af John Stanley, II og Sarah Fletcher) blev født den 25 jul. 1669 i Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; blev døbt den 1 aug. 1669 i Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; døde den 21 feb. 1743 i Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; blev begravet i 1742 i Memento Mori Cemetery, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

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Daniel blev gift med Sarah Stanley den 24 jun. 1707 i Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Sarah (datter af John Stanley, III og Esther Newell) blev født den 4 jul. 1686 i Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; blev døbt den 4 jul. 1686 i Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; døde den 15 jun. 1726 i Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

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