Hon. John HOOKER: Darlene's Family Genealogy

1665 - 1746 (81 years)

Generation: 1

Hon. John HOOKER was born on 20 Feb 1664/5 in Farmington, Connecticut (son of Rev Samuel HOOKER and Mary WILLETT); died on 21 Feb 1745/6 in Farmington, Connecticut.

Notes:

Name:
Hon. John Hooker, was one of the most noted men of his day. For many years he was the leading man of the town. He was he magistrate who did most of the business of the town and he was Judge of the Supreme Court of the Colony from 1724 to 1732. He was a member of he Lower House of the Assembly from 1699 to 1723. He then went into the Upper House. He served twenty-one sessions of which he was Clerk two sessions, and Speaker, six. He was chosen assistant in 1723, and rechosen annually for eleven years. He was on important committees and was Frequently sent to settle difficulties in towns, churches, etc.; he was charged with important public trusts, etc., and the papers in file in the office of the Secretary of State, attest the carefulness, as well as the confidence, reposed in him.

When he married, his father purchased and gave him a site on the west side of the main street, some distance north of the Meeting House at Farmington, and here he built his house under the branches of a beautiful elm tree, where it soon became a center of generous hospitality, and a familiar gathering place for the sages of the own, who in the pleasant summer evenings seated under he leafy canopy of the Hooker Elm, discussed the passing events, while their long pipes gave forth clouds of fragrant incense, which curling upwards, dispensed itself among the leaves of the beautiful tree.

John married Abigail STANDLEY on 24 Nov 1687. Abigail (daughter of Capt John STANLEY and Sarah FLETCHER) was born on 25 Jul 1669 in Farmington, Connecticut; died on 21 Feb 1742/3 in Farmington, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

Rev Samuel HOOKER was born on 14 Nov 1633 in Hartford, Connecticut (son of Rev Thomas HOOKER and Susanna GARBRAND); died on 6 Nov 1697 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut; was buried in Memento Mori Cemetery, Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

Samuel married Mary WILLETT on 22 Sep 1658. Mary (daughter of Capt Thomas WILLETT and Mary BROWNE) was born on 10 Nov 1637 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; died on 24 Jun 1712 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; was buried in East Norwalk Historical Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary WILLETT was born on 10 Nov 1637 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts (daughter of Capt Thomas WILLETT and Mary BROWNE); died on 24 Jun 1712 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; was buried in East Norwalk Historical Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.

Other Events and Attributes:

Fact: Daughter of Capt. Thomas Willett and Mary Browne

Children:

Thomas HOOKER was born on 10 Jun 1659 in Plymouth, Massachusetts; died in 1720 in Hartford, Connecticut.
Samuel HOOKER was born on 29 May 1661 in Plymouth, Massachusetts; died in 1730 in Hartford, Connecticut.
William HOOKER was born on 16 May 1663 in Farmington, Connecticut; died in 1689 in Farmington, Connecticut.
1. Hon. John HOOKER was born on 20 Feb 1664/5 in Farmington, Connecticut; died on 21 Feb 1745/6 in Farmington, Connecticut.
James HOOKER was born on 27 Oct 1666 in Farmington, Connecticut; died on 12 Mar 1740/1 in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
Roger HOOKER was born on 14 Sep 1668 in Farmington, Connecticut; died on 29 Apr 1698.
Nathaniel HOOKER was born on 28 Sep 1671 in Farmington, Connecticut; died on 21 Nov 1711.
Mary HOOKER was born on 3 Jul 1673 in Farmington, Connecticut; died on 1 Nov 1740 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
Hezekiah HOOKER was born on 7 Nov 1675 in Farmington, Connecticut; died in 1686 in Farmington, Connecticut.
Dr. Daniel HOOKER was born on 25 Mar 1679 in Farmington, Connecticut; died in 1742 in Wethersfield, Connecticut.
Sarah HOOKER was born on 5 May 1681 in Farmington, Connecticut; died in 1759 in Norwalk, Connecticut.