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Rev. Thomas Hooker

Rev. Thomas Hooker[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23]

Male 1586 - 1647  (61 years)


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  • Name Thomas Hooker 
    Prefix Rev. 
    Birth 7 Jul 1586  Marfield, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 6, 12, 14] 
    Gender Male 
    Degree 1608  Cambridge, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    B.A. from Emanuel College
    Degree 1611  Cambridge, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    M.A. from Emanuel College
    Elected Aft 1611  [6] 
    a Fellow of Emanuel College
    Migration Jul 1633  From England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 12, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34] 
    To Boston
    aboard Griffin 
    • The ship arrived on 4 Sep 1633 with about 200 passengers, "Having been eight weeks from the Downs".
    • Role: Family2
    Property 4 Nov 1633  Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    was granted one acre for a cowyard
    Property 5 Jan 1633/4  Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    was granted five acres of land and another three acres of land
    Freeman 14 May 1634  [12] 
    Property 2 Apr 1635  Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    received a grant of "five acres of meadow ground in the mead next Watertown weir"
    • Also "thirty acres of salt marsh on the south side Charles River".
    Event 1 May 1635  Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [35] 
    The town began a separate book of records for this purpose, and entered on the first leaf the various colony and town orders referred to above. The survey was begun 1 May 1635, the first Tuesday in that month. Nine men's estates were surveyed on that date, commencing with the most prominent men in town
    the Cambridge land inventory 
    • Role: Participant
    Property 1 May 1635  Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    held four parcels of land: "in the town one house with garden and backside about one rood"
    • He also had "in Cowyard Row one cow house and yard about one acre" and "in Wigwam Neck about five acres" and "in the Long Marsh about three acres".
    Property 20 Aug 1635  Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    was granted a "proportional share of zero" in the divison of meadow land
    Property 8 Feb 1635/6  Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    received three more acres
    • He also held four houses in town.
    Founded May 1636  Newtown Settlement, River, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 19] 
    Will 7 Jul 1647  [12, 36] 


    • I, Thomas Hooker, of Hartford, upon Connecticutt in New England, being weake in my body, through the tender visitation of the Lord, but of sound and perfect memory, doe dispose of that outward estate I haue beene betrusted withall by him, in manner following:--

      I doe giue vnto my sonne John Hooker, my howsing and lands in Hartford, aforesaid, both that which is on the west, and allso that which is on the east side of the Riuer, to bee inioyed by him and his heires for euer, after the death of my wife, Susanna Hooker, provided hee bee then at the age of one and twenty yeares it being my will that my said deare wife shall inioye and possess my said howsing and land during her naturall life; and if shee dye before my sonne John come to the age of one and twenty yeares, that the same bee improued by the ou'seers of this my will for the maintenance and education of my children not disposed of, according to theire best discretion.

      I doe allso giue vnto my sonne John, my library of printed bookes and manuscripts, vnder the limitations and provisoes hereafter expressed. It is my will that my sonne John deliuer to my sonne Samuell, so many of my bookes as shall be valued by the ouerseers of this my will to bee worth fifty pounds sterling, or that hee pay him the some of fifty pounds sterling to buy such bookes as may bee vseful to him in the way of his studdyes, at such time as the ouerseers of this my will shall judge meete; but if my sonne John doe not goe on to the perfecting of his studdyes, or shall not giue vpp himselfe to the seruice of the Lord in the worke of the ministry, my will is that my sonne Samuell inioye and possesse the whole library and manuscripts, to his proper use foreur; onely, it is my will that whateuer manuscripts shall be judged meete to bee printed, the disposall thereof and advantage that may come thereby I leaue wholly to my executrix; and in case shee departe this life before the same bee judged of and settled, then to my ouerseers to bee improued by them in theire best discretion, for the good of myne, according to the trust reposed in them. And howeuer I do not forbid my sonne John from seeking and taking a wife in England, yet I doe forbid him from marrying and tarrying there.

      I doe giue vnto my sonne Samuell, in case the whole library come not to him, as is before expressed, the sum of seuenty pounds, to bee paid vnto him by my executrix at such time, and in such manner, as shall be judged meetest by the ouerseers of my will.

      I doe allso giue vnto my daughter Sarah Hooker, the sum of one hundred pounds sterling, to bee paid vnto her by my executrix when she shall marry or come to the age of one and twenty years, which shall first happen; the disposall and further education of her and the rest, I leaue my wife, advising them to attend her councell in the feare of the Lord.

      I doe giue vnto the two children of my daughter Joannah Shephard deceased, and the childe of my daughter Mary Newton, to each of them the sum of ten pounds, to bee paid vnto them by my son John, within one yeare after hee shall come to the possession and inioyment of my howsings and lands in Hartford, or my sonne Samuell, if by the decease of John, hee come to inioye the same.

      I doe make my beloued wife Susannah Hooker, executrix of this my last Will and Testament, and (my just debts being paid), do giue and bequeath vnto her all my estate and goods, moueable and imoueable, not formerly bequeathed by this my will. And I desire my beloued frends Mr. Edward Hopkins and Mr. William Goodwyn, to affoard their best assistance to my wife, and doe constitute and appoint them the ouerseers of this my will. And it hauing pleased the Lord now to visitt my wife with a sickness, and not knowing how it may please his Matie to dispose of her, my minde and will is, that in case shee departe this life before shee dispose the estate bequeathed her, my aforesaid beloued frends, Mr. Edward Hopkins and Mr. William Goodwyn, shall take care both of the education and dispose of my children (to whose loue and faithfulness I commend them, and of the estate left and bequeathed to my wife, and doe committ it to theire best judgment and discretion to manage the said estate for the best good of mine, and to bestow it vpon any or all of them in such a proportion as shall bee most sutable to theire owne aprhensions; being willing onely to intimate my desire that they which deserne best may haue most; but not to limitt them, but leaue them to the full scope and bredth of their owne judgments; in the dispose whereof, they may haue respect to the forementioned children of my two daughters, if they see meeet. It being my full will that what trust I haue committed to my wife, either in matter of estate, or such manuscripts as shall bee judged fitt to bee printed, in case shee liue not to order the same herselfe, bee wholly trasmitted and passed ouer from her to them, for the ends before specified. And for mortality sake, I doe put power into the hands of the forementioned beloued freinds, to constitute and appoint such other faithfull men as they shall judge meete, (in case they bee deprived of life or liberty to attend the same, in theire owne persons,) to manage, dispose and performe the estate and trust committed to them, in as full manner as I haue committed it to them for the same end.

      THOMAS HOOKER.
      This was declared to bee the last Will and
      Testament of Mr. Thomas Hooker, the
      seuenth day of July, 1647.
      In the presence of
      HENRY SMITH
      SAMUELL STONE
      JOHN WHITE
    Death 19 Jul 1647  Hartford Settlement, River, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 14, 19, 37] 
    Inventory 21 Apr 1649  [12, 36] 
    • It totalled £1136 15s., including £450 in real estate: "housing and lands within the bounds of Hartford on both sides the rive," £450.
    Occupation minister  [12]
    Burial Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    Cemetery:
    Ancient Burying Ground
    Person ID I13703  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2019 

    Father Thomas Hooker   d. 1635 
    Family ID F4883  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susannah Garbrand,   b. 1593, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1676, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [17, 21] 
    Marriage 3 Apr 1621  Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 37, 38] 
    Children 
     1. Joanna Hooker,   b. Abt 1622
    +2. Mary Hooker,   b. Abt 1624, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1675/6, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 52 years)
     3. Anne Hooker   bur. 23 May 1626, Chelmsford, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Sarah Hooker   bur. 26 Aug 1629, Chelmsford, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Sarah Hooker,   b. Abt 1630   d. 1725 (Age ~ 95 years)
     6. John Hooker,   b. Abt 1631
     7. Rev. Samuel Hooker,   b. Bef Jul 1633   d. 6 Nov 1697, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 64 years)
     8. son Hooker   d. 1634, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F4827  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 7 Jul 1586 - Marfield, Leicestershire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDegree - B.A. from Emanuel College - 1608 - Cambridge, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDegree - M.A. from Emanuel College - 1611 - Cambridge, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 3 Apr 1621 - Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMigration - To Boston,aboard Griffin  - Jul 1633 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - was granted one acre for a cowyard - 4 Nov 1633 - Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - was granted five acres of land and another three acres of land - 5 Jan 1633/4 - Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - received a grant of "five acres of meadow ground in the mead next Watertown weir" - 2 Apr 1635 - Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEvent - The town began a separate book of records for this purpose, and entered on the first leaf the various colony and town orders referred to above. The survey was begun 1 May 1635, the first Tuesday in that month. Nine men's estates were surveyed on that date, commencing with the most prominent men in town,the Cambridge land inventory  - 1 May 1635 - Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - held four parcels of land: "in the town one house with garden and backside about one rood" - 1 May 1635 - Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - was granted a "proportional share of zero" in the divison of meadow land - 20 Aug 1635 - Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - received three more acres - 8 Feb 1635/6 - Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFounded - May 1636 - Newtown Settlement, River, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Jul 1647 - Hartford Settlement, River, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Cemetery:
    Ancient Burying Ground - - Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States    		 Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Coats of Arms
    Hooker Coat of Arms    		Hooker Coat of Arms

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S315] Milford Families, 479, 00383.

    2.  2.  [S116] W S Tyler, 307, 00614.

    3.  3.  [S65] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 3., 277, 00192.

    4.  4.  [S115] Edward Wooster Family, 114, 00176.

    5.  5.  [S492] Families of Ancient Windsor, CT, Vol. 2, 399, 00184.

    6.  6.  [S993] Descendants of Thomas Hooker, 3, 00157.

    7.  7.  [S510] Thomas Hatch, 300, 00553.

    8.  8.  [S570] Newton Families of Colonial Connecticut Vol II, 236, 00398.

    9.  9.  [S661] New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, 175, 00661.

    10.  10.  [S576] TGMSP, George Alcock, 00516.

    11.  11.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 155:28, 00390.

    12.  12.  [S576] TGMSP, Thomas Hooker, 00516.

    13.  13.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 149:297, 00390.

    14.  14.  [S482] Torrey 1st, 386, 00395.

    15.  15.  [S61] The Winthrop Fleet of 1630, 58, 00551.

    16.  16.  [S867] TAG, 65:14, 00863.

    17.  17.  [S1151] Ancestors of American Presidents, 485, 01001.

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    19.  19.  [S867] TAG, 61:178, 00863.

    20.  20.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 29847948, 00974.

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    31.  31.  [S576] TGMSP, Henry Feake, 00516.

    32.  32.  [S1409] Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650, 17, 00159.

    33.  33.  [S576] TGMSP, William Pierce, 00516.

    34.  34.  [S1430] Symmes Memorial, 17, 01154.

    35.  35.  [S576] TGMSP, Newsletter:7:11, 00516.

    36.  36.  [S993] Descendants of Thomas Hooker, xxx, 00157.

    37.  37.  [S116] W S Tyler, 308, 00614.

    38.  38.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 35667319, 00974.