John
Hook
Born in Beaver Falls, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Hook
and Rebecca (Cochran) Hook
Brother of
Catherine (Hook) Hall, Mathias Hook, Benjamin Franklin Hook, Elizabeth (Hook) Walker, Rebecca (Hook) Bingaman, Henry Hook, George Hook, Ruth (Hook) White, Mary Hook and Andrew Poe Hook
Husband of
Lucretia Wood
— married
1822 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
George Washington Hook, Anderson Hook, Polly Hook, Mildred Hook, Lucretia (Hook) Blake, John Hook, Jubal Hook, Margaret (Hook) Compton, Henry Clay Hook, Sarah Hook and Andrew Poe Hook
Died about
at about age 54
in Stephensport, Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Feb 2015
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Biography
John was born in 1800. He was the son of John Hook and Rebecca Cochran. He passed away in 1855.
When John Hook was born in September 1800, in Beaver Falls, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John I Hook, was 29 and his mother, Rebecca Cochran, was 24. He married Lucretia Wood before 1822. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States in 1850 and Campbell, Kentucky, United States in 1854. In 1832, at the age of 34, his occupation is listed as river man in Cleveland, North Carolina, United States. He died on 23 January 1855, in Stephensport, Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Freedom Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Garfield, Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States.
Sources
- "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28H-22YR : 26 September 2018), John Hook in entry for Philips H Durham and Mary Hook, 24 Mar 1856; citing Marriage, Hardinsburg, Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 422,132.
- Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 03 December 2020), memorial page for John Hook (1801–23 Jan 1855), Find A Grave: Memorial #36809996, citing Freedom Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Garfield, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Tom & Gwendolyn Tabor (contributor 48750008) .
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65B-8TL : 4 April 2020), Jno Hook, Breckinridge county, part of, Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States; citing family 339, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~1.56%
Matthew Wheat
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
Bruce Bevans :
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~0.39%
Emm Churchman :
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~0.39%
Terrence Churchman :
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~0.39%
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