Edward Hooker (1785 - 1846)

Born 27 Apr 1785 in Farmington, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Daggett) Hooker — married 24 May 1812 in Farmington, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 5 May 1846 at age 61 in Farmington, Connecticut

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Edward was the son of Noadiah and Rebecca (Griswold) Hooker, born 27 April 1785 at Farmington, Connecticut. He died 5 May 1846 at Farmington.^[1]

Edward "graduated from Yale College, 1805, went to Columbia, S.C., and studied law with his brother John, who was established there a practicing lawyer. While in South Carolina, Mr. Hooker taught a school at Cambridge, S.C. for a short time, then accepted a position as tutor in South Carolina college, Columbia, S.C., continuing the study of law with his brother." ^[2]

"In 1808, he was appointed tutor in Yale College, which appointment he accepted, and returned to Connecticut, to enter upon the duty. He was made Clerk of the Faculty and filled the position during the time he was attached to the college. While connected with Yale College, he made the acquaintance of Miss Daggett, a niece of Hon. Roger Sherman (Signer of the Declaration of Independence), and preparatory to marrying her he resigned his position at the college, returned to his native place, Farmington, assumed the charge of his father's farm and business, and the care of this father in his declining years, built a home for his wife and settled down to farming and public duties".^[3]

Edward Hooker and Eliza Daggett were married 24 May 1812 at Farmington, Connecticut. ^[4] They were the parents of five children: Elizabeth, John, Edward, Edward and Mary.

"After the death of his mother he brought his father to his own house, and fitted up the old home for a collegiate school. His school became quite noted, for a number of men who became noted in public affairs were fitted for college in the "Old Red College," as the old house was called. This was the first movement in educational matters at Farmington, and the old house in which the first school was opened, had been the home of a descendant from Ezekiel Cheever, the famous Colonial teacher, founder of the Boston Latin School, and the author of the first school books published in America."^[5]

"After carrying on this private school for a few years, a movement was taken to form a company to found an Academy at Farmington. Mr. Hooker became interested in the Academy scheme, proposed to close his own school in favor of the Academy, and wished to have Mr. Simeon Hart made the principal of the Academy. This Academy, under Mr. Hart, became a famous school. The Academy was finally relinquished, and Mr. Hart opened a private school very much as Mr. Hooker had previously done, and many famous men were fitted for college, and started upon their public career in these schools of Mr. Simeon Hart and his successor and nephew, Mrs. Edward L. Hart."^[6]

"The Old Red College" having ended its service as the home of a collegiate school, did duty for a time as a tenement, but it was finally demolished to make room for the first school house of Miss Sarah porter and from this small building, upon the site of the "Old Red College" came the widely known Female School of Miss Porter, and the Memorial Building, erected a few years ago by Miss Porter's scholars stands a little northward and westward from the site of the "Old Red College," the home of a descendant from Ezekiel Cheever, and the place of the first great education movement at Farmington, Conn."^[7]

"After closing his school, Mr. Hooker settled down to literary work active participation in the public affairs of the town, and scientific farming. He died at Farmington, Conn., May 5, 1846. She died at Hartford, Conn., August 2, 1869." ^[8][9]

Sources

1. ↑ The descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Connecticut, 1586-1908 : being an account of what is known of Rev. Thomas Hooker's family in England, by Hooker, Edward; Hooker, Margaret Huntington, Publisher Rochester, N.Y. : Margaret Huntington Hooker, 1909, pages 140-141.
2. ↑ The descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Connecticut, 1586-1908 : being an account of what is known of Rev. Thomas Hooker's family in England, by Hooker, Edward; Hooker, Margaret Huntington, Publisher Rochester, N.Y. : Margaret Huntington Hooker, 1909, pages 140-141.
3. ↑ The descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Connecticut, 1586-1908 : being an account of what is known of Rev. Thomas Hooker's family in England, by Hooker, Edward; Hooker, Margaret Huntington, Publisher Rochester, N.Y. : Margaret Huntington Hooker, 1909, pages 140-141.
4. ↑ "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F7G7-FMH : 17 March 2018), Edward Hooker and Eliza Daggett, 1812.
5. ↑ The descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Connecticut, 1586-1908 : being an account of what is known of Rev. Thomas Hooker's family in England, by Hooker, Edward; Hooker, Margaret Huntington, Publisher Rochester, N.Y. : Margaret Huntington Hooker, 1909, pages 140-141.
6. ↑ The descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Connecticut, 1586-1908 : being an account of what is known of Rev. Thomas Hooker's family in England, by Hooker, Edward; Hooker, Margaret Huntington, Publisher Rochester, N.Y. : Margaret Huntington Hooker, 1909, pages 140-141.
7. ↑ The descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Connecticut, 1586-1908 : being an account of what is known of Rev. Thomas Hooker's family in England, by Hooker, Edward; Hooker, Margaret Huntington, Publisher Rochester, N.Y. : Margaret Huntington Hooker, 1909, pages 140-141.
8. ↑ The descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Connecticut, 1586-1908 : being an account of what is known of Rev. Thomas Hooker's family in England, by Hooker, Edward; Hooker, Margaret Huntington, Publisher Rochester, N.Y. : Margaret Huntington Hooker, 1909, pages 140-141.
9. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F7NC-JQ5 : 9 February 2018), Edward Hooker, 05 May 1846; citing , reference v16,p40; FHL microfilm 3,334.