Roger Hooker (1710 - 1774)

Born 17 Sep 1710 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mercy (Hart) Hooker — married 29 Jan 1740 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Husband of Anna (Kellogg) Hooker — married about 1747 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 25 May 1774 at age 63 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Birth

Roger Hooker was born 17 Sep 1710 to father John Hooker (1665-1745) and mother Abigail Standley (1669–1743) in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony. Name: Roger Hooker Event Type: Birth Father's Name: John^[1]

Marriage

Roger Hooker married Mercy Hart 29 Jan 1740. Mercy Hart was the daughter of Capt. Josiah Hart and Sarah Bull also of Farmington, Conn.^[2]

They had 3 children in which only 2 of them survived past infancy.

Sarah Hooker, born 16 Dec 1740 and passed away 19 Apr 1741. Roger Hooker mentioned in the record of Sarah Hooker Name: Roger Hooker Sex: Male Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934 Name: Sarah Hooker Event Type: Death Event Date: 1741 Event Place: Hartford, Connecticut, United States Father's Name: Roger Hooker^[3]

Sarah Hooker, born in 1743 and passed away in 1791. Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906 Roger Hooker mentioned in the record of Sarah Hooker Name: Roger Hooker Sex: Male Daughter: Sarah Hooker Event Type: Birth Event Date: 16 Sep 1743 Event Place: Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America Sex: Female Father's Name: Roger Hooker^[4]

Thomas Hart Hooker was born on 3 Sep 1745 and passed away 26 Nov 1775.^[2]

On 26 Sep 1745 his first wife, Mercy Hart passed away.^[2]

After his wife's death he remarried, Anna Kellogg, daughter of Capt. Martin Kellogg and Dorothy Chester of Newington, Conn. Anna was born on 19 Feb 1720 in Newington, Conn.^[2]

Children of wife Anna Kellogg:

Martin Hooker born 1748 and died 21 Aug 1751.

Elnathan Hooker born 1749 and died 20 Nov 1822. m. Amy Newell, 13 Dec 1774, m. Nancy Payne.

Roger Hooker born 19 Jun 1751.

Mercy Hooker born ?.

John Hooker born 1754 and died 14 Mar 1758.

Lucina born 19 Mar 1758.

Cynthia born 1760.

All children were born in Farmington, Connecticut.

Life Story

Roger was conidered the favorite son of his father and thereby accompanied him on his official journeys around the Colony. When Roger married, he brought his wife to his father's house and continued living there. Roger died in Farmington, Conn. on 25 May, 1774 and his second wife, Anna died 17 Feb. 1797.^[2]

Death

Roger Hooker Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934 Event Type: Burial Event Place: Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony Sex: Male Age: 64 Birth Year (Estimated): 1710 Death Date: 25 May 1774^[5]

Burial

Memento Mori Cemetery, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7N-86NW : 21 September 2019), Roger in entry for Roger Hooker, ; citing Birth, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272235.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Hooker, Edward, The Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker of Hartford, Connecticut, 1586-1908. Rochester, New York, 1909. Available online from cga.ct.gov. here's the link; accessed 16 Apr 2021.
3. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMW-W74C : 29 November 2018), Roger Hooker in entry for Sarah Hooker, 1741.
4. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F772-CT1 : 7 January 2020), Roger Hooker in entry for Sarah Hooker, 1743.
5. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7NC-897 : 16 January 2020), Roger Hooker.

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