Mary (Leete) Hooker (1671 - 1753)

Born 11 Jan 1671 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut

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Died 5 Oct 1753 at age 82 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut

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Mary Leete was born on 11 Jan 1671 in Guilford, CT to William Leete and Mary Fenn.^[1][2] On 1 Aug 1691 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut she married Judge James Hooker (1666-1740) Vol. 2, Page 458-9, Vol.3, Page 75. ^[3][4] She died 5 Oct 1752/3.^[5][6]

A deed records the relationship of the daughters of James Hooker and Mary Leete (and their respective husbands). On 27 Sep 1743 Widow Mary Hart of Guilford with her two sisters Hannah (wife of Thomas Smith Jr of the Highlands of province of Orange, NY) and Mehetable (wife of John Smith of Rye in Westchester County) conveyed land their their sister Sarah (wife of Capt John Bartlet) including all interests in lands of the estate of their father the late James Hooker Esq deceased.^[7] From this we can deduce the following

Children born in Guilford:

1. Mary b 5 NOV 1693 ("Hooker, Mary da. mr James & Mary b. 5 Nov. 1693")^[8] m Rev John Hart (Guilford VR p 36 Mary, Mrs., m. Rev. John Hart, b. of Guilford, Dec. 6, 1720, by Rev. Thomas Ruggles)^[9]
2. Hannah b. 26 Jan 16945 ("Ann da. mr James & Mary b. 26 Jan 16945")^[8] m Thomas Smith Jr of the Highlands of province of Orange, NY(Guilford VR p 36 Hannah, of Guilford, m. Thomas Smith, of Smithbury, N.Y., Apr. 11, 1726, by Rev. Thomas Ruggles)^[9]
3. Sarah b. 26 Feb 1696 (sarah da. mr James & Mary b. 26 Feb 1696^[8] m Capt John Bartlet (Guilford VR p 36 Sarah, m. John Bartlet[t], b. of Guilford, May 8, 1718, by Rev. Thomas Ruggles)^[9]
4. William b. 16 Oct 1702 ("William s. Mr James & Mary b. 16 Oct 1702")^[8] never married, died young. (Guilford VR p 36 William, s. James, d. Mar. 20, 1723, in his 22nd y.)^[9]
5. Mehitable b. 10 May 1704 ("Mehitobell da. Mr James & Mary b. 10 May 1704") ^[8] m John Smith of Rye in Westchester County (Guilford VR p 36 Mehitable, Mrs., of [Guilford], m. [John Smith], of New York, [May 6, 1724])^[9]

Burial Find A Grave Memorial# 25470576 ^[10]

In Memory of

Mrs MARY HOOKER Relict of

JAMES HOOKER

Efqr who died

Octob'r 5th 1753

In her 83d Year.

Sources

1. ↑ Guilford Vital Records in The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1926) Vol 13 p 181 Guilford Births ("leete, Mary da. William and Mary b. 11 Jan 1671") link
2. ↑ James Savage, A genealogical dict. of the first settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692. (Boston, MA: 1861) v.3:75
3. ↑ Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. 2:785 HOOKER, James (1666-1740?) & Mary LEETE; 1 Aug 1691; Guilford, CT/Farmington, CT {TAG 25:92; Hooker 22; Leete 17; Baldwin 51; Dwight 645; Hamlin (,2) 37; Cutter Anc. 2:21}
4. ↑ William Leete, in Talcott, Alvan, and Jacquelyn L. Ricker. Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Co., 1984), 768. "Mary (Leete), b 11 January 1672; died 5 October 1752; mar Judge James Hooker"
5. ↑ Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934; Alderbrook Cemetery 208-1 # 4 Vol 18
6. ↑ Guilford Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, 136. "Hooker, … Mary, Mrs., d. Oct. 5, 1752 [2:139]"
7. ↑ The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Vol 25 p 92 (see also 6:273 and TAG 30:19) link
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4} American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Guilford Vital Records Vol 16 p 184 link
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4} Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. p 36 link
10. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 25470576

• Henry Sudam Fullerton, "Horton-Purdy Family Record" in New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 77, No. 4, (R07704), October 1946, pp. 168-169 520West 7th St.,Plainfield, N.J.
• Steiner, Bernard Christian. A History of the Plantation of Menunkatuck and of the Original Town of Guilford, Connecticut (Baltimore, 1897) Page 472