Robert
Hook
Jr.
Born before [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Hook Sr.
and Jean (Scott) Hook
Brother of
William Hooke Sr., Esther (Hook) Belshey, Mary (Hook) Huston, Martha Hook, George Hook, Jean Hook, James Hook Sr., Elijah Hooke, John Hook and George Hook [half]
Husband of
Jane (Unknown) Hooke
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Father of
Mary (Hook) Blakely, Jane Hook, Ann Hook, Catherine Hook, Christina Hook and James Addison Hook
Died before
at about age 29
in Virginia
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Biography
By Mrs. Audrey Kemper Spence of Wytheville, Virginia and published in Virginia Valley Records.[1]
- Page 199: Robert was baptized 6 Jan 1743.
- Page 214: (D) Robert Hooke, brother of Wm. Hooke, spoken of by Col. Hooke in his manuscript, also names in File 302, Staunton, Va. Col. Hooke says that Robert owned what was afterwards known as the Joseph Beery farm adjoining the old Hooke plantation, "Slate hill," on the east. Probably died before 1806.
- Robert Hooke served in Capt. Hevitt's company 1777, Rev. War. Court records, Staunton, Va. (Court Martial Records)
- Col. Hooke names the four daughters of Robert as follows: 1st, Mary --Issue: Mary Ann Bleakley, wife of Alexander Bleakley. 2nd, Jane, died near 1824. 3rd, Ann (died before 1824). 4th, Catherine. File 302 names fifth, Christina married John Hatfield, Nov. 25th, 1790. Issue: Martha, William and Jane Hatfield. Removed to Indiana many years before 1824. 6th, James Addison, served in 58th Va. Vols. War 1812, under his cousin, Capt. Robert Hooke. Ref. Wayland's History. Married Jane Campbell, daughter of William Campbell (dec.), June 19, 1810. William Campbell surety, Rock. Co. Va. He adopted a nephew of his (probably Jermiah), and they located in Logan County, Ohio. One Jermiah left descendants in Ohio and Missouri.
Robert died before 19 Nov 1772 at Augusta County, Virginia. A Probate entry granting administration of his estate to his wife Jane is dated 19 Nov 1772.[2]
Robert is buried at Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fort Defiance, Virginia.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Wayland, John Walter,. Virginia Valley Records : genealogical and historical materials of Rockingham County, Virginia, and related regions (with map). Strasburg, Va.: Shenandoah Publishing House, 1930.
- ↑ Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement of Virginia page 168
- ↑ Find A Grave - Robert Hooke
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