Hon. John HOOKER

1665 - 1746  (81 years)

• Name	John HOOKER  [1, 2, 3]
  	Hon. John Hooker, was one of the most noted men of his day. For many years he was the leading man of the town. He was he magistrate who did most of the business of the town and he was Judge of the Supreme Court of the Colony from 1724 to 1732. He was a member of he Lower House of the Assembly from 1699 to 1723. He then went into the Upper House. He served twenty-one sessions of which he was Clerk two sessions, and Speaker, six. He was chosen assistant in 1723, and rechosen annually for eleven years. He was on important committees and was Frequently sent to settle difficulties in towns, churches, etc.; he was charged with important public trusts, etc., and the papers in file in the office of the Secretary of State, attest the carefulness, as well as the confidence, reposed in him. When he married, his father purchased and gave him a site on the west side of the main street, some distance north of the Meeting House at Farmington, and here he built his house under the branches of a beautiful elm tree, where it soon became a center of generous hospitality, and a familiar gathering place for the sages of the own, who in the pleasant summer evenings seated under he leafy canopy of the Hooker Elm, discussed the passing events, while their long pipes gave forth clouds of fragrant incense, which curling upwards, dispensed itself among the leaves of the beautiful tree. [1]
  Prefix	Hon.
  Birth	20 Feb 1664/5	Farmington, Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Feb 1745/6	Farmington, Connecticut   [1]
  Person ID	I83084	Main Tree
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Rev Samuel HOOKER,   b. 14 Nov 1633, Hartford, Connecticut d. 6 Nov 1697, Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary WILLETT,   b. 10 Nov 1637, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts d. 24 Jun 1712, Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	22 Sep 1658  [1]
  Family ID	F36433	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail STANDLEY,   b. 25 Jul 1669, Farmington, Connecticut d. 21 Feb 1742/3, Farmington, Connecticut (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	24 Nov 1687  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F33951	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 20 Feb 1664/5 - Farmington, Connecticut Death - 21 Feb 1745/6 - Farmington, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S9212] Edward W. Hooker, The Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Conn., 1586-1908. [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking. [S11481] Israel P. Warren, D.D., The Stanley Families of American as Descended from John, Timothy, and Thomas Stanley of Rartford, Ct. 1636.