Thomas Hooker b. 7 Jul 1586 Markham, England d. 7 Jul 1647 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, -USA: Hawblitz, Heath, Thayer, Thurber & More . . .

Thomas Hooker

1586 - 1647 (61 years)

Name	Thomas Hooker [1]
Birth	7 Jul 1586	Markham, England [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Note	Reverend Thomas Hooker, son of Thomas Hooker, born in England, about 1586, he entered Emanuel College [a Puritan foundation exhibiting in itself a strong Puritanic protest against the many Roman Catholic ideas and customs still retained in other colleges], Cambridge in 1604. He received the degree of B. A. in 1608, the degree of M. A. in 1611, and entering upon a divinity course, he was elected a Fellow of the College. He left the College before completing the first course and receiving the degree of B. D. There are many reasons for supposing that he went from the college direct to Chelmsford and remained there until being silenced, arrested and placed under bonds to appear before the Ecclesiastical Court; [in 1626 he was silenced by Arch-Bishop Laud for nonconformity teachings and about 1630 the Arch-Bishop had him arrested and put under bonds to appear before the Ecclesiastical Courts] he fled to Holland. After three years absence Mr. Hooker returned to England but his return was at once made known to Arch- Bishop Laud, who sent out his emmissaries and endeavored to arrest him, but Mr. Hooker avoided arrest, and with his family and some friends embarked privately upon the ship Griffin and sailed for New England] in 1633. The name of his first wife is unknown and nothing of the parentage of his second wife, whose name was Susannah [possibly Pym]. His second wife survived him, and though nothing is positively known about her, there are many reasons for believing that in later years she became the wife of Elder William Goodwin and died at Farmington, Conn. He[Thomas] died at Hartford, Conn., July 7, 1647, age 61.
Death	7 Jul 1647	Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, -USA [1, 2]
Person ID	I2486	HHTT \| Dad's Side
Last Modified	1 Jul 2022