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Dorothy <I>Hooker</I> Chester

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Dorothy Hooker Chester

Birth
Braunstone, Blaby District, Leicestershire, England
Death
1662 (aged 72–73)
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
Plot
Founders Monument
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Born by about 1589 as Dorothy Hooker, daughter of Thomas Hooker of Marefield. Tilton, Leicestershire. Came feom Leicester, Leicestershire to Massachusetts Bay in 1634. First settled at Cambridge MA; moved to Hartford in 1636. Died before 27 May 1662 (date of inventory.
Dorothy (Hooker) Chester was sister of Rev. THOMAK HOOKER & of the wife of GEORGE ALCOCK. Her son LEONARD CHESTER had arrived in New England by 1633. It is probable that Dorothy emigrated with her brother & son in 1633, but there is no record of her in New England before 1 Dec 1634.
Married in Birstall, Leicestershire, 1 Jun 1609, John Chester. He was buried at St. Margaret's, Leicester. 30 Jul 1628.
Source: Great Migration Study Project

George Alcott m. Dorothy (Hooker) Chester's SISTER. There is no record I have found of a marriage between the widow Dorothy Chester and George Alcott.
Born by about 1589 as Dorothy Hooker, daughter of Thomas Hooker of Marefield. Tilton, Leicestershire. Came feom Leicester, Leicestershire to Massachusetts Bay in 1634. First settled at Cambridge MA; moved to Hartford in 1636. Died before 27 May 1662 (date of inventory.
Dorothy (Hooker) Chester was sister of Rev. THOMAK HOOKER & of the wife of GEORGE ALCOCK. Her son LEONARD CHESTER had arrived in New England by 1633. It is probable that Dorothy emigrated with her brother & son in 1633, but there is no record of her in New England before 1 Dec 1634.
Married in Birstall, Leicestershire, 1 Jun 1609, John Chester. He was buried at St. Margaret's, Leicester. 30 Jul 1628.
Source: Great Migration Study Project

George Alcott m. Dorothy (Hooker) Chester's SISTER. There is no record I have found of a marriage between the widow Dorothy Chester and George Alcott.


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