Samuel, 7th known child of Rev. Thomas & Susan (Garbrand) was born in 1633. He married Mary Willet on September 22nd, 1658 in Plymouth.
Mary was the daughter of Thomas Willet.
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He entered Harvard College in 1651, and graduated in 1653.
He entered the ministry in 1657, and preached at Plymouth, Mass., though probably not regularly settled there.
He was invited to settle in Springfield, Mass., but declined the invitation and remained at Plymouth until he removed to Farmington, Conn., in 1661, where he succeeded his brother-in-law Rev. Roger Newton and became the second minister of the place and remained there until his death in 1697.
He was famous as an eloquent preacher. Mather in his "Magnolia" says of him, "Thus we have to this day among us our dead Hooker, yet living in his worthy son Samuel Hooker, an able, faithful, useful minister at Farmington, in the Colony of Connecticut."
Rev. Samuel Hooker occupied at Farmington, the parsonage which had been used by Rev. Roger Newton, on the East side of South Main St. and nearly opposite to the road going to the meadows across the stone bridge which now spans the Pequabuc river. This house stood a few feet northward from the site of the house so long occupied by Mr. Solomon Cowles, who was one of Mr. Hooker's descendants, and here in this parsonage Rev. Samuel Hooker died.
He was succeeded at Farmington by Rev. Samuel Whitman whose grandfather was Mr. Hooker's cousin. Mr. Whitman like Mr. Hooker, died while the minister of the town, and tradition says he was buried by the side of Mr. Hooker.
Rev. Samuel Hooker d. Farmington, Nov. 6, 1697, and his wife Mrs. Mary Willet (Hooker)- Buckingham died at Norwalk, Conn. June 24, 1712.
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1653- graduated Harvard; 1657- Pastor at Plymouth, MA; from 1661 till death, was 2nd pastor of the church at Farmington, CT, ordained there July; in 1662- one of four to meet w/ the New Haven Colony Rep abt the proposed union with CT, under one colonial government.
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On account of his earnestness and piety he was called the 'Fervent Hooker'. He could commit his sermons to memory and was considered a powerful and effective preacher.
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SOURCE: The Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Conn. 1586-1908; by E. Hooker, 1909
Mary was the daughter of Thomas Willet.
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He entered Harvard College in 1651, and graduated in 1653.
He entered the ministry in 1657, and preached at Plymouth, Mass., though probably not regularly settled there.
He was invited to settle in Springfield, Mass., but declined the invitation and remained at Plymouth until he removed to Farmington, Conn., in 1661, where he succeeded his brother-in-law Rev. Roger Newton and became the second minister of the place and remained there until his death in 1697.
He was famous as an eloquent preacher. Mather in his "Magnolia" says of him, "Thus we have to this day among us our dead Hooker, yet living in his worthy son Samuel Hooker, an able, faithful, useful minister at Farmington, in the Colony of Connecticut."
Rev. Samuel Hooker occupied at Farmington, the parsonage which had been used by Rev. Roger Newton, on the East side of South Main St. and nearly opposite to the road going to the meadows across the stone bridge which now spans the Pequabuc river. This house stood a few feet northward from the site of the house so long occupied by Mr. Solomon Cowles, who was one of Mr. Hooker's descendants, and here in this parsonage Rev. Samuel Hooker died.
He was succeeded at Farmington by Rev. Samuel Whitman whose grandfather was Mr. Hooker's cousin. Mr. Whitman like Mr. Hooker, died while the minister of the town, and tradition says he was buried by the side of Mr. Hooker.
Rev. Samuel Hooker d. Farmington, Nov. 6, 1697, and his wife Mrs. Mary Willet (Hooker)- Buckingham died at Norwalk, Conn. June 24, 1712.
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1653- graduated Harvard; 1657- Pastor at Plymouth, MA; from 1661 till death, was 2nd pastor of the church at Farmington, CT, ordained there July; in 1662- one of four to meet w/ the New Haven Colony Rep abt the proposed union with CT, under one colonial government.
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On account of his earnestness and piety he was called the 'Fervent Hooker'. He could commit his sermons to memory and was considered a powerful and effective preacher.
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SOURCE: The Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Conn. 1586-1908; by E. Hooker, 1909
Samuel, 7th known child of Rev. Thomas & Susan (Garbrand) was born in 1633. He married Mary Willet on September 22nd, 1658 in Plymouth.
Mary was the daughter of Thomas Willet.
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He entered Harvard College in 1651, and graduated in 1653.
He entered the ministry in 1657, and preached at Plymouth, Mass., though probably not regularly settled there.
He was invited to settle in Springfield, Mass., but declined the invitation and remained at Plymouth until he removed to Farmington, Conn., in 1661, where he succeeded his brother-in-law Rev. Roger Newton and became the second minister of the place and remained there until his death in 1697.
He was famous as an eloquent preacher. Mather in his "Magnolia" says of him, "Thus we have to this day among us our dead Hooker, yet living in his worthy son Samuel Hooker, an able, faithful, useful minister at Farmington, in the Colony of Connecticut."
Rev. Samuel Hooker occupied at Farmington, the parsonage which had been used by Rev. Roger Newton, on the East side of South Main St. and nearly opposite to the road going to the meadows across the stone bridge which now spans the Pequabuc river. This house stood a few feet northward from the site of the house so long occupied by Mr. Solomon Cowles, who was one of Mr. Hooker's descendants, and here in this parsonage Rev. Samuel Hooker died.
He was succeeded at Farmington by Rev. Samuel Whitman whose grandfather was Mr. Hooker's cousin. Mr. Whitman like Mr. Hooker, died while the minister of the town, and tradition says he was buried by the side of Mr. Hooker.
Rev. Samuel Hooker d. Farmington, Nov. 6, 1697, and his wife Mrs. Mary Willet (Hooker)- Buckingham died at Norwalk, Conn. June 24, 1712.
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1653- graduated Harvard; 1657- Pastor at Plymouth, MA; from 1661 till death, was 2nd pastor of the church at Farmington, CT, ordained there July; in 1662- one of four to meet w/ the New Haven Colony Rep abt the proposed union with CT, under one colonial government.
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On account of his earnestness and piety he was called the 'Fervent Hooker'. He could commit his sermons to memory and was considered a powerful and effective preacher.
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SOURCE: The Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Conn. 1586-1908; by E. Hooker, 1909
Mary was the daughter of Thomas Willet.
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He entered Harvard College in 1651, and graduated in 1653.
He entered the ministry in 1657, and preached at Plymouth, Mass., though probably not regularly settled there.
He was invited to settle in Springfield, Mass., but declined the invitation and remained at Plymouth until he removed to Farmington, Conn., in 1661, where he succeeded his brother-in-law Rev. Roger Newton and became the second minister of the place and remained there until his death in 1697.
He was famous as an eloquent preacher. Mather in his "Magnolia" says of him, "Thus we have to this day among us our dead Hooker, yet living in his worthy son Samuel Hooker, an able, faithful, useful minister at Farmington, in the Colony of Connecticut."
Rev. Samuel Hooker occupied at Farmington, the parsonage which had been used by Rev. Roger Newton, on the East side of South Main St. and nearly opposite to the road going to the meadows across the stone bridge which now spans the Pequabuc river. This house stood a few feet northward from the site of the house so long occupied by Mr. Solomon Cowles, who was one of Mr. Hooker's descendants, and here in this parsonage Rev. Samuel Hooker died.
He was succeeded at Farmington by Rev. Samuel Whitman whose grandfather was Mr. Hooker's cousin. Mr. Whitman like Mr. Hooker, died while the minister of the town, and tradition says he was buried by the side of Mr. Hooker.
Rev. Samuel Hooker d. Farmington, Nov. 6, 1697, and his wife Mrs. Mary Willet (Hooker)- Buckingham died at Norwalk, Conn. June 24, 1712.
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1653- graduated Harvard; 1657- Pastor at Plymouth, MA; from 1661 till death, was 2nd pastor of the church at Farmington, CT, ordained there July; in 1662- one of four to meet w/ the New Haven Colony Rep abt the proposed union with CT, under one colonial government.
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On account of his earnestness and piety he was called the 'Fervent Hooker'. He could commit his sermons to memory and was considered a powerful and effective preacher.
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SOURCE: The Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Conn. 1586-1908; by E. Hooker, 1909
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Rev. Samuel Hooker, 2nd Minister of Farmington in the 37th year of his pastorate, son of Rev. Thomas Hooker, 1st Minister of Hartford, Erected by his descendants, 1895.
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Note: age about 64 years.
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