Genealogical and family history of the state of Connecticut, a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Volume IV, Part 15

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Clement, E. H. (Edward Henry), 1843- joint ed. cn; Hart, Samuel, 1845-1917, joint ed; Talcott, Mary Kingsbury, 1847-1917, joint ed; Bostwick, Frederick, 1852- , joint ed; Stearns, Ezra Scollay, 1838-1915, joint ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 1178

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(IV) Lieutenant Tanna Meigs, of the Pe- East Ardsley, West Riding, Yorkshire, Eng-

December 21, 1672, died December 5. 1739, and married, May 18, 1698, Hannah Willard, of Wethersfield. Connecticut, born 1674, died January 4, 1750. He was the first magis- trate of East Guilford, and deputy in 1710- 26. Children, born in East Guilford: Janna, August 17, 1694; Joseph, May 14, 1697: Je- hiel, mentioned below; Hannah, August 13, 1703; Return, March 16, 1708; Hester, De- cember 19, 1709; Silence and Submit ( twins ), January 5. 1712, died January, 1712; Tim- othy, September 19, 1713; Eunice, October 19, 1715.

(V) Captain Jehiel Meigs, son of Janna Meigs, was born June 1I, 1701, and died March 23, 1780, in East Guilford. He mar- ried, September 27, 1736, Lucy Bartlett of Lynn, Massachusetts, born 1712. died Decem- ber 8, 1800. Children, born in East Guilford : Lucy, 1739, died 1740; Lucy, born Septem- ber 21, 1741 ; Jehiel, July 6, 1743; Lucretia. July 14, 1745; Daniel, July 24, 1747 ; Elihu. mentioned below ; Lovisa. December 31, 1751.

(VI) Elihu, son of Captain Jehiel Meigs, was born September 21, 1749. died Septem- ber 9, 1827, in East Guilford, and married Elizabeth Rich, died September 1, 1826. Chil- dren. born in East Guilford: Benjamin Hart, January 23. 1772: John. mentioned below ; Lucy, September 28, 1775: Benjamin Hart, December 28, 1777: Elihu, January 21, 1780; Lovisa, January 17. 1782; Josiah, May 23, 1781: Edmund, October 3. 1786: Elizabeth. May 10, 1790; Lucretia, August 31, 1792: Bezaleel Ives. August 4, 1794.

(VII) John (3), son of Elihu Meigs, was born in East Guilford, November 27. 1773. and died August 14, 1848. He married, April 2, 1801, Mary, daughter of Captain Timothy and Ann Dudley Field, born November 19. 1778. died July 28, 1855. Her mother. Ann Dudley, born 1752, died ISIo, was great- great-great-granddaughter of Governor The- ophilus Eaton. Her father. Captain Timothy Field, born 1744. died 1818, married. 1767, was the son of Ensign David Field. born 1607. died 1770, married 1742. widow Abi- gail Stone, who died in 1783. Ensign David Field was the son of Ebenezer Field, born 1672. died 1713. married. 160 ;. Mary Dud- ley, who died 1740. Ebenezer Field was the son of Zechariah Field, born 1645. died 1674. married 1668. Sarah Webb (see Webb). Zechariah Field, the immigrant ancestor. was the son of Zechariah Field. born 1600, died 1666, married 1741, Mary Stanley. died 1670. Zechariah Field was the grandson of John, Astronomer Roval. He was born at land. and settled first in Dorchester, Massa- quot war, son of John (2) Meigs, was born

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chusetts, in 1629, went to Hartford, in 1636. to Northampton, Massachusetts. in 1059, and finally settled in Hatfield, Massachusetts, in 1661. Children of John Meigs, born in East Guilford. Lovisa, January 3, 1852, married November 18. 1824, Deacon Zenas Wilcox (see Wilcox) ; David Rich, December 1, 1803 ; Edward M., March 20, 1805, died August 1. 1867: Mary Ann, born June 6. 1807 : Abigail Field. May 14. 1809; Emmeline, March 8, ISHI ; John Morrison, March 15, 1813: Eliza- beth, April 9. 1815; Jehiel, September 24. 1817. died November 18, 1842: Timothy Al- fred. January 20, 1820, died April 26. 1904: Henry Josiah, born October 29, 1823.

HOOKER Commander Edward Hooker, United States navy, in a paper read before the Hooker gather-

ing in August. 1892. gives the following as the English ancestry of Rev. Thomas Hooker, the American immigrant :

(1) John Hooker was of Devonshire. Eng- land. He had a brother Roger, and a sister Mary who married John Russell, of Leices- tershire. Children: John, lived in Somerset- shire; Thomas, mentioned below : Rev. Zach- ariah. rector of St. Michael's, Cathays, Corn- wall.

( II ) Thomas. son of John Hooker, was of Devonshire. Children: A daughter. married Dr. George Alcock, of London : Rev. Thomas, mentioned below : Dorothy. married John Chester. of Leicestershire.

(III) Rev. Thomas (2) Hooker, son of Thomas ( 1) Hooker, was the immigrant an- cestor. He was born at Marfield. Leicester- shire, England, July 7, 1586. Cotton Mather, in his "Magnalia", says of him: "He was born of parents that were neither unable nor un- willing to bestow upon him a liberal educa- tion : whereunto the early lively sparkles of wit observed in him did very much to en- courage them. His natural temper was cheer- ful and courteous: but it was accompanied with such a sensible grandeur of mind, as caused his friends, without the help of astrol- ogy, to prognosticate that he was born to be considerable". Regarding his education and conversion. Sprague says: "He was educated at Emanuel College, Cambridge, of which in due time he became a Fellow. He acquitted himself in this office with such ability and fidelity as to secure universal respect and ad- miration. It was while he was thus employed that he became deeply impressed with the importance of eternal realities, and after a protracted season of bitter anguish of spirit he was enabled to submit without reserve to the terms of the Gospel, and thus to find peace

and joy in believing. His religious experience, in its very commencement. seems to have been uncommonly deep and thorough, and no doubt it was partly owing to this that he became much distinguished, in after life. as a counsel- lor, comforter and guide, to the awakened and desponding". He frequently preached at Cambridge, and for some time in London and vicinity. In 1626 he became a lecturer and assistant to the Rev. Mr. Mitchell. at Chelms- ford. and among his hearers were noblemen and others of high standing in English society. He was accustomed once a year to visit his native county and was once asked to preach in the great church at Leicester. One of the chief burgesses of the town was greatly op- posed to his preaching there, and not being able to hinder it, he set persons to fiddling in the churchyard. with a view to disturb him. But Mr. Hooker was able to retain command of his audiences, and at last even the fiddler went to the door to listen, and the story goes that his conversion followed. In 1630 a Spir- itual Court, which held its sessions at Chelms- ford, silenced Mr. Hooker for nonconformity. Although he was in accord with the doctrines of the English church, where were certain forms of worship which he could not practice, and on this ground he was forbidden to min- ister to the people. Ile continued, however. to live near Chelmsford, and was employed in teaching a school at Little Braddow, having John Eliot, afterwards the famous Indian Apostle. in his family as an usher. A. petition signed by forty-seven ministers of the. Estab- lished Church was sent to the Spiritual Court, asking to have Mr. Hooker re-established. but it did no good. After a short residence in retirement under the patronage of his friend. the Earl of Warwick, he determined to seek a home in Holland, and his steps were watched by his persecutors, and he was followed even to the shore, but the ship fortunately got off shore before his pursuers arrived. Mr. Hooker remained in Holland three years. and was at first employed as an assistant of Mr. Paget at Amsterdam. On account of a misunderstand- ing with him. Mr. Hooker removed to Delft. and was associated with Rev. Mr. Forbes. a Scotch minister. Two years later he accepred a call to Rotterdam to assist Rev. Dr. William .Ames. Dr. Amies is said to have remarked that he never met a man equal to Mr. Hooker as a preacher or a learned disputant.

Mr. Hooker decided to go to New England, but wished to return to England first, as the times were supposed to be somewhat more tolerant. On his arrival there he found, however, that his enemies were still active, and he was obliged to live in concealment until

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his departure for New England. He left Eng- land about the middle of July, 1033. from the Downs, on the ship "Griffin". Such was his peril that he and his friend, Mr. Cotton, were obliged to remain concealed until the ship was well out to sea. He arrived at Boston, Massa- chusetts, September 4, 1633, and on October II was chosen pastor of the church at New- ton (Cambridge ). He remained here to the great satisfaction of the people for two and one-half years. In June. 1630, he joined the company of those who went to make a settle- ment at Hartford. Connecticut, and from this time was identified with almost all the im- portant public movements of the colony. He was one of the moderators of the first New England Synod held at Cambridge, in the ease of the celebrated Anne Hutchinson. He published many books and sermons between 1637 and his death. He fell a victim of a vio- lent epidemic disease, and died July 7, 1647, a great loss to the community.

Rev. Thomas Hooker. according to family tradition, married a sister of John Pym, who was an intimate friend. Children: I. Rev. John, settled in the Established Church in England. 2. Joanna, born about 1616. died 1646. 3. Mary, born about 1618. 4. Sarah, married Rev. John Wilson. 5. Daughter, mar- ried and became a widow. 6. Samuel, men- tioned below.

(IV) Rev. Samuel Hooker, son of Rev. Thomas (2) Hooker, was born in 1633. and was educated at Harvard College. graduating in 1663. He succeeded Rev. Roger Newton. his brother-in-law, and was second pastor of the church at Farmington. Connecticut. where he was ordained in July. 1661. He was on a committee of four in 1662 to treat with the New Haven colony in reference to the pro- posed union with Connecticut under one col- onial government. All of the descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker bearing the surname Hooker are also his descendants. He was a Fellow of Harvard, and on account of his earnestness and piety was called "the fervent Hooker". He had the habit of committing his sermons to memory, and was a powerful and effective preacher. He died at Farming- ton November 6. ICo7.

He married. September 22. 1658. Mary Wil- lett. born at Plymouth, May 4. 1643. dangh- ter of Captain Thomas Willett, of Swansea. Massachusetts. afterward Seeknok. Rhode Island. Her mother was Mary ( Brown) Wil- lett. Mary Hooker married ( second) .\u- gust 10. 1703. Rev. Thomas Buckingham, of Saybrook, Connecticut. Children: 1. Dr. Thomas, born Tune 10, 1650. 2. Samuel. May 22, 1661. 3. William, May 11, 1663. mer-

chant at Farmington. 4. John, February 20, 1604-65, mentioned below. 5. Hon. James, October 27, 1606, resided at Guilford. Con- necticut. 6. Roger, September 14. 1608. died unmarried, 1697-98: resided at Hartford. 7. Nathaniel, September 28, 1671. died 1-1I. 8. Mary, July 3. 1673, third wife of Rev. James Pierpont, of New Haven, and mother of Sarah, who married the celebrated Rev. Jonathan Edwards. 9. Hezekiah, November 7, 1675; died 1686. 10. Daniel, March 25. 1679. 11. Sarah, May 5. 1681 : married Rev. Stephen Buckingham, of Norwalk. Commec- ticut.

(\') Hon. John Hooker, son of Rev. Sam- uel Hooker, was born at Farmington. Febru- ary 20, 1664-65, died there February 1. 1746- 47. He was an able, useful and eminent citi- zen, and represented that town in the general court twenty-four years, 1699-1723. and was clerk of the House three sessions and speaker six sessions. He was assistant of the prov- ince eleven years, 1723-34, and during eight years of the time was judge of the superior court. He married, November 24. 1687. Abigail, daughter of Captain John Stanley (or Standley). She died February 21. 1743. Children. born in Farmington: 1. Hezekiah. October 14. 1688. mentioned below. 2. Abigail, May 25, 1691, died September 30. 1692. 3. John. December 17. 1693. died De- cember 26, 1693. 4. John, of whom further elsewhere. 5. Abigail. January 1.1. 169 ;- 8: married, in 1719. Nathaniel Hart. 6. Mary, Time I1. 1700: married. December 25. 1,23. Samuel Hart. 7. Sarah. September II. 1702: married. January 7, 1724-5. Mathew Hart. 8. Joseph, February 15, 1705-6: died Decem- ber 19, 1764. 9. Ruth, April 16. 1708: mar- ried. Captain Asahel Strong. of Farmington. 10. Roger. September 17, 1710: died May 25. 1774.

(VI) Hezekiah, son of Hon. John Hooker. was born at Farmington, October 14. 1688: died December 18, 1756. He was a farmer at Kensington. Connecticut. He removed to Bethlehem Society in Woodbury. Connecti- cut. among the early settlers, and became a lending citizen there. He married Abigail Curtiss. of Stratford. Children: I. Hezeki. h. born October 30. 1717: married Elizabeth Stone. 2. James, January 30. 1,20, married Dorothy Parmalee. 3. Josiah. April 2, 1,22. 4. Abigail. September 25. 1724. died unmar- riedl. September 24, 1750. 5. Mary. Tapu- ary 8, 1727. married. June 5. 1735. Wait-t !!! Goodrich. 6. William, June 20. 1729. mar- ried Rachel Waller. 7. Jesse. April 2 ;. 1732. died on the same day as her sister Abigail 8. Eunice, October 30, 1734, died September

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17, 1750. 9. Asahel. December 13, 1736, men- tioned below. to. Sarah, May 30, 1739, mar- ried, January 26, 1763, Timothy Judson.

(VII) Asahel, son of Hezekiah Hooker, was born December 13. 1736. He was a farmer at Bristol, Connecticut. He married, February 15. 1759. Anne Parmalee. Children, born at Woodbury: 1. Ira, March 12. 1760. 2. Rev. Asahel. August 29. 1762. minister at Norwich, Connecticut. 3. Bryan. August 5. 1763, mentioned below. 4. Anne. February 10, 1767. 5. Levi, August 15, 1769.

(VIHI) Bryan, son of Asahel Hooker. was born August 5. 1763, in Woodbury. died in Bristol. in 1826. He was one of the first woolen manufacturers in Connecticut. and was very successful in producing fine and service- able cloth for men's wear. He built a fine house on a hillside in Bristol, on land sloping to the river. He married, in 1804. Mrs. Nancy (Lee) Fuller, daughter of William Lec, of Bristol, and widow of Fuller, a teacher in Hartford. Children: 1. Lydia, born 1805. married Hon. Cyrus P. Smith, mayor of Brooklyn. New York. 2. Nancy, 1800. mar- ried William Hill, of Troy. New York: oc- cupied the Hooker homestead: in 1899 cele- brated her ninetieth birthday with an informal gathering of friends and relatives. 3. Bryan Edward. mentioned below.

(IX) Bryan Edward, son of Bryan Hooker. was born in Bristol. January 1. 1813, died De- cember 9. 1888. of pneumonia. At the age of twelve he attended a school for boys in Farm- ington, boarding in the family of Rev. Dr. Porter. father of President Porter. of Yale College. For a year after leaving school he was employed in a store, but early engaged in the manufacturing business. as his father had done. In IS40 he represented the town in the legislature, being the youngest member there at the time. In 1844. he removed to Hartford and engaged in business with Law- son C. Ives. the firm being Ives. Hooker & Company. wool merchants. In 1862 he retired from the firm to take up the management of the Broad Brook Woolen Manufacturing Company, of which he became secretary and treasurer. At this time the company was heavily in debt. and the business situation most discouraging. His ability was shown by the immediate improvement of conditions, and the success which came to the company dur- ing the twenty-five years under his manage- ment.

Mr. Hooker was a member of the First Con- gregational Church of Hartford, and active in church work. Under the pastorate of Rev. Dr. Hawes be was elected deacon, and re- mained in office twenty-two years, when he

resigned on account of partial deafness, and this difficulty led him to resign from various boards of directors. He was the first to pro- pose that the office of deacon should be tem- porary and not for life, and that system was soon established in the church. For many years he had a class of young men in the Sun- day school, and he was always promptly pres- ent at nine o'clock, the opening hour. In politics he was a Republican, and the last time he left his home he cast his vote for General Harrison for president. Mr. Hooker was strictly honorable, and all shams were abhor- rent to him. He was liberal and magnanimous, and ever thoughtful for others. He was con- scientious to the last degree, and, even when he could not hear a word of the sermon was always in his accustomed place in church.

He married (first) Maria Robbins Williams, of Rocky Hill : ( second) Martha Huntington Williams, daughter of Solomon Williams. Children : 1. Edward Williams, born Octo- ber 19, 1865. mentioned below. 2 Robert Huntington. April 21. 1867, died May 21, 1874. 3. Thomas Williams, May 10, 1871

(X) Hon. Edward Williams Hooker. son of Bryan Edward Hooker. was born at Hart- ford. October 19. 1865. He attended the pub- lic schools, and graduated from the Hartford high school in the class of 1885. He began his career in the employ of the Broad Brook Woolen Manufacturing Company, of which his father was treasurer and general manager for forty years. He learned the various ope- rations of woolen manufacturing, and became a practical carder, sorter, spinner, weaver and designer. He was with the establishment in various positions of responsibility for ten years, and until the business was purchased by the present owners. Ogden & Brook. Mr. Hooker then became secretary and treasurer of the Perkins Electric Switch Manufacturing Company, serving for four years, and resign- ing to enter into partnership with William R. Penrose in the general fire insurance business, having the agency of the Commercial Union, Palantinc and the New York Underwriters, as well as other companies. In 1896, Mr. Hooker was elected to the general assembly from Hartford, and was appointed chairman of the banking committee, which secured the enactment of many important measures. He was elected mayor of Hartford for two years in April. 1908, and his administration was suc- cessful and creditable. In November, 1010, he was elected state senator from the second district. He is an active member of the First Church of Christ of Hartford (Congrega- tional), and was chairman for a number of years of the business committee. He is also a

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member of the board of management of the Hartford Hospital, the Hartford Theological Seminary, and is active in various other bene- volent and educational institutions. Ile was a member of Company F. First Regiment, Connecticut National Guard, and was major of the Veteran Battalion of the City Guard. He is quartermaster with rank of captain on the staff of the Governor's Foot Guard. He is a member of La Fayette Lodge of Free Masons ; of Pythagarus Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; of Wolcott Council, Royal and Select Masters; of Washington Commandery, Knights Templar : of the Consistory, thirty- second degree : and of Sphynx Temple. Mys- tic Shrine. He is also a member of the Bene- volent and Protective Order of Elks of Ilart- ford.

Mr. Hooker married, November 12, 1889, Mary Mather Turner, born February 26, 1866, daughter of Dr. Charles P. Turner, and grand- daughter of Major Roland Mather. Children, born at Hartford: Rosalie. September 26, 1892; Roland Mather, September 10, 1900.

(VI) Johın (2) Hooker, son HOOKER of John ( 1) Hooker, was born March 6, 1695-6, at Farm- ington, and married, July 4. 1728, Mercy (Mary) Hart, daughter of Deacon Thomas and Mary ( Thompson) Hart, of Kensington, Connecticut. She was born at Kensington. September 29. 1703, and died there 1782. He was justice of the peace, and a prominent and active man in the business of the town. He died at Kensington. August 3, 1766. Children, born at Kensington: John. (men- tioned below) : Scth. born December 8. 1731 ; Ashbel, April 18, 1737: Elijah. April 12, 1746.

(VII) John (3). son of John (2) Hooker, was born at Kensington, March 19. 1729-30, and graduated from Yale College. 1751. He was ordained at Northampton, Massachu- setts, December 5. 1753, and was settled there for twenty-four years, until his death of small pox, February 6. 1777. He married. Decem- ber 10. 1755. Sarah, daughter of John and Mary ( Pratt ) Worthington, of Springfield. She was born January 27, 1732, at Springfield. and died at Northampton. April 5. 1817. Children, born at Northampton: Mary, Sep- tember 10. 1756; Sarah, January 30, 1757; Seth, October 26. 1759: John (mentioned be- low), August or October 8. 1761 : Lucy, bap- tized August 10. 1764, died June 30, 1,66: William, November 26. 1766: Thomas, May 20, 1770: John Worthington, baptized April 12, 1772: Lucy, July 16, 1775.

(VIII) John (4), son of John (3) Hooker,

was born at Northampton, August or October 8, 1761, and graduated from Yale College, 1782. He settled at Springfield, and became a lawyer, and judge of court of common pleas. Ile was a deacon of the First Congregational Church, and a member of A. B. C. F. M. He married, February 9, 1791. Sarah, daughter of Colonel Josiah and Elizabeth ( Buckmin- ster) Dwight ( see Dwight). She was born December 13, 1764, and died at Springfield, September 5. 1842. He died at Springfield, March 7, 1829. Children, born at Spring- field: John. December 15, 1791 : George, March 17, 1793; Sarah, October 16, 1795: Josiah, April 17, 1796: Elizabeth Dwight, February IÓ. 1798; Mary, September 14, 1799: Rich- ard, July 15, 1801, died April 24, 1802; Clar- issa, February 11, 1804, died October 8. 1804; Worthington, March 13, 1806; Richard (men- tioned below ).

(IX) Rev. Richard Hooker, son of John (4) Hooker, was born April Io. 18o8, at Springfield. He attended the public schools, and graduated from Yale College in the class of 1827. He studied theology at Princeton, New Jersey, and at the Presbyterian Theologi- cal Seminary at Columbia, South Carolina, and settled in the South in the ministry, hop- ing that the southern elimate would benent his health. He preached at Mount Zion. Han- cock county, Georgia, in the Presbyterian church. for three years ( 1838-41) : at Monti- cello, Georgia, for two years ( 1841-43) : and was settled for nine years over the Pre-by- terian church at Macon, Georgia ( IS43-52). From 1852 to 1857 he lived in New Haven, Connecticut, with his family and supplied pul- pits as occasion required. thoughi unable to accept a permanent change. He was a man of vigorous powers of mind, good judgment and cultivated taste. He was a clever writer and an able preacher. He spoke usually with- out notes. He died at New Haven. Decem- ber 19, 1857. He married. July 15. 1816, Aurelia, daughter of James and Susan ( Breed) Dwight ( see page 5), born July 31. 1816, at New Haven, died January 25. 18;4. Like her mother, she was a woman of great energy and spirit. of strong convictions and intellect and moral character. The follow- ing was written for the New Haven Palla- dium by Professor Noah Porter, of Vale Col- lege :

"To all who knew her, her unlocked-for removal is a stunning blow, which will be followed by pro- longed sorrow. Though very sensitive and retiring in disposition, her strength of mind and of character made their impress in every circle in which she moved. She was eminently intelligent from read- ing. thought and observation, and as eminently up- right, frank and fervent. Her humor was exhaust-

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less, and with her frankness made her the delight of the friends whom she trusted, and to whom she was free to express her thoughts and feelings. She was true to her convictions and frank in expressing then, and anselfish in feeling. act and sacrifice. In the ex- periences of a checkered life, in which she had a fair share of bereavement, change and sorrow, she was ever the generous friend of the destitute and friendless. To her own family and relatives she was a wise and sympathizing counselor and a pillar of strength. As daughter, sister and mother she was faithful and affectionate. She was an ardent friend and liberal benefactor of the college in which she had an hereditary interest and pride. Her last years were consecrated to unceasing and excessive labors and cares for private and public charity, and her generous and ardent sympathies for others were such at times as to drink up the very springs of life. The sharp and sudden attack which brought on her death was made sharper by her intense sym- pathy with the bereavement of a neighboring house- hold. All the thought and strength which she could command, during a week of distressing struggle for life were given to others. No one can doubt that she has found an open and abundant entrance into the eternal kingdom, for which she aspired rather than hoped, and that its rest and peace are none the less welcome because to her timid and humble faith they are in some sort a surprise."

(X) Thomas, only son of Rev. Richard Hooker, was born in Macon, Georgia, Sep- tember 3. 1849. He came to New Haven at an early age and has lived there since. He pre- pared for college at the Hopkius School, and entered Yale, from which he was graduated in the class of 1860 with the degree of A. B. He studied abroad for a number of years and was for a time instructor in Greck in Yale. For many years his health was poor and he traveled much. In 1895 he became a director of the First National Bank of New Haven. and in 1902 became first vice-president of that institution. Later in the same year he became president of the New Haven Trust Company. In November. 1009. he was elected president Club and Quinnipiack Club of New Haven. and soon after retired from the presidency of the Trust company. . For ten years, 1894-1904. he served on the board of education of the city of New Haven. He is a member of the Country Club of New Haven. the Graduates Club and Quinnipiack Club of New Haven. In religion he is a Congregationalist. He was a 'varsity baseball player when in Yale and has retained his interest in athletics. He mar- ried, June 30, 1874, Sarah, daughter of Sam- tiel and Mary Dwight (Schermerhorn ) Bowles, of Springfield, born June 6, 1850. at Springfield. died March 10. 1000. at New Haven. Samuel Bowles was the founder of the Springfield Republican, which for several generations has ranked among the best news- papers of the country, having a national repu- tation for its independence and editorial abil- ity even to the present day. Mir. Hooker re-

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