Display Patriot - P-184406

Ira HOOKER

SAR Patriot #: P-184406

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State of Service: CT Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A057666

Birth: abt 17 Mar 1760 / Litchfield / CT
Death: 30 Nov 1837 Bristol / / CT

Qualifying Service Description:

Private in Colonel Jeduthan Baldwin's Continental Troops, October 1777-1780
Enlisted October 3, 1777 in Captain Pendleton's Company for a term of 3 years
He was present at the execution of Major Andre

Additional References:

U.S. Combined Rev War Military Service Records, 1775-1783. Record Group Number 93, Series Number: M881, NARA Roll Number: 63
History of Plainville Connecticut, 1640 - 1918
Henry Allen Castle - 1972, pg 160-161

Spouse: Amy Barnes
Children: George; Julia Elma; Lurene;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child	View Application Detail
2019-08-30	VA	86911	Terence Frederic O'Rourke (209902)	Julia

Burial:

Old East Street Burying Grounds_(C-0074285)

Location:

Plainville / Hartford / CT / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2098409

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Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

55587788

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Author: Terence Frederic O'Rourke

Ira Hooker (Asahel,5 Hezekiah,4 John,3 Samuel,2 Thomas1), son of Asahel and Anne (Parmalee) Hooker of Woodbury, Conn., b. March 12, 1760, at Woodbury, Conn.; m. Feb. 15, 1791, Amy Barnes, b. Aug.18, 1769. When a mere lad he joined the Revolutionary War and had considerable service, probably throughout the war. He was present at the execution of Major Andre. After the war he became a very extensive manufacturer of tinware at Bristol, Conn. They lived at Bristol, Conn., where he died Nov 30, 1838. She died at Bristol Conn., Aug. 6, 1835.

Great (3) Grandson of Thomas Hooker. 1586-1647. Called today "the Father of Connecticut", Rev. Thomas Hooker was a towering figure in the early development of colonial New England. He was one of the great preachers of his time, an erudite writer on Christian subjects, the first minister of Cambridge, Massachusetts, one of the first settlers and founders of both the city of Hartford and the state of Connecticut, and cited by many as the inspiration for the "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut", which some have called the world's first written democratic constitution establishing a representative government. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hooker

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