There is another book writtten by this Thomas Partlow you mentioned on this Hooker family. I only have a few pages copied. Rose -----Original Message----- From: Lee Finkle <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 9:25 AM Subject: [HOOKER] Southern Hookers ><!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> > >HISTORY OF THE HOOKER FAMILY > >(Here begins the words of Nancy Redley Hooker Evans, 1889, copied and >added to by Ruth Eddins Shelton, 1924.) > >I have promised to give a little history of our ancestors, which I shall >endeavor to do to the best of my knowledge. > >Several years ago, I exerted myself to gather all the information possiblein >all directions. But, where a family >genealogy has not been made, and the first generations are extinct,the >results of such efforts are not altogether >satisfactory. >The HOOKERs were English. Encyclopedias show they were for the mostpart >physicians, ministers, and >professors of colleges. The Hookers have always lived on a high planeof >honor. They were reticent, philanthropic, >and ambitious. They have always been substantial people; and have >alwaysheld, and acted, on their own opinions. >The Hookers have been a patriotic people. They have always known howto wear >arms, and use them as well, but >with discretion. There is, by tradition, a little story about the >Hookers,which is very pretty and, may be quite true; >it is this: >Once there were two brothers, who got into a political difficulty inEngland, >and were imprisoned. One of them >managed to secure a carrier pigeio, and sent a slip of paper out >withsomething written on it which enabled him to >make a miraculous escape. I do not know who the reigning king was,at the >time, but he was pleased with the act of >bravery, and had a sword presented to him - in the name of the king- on >which was engraved the following >inscription; "Who can win it, let him wear it." >A grandson of each of the Hooker brothers mentioned above came to >America.One of them located in >Pennsylvania, his descendants branching out through the North. Theother >settled in Maryland, his descendants >are the Southern Hookers. >My grandfather, who was Benjamin Hooker, was a native of Orange County,North >Carolina. He had the >misfortune, when a little boy, to lose both parents. He married a >frenchwoman in Norfolk, Virginia, Anne Frizelle, >who was born in 1769, and who was endowed with intelligence and wealth.(Here >I shall say I met, once, in >Nashville, Tenn., a Mr. Frizelle, who told me that the Frizelles hadkept a >genealogy since the time of King >Charles, and that my grandmother - Anne Frizelle Hooker, belonged tothe >Frizelles who came to America from >England. She lived 93 years, and died the day the battle was foughtat >Shiloh. She had grandsons and >greatgrandsons in that battle. There were two dozen or more of >herdescendants engaged in the Confederate War.) >Shortly before her death, she was visited by several of the leadingmen of >the country and by lawyers on legal >business, who pronounced her wonderfully alert; her intellect and memorywere >as fresh and keen as in younger >days. She had abandoned the use of eyeglasses; read the Testament agreat >deal each day; and knitting was her >favorite pastime. >My father, JOSHUA, was the eldest son. When he was 8-years old, >GrandfatherBENJAMIN HOOKER, moved >from North Carolina to middle Tenn., and located fifteen miles >fromNashville, in Wilson County. He afterwards >returned to N. C. and brought his mother to live with him. It was along trip >in those primitive days, when traveling >was done by private conveyance over mountains and through >valleys.Grandfather accumulated considerable >wealth, and made a comfortable home in which they raised a large >family;eleven children, in all, as follows: >1. NANNIE (Nancy), who married JOHN EDDINS, and moved to west >Tennessee,Fayette County, where they >spent their lives. They raised a large family - four sons; SAMUEL,THOMAS, >JOSEPH, AND HOOKER, three of >whom were physicians. Nancy was born August 22, 1792. >2. CHLOE who married THOMAS PARTLOW. They always lived close to theold home. >One of her grandsons >was a member of the U. S. army. (see note1) >3. ELIZABETH, who married MATTHEW HANCOCK. They went to Indiana, wherethey >spent their lives in >plenty of comforts, so I have been told. >4. MARY, who married ROBERT BELL. They lived a short time near the oldhome, >died young. They had one >child, ERASTUS PORTER BELL. (The Porters and Hookers were connectedin >England as well as America.) >5. & 6. REBECCA & FRANCES. Both died when 15 and 16 years old,with >fever. When Aunt Frances was dying, >she said: "If this is death, it is sweet to die." They were buriedat the >same time. >7. JOSHUA FREEMAN, married FANNIE WYNN >8. BENJAMIN, married MARTHA CLEMENS >9. JOHNATHAN, married PEGGY GRIMES >10. MATTHEW, married NANCY SMITH >11. SARAH, the youngest, married WILLIAM EDDINS (Brother of JOHN EDDINS) >Sarah and William lived near the old home. One, or two, of their sonswere >killed in the Civil War. Her youngest >daughter, Mrs. LJAMES WHITE (my father's sister, TOOLIE) lived in >Nashville,Tenn. (Scruggs & White) One >daughter, FANNY, married Dr. William Eddins. (Note: Dr. Wm. Eddinswas the >son of John Eddins and Nancy >Hooker; Fanny Eddins was the daughter of William Eddins and Sarah Hooker.Dr. >Wm. Eddins and his wife, Fanny >Eddins were therefore double first cousins.) Sarah had one son, >CharlesBlacknal, who lived in Honey Grove, >Texas. >JOSHUA FREEMAN HOOKER, whose middle name came by my great grandmotherHooker, >further back - I do >not know. Joshua Hooker was the father of Colonel Tom Hooker, of >Mississippi. >BENJAMIN, JOHNATHAN FRIZELLE & MATTHEW HOOKER all married in >middleTennesses. Their first >homes were near, or in, the neighborhood of the old Homestead, whichhas been >in the Hooker family nearly 100 >years, at the time of this writing (1899). >After my grandfather's death (Benjamin Hooker), Uncle Johnathan boughtthe >old homestead, and it is still in the >possession of his family. The identical house that my grandfather livedin, >with an addition. There are many things >about the place which are historical, and are preserved as sacred >souvenirs;an old cabin, made of cedar logs, that >was on the place when my grandfather purchased the land. A spring thatcame >out boldly from between two great >rocks, that has never failed, and from which five or six generationshave >drunk; a string of fence that grandfather >laid more than eighty years ago, made of cedar rails. In the yard nearthe >piazza, stands a large walnut tree; Uncle >Matthew planted the walnut when he was 4-years old. In the house, thereare >books and furniture that date a long >way back, more than a hundred years. Uncle Johnathan had one son, ROBERT,who >was a Cumberland >Presbyterian Minister. (PHYLANDIA is a physician at Russellville, Kentucky.) >Uncles Benjamin and Matthew moved to Missouri. Uncle Ben was a >ChristianMinister; several of his sons served >in the Confederate Army, during the Civil War. Uncle Matthew and familywere >Union People. (What a departure >for a Southern Hooker.) I once visited Lebanon, one of the daughters,who >told me that, during the Civil War, a >wounded Yankee came in the house and she dressed his wounds; when hewas >leaving he called her a "damned >Sesesh!". No other time, while I was there, did I laugh so loud. >My father, JOSHUA FREEMAN HOOKER, was born in 1794; was 18 years oldwhen the >war of 1812 with >England started. Patriotic blood stirred his young bosom, and bucklingon his >armor, he responded to the call for >volunteers. He was a valiant soldier under General Andrew Jackson,belonging >to Colonel Dyes Regiment. Letters >from old comrades have told the story of courage and bravery on hispart. >While the battle was being fought, rain >was falling thick and fast. My father was down with the measles; hisclothing >became thoroughly saturated, causing >the measles to disappear; the result being a severe cough, with whichhe >suffered the rest of his life. After the >victory was gained and the soldiers started to their homes, they crossedLake >Pontchartrain by boat, except one >man - an old soldier, who has passed through the heat of battle likea man of >true mettle, but said: "I would rather >trust my Creator fifteen miles on land than five miles on water." Hewalked >around the lake. Many times, I have >heard my father laugh about this little episode. All this delta countrywas >then a wilderness. The soldiers >occasionally reached an Indian settlement, and bartered tobacco formeat, >each man receiving one pound. They did >not cook it, for fear of losing some of the grease, but sucked themeat until >it was gone, then chewed the rind. It was >so sweet to the weary, hungry men that they thought the Indians hadused >honey in preserving the meat. Soon after >my father returned to middle Tennessee, he married Fannie Ridley Wynn. >CAROLINE CHLOE HOOKER, sister of Colonel Thomas Hooker, of Mississippi,and >daughter of Joshua and >Fannie Wynn (My half-sister), married a Mr. Eddins - the third Hookerwoman >to marry an Eddins. There were >nine children from this union. >THOMAS BENJAMIN HOOKER, oldest son of Joshua and Fannie Wynn, livedin the >Mississippi Delta, >Fryerspoint at one time. He was always noted for perseverance and energy;was >Lieutenant in Lyles' 23rd, >Arkansas Regiment; he was a gallant soldier, and received a mark ofhonor, >while in charge of a company in Port >Hudson. After returning home, he married Mattie Halton. Only one childof >this union lived. (There were eight). >THOMAS B. HOOKER, now of Memphis, Tenn., is prominent in business. >MarriedSarah Patterson, daughter of >exgovernor Malcolm (Ham) Patterson. They have three sons: Thomas >Benjamin,Jr., whose wife was a Miss >Marshall of Missippi. (This was his second marriage.) They also hadone girl, >Berta Hamilton, who married Paul >Naylor, now living in Leon, N. J. (1924); they have three children:Hamilton, >Berta and Paul. >There is nothing remarkable to say about my immediate family (JOSHUAHOOKER'S >child). We have had >pleasures, and sorrows, prosperity and poverty, no especial distinction,and >no disgrace. >My sister, REBECCA ANN, was 15 years old when she married Mr. Baxter,who was >highly esteemed by my >parents. He died when she was 26, leaving her with five children, andlimited >means. She, by the rearing of her >children, reflected great honor on herself. >Her (REBECCA ANN) only daughter was a woman of refinement and elegance.Three >sons went to serve in the >Confederate Army; one, however, was afflicted from childhood, and notbeing >able for duty, was self-educated, was >a student and well advanced in the study of Law. But, death loves ashining >mark and claimed him young and fair >for a brighter sphere. The other two sons served through the CivilWar with >honors. JOHN BAXTER was a >Captain. Afterward, they served their State of Arkansas in the >Legislatureand Senate. GEORGE, the Senator and >only surviving one now lives in New York, with his family. His son,GEORGE >BAXTER, JR., is a playwriter; and >his daughter, ALICE BAXTER, is an actress on the stage in New York(1924). >ELIZABETH HOOKER, the 2nd child, married Mr. Hengley, and lived in >Nashville,Tenn. She is past 80 years old >(1889). She had eleven children, six of whom are living. One of hersons >fought in the Civil War, returned home, >and died of tuberculosis. >MARY HOOKER, the 3rd child, married Mr. Ammen. They had four children,two >sons who were soldiers. One >with the PORTER RIFLES of Memphis, Tenn.; the other with Gen. >BedfordForrest. Both are now dead. One >daughter lives in Chattanoogo, Tenn. >JOSEPH AMMON (AMMEN), first son, married Fannie Jones, of Raleigh, >Tennessee.They had seven children, >three of whom are now living. He served in the Civil War. >JUDITH FRANCES HOOKER, married Mr. Richardson, they had five children,two >still living; EMMA >PARKER, Chicago, Ill.; WILLIAM, Greenville, Miss.; ROBERT BURTON diedwhen 22 >years old; he was >endowed with a mind of high order, nobleness of soul. Was reading >medicinewhen he fell a victim to typhoid fever. >His death was the first break in the family chain (JOSEPH HOOKER family.) > MARTHA BURTON, was a woman of superiority of mind, commandingin >appearance, a devoted Christian. She > married Capt. Kinman,lived >fourteen months, left one child, Mattie Wynn, in Greenville, Miss. >published for Donna Walker Eddins, 05 Jan 1999, by Nancy P. Goodman. > >LINE OF DESCENT OF >THE FREEMAN AND HOOKER FAMILIES >OF NORTH CAROLINA >Submitted (exactly as written) in 1999 by Donna Walker Eddins, of >Grapevine,Texas. >Written in 1924 by Ruth Eddins Shelton, of Covington, Tennessee. >(See copyright notice above) >1. JOSHUA FREEMAN was a member of the North Carolina State Militia,1754 >(vol. xxii, Pg.357.) >2. SAMUEL FREEMAN was a member of the Safety Committee, Surrey County,North >Carolina, Aug. 25, 1775 >(Vol. x. Pg. 228; Vol. x, Pg. 251.) >(The Freeman and Hooker families have, since very early times, beenlarge and >prominent in North Carolina, and >were closely allied by blood. There are now two towns named in theirhonor: - >Hookerton, or Hookerville, in Green >County; and Freeman, in Columbus County,) >Samuel Freeman and John Freeman, Johnathan and Nathan Hooker were membersof >the Assembly for years. >Both these lines entitle their descendants to be eligible for the >ColonialDames Society, and the D. A. R.'s. (The >wills of the Freeman and Hookers are on file at the Historical >Association,Raleigh, N. C., and copies may be >obtained for two dollars each. 1924) >William Freeman, and wife: Mary. Chowan County, 1737 >Samuel Freeman, and wife: Elizabeth. Surrey County, 1796 >Joshua Freeman, I, and wife: Mary. Bertie County, 1794 >Joshua Freeman, II. Orange County >William Hooker, Chowan County, 1717 >Godfrey Hooker, and wife: Elizabeth. Bertie County, 1729 >Ann Freeman married Benjamin Hooker, I. Bertie County, 1774 >Benjamin Hooker, II, and wife: Anne Frizelle, moved to Tennessee in1808. >a. Nancy Hooker, Born 1792. Married John Eddins, June 26, 1815 >b. Joshua Freeman Hooker, Born 1792. Married Frances Ridley Wynne,in Wilson >County, Tenn., Oct. 17, 1816 >THE FREEMAN FAMILY RECORD >WILLIAM FREEMAN, and wife: Mary Chowan County, N. C. >a. John >b. William >c. Thomas >d. Richard >e. Avon >f. Samuel >a-1. John, Sr. and Wife: Tabitha >1. Richard >2. Datherine (sic) >3. Sarah >4. William >5. Jacob >6. John, Jr. >7. Ailpah >8. Outlaw >9. Tabitha Manfield >10. Priscilla Vinton >d-1: Richard, and Wife: Ruth >1. Amos >2. Demsay >3. Mary Rontree >4. Christian Rontree >f-1: Samuel, and Wife: Elizabeth Surrey County, N. C. >a. Joshua >b. James >c. Aaron >d. Rachel >Joshua Freeman, I, and Wife: Mary Bertie County, N. C. >a. William >b. Joshua >c. Jacob >d. James >(Samuel Freeman of Surrey County, as a Justice of the Peace but toolate for >Colonial Service. He was also a >member of the North Carolins (sic) Assembly for years, but this wasafter the >Revolution.) >THE HOOKER FAMILY RECORD >WILLIAM HOOKER, (Died 1717) and wife: Chowan County, N. C. >a. William >b. Godfrey >c. Ann Evans >d. Bridget Mann >e. Margaret Lewis >f. Jane Brown >g. Elizabeth Sizemore >b-1 GODFREY (Died 1729), and wife: Elizabeth, Bertie County, N. C. >a. Benjamin, I >b. Elizabeth >b-1a. Benjamin, I (Died 1774) and wife: Anne, Bertie County, N. C. >a. Hardy >b. John >c. James >d. Elisha >e. Benjamin Freeman >f. David >g. Cora >b-1a-e: Benjamin Hooker, II and wife: Anne Frizelle >Moved to Tennessee is 1808. >1. Joshua (married: Fannie Wynn) >2. Ben (Married: Martha Clemens) >3. Johnathan (married: Peggy Guinn) >4. Matthew (married: Nancy Smith) >5. Nancy (married: John Eddins) >6. Betty (married: John Mills, who died 4-weeks after wedding. Shelater >married Matthew Hancock. >7. Chloe (married: Thomas Partlow Eddins) (see note 1 correction, please) >7a. Albert >7b. Thomas >7c. Jim >7d. Eddins >7e. Nancy >8. Polly (married: Robert Bell) >8a. Erastus Porter Bell >9. Sally (Sarah) (married: William Eddins) >Note: This record by Ruth Eddins Shelton. >SOURCE >The North Carolina Historical Society, Raleigh, N. C. >Commissioner of Pensions (Pension Statement) Washington, D. C. >State Librarian, Nashville, Tennessee and North Carolina. >War Department, Washington, D. C. >Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. >The Journal of American History >3 West 42nd Street, New York, N. Y. >(Published by Frank Allaben Genealogical Co.) >The McClure Newspaper Syndicate, Attn: Frances Cowles (1924) >45 W. 34th Street, New York, N. Y. >Joel Munsell's Sons >Albany, N. Y. > >Note1 correction: Chloe HOOKER married Thomas PARTLOW (Correct in >1889letter, incorrect in 1924 letter.) > >X-Message: #10 >Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 20:13:17 -0600 >From: Wade Drennan <[email protected]> >Subject: [TNWILSON-L] PARTLOW, EDDINS, HOOKER >Donna >Chloe Hooker, b. 11 Sep 1799, Bertie Co., NC, d. 11 Nov 1876, WilsonCo., Tn. >buried. Gladeville, Wilson Co., Tn. >m. Thomas Partlow, 2 Sep 1819, Wilson Co., Tn. >Thomas Partlow is the son of William Partlow and Ann Drennan >Thomas and Chloe had the following children >William A. Partlow >Benjamin Partlow >Thomas Allen Partlow >James Wesley Partlow >Joshua H. Partlow >Ann Frizelle Partlow >Nancy Eddins Partlow >Jonathan Partlow >Mary E. Partlow >Robert D. Partlow >Rebecca F. Partlow >Hope this helps >Wade Drennan >[email protected] >See also: Benjamin Hooker Cemetery listing: >Benjamin Hooker Cemetery, Wilson County, TN >(http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngenny1/hooker2.html) > > >Find other Wilson County TN family information on Robert Powell Carver'sweb >pages at: >Here is the information I have on the Southern Hookers. I know one of you >was asking for it. >Lee > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngenny1/rpc_indx.html >and on the TNWILSON mailing list digest archives at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngenny1/idx.html >and at: >Huddleston Cemetery I, Wilson County TN >http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngenny1/huddcem1.html > > >Go to GENEALOGY AND TENNESSEE home pages at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngenny1/index.html > >published for Donna Walker Eddins, [email protected] (DonnaEddins) >by Nancy P. Goodman on 06 Jan 1999. updated 06 Jan 1999, 11:48 pm,CST. >Email: [email protected] > > > > >@->-> @->-> >I believe in everything until it is disproved. 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