A large number of Connecticut and New York Hookers migrated to the Midwest and beyond. The book "Descendants of Thomas Hooker of Connecticut" shows that a significant proportion of his descendants had gone West by 1909. My branch had pretty much disappeared from CT by 1830, going to Michigan and Ohio. >From there, many went on to the West Coast in the 20th century. Maureen -----Original Message----- From: hooker-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:hooker-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Adella Holly Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 4:32 PM To: hooker@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HOOKER] Dinner With An Ancestor/Atten ggroll All the mid-west Hookers are a mix of the descednats of Joseph Hooker of MA whose line went to NY then across the mid-west to Oregon. There was even one Geramn family in thata area who changed their name's spelling to Hooker upon arriveal from Germany in the mid-1800s! Some mid-west (IN, IL, OH) Hookers were from TN and were from Wm I 's NC/VA line (from Wilson Co.,TN) and some from the Smith Co.,TN line (who were from SC and ultimately from Granville Co., NC as Paul just posted). Even some from Robert Hooker, b c 1786 in NC/TN Hooker's line (of the 6 brothers), went into OH and IN from Henderson and hopkins Co.,KY!!! So there is no one answer to where they "came from" - one must look at the censuses at where the oldest known ones were born and trace back as we all are doing!! Celeste --- ggroll <ggroll@core.com> wrote: > Does anyone one where the Ohio & Indiana Hookers > Came > Found???????????????????????????? > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to HOOKER-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > test'; "> ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Sponsored Link $200,000 mortgage for $660/ mo - 30/15 yr fixed, reduce debt - http://yahoo.ratemarketplace.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HOOKER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The sentence should have read "all the Mid-West Hookers are a mix - of several lines" - then I list the lines including at least one German family that came in the mid 1800s and changed the spelling to Hooker. I should have put a colon or soemthing after mix, as of course I know that is the big problem with finding one's Hooker roots in the mid-west - all the differetn lines moved to that area - even some of the VA/NC lines so they are all intermixed there. I know that Thomas Hooker's descendants did move west evetnually - some of them stayed in New England longer than other families as they were such a prominent family. The New Eng Hookers seemed to move west - in fact many New Englanders moved - later than some of the VA families. We discussed that on this list some time ago - the New England area was more settled and had move amentities - people seemed to stick around longer in that area. Some left after the textile factories (and other factories) were first mechanized, then later were being peopled by immigrants, etc., and there wre fewer jobs. Also, some of the MA/CT families moved into other New Eng states and New York and stayed there rather than moving west. If you read further I mentioned all the different Hooker lines that moved into the mid-west during the early and mid-1800s - the period that the query I was responding to was about. (I did not mean to state that only Joseph Hooker's - who were from MA/CT as well- line went through there, though I think they did travel west maybe before some of Thomas' line did). Celeste --- Maureen Girard <maureen@redshift.com> wrote: > A large number of Connecticut and New York Hookers > migrated to the Midwest > and beyond. > > The book "Descendants of Thomas Hooker of > Connecticut" shows that a > significant proportion of his descendants had gone > West by 1909. My branch > had pretty much disappeared from CT by 1830, going > to Michigan and Ohio. > >From there, many went on to the West Coast in the > 20th century. > > Maureen > > > -----Original Message----- > From: hooker-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:hooker-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Adella Holly > Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 4:32 PM > To: hooker@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [HOOKER] Dinner With An Ancestor/Atten > ggroll > > All the mid-west Hookers are a mix of the descednats > of Joseph Hooker of MA whose line went to NY then > across the mid-west to Oregon. There was even one > Geramn family in thata area who changed their name's > spelling to Hooker upon arriveal from Germany in the > mid-1800s! > > Some mid-west (IN, IL, OH) Hookers were from TN and > were from Wm I 's NC/VA line (from Wilson Co.,TN) > and > some from the Smith Co.,TN line (who were from SC > and > ultimately from Granville Co., NC as Paul just > posted). > > Even some from Robert Hooker, b c 1786 in NC/TN > Hooker's line (of the 6 brothers), went into OH and > IN > from Henderson and hopkins Co.,KY!!! > > So there is no one answer to where they "came from" > - > one must look at the censuses at where the oldest > known ones were born and trace back as we all are > doing!! > > Celeste > --- ggroll <ggroll@core.com> wrote: > > > Does anyone one where the Ohio & Indiana Hookers > > Came > > Found???????????????????????????? test'; "> ____________________________________________________________________________________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index