Stephen Gardner Hooker, born in Brandon, Rutland County, VT in 1824. He married Helen Nash Norton of NY and moved to Chicago, IL in the 1850s. He was my gggrandfather. His son, George Graves Hooker, was my grandfather. Linda Lathrop [email protected]

As was looking for Stephen Gardner Hooker, born in Brandon, I found the following in my Hooker notes -a query from you: "Stephen Gardner Hooker b. 1824 in Poultney. He married Helen Nash Norton and they moved to IL where Stephen became a grain merchant. I believe that Stephen was the son of S.P. Hooker of Poultney. I am not sure what the S stands for but it could be Samuel. Stephen's mothers first name could have been Olivia." At the time, I sent you the lineage on [Samuel Porus Hooker was one of the ten children of Samuel and Elizabeth Martin Hooker. He had a sister named Olive.] You have found evidence since that he was not the son of SP Hooker in Poultney, but born in Brandon. Do you still think the mother's name was Olivia? What I've found here shows a mother's name of Eliza. But whether this is the correct Stephen or not, I do think it is the correct family. They did seem to have a habit of using surnames as middle names, presumably relatives. [There was an Olivia Hooker the right age living in Saratoga in 1850 with a Chester Hooker] I found a Stephen Hooker living in Goshen, Addison county in 1850, so started there. [At least I'm guessing it was him, right name and birth year and Goshen is a neighbor to Brandon.] Eliza Hooker Goshen, Addison, VT abt 1777 New Hampshire Silas Hooker Goshen, Addison, VT abt 1807 Vermont Stephen Hooker Goshen, Addison, VT abt 1823 Vermont Martha Hooker Goshen, Addison, VT abt 1823 Vermont Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Goshen, Addison, Vermont; Roll: M432_920; Page: 31; Image: 62. I kept finding references to Daniel Hooker, and everything seems to work out except for one glaring item: the birth year and middle name of the Stephen shown below is not the same. I would pursue this angle though, because though census does not tell relationships, it appears that Stephen, Silas and Martha could be siblings. As you will see from the excerpt from the book, he was still single and living in Goshen in 1855, which is consistent with your knowledge of him marrying and moving in 1850s. I could not find definitive proof of any more of Daniel/Mary Gates issue. It is possible that a sibling to Silas also married an Eliza/Elizabeth and had a son named Stephen, only this one born in 1824 with middle name of Gardner. 294. ELIZABETH SHATTUCK, dau. of Timothy, (p. 158,) b. in Littleton, Aug. 23, 1777, d. in Goshen, Addison Co., Vt., Jan. 23, 1855, at 77 y. 4 m. 25 d. She m. about 1800, Silas HOOKER, b. July 21, 1775, s. of Daniel Hooker and Mary Gates of Stow. He was a shoemaker, and, in 1803, settled in Brandon, Vt. He d. in Goshen, Feb. 3, 1846, at 70 y. 6 m. 12 d. HER CHILDREN, BY SILAS HOOKER, BORN IN STOW AND BRANDON. Mary, b. Nov. 16, 1801; d. in Brandon, June 15, 1803, at 1 y. 6 m. 29 d. Luke, b. July 2, 1803; m. March 9, 1833, Clarissa Wilens, and is a farmer in Bangor, Franklin Co., N. Y. Timothy, b. Ang. 18, 1805; d. at Brandon, July 27, 1815, at 9 y. 11 m. 9 d. Silas Gates, b. Nov. 5, 1807; a farmer, unmarried, in Goshen. Betsey Elizabeth, b. Nov. 5, 1808; d. Sept. 16, 1809, at 10 m. 11 d. Mary Shattuck, b. Feb. 1, 1810; m. Feb. 13, 1834, Torrid Ormas Buttles, a farmer of Goshen. They have three children. Stephen Shattuck, b. June 17, 1812; a farmer, unmarried, in Goshen. James, b. Aug. 17, 1815; d. March 8, 1819, at 3 y. 6 m. 21 d. Hannah Elizabeth, b. June 15, 1818; m. March 14, 1843, Edmond Goodnough. He is a clerk in a store in Brandon. Martha Sherman, b. April 30, 1821; unmarried, in Goshen. Shattuck, Lemuel,. Memorials of the descendants of William Shattuck : the progenitor of the families in America that have borne his name, including an introduction, and an appendix containing collateral information. unknown: unknown, 1855. Page 254 Daniel Hooker Note: Daniel was b. Littleton, MA & res. Brandon, VT (was a Rev. War vet) his father Jacob - b. MA 1691 Mary Gates, b. 6/28/1757; m. [int] 4/24/1775; resided in Stow, MA & Brandon, VT. Rev. War vet. Hooker, Daniel. Capt. Amasa Cranston's co.; company return endorsed "1776;" company probably belonged to Col. Eleazer Brooks's regt. [from: "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution." Vol. I-XVII. Boston, MA, USA: Wright and Potter Printing Co., 1896.] Name: Daniel Hooker Birth Date: 17? Birthplace: Massachusetts Volume: 83 Page Number: 161 Reference: Silas Gates of Stowe, Ms, and des. By Julius Kendall Gates, [et al.] Boston, 1907. (147p.): 19, 119, 121-2 Census: Danl Hooker Stow, Middlesex, MA 1790 Daniel Hooker Brandon, Rutland, VT 1810 -----Original Message----- Subject: [VTRUT] trying to find father of Stephen Gardner Hooker Linda Lathrop [email protected] trying to find father of Stephen Gardner Hooker, born in Brandon, Rutland County, VT in 1824. He married Helen Nash Norton of NY and moved to Chicago, IL in the 1850s. He was my gggrandfather. His son, George Graves Hooker, was my grandfather.

Hi Linda et al working on the Hooker line. I found this in NEHGS vitals for Stow, Middlesex, MA. Mary Gates int to marry Danil Hucker 24 April 1773. There were 7 children of Daniel and Mary Hooker born there Silas 1775, John 1778, Molly 1780, Daniel 1782, Jacob 1785, Stephen 13 May 1787, Salmon 1791, Luke 1795. This Stephen md Abigail Goss dau of Joshua and Abigail(Carver)Goss. Abigail Carver and Joshua Goss int to marry 10 Sept 1774 both of Montague, MA. It seems that Abigail Goss md 1st David Jones of Brandon. His probate was administered by Stephen Hooker who had md the late widow of David 11 March 1816 probate record. Then Joshua Goss has a will 5 July 1826 Brandon. When estate divided it names dau Abigail as wf of Stephen Hooker. Hope this helps a little. Dawn Hance, Rutland, VT >From: Linda Lathrop <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected], [email protected] >Subject: [VTRUT] trying to find father of >Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 16:43:10 -0700 (PDT) > >Stephen Gardner Hooker, born in Brandon, Rutland County, VT > in 1824. He married Helen Nash Norton of NY and moved to Chicago, IL > in the 1850s. > > He was my gggrandfather. His son, George Graves Hooker, was my >grandfather. > > Linda Lathrop > [email protected] > >List administrator >[email protected] >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_2G_0507