Do you know, with one little sentence, you may be back to Poultney/Hampton again??? 'But he said he had been told that we were descended from Rev. Thos Hooker.' Though I'm still convinced that the MA Daniel Hooker figures into this 'saga'. What follows is a letter sent to the daughter of the SE Hooker that Jean just mentioned in her Poultney cemetery ref. it is only part of a letter and I cannot find the original I transcribed it from. But, just as the Samuel Porus I wrote you about before, this family can trace back to the Rev Thomas, or so they say. It almost sounds like this Rev. Thomas Hooker was a name that people liked to use as an ancestor. Here in this discussion we've found 3 separate families who all say they descended from him. Generally, I've found that letters such as this are quite reliable. Jan 29, 1905 Dear Elfleda, In yours of 22nd you say you want to know who you are. You are the daughter of Solomon Egbert Hooker, the son of Daniel, the son of Thomas, the son of James, the son of Hezekiah, the son of John, the son of the Rev, Thomas Hooker who was born in Mayerfield, Leicestershire, England July 7th AD 1586 and came to New England in 1632. Went to Hartford, Conn. & served as Pastor of Christ Church in July 1635 & died July 7th 1647. he left one son [a clergyman (Named) John in England. His son Samuel Hooker settled in the Ministry at Farmington, Conn. His children's names were Thomas, born June 10 1695. Samuel born May 29, 1661, William born May 14, 1663, John born February 20, 1664, James born October 27, 1665, Roger born Sept. 4, 1668, Nathaniel born Dec. 28, 1671, Mary born July 3rd, 1673, Hezekiah born Nov. 7, 1675, Daniel born March 25, 1678, Sarah born May 5th 1681. The names of the children of John Hooker, the third son of Samuel are Hezekiah Oct. 14, 1688, John born Dec. 17, 1690, Abigail born May 25, 1691 [John and Abigail died in infancy], and they named their next child John. John 2nd born March 6, 1694, Abigail 2nd born Jan. 14, 1697, Mary born June 11, 1700, Sarah born Sept. 11, 1702 [Mary and Sarah were the two wives of Jonathan - Sarah data questionable cannot read], Joseph born Feb. 15, 1704, Ruth born April 16, 1708, Roger born Sept. 17, 1710. The names of the Children of Hezekiah, son of John are Hezekiah born Oct. 30, 1717, James born Jan 13, 1719, Josiah born April 2, 1722, Abigail born Sept. 25, 1724, Mary born Jan. 8, 1726, William born June 20, 1729, Jesse born April 27, 1732, Eunice born Oct 30, 1734, Ashael born Dec. 29, 1736, Sarah born May 30, 1739. Daniel Hooker, son of Thomas and born Sunday Aug. 2, 1795. married Orpha Giddings, Tuesday Feb. 28, AD 1828. [That's all there was.] Also, I did notice the Chester/Helen- mentioned it was in the census for Saratoga. So you've ruled out the Stephen Shattuck Hooker. I thought there must have been a connection because the Stephen living with Eliza in 1850 was the age you mentioned. And the two others living with them coincided with the family members in that book. It's still possible that it was your Stephen, just living with a relative, not his mother. Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 9:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [VTRUT] The Saga of finding Stephen Gardner Hookers parents-Long Author: lindalathrop Surnames: Hooker, Gardner, Beardsley, Preston, Norton, Timmons, Schneider, Minor, Wadsworth 2.Chester W. Hooker m. Mary L. Schneider 3.Dorothy M. Hooker 3.Helen M. Hooker 3.Mary H. Hooker 3.Chester R. Hooker 2.Helen N. Hooker m. Eric Ringborg and moved to Sweden