Agnes Ann Hooker (Doble)

Notes

John Hooker, alias Vowel, chamberlain of Exeter, was son of Robert Hooker and his wife Agnes, daughter of John Doble of Woodbridge in Suffolk.

This Robert Hooker was son of John Vowel and his wife, Alice Drewel, daughter and heiress of Richard Drewel of Exeter and his wife, Joan Kelly, daughter and heiress of John Kelly and his wife Julyan, daughter and co-heiress of Robert Wilford of Oxton.

John Hooker had three wives, but his daughter Mary is not mentioned. It would seem probable that she was his daughter by his second wife, Anstice, daughter of Edmund Bridgman of Exeter.

John Keble in his edition of the works of Richard Hooker, volume I, appendix to preface I, folding plate opposite page cvi, gives the pedigree of John Hooker as follows:

• John Vowel alias Hooker was son of Robert Vowell alias Hooker and his wife Agnes daughter of John Doble of Woodbridge in Suffolk. This Robert was son of John Voell alias Hooker by Alice daughter and heir of Richard Druitt and his wife Joan Kelly daughter and heir of John Kelly and his wife Julian daughter and co-heir of Robert Wilforde of Oxenham in Devon.
• John Voell alias Hooker was son of Robert Voell alias Hooker of Hants gent and his wife Margery daughter and heir of Roger Bolter of Bolterscombe, Devon.
• Robert Voell alias Hooker was son of John Voell alias Hooker who was son of Jago Voell and his wife Alice daughter and the heir of Richard Hooker, of Hurst Castle, Hants. Jago Voell was son of Gevaph Voell of Pembroke in South Wales. No mention is made of John Hooker's daughter Mary.

It will be noted that the two pedigrees differ only in the spelling of names and such minor details. A slight amount of research work in England would probably settle all of the questions raised by the pedigrees and also disclose additional information.

Source

• Rhode Island Historical Society collections, Volumes 11-14 By Rhode Island Historical Society