Eleanor Greeley

Biography

William2 Hooke perhaps had a first wife in England. He married Elizabeth Dyer there and was the father of seven children, the oldest probably born in England, the rest at Salisbury, Massachusetts. They were:

6. III Eleanor3 Hooke, b. Feb. 20, 1673-4[S] ; prob. pub. Dec. 19, 1702, to (23?), Andrew Greeley.

From Genealogy of the Greely-Greeley family, Page 47.

40. ANDREW GREELE3 (Benjamin 2, Andrew 1), b. at Haverhill, Mass., March 17, 1683-3; m. Salisbury, Mass. (published Dec. 19, 1703), Eleanor Hook, b. at Salisbury, Mass., Feb. 20, 1673, dau. of William and Elizabeth Hook. She d. Salisbury, Mass., Nov. 23, 1727. He m. 2d, at Salisbury, Mass., Jan. 23, 1743, Hannah Winsley, b. at Salisbury, Mass., March 23, 1688-9, dau. of Ephraim and Mary (Greele) Winsley (No. 29). He d. Salisbury, Mass., Nov. 9, 1747.

Children : —

• 188. Ezekiel, b. Salisbury, Mass., May 3, 1706.
• 189. Humphrey, b. Salisbury, Mass., Aug. 3, 1708; d. Salisbury, Mass., Aug. i, 1732.
• 190. Edith, b, Salisbury, Mass., July 23, 1710.
• 191. Rachel, b. Salisbury, Mass., June 30, 1712.

He was one of the five contributors who built the first schoolhouse within the jurisdiction of what is now Seabrook, in 1717, and purchased about 1720 "The Merchant's Magazine or Tradesman's Treasure," by Edward Hatton, for the use of the school to be kept therein. This book was in a good state of preservation and in possession of Oliver Eaton, Esq., in 1888.

Mr. Eaton writes : " I can remember the old Greeley mansion, vacated by Andrew in 1747, with its nice wainscotted front rooms and stairway, its wide paneled doors and wooden latches.”

References

1. The old families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts ; with some related families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich and Hampton, by Hoyt, David Webster, 1833-1921. Page 204. < Archive.org >
2. “Humphrey Hooke of Bristol and his family and descendants in England and America during the seventeenth century.” by Todd, Frederick W. (Frederick William), 1842-1902 Publication date 1938. Page 117. Archive.Org Page 127 Archive.Org Page 133 Archive.Org
3. Genealogy of the Greely-Greeley family, by Greeley, George Hiram, 1846- (1905). Page 47. < Archive.Org >; Page 48-49. < Archive.Org >