Mary Hooker

Marriage:

Mary Willet Hooker when 67 years old married 0 Aug 1703 Rev Thomas Buckingham.

SOURCE: Thomas Clapp Cornell, Adam and Anne Mott: their ancestors and their descendants (N.p.: A. V. Haight, 1890), 251B.

Children:

"...Mary, the eldest, b. Nov. 10, 1637; d. at Norwalk, Conn., June 24, 1712; m. Sept. 22, 1658, Rev. Samuel Hooker, of Farmington, Conn. They had eleven children, and from her sons are descended all the Hookers in this country, who claim descent from Rev. Thomas Hooker, of Hartford, Conn..."

CHILDREN OF REV. SAMUEL HOOKER AND MARY (WILLET) HOOKER:

1. Dr. Thomas...b. 10 June 1659; m. Mary (Smith) Lord
2. Samuel...b. 29 May 1661; m. Mehitable Hamlin
3. William...b. 11 May 1663; m. Susannah ( )
4. John...b. 20 Feb. 1664; m. Abigail Stanley
5. James...b. 27 Oct. 1666; m. Mary Leete
6. Roger...b. 14 Sept., died 1698
7. Nathaniel...b. 28 Dec. 1671; m. Mary Stanley
8. MARY...b. 3 July 1673; m. REV. JAMES PIERREPONT as third wife.
9. Hezekiah... b. 7 Nov. 1675; died young
10. Daniel...b. 25 March 1678/9; m. Sarah Stanley 24 June 1707
11. Sarah...b. 5 May 1681; m. Rev. Stephen Buckingham

MARY WILLET, one of 13 children, was the daughter of Capt. Thomas Willet of Plymouth, who came to America in the "Lion" in 1632. He was the son of a clergyman of the Church of England, Rev. Andrew Willet, D.D. and was born in England in 1610, one of 18 children. He emigrated to Holland as a young man as did Samuel Hooker's father. Thomas Willet was made a freeman in 1633 and later succeeded Miles Standish as Captain of the colony troops.

Thomas Willet was the first Mayor of New York, appointed in 1665 and served a second term in 1667. Captain Willet married Mary Brown in 1636, daughter of John Brown of Plymouth, who had also emigrated from England by way of Holland.

SOURCE: The New York Gen. and Biog. Record, Vol. 19, p. 174, 1888.

Burial:

Buried near small cemetery near R.R. of East Norwalk Connecticut.

SOURCE: Unknown.

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Mary, eldest known child of Captain Tomas Willett, was born 10 November 1637.

She married at Plymouth 22 September 1658 Samuel Hooker, son of THOMAS HOOKER.

She married (2) at Farmington 10 August 1703 Rev. Thomas Buckingham.

Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.

More:
After the death of her husband, Mrs. Mary (Willet) Hooker, when 67 years old, married, Aug. 10, 1703, Rev. Thomas Buckingham of Saybrook, Conn. He died April 1, 1709, when she went to the home of her son-in-law Rev. Stephen Buckingham, the son of her late husband, and the husband of her own daughter, at Norwalk, Conn., where she remained until her death in 1712. Her grave is near the center of the old burying ground, near the present East Norwalk railway station.

Mary Willet Hooker BIRTH 10 Nov 1637, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA DEATH 24 Jun 1712 (aged 74), Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA BURIAL East Norwalk Historical Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA, MEMORIAL ID 54939903, Photos by ann

MARY, eldest known child of Thomas Willett, was born 10 November 1637. She married at Plymouth 22 September 1658 Samuel Hooker, son of THOMAS HOOKER. She married (2) at Farmington 10 August 1703 Rev. Thomas Buckingham. Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.

Parents Thomas Willett 1605–1674 Mary Brown Willett 1609–1669

Spouses Thomas Buckingham 1646–1709 (m. 1703) Samuel Hooker 1633–1697

Siblings Hezekiah Willet unknown–1675 Sarah Willett Eliot 1643–1665 Esther Willett Flint 1648–1737 Andrew Willett 1656–1712

Children James Hooker 1661–1742 William Hooker 1663–1716 John Hooker 1664–1745 Roger Hooker 1669–1698 Nathaniel Hooker 1671–1711 Photo Mary Hooker Pierpont 1673–1740 Sarah Hooker Buckingham 1681–1759

Inscription Mary Willet, Daughter of Capt. Thomas Willet who was the first mayor of the city of New York. Wife of Rev. Samuel Hooker of Farmington, Conn. From her sons come all Hookers who are descended from Rev. Thomas Hooker, first settler of Hartford, Conn. Born at Plymouth Mass. November 10, 1637. Married at Plymouth Mass. September 22nd 1658. Died at Norwalk, Conn. June 24 1712.

This stone erected by her descendants 1890.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54939903/mary-hooker

GEDCOM Source

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