Dorothy Hooker

- 1662

• Name	Dorothy Hooker  [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	1662	Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut   [4]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  1. Rev. Thomas Hooker ,   b. Abt 1586, Marefield, Tilton, Leicestershire d. 7 Jul 1647, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut  (Age ~ 61 years) ▻ Susannah Garbrand ,  m. 3 Apr 1621   2. Dorothy Hooker   d. 1662, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut ▻ John Chester ,  m. 1 Jun 1609
  Person ID	I18813	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Thomas Hooker,   b. Abt 1553, of Marefield, Tilton, Leicestershire d. Bef 24 Jul 1635 (Age ~ 82 years)
  Mother	(Unknown wife of Thomas Hooker)   d. Bef 16 Apr 1631
  Family ID	F11928	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Chester,   b. of Blaby, Leicestershire, England d. Between 28 Jul 1628 and 15 Oct 1628, Blaby, Leicestershire, England
  Marriage	1 Jun 1609	Birstall, Leicestershire, England   [1, 4, 5, 6]
  Children	1. Leonard Chester,   b. Bef 15 Jul 1610   d. 11 Dec 1648, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut (Age > 38 years)
  Family ID	F11411	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2020

  
  

• Notes

  After her husband's death, she emigrated to New England in the company of her brother, the Rev. Thomas Hooker. As "Dorothy Chester," her name is on the Founders Monument in downtown Hartford.

  
  

• Sources

  [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011. [S4958] Genealogical Notes of the Families of Chester of Blaby by Edmond Chester-Waters. Leicester: Clarke and Hodgson, 1886. [S1357] The Visitation of the Counter of Leicester in the Year 1619, Taken by William Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms ed. John Fetherston. London: Harleian Society, 1870. [S4956] John Insley Coddington, "The Family of Frances (Tough) (Chester) (Smith) Stebbing, Wife of Edward Stebbing, of Hartford, Connecticut." The American Genealogist 30:193, Oct 1954. [S4957] Frances Ida Schureman Judd, "American Ancestry of Samuel Tompkins and Martha Alphena (Todd) Schureman and Their Descendants." Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine 5:121, March 1942. [S4958] Genealogical Notes of the Families of Chester of Blaby by Edmond Chester-Waters. Leicester: Clarke and Hodgson, 1886., year only.