Joseph Hooker 1704-1764

So far all me know about Captain Joseph Hooker is his ancestry, spouse, and progeny. Edward Hooker wrote one single paragraph about him:

Joseph Hooker, son of John and Abigail (Standley) Hooker of Farmington, Conn., born Feb. 15, 1705, at Farmington, Conn.; married Jan. 23, 1735, Sarah Lewis, daughter of Nathaniel and Abigail (Ashley) Lewis, of Farmington, born May 8, 1712, at Farmington. During his younger days, Joseph Hooker was an enthusisastic military man and was a captain of the local militia. In later years he became excessively corpulent, so much so that for several years before his death he was unable to attend to any active business, and on fine days a large chair was placed in the front yard near the door and he sat there smoking his pipe and visiting with passers-by. When the local militia paraded, and when there was any military assemblage at Farmington, it was customary for them
to march around by Capt. Hooker’s house, and salute him as he sat in the big chair by the door. He died at Farmington, Conn., Dec. 19, 1764. She died at
Farmington, Conn., Dec. 25, 1797.

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