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census of 1790 – joseph had a total of 8 people living in the house of which 2 free white males over 16s and 4 free white males under 16 and 2 free white females. have image and it looks like another hooker underneath
When Joseph Hooker was born on 30 March 1751, in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Capt. Joseph Hooker, was 47 and his mother, Sarah Lewis, was 38. He married Mary Ingersoll in 1770. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 19 June 1799, in Litchfield, Herkimer, New York, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Herkimer, New York, United States.
Joseph was the son of Joseph and Sarah (Lewis) Hooker, of Farmington, Conn., b. March 30, 1751, at Farmington ; m. 1771, Mary Ingersoll, daughter of Rev. Jonathan and Dorcas (Moss) Ingersoll, b. Dec. 20, 1748.
They lived at Farmington until after the revolutionary war and then moved to Litchfield, New York. Previous to his marriage he had been an active worker in the affairs of the town, was a Lieutenant in the Militia. The Ingersoll family were strong loyalists, though never of a tricky, untrustworthy kind. Through the influence of his wife Joseph Hooker remained quietly neutral throughout the war, though it is probable that his sympathies were entirely with the American Patriots. After the close of the war he found that the confidence of the town was entire ly withheld from him and that in active and honorable public duties he was not recognized, while honors and important trusts were heaped upon his brother and cousins who had taken an active part in the war. Sensitive under this very natural want of confidence he removed to New York, where, under new conditions he built a reputation for strict and unswerving in
tegrity, and strong loyalty to the new born nation. He secured the confidence and esteem of the people among whom he had settled, and became active and honorably trusted in public affairs. He died at Litchfield, N. Y. June, 1799. She died at Litchfield, N. Y. 1805. This information is from Edward Hooker, The Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker
Litchfield is in northern New York state:
