ANNA KELLOGG {279} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6e.7a.8c>, dau. of Capt. Martin {69} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6e.7a>, b. in Newington, Conn., 19 Feb. 1720; m., as his second wife, 30 July 1747, Roger Hooker, b. 17 Sept. 1710, son of Hon. John Hooker, b. 10 Feb. 1664-65, and Abigail Stanley, b. in Farmington. Conn., 25 July 1669. He was the tenth child and fifth son of Hon. John Hooker, of Farmington, Judge of the Supreme Court of Connecticut; grandson of Rev. Samuel Hooker and great grandson of Rev. Thomas Hooker, founder of Connecticut.
He had previously m. 29 Jan. 1740, Mercy Hart, dau. of Capt. Josiah and Sarah (Bull) Hart, who d. 26 Aug. 1745, aged 26.
He d. 25 May 1774, aged 65; she d. 17 Feb. 1797, aged 77.
They res. in Farmington, where all their children were born.
Children:
Martin Hooker {842} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6e.7a.8c.9a>, b. 1748; d. 21 Aug. 1751.
Elnathan Hooker {843} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6e.7a.8c.9b>, b. 1749; m. (1) 13 Dec. 1774, Amy Newell, b. in Bristol,[1] 28 Aug. 1756, dau. of Rev. Samuel Newell, first minister in Bristol, and Mary (Hart) Root; she d. 23 Jan. 1797; he m. (2) Nancy Paine; had no children.
Roger Hooker {844} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6e.7a.8c.9c>, b. 19 June 1751; m. 17 Apr. 1782, Mary Treadwell, dau. of Gov. John Treadwell of Farmington. He commenced life at sea before the revolutionary war. On receipt of the news from Lexington, he joined the company raised by his cousin Capt. Noadiah Hooker, the first men from Farmington for the war, and the first enlisted men from Connecticut to reach the army collecting before Boston. At first a Sergt., soon promoted to Ensign, and, when Washington took command of the army, commissioned a Second Lieut. in the Continental line, and eventually became a Maj. In 1776, upon Washington's order, he fitted out the fireships with which Washington endeavored to destroy the British fleet. As a Brigade Maj., at different times he had charge of the correspondence of that Gen. on whose staff he served. He was sent with a flag of truce to communicate to the British Gen. at New York the news of the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne. Throughout the war he was held in high esteem and confidence by Washington. After the war, Maj. Hooker was honored by his fellow citizens with many places of trust. He was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati; d. 27 Dec. 1830.
Mary Hooker {845} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6e.7a.8c.9d>, b. ---; m. 15 Sept. 1772, Simeon Newell, b. 5 Feb. 1748, son of Isaac Newell and Rachel Pomeroy. They rem. to Sodus Bay (now Wolcott), N. Y. He graduated from Yale College; was a Capt. in revolutionary army; after the war, a member of the Society of the Cincinnati; had no children.
John Hooker {846} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6e.7a.8c.9e>, b. 1754; d. 14 Mar. 1758.
Lucina Hooker {847} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6e.7a.8c.9f>, b. 14 Mar. 1758; m. 1781, Isaac Cowles of Farmington, b. 29 July 1756; she d. 5 Apr. 1817, in Farmington; he d. 5 June 1837, aged 81. He was a Lieut. in the revolutionary war.
Cynthia Hooker {848} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6e.7a.8c.9g>, b. 1760; m. 11 June 1792, Rev. Allen Olcott of East Hartford,[2] Conn., b. 5 Oct. 1746; he was a minister and farmer of Farmington and Manchester, Conn.; was graduated from Yale 1768; he d. 19 Apr. 1811; she m. (2) Samuel Alvord; d. June 1827, aged 67.