Johanna Hooker1

F, #1293, d. 28 April 1646
Father*Rev Thomas Hooker2 b. 1586, d. 7 Jul 1647
Mother*Susanna Garbrand
ChartsDescendant Chart for Thomas Hooker
Birth* Johanna Hooker was born. 
(Witness) Event-Misc13 March 1633/34 She left a bequest in the will of Francis Drake, as "Johanna Hooker, who now is in New England" on 13 March 1633/34; spent a few years in the household of Francis Drake of Esher county of Surry and made such an impression that in his will of 13 Mar 1633/4 Drake made a bequest "Item: I give unto Johanna Hooker whoe now is in New England thirty pounds to be paide unter her at the day of her marriage." the daughter of Thomas Hooker. This Francis Drake was cousin of the John Drake who made a brief appeaance in New England in the early 1600s and who also received a bequest in his will.1 
Marriage*October 1637 She married Rev Thomas Shepard (of Cambridge) in October 1637.2,3 
Death*28 April 1646 Johanna Hooker died on 28 April 1646.2 
(MentionedIn) Will7 July 1647 She was mentioned in the will of Rev Thomas Hooker on 7 July 1647 at Hartford Co., Connecticut, as daughter Joanna Sheperd, deceased; Hooker, Thomas, Hartford. Invt. £1136-15-00. Taken 21st April, 1644 (sic), by Nathaniel Ward & Edward Stebbing. Will dated 7 July, 1647.
     
I, Thomas Hooker, of Hartford, uppon Connecticutt, in New England, being weakened in my body through the tender visitation of the Lord, but of sound & prfect memory, doe dispose of that outward estate I have been betrusted withall by him, in maner following: I doe give unto my sonne Jno. Hooker, my housing and Lands in Hartford aforesaid, both that wch is on the west and also that wch is on the east syde of ye River, to be in joyed by him and his heires for ever, after the death of my wife Susannah Hooker, provided he be then att. the age of one & twenty yeares.
     It being my will that my sayd deare wiefe shall injoy and possess my sayd Howsing & Lande during her naturall life, and yf she dy before my sonne Jno come to the aforesaid age of one & twenty yeares, that the same, bee improved by the overseers of this my will for the maintenence and education of my children not( ) disposed of, according to their best discretion. I doe also give unto my sonne Jno my Library of printed books and manuscripts, under the limittations and provisoes hereafter expressed. It is my will that my sonne Jno. deliver to my sonne Samuel Soe many of my books as shall be valued by the overseers of this my will to be worth fifty pounds sterling, or that he pay him the summe of fifty pounds Sterling to buy such books as may be useful to him in thee way of his studdyes, att such tyme as the overseers of this my will shall Judge meett. But if my sonne Jno. doe not goe on to the prfecting of his Studdyes, or shall not give up himselfe to the service of the Lord in the worke of the ministry, my will is that my Sonne Samuel enjoy and possesse the whole Library and manuscripts to his proper use forever; onely, it is my will that whatever manuscripts shall be Judged meett to be printed, the disposal! thereof and advantage that may come thereby I leave wholy to my executrix ; and in case she depart this life before the same be Judged of and Settled, then to my overseers to be improved by them in their best discretion, for the good of myne, according to the trust reposed in them. And however I doe not forbid my sonne Jno from seeking and takeing a wife in England, yett I doe forbid him from marrying and tarying there. I doe give unto my sonne Samuel, in case the whole Library come not to him, as is before expressed, the summe of Seventy pounds, to be payd unto him by my Executrix att such tyme and in such maner as shall be judged meetest by the overseers of my will. I doe also give unto my daughter Sarah Hooker, the summe of one hundred pounds Sterling, to be payd unto her by my Executrix when she shall marry or come to the age of one and twenty years, wch shall first happen; the disposall and further education of her and the rest, I leave to my wife, advising them to attend her counsell in the feare of the Lord. I doe give unto the two children of my daughter Joanna Sheperd, deceased, and the child of my daughter Mary Newton, to each of them the summe of tenn pounds, to be payd unto them by my son John within one year after he shall come to the possession and injoyment of my Houseing & Lands in Hartford, or my Son Samuell, if by the decease of Jno he come to injoy the same. I doe make my beloved wiefe Susannah Hooker, Executrix of this my Last will and Testament, and (my just debts being payd) doe give and bequeath unto her all my estate and goodes, moveable and immoveable, not formerly bequeathed by this my last will. And I desire my beloved friends, Mr. Edward Hopkins and Mr. William Goodwyn, to affoard their best assistence to my wife, and doe constitute and appoint them the overseers of this my will.
     And itt haveing pleased the Lord now to visitt my wife with a sickness, and know not how itt may please his Matie to dispose of her, my mind &will is, that in case she depart this life before she dispose of the estate bequeathed her, my aforesaid beloved friends, Mr. Edward Hopkins and Mr. William Goodwyn, shall take charge both of the education and dispose of my children (to whose love and faithfullness I comend them) and of the estate left & bequeathed to my wiefe, and doe comitt itt to their best judgement and discretion to manage the sayd estate for ye best good of mine, and to bestow itt uppon any or all of them in such a proportion as shall be most suitable to their owne apprehensions. Being willing onely to intimate my desire that they wch deserve best may have most, but nott to Lymett them, but leave them to the full scope and bredth of their owne Judgement; in the dispose whereof, they may have respect of ye forementioned children of my two daughters, if they see meete. It being my full will that what trust I have comitted to my wife, either in matter of estate or such manuscript as shall be judged fitt to be printed, in case she live not to order the same herselfe, be wholly transferred and past over from her to them for ye ende before specifyed. And for mortality sake I doe putt power into the hands of the forementioned Beloved friends to constitute and appoint such other faithfull men as they shall judge meet (in case they be deprived of life or libberty to attend the same in their owne persons), to manage, dispose, and per forme the estate and trust comitted to them in as full maner as I have comitted it to them for the same ende. THOS. HOOKER
     This was declared to be the last will and testament of Mr. Thomas Hooker, the seventh day of July, 1647, in the presence of Henry Smith, Sam. Stone, John White.2,4
 

Family

Rev Thomas Shepard (of Cambridge)
Last Edited29 Jan 2016

Citations

  1. [S33] Will (7 May 1634) and probate (17 May 1634) of Francis Drake of Esher, Surray, England, The National Archives, England Kew, Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers, Class: PROB 11 and Piece: 165 found on Ancestry by going to http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5111 and searching on his name.
  2. [S34] Society of the Descendants of The Founders of Hartford website, page on Thomas Hooker.
  3. [S35] New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Clarence Almon Torrey revised by Gary Boyd Roberts.
  4. [S36] A Digest of the early Connecticut probate records, Charles William Manwaring, v.1 pg.16.