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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hooker , Thomas 1586 -1647 (search)
Hooker, Thomas 1586-1647
Clergyman; born in Marketfield, Leicestershire, England, in 1586; was a popular Non-conformist preacher in London, but was silenced, when he kept a school, in which John Eliot, the Apostle, was his assistant.
Hooker fled from persecution to Holland in 1630, and arrived at Boston in September, 1633.
He was ordained pastor of the church at Newtown, and in June, 1636, he and his whole congregation began a migration to the valley of the Connecticut, where they foundedular Non-conformist preacher in London, but was silenced, when he kept a school, in which John Eliot, the Apostle, was his assistant.
Hooker fled from persecution to Holland in 1630, and arrived at Boston in September, 1633.
He was ordained pastor of the church at Newtown, and in June, 1636, he and his whole congregation began a migration to the valley of the Connecticut, where they founded Hartford.
He was exceedingly influential in all New England.
He died in Hartford, Conn., July 7, 1647.
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