Contact Admin. Argent a fesse vair between two lions passant, guardant, sable. CrestβA hind pass, or, in the mouth a branch, leaved vert, flowered argent. In his book, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, Charles Wareing Bardsley suggests the former is the true origin, but admits there is a lack of documentation to definitively prove this.
It derives from the Old English word hoc , meaning hook. The Teutonic word hoc , hoh , or hoch means a hill or elevated place. One source claims the family was first found in Norfolk, England.
In the United States Census of , the last name Hooker ranked 2, th. Regarding this surname, H. Guppy writes the following in his book Homes of Family Names: He bore the following coat of arms: Azure, a fesse between three gold fleur-de-lis likely to symbol his victory over France. He had a son named Jago Voell who was born in in Hants, England. He married a woman named Alice and left a son named John prior to his death in Robert was born in in Exeter in Devon and was a Member of Parliament.
He married Agnes Dobell and also Margery Bolter. Balsemus had a son named Samuel who was born in in St. Samuel had a son named Joseph born in Joseph married Mary Hocken and had a son named Samuel with her.
Henry was born in in Boston, Massachusetts. He died in Westford, Vermont. Mary, Joanna, John, Samuel, and Sarah. Thomas Hooker is considered to be one of the founders of Connecticut.
