Dr. William Hooker, son of Dr. Ebenezer, and Abigail (Bull) Lee, born Connecticut, Feb. 10, 1761; married in 1787, Phebe Davis, born Reading, Conn. "She was the dau. of Mr. --- Davis, who at the Anglo-American Revolution took up arms in favor of England, -- was captured and imprisoned three years, and then escaped to Canada." William Hooker was a much esteemed physician. After the Revolutionary War, he resided, as will be seen by the birth of his children, in various places, -- in Vermont, New York, and Pennsylvania, and ultimately removed to Canada about 1796, and settled in Niagara District, practicing at Chippewa.
He bought two adjoining farms in Oakland township, a few miles south from Brantford, Ont., July 8, 1809. This purchase was the third transfer from the Crown in 1802. and described as "Lot 8 - 4th Concession." One farm was occupied by himself and the other by his parents. After the death of his father they were sold to Jacob Keifer, Feb. 7, 1812. He then removed to Southwold, London District - now County of Elgin - where were residing American relatives. "Dr. Lee visited his native State, Connecticut, 1828. He rode from Southwold, Ont. on horseback, and spent the winter among relatives and friends. On his return in March, 1829, when only four miles from home, his horse slipped and fell upon him, causing such injuries that he lived but eight days."
The records of Litchfield County, Conn., show that he and his brother, Ebenezer, Jr., from N.Y., joined in a deed conveying land during that winter, which is supposed to have been part of the parental estate which had, for many years, remained unsold. He died March 30, 1829, aged 68. His wife afterwards lived in London, Ont., where she died Dec. 15, 1853, aged 82, and was buried in the Church of England Cemetery. Children:
* John, born April 14, 1788, at Shaftsbury, Vt.; d. Jan. 19, 1792.
* William Bull, born June 21, 1790, at Chokenut, N.Y. A farmer in Middlebury Co., Canada West, and later lived at St. John's, in London township. Died there Aug. 11, 1855.
* Hiram Davis, born Nov. 20, 1791.
* John, born Aug. 25, 1793.
* Nancy, born Jan. 12, 1795, at Dewain's Bush, N.Y.; m. John W. Clark; d. Nov., 1827,at Southwold, Ontario.
* Riverius Hooker, born July 1, 1796, at Standing Stone, Penn.
* Thaddeus, born Jan. 9, 1798, at Queenstown, Ont; d. at Thorold Feb. 16, 1802.
* Whiten, born Jan. 4, 1799; d. July 17, 1799, at Thorold.
* Henry Clark, born Jan. 27, 1801; d. July 15, 1801, at Thorold.
* Selina, born May 14, 1802, at Thorold.
* James Clark, born Sept. 4, 1803, at Thorold; m. 1st, Rachel Stockton; 2nd Maria Mills. Died June 8, 1871 in London, leaving no family.
* Abigail, born Mar. 12 1805 at Thorold.
* Henry, born Aug. 13, 1806, at Thorold; d. Nov. 17, 1817.
