Person:Asahel Hooker (1)

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Name[3] Rev. Asahel Hooker
Gender Male
Birth[1] 29 Aug 1762 Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 11 Jun 1792 Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United Statesto Phebe Edwards
Death[2][4] 19 Apr 1813 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. "Woodbury Vital Records", in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    p. 42 (Vol. 53, p. 165).

    HOOKER, Asahel, s. Asahel & Anne, b. Aug. 29, 1762 [1 48]

  2. Deaths. Providence Gazette, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
    Vol. 13, p. 495.

    HOOKER, Rev. Asahel, pastor of Chelsea Society, Norwich, Ct., aged 49 years. April 19, 1813.

  3. Hooker, Edward, and Margaret Huntington Hooker. The Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Connecticut, 1586-1908: Being an Account of What is Known of Rev. Thomas Hooker's Family in England, and More Particularly Concerning Himself and His Influence upon the Early History of Our Country; also All Items of Interest Which it has Been Possible to Gather Concerning the Early Generations of Hookers and Their Descendants in America. (Rochester, New York: Margaret Huntington Hooker, 1909)
    117.

    Asahel Hooker [#514], s/o Asahel Hooker and Anne Parmalee, b. Woodbury 29 Aug 1762, d. Norwich 19 Apr 1813, m. 11 Jun 1792. Graduated Yale 1789, ordained at Goshen 7 Sep 1791.

  4. Alden, Timothy. A collection of American epitaphs and inscriptions : with occasional notes. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976)
    118.

    [#725] In memory of the rev. ASAHEL HOOKER of Chelsea in Connecticut; born 29 August, 1762, in Bethlem; died, 19 April 1813. He was eighteen years the beloved pastor of the church in Goshen; dismissed for want of health, June, 1809; installed over the church in Chelsea, 16 Jan. 1812.

    Constant in his Master's service, he affectionately sought by precept and example to win souls to Jesus, and finished his publick labours with the injunction, be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.