"Probate Records. Vol. 5, 1687 to 1695. Page 98.
Hooker, William, Farmington. Invt. £364-11-06. Taken 1689, by Thomas Porter Jr. & John Heart. Will dated 8th August, 1689.
I William Hooker of Farmington, being weake in Body but composed in Minde, do dispose of my Estate: I give to my wife Susannah the 1-2 of my Estate, both Personal and Real, forever, except my house, which I give to my brother Thomas Hooker, and my Great Bible, which I give to my Honoured Mother. The rest of my Estate, Personal and Real, I give to my daughter Susannah and her heirs forever, the whole to be under the Improvement of my wife for the Eudication of my daughter till she shall come to the age of 18 years, or be disposed of in marriage. In Case of her death, her Estate to be returned to my Natural Relations, James, Roger, Nathaniel & Daniel Hooker, my Brothers, and my two sisters, Mary & Sarah Hooker.
WILLIAM HOOKER. LS.
Witness: John Hooker, Stephen Roote. …
Court Record, Page 25—5 March, 1690-1: The last Will & Testament of William Hooker was exhibited in Court and proven.
Page 39—(Vol. VI) 13 April, 1698: This Court appoint John Hooker to be Guardian to Susannah, daughter of William Hooker Decd.
Page 53—1st September, 1698: This Court do appoint Capt. Thomas Hart of Farmington and Ensign Thomas Bunce of Hartford to make Division of the Estate of Mr. William Hooker, Decd, which was by his last Will given as followeth: 1-2 of his whole Estate, both Real & Personal, to the Relict, and the other 1-2 to his daughter Susannah. And according to the intent of the Testator the Division was made, Mr. John Blackleach, who married the Relict, being dead, and his wife also, they having had the Estate above mentioned in their possession and Improvement.
Page 15—(Vol. VII) 30 June, 1701: This Indenture, made this 7th day of October, in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred Ninety and Eight, in the 10th year of the Reign of King William of England, fidei de fensor, between John Hooker of ffarmington, in the County of Hartford, within his sd. Majty's King William his Colony of Connecticott in New England, as Guardian to Susannah Hooker, daughter of William Hooker, late of said ffarmington deceased, on the one party, and John Olcott of the Town of Hartford, within the above mentioned Colony of Connecticott, as Guardian to John Blackleach, sonn of John Blackleach, late also of said ffarmington deceased, on the other party, Witnesseth: That they the said John Hooker and John Olcott, as Guardians to their respective Wards abovenamed, have mutually agreed, & do by these presents mutually agree and covenant each with the other, that the Estate of the above named William Hooker Deed which he stood possessed of, either in his own right or in right of his wife Susannah (after wife of the above named John Blackleach decd) at the time of his decease, both real and personal, whether in Old England or in New England, and also all the rents, debts and dues what so ever to the said Estate belonging, shall be divided equally in value betwixt them the said Susannah Hooker, daughter of Willm Hooker above named deced, and John Blackleach above named, also deced.
And secondly: That whereas, part of the said Estate of the above said Willm Hooker decd, vizt, Lands, goods, etc., at the Towne of Milford, within the above said Colony of Connecticott, hath been and is, since the sd. Hooker's decease, sold and alienated by him the above named John Blackleach decsed, they have agreed that the same so alienated, or the value thereof according as it hath been apprized and Inventoried, or shall be apprized by indifferent persons, shall be esteemed and accounted part of the Moiety of the said Estate, to be distributed & set out to him the said John Olcott as Guardian, for the use of his respective Ward, vizt, John Blackleach.
And thirdly: That all The houseing and Lands within the Township of ffarmington above sd., belonging to the Estate of the said Willm Hooker deced, shall be set out to him the said John Hooker, Guardian as aforesaid, for the use of his respective Ward, vizt, Susannah Hooker, as part of her Moiety of said Estate, to be to her distributed as aforesaid, and that there shall be allowed and set out to said John Olcott, for the use of his Ward above named, so much as is the apprized value of the Moiety, or halfe part of said houseing and Lands, out of some other part of the said Estate.
And fourthly: That all the Estate of the said Willm Hooker deced, when so euer and what so euer it be, shall be distributed and set out equally in value as above said and according to Inventory price, or, in want of That, by apprizall as above sd. (haveing respect to the third and fourth particular of this their agreement above written), by Serj. Thomas Porter and Ensign John Hart of ffarmington aforesaid, which being done, it shall be and remain to the only proper use and behoof of them the said Susan: Hooker and John Blackleach foreuer.
JOHN HOOKER. LS.
Witness: Richard Blackleach, Caleb Stanly Jr."
