Hooker Family Bible
Contributed by Sharon Marsalis
The entries have been transcribed exactly as they appear on the Bible pages,
including misspellings, however the order of the Marriage, Birth and Death
entries differ from that in the Bible for the sake of clarification. This Bible
was published in 1834. The handwriting for the birth entries for Henry and Ann
Covert, John and Hyram Hooker appear to be the same. Most of the other entries
are in a different handwriting. This Hooker family line began its residence in
NC in the mid 1600s and by the mid 1700s was in Tyrrell County, NC before moving
to Craven County, NC in the mid 1800s and finally on to Pamlico county in the
early 1880s.
.” Henry Covert the son of David Covert & his wife Sarah was born on 30th day of
August 1800 in City County & State of Newyork.”
“Anne Covert the daughter of Hezikiah Davenport and his wife Deborah was born
1st November 1797 in Little Alligator County Tyrrell State North Carolina. “
(Hezekiah Davenport and Deborah Halsey’s Marriage Bond was 07 Jul 1789 County
Tyrrell , State NC )
“Henry Covert and Anne was married on Sunday the 21 of December 1832.” (No
location is given)
“Ann Eliza Covert died 18th September 1865. “(New Bern, NC)
“Henry Covert died 12th October 1875.” (New Bern, NC)
(Anne Davenport was married first to Hyram Hooker. Marriage Bond was 08 June
1816 County Tyrrell, State NC. It is presumed that the following John and Hyram
were their sons. Family tradition also says there was a Nathan. )
“John Hooker was born April 12th in the year of our Lord 1817.”
“Hyram Hooker was born April 19th in the year of our Lord 1821.”
“Margerett Justice the daughter of Demsy Justice and his wife Hetty was born
February 19th 1812.”
“John Hooker and Margerett his wife was married on the 23rd of May 1840.” (There
is a Marriage Bond that lists Margaret with surname “Jester”. All other
documented records give her surname as “Justice”. The Bond is dated 23 May, 1840
County Craven, State NC .The following are their 3 sons. )
“John Hooker the son of John Hooker and his wife Margerett was born February
10th 1841.”
“John Hooker the son of John and his wife died 20th August 1841.”
“William Thomas Hooker was born 19th June 1843.”
“Henry Covert Hooker the son John & Margerat his wife was born on 13th November
1846.”
“Margerat Hooker the wife of John Hooker died on 30th January 1852.”
(According to a NC Marriage Bond dated 25 Dec., 1852 for Craven County John next
married Mary Dudley)
“Prudence Rice died September 6th 1864.” (Prudence Justice Rice was the sister
of Margaret Justice Hooker. They were the daughters of Dempsey and Hester Hoover
Justice of New Bern. Dempsey’s estate was inventoried September, 1817 and his
wife and daughters are named in the final settlement of March 3, 1820.
“Henry Covert Hooker died September 26th 1864.” (A newspaper list of New Bern
mortalities gives his name as one of many who had died of the “fever”.)
(The following 3 children, except for Susan Ann Hooker, belonged to John and
Mary Dudley Hooker.)
“Demsey Justice Hooker the son of John Hooker and wife Mary (Dudley) was born 13
September 1858.”
“Susan Ann Hooker was born 8th July 1858(?).” (This was Susan Ann Miller the
first wife of Dempsey Justice Hooker)” Joseph Hooker son of Dempsy & Susan was
borned Sept 3rd 1888.”
“Ann Elizabeth Hooker the daughter of John Hooker and Mary (Dudley) his (second)
wife was born 2nd day November 1864.”
“.”John L Hooker Grant born July 1866.” (Mary is not in the 1870 NC Census so
had presumably died shortly after this birth. The Kellenberger Room, New Bern,
NC has in Records from 1870 to 1910 the following: “25 October 1870—To the
Probate Court, Craven County, and N.C. The undersigned would respectfully
request that my son Littlejohn Hooker now of the age of 4 years, 10 months, 18
days may be bound to Wm. Grant of Township No.2, Craven County…John Hooker.”
Witness: Wm. H. (?) Cooke. Family tradition says John Lewis Hooker Grant was
adopted by the Grants but always stayed close to the surviving Hooker children.
According to an early newspaper, the NBDT, John Hooker, Sr. died in the 54th
year of his life of pneumonia at the residence of his son on Eden Street, New
Bern on the 10th Feb., 1873. His body was interred in Cedar Grove Cemetery.)
“Thomas Hooker and Mary E. Miller was married on Thursday the 8th of June 1882.”
(Thomas was the oldest son of John and Margaret Justice Hooker. Mary Eliza
Miller Hooker was the daughter of Josephus Miller and his first wife Matilda
Tingle)
“Demsy Justic Hooker & Susan Ann Miller was married on Thursday 17th of
September 1882.” (Pamlico Co.)
“Moses Thomas Robert was married to his Ann Elizabeth Hooker.”
“John L. Grant Sr., the son of John (Hooker) married Isibel LeDilly. John L.
Grant Jr. born June 16th 1889, son of John L. Grant Sr.” (Pamlico Co.)
“The following is a list of the births of Thomas Hooker and Mary E. Hooker his wife
Edward Hooker son of Thomas W Hooker was born Oct 3, 1884
Edward Hooker son of Thomas W Hooker and his wife Mary E. Hooker died on the
20th. Oct., 1884.
William Franklin the son of Thomas Hooker and his wife Mary E. was born the 16th
of April 1883
William Franklin the son of Thomas Hooker & Mary E. Hooker died the 19 May 1883
Alice Ann the daughter of Thomas Hooker & Mary E. was born the 16th of April 1883
Alice Ann the daughter of Thomas Hooker and his wife Mary E. Hooker died June
8th 1883
Margarett M. Hooker born Sept the 5th A.D. 1885
Claudius Hooker born Feb the 15th A.D. 1887 (Pamlico Co.)
Anne E. Hooker born January the 15th AD 1891.” (Pamlico Co.)
“Thomas Hooker the son of John Hooker and wife Margaret died January 14th 1893.”
(William Thomas Hooker’s widow Mary Eliza Miller Hooker and their 3 surviving
children lived with several of her Miller brothers until Claudius (Claude) was
grown. The submitter of these Bible pages is one of the granddaughters of Claude
Hooker and Annie Florence Green of Pamlico County.)
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