When Aretas Hooker was born on 10 April 1810, in Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Samuel Hooker Jr, was 30 and his mother, Polly Nichols, was 29. He married Esther McKinstry on 16 August 1834, in Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1870. He died on 16 February 1904, in Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
English (southeastern):
occupational name for a hook maker, from Middle English, Old English hōcere, possibly also used for an agricultural laborer who used hooks. In some cases the name may have become Hocker .
topographic name for a ‘dweller by a hill spur or bend’, from Middle English hoke ‘hook, river bend, hill spur’ + -er (see Hook 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesJulia Ann Hooker, daughter of Samuel and Polly (Nichols) of Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, was born 28 November 1807 in Sturbridge. She was the fourth child of a family of nine: Levins; Melind …
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