Researching John Hooke
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The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Hooke on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Hooke and the Hooke Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Hooke Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Hooke family tree.
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Look at the LDS Database for records about John Hooke.
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Hooke Family History Databases
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Hooke Forums
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Miscellaneous Hooke Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on John Hooke. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called John Hooke
John Hooke (politician)
John Hooke (c. 1605 – 14 May 1685) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1661.
Hooke was the son of Henry Hooke of Bramshott, Hampshire. He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford on 28 February 1623, aged 17. He was a student of Middle Temple in 1623. In 1630 he was admitted to Queens' College, Cambridge.
Hooke was appointed High Sheriff of Hampshire for Jan-Nov 1649. In 1659, he was elected Member of Parliament for Haslemere until he was unseated on 31 March. In 1660 he was elected MP for Winchester in the ConventionParliament.
He died in 1685 and was buried at Bramshott. He had married Grissell, the daughter of Sir Francis Clarke of Hitcham, Buckinghamshire, with whom he had 2 sons and a daughter. After his death Bramshott was sold.
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