Hooker, Noadiah, 1737 - 1823

Colonel Noadiah Hooker was the son of Joseph Hooker and Sarah Lewis of Farmington, Connecticut.  He marched to Roxbury as a captain in early stages of the American Revolution, he was promoted to colonel in 1776.  After the war, Hooker was colonel in the 15th Regiment of the State Militia.  He was a representative of Farmington to the Connecticut General Assembly and served as the town's treasurer for thirty years and a justice of the peace for forty years. 

 

Hooker was one of the defendants in James Wawowos' suit over Indian land at Indian Neck.  In 1773, he purchased land from Israel Freeman.  On numerous other occasions, he was a functionary on Tunxis legal documents.In 1819, Hooker paid for the education of Peter Augustus (Takonotas), an 18-year-old Oneida boy, at the Cornwall Foreign Mission School.  After a few years at the school, Takonotas took Hooker's name.

 

Death Notice.Connecticut Journal, June 17, 1823.  Starr, A History of Cornwall, Connecticut, 316.  Additional sources for this biography come from the Related Digital Heritage Items listed below.