Biographical Summary
John Hooke was born about 1607, probably in Norwich, Norfolk,
England. Jeremy D. Bangs discovered an apprenticeship record in
Leiden, Holland, dated 7 January 1619/20, showing that John Hooke was
then twelve years old, and that his birth parents were John and Alice
(Thompson) Hooke. His father John had died, Alice had remarried,
and they apprenticed young John to Isaac Allerton for the period of 12
years. Isaac brought him on the Mayflower to Plymouth in
1620, where he died sometime the first winter.
I located John and Alice (Thompson) Hooke's marriage in the parish
registers of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, Norfolk, England, their
marriage having occurred there on 9 August 1605.
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Published Research
- Caleb Johnson, "A Note on the English Origins of Mayflower
Passengers John Crackstone and John Hooke," The American Genealogist
80(April 2005):100-101.
- Jeremy D. Bangs, "The Pilgrism and Other English in Leiden
Records: Some New Pilgrim Documents," NEHGR 143(1989):195-212, at
pp. 207-208.
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