Family of Joseph HOOKER and Lydia VINCENT
Husband: Joseph HOOKER
Wife: Lydia VINCENT
| Name: |
Lydia VINCENT1 |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Father: |
- |
| Mother: |
- |
| Birth |
1759 |
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| Death |
1829 (age 69-70) |
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| Name: |
Joseph HOOKER1 |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
1784 |
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| Death |
1815 (age 30-31) |
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| Name: |
William Jackson HOOKER1 |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Maria Sarah TURNER (1797-1872) |
| Birth |
6 Jul 1785 |
Norwich, Norfolk, England |
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71–77 Magdalen Street |
| Baptism |
9 Nov 1785 (age 0) |
Norwich, Norfolk, England |
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He was christened at the Non-Conformist Tabernacle in Norwich, named William JACSON Hooker |
| Inheritance |
6 Jul 1806 (age 21) |
Landed property from his godfather, William Jackson of Canterbury. |
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He inherited from his godfather,William Jackson of Canterbury, his estate in Seasalter, Kent when he was 21. Jackson was his mother's cousin. This independent wealth provided Hooker with the financial freedom to travel, collect botanical specimens, and pursue his studies in natural history without needing a formal patron. |
| Residence |
frm 1815 to 1826 (age 29-41) |
Halesworth, Suffolk, England |
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He established a renowned personal herbarium in Halesworth, |
| Death |
12 Aug 1865 (age 80) |
Richmond, Surrey, England |
Note on Husband: Joseph HOOKER
Joseph Hooker was related to the Baring family and worked for them in Exeter and Norwich as a wool-stapler, trading in worsted and bombazine. He was an amateur botanist who collected succulent plants,and was, according to his grandson Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, "mainly a self-educated man and a fair German scholar".
Note on Wife: Lydia VINCENT
Lydia Vincent, the daughter of James Vincent,belonged to a family of Norwich worsted weavers and artists. Her cousin, William Jackson, was William Jackson Hooker's godfather.Upon his death in 1789 William Jackson bequeathed his estate in Seasalter, Kent, to his godson, who inherited it when he was 21. Lydia Vincent's nephew, George Vincent, was one of the most talented of the Norwich School of painters.
Sources
| 1 | www.heardfamilyhistory.org.uk. This GEDCOM is predominantly the work of Nick Heard, but it incorporates the collaborated work of many other family historians. You are welcome to use the information herein but please acknowledge the source. Every effort has been made to ensure the data is accurate, but any use you make of it is entirely at your own risk. (c) Nick Heard 2009
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