Individual Details
Joanna Hooker
(1622 - 1646)
Joanna Hooker was born about 1622. She married by about 1638 as the second wife of Rev. Thomas Shepard of Cambridge. (The marriage took place in October 1637 or in the "year after those wars in the country," meaning the Pequot War of 1637.) ("Great Migration")
from Descendents of Rev Thomas Hooker:
2 Joanna Hooker (Thomas), daughter of Rev. ThomasHooker, of Hartford, Conn.; m. (early in 1640), Rev. ThomasShepard, of Newtowne, Mass. (his second wife). He was a son of William Shepard, of Tonaster, Eng., b. Nov. 5, 1605. He succeeded Mr. Hooker as preacher at Newtowne, when Mr. Hooker and his church removed to Hartford. Mr. Shepard came to New England with his first wife, Margaret Fowteville and one son on the ship Defence arriving at Boston Oct. 3, 1635. He settled at Newtowne and became the third minister of that town. He succeeded Mr. Hooker and he and his church purchased from Mr. Hooker and his church all the property which they left behind when they removed to Hartford. His first wife died Feb. 1, 1636, leaving one son. He married Joanna Hooker, and after her death at Newtowne, April 28, 1646, he married Sept. 8, 1647, Margaret Borodale, and had one son. She survived him and after his death married Rev. Jonathan Mitchell. He died at Newtowne, Mass. (Cambridge), Aug. 25, 1649.
from Descendents of Rev Thomas Hooker:
2 Joanna Hooker (Thomas), daughter of Rev. ThomasHooker, of Hartford, Conn.; m. (early in 1640), Rev. ThomasShepard, of Newtowne, Mass. (his second wife). He was a son of William Shepard, of Tonaster, Eng., b. Nov. 5, 1605. He succeeded Mr. Hooker as preacher at Newtowne, when Mr. Hooker and his church removed to Hartford. Mr. Shepard came to New England with his first wife, Margaret Fowteville and one son on the ship Defence arriving at Boston Oct. 3, 1635. He settled at Newtowne and became the third minister of that town. He succeeded Mr. Hooker and he and his church purchased from Mr. Hooker and his church all the property which they left behind when they removed to Hartford. His first wife died Feb. 1, 1636, leaving one son. He married Joanna Hooker, and after her death at Newtowne, April 28, 1646, he married Sept. 8, 1647, Margaret Borodale, and had one son. She survived him and after his death married Rev. Jonathan Mitchell. He died at Newtowne, Mass. (Cambridge), Aug. 25, 1649.
Events
| Birth | 1622 | Amersham, Buckinghamshire, Egnland | |||
| Marriage | Oct 1637 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States - Thomas Shepard | |||
| Death | 1646 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States | |||
| Reference No | 2 |
Families
| Spouse | Thomas Shepard (1605 - 1649) |
| Child | Samuel Shepherd (1640 - 1640) |
| Child | Elizabeth Shepard (1640 - 1642) |
| Child | Rev. Samuel Shepard (1641 - 1668) |
| Child | John Shepard (1642 - 1644) |
| Child | John Shepard (1646 - 1726) |
| Father | Rev Thomas Hooker (1586 - 1647) |
| Mother | Susannah Harkes Garbrand (1593 - 1676) |
| Sibling | Mary Hooker (1624 - 1675) |
| Sibling | Anne Hooker (1625 - 1626) |
| Sibling | Sarah Hooker (1628 - 1629) |
| Sibling | Sarah Hooker (1629 - 1725) |
| Sibling | John Hooker (1631 - 1684) |
| Sibling | Rev Samuel Hooker (1633 - 1697) |