- Sarah Hooker christened 21 February 1629/30 at Bromfield, Essex, England,
REVEREND JOHN WILSON Jr. was born September 1621, of London, England, to Rev. John Wilson Sr. (1588-1667) and Elizabeth Mansfield (1592-1658.) Rev. Wilson married Sarah Hooker, daughter of Rev. Thomas and Susannah Hooker, about 1648 of Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
John Wilson Jr. was brought to New England by his father, John Wilson Sr., on the latter’s second voyage, 1632. He was graduated in the first class at Harvard College, in 1642, was admitted to his father’s church in Boston in 1644, and was freeman in 1647. After preaching several years he became assistant to Rev. Richard Mather, at Dorchester in 1649, and after two years’ service here removed to Medfield, soon after the settlement of that place, and in December, 1651, he was installed as the first minister of the town, where he was ordained Pastor, October 12, 1652, in which service he continued for forty years, until his death, besides performing the duties of physician and school master.
By a contemporary he is referred to as “gracious and godly, a faithful and useful man, well esteemed.”
In his will, made three days before his decease, he mentions his wife Sarah; son John (to whom he bequeathed his share of the Braintree farm); daughter *Sarah, wife of Josiah Torrey, formerly wife of Paul Batt; daughter Susanna, wife of Grindall Rawson; and grandchild Thomas Weld son of his daughter Elizabeth, deceased, formerly wife of Thomas weld. (Suffolk Co. Probate, Vol. 8, fol. 58.)
Reverend John Wilson died 23 August 1691, in Medfield, Massachusetts, age 70, having on the previous Sunday “preached both forenoon and afternoon, fervently and powerfully.”
SARAH HOOKER was christened 21 February 1630, in Chelmsford, England.
Sarah’s parents were Thomas Hooker (1586-1647, immigrant) and Susanna Garbrand (1593-1676.) Thomas Hooker came from Rotterdam in 1633 in the Griffin. He resided in Cambridge and then Hartford in 1636. He was Pastor there. He was a Freeman 14 May 1634. In his will he left “my daughter, Sarah Hooker £100 at marriage or at age twenty-one, the disposal and further education of her and the rest I leave to my wife.” The inventory of his estate was £1136, including £450 in real estate.
Sarah married John Wilson in about 1647, of Medfield, Massachusetts.
Sarah Hooker passed away 20 August 1725, Braintree, Massachusetts, age 95.
Children of Rev. John Wilson and Sarah Hooker:
1. John Wilson, b. 6 July 1649; d. young. Child.
2. Sarah Wilson was born about 1650 of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, to Rev. John Wilson (1621-1691) and Sarah Hooker (1629-1725.) She married (1) Paul Batt, bef. 1674, of Boston. He died in 1678; (2) *Josiah Torrey, 5 May 1680, in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts. We do not know when or where Sarah Wilson passed away.
3. Thomas Wilson, b. 1652; d. 1652. Child.
4. Elizabeth Wilson, b. 1653 d. 1653. Child
5. Elizabeth Wilson, b. 1656; d. 1687.
6. Dr. John Wilson, b. 1660; d. 1728.
7. Thomas Wilson, b. 1662; d. 1662. Child.
8. Susanna Wilson, b. 1664; d. 1748.
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