THOMAS married DAVIS MARY on 14 Apr 1805 in Harrison County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Per Larry Herrin:
!BIRTH: Keister (1953), "Van Hook and Allied Families".

!MARRIAGE:
Samuel's wives were:
1. Hannah Higgins
2. Hannah Wilson Williams (Her husband had been killed by Indians.
3. Hannah Trousdale
4. Unknown

!MILITARY: "Cornstalk Militia of Kentucky" (1982):
Harrison County, KY Commissioned Officer, Samuel Van Hook Lieut. 20th Regiment
April 17, 1797. With George Rogers Clark on his Indiana expedition.

Samuel and his son Benjamin were taken prisoner and marched to Detroit
where they were held prisoner for 4 years and 2 months. They returned
to Kentucky. Samuel was a Revolutionary War Veteran and later a founder of
Harrison County, Kentucky. He proposed many articles tothe Virginia House
relative to Kentucky's legislative system. Samuel is listed several times as a
DAR progenitor. Was with Daniel Boone's expedition.

Powell, William S. (1977). "When the Past Refused to Die: A History of Caswell
County North Carolina 1777-1977". Caswell County Historical Society:
Yanceville, NC.

page 69.
"Other early licenses were granted:
Dec. 11, 1777 Samuel Van Hook...at his now dwelling house"

Drake, Mrs. W. P., Wilson, Judge S. M., & Ardery, Mrs. W. B. (1967). "Kentucky
in Retrospect: Noteworthy Personages and Events in Kentucky
History 1792-1967". The Kentucky Historical Society: Frankfort.

page 215-216.
Ruddles (also called Hinkston's and Licking) Fort
"Built in 1779 by Isaac Ruddell one mile from Lair Station near Bourbon
County line, now in Harrison County, about seven miles from Paris. Most of the
following persons and others unknown resided at Ruddle's Fort in 1780,at the
time it was taken by the British and Indian warriers under Captain Bird. It was
here that cannon was used for the first time against the helpless prisoners."
Samuel VanHook is listed, along with Col. Benjamin Harrison and others.
Lists

!MILITARY: "George Rogers Clark and His Men Military Records, 1778-1784",
Kentucky Historical Society.

page 44
Samuel Vanhook Sargant entered March 13, 1780; discharged June 26, 1780
105 days 10.10. From pay roll of Capt. Charles Gatliff Company of Raingers
"Document 55", Bird's Raid, Destruction of Ruddl's and Martin's Stations
and Shawnee Expedition.

page 45
Sgt. Samuel Vanhook March 17, 1780 to June 26, 1780 98 9 pds., 16
shilling and 5 2/5 pence. Payroll of Capt. Charles Gatliss Company
of militia Martin's Station, Kentucky, Kentucky County.

!NOTE: Without knowing the ages of the children it is difficult to say which
were Samuel's and Hannah Higgins. With the late marriage dates it is likely
that most of the children were by Hannah Wilson Williams since Hannah Higgins
died in 1780 at the defeat of Ruddle's Station.

!BURIED: Harrison County, KY.

SAMUEL married HIGGINS HANNAH about 1768 in North Carolina. HANNAH was born about 1740; died in 1780 in Ruddles Station, Harrison County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Per Larry Herrin:
!DEATH:
She was scalped by Indians at the battle of Ruddles Station, Kentucky.

HENDRICK married PARENT DEBORA on 15 Jul 1721 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. DEBORA (daughter of PARENT WILLIAM and UNKNOWN MERCY) was born about 1700 in New York. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Per Larry Herrin:
Spelling of last name was probably changed during Lawrence's lifetime.
Lorenzior was commonly called Lawrence.

!RESIDENCE:
Lawrence moved from New York to New Jersey in 1712 with family.

!VOCATION:
Bernice Keister Book in the Tennessee State Archives, there are some
facts recorded about Lawrence. New York records of 29 SEP 1700 show that
the Mayor appointed him High Constable of the city. He was the assessor
of the dock ward, 1705-6. He was listed in both the New York and New
Jersey records as a merchant. He owned land in Monmouth Co., NJ., and
houses and land in New York. He was also an Associate Justice of the
Quarter Sessions of Monmouth Co., NJ from 1714 to 1721.

Wordon, J. D. (1983). "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 113
Years Master Index 1870-1982". Auundsen Pub.: Decorah, IA.

Van Hook, Lawrence 1908 Vol. 39 #1 Page 67
Notes: Vol. 10 Page 47

!DEATH: Will dated 1724 of Freehold, New Jersey.

LAURENS married SMITH JOHANNA HENDRICKS on 3 Jul 1692 in Philadelphia, Chester County, Pennsylvania. JOHANNA was born in 1673 in New YorK; died on 2 Jun 1747 in Faggs Manor, West Chester, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Per Larry Herrin:
!BIRTH: ibid, page 59.

!DEATH: Keister, Bernice (1957). "Van Hook and Allied Families", page 48.

WILLIAM married UNKNOWN MERCY. [Group Sheet]