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Lieutenant VAN HOOK SAMUEL

Male - 1818


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  • Name VAN HOOK SAMUEL  [1] 
    Title Lieutenant 
    Born Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1818  Harrison County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried 1818  Harrison County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I27216  Gynzer's Genealogy Database
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2005 

    Father VAN HOOK HENDRICK (HENRY),   d. Aft 18 Feb 1749/50, Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother PARENT DEBORA,   b. Abt 1700, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 15 Jul 1721  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F09419  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family HIGGINS HANNAH,   b. Abt 1740,   d. 1780, Ruddles Station, Harrison County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Married Abt 1768  North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
    +1. VAN HOOK BENJAMIN,   b. Feb 1771, Russell County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1854, Brodhead, Rockcastle County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years)
     2. VAN HOOK MARY (POLLY),   b. Bef 1775, Washington County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. VAN HOOK ABNER LEWIS,   b. 7 Feb 1775, Washington County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1852, Cynthiana, Harrison Copunty, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     4. VAN HOOK ARCHELAUS,   b. 7 Jun 1777, Washington County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jul 1844, Crawfordsville, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     5. VAN HOOK THOMAS,   b. 1779, Washington County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1814, Lincoln County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)
     6. VAN HOOK RUSSELL,   b. Abt 1780
     7. VAN HOOK MARTIN,   b. Abt 1780, Washington County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1832, Harrison County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years)
     8. VAN HOOK WINFRED,   b. Abt 1783, Washington County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. VAN HOOK MARY (POLLY),   b. 1792
    Family ID F09407  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S096727] Larry Herrin/penengr2/@/aol.com.


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