Contact Admin. Argent a fesse vair between two lions passant, guardant, sable. CrestβA hind pass, or, in the mouth a branch, leaved vert, flowered argent. In his book, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, Charles Wareing Bardsley suggests the former is the true origin, but admits there is a lack of documentation to definitively prove this.
It derives from the Old English word hoc , meaning hook. The Teutonic word hoc , hoh , or hoch means a hill or elevated place.
One source claims the family was first found in Norfolk, England. In the United States Census of , the last name Hooker ranked 2, th.
Regarding this surname, H. Guppy writes the following in his book Homes of Family Names: He bore the following coat of arms: Azure, a fesse between three gold fleur-de-lis likely to symbol his victory over France.
He had a son named Jago Voell who was born in in Hants, England. He married a woman named Alice and left a son named John prior to his death in Robert was born in in Exeter in Devon and was a Member of Parliament. He married Agnes Dobell and also Margery Bolter. Balsemus had a son named Samuel who was born in in St. Samuel had a son named Joseph born in Joseph married Mary Hocken and had a son named Samuel with her. Henry was born in in Boston, Massachusetts. He died in Westford, Vermont.
