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Thomas Van Hook 1797–1880 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Nov 1797

Birth Location: Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 25 Apr 1880

Death Location: Tarentum, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvina

Father: Isaac Hook

Mother: Mary Craig

Spouse(s): Olive Byington, Mary Todd

Children(s): Mary Hook, Lucinda Hook, John Hook, William Hook, Frances Hook, Thomas Hook, Joseph Hook, Isaac Hook, James Hook

Thomas Van Hook was born in 1797 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Isaac Van Hook And Mary Polly Craig. Thomas Van Hook married Mary Todd, Olive Newton Byington, and had children including Frances Jane Fanny Van Hook, Isaac Clark Van Hook, James W Van Hook, John Todd Waterman Van Hook, Joseph Huston Van Hook, Lucinda Phoebe Lucy Van Hook, Mary Diana Van Hook, Thomas Craig Van Hook, William H Van Hook. Thomas Van Hook passed away in 1880 in Tarentum, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvina.

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Biography

  • Thomas Van Hook was born in 1797 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Isaac Van Hook And Mary Polly Craig.
  • Thomas Van Hook married Mary Todd, Olive Newton Byington, and had children including Frances Jane Fanny Van Hook, Isaac Clark Van Hook, James W Van Hook, John Todd Waterman Van Hook, Joseph Huston Van Hook, Lucinda Phoebe Lucy Van Hook, Mary Diana Van Hook, Thomas Craig Van Hook, William H Van Hook.
  • Thomas Van Hook passed away in 1880 in Tarentum, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvina.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Thomas Hook's Ancestors

Self
Thomas Hook
1797–1880
Birth Place: Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
Isaac Van Hook
1774–1834
New Jersey, USA
Mary (Polly) Craig
1773–1825
Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
Grandparents
Arendt (Van) Hook
1747–1798
Abigail Stevens
1752–1810
Gorham, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Thomas Craig
1725–1785
Northern Ireland
Mary Truex
1727–1772
Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
Great-Grandparents
Isaac Hook
1721–1760
Cornelia Sebring
1720–1773
William CRAIG.
1685–1756
Janet Stuart
1689–1756
John Truax
1704–1778
Sytje VanKirk
1705–1778
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Arent Hook
1690–1798
Fredrick Sebring
1684–

Thomas Hook's Descendants

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Thomas (Van) Hook (12 Nov 1797–25 Apr 1880) m. Olive (Newton) Byington (20 Jan 1830–01 Jan 1919) m. Mary Todd (Jul 8, 1804–Dec 25, 1849)
  1. 1. Mary (Diana Van) Hook 1825–1916
  2. 2. Lucinda (Phoebe ( Lucy) Van) Hook 1827–1903
  3. 3. John (Todd Waterman Van) Hook 1829–1901
  4. 4. William (H Van) Hook 1831–1854
  5. 5. Frances (Jane (Fanny) Van) Hook 1833–1890
  6. 6. Thomas (Craig Van) Hook 1835–1862
  7. 7. Joseph (Huston Van) Hook 1837–
  8. 8. Isaac (Clark Van) Hook 1840–1905
  9. 9. James (W Van) Hook 1841–

Thomas Hook's Timeline

2 Records

1797
12 Nov 1797
Birth of Thomas Van Hook in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
1880
25 Apr 1880
Age 83
Death of Thomas Van Hook in Tarentum, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvina
Tarentum, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvina

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Nov 1797
    Event Place: Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Monongahela Valley Republican; Publication Date: 6 May 1880; Publication Place: Monongahela, Pennsylvania, USA; ,0.7691866,0.23936833,0.8206701&xid

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Webster, PA.
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Monongahela Valley Republican; Publication Date: 6 May 1880; Publication Place: Monongahela, Pennsylvania, USA; ,0.7691866,0.23936833,0.8206701&xid

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Apr 1880
    Event Place: Tarentum, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvina
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Monongahela Valley Republican; Publication Date: 6 May 1880; Publication Place: Monongahela, Pennsylvania, USA; ,0.7691866,0.23936833,0.8206701&xid

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