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Thomas Hooker Grave

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Thomas Hooker stands among the most influential early Puritan leaders in colonial New England. A gifted preacher, theological thinker, and community organizer, Hooker played a foundational role in the development of democratic ideas in America and in the founding of the colony of Connecticut. His life reflects the broader story of Puritan migration, religious reform, and the shaping of early Read more...
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Thomas Hooker Statue

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Thomas Hooker was born in Leicestershire, England, and graduated from Cambridge with a Master’s in 1611, the year the translators produced the Authorized (King James) Bible. Hooker pastored in Surrey starting in 1620, and then in Chelmsford in 1626. But in 1629, because of his Puritan sympathies he was forced to flee to Rotterdam, and then in 1633, following the Read more...