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A Congregational minister, was born in Bethlehem, Conn., Aug. 29, 1762. He graduated at Yale College in 1789, and was installed pastor at Goshen in September 1791. This charge he resigned on account of ill health June 12, 1810. After preaching in various pulpits, he became pastor of Chelsea parish, Norwich, Conn., Jan. 16, i812, where he remained until his death, April 19, 1813. Mr. Hooker published several occasional sermons, and a number of articles in the Connecticut Evangelical Magazine. — Sprague, Annals, 2, 316.