Hooker Cemetery
Irondequoit, New York

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This cemetery is located at 1500 Portland Avenue in the Town of Irondequoit, NY on the northwest corner of the property of St. Ann's Nursing Home.

During the 1950's the top layer of soil and some of the tombstones were bulldozed into the creek next to the cemetery. The West and Hooker family sites were not disturbed. The other tombstones were recovered in 1985 but some tombstones were in many pieces. Over many year, broken fragments have been assembled and made available for reading in the southeast corner of cemetery. Photos of some tombstones are available in the Town Historian's office. Many tombstone photos are available on-line from New York Gravestones.

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ABRAHAM

Frieda; b 9 July 1881; d 26 Nov. 1884

Wilhelmina; b Aug. 1879; d 25 Jan. 1885

ANDERSON

[no further data]

ANDREWS

Betsey A.; b ca. 1835; d 20 Aug. 1849

Delia; [no further data]

Hiram; b ca. 1825; d 28 Feb. 1841

ARRIS

Thomas; b ca. 1801; d 10 Jan. 1875 aged 74y

Polly, wife of Thomas; b ca. 1897; d 7 July 1878 aged 81y

BAIRD

Bridget, wife of John; b ca. 1814, Ireland; settled in Irondequoit in 1838; d 1 Jan. 1875 aged 61y 7m

Henry B.; b 1 March 1848; d 12 June 1872

BARK

Christian; b March 1817; d 1881

BARRUS

Betsey (Enos), wife of Jason; native of Dummerston, Vt.

Enos; native of Dummerston, Vt.

BEACHNER

Susan, wife of George and dau. of John and Mary A. BROWER; b 1831; d 30 March 1872

BENJAMIN

Samuel; b 31 Aug. 1778; d 19 July 1854 aged 75y 10m 19d

Hannah, wife of Samuel; b 25 May 1788; d 18 Sept. 1867 aged 79y 3m 24d

Marcus Orvill; b 30 Oct. 1820; d 10 Feb. 1899

Mary C., wife of Marcus O.; b 21 March 1823; d 8 Nov. 1895

Julia H., dau. of Marcus Orville & Mary; b 21 April 1845; d 28 Feb. 1864

Mary Louisa, dau. of Marcus & Mary; March 24 1848 - Aug. 1, 1866

[3 unidentified]

BODENSTEIN

Conrad; b ca. 1832, Germany; enlisted in 108th Inf. 9 Aug. 1862 from Rochester; attained rank of Sgt. in Co. G; d Irondequoit, 2 Oct. 1875 aged 43y

BRADSTREET

Austin F, son of Austin and Marietta; b 5 Aug. 1846; d (1853)

BRASSER

Marten J.; b ca. 1806; d 31 Jan. 1878 aged 72y 11d

Cornelia J. (VanRooyen), wife of Martin J.; b ca. Apr. 1802; d 2 Dec. 1877 aged 74y 8m

Christian; b ca. 1836; d 15 June 1882 aged 16y 6m

BRISEE

Christian; [no further data]

BROWER

John; b ca. 1790; native of Switzerland; d 17 May 1876 aged 86y 11m 11d

Mary A., wife of John; b ca. 1797; d 27 Feb. 1880 aged 83u 4m 21d

True V. d at age 2y 1m

BROWNELL

John; d ca. 1870

Mary; d ca. 1870

BUELL

[unidentified]

BUNDY

Lucy; d 9 Feb. 1864 aged 90y 6m 12d

[unidentifed]; "my brother"

BURKLE

William; [no further data]

BURT

Margaret; b ca. 1793; d 29 Dec. 1873

BUTLER

[unidentified]

BUTTS

Nicholas; b ca. 1785; d before 1865

Elizabeth, relict of Nicholas; b ca. 1788; d 25 Jan. 1863 aged 76

Henry; b. ca. 1814; Black Hawk War veteran; town clerk 1857-58; d 22 Feb. 1863

Elizabeth; b 3 Sept. 1877; d 18 April 1889

Mary Ann; d 29 Jan. 1873 aged 54y

CARPENTER

Robert; b ca. 1769; d 23 Apr. 1850

Sarah, wife of Robert; d ca. 1770; d 24 June 1852

CARTER

Archibald C.; b 19 Feb. 1800; Black Hawk War veteran; d 30 Jan. 1877 aged 76y

Adaline (Hutchin), wife of Archibald C.; b 11 Sept. 1807; d 15 Dec. 1873 aged 66y 3m 4d

CHAPIN

Seymour; d ca. 1782; d. 1 Oct, 1861 aged 79y 8d [on same stone as Sylvester EVANS]

Betsey, wife of Seymour; b Aug. 1795; d 9 Oct. 1868 aged 73y 2m

Martha A., dau. of Seymour and Betsey; b April 1837; d 11 Aug. 1838 aged 1y 4m

CLAYTON

Ann, dau. of William & Catherine WEST; b ca. 1820; d 20 Sept. 1869 aged 49y

COON (CONE)

Lafayette; b ca. 1834 in Steuben Co., NY; enlisted 19 Feb. 1864 in Co H, 88th Ohio Inf. at Columbus, Ohio; d 1889

COSTICH

Peter (Pierre Andre); b 13 June 1819 Lugnez, Basel, Switzerland; settled in Irondequoit in 1828; Black Hawk War veteran; d 14 Nov. 1863

Martha, wife of Pierre Andre; first husband was ----- MORROW; b 25 Dec. 1828, Ireland; d 17 June 1872

Samuel (Sammy), son of Pierre Andre & Martha; b 3 Aug. 1857; d 6 Mar. 1868

COY

James; b ca. 1803; d 13 March 1881 (1891); farmer on lot 8

Maria, wife of James; b ca. 1794; d 21 Feb. 1871

Jessie, child of James and Marie

little Lucy; [no further data]

Lyman W.; [no further data]

Elias; d 31 June 186_

(3 unidentifed) (Note: Edwin S. Coy in Genealogical Scrapbook says, "6 of 8 children of Maria and James were buried in Hooker Cemetery")

CROSBY

Elizabeth, wife of John; b ca. 1800; d 17 Aug. 1822

DENSMORE

Abel, Jr., son of Abel, Sr. and Getty; b ca. 1804; Black Hawk War veteran; Farmer on lot 20

Getty; b ca. 1779; d 28 Sept. 1815; wife of Abel DENSMORE Sr., who was born 1770-71 in Hampton Co., Mass.; c. 1816, he built first barn in town

DICKINSON

son of A. L.; d 23 Dec. 1917

Levi, son of Patrick P. and Huldah; b 26 June 1787; d 20 June 1815

Oliver P.; 1846 - 1902

Patrick F.; b ca. 1790; d May 1827; came with Alfred L, Dickinson from Ontario Co., N.Y. in 1816

Huldah, wife of Patrick; b 5 Sept. 1791; d 17 Aug. 1829; one of first members of Brighton Presbyterian Church

DUNBAR

Silas; farmer on west side of Brown Road; father-in-law of Clark WILSON

EINWEIN

Hannah; [no further data]

Jacob; b ca. 1818 (possibly born in France); d 26 Sept. 1861 [also as ERNEVEIN]

EVANS

Sylvester; b 12 Sept. 1794; d 25 July 1828 aged 33y 10m 13d; came from Ontario Co. and settled here in 1818; [on same stone as Seymour CHAPIN]

Anna, dau. Sylvester & Betsey; b March 1822; d 5 Aug. 1823 aged 1y 7m

EVERSHED

Jane J. (Palmer), wife of John Sr.; b 10 Aug. 1809; d 21 Dec. 1867 aged 58y 4m 11d

Thomas; b ca. 1776, Sussex, England; settled in Irondequoit in 1834; d 13 April 1835 aged 59y

[5 unidentified burials]

FLINT

Edward, son of Jabez & Elizabeth; b ca. 1805; d 1834

FORD

Jane, wife of Thomas; farmer on lot 33; b April 1824; d 10 Oct. 1888 aged 64y 6m

FORREST

David; b ca. 1822; d 5 July 1882 aged 60y 3m

Eliza H., wife of David; b 12 July 1830, Rochester, NY; d 16 April 1891 aged 60y 10m 1d

FRANCISCO

Cornelius J.; b ca. 1783; d 25 Jan. 1831

GILBERT

Moses H.; b 16 July 1821, Ontario Co., NY; settled in Irondequoit in 1841; farmer in lot 37; d 4 May 1901

Mary J., wife of Moses H.; b 20 June 1845; d 15 Jan. 1879

James; b ca. 1819; d 13 Aug. 1853

Stella, dau. of Moses H. & Mary J.; b 31 May 1863; d 23 Nov, 1867

GODE

Anne; [no further data]

Franklin; [no further data]

GOERS

August; d Sept. 20, 1880 aged 14y 10m 19d

John; d Apr. 24, 1893 aged 25y 5m 26d

GREFFRATH

Louisa, wife of Carl; b 21 Oct. -----; d 12 Jan. 18--

GRAHAM

Hannah, wife of Kelsey B.; b ca. 1824; d 25 May 1852

GREEN

Samuel; b 6 Aug. 1786; d 16 Nov. 1813

HEFFER

Arthur; [no further data]

HERMAN

Eva Catherine (Nagle), wife of John G.; b ca. 1798; d 15 May 1890 aged 92y 5m

Isaac, son of Peter & Nellie VerMuelen HERMAN; b ca. 1899; d. ca. 1899

John, son of Peter & Nellie VerMuelen HERMAN; b ca. 1903; d ca. 1903

John G.; b ca. 1794; native of Baden, Germany; farmer on Titus Ave.; d 5 Feb. 1863

Henry C., son of Henry S. & Mary; d 9 Sept. 187_ aged 3y 11m 3d

Julia C., dau. of Henry S. & Mary; b 26 April 1866; d 26 Feb. 1881 aged 14y 10m 12d

Rachel, dau. of Peter & Nellie VerMuelen HERMAN; b ca. 1894; d. ca. 1894 at age 4m

HERRICK

[unidentified]

HERRING

[unidentified]; d. 1861

HICKOK

Reuben; b 23 May 1790; came from Ontario Co., NY in 1816; d 18 Aug. 1864

Electa, first wife of Reuben H.; b ca. 1797; d 1 Dec. 1829

Betsey, second wife of Reuben H.; b ca. 1807; d 19 Jan. 1881 aged 74y

Avis A., dau. of Reuben & Betsey; b 27 Nov. 1837; d 22 Jan. 1865

Stephen E., son of Reuben & Betsey; b --- 1835; d Sept. 7, ----

HIPP

Mary, wife of George T.; b ca. 1841; d 4 Sept. 1902 aged 61y 11m 12d

George T.; b 14 Aug. 1845; d 7 Apr. 1887 aged 47y 7m 24d

HOBBIE

Albert C., son of Caleb K.; b ca. 1810-15; Dutchess Co., NY; settled in Irondequoit in 1831; Black Hawk War veteran; town clerk, supervisor, assemblyman

Caleb K.; b ca. 1786, New York City; War of 1812 veteran; town clerk; d 28 Aug. 1863 aged 77y

Clarrina (Clark), wife of Caleb K.; b ca. 1783, Westchester Co, NY; d 28 March 1869

Ellen A., dau. of Mills & Marie S.; b ca. 1844; d 11 Oct. 1864

HOFFMAN

Henry; b 5 May 1782; d 28 Oct. 1863 aged 81y 5m 22d

Catherine, wife of Henry; b 28 July 1784; d 5 Jan. 1864

H. C.; b 21 Sept. 1819; d 6 April 1842 (1872)

HOLTZ

Wilhelm; b 14 Apr. 1875; d 27 Feb. 1893 aged 17y 10m 13d

HONDORF

John; b ca. 1856; d 17 July 1884 aged 28y

HOOFMAN

Sandra, dau. of Benjamin & Eunice; b June 1845; d 20 Oct. 1846

HOOKER

Alexander A.; b ca. 1790; came from "Eastern States;" bought farm from Jesse Tainter in 1824; deeded cemetery to town in 1824; first town clerk in 1839; d 2 Jan. 1849 aged 59y

Benjamin; [no further data]

Delia; b 19 Apr. 1831; d 23 Aug. 1831 at age 4m 20d

Harriet F., dau, of Alexander A. & Lucy; b ca. 1836; d 24 Jan. 1860 aged 24y

James H., son of Alexander A. & Lucy; b 23 June 1832, Irondequoit, NY; Captain in 40th Illinois Inf., 125th Regiment in Civil War; d 28 Feb. 1907 in Irondequoit

Lucy, wife of Alexander A. and dau. of Henry CASE of Putnam Co., NY; b ca. 1800; d 26 July 1885 aged 85y

[4 unidentified burials]

HOWARD

John Sr.; b Apr. 1815; farmer, gardener & Senator; d 14 Jan. 1889 aged 7y 9m

Mary, wife of John; b ca. 1816; d 20 May 1892 aged 76y

HOYT

Enos; b ca. 1785; d 19 April 1847

HUMPHREY

James; b ca. 1787; d 13 Apr. 1839

Betsey (Pomeroy), first wife of James; b ca. 1797; d 10 Sept. 1826

Lucy (Pomeroy), second wife of James (sister of Betsey); b ca. 1804; d 23 June 1838

HYLAND

Andrew J.; b ca. 1861; d 16 Apr. 1890, Irondequoit (his mother was Mrs. Harriet PEACOCK)

KILLICK

Sarah, wife of Thomas; b ca. 1792; d 19 Sept. 1834 aged 42y

Henry; d 1831

Thomas; [no further data]

KING

Dorothea; d June 18, 1867 aged 61y

KUHRT

Bertha, dau. of A. & J.; b 31 Dec. 1887, d 2 Aug. 1889

LEGGETT

Joseph; b ca. 1778; War of 1812 veteran; farmer; came in 1815 from Saratoga Co., NY; d 12 Oct. 1865

Elizabeth (Betsey), wife of Joseph; b ca. 1784; d 29 June 1862

dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth; b ca. 1802; d 31 March 1875

son of Joseph and Elizabeth; b ca. 1818; d 10 April 1848

James, d 2 Dec. 1836

Robert; b Aug. 1855; d 19 April 1872 aged 66y 8m

[3 unidentified burials]

LIVINGSTON

Henry; b ca. 1808; Black Hawk War veteran; d 21 July 1846 aged 38y

Emily, wife of Henry; d 8 Dec. 1891 aged 86y

LODER

Pettit; b ca. 1759; Revolutionary War veteran; came in 1816 from Ontario Co., NY; d 26 July 1824

Elizabeth, wife of Pettet; b 1761; founding member of Brighton Presbyterian Church; d 7 May 1824

LORCHER

Louie J., son of George & Christina; b Oct. 1880; d 26 Dec. 1880

LORD

[unidentified]

LOUGHTON

William; b ca. 1833; d 22 Nov. 1866 aged 33y

LUSSOW

Wilhelmina; b 21 July 1869; d 1 April 1876

MANNING

John T., b ca. 1789; enlisted 1812 in 1st Regt. N.J. Volunteers, but did not muster; enlisted 2 Sept. 1814 in 11th N.Y. Arty. Regt in Captain Brenner's Company and did muster; d 16 May 1856 aged 76y

MASON

Thomas H., son of John & Martha; b 27 June 1829; d 26 May 1858

MORRIS

Lucy C., wife of R. and dau. of Alex. A. & Lucy Hooker; b ca. 1821; d 13 Oct. 1856 aged 35y

MORTON

Clarissa (Coy), wife of Philander H.; b ca. 1857; d 13 Oct. 1874

NEWCOMB

Silas; died 1821 (Noted as being buried here in an Editorial in the Democrat & Chronicle dated May 16, 1962

PAMMENTER

[unidentified]

PERKINS

Mary C. (Ball), first wife of Alfred who was born 1820 in Connecticut and settled in Irondequoit in 1822; she b ca. 1821; d 16 June 1869 aged 48y 10m

John A., son of Alfred & Mary C.; b ca. 1853; d 17 April 1881 aged 22y

Alma R., dau. of Alfred & Mary C.; d 16 June 1869 aged 22y 14d

Ella G., dau. of Alfred & Mary C.; d 16 June 1869 aged 8y 4m

PERRY

John; b ca. 1797; d 29 Jan. 1886

Phoebe (Phebe); b ca. 1804; d 29 July 1886

POMEROY
(or POMROY)

 
Elisha H.; Black Hawk War veteran

Louisa, wife of Elisha H.; b ca. 1811; d 26 July 1835

RAYTON

Elizabeth, wife of Thomas and dau. of John and Susan Puckett GEE; b ca. 1823; d 29 Aug. 1906 [may have been removed to Irondequoit Cemetery]

Thomas; b Jan. 1824; gardener and farmer on lot 31; d 13 Aug. 1889; [may have been removed to Irondequolt Cemetery]

George; b Jan. 1829, Irondequoit; gardener and farmer on lot 31; d 9 Nov. 1894

Elizabeth, dau. of William and Elizabeth WEST; b July 1833, England; d 1 Jan. 1908, Irondequoit

Frank; [no further data]

RIEWALD

Caroline; d 10 Feb. 1876

Johann; d 11 March 1883 aged 56y

John; b ca. 1825; d 1909

Dora, wife of John; 1825 - 1909

ROBINSON

[unidentified] (related to Frederick SMITH by marriage; per Maude West)

ROGERS

Ezra, son of Diodate Pratt & Laura ROGERS; b 24 July 1827; d 13 Dec. 1855

RUDMAN

Charles; b ca. 1793; native of England; d 2 May 1862

David; b 22 May 1818; native of England; d 1 March 1887 aged 84y 11m 9d

Eliza (Porter), wife of David; b ca. 1814; d 22 Oct. 1881 aged 67y

Frances Marie, dau. of David & Eliza; b ca. 1852, d 3 Nov. 1863

Henry, son of Charles and Mary (Ramter); b June 1829, England; gardener and farmer in lot 50; d 15 Aug. 1905, Irondequoit

John

Lucy, wife of John; b ca. 1844. d 20 Nov. 1875

Rachel, wife of Henry; b ca. 1819, d 13 Jan. 1895

Thomas; b ca. 1814; d 26 Feb. 1885 aged 77y

David, son of Thomas & Elizabeth; d 20 March 1891 aged aged 41y

SASS

Elisabeth, dau. of Joachim & Sophia C. d 10 Sept. 1868

Heinrich C. T., son of Joachim G. & Sophia C.; d 11 Sept. 1861

Joachim, husband of Sophia C.; b 10 Feb. 1824; d 30 June 1882 aged 58y 4m 20d

SCHNADER

Frederick; Aug. 1, 1834 - Dec. 9, 1884

SCHUMACHER

Lowiese, b 18 Aug. 1857; d 26 June 1864 aged 6y 10m 8d

SHERRY

Franklin, son of James & Narilla; b 24 April 1846; d 7 Jan. 1858

Harriet (Amelia); b 18 May 1846; d 29 Jan. 1907

James; b 1 Feb. 1811; farmer on lot 10, supervisor, justice; d 20 Nov. 1881

Narilla, wife of James; b 23 May 1815, d 14 March 1883

Oliver, son of James & Narilla; b 10 Sept. 1848; d 3 Oct. 1853

[unidentified]

SLATER

Albert, presumably son of Charles and Fredericker; b ca. 1856; d 15 Nov. 1862 aged 6y

Charles; b ca. 1828; d 16 Aug. 1900 aged 72y

Frank, presumably son of Charles and Fredericker; b ca. 1859; d 11 Aug. 1883 aged 24y

Fredericker, wife of Charles; b ca. 1825; d 17 Jan. 1898 aged 72y

William A., presumably son of Charles & Fredericker; b ca. 1857; d 14 Oct. 1873 aged 16y

SMITH

Polly (Hoffman), wife of Orlander; 5 Nov. 1802; d 3 Jan. 1858 aged 55y 1m 29d

STANTON

Esther, wife of Henry; b 19 Oct. 1804; d 5 June 1874 aged 69y 7m 16d

Henry; b 23 Sept. 1798; farmer on lot 31; d 10 Nov. 1875 aged 77y 1m 18d

Mary C., poss. second wife of Ezra; b Dec. 1853; d 23 Feb. 1885 aged 34y 3m

Rose L., prob. first wife of Ezra; b 15 March 1836; d 5 March 1878 aged 41y 11m 18d

STORY

Excuse, wife of James; b ca. 1787; d 3 July 1838

James; b ca. 1786; d 5 Oct. 1847

Parilla, prob. dau. of James & Excuse; b ca. 1815; d 10 April 1848

William, prob. son of James & Excuse, b ca. 1806; d 11 Aug. 1826

SWAYNE

James; b ca. 1801, Berkshire, England; Irondequoit Town clerk for various years between 1842 and 1863; supervisor for various years between 1848 and 1858; d 29 Feb. 1864 aged 63y

Eliza Parkinson, widow of James; b in London 22 Dec. 1801; d in Irondequoit 15 March 1871

TOWLES

James C.; b 25 Jan. 1829; d 2 April l882 aged 53y 2m 7d

Janette (Jeanette)

Mary Addie, wife of James C.; b ca. 1854, d 2 April 1883 aged **y 1m 21d

VanMETER

Anna L., dau. of Rev. Henry L. & Louisa of Bassein, Burma; d at age 6 years 9 mo.

Katie Helen, dau. of Rev. Henry L. & Louisa of Bassein, Burma; d at age of 3 years

VOSS

Auguste; b 18 Aug. 1835, Poganits, Germeny; d 21 June 1884, Rochester

WARING

Cynthia (Crosby), wife of Isaac; b ca. 1789; d 24 Feb. 1840 aged 51y 10m

Isaac; came to Irondequoit in 1816 from Southeast, Putnam Co., NY; farmer on lots 19 and 48

[illegible], wife of Elias; d 1 Jan. 1837 aged 23 years, 10 months & 20 days

WARREN

Fannie Mable, dau. of Stephen and Fannie; b 22 Nov. 1885; d 15 Dec. 1887

WEED

Mary Ann (Crosby?), possible sister of Cynthia Crosby WARING; b 12 May 1813; d 1 Jan. 1837

WELLS

Philemon; b ca. 1825; farmer on lot 19; d 20 Sept. 1890 aged 55y

Precilla (West), wife of Philemon; b 27 April 1835; d 6 July 1889 aged 54y 2m 9d

WEST

William; b ca. 1794, England; d 30 Nov. 1874 aged 80y

Catharine, wife of William; b ca. 1794; native of England; d 20 Oct. 1872 aged 78y

James H., son of William; b 1816, Leicestershire. England; settled in Irondequoit in 1847; farmer and seed grower on lot 31; d 27 Feb. 1879 in Irondequoit

Sophia (Thompson), wife of James H.; b ca. 1819; Leicestershire, England; d 28 Dec. 1866, Irondequoit

William Henry, son of James and Sophia; b ca. 1843; d 13 Nov. 1867

WESTPHAL

Sophia, wife of August; b 24 Oct. 1843; d 30 Nov. 1886

WHITE

Crawford D., son of Jedediah and Sally; b ca. 1844, Sgt. in Co. F, 108th NY Vol. Inf., Civil War; d 14 Nov. 1863

Sarah (Sally) (Tallman), wife of Jedediah; b ca. 1792; d 1873; (traced ancestry to Mayflower Pilgrims)

WILTSIE

Hannah; b ca. 1774; d 28 Oct. 1845 aged 71y

WOLCOTT

Henry; b ca. l79l; d 5 Oct. 1861 aged 80y

Maria, wife of Henry; b ca. 1793; d 25 Sept. 1859 aged 64

Julia Ann, dau. of Henry and Maria; b; ca. 1837; d 9 Jan. 1853 aged 16

Samuel B., son of Henry and Maria ; b ca. 1827; d 23 Feb. 1849

unknown

Margaret E., (husband's name not known) dau. of Hexton & Elnor DECKENSON; widow; b ca. 1824, New York State; d 21 April 1905

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