FIRST GENERATION

1. Hardy HOOKS⁽¹⁾ was born in 1732.⁽²⁾ He owned 350 acres on the South side of Great Swamp, near Burnt Swamp in Dobbs County (now Wayne Co.) deeded on 7 Apr 1778 in Dobbs County (now Wayne Co.) by Jacob Bardin. ⁽³⁾ This property was located just northwest of what is now Fremont. He was listed in the Tax List in 1786 in Wayne County. ⁽³⁾ He appeared on the census in 1800 in Wayne County.⁽³⁾ The household is listed as having 7 "free white males," 5 "free white females," and 15 slaves. (1800 Census, Wayne Co., NC, handwritten page #236) He died in 1801 in NC.⁽²⁾ "Hardy Hooks, believed to be the first of the Hooks family to settle in Wayne County, lived in what is now the northwestern corner of the county. His will, filed in 1801, lists his wife and fourteen children as heirs." (source: "Hardy Hooks Family" in Heritage of Wayne County, North Carolina, p.290)

He was married to Drusilla (Drucilla?) BARDIN (daughter of Jacob BARDIN and Sarah FUTREL).⁽²⁾ Drusilla (Drucilla?) BARDIN⁽²⁾ was born in 1734.⁽⁴⁾ She died in 1814. ⁽⁴⁾ Hardy HOOKS and Drusilla (Drucilla?) BARDIN had the following children:

2 i. Nancy HOOKS⁽²⁾ was born in 1767. ⁽²⁾
3 ii. Elizabeth HOOKS⁽²⁾ was born in 1768. ⁽²⁾
+4 iii. Ephraim HOOKS.
5 iv. Mary HOOKS⁽²⁾ was born in 1772. ⁽²⁾
6 v. Pearsey HOOKS⁽²⁾ was born in 1775. ⁽²⁾
7 vi. Alsey HOOKS⁽²⁾ was born in 1777. ⁽²⁾
8 vii. Sarah HOOKS⁽²⁾ was born in 1778. ⁽²⁾
+9 viii. Robert HOOKS.
10 ix. Patience HOOKS⁽²⁾ was born in 1783. ⁽²⁾
+11 x. Jacob HOOKS.
+12 xi. Bardin HOOKS.
13 xii. Harmon HOOKS⁽²⁾ was born in 1789. ⁽²⁾ He died in 1871. ⁽²⁾
14 xiii. Charlotte HOOKS⁽²⁾ was born in 1793. ⁽²⁾
+15 xiv. Cullen HOOKS.