A Patriot of the American Revolution for NEW JERSEY with the rank of CAPTAIN. DAR Ancestor # A118106

Lawrence VanHook is the only Revolutionary War veteran buried in Jackson County, Iowa, and one of a very few buried in the state of Iowa. VanHook served as a captain of the lst Battalion of the New Jersey Militia. He was named a First Leiutenant after being in the militia only 9 days. After the Revolutionary War he practiced medicine in Philadelphia until 1845 when he moved to an area northeast of Maquoketa, Iowa. The DAR Chapter in Jackson County, Iowa is named after him.

Children include: Hannah Van Hook, Mary Van Hook, Deborah Van Hook, Elizabeth Van Hook, Evelina Van Hook, Reeves Parker Van Hook, Theophilus Van Hook, Katherine Van Hook, Lorenzo Van Hook, Franklin Davenport Van Hook, Joseph Bloomfield Van Hook, William Van Hook, Samuel Van Hook