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William Hooper

William Hooper[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

Male 1617 - 1678  (61 years)


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  • Name William Hooper 
    Birth 1617  Reading, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 7, 9, 10
    Gender Male 
    Migration 13 Jul 1635  From London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
    To Boston
    aboard James 
    • The ship arrived during the last week of September, 1635.
    • Role: Passenger
    Freeman 10 May 1658  [1, 3
    Occupation weaver  [3, 10]
    Will 5 Aug 1678  [28


    • THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF WILLIAM HOOPER
      of Reading, made the ffift day of August. 1678 being in my perfect Memory.

      ffirst I give my soule to god whoe gave it to mee. and my body to dust: from whence it came

      It. I give halfe my land. upland and Meddow ground to my wife during her life and the other halfe of my land and Meddow. I give to my son William and his heirs for ever: And my will is. That hee shall improve it all. And his mother to have halfe the profitt during her life. and at her decease: hee my son William to have all my land and Meddow and Cattle: And to pay to my six children that are unmarryed ffive pounds apiece. as they shall come to age: But hee shall not pay any for two yeers after my decease. And my Will is that my two younger sons shalbe with their mother and my son William till they bee ffifteene yeers of age to be helpfull to them And then my Will is That they may be sett to some Trade. And if either of them have amind to bee a weaver. Then I doe will to him to have my Loomes. and all my Tackling to them. And my household stuffe. I give it all to my wife to bee at her owne dispose. But if my wife should marry. All my lands and Cattle shalbe my son Williams. only the household goods: to bee my wifes. as is willed before as witnesse my hand

      the marke of
      Witnessed by William W hooper
      Thomas Marshall
      John Severne
      Thomas Bancroft
      And my will is that my brother Captayne Marshall. and my Cousine Ensigne Bancroft shalbe my overseers to this will as abovesaid
    Death 5 Dec 1678  Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 10, 28, 29, 30
    • "William Hooper" says he died in 1679.
    Person ID I6557  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 13 Oct 2019 

    Father ________ Hooper 
    Mother ________ ________ 
    Family ID F18182  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Fletcher,   b. 13 Apr 1625   d. Bef 1656, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 30 years)  [8, 31
    Marriage Abt 1647  [1, 3, 31
    Children 
     1. Mary Hooper,   b. 24 Nov 1647, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1697, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
     2. James Hooper,   b. 5 Dec 1649, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1649, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +3. Sarah Hooper,   b. 7 Dec 1650, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1711, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     4. Ruth Hooper,   b. 15 Apr 1652, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 15 Apr 1653, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 0 years)
     5. Ruth Hooper,   b. 15 Apr 1653, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1715, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F1356  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

    Family 2 Ruth Marshall,   b. Abt 1636  [31
    Marriage Bef 1656  [1, 2, 3, 10, 31
    Children 
     1. Rebecca Hooper,   b. 28 Oct 1656, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1715, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
    +2. William Hooper,   b. 3 Nov 1658, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1692, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)
     3. Hannah Hooper,   b. 31 Mar 1662, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Elizabeth Hooper,   b. 20 Aug 1665, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jan 1699 (Age 33 years)
     5. Thomas Hooper,   b. 2 Apr 1668, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. John Hooper,   b. 5 Jul 1670, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1708/9, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
    Family ID F1868  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1617 - Reading, Berkshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMigration - To Boston,aboard James  - 13 Jul 1635 - London, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 5 Dec 1678 - Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
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  • Coats of Arms
    Hooper Coat of Arms
    Hooper Coat of Arms

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S34] Penobscot Pioneers, Volume 4, 51, 00420.

    2.  2.  [S147] Connecticut Genealogies, 00113.

    3.  3.  [S509] Hooper Genealogy, 1, 00285.

    4.  4.  [S590] Descendants of Thomas Farr, 17, 00155.

    5.  5.  [S602] Vital Records of MA, 1620-1850, Reading:131, 00596.

    6.  6.  [S576] TGMSP, Adam Hawkes, 00516.

    7.  7.  [S1137] Planters of the Commonwealth, 152, 00988.

    8.  8.  [S576] TGMSP, Thomas Wardwell, 00516.

    9.  9.  [S1410] Hotten, 107, 00299.

    10.  10.  [S168] Hamlin Family, 151, 00249.

    11.  11.  [S263] Ralph Farnham, 1, 00442.

    12.  12.  [S388] Ships to America, spls/635ne013.htm#James, 00478.

    13.  13.  [S339] Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester V2, 51, 00217.

    14.  14.  [S871] Ralph Farnum, Vol. 1, 9, 00867.

    15.  15.  [S576] TGMSP, John Johnson, 00516.

    16.  16.  [S1282] Fifty Great Migration Colonists To New England & Their Origins, 149, 01124.

    17.  17.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 34379773, 00974.

    18.  18.  [S867] TAG, 13:230, 00863.

    19.  19.  [S576] TGMSP, William Ballard (1), 00516.

    20.  20.  [S867] TAG, 41:12, 00863.

    21.  21.  [S1137] Planters of the Commonwealth, 151, 00988.

    22.  22.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 37810601, 00974.

    23.  23.  [S238] Booth Family, 4, 00074.

    24.  24.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 41:127, 00390.

    25.  25.  [S867] TAG, 69:35, 00863.

    26.  26.  [S1410] Hotten, 88, 00299.

    27.  27.  [S576] TGMSP, Ralph Farnham, 00516.

    28.  28.  [S509] Hooper Genealogy, 2, 00285.

    29.  29.  [S250] William Hooper, 9, 00628.

    30.  30.  [S602] Vital Records of MA, 1620-1850, Reading:533, 00596.

    31.  31.  [S250] William Hooper, 6, 00628.