Hoopar History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Hoopar family

Early History of the Hoopar family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hoopar research. Another 105 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1273, 1444, 1495, 1515, 1553, 1555, 1621, 1640, 1727, 1742, 1774, 1777, 1790, 1827, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1853 and 1854 are included under the topic Early Hoopar History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Hoopar Spelling Variations

The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore, spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Hoopar has been recorded under many different variations, including Hooper, Hoopar, Hoopir and others.

Early Notables of the Hoopar family

Notables of this surname at this time include: John Hooper (c. 1495-1555), Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester, born towards the end of the fifteenth century in Somerset, where his father was a man of wealth. The exact date and place are not known. He himself usually spelt his name Hoper, others wrote it Houper. 4 He was executed for heresy by burning during the reign of Queen Mary I. He was a Protestant reformer and a Protestant martyr. Edmund Hooper (1553?-1621), was an English organist and composer, born about 1553 at Halberton near Tiverton, Devon, and was brought up at Bradninch...
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Migration of the Hoopar family

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Hoopar or a variant listed above: Arthur Hooper settled in Virginia in 1653; Henry Hooper settled with his wife and servants in Boston in 1716; John Hooper settled in Boston in 1712; Thomas Hooper settled in Virginia in 1635..