Hoopert History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Hoopert family

Early History of the Hoopert family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hoopert 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 Hoopert History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Hoopert Spelling Variations

One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Hoopert has appeared include Hooper, Hoopar, Hoopir and others.

Early Notables of the Hoopert 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 Hoopert family

At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Hoopert arrived in North America very early: 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..