Hopewell History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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 Hopewell or a variant listed above:

Hopewell Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

• Hugh Hopewell, who arrived in Maryland in 1641 1
• Ann Hopewell, who arrived in Maryland in 1663 1
• Ma Hopewell, who landed in Virginia in 1664 1
• Suzan Hopewell, who arrived in Maryland in 1666 1

Hopewell Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• Benjamin T Hopewell, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1838 1
• John Hopewell, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1838 1
• John Page Hopewell, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1838 1
• John Hopewell to Philadelphia in 1840

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Hopewell Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

• William Hopewell, who was recorded in Carleton County, Ontario in 1879

Hopewell Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

• Mr. Timothy Hopewell (Tarry), (b. 1819), aged 21, British Convict who was convicted in Leicester, England for 15 years for stealing, transported aboard the "Asia" on 25th April 1840, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land), he died in 1891 2
• Miss Ann Hopewell, (Mary), English convict who was convicted in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Duchess of Northumberland" on 25th November 1852, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 3

• Pollard Hopewell (1786-1789), American midshipman in the United States Navy who was killed in the battle of the US frigate Chesapeake with the British frigate Shannon in the War of 1812, eponym of the USS Hopewell (DD-181), a Wickes-class destroyer and the USS Hopewell (DD-681), a Fletcher-class destroyer
• Jacob Hopewell (1831-1875), American inventor of the Hopewell Machine and noted eccentric; he claimed to have invented a machine that could be used to communicate with the dead via the transference of image
• Menra Hopewell (1821-1881), American physician and author, best known as the author of a biography of DeWitt Clinton
• Melville Reeves Hopewell (1845-1911), American Republican politician, Delegate to Nebraska State Constitutional Convention, 1875; District Judge in Nebraska, 1887-96; Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, 1907-11 4
• William Hopewell, English footballer who played in the Football League from 1886 to 1893
• Chris Hopewell, English music video director
• Charles Hopewell (1861-1931), Canadian politician, Mayor of Ottawa, Ontario from 1909 to 1912
• John Hopewell (1920-2015), British urologist, a pioneer in both kidney dialysis and transplantation
• Clive Hopewell, British partner in the UK headquartered law firm Charles Russell LLP