Hezekiah Hopper

Brief Life History of Hezekiah

When Hezekiah Hopper was born on 4 March 1804, in Henry, Virginia, United States, his father, Captain James B Hopper, was 26 and his mother, Elizabeth Oakes, was 24. He married Mildred Fulkerson Hill on 20 September 1823, in Henry, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Clay, Clay, Virginia, United States in 1830 and Civil District 11, Marion, Tennessee, United States in 1880. He died on 28 June 1880, in Madison, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hezekiah Hopper
1804–1880
Mildred Fulkerson Hill
1798–1871
Marriage: 20 September 1823
James Manning Hopper
1825–1863
Philip B Hopper
1833–1875

Sources (11)

  • Hezekiah Hopper, "United States, Census, 1840"
  • Ezekial Hopper, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
  • Hezekiah Hopper, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812 · Monumental Church Built

The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.

1824 · """Mary Randolph Publishes """"The Virginia Housewife"""""""

“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America. 

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a dancer, from an agent derivative of Middle English hoppen ‘to dance, hop, leap’ (Old English hoppian). See Hoppe 4.

English: topographic name from Middle English hoper, hopper, in Sussex and Kent denoting someone who lived at a remote place, probably an enclosed piece of land in marsh. The name derives from Middle English hop (see Hope ) + -er, and was interchangeable with (atte) hope.

English: possibly a variant of Hooper .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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