Hezekiah Hopper

4 March 1804–28 June 1880 (Age 76)
Henry, Virginia, United States

The Life Summary 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 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

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    20 September 1823Henry, Virginia, United States
    • Children

    (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (15)

    +10 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1808
    Age 4
    Atlantic slave trade abolished.
    1812 · Monumental Church Built
    Age 8
    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"""""""
    Age 20
    “The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America. 

    Name Meaning

    (1997: 10114;2007: 20175; 2010: 27353)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.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Hopping
    Hoppe

    Sources (7)

    • Hezekiah Hopper, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Ezekial Hopper, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
    • Hezekiah Hopper in household of Harriett Jackson, "United States Census, 1880"

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