Brief Life History of Hooper
When Hooper was born about 1774, in Berwick, York, Maine, United States, her father, Samuel Hooper, was 40 and her mother, Peggy Guptill, was 34. She married Joshua Bracket in United States. She died in Maine, United States.
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1804 · Whitehead Light
In 1804, President Thomas Jefferson authorized the creation of a light station on Whitehead Island. The light house went into service by 1807. It is the third-oldest light house in Maine. Whitehead Light still exists as the private property of Pine Island Camp, a non-profit organization.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English (southwestern): occupational name for a cooper, someone who fitted wooden or metal hoops on wooden casks and barrels, or a barrel-maker, from Middle English hoper, an agent derivative of hop ‘hoop, band’. Compare Cooper .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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