When Olive Hopper was born on 25 July 1781, in Orange, New York, United States, her father, Cornelius M. Hopper, was 25 and her mother, Hannah Rockwell, was 20. She married Greene Main Bentley Jr. about 1798, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Veteran, Chemung, New York, United States in 1860. She died on 14 November 1862, in Millport, Chemung, New York, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Millport Cemetery, Millport, Chemung, New York, United States.
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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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