Sarah Ann Hooper

12 May 1808–21 July 1876 (Age 68)
Hamilton Square, Hamilton Township, Mercer, New Jersey, United States

The Life Summary of Sarah Ann

When Sarah Ann Hooper was born on 12 May 1808, in Hamilton Square, Hamilton Township, Mercer, New Jersey, United States, her father, Thomas Hooper, was 28 and her mother, Abigail Lanning, was 25. She died on 21 July 1876, in New Jersey, United States, at the age of 68.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Hooper
1779–1861
Abigail Lanning
1782–1876
John Lanning Hooper
1803–1883
Moses Hooper
1805–
Sarah Ann Hooper
1808–1876
Lanning Hooper
1809–
Stephen Hooper
1812–
Mary Hooper
1814–
Martha Hooper
1818–
Thomas Hooper
1810–1856
Mary E Hooper
1824–
Ralph H. Hooper
1827–1899

Parents and Siblings

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World Events (8)

1812
Age 4
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1820
Age 12
On January 28, 1820, the New Jersey Legislature incorporated the City of Jersey from parts of the Bergen Township. The city would be reincorporated two more times (January 23, 1829 and February 22, 1838) before receiving its official name. Jersey City became part of the new Hudson County in February of 1840.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 22
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

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.

Possible Related Names

Cooper

Sources (1)

  • Miscellaneous Early Families Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey

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