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     James Hooper was born 1792-1800. He died after 1840.
He is assumed to be the second of the three sons, because he was named after eldest child William in the 1812 will of their uncle Gavin Alves (1812). Death date is set after 1828, the publication date ofBiography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, by John Sanderson and Robert Waln, 2nd ed. pp 109-130 of vol. 5. Biography says "there are still living three children of his eldest son William; viz, William ..; Thomas, a lawyer; and James; a merchant; the two last, residents of Fayetteville." James Hooper was not named in the 1817 will of his stepfather Joseph Caldwell. James H. Hooper is listed on the Cumberland County 1830 and 1840 censuses, living at Fayetteville. James was a merchant. He was born in 1797 in USA. He was the son of William Hooper and Helen Hogg.
     James Hooper married Margaret Broadfoot in Fayetteville, Cumberland county, North Carolina, USA. They had no issue..
     James died on 26 June 1841 in Fayetteville, NC, USA.

     James Hooper was born on 5 August 1847 in 28 St John's Street, Clerkenwell, London. He was the son of John James Hooper and Sarah Elizabeth Horder. James Hooper was christened on 21 September 1847 in St James, Clerkenwell. James and Robinah were listed as the children of John James Hooper in the 1851 census in St John Street, Brewhouse Yard, Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex. James, Robinah, Sarah, Walter, Emily, Frank and Charles were listed as the children of John James Hooper in the 1861 census in 2 Hill-Martin Villas West, Islington.

     James Hooper was born before April 1864 in Hoxton, Middlesex. He was the son of John James Hooper and Sarah Elizabeth Horder. James Hooper was listed as Walter Henry Hooper's brother in the 1881 census in 8 Rawstone Street, Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex.

     James Brereton Hooper was born on 24 September 1869 in Brighton, Sussex. He was the son of Rev Robert Poole Hooper and Harriet Brereton. James Brereton Hooper was christened on 28 October 1869 in St Nicholas, Brighton. George, Harriet, Augusta, Margaret, Herbert, Helen, William and James were listed as the children of Rev Robert Poole Hooper in the 1871 census in 29 Cambridge Rd, Hove, Sussex. Harriet, Margaret, Helen, Herbert, William and James were listed as the children of Rev Robert Poole Hooper in the 1881 census in 31 Cambridge Road, Hove, Sussex. Augusta Maude Hooper, Helen Elizabeth Hooper and James Brereton Hooper were listed as Rev Robert Poole Hooper's adult children in the 1901 census in 31 Cambridge Rd, Hove.
     James Brereton Hooper and Harriet Anna Hooper, Augusta Maude Hooper, Margaret Ross Hooper, Helen Elizabeth Hooper, Harry Brereton Hooper, William Barwick Hooper, Capt Herbert Ross Hooper and Lt Robert Poole Hooper were mentioned on 30 March 1912.
     James died on 10 April 1913 in Sussex aged 43. An unknown person was buried in memorial with his father in side chapel at St Mary le Haura in New Shoreham, Sussex, England.

     James Havelock Hooper was born on 13 March 1858. He was the son of Dr William Wilberforce Hooper and Mary Jane Kearny.
     James Havelock Hooper married Frances Daughtry on 23 February 1880?.

     James S Hooper was the son of Thomas Clark Hooper and Mary Elizabeth Stevenson.
     James S Hooper lived at Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, USA, 1905.

     Jan Hooper was christened on 16 December 1682 in Stitchill, Roxburghshire. He was the son of Alexander Hooper and Margaret Houiston or Hallast.

     Jane Anna Maria Hooper was born circa 1840 in Devon, England.
     Jane Anna Maria Hooper and Richard Leonard Hawkins's marriage was registered in the quarter ending March 1872 in Kingston RD.
     Jane Anna Maria Hooper and Richard Leonard Hawkins appeared on the 1881 census in Hillside, Hastings, Sussex. Richard L Hawkins 33, coachbuilder employing 60 men, born Kensington; his wife Jane A Hawkins 40, born Stoke Devon; Sarah Thomas 25 servant.

     Janet Hooper was christened on 3 August 1753 in Kelso, Roxburghshire. She was the daughter of Robert Hooper and Janet Ker.

     Janet Hooper was christened on 7 October 1760 in Kelso, Roxburghshire. She was the daughter of Joseph Hooper and Ann Roger.

     Jean Hooper was born on 2 February 1781 in Ednam, Roxburghshire. She was the daughter of Robert Hooper and Elisabeth Archbald. Jean Hooper was christened on 8 February 1781 in Ednam.

     Jessie Hooper was born on 7 August 1853 in Lyndhurst Rd, Camberwell, Surrey. She was the daughter of Henry Hooper and Susannah Sanderson. Jessie Hooper was christened on 31 August 1853 in St Giles, Camberwell, Surrey. Sophia, Arthur, Mary, Jessie, Katherine and Frances were listed as the children of Henry Hooper in the 1861 census in Penshurst Place, St Giles parish, Camberwell, Surrey. Mary, Jessie, Katherine and Frances were listed as the children of Susannah Sanderson in the 1871 census in 2 Lyndhurst Place, Camberwell, Surrey.
     The marriage of Jessie Hooper and John Usher Davison was registered in the quarter ending in September 1875 in Camberwell RD, Surrey.
     Jessie Hooper and John Usher Davison appeared on the 1881 census in Seven Sisters Rd, Stanley House, Stoke Newington, St Mary, Middlesex. J U Davison 33 , provision merchant, born Limehouse, Mdx: his wife Jessie Davison 27, born Peckham; children Jessie Davison 4 ,John H Davison 2, Sydney H Davison 1, all born Hornsey, Mdx; Katherine Hooper 25, unmarried, sister in law, born Peckham; and two servants Frances Thurrell 20, Elizabeth A Miller 21.
     Jessie Hooper and John Usher Davison appeared on the 1891 census in Stoke Newington, Middlesex. John U Davison 43, provision merchant, born Stepney, wife Jessie Davison 37, born Peckham, Jessie M Davison 14, John H Davison 11, both born Hornsey, Hilda Davison, 8 , Lorna Davison 6, Reynold Davison 3, all 3 born Stoke Newington, . Elizabeth Scott 34, Annie E Houghton 28, Florence Long 20, servants.

     John Hooper was christened on 6 December 1744 in Ednam, Roxburghshire, Scotland. John, son of Robert Hopper & Marjory Dawson, tenant in Edenmouth. The only evidence for the Scottish birth is the Rev Robert Poole Hooper's notes at the Society of Genealogists based on family knowledge. The use of Jeffrey and Dawson as middle names support this theory. He was the son of Robert Hooper and Margery Dawson. John was a linen draper in 1768, London, England. From 1768-1772 he is described as a haberdasher at 150 Fleet Street, London in Kent's directories, Baldwins, Lowndes (1773), London & Payne's directories.
From 1774 to 1784 he was a linen draper at 140/149 Oxford St. Between 1775 and 1784 there was another John, linen draper at 17 Ludgate St, although this may have been a second shop.
1779 John Hooper, Linen draper, 149 Oxford St & " " linen draper, 17 Ludgate St & James H. mercer.
1780 (Kents) John Hooper, linen draper, 149 Oxford St; John Hooper, linen draper, 17 Ludgate St; James Hooper, mercer, 48 New Bond St.
In 1781 only the Ludgate St entry was listed in Bailey's Northern directory.
1782 (Loundes) James Hooper, mercer, 48 New Bond St.
1784 (Bailey's) John Hooper, linen draper, 149 Oxford St (this is his last entry in the commercial section); James Hooper, mercer 48 New Bond St, also a John Hooker, linen draper, 23 Cheapside & Ben Hooker, surgeon & apothecary, 7 Pimlico. He was listed in a directory dated from 1769 to 1771 as a haberdasher at 150 Fleet Street, London. There is also a John Hooker of 32 Cheapside in 1769-70. There was also a Samuel Hooper bookseller of Newchurch Strand 1770-72. Sam the bookseller moves to 25 Ludgate Hill and another Sam appears as a linen draper at 92 Newgate St in 1773.
     John Hooper married Mary Fawler, daughter of Capt John Fawler and Mary Poole, on 27 February 1769 in St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, England.
     John Hooper was mentioned in the will of Thomas Poole dated 28 October 1778. John Hooper was listed in a directory dated 1782 as James Hooper, mercer at 48 New Bond St, London. Also John Hooker, linen draper, 23 Cheapside.
     Pursuant to a decreee of the High Court of Chancery in a cause Hooper against Hooper, the creditors of Thomas Fawler, late of Clapham, Surrye, esq., are forthwith ... to come and prove their debts... was published in the London gazette on 22 Dec 1789 and 6 July 1790.
     In 1791 John Hooper Esq, Bentinck St, was a subscriber to the "History of Georgina Neville, or, the Disinterested orphan, a novel". John was widowed on 13 November 1802 in Bentinck St, St Marylebone, Westminster, on the death of his wife Mary Fawler. John Hooper was listed in a directory dated from 1805 to 1808 as John Hooper Esquire at 13 Bentinck St, Manchester Square, St Marylebone. He appears in the court pages as of 13 Bentinck St, Manchester Square, and Shoreham Sussex.
     John died on 1 January 1820 in 13 Bentinck St, Manchester Square, St Marylebone, Westminster, aged 75. He was buried on 11 January 1820 in New Shoreham, Sussex. There is a memorial in the side chapel of St Mary le Haura.
     The administration of his estate was granted to James Hooper on 10 February 1820 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. John Hooper Esquire, £3000. On the tenth day of February Admon of the goods chattels and credits of John Hooper late of Bentinck Street Manchester Square in the parish of St Marylebone in the county of Middlesex Esq. widower deceased was granted to James Hooper one of the natural and lawful children of the said deceased having been first sworn duly to administer.
     John's grandson, the Rev Robert Poole Hooper was the author correspondence to a genealogist whose notes are held in the Society of Genealogists library. He makes the comment that the family came from Ednam and that they went to Scotland from Somerset as a result of the Monmouth rebellion. Rev R P Hooper claimed they were a branch of the Boveridge Hoopers but was unsuccessful at finding the link.

     John Hooper was christened on 1 July 1777 in Ednam, Roxburghshire, Scotland. He was the son of Robert Hooper and Elisabeth Archbald.
     John Hooper married Helen Smith.

     John Hooper was christened on 2 April 1693 in Stichill, Roxburghshire. He was the son of Alexander Hooper and Isabel Hoggart.

     John Hooper was christened on 22 July 1676 in Stitchill, Roxburghshire, Scotland. He was the son of Robert Hooper and Beatrice Trotter or Potter.
     John Hooper was mentioned on 28 May 1698.

     John Hooper was christened on 21 November 1703 in Stitchill, Roxburghshire, Scotland. He was the son of James Hooper and Margaret Frazer.

     John Hooper was christened on 7 July 1706 in Stitchill, Roxburghshire, Scotland. He was the son of James Hooper and Margaret Frazer.

     John Hooper was christened on 16 December 1720 in Kelso. He was the son of Joseph Hooper and Janet Row.

     John Hooper was christened on 4 January 1767 in Ednam, Roxburghshire. He was the son of William Hooper and Janet Dickson.

     John Hooper was the son of Rev William Hooper and Mary Dennie.

     John Hooper was christened on 4 January 1767 in Ednam, Roxburghshire. John, son of William Hooper & his spouse Jannet Dickson, servant to Robert Hooper tenant in Edinmouth. He was the son of William Hooper and Janet Dickson.

     John Ashby Hooper was born on 18 February 1929 in 'Stanser', 104 Elizabeth Bay Rd, Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales. He was the son of Ashby Arthur William Hooper and Lydia Tempest Rich. Brig John Ashby Hooper CBE moved with his parents to Melbourne, Victoria, in 1934. John was educated from 1940 to 1946 in The Geelong College. He was a prefect in 1946 and began his education at 'Glamorgan', Toorak.
     He trained at the Royal Military College, Duntroon, ACT from 1947 to 1949. He received the 'Sword of Honour'.
     He served in the Australian Army from 1950 to 1984. On graduation from Duntroon in December 1951, he was appointed a Lieutenant in Infantry and allotted to 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment in Victoria. In mid-1952 he was posted as a rifle platoon commander to 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment then on active service in Korea. The following year he served in Japan for six months as a company commander at the Australian Reinforcement Unit before returning to Victoria firstly to the Regiment, then briefly as an instructor to the Officer Cadet School at Portsea. In 1955 Captain Hooper was appointed to the staff of Headquarters Third Division and later as Adjutant 8/7 Infantry Battalion based in Ballarat, but with territorial responsibility for most of North West Victoria. In late 1957 he joined 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment in Queensland which later moved to North Malaya where he served as Adjutant and then as a company commander on the Thai border in anti-terrorist operations in the rank of major. Following attendance at the Army Staff College Queenscliff, he spent two years instructing at the Royal Military College Duntroon in the subjects of tactics, training and military writing. He also organized and conducted the Inter-Service Athletics Competition. In late 1965 he joined 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment Group in South Vietnam as Second in Command. 1 RAR Group including Armour, Artillery, Engineer and Aviation was then serving as part of 173rd US Airborne Brigade. Later on with the arrival of the lst Australian Task Force, he became Second in Command of 6th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment. On returning to Australia in 1966 Major Hooper served as an operations staff officer in Army Headquarters. He was responsible for collecting and analysing operational reports from the Army in Vietnam, Malaysia and Borneo and for briefing the Minister and Chiefs of Staff on these matters. In 1967 he was promoted Lieutenant Colonel and attended the US Marine Corps Command and Staff College. In 1968 he spent two years at Army Headquarters where he was responsible for tactical training doctrine for the Army, the setting and conduct of the Chief of General Staff's annual exercise and for control of the Army Library Service. He then assumed command of 5th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment at Holsworthy. This was followed by attendance at the Australian Joint Services Staff College in Canberra. Lieutenant Colonel Hooper's next appointment was as an analyst in the Joint Intelligence Organization in Canberra. In 1974 he was promoted Colonel and The Military Secretary, a position broadly responsible for the management of officers. He was then promoted Brigadier and Director General of Personnel Operations which embraced a wide range of personnel policy matters. The position also carried the responsibility of Chairmanship of the Army Health Benefits Society, Army Amenities Fund, and of being Army member of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits management committee. After a year as Deputy Chief of Personnel, he again became The Military Secretary. In December 1982 Brigadier Hooper was appointed to command The Second Military District (the State of New South Wales) and to be an Honorary ADC to the Governor General. He retired from the Army on 14 February 1984. John served in five of the RAR Battalions, three of them on active service. He served with 2RAR 1951; 3RAR Japan & Korea 1952; Adjt., 1RAR, Malaya 1958; 1RAR South VietNam 1965; 6RAR SVN 1966; and Commanding Officer 5RAR 1970-72.
     Brig John Ashby Hooper CBE lived at 'Lauderdale', 4 Muir Crescent, Ballarat, Victoria, from 1955 to 1957.
     Brig John Ashby Hooper CBE lived at 75 McCaul Street, Taringa, Brisbane, Queensland, July 1958.
     Brig John Ashby Hooper CBE lived at 4 Canberra Rd, Canberra, ACT, August 1969.
     Brig John Ashby Hooper CBE lived at 19 Lamington St, Canberra, after August 1969.
     Brig John Ashby Hooper CBE lived at Lumeah St, Canberra.
     Brig John Ashby Hooper CBE lived at Victoria Barracks, Paddington, New South Wales, from 1982. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) on 1 January 1983.
     Brig John Ashby Hooper CBE was employed as Private Secretary to NSW Governors Rowland & Martin between 1985 and 1990, Sydney. After a brief period working for AUSTCARE Brigadier Hooper was in 1985 appointed Private Secretary to the Governor of New South Wales, and also a part-time member of the Veterans' Division of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
     Brig John Ashby Hooper CBE lived at Dalmeny, New South Wales. They retired to their beach house.
     John died on 1 August 2007 in Dalmeny, New South Wales, aged 78. He was cremated on 7 August 2007 in Broulee. A memorial service was later held at St John's Canberra. His ashes were placed with the family in 26 Sep 2007.

     John Benjamin Hooper was born on 18 April 1778 in St Marylebone, Westminster, Middlesex. He was the son of John Hooper and Mary Fawler. John Benjamin Hooper was christened on 15 May 1778 in St Marylebone. John was a merchant with his brother in London. He witnessed William Hooper and Mary [Darby] Bickley's wedding on 1 May 1804 in St Mary, Islington, London.
     John Benjamin Hooper made a will dated 22 June 1807 in Dive Crt, Lombard St, London. John Benjn Hooper of of Dove Court, Lombard St, London (parish of St Pancras), merchant: To my brother George Henry Hooper, merchant of Coleman St Bldgs, my half of the household furniture Plate Linen Wine or every article in the house of Coleman St Buildings and of Kentish Town, Middlesex for his own use ... and half of all my property. The other half to my bros James, Robert, Thomas & Wm in equal shares. Wish to be buried at Shoreham near my mother To my father John Hooper £200, ... to my brother James a house lately purchased in Star Lane Shoreham now in the occupation of Mrs Durant. ... To Thos Dyer 10 pounds, etc.
     John died on 16 June 1808 in Kentish Town, Middlesex, aged 30. He was buried on 23 June 1808 in St Mary le Haura, New Shoreham, Sussex.
     His will was proved on 2 July 1808 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
     John Benjamin Hooper and Dr Robert Hooper, William Hooper, George Henry Hooper and Rev Thomas Poole Hooper were mentioned as deceased on 2 November 1820.

     John De Berniere Hooper (called De Berniere or D. B.) was a tutor and professor at the University of North Carolina and married his cousin Mary Elizabeth Hooper. She was the daughter of William Hooper, professor at UNC and South Carolina College, president of Wake Forest, and teacher, with his son-in-law at a private school in Littleton, North Carolina.
     The Hooper family of Alabama included Caroline Alice Hooper, Charles Mallett Hooper, John DeBerniere Hooper, and their cousin Fanny DeBerniere Hooper Whitaker of North Carolina. The collection contains correspondence, genealogical research materials, biographical materials, pictures, and other papers relating to various members of the Hooper family. Correspondence between various members of the Hooper family documenting family happenings, financial affairs, and business transactions dates from 1829 through 1941, with the bulk dating from the 1890s through 1941. Numerous letters are addressed to John DeBerniere Hooper and Caroline Alice Hooper from family and acquaintances, including members of the Hooper, Waddell, Hough, and Collier families. Also included is correspondence between Charles Mallett Hooper and his cousin Fannie DeBerniere Hooper Whitaker concerning his service in the 5th Alabama Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Genealogical and biographical materials concern the Hooper, Mallett, Waddell, DeBerniere, Maclaine, and Nash families. Pictures include individual and group portraits of family members. - Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. John was a professor of Languages at the University, in North Carolina, USA. He was born on 6 September 1811 in Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, USA. He was the son of Archibald Maclaine Hooper and Charlotte De Bernier.
     John died on 23 January 1886 aged 74.

     John de Berniere Hooper was born. He was the youngest son. John was the first Inspector of Mines in Alabama and is a Civil and Mining Engineer in that State. He was the son of George De Berniere Hooper and Caroline Eliza Mallett.
     John de Berniere Hooper married Mary Elizabeth Hooper, daughter of Rev William Hooper and Frances Pollack Jones, on 30 December 1837. They were fourth cousins.

     John James Hooper was born on 27 February 1810 in London, England. He was the son of William Hooper and Mary [Darby] Bickley. John James Hooper was christened on 15 February 1811 in St Stephen, Coleman St, London.
     John James Hooper mentioned on 25 March 1839. Administration of the estate of William Hooper was granted to John James Hooper and William Benjamin Hooper, on 12 January 1841 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury Admon of the goods chattels and credits of William Hooper late of Brewhouse Yard Saint John's Street and of Finchley in the county of Middlesex Annatto and Blue manufacturer widower deceased was granted to William Benjamin Hooper and John James Hooper two of the natural and lawful children of the said deceased having been first sworn duly to adminster. Estate £9000, Resworn in December 1841 at under £10,000 and additional security given. Admon of goods unadministered passed at the Principal Registry May 1881. John was a blue & anatto manufacturer with his brother William, from 1847 he described himself as a dry salter from 1844.
     John James Hooper married Sarah Elizabeth Horder on 26 February 1846 in St Matthew's, Brixton, Surrey.
     John James Hooper and Sarah Elizabeth Horder were recorded on the 1851 census in St John Street, Brewhouse Yard, Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex. John James Hooper, head, 41, annatto manufacturer, born Lothbury, London; Sarah his wfe, 25, born Whitechapel, children James 3, Robinah 1, both born Clerkenwell, Annie Wakefield, visitor, unmarried aged 23, born Leicester and two servants. John was an auctioneer in 1861.
     John James Hooper and Sarah Elizabeth Horder appeared on the 1861 census in 2 Hill-Martin Villas West, Islington. John J Hooper, 54 [51?], auctioneer; Sarah E wife, 34, James son, 13 scholar; Robinah J daughter 11; Sarah A daughter 9; Walter H, son 8, Emily A daughter 6, Frank A son 2; all born city of London; Charles E son 11 months born Islington, Mdx; with a nurse and housemaid.
     John died in 1877 in New Zealand. He was not found in the 1871 or 1881 census in England.

     John Jeffreys Hooper was born on 20 October 1776 in London. He was the son of James Hooper and Katherine Saxon. John Jeffreys Hooper was christened on 14 November 1776 in St George Hanover Square, Westminster.

     John Richard Hooper was born circa 1909. He was the son of Rowland William Hooper and Mary Anne Goodlet.
     John died in 1964 in Heidelberg, Victoria.

     John Rossi Hooper was born in September 1826 in Peckham, Surrey. He was the son of James Hooper and Sophia Richman. John Rossi Hooper was christened on 21 July 1827 in St Giles, Camberwell.
     John Rossi Hooper appeared on the 1841 census in the household of James Hooper and Sophia Richman in Deptford Lane, Peckham, Camberwell, St Giles, Surrey. Ellen, Frances, Alfred and John were listed as the children of James Hooper in the 1851 census in 'Acorn House', Queens Rd, Peckham, Surrey, England.
     In 1854 he was at Port Philip Australia.
     John Rossi Hooper was mentioned in the will of James Hooper dated 15 May 1854.
     John Rossi Hooper married Elizabeth Unknown.
     In 1860 had lately returned to England from China.
     John Rossi Hooper and Elizabeth Unknown appeared on the 1861 census in 5 Bushey Hill Terrace, Camberwell. John Hooper, head, married 34, China merchant, born Peckham, Surrey; Elizabeth wife, 28?, born Liverpool; Laura M, daughter, 1? born China, Shanghai and a nurse.
     In 1868, but not in 1875, John Rossi Hooper, merchant, was a partner in Alf. Hooper & Co., merchants, 32 Gt St Helens, E.C.
     John died in 1917 in New Zealand.