Person:William Hooper (16)
William Thomas Hooper
b.17 Jun 1742 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
d.14 Oct 1790 Old Tryon County, North Carolina
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  1. William Thomas Hooper1742 - 1790
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  1. Absalom Hooper1764 - 1845
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Name William Thomas Hooper
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 17 Jun 1742 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Education? 1760 Massachusettsgraduated from Harvard University
Marriage to Elizabeth Clemmons
Death[1][2] 14 Oct 1790 Old Tryon County, North Carolina
Burial[2][3] 1790 Hillsborough Old Town Cemetery, Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, United States
Alt Burial[2][3] 1894 Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United Statesdisinterred and reburied
Reference Number? Q1345669?

Moved to NC 1764 and set up law practice in Wilmington. Elected to legislature 1773 - signed Declaration of Independence Had 10 sons (one was Absalom,another, Daniel Boone Hooper) Had 2 daughters


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William Hooper (June 28, 1742 October 14, 1790) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, politician, and a member of the Continental Congress representing North Carolina from 1774 through 1777. Hooper signed the Continental Association and the United States Declaration of Independence.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 William Hooper, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 William Hooper, in Find A Grave.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 William Hooper, in Find A Grave.

    "Reinterred here in 1894, many historians believe that much of his remains are still in his original grave."

Signers of U.S. Declaration of Independence
John Adams • Samuel Adams • Josiah Bartlett • Carter Braxton • Charles Carroll • Samuel Chase • Abraham Clark • George Clymer • William Ellery • William Floyd • Ben Franklin • Elbridge Gerry • Button Gwinnett • Lyman Hall • John Hancock • Benjamin Harrison • John Hart • Joseph Hewes • Thomas Heyward • William Hooper • Stephen Hopkins • Francis Hopkinson • Samuel Huntington • Thomas Jefferson • Francis Lightfoot Lee • Richard Henry Lee • Francis Lewis • Philip Livingston • Thomas Lynch • Thomas McKean • Arthur Middleton • Lewis Morris • Robert Morris • John Morton • Thomas Nelson, Jr. • William Paca • Robert Treat Paine • John Penn • George Read • Caesar Rodney • George Ross • Benjamin Rush • Edward Rutledge • Roger Sherman • James Smith • Richard Stockton • Thomas Stone • George Taylor • Matthew Thornton • George Walton • William Whipple • William Williams • James Wilson • John Witherspoon • Oliver Wolcott • George Wythe

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