Richard Hooper

Submitted by Dorothea Hooper

Descendants of Richard Hooper:

1 Richard Hooper between 1729 & 1732 – (Loyalist)
........ 2 William Hooper 1755 – 1812 (Loyalist: Royal Fencible American) + Abigail Branch 1762 – 1848
...................3 Henry Hooper 1806 – 1888 + Mary Pendleton 1812 – 1871?
..............................4 Ernest Vincent Hooper 1850 – 1934 + Elmira Elizabeth Appleby 1854 - 1929
.........................................5 Henry Gilman Hooper 1877 – 1943 + Maude Maria Fountain 1881 - 1965
.................................................... 6 Raymond Wendell Hooper 1912 – 1976 + Norma Lockwood Doughty 1914 – 1995
…………………………..........…………….7 Germaine Evelyn Hooper 1933 – d.y.
..............................................................7 Living Female 1949 -
.........................................................................8 Living Male 1996 -
………………………………........………. 7 Donald Robert Hooper 1935 – 2002 + Living Female 1939 -
.........................................................................8 Living Female 1960 -
.....................................................................................9. Living Female 1983 -
........................................................................ 8 Living Male 1962 -
.........................................................................8 Living Female 1964 -
.....................................................................................9. Living male 1984 -
.........................................................................8 Living Male - + Living Female
....................................................................................9 Living Female 1996 -
....................................................................................9 Living Male 1999 -
...............................................................7 Living Male 1940 – (no children)
.................................................... 6 Evelyn Millicent Hooper 1907 – 1974 m.1: David MacIntosh (no children)
………………………………………………………………………...................................………m.2: Russell Smith (no children)
.........................................5 Harold Hooper 1873 – d.y.
.........................................5 Frank Ernest Hooper 1875 – 1948 + Lulu Chaffey 1878 - 1963
.........................................5 Charley F. Hooper 1879 – 1896
.........................................5 Blanche Hooper 1880 - + Charles Wood
.........................................5 Alpha Millicent Hooper 1888 - + Daniel Letscher
.........................................5 Sylvia Marilyn Hooper 1887 - 1972 + Daniel Williamson
.........................................5 Eliza Hooper 1883 - + John Cleveland Barteau 1885 -
.........................................5 William Parnel Hooper 1889 – (WWI verteran)
.........................................5 Charlotte Lillian Hooper 1891 – 1964 + Howard Connick McKenney 1878 – 1962
……………………….......…………..6 Living Female + Living Male (Several Living Children)
.................................................... 6 Evelyn McKenney (no children)
.................................................... 6 Maxine McKenney + ? Fullerton (Several Living Children)
…………………………….......……..6 Vincent Strang McKenney 1916 – 2004 + Living Female
………………………………..........………..7 Living Female
.........................................5 Sumner Earle Hooper 1895- + Hazel Huffied
..............................4 Elizabeth Hooper 1830 - + Samuel Dean
..............................4 William Henry Hooper 1832 – 1871 + Lydia A. (Herman?) Dean 1838 - 1872
.........................................5 Hiram F. Hooper 1857 -
.........................................5 Fesenton Hugh Hooper 1861 - + Alcesta Lambert
.........................................5 Albion R. Hooper 1862 - + Annie Bickford
.........................................5 Minnie Hooper 1864 - + George W. Hooper?
.........................................5 Edith Hooper 1868 -
.........................................5 Samuel W. Hooper 1871 - + Elizabeth Leslie
.........................................5 Philip Lincoln Hooper 1872 - 1892
..............................4 Dorcas Hooper 1830 - + Arthur Parnell
..............................4 John Andrew Hooper 1835 -
..............................4 James Edward Hooper 1837 – 1926 + Barbara Ellen Dean 1841 - 1925
.........................................5 Alden Alphonse Hooper 1868 – 1944 + Alfreda Dean 1869 - 1922
.........................................5 Adaline Hooper 1869 – d.y.
........................................ 5 Edward Hooper 1871 – d.y.
.........................................5 Ida Hooper 1873 - + Trescott Doughty 1867 - 1953
.........................................5 Calvin E. Hooper 1874 – 1891
…………………….....…….5 Alphonse Hooper 1866 -
..............................4 Hiram Tewksbury Hooper 1839 -
..............................4 Ralph Taylor Hooper 1846 -
..............................4 Sarah Jane Hooper 1842 - + Archibald F. Lloyd 1833 -
.........................................5 Frank V. Lloyd 1865 - + Millie Adams
.........................................5 Ada L. Lloyd 1868 -
.........................................5 Millicent Lloyd + Thurber
..............................4 Elmirah Hooper 1846 - + Joseph Conley 1830 - 1901
..............................4 Sylvia Caroline Hooper 1848 - + William Stievers 1847 -
..............................4 Eliza Metiline Hooper 1848 - + John Warren Appleby III 1844 - 1867
.........................................5 Ralph Appleby 1867 -
..............................4 Nancy Adelaide Hooper 1853 - 1927 + John (Edward) Z. Boyington 1843 – 1899
……………………......…….5 Alice Maud Boyington 1872 – 1944 + Frank H. Leeman 1869 - 1943
……………………......…….5 Flora Lee Boyington 1875 –
…………………….....…….5 James Edward Boyington 1877 –
………………….....……….5 Emma Carol Boyington 1879 – + John E. Butler
…………………….....…….5 Lillian Boyington 1881 – + Mr. Pickard
………………….....……….5 Edgar Emery Boyington 1885 –
…………………….....…….5 Elizabeth M. Boyington 1868 – 1884
…………………….....…….5 Hattie Boyington + Beecher Lambert
…………………….....…….5 Gertrude Boyington
………………….....……….5 William Boyington 1883 - 1884
..............................4 Elizabeth Hooper 1853 -
..............................4 Arthur (Charles) Victor Hooper 1855 - + Gertrude Viva Eaton 1867 - 1892
.........................................5 Annie Flora Hooper 1888 – 1962 + James Stuart 1886 - 1930
.........................................5 William Melbourne Hooper 1887 - + Agnes
.........................................5 Blanche Hooper 1891 – 1969 + Walter Stuart 1881 -
..............................4 Arnet C. Hooper 1851 -
...................3 William Henry Hooper 1791 – 1860 + Hannah Oliver 1810 -
..............................4 John Hooper 1833 -
..............................4 Benjamin Hooper 1836 – 1914 + Amelia Hatch
…………………......……….5 Emma Hooper 1877 - + John Wilson Baxter
..............................4 Sarah Jane Hooper 1838 - + John Leslie
..............................4 Margaret Hooper 1840 -
..............................4 Abigail Hooper 1842 – 1884 + Thomas Oliver
……………………......…….5 Sarah Jane Oliver 1860 - + William J. Lesley
……………………......…….5 Peter Oliver 1862 - + Eliza Sawyer
……………………......…….5 James W. Oliver 1863 - + Marietta Henderson
…………………......……….5 Etha Melinda Oliver 1866 –
…………………......……….5 Thomas Oliver 1870 –
……………………......…….5 Rena Oliver 1872 –
……………………......…….5 Hiram Oliver 1873 -
..............................4 James I. Hooper 1843 - + Elizabeth Leavitt 1846 -
.........................................5 James William Hooper 1879 – 1970 + Bertha B. Mitchell 1883 - 1962
.....................................................6 Earl William Hooper 1900 – 1971 + Mable J. Schofield 1898 - 1981
...............................................................7 Carroll Hooper 1924 – 1988 + Maureen Elizabeth Ralston 1924 - 2000
..........................................................................8 Living Male - + Living Female 1946-
…………………………………..............……………………9 Living Male 1976 –
……………………......…….5 Ottie Hooper 1884 -
..............................4 Perley Hooper 1846 -
..............................4 Mary Jane Hooper 1848?-
...................3 Samuel Hooper 1795 - + Sarah Pendleton 1802 – by 1861
..............................4 William Hooper 1821 – 1908 + Susan Cooke 1822 - 1879
…………………….....……..5 William Henry Hooper 1856-1926 + Susanah Cook 1861-1948
………………………........………….6 Herman Oscar Hooper 1885 (6?)-1956 + Roxanna Adeyls Seeley 1889-1972
………………………….......……………...7 Muriel Mahitable Hooper 1910- + David Elmer Leslie 1909-1991
……………………………..........…………………..8 Living Female 1931- + Living Male 1930-
…………………………………..............……………………9 Living Male 1961- + Living Female 1961-
………………………………………..................……………………..10 Living Female 1989-
…………………………………………..................…………………..10 Living Female 1992-
……………………....………5 Robert Franklin Hooper 1842 - + Mary S. Hickey 1850 -
……………………………....………6 Robert Franklin Hooper 1874 – 1935 + Louisa Julia Phillips 1870 - 1930
……………………………….......………….7 John William Hooper 1906 - 1949 + Martha Lorena Malloch 1917 - 1980
…………………………………........………………8 Living Male - + Living Female 1938 -
…………………………………….............………………….9 Living Male 1963 - + Living Female 1963 –
………………………………………...................…………………….10 Living Female 1989 –
…………………………………………...................………………….10 Living Female 1991 -
………………………………………….............…………….9 Living Male 1964 - + Living Female 1963 -
…………………………………………...................………………….10 Living Male 1994 –
……………………………………………...................……………….10 Living Male 1999 -
………………………………………………..............……….9 Living Male 1966 - + Living Female 1966 –
………………………...…….5 Oliver Hooper 1844 - + Priscilla Blanche McLeese
……………………...……….5 Jane Hooper 1847 - + Samuel Lesley
……………………...……….5 Peter Hooper 1849 - + Phebe Esther Kinney 1856 –
…………………………......…………6 Carl Russell Hooper 1885 – 1963 + Nellie Blanche Hickey
…………………………......…………6 Stinson Hooper 1875? – (lost at sea, no children)
………………………......……………6 Alice Hooper 1880
……………………...……….5 Joanna Hooper + Valentine McGee
……………………...……….5 Dorcas Hooper
..............................4 Mary (Polly) Hooper 1822 - + Nathaniel Harris
..............................4 Abigail Hooper 1824 - + Archibald McLeese
..............................4 Sarah Hooper 1826 - + ? Lasby
..............................4 Hannah Hooper 1828 - + William Hamilton 1797 -
..............................4 Druscilla Hooper 1830 - + Elisha Levitt
……………………...………..5 Annie Levitt 1852 –
…………………...…………..5 George Levitt 1854 –
…………………...…………..5 Emily Levitt 1859 -
..............................4 Samuel Hooper 1832 - + Abigail Kinney 1837 –
…………………...…………..5 Mary Hooper 1857 –
…………………...…………..5 Samuel Hooper 1860 -
..............................4 Ward Hooper 1834 - + Elizabeth (Mary Jane?) Cook 1836 –
…………………...…………..5 Aaron E. Hooper 1861 – 1909 + m.2: Emily Andrews Mathews 1870 – 1957
……………………….......……………6 Mary Louise Hooper 1896 –
…………………….......………………6 Garnet Alvin Hooper 1898 – 1975
…………………………......………………..7 Living Female 1928 - + Living Male
…………………………………........………………8 Living Female
………………………….......…………6 Luther Campbell Hooper 1899 – 1967
……………………….......…………………..7 Irving Dale Hooper
…………………………….......…………………….8 Living Female
……………………………….......………………….8 Living Female
………………………………….......……………….8 Living Female
………………………………......…………..7 Living Female
………………………………......…………..7 Living Male + Living Female
……………………………......……………..7 Living Male + Living Female
……………………………….......………………….8 Living Male
………………………………………….......……….8 Living Female
…………………………………………….......…….8 Living Female
…………………………………………….......…….8 Living Female
………………………………………….......……….8 Living Female
………………………………………….......……….8 Living Female
…………………………….......………6 Roscoe Ernest Hooper 1901 –
………………………….......…………6 Wilson Hooper 1903 – 1973
…………………………….......………6 Enid E. Hooper 1905 – 1907
……………………………….......……6 Carolyn Belle Hooper 1906 –
…………………………….......………6 Weltha C. Hooper 1895- 1906
……………………...………..5 Augusta Hooper 1855? –
……………………...………..5 Eliza Hooper 1857 –
…………………...…………..5 Charles Hooper 1864? –
……………………...………..5 Ward Hooper II 1867? –
……………………………..5 Archibald Hooper 1869? –
……………………...………..5 Arthur Hooper 1871? –
………………………...……..5 George Hooper 1873? –
……………………...………..5 Mary Catherine Hooper 1875? -
..............................4 Susan Hooper 1834 - + William Cook
………………………...……..5 Joanna Manda Cook 1861 -
..............................4 Joshua Hill Hooper 1836 - 1922 + Elizabeth F. Brown 1839 -
..............................4 Priscilla Hooper 1839 - + James McGee
..............................4 Eliza Margaret Hooper 1844 - + John French
……………………...………..5 Lillian Pearl French 1881 - + Fred Frye
……………………...………..5 Sydney French 1865 –
……………………...………..5 Alphonso Spurgeon French 1883 –
……………………...………..5 William Sherburner French 1888 -
...................3 Benjamin Hooper 1802 - + Catherine Ash
..............................4 Caroline Hooper 1824 - + William Sherburne
..............................4 Nathaniel Hooper 1838 -
..............................4 George Hooper 1840 -
..............................4 Levi Hooper 1846 -
...................3 Nancy Hooper 1804 – 1861 + William Cook 1803 – 1871
…………………..4 William Cook 1821 – 1878 (drowned) + Catherine MacJeanette 1841 – 1903
……………………...……….5 Catherine Cook 1865 – 1943 + Robert Pendleton & Thomas Henry Lord
……………………...……….5 William Cook + Lucy Bunker
…………………..4 Alfred Cook 1822 – 1906
…………………..4 John Cook 1825 – 1891 + Olive Nodding 1827 –
………………………...…….5 Phebe Cook 1849 -
…………………..4 Aaron Cook 1829 – 1903 + Cordelia Ann Stuart 1836 – 190
………………………...…….5 Rebekah J. Cook 1853 – 1854
………………………...…….5 Edgar D. Cook 1855 – 1926 + Maria Palmer + Miss McNichol + Miss Greenlaw
………………………...…….5 Calvin P. Cook 1856 – 1935 + Emma F. Lambert 1858 –
………………………...…….5 Emma C. Cook 1859 - + David Owen Parker 1850 –
………………………...…….5 Ada R. Cook 1861 - 1944 + William Kay 1858 – 1946
………………………...…….5 Howard M. Cook 1863 – 1935 + Ada May Eaton 1871 – 1907
……………………...……….5 Sargent Cook 1866 – 1887
……………………...……….5 Frank Cook 1873 – 1875
………………………...…….5 Nellie Gertrude Cook 1875 – 1967 + Daniel Edgar Lambert 1860 -1937
…………………..4 George Cook 1832 – 1884 + Ann Eliza Penery 1836 –
………………………...…….5 George Warren Cook 1857 - + Miss Evans
………………………...…….5 Thomas William Cook 1861 - + Georgianna Sullivan 1868 –
………………………...…….5 Ardella Nancy Cook 1864 – 1944 + Thomas Lord Trecarten II 1860 – 1946
………………………...…….5 Alice Maude Cook + Herbert Murray Leonard 1874 -
…………………..4 Julia Cook 1836 – ab.1871 + William Henry Butler 1827 – ab.1871**
…………………..4 Liza Cook 1838 –
…………………..4 Henry S. Cook 1840 – ab.1871 + Louisa Conley 1846 –
………………………...…….5 Lizzie R. Cook 1867 - + Frank G. Harrington 1868 –
…………………………...….5 Florance Cook 1870 -
...................3 Elizabeth Hooper + Nathaniel Harris
........ 2 John Hooper 1783 – 1838 + Helen Jane
........ 2 James Hooper 1759 ( to 61) - (Loyalist: Royal Fencible American)
........ 2 Henry Hooper 1761 – 1812 + Abigail Tibbets ? - 1812
...................3 Hannah Hooper 1782 – 1864 + David Butler II 1774 – 1843
…………………..4 David Butler III 1804 -
…………………..4 Joel Butler ? – ab.1864+ Abigail Calder 1802 – ab.1875
…………………..4 Samuel Butler 1807 – 1900 + Wealthy P. Stuart 1815 - 1875
……………………...………..5 Albion Butler 1831 –
…………………...…………..5 Simeon Butler 1833 – d.y.
……………………...………..5 Henry Butler 1835 – + Frances Cummings 1837 –
…………………….......………………6 Isdora Butler 1854 –
……………………….......……………6 Agnes Butler 1858 -
………………………...……..5 Charles Butler 1838 – + Elizabeth McFarlane 1846 –
………………………….......…………6 Mary E. Butler 1868 –
……………………….......……………6 Eveline Butler 1871 -
………………………...……..5 Esther Prudence Butler 1840 – 1912 + William Edward Haskins 1836 – 1914
………………………….......…………6 Frank G. Haskins 1867 - + Florence McCallenan
………………………….......…………6 Carrie Lee Haskins 1869 – 1946 + Franklin Johnson 1863 –
………………………….......…………6 Jennie Gertrude Haskins 1871 – 1927 + John Seward Welch 1868 – 1932
…………………………….......………6 Webster Milo Haskins 1873 – 1942 + Rena A. Heney 1872 – 1963
……………………………….......……6 Samuel Edward Haskins 1875 – 1957 + Julia McLellan
…………………………….......………6 Gilmore Lemuel Haskins 1877 – 1953 + Queen McLellan
…………………………….......………6 Harriett Belle Haskins 1879 – 1969 + Alfred G. Lord 1878 – 1968
…………………………….......………6 Myrtle Clara Haskins 1883 - + Irving Hodgins
…………………...…………..5 Franklin Butler 1842 –
………………………...……..5 Harriett Butler 1844 – + George Lincoln Cummings 1843 -
………………………...……..5 Wealthy E. Butler 1845 – 1937
………………………...……..5 Samuel Stuart Butler 1848 – 1920 + Ida Ann Adams 1855 – 1929
………………………….......………….6 Alma Jane Butler 1875 – 1911 + Tilley Gove Calder 1868 – 1950
………………………….......………….6 Howard C. Butler 1876 – 1947 + Edith Farris
………………………………….......….6 Merton Butler 1878 – 1891
………………………………….......….6 Ira W. Butler 1881 – 1892
……………………………….......…….6 James Edgar Butler 1883 – 1963 + Irma Ernestine Stuart
……………………………….......…….6 Frank Simeon Butler 1885 – 1892*
…………………………….......……….6 Wealthy Brooks Butler 1887 – 1892
…………………………….......……….6 Dora Caroline Butler 1891 – 1892
………………………….......………….6 Mildred May Butler 1892 – 1918 + Arthur Foss
…………………………...…..5 Martha Butler 1850 – 1944 + Charles H. Lord 1848 –
………………………….......………….6 John Lord (Reverend) + Inez Logan
……………………………….......…….6 Sidney Lord (drowned) + Mary Bridges
……………………………….......…….6 Mark Lord (drowned)
…………………………….......……….6 Brooks Lord - d.y.
…………………………….......……….6 Linwood Lord + Lucy Stuart
…………………………….......……….6 Chester Lord (not married)
………………………….......………….6 Clara Lord + Frank Butler*
…………………………….......……….6 Emily Lord + Charles Seaford
…………………………….......……….6 Florence Lord + Mr. Bailey
…………………………...…..5 Simon Butler 1853 – 1931 + Grace Dewar 1856 - 1930
………………………...……..5 Dolly E. Butler 1856 – 1942 + Edmond Smith Johnson 1846 - 1903
……………………4 John Butler 1809 - + Mary Herson 1811 -
……………………4 Sarah Butler + Ebenezeer Fenderson
……………………4 Thankful Butler 1815 – 1901 + Richard Roix
……………………4 Abagail Butler 1816 – 1893 + Archibald Campbell 1803 – ab.1850
……………………4 Ephraim Butler 1819 – ab.1890 + Mary Pendleton 1820 – ab.1861
………………………...…….5 Isaac W. Butler 1847 –
…………………………...….5 Sarah Butler 1849 –
………………………...…….5 George A. Butler 1852 –
……………………...……….5 Hannah Butler 1855 –
………………………...…….5 Celenia Butler 1859 –
………………………...…….5 Joshua Butler 1861 -
……………………4 Mary Ann Butler 1821 – ab.1871 + George Kinchatt - 1850
……………………4 Elizabeth Butler 1823 - + Samuel Simpson ab.1820 -
……………………4 William Henry Butler 1826 – ab.1871 + Julia Cook 1836 – ab.1871**
…………………...………….5 Georgeanna Butler 1867 – 1944 + George Brooks Stuart 1860 – 1917
……………………...……….5 Frank L. Butler 1871 - + Clara Lord
………………………...…….5 Albert Butler + Aggie Nixon
………………………...…….5 Wallace Butler 1880 – 1959 + Queen Conley
………………………...…….5 Katie May Butler - d.y.
……………………4 Hannah Butler 1827 – ab.1850 + George Cunday
……………………4 James Butler 1830 – 1892 + Elizabeth Ann Conley 1833 – 1906
…………………………...….5 Laura E. Butler 1855 - + Daniel Rufus Copp
………………………...…….5 Alberta Butler 1860 - + Thomas Stuart 1849 –
……………………….......……………6 Grace Stuart
………………………….......…………6 Helen Stuart
……………………….......……………6 Ernest Stuart
…………………………….......………6 Willis Stuart
…………………………….......………6 Warren Stuart
………………………….......…………6 Doris Stuart
………………………….......…………6 Clara Stuart
…………………………….......………6 Twins … - d.y.
…………………...………….5 Ardella May Butler 1868 – 1948 + George T. Stuart 1865 - 1943
........ 2 Stephen Hooper 1776 – 1851?

A Message From Dorothea (2004):

(My apologies for any errors or omissions, this is the best we could do with the information we had. If you have any input, just email me and I’ll add/change/delete. email: drhooper@cogeco.ca or drhooper2004@yahoo.com )

Much of the basic information for this Hooper family tree comes directly from the book by Martha Ford Barto, Passamaquoddy, Genealogies of West Isles Families, 1975. In her Acknowledgements she thanks many archivists, conservators and researchers at a wide variety of locations in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Maine. Without her untiring efforts on the behalf of the early and enduring families of Deer Island, we would not have had this basis for our present-day research.

Mr. Dale Barteau and his wife, Mrs. Glenna (Chaffey) Barteau, helped with and have continued and perpetuated Mrs. Barto’s efforts and are historians and genealogists “extraordinaire” themselves, to whom we all owe a debt of gratitude. Many wonderful friends and family members have helped me in the preparation of this family tree and without them, I wouldn’t have been able to have brought this document forward. You know who you are, Cousins!

The Hooper lineage is a long one with many digressions over the centuries. This particular line, which comes out of Richard Hooper (b. between 1729 and 1732 and d. unknown) undoubtedly, has its North American roots in “the Colonies”. So far the researchers following this line have not been able to document the line back before Richard, and not much is known about him.

It is fairly well accepted that this family tree began back in jolly old England, probably in the 1600’s with some daring young Hooper sprout hopping on a ship destined for what was to become America. In all likelihood, he landed at the port, which was to become Boston, MA, possibly in the Marblehead area.

But who he was and when he came and from what part of the United Kingdom, is not proven fact. We have no documentation to prove who that daring young fellow was although some of us have guesses that’s all they are. We all fervently hope that with the increasing number of old documents put on the web, we’ll soon have a link which takes us back “over the pond”.

Until that time, what we know for certain is that Richard served (in some capacity) for the Crown during the Revolutionary War. He and his two sons, William and James, were given a land grant in the area called L’Etang, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1784. The town is now called St. George and the province became New Brunswick. In order for the Crown to recognize someone with a land grant, they had to have served the Crown, usually as a soldier.

We know a few more things about Richard’s sons, William and James. Thanks to a brilliantly well-prepared and documented book by Ernest Clarke, The Siege of Fort Cumberland, 1776, we find in Appendix Two the muster roll for the Royal Fencible Americans posted at Ft. Cumberland (originally called Ft. Beausejour) in what is today Aulac, N.B. And listed there under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Goreham is the name Private William Hooper who is reputed to have settled in N.B. after the disbanding of the regiment (NAC C Series, Vol. 1893). Incidentally, his commander was the first owner of Deer Island.

Further, on the N.B. Archives website we find in the Old Soldiers section many documents with the signature of his widow, Mrs. Abigail (Branch) Hooper when she collected her widow’s pension, in her husband’s stead, from the government. In these documents she states that they were married in Maugerville (Majorville) in 1782 and that he served in the Royal Fencible Regiment of Infantry.

William Hooper (b. 1755), son of Richard, signed an affidavit on Deer Island in defense of Patrick Flinn’s claim for land on Deer Island and Bar Island in 1805 stating “he has constantly resided upon Deer Island for upwards nineteen years”. When you do the math, it means William would have been living on the island by 1786.

William and his brother John signed a petition for land from Capt. Thomas Farrell in 1812. The original Hooper homestead was in a small community between the villages of Leonardville and Chocolate Cove, called Hibernia. Its exact location is no longer known but we can suppose as to its location because the cove is rather small.

James Hooper (b. 1759) has been documented as having served in the Connecticut 6th Regiment of the American Army. Lynn E. Garn, Ph.D., while researching his Loyalist Hawkins family, found our James Hooper. He is listed as deserting this regiment on 27 September 1777 and enlisting in the Royal Fencible Americans under the command of Captain Phillip Bailey on the same day. He was listed as being from New Haven, Connecticut.

In 1808 James sold his share of the original Hooper land grant in St. George, N.B. (probably to a member of his family) and moved to St. Andrews, N.B. It is not known if he ever married or had children.

Putting these dates and facts into historical perspective, what do we have?

• William serving with the RFAs in N.B. in 1776
• James leaving the American Army and joining the RFAs in 1777
• William marrying Abigail Branch in Majorville, N.B. in 1782
• Richard, William and James getting a land grant, St. George, N.B. in 1784
• Richard signing a petition about his land in St. George, N.B. in 1785
• William moving to Hibernia, Deer Island in 1786
• William signing a petition for Patrick Flinn in 1805
• James leaving St. George for St. Andrews, N.B. in 1808
• William and John petitioning for their land on Deer Island in 1812

At some point William’s brother, Stephen (b. 1776), returned to St. George indicating that he had probably been living on Deer Island. Stephen’s line is unknown to us at this time although he lived to be at least 75 years old.

William’s brother, Henry (b.a. 1761), settled in Leonardville, Deer Island after marrying Abigail Tibbets. They had only one daughter, Hannah, whose line gave us a huge clan of relatives all over Charlotte County.

Three of William’s sons, William Henry (b. 1791), Samuel (b. 1795) and Benjamin (b. 1802) moved to St. George, N.B. from Deer Island. From these lines we get our “mainland” connections.

In 1838, William’s son, Henry (b. 1806), bought 19 ¾ acres of land on the western side of Deer Island and moved his rather large family there (eventually having 15 children with his wife Mary Pendleton). It became known as Hooper’s Beach.

When looking through this family tree and seeing the family names represented here through marriage, we start to realize how intermarried the families became in order to survive on this remote island. Remembering the only means of land transportation being walking or using horses and rowing or sailing vessels being our sea connections until the 20th Century.

When we look at the female Hooper line, we see the ladies of this clan marrying into a wide range of families from the island and the small communities around it on the mainland of New Brunswick and Maine. Just a smattering of the more common families to whom we are related one way or another through the Hooper ladies are:
Appleby, Butler, Calder, Chaffey, Conley, Cook, Cummings, Doughty, Farris, Fountain, Haddon, Hanley, Hartford, Haskins, Johnson, Johnston, Kinney, Leavitt, Leonard, Leslie, McKenney, Oliver, Pendleton, Simpson, Stuart, and Welch.

Of course, when the Hooper gents married ladies from other lines, they changed their names and became Mrs. Hooper; a few of these families are: Appleby, Barteau, Boyington, Calder, Camick, Cook, Dean, Doughty, Eaton, Farris, French, Frye, Garrity, Grant, Henderson, Hickey, Lambert, Leaman, Leslie, Lloyd, Lord, McAleenan, McGee, Mitchell, Nodding, Pendleton, Phillips, Stuart, and Thorne.

It doesn’t take long to realize that many of these names are on both sides of the family tree. This is not an uncommon phenomenon for these rural places and times. During certain periods in Deer Island’s history, the only way for a young person to meet and marry anyone was within the confines of their own small community.

This meant that in some instances a Hooper brother and sister married a Dean brother and sister and the same is true of the Appleby’s. It is not an uncommon thing for insular island communities and it’s very common throughout Deer Island’s history with all of its families.

Deer Island’s history began with the local “Indian” tribes coming from the mainland to hunt and fish and repair their boats in its secluded and sheltered harbours. For centuries this ideallic gem was a wild land with no year-round inhabitants. The Passamaquoddy tribe of the Abnaki nation were the main visitors. They spent certain seasons here as proven by the many clam middens [A "clam midden" is an archaeological site consisting primarily of a large accumulation of discarded clam shells and other domestic refuse, created by prehistoric peoples who harvested and ate shellfish. These are a type of "shell midden," which also might contain oyster, mussel, or whelk shells depending on the region], which have been located by archeologists in certain coves.

In 1604 when the Sieur de Monts expedition captained by Samuel de Champlain, wintered on St. Croix Island, they had to have been able to see Deer Island as they sailed into the St. Croix River.

Deer Island was granted to Colonel Joseph Goreham in 1767 but he sold it to Captain Thomas Farrell in 1770. Farrell’s ownership of the island was long and pockmarked by his unwillingness to sell or grant portions of the island to the families who populated it. Only after his death in 1822 did the inhabitants gain ownership to the lands they had occupied and improved for decades.

The first English person to actually live year round on the island is reputed to have been John Fountain and the year was 1777. Interestingly enough, Stephen Fountain of Stamford, Conn., also moved to the island at a later date but it is not known if they were related.

Once the Loyalist troops from the various Revolutionary War regiments started to be disbanded in 1783, many of them came to this area. The original location of many of their land grants was on the Maguadavic River but many of these grants were not good for farming or living, so a certain percentage of these former soldiers and their families, moved to the islands in Passamaquoddy Bay. Their lives were not easy but they persevered and made Deer Island into the beautiful hamlet, which it remains even to this day.

One could say that this particular Hooper family line started by the Loyalist Richard helped to populate this island and a great deal of Charlotte County. Recently I have connected with many cousins from all over Canada and the United States with Richard Hooper as our common ancestor.

A belated “thank you” to Richard and whomever his wife was for giving spirit to this lineage.