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1672-1742); Rebecca, who married John Hudson;
Anne (?-1761), who married John Broome (1676-
ca. 1738/39); Mary (?-ca. 1757), who married
first, Levin Hicks (?-ca. 1731), son of Thomas
Hicks (1659- 1722), and second, John Rider (1686-
1739/40); Rosannah, who married John Hudson,
Quartus (?-1751), son of of John Hudson (1653-
1730); and Sarah, who married John Heyward,
stepson of Bartholomew Ennalls (1643- 1688). PRI-
VATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: Protestant. OCCUPATIONAL PRO-
RLE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SER-
VICE: Lower House, Dorchester County, 1694-
1697. LOCAL OFFICE: justice, Dorchester County,
1669-1697 (quorum, 1690-1697). WEALTH DUR.
ING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: Over
1,600 acres. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will pro-
bated on August 30, 1720. PERSONAL PROPERTY:
TEV, £598.8.11 current money (including 12
slaves and 1 servant). LAND: 2,481 acres, plus 2
tracts of unspecified acreage.
HOOPER, HENRY (ca. 1687-1767). BORN: ca.
1687 in Dorchester County. NATIVE: third genera-
tion. RESIDED: in Dorchester County. FAMILY
BACKGROUND. FATHER Henry Hooper (ca. 1643-
1720), who married first, Elizabeth, daughter of
Levin Den wood. MOTHER: Mary (1663-1740),
daughter of Roger Woolford (?-ca. 1701/2). UN-
CLE: Roger Woolford (1670-1730). AUNTS:
Elizabeth Woolford (1664-1738), who married
first, Thomas Ennalls (?-1718), and second, Wil-
liam Holland (?-1732); Sarah Woolford (ca. 1672-
?), who married Covert Lockerman (ca, 1681-
1728). BROTHERS: Thomas; John (?-1754); Roger;
and James (1703-1789). HALF BROTHER Richard.
SISTERS: Anne (?-1761), who married John Broome
(1616-ca. 1738/39); Mary (?-ca. 1757), who mar-
ried second, John Rider (1686-1739/40); Rosan-
nah; Sarah; Rebecca; and Priscilla. HALF SISTERS:
Mary (1674-1745), who married Henry Ennalls
(1675-1734); Elizabeth, who married Matthew
Travers (ca. 1672-1742). FIRST COUSINS: Thomas
Woolford (ca, 1699-ca. 1750/51); Sarah Looker-
man (?-by 1745), who married Joseph Cox Gray
(?-1764); Rosannah Woolford, who married sec-
ond, Joseph Cox Gray (?-1764); and James Wool-
ford (ca. 1736-ca. 1783). NEPHEW: John Brome
(1703-1748). NIECE: Ann Hicks (?-1773), who
married Henry Travers (?-1765). MARRIED by 1712
Mary, daughter of Joseph En nails (?-1709) grand-
daughter of both Bartholomew Ennalls (1643-
1688) and John Brooke (by 1646-1692/93); niece
of Thomas Ennalls (?-1718), Henry Ennalls
(1675-1734), Elizabeth Ennalls, who married Ro-
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ger Woolford (1670-1730), and Ann Brooke, who
married first, Thomas Cooke (?-1692/93). Her
brothers were William Ennalls (?-1731); Bartholo-
mew Ennalls (ca. 1700-1783); Thomas (?-1753);
Joseph (1702-1759); and Henry (?-1734). Her sis-
ter was Elizabeth (?-by 1739), who married
Charles Goldsborough (1707-1767). Her first
cousin was Thomas Woolford (ca. 1699-ca.
1750/51). Her nephews were Joseph Ennalls (ca.
1745-1779); William Ennalls (?-1785); John En-
nalls (by 1746-ca. 1778); and Robert Golds-
borough (1733-1788). Her nieces were Elinor En-
nalls (ca. 1738-1793), who married Joseph Daffin
(?-1796); Elizabeth Greenbery Goldsborough (ca.
1731-1820), who married Will/am Ennalls (?-
1785); Mary Ennalls, who married Ennalls Hooper
(?-ca. 176.3); and Ann Ennalls (ca. 1729-by 1790),
who married Henry Hooper, Jr. (ca. 1727-1790).
CHILDREN. SON: Henry Hooper, Jr. (ca. 1727-
1790). DAUGHTERS: Ann, who married Den wood
Hicks; Mary, who married first, Bartholomew En-
nalls, and second, Levin Hicks (?-1753). PRIVATE
CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIA-
TION: Anglican, Cambridge Church and Vienna
Chapel, Great Choptank Parish, Dorchester
County. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent.,
by 1733; Esq., by 1738; Hon. at death. ADDI-
TIONAL COMMENTS: In his will Hooper left £10 to
the public freeschool in Annapolis. OCCUPA-
TIONAL PROFILE: a mariner, by 1712; planter; at-
torney, admitted to the following courts: Dorches-
ter County by August 1742; Talbot County in
August 1744. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SER-
VICE: Lower House, Dorchester County, 1722-
1724 (Elections 1-3), 1725-1727 (Elections 1-3;
Laws 3), 1732-1734 (Laws 1-Cv; Accounts Cv),
1734/35-1737 (Laws 1, Cv, 2-4), 1738 (Laws;
Arms and Ammunition), 1739-1741 (Laws Cv-3;
Arms and Ammunition Cv-3), 1745 (Laws; Arms
and Ammunition; Aggrievances), 1745/46-1748
(Laws Cv 1, 1-3, 4; Arms and Ammunition Cv 1,
1-3, 4; Aggrievances Cv 1, 1-3, 4), 1749-1751
(Laws Cv-3; Aggrievances Cv-3; Arms and Am-
muntion Cv-3), 1751-1754 (Laws 1-6; Grievances
1-6), 1754-1757 (speaker 1-5; resigned as speaker
on September 30, 1756, because of illness; re-
elected speaker for the 6th session), 1757-1758
(speaker 1, Cv, 2), 1758-1761 (speaker Cv 1, 1, Cv
2, 2, 3, Cv 3), 1762-1763 (speaker 1, 2); Upper
House, 1765-1766 (appointed during the 1st ses-
sion). OTHER PROVINCIAL OFFICES: judge, Assize
Court, Eastern Shore, commissioned 1734-1739,
1743, and 1747; justice, Provincial Court, commis-
sioned 1735, 1738, 1741, 1743, 1744, 1747, 1749,
and 1766 (chief justice, by 1766); Council, 1765-
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