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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Dorset => England => Dorset Lookup Requests => Topic started by: slc1 on Tuesday 14 August 12 14:27 BST (UK)
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Hi there . i am currentlylty researching my ancestors the Hoopers of Boveridge . Does anyone know where i can look to see which Hooper fled to Kelso Scotland during/ after the Monmouth Uprising to avoid persecution during the Bloody Assizes . I have the Dorset Visitations of 1623 and a Rev Henry Hooper born 1600 Cranborne married Sarah Rycroft but cannot link Henry to any of the Hoopers of Boveridge as he is not on the Visitation We are also led to believe that we are related to Bishop John Hooper who was burnt at the stake in Gloucester by Mary Queen of Scots . We have all the pieces of the jigsaw but cannot quite link them . Help gratefully received
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Welcome to Rootschat.
All I can suggest is the old adage that you must work backwards from what you know for certain. If you can give all the details you know about the person at the top of your know tree, there are plenty of people on this site who can help you take the line further back. Given the number of family legends that prove to be false, I think tit would be a waste of energy to work down from the famous Hoopers.
As you probably know, Boveridge is in the parish of Cranborne, and there are Hoopers in the Cranborne registers from when they start in the 16th century, although I can't see any leaving wills.
Richard
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Thanks RJ Knott,
I have Edward Hooper of Boveridge and Hurn Court married to Ann Moore of of Southhampton. They had 4 children Maria, Edward, Katherine and Thomas. This is taken from the Dorset Visitation of 1623. I have his ancestors back to John Hooper of Sarum and Agnes Porte but can go back no further.
Any more info regarding these children gratefully received but also looking for a Henry Hooper born Cranborne 1600 moved to Kelso during or after the Monmouth Uprising. Thanks
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Any more info regarding these children gratefully received but also looking for a Henry Hooper born Cranborne 1600 moved to Kelso during or after the Monmouth Uprising. Thanks
The uprising was in 1685, when James II came to the throne; would an 85 year-old flee from Dorset to Kelso?
Do you have a proven link back from your family to those in the visitation? If so, you are beyond my area of expertise? If not, that seems the first priority.
Richard
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Hello.... I have just connected my family tree , and it has led me to Henry Hooper who arrived in the province of Maryland,U.S.A. with his wife Sarah Rycroft Hooper and children Elizabeth,Richard,Robert,Henry on July 15 1651. Henry Hooper used the coat of arms of the Boveridge HOOPERS of Cranborne,England. I am a 10th generation Hooper that grew up on Hoopers Island Dorchester County Maryland and feel pretty sure my search is accurate.Hope to hear from you soon. Alton1qazx
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Hi there .Thanks for connecting . It is common belief that William Hooper and his wife Sarah Rycroft Kelso/ Ednham Roxboroughshire Scotland emigrated to Boston and that William Hoopers son William was one of the signers of the Declaration of American Indpendance.
It is also well documented that your ancestors from Hoopers Islands Maryland are connected to Scotland
We believe that the Scottish family of Hoopers was related to the Hoopers of Boveridge Dorset as they fled the Bloody Assizes which was the fall out from the Monmouth Rebellion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monmouth_Rebellion
They were staunchly Protestant and in support of the Duke of momnmouth . That area of Scotland was know for its Protestant sympathisers .
I am trying to make the official connection as we have no documentation to prove this . We know that a Daniel Hooper was deported to Barbados and was later pardoned and settled in Barbados . There is an area in Barbados know as Hooper Lands.
The Hoopers of Boveridge were very politically active and Sir Edward Hooper lived at Boveridge Cranborne . I have visited the church and seen the Coat of Arms and tombstones.I will add a link to these photos
I am related to a branch of Hoopers that came from Ednham and settled in London as Apothecary Surgeons .We know that they were well educated and wealthy One of my ancestors was Lord Mayor of London . I am still researching to try and make the link between Boveridge and Ednham and Ednham to London but am finding it too difficult to find evidence it is mainly hearsay .
If you have any sources of information I would be grateful but I think its safe to say that we are related in some way :).
Keep in touch . I would be delighted to share any more information with you if required Best Wishes
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I have Williams (signer) father as William but you may be right it may have been Henry
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Interesting to think that they may have named Dorchester Maryland after their beloved Dorchester in Dorset . So many place names in the USA have links to towns and Citys here in the UK
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorchester,_Dorset
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http://www.thedorsetpage.com/history/Monmouth_Rebellion/Monmouth_Rebellion.htm
Hoopers of Boveridge were linked in marriage to Anthony Ashley Cooper and Chafin . Ashley Coopers lived just down the road from Boveridge at Wimbourne St Giles. I have no doubt that Hoopers were involve din the rebellion and yet there names are not mentioned.
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Hooper family of Ednam, near Kelso. Would like to clarify our slightly conflicting stories, but definitely the same essentials. Have recently had DNA tests with surprising results. New to this site, so still not sure how it works
Linley Hooper
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Hello Lindley I agree we have the same essentials but due to lack of any further evidence coming from Scotland myself and my cousins are at loss to know how Hoopers of Cranborne were related to Hoopers of Kelso . We do know that Henry (Reverend) Hooper ( emigrated to USA ) was born in Cranborne Dorset and that his father Sr Henry Hooper born 1555 was supposed to have been born in Lancashire
your thoughts appreciated
SLC1
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I'm still confused - why do you think your Hoopers are from Ednam? Do you claim descent or as a collateral of "William the signer"s father William born 1704 in Ednam. He is supposedly the son of Robert Hooper of Ednam/Stitchell, but I worry about the age gap.
As there are Hooper/Happers in the neighbouring parish of Stitchell for some time before his 1692 marriage in Ednam, the Monmouth suggestions seems unlikely and DNA did not support it.
DNA gives a northern Germanic/Scandinavian background and most of the matches (admittedly very distant) have names which could be seen as variants of Hooper - Hauptrief and Hoptry. No match to a single Hooper. I suggest you have your DNA tested (preferably with FamilyTree DNA) and compare.
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I have recently stumbled upon a possible connection between John Hooper of Sarum (m Agnes Porte) ancestor of Hoopers of Boveridge being the son of Bishop John Hooper. Bishop John Hooper married Ann de Tserclaes (Tscerlas) . She had Belgian Ancestry. Can i advise you to check the Hibbs Family Tree on Ancestry which is very thorough with regard to her pedigree. mMaybe just maybe thats where the Scandinavian, German ,Belgian DNA has come from