Elizabeth (Hooper) Watters (abt. 1772 - 1841)

Born about 1772 in Person County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Died 18 Jun 1841 at about age 69 in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth Hooper^[1][2][3]

Birth

Date: 1772

Place: Person County, North Carolina, US^[4]

Death

Date: 18 JUN 1841

Place: Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, US^[5]

Burial

Place: Weymans Chapel Cemetery, Riegelwood, Columbus County, North Carolina, US^[6]

Marriage

Husband: Henry Hyrne Watters

Wife: Elizabeth Hooper

Date: 15 OCT 1790^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S2274 Page: Database online. Source number: 595.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LDF. Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth Hooper
2. ↑ Source: #S2376
3. ↑ Source: #S2282 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for ELIZABETH HOOPER
4. ↑ Source: #S2274 Page: Database online. Source number: 595.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LDF. Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth Hooper
5. ↑ Source: #S2376
6. ↑ Source: #S2376
7. ↑ Source: #S2274 Page: Database online. Source number: 595.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LDF. Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth Hooper

• Source: S2274 Author: Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; Repository: #R2227

• Repository: R2227 Name: HR-1005-BGR Address: www.ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:

• Source: S2282 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R2227

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 March 2020), memorial page for Elizabeth Hooper Watters (unknown–18 Jun 1841), Find A Grave: Memorial #35455052, citing Weymans Chapel Cemetery, Riegelwood, Columbus County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Tom Reece (contributor 46857744) .

Notes

Note N2710From Family Tree, Stirk-London Families:

The 20th Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Vol. 5 pg 333, William Hooper

Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Vol. 3 H-K, edited by William S. Powell;

William Hooper

Lower Cape Fear Gravestone Records, Vol. 1 pg 12 - noted as last surviving child of William Hooper one of the Signers of the American Declaration of Independence; on page 15 notes Elizabeth was the wife of Henry Watters whose grave has not been found

Early Wilmington Block by Block From 1733 on compiled by Elizabeth Francenia McKoy; pg 32- notes nephews, William, Thomas and James Hooper, pg 33 - notes death place from obituary

Biographical History of North Carolina: from Colonial Times to the Present, vol. 7, edited by Samuel A. Ashe: John DeBerniere Hooper- noted as kinswoman, childless widow-notes of Hillsboro.

From Modern Recipes From Historic Wilmington, Edited by Ann Hertzler & Merle Chamberlain, Lower Cape Fear Historical Society, Wilmington NC, November 2009:

WILLIAM HOOPER HOUSE

ca. 1768

Princess Street between Second and Third Streets

William Hooper was born and raised in Boston. After receiving a BA and MA from Harvard, he studied law there and moved to Wilmington to practice. He bacame active in colonial politics and acquired properties in Wilmington. In 1768 Hooper was fined 40 shillings for allowing his chimney to catch fire. One of North Carolina's three signers of the Declaration of Indepedence, he was also a delegate to the Continental Congress and a representative in the General Assembly. (Harnett, Hooper, & Howe - Revolutionary Leaders of the Lower Cape Fear)

NOTE: William was Elizabeth's father.

From www.findagrave.com:

Inscription:

aged 74 years.

The last child of William Hooper the signer of the Declaration of Independence

http://www.hoopercompass.com/hooper/signer.html

Acknowledgements

Hooper-2547 was created by Jane Naus through the import of Harriss-Naus-Cotton-Haefele-Ancestors-Descendants_2014-12-22.ged on Dec 22, 2014.