Amos Hooper (1807 - 1876)

Born 30 Sep 1807 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Died 27 Dec 1876 at age 69 in Brooklin, Hancock, Maine, United States

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Biography

Amos Hooper; b. 30 Sep 1807 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; He was the son of William Hooper and Elizabeth Brown

m. Nancy W. Freeman, daughter of George Freeman and Tamson Richardson, at Hancock, Maine;

He died 27 Dec 1876 at Brooklin, Hancock, Maine, at age 69; Æ 69y 2m 27d; he was buried at Pretty Marsh Cemetery, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine.

Nancy W. Freeman was born on 10 Jul 1815 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; (Calculated date). She died on 14 Jan 1873 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, at age 57; Æ 57y 6m 4d. She was buried at Pretty Marsh Cemetery, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine.

Known children of Amos Hooper and Nancy W. Freeman were as follows:

• i. John Otis Hooper; b. 1835 at Hancock, Maine.

• ii. Edith Helen Hooper; b. 11 Sep 1836 at Brooklin, Hancock, Maine; m. Charles B. Pray, son of Ephraim Pray and Rebecca P. Norton; d. 15 Jun 1917 at Eden, Hancock, Maine, at age 80; she was buried at Brookside Cemetery (Somesville), Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine.

• iii. Reuben Henry Hooper; b. 6 Mar 1838 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; d. 22 Aug 1839 at age 1; he was buried at Pretty Marsh Cemetery, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine.

• iv. Gilbert G Hooper; b. 4 Sep 1841 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; m. Caroline Elisabeth Watson, daughter of Reuben Watson and Elizabeth Bootman Herrick, 3 Dec 1865 at Brooklin, Hancock, Maine.

• v. Leonice N. Hooper; b. 13 Sep 1850 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; m. John Jacob Somes, son of Jacob Somes and Rebecca Seavey, 12 Dec 1869 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; She was from Brooklin and he was from Mount Desert; d. 24 Apr 1912 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, at age 61; she was buried at Brookside Cemetery (Somesville), Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine.

• vi. Edith Helen Hooper; b. 11 Apr 1856 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine.

United States Census, 1850 ^[1]Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, United States

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Amos Hooper M 42 Maine

Nancy W Hooper F 34 Maine

Edeth H Hooper F 14 Maine

Gilbert Hooper M 8 Maine

John Otis Hooper M 15 Maine

United States Census, 1860^[2] Brooklin, Hancock, Maine, United States

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Amos Hooper M 54 Maine

Nancy Hooper F 44 Maine

Gilbert Hooper M 18 Maine

Leonice Hooper F 10 Maine

United States Census, 1870^[3] Brooklin, Hancock, Maine, United States

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Amos Hooper M 62 Maine

Nancy H Hooper F 58 Maine

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JR-843 : 4 April 2020), John Otis Hooper in household of Amos Hooper, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing family 117, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHK-XJX : 18 March 2020), Leonice Hooper in entry for Amos Hooper, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DN-PFZ : 19 March 2020), Nancy H Hooper in entry for Amos Hooper, 1870.

• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44S-DZQ : 14 January 2020), Amos Hooper, 1807.
• "Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM1-SD24 : 16 March 2018), Amos H Hooper, 1876; citing Burial, North East Harbor, Hancock, Maine, United States, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,769,795.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 July 2020), memorial page for Amos Hooper (27 Sep 1807–27 Dec 1876), Find a Grave Memorial no. 90685866, citing Pretty Marsh Cemetery, Pretty Marsh, Hancock County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by H.C.~Maine (contributor 47312104) .