{"id":11293,"date":"2026-02-16T21:29:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T21:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/?p=11293"},"modified":"2026-02-16T21:29:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T21:29:24","slug":"william-hooper-1798-1846","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/?p=11293","title":{"rendered":"William Hooper 1798 \u2013 1846"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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William Hooper Headstone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ancestry:<\/strong>  William Hooper;  William Hooper;  William Hooper;  John Hooper;  William Hooper<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born:<\/strong> February 12, 1798 in Bridgewater Ma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Father:<\/strong>\u00a0William Hooper; (1763 \u2013 1825) (William Hooper & Susanna Cary)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Mother:<\/strong>\u00a0Mary Tilson; (1772 \u2013 1856) (Ephraim Tilson & Marcy\/Mercy Sears)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Died:<\/strong> March 17, 1846 at 48 yrs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Buried:<\/strong>\u00a0Pocasset Cemetery; area A<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Occupation:<\/strong> Farmer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Married:<\/strong> Int. October 30, 1830<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • To:<\/strong>\u00a0Mercy Godfrey Whitford; (1809 \u2013 1855) (Silas Whitford & Mercy Godfrey); Mercy married (2) Sylvanus Harlow, Jr., Col. (1805 \u2013 1874) (Sylvanus Harlow & Mary\/Polly Bent) Aft. 1846; Sylvanus, Jr. married (1) Abigail Bently Adams (1814 \u2013 1848) (Samuel Adams & Catherine Patteshell) in Sandwich Ma. on May 20, 1830 & married (2) Elizabeth A. Lucas (1812 \u2013 1850) in Boston Ma. on April 10, 1839 & married (4) Abigail W. Winsor (1820 \u2013 1859) (Welcome Winsor & Tabitha Burlingame) in Providence R.I. on August 14, 1856.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Children:<\/strong> 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • 1.<\/strong>\u00a0William Thomas Hooper; (September 28, 1831 \u2013 March 6, 1860); William T. died in Middleboro Ma. at 28 yrs.; He was unmarried.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 2.<\/strong>\u00a0Susan Cary Hooper Davis Meseroll; (January 29, 1833 \u2013 October 11, 1884); Married Hiram G. Davis (? \u2013 1857) (Phillip A. Davis & Mary Franks) on September 14, 1854 & married (2) James Meseroll, Jr. (James Messeroll & Susan (\u2013)) on May 1, 1871.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 3.\u00a0<\/strong>Cyrus A. Hooper; (March 20, 1836 \u2013 December 19, 1873); Cyrus was unmarried.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 4.<\/strong>\u00a0Benjamin Henry Hooper; (January 6, 1838 \u2013 January 25, 1863); Benjamin was unmarried.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 5.<\/strong>\u00a0Ann Eliza Mellen Hooper Drew; (June 28, 1840 \u2013 August 11, 1862); Married Charles Bradford Drew (Abt.1838 \u2013 1873) (Peleg R. Drew & Deborah Reed) in Swansea Ma. on June 1, 1860.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 6.<\/strong>\u00a0Mercy Ann Hooper Harvey; (June 15, 1843 \u2013 April 9, 1887); Married James Barton Harvey (1844 \u2013 1909)\u00a0 (Barton P. Harvey & Hannah W. Leonard) in Raynham Ma. on September 1, 1868.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 7.<\/strong>\u00a0Martha Freeman Hooper Maxfield, twin; (July 2, 1845 \u2013 April 15, 1874); Married Charles Pierce Maxfield (1845 \u2013 1875) (James Maxfield & Louisa (\u2013)) on May 1, 1866.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 8.\u00a0<\/strong>Mary Nye Hooper Nye, twin; (July 2, 1845 \u2013 March 3, 1913); Married Henry Kirk Nye (1842 \u2013 1903) (Oliver Cromwell Nye & Elizabeth Fearing) in Taunton Ma. on May 21, 1868.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Ancestry:  William Hooper;  William Hooper;  William Hooper;  John Hooper;  William Hooper Born: February 12, 1798 in Bridgewater Ma. Died: March 17, 1846 at 48 yrs. Occupation: Farmer Married: Int. October 30, 1830 Children: 8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hooper-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11294,"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11293\/revisions\/11294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}