Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameFrances MALONE 
329,470, Frances Malone Hooper
329,470, Frances Malone HooperBirth1707329,470, Frances Malone Hooper
Death1763, Nottoway County, Virginia470, Frances Malone Hooper
BurialUnknown470, Frances Malone Hooper
FatherNathaniel MALONE (~1670-<1731)
MotherMary WYNNE (~1675-1732)
Spouses
Birth1690, Somerset, England329,470, Joseph Hooper
Death1751, Amelia County, Virginia329,470, Joseph Hooper
BurialUnknown470, Joseph Hooper
Marriage1745470, Joseph Hooper
ChildrenZachariah (1745-1800)
Obituary Online notes for Frances MALONE
NOTE: Zachariah Hooper's exact birth date had not been documented after many years of extensive research, so the Hooper lineage ended with him until 2015 when his father Joseph Hooper was discovered in England.
Zachariah Hooper I. 's parents were Joseph Hooper (1690-1751) who lived in Selwood, Somerset County, England. Zachariah 's mother was Frances Malone Hooper (1707-1763). No other children have bee located. They immigrated to VA and settled in Nottaway Parish located along the Nottaway River in Amelia Co. VA (created in 1735 from parts of Brunswick and Prince George Counties, which later became Nottoway Co. VA in 1789). No research on Frances Malone Hooper has been published.
Zachariah Hooper I. (c.1745 - Bef 1800) born in Nottaway Parish located along the Nottaway River in Amelia Co. VA (created in 1735 from parts of Brunswick and Prince George Counties, which later became Nottoway Co. VA in 1789); and Zachariah died in Amelia Co. VA bef 1800. The Amelia County Tax Records of the 1770's list two Zachariah Hoopers; one who died in 1775. One of these men named Zachariah on this tax list was the father of Benjamin Hooper who then named his oldest son Zachariah Linney Hooper. DAR records say Zachariah Hooper's daughter Mary Elizabeth 'Polly' Hooper was born in Lunenburg County, VA in 1768, some twenty-five years after Zachariah's birth about 1743 in the same place then called Amelia County, so the county names continued to change as the population grew and new counties were created from the original eight counties. Polly's husband Starling Gunn was a famous Revolutionary War patriot.
About 1767 in Amelia County, VA, Zachariah Hooper I (c. 1745 - Bef 1800) married Susanna Walker (Jul 1747 – 17 Jan 1837) born in Lunenburg Co. VA, some twenty-four years prior to Nottoway Co. being formed there in 1789. Susanna Walker was the daughter of the elderly Revolutionary War patriot Thomas Walker, Jr. (c.1709 - 1793) and Elizabeth 'Betty' Ellis Walker (c.1720 - Bef 1798) who lived in the Nottoway Parish of Amelia Co. VA. Susanna Walker Hooper was named in her father Thomas Walker's 1792 will, probated in 1793.
Zachariah and Susanna Hooper's family lived in Lunenburg County, VA for fourteen years from their marriage in 1765 until before their fourth child Woodlief Hooper was born there in 1779. (Lunenburg County was created in 1746 from part of Brunswick County.) Three of their children were born in Lunenburg County, VA. Then they lived in Caswell County and appeared in the 1800 & 1810 US Census records for Caswell County.
They had 4 children:
1. Mary Elizabeth 'Polly' Hooper, (17 Apr 1768 - 3 Mar 1843), (m. 5 Oct 1785) Starling Gunn, RW (9 May 1764 - 12 Aug 1832), 13 children.
2. Henry Hooper (1770 - 1835) m. NU (name unknown) 2 sons.
3. Benjamin Hooper (4 Jan 1774 - 16 Apr 1839), (m. 22 Sep 1800) Nancy Henderson (1784 - 1850), 9 children including Zachariah Linney Hooper (1801 - 29 Jun 1868).
4. Robert Woodlief Hooper, (3 Feb 1779 - 26 Apr 1853) (m. 12 Apr 1802) Priscilla Henderson (1785-1841), 8 children.
Zachariah Hooper died prior to June 1800 Census listing "Susannah Hooper age 49" as "head of the family." Owning her share of the Walker estate from her father made Susanna a very wealthy woman in 1800. Two single sons lived with her: Benjamin (aged 26) and Woodlief Hooper (Aged 21). About 20 years later In 1838, Woodlief Hooper and older brother Henry argued over family finances , property and slaves. On 22 May 1838, Woodlief Hooper was served with arrest by the Sheriff of Caswell Co. NC to make him attend the Superior Court in December 1838 to answer charges from his brother Henry to prove their mother Susanna Walker Hooper gave Woodlief slaves valued at $8,000. He was asked to produce the deed of gift for nine slaves valued at: $1,000; $600; $1,000; $1,000; $1,000; $800; $700; $600; $500 for a total of $8,000. It is unclear how the suit was settled but much of the family fortune was in slaves and land.
Zachariah Hooper I. 's parents were Joseph Hooper (1690-1751) who lived in Selwood, Somerset County, England. Zachariah 's mother was Frances Malone Hooper (1707-1763). No other children have bee located. They immigrated to VA and settled in Nottaway Parish located along the Nottaway River in Amelia Co. VA (created in 1735 from parts of Brunswick and Prince George Counties, which later became Nottoway Co. VA in 1789). No research on Frances Malone Hooper has been published.
Zachariah Hooper I. (c.1745 - Bef 1800) born in Nottaway Parish located along the Nottaway River in Amelia Co. VA (created in 1735 from parts of Brunswick and Prince George Counties, which later became Nottoway Co. VA in 1789); and Zachariah died in Amelia Co. VA bef 1800. The Amelia County Tax Records of the 1770's list two Zachariah Hoopers; one who died in 1775. One of these men named Zachariah on this tax list was the father of Benjamin Hooper who then named his oldest son Zachariah Linney Hooper. DAR records say Zachariah Hooper's daughter Mary Elizabeth 'Polly' Hooper was born in Lunenburg County, VA in 1768, some twenty-five years after Zachariah's birth about 1743 in the same place then called Amelia County, so the county names continued to change as the population grew and new counties were created from the original eight counties. Polly's husband Starling Gunn was a famous Revolutionary War patriot.
About 1767 in Amelia County, VA, Zachariah Hooper I (c. 1745 - Bef 1800) married Susanna Walker (Jul 1747 – 17 Jan 1837) born in Lunenburg Co. VA, some twenty-four years prior to Nottoway Co. being formed there in 1789. Susanna Walker was the daughter of the elderly Revolutionary War patriot Thomas Walker, Jr. (c.1709 - 1793) and Elizabeth 'Betty' Ellis Walker (c.1720 - Bef 1798) who lived in the Nottoway Parish of Amelia Co. VA. Susanna Walker Hooper was named in her father Thomas Walker's 1792 will, probated in 1793.
Zachariah and Susanna Hooper's family lived in Lunenburg County, VA for fourteen years from their marriage in 1765 until before their fourth child Woodlief Hooper was born there in 1779. (Lunenburg County was created in 1746 from part of Brunswick County.) Three of their children were born in Lunenburg County, VA. Then they lived in Caswell County and appeared in the 1800 & 1810 US Census records for Caswell County.
They had 4 children:
1. Mary Elizabeth 'Polly' Hooper, (17 Apr 1768 - 3 Mar 1843), (m. 5 Oct 1785) Starling Gunn, RW (9 May 1764 - 12 Aug 1832), 13 children.
2. Henry Hooper (1770 - 1835) m. NU (name unknown) 2 sons.
3. Benjamin Hooper (4 Jan 1774 - 16 Apr 1839), (m. 22 Sep 1800) Nancy Henderson (1784 - 1850), 9 children including Zachariah Linney Hooper (1801 - 29 Jun 1868).
4. Robert Woodlief Hooper, (3 Feb 1779 - 26 Apr 1853) (m. 12 Apr 1802) Priscilla Henderson (1785-1841), 8 children.
Zachariah Hooper died prior to June 1800 Census listing "Susannah Hooper age 49" as "head of the family." Owning her share of the Walker estate from her father made Susanna a very wealthy woman in 1800. Two single sons lived with her: Benjamin (aged 26) and Woodlief Hooper (Aged 21). About 20 years later In 1838, Woodlief Hooper and older brother Henry argued over family finances , property and slaves. On 22 May 1838, Woodlief Hooper was served with arrest by the Sheriff of Caswell Co. NC to make him attend the Superior Court in December 1838 to answer charges from his brother Henry to prove their mother Susanna Walker Hooper gave Woodlief slaves valued at $8,000. He was asked to produce the deed of gift for nine slaves valued at: $1,000; $600; $1,000; $1,000; $1,000; $800; $700; $600; $500 for a total of $8,000. It is unclear how the suit was settled but much of the family fortune was in slaves and land.