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William Hooper, son of a Loyalist, moved to Wilmington and became one of three North Carolinians to sign the Declaration of Independence. Image courtesy of the North Carolina Office of Archives and History, Raleigh, NC. A representative of North Carolina at the signing of the Declaration of Independence, William Hooper was born on June 28, 1742 ...

William Hooper was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Born and raised in Boston, he went to Harvard at a young age and moved to North Carolina to pursue a career in law. It was there that he married and raised a family, and brought himself to political prominence to be appointed to the Second Continental Congress.

William Hooper, one of North Carolina's three signers of the Declaration of Independence, foremost Patriot leader, writer, orator, attorney, and legislator, was the oldest of five children of the Scots divine, the Reverend William Hooper (1704–14 Apr. 1767), second rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, Boston, Mass., and Mary Dennie Hooper (b. ca....

William Hooper, was the oldest of five children of the Reverend William Hooper and Mary Dennie, daughter of Boston merchant John Dennie. Hooper was the grandson of Robert and Mary Jaffray Hooper of the Parish of Ednam, near Kelso, Scotland. Hooper was born on 17 June 1742 in Boston, Massachusetts.

William Hooper was a North Carolina delegate to the Continental Congress, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and a lawyer. Early Life & Education. William Hooper was a signer of the Declaration of Independence Public domain image. William Hooper was born on June 28, 1742 in Boston, Massachusetts.

William Hooper was a prominent lawyer from North Carolina who signed the Declaration of Independence. Two of his homes were destroyed by the British during the invasion of North Carolina in 1781.

William Hooper (June 28, 1742 – October 14, 1790) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, and politician. As a member of the Continental Congress representing North Carolina, Hooper signed the Continental Association and the Declaration of Independence.

William Hooper. The ambivalence of William Hooper's convictions prevented him from ever carving a solid niche in the field of politics. His youthful choice of occupation and political affiliation brought estrangement from his family and emigration from Massachusetts to far-off North Carolina.