Direct descendant is highlighted in red

FATHER

unknown

WIFE

Hannah King

CHILDREN (will says there are 6 children)

John Hopewell b. Abt. 1760 (possible child)

Mary Hopewell b. 1762

Samuel Hopewell b. 1764

June Court 1766 Book A pg 146 Will of John Hopewell  "I appoint and ordain my well Beloved Brother Thomas Hopewell and my Loving Wife Hannah Hopewell, Daug't John King to be my Executors." children not named. Witnesses: Osborn King, John King and James Donaldson

Inventory of Estate  Book A pg 147 Inventory continued pg. 148  Total $106 pounds 8 shilling 0 pence by Rob Sanford, Ja J Coleman, Cornelius Vaughn

Accounting of Estate June 13, 1769 pg. 217  Debts being paid Accounting continued pg. 218 crop of 1769 $3130 "This Account of the Administration and the Estate of john Hopewell dec was returned unto the court by Hannah Talbot late Hannah Hopewell Ex'r of the said John Hopewell to which she made the oath and the same being examined and approved of by the court ordered to be recorded."

John Hopewell
by Susan Brooke
Aug 2020

There are three men named Hopewell living in Loudoun County, Virginia in the 1760's.  John Hopewell, married to Hannah King, is living in Cameron Parish next to his father-in-law.  When he died in 1766 he named his brother Thomas Hopewell as executor, but there is no listing for Thomas in any of the tithable records.  Over in Sherburne Parish, Loudoun County, there is a Samuel Hopewell who appears in the records at the same time as John.  They may all be brothers, but it is not proven. However, in 1762 there is evidence that Samuel Hopewell might have been in a business opportunity with a William King.  Hannah King's father had a brother named William.
The first time John Hopewell shows up in the records in the1760 tithables for Loudoun Co, VA.  He is listed next to John King, most likely living with his father-in-law. (1)  He is in the Loudoun Co tithables again in 1762 still listed with the King family.  He is also recorded a couple of times between 1762-1764 in the court order books.  (2) He was still a young man, but he wrote his will on 21 Mar 1766 and died a few weeks later as the inventory of his estate was taken 9 Jun 1766. He had six children according to his will and at least two were small children: Mary who was about 4 and Samuel who about 2 years old.  His wife, Hannah King, remarried by Jun of 1769 to Henry Talbot as she signs an accounting of her husband's estate as "Hannah Talbot late Hannah Hopewell."  Their two small children were bound over to her new husband in 1776. (3)(1)
 

Order BK B pg. 71   9 Nov 1762
James Whaley, Moses Thomas, Richard Spurr, John Hopewell and Anthony Buckner indebted £25 unless they appear in court to give evidence against Samuel Jenkins, Silvanus Lay and Immanuel Lay for Hog Stealing.

Order BK B pg. 287  15 Mar 1764
Ordered that John Hopewell be appointed Surveyor of the Road in the room of Richard Stephens who is discharged from that Office.