Born ‎10 Dec 1635 Skelton-In, Cleveland, York, Eng., died ‎1723 Middleton Falls, Bucks, Pa‎, 87 or 88 years
JOSHUA HOOPES 1635 - 1724

(John, Robert, John, Robert (Howpe)

Joshua Hoopes was born 10 Dec 1635. He was from Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorks, England. He was married three times. His first wife was Ann Perkes, they married 15 May 1670 in Skelton. She was the mother of all his children. She died 20 Oct 1678 in England.

He then married (Esbile) Isabel, surname unknown, 1 May 1679. She accompanied him and his three children to America. He married 3rd, Eleanor Pownall on Dec. 2nd 1693.

Joshua was still a member of the Church of England when his marriage to Esbile (Isabel) was recorded in the parish records. Soon after this he became a Quaker as so many of his relatives had done. In 1677 he was fined for holding a Quaker meeting at his home and attending a Quaker meeting because at that time he was still a member of the Church of England.

In 1683, King Charles II reigned in England and those whose form of worship did not conform to the prescribed teachings of the established church were persecuted.

As Quakers or "Friends", Joshua Hoopes and his wife, Isabel, dared not openly avow their convictions if they wished to escape persecution brought against the "Dissenters", and that may have contributed to their decision to sail on the thirteenth and last of William Penn's ships, the Providence of Scarborough, with their three surviving children, Daniel, Margaret and Christian. . .

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Joshua Hoopes, of Skelton in Cleveland, Yorkshire, yeoman, and Isabel his wife, with their children, Daniel, Margaret and Christian, came over in the ship Providence, of Scarborough, Robert Hopper master, and arrived in the River Delaware the 10th day of 9th month 1683. They settled in Makefield, Bucks County, PA., and became members of Falls Monthly Meeting, which was frequently held at their house.
Joshua brought the following certificate, as recorded by Friends in Bucks County:
" This is to Satisfye whom it may concern yt Joshua Hoopes ye bearer here of was borne at Skelton near Gainsborough in Cleveland in Yorkesheire in old England & there descended of honest Parents and honestly demeaned himselfe from his Child hood, his ffather, brothers & relations being honest & credible inhabitants and people of account in and about ye towne of Skelton aforessaid And yt hee ye said Joshua hath not at any time to our knowledge or heareing been conversant or acquainted with any unruly or disorderly persons as in relation to any bad carriage but honestly, godly and civelly be heaved himselfe towards his neighbours & acquaintance both whilst hee Lived with his ffather & alsoe with his wife & ffamily since hee was married there away & haveing of Late years frequented many meetings of ye people called Quakers neare ye said towne of Skelton & not to our knowledge been in any way disorderly in his life practice & conversation but yet they ye said people have had a love & respect for him & unity & ffellowship with him in his course of life & dealings amongst men. This is signed & Attested to by us who are members of ye said people called Quakers in and about Skelton aforesaid & inhabitants htere abouts ye 4th day of ye 3rd month 1683.
He was elected to the Assembly in the years 1686, 1688, 1692, 1695, 1696, 1697, 1700, 1701, 1703, 1705, 1708, 1709, 1711.
TEXT "Genealogy of the Smedley Family" descended from George and Sarah Smedley -settlers of Chester Co. Penn. Compiled by Gilbert Cope, West Chester PA, Publishers - Wickersham Printing Company,
Lancaster PA, 1901

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Colonial Families of Philadelphia
Author: John W. Jordan
Call Number: R929.2 qC719

Richard Webb died in Birmingham, 1719, leaving eight children, the eldest of whom, William Webb, settled in Kennett, where he died 1753; was member of Colonial Assembly, 1723-37, and a Justice, 1741. He married January 22, 1709, Rebecca Harland, and had among others a son William Webb Jr., born November 13, 1710, who married, September 23, 1732, Elizabeth, born March 13, 1716-17, daughter of Daniel Hoopes, born in Skelton, parish of Cleveland, Yorkshire, England, died in Westtown township, Chester county, Pennsylvania; Member of Provincial Assembly, 1708-9, by his wife, Jane Worrilow; granddaughter of Joshua and Isabel Hoopes, who came from Skelton, Yorkshire, arriving in the river Delaware, in the ship "Providence" of Scarborough, November 10, 1683, and settled in Makefield township, Bucks county.

They were prominent members of Falls Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends, depositing their certificate from the Monthly Meeting at Skelton, bearing date 3mo. (May) 4, 1683. Joshua Hoopes was a member of Provincial Assembly from Bucks county, 1685-1711. He married (second) Elinor, widow of Reuben Pownall, who was killed by a falling tree a few months after his arrival in the Province. (Likely the third wife)

Stephen Webb, father of Hannah Hoopes (Webb) Savery, was the second son of William and Elizabeth (Hoopes) Webb, and his wife was Mary Harvey, of a family that was prominent in the affairs of Bucks and Chester counties. Hannah H. (Webb) Savery survived her husband thirty years, residing on the old Webb homestead with her son Stephen until his marriage, 1873, when she removed with her youngest daughter, Elizabeth, to West Chester, where she died August 5, 1890.
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Early Chester County Arrivals (1683): Chester County, PA

the "Providence" of Scarborough, Robt. Hopper arrived 10th of 9th Mo
1683;
Joshua Hoopes and Isabell his wife, late of Cleveland in Yorkshire,
husbandman, came in ditto ship; children, Danl, Marg; and Christian Hoopes.
John Palmer and Christian his wife, late of ditto place, came in ditto
ship

John PALMER b. CIR 1629, m. Mary SOUTHERY, b. CIR 1633, Westbury, Wiltshire, England.

Joshua HOOPES b. CIR 1640, Great Moorsholm, Skelton, York, England, Occupation: Yeoman / Husbandman, m. (1) 15 May 1670, in Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, England, Ann (m/HOOPES), b. CIR 1647, Skelton, Yorkshire, England, d. 20 Oct 1678, Skelton, Yorkshire, England, m. (2) 1 May 1679, in Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, England, Isabel (m/Hoopes), b. CIR 1650, d. ? ___ 1691, m. (3) 20 Dec 1693, Eleanor (m/Pownall), b. CIR 1660. Joshua died ? ___ 1724, Westown Township, Chester Co., PA, LDS AFN: 1MCH-GX. Joshua HOOPES held joint title to land with John PALMER (see his record), the land granted by William Penn. He came to North America aboard "Providence," sailing from Scarborough (also aboard were John & Christian PALMER) with his son Daniel, who was then eleven years old. He died either at his home in Makefield Township, Bucks Co., PA, "in the middle of the yeare 1723," or at son Daniel's home, in Westtown Township, Chester Co., PA," about 1724."
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JOSHUA5 HOOPES (JOHN4, ROBERT3, JOHN2, ROBERT1 HOWPE) was born December 10, 1635 in Great Moorsholm, Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, England, and died 1732 in Middleton Falls, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He married (1) ELEANOR. He married (2) ANN ISABELL NUNN May 15, 1670 in Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, England. She was born Abt. 1647 in Yorkshire, England, and died October 20, 1678 in Yorkshire, England. He married (3) ISABEL MIDDLETON May 01, 1679 in Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, England. She died March 20, 1690/91 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He married (4) ISABEL Bef. 1683. She died March 20, 1690/91 in Buck's County, Pennyslvania. He married (5) ELEANOR POWNALL December 20, 1693.

Children of JOSHUA HOOPES and ANN NUNN are: (Believed to be Perke)
9. i. DANIEL D.6 HOOPES, b. May 27, 1672, Skelton, Cleveland, Yorkshire, England; d. 1749, Westtown Tnshp, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
ii. MARY HOOPES, b. March 22, 1673/74; d. July 1674.
10. iii. MARGARET HOOPES, b. 1675; d. December 17, 1725, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
iv. CHRISTIAN HOOPES, b. 1678; d. February 15, 1683/84.