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William Hooper was born in Boston, Massachusetts, June 1742. His Father wanted him to be a man of the cloth. However, Hooper chose law. He graduated from Harvard College in 1760, at the age of 15. Then worked in the law offices of James Otiss, a opponent of the British rule and taxation.
Hooper moved to Wilmington, North Carolina. He married Anne Clark, and she became a successful lawyer as Hooper. They eventually had three children, two sons and a daughter. He was so popular that in 1770 he was appointed deputy attorney general for the Colony of North Carolina. In 1773 he was elected to the colonial legislature, followed in 1774 by his election to the Continental Congress. In the spring of 1776, Hooper’s private business so greatly need his attention in North Carolina, that he did not attend the Congress. He returned in time to cast his vote for and sign the Declaration of Independence. As months passed Hooper continued his law practice and remained to be the North Carolina legislature. Soon after he signed the Declaration of Independence, the British took Hooper, and demolished his estate. Then he was separated from his family, and because of that he constant felling. He was always worried, and he wanted his family back. In 1787 Hooper’s health became vary week. He relaxed from the public and professional efforts. A short time after that he retired, witch was something he always wanted to do. Two weeks later Hooper died in Hillsboro, North Carolina on October 14, 1790 at the age forty-eight.
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