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==Early life==

==Early life==

William Hooper was born in Boston, [[Massachusetts]] to a Scotch Congregationalist minister. His father had intended for William to follow him and become a minister. The young William chose law instead. He would graduate from Harvard and gained employment in the James Otis law offices. Hooper received his Bar after he moved to Wilmington, North Carolina with his new bride Anne Clark. She would bear him three children. In 1770, his popularity earned him the position of Attorney General for North Carolina. In 1773, elected to the colonial legislature and in 1774, the Continental Congress.<ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/HOoper.htm William Hooper, USHistory.org]</ref>

William Hooper was born in Boston, [[Massachusetts]] to a Scotch Congregationalist minister. His father William Hooper Sr., who had attended the University of Edinburgh,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=3nADAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA42 The Object and Means of the Christian Ministry: A Sermon, Preached at the Ordination of the Rev. Cyrus A. Bartol, as Junior Pastor of the West Church in Boston, Wednesday, March 1, 1837]</ref> had hoped for young William to follow him and become a minister. The young William chose law instead. He would graduate from Harvard and gained employment with [[James Otis Jr.]] at his law offices. Hooper received his Bar after he moved to Wilmington, North Carolina with his new bride Anne Clark. She would bear him three children. In 1770, his popularity earned him the position of Attorney General for North Carolina. In 1773, elected to the colonial legislature and in 1774, the [[Continental Congress]].<ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/HOoper.htm William Hooper, USHistory.org]</ref>

==American Revolution==

==American Revolution==