| − | William Hooper was born in Boston, [[Massachussettes]] to a Scotch Congregationalist minister. His father had intended for William to follow him as 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, is 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 had intended for William to follow him as 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, is 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> |