The surname ‘Hopper’ originates from England. It is a variant of ‘Hobbs’, derived from the occupational name ‘the hopper’, i.e. the ‘dancer’ at a fair or festival. Compiled information from Historical, Private, and Civil archive’s has confirmed that the surname ‘Hopper’ and or it’s variant’s, dates as far back as the reign of King Henry VIII, where a ‘Jenkin Hopper’, possessed the estate of Todepotts and other lands in wolsingham, which remained with his descendants for two centuries. The exact period of settlement in North America has not been definitely determined but Information extracted from Public and Civil registry archive’s confirm that one of the first settlers was a certain ‘John Hopper’, aged 20, from County Durham, England. He emigrated to North America before 1675, settling first at Flushing, Long Island, then he moved to Deptford Township, New Jersey in 1698, and died between 1749-50, having fathered one son, ‘John Hopper’, of Deptford Township, New Jersey, born in 1677. Today, ‘Hopper’ is the ‘One Thousand and Tenth’ most common surnam…
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