Can anybody tell me how Hopwood got its name? Mark's blog: http://accidentalwine.blogspot.com/ trumpcard1@earthlink.net

Hopwood is a surname. Was the town named after a man who first settled there? ----- Original Message ----- From: "betty" <trumpcard1@earthlink.net> To: <PAFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 10:46 PM Subject: [PAFAY] Hopwood > Can anybody tell me how Hopwood got its name? > > > > > > Mark's blog: http://accidentalwine.blogspot.com/ > > trumpcard1@earthlink.net > > >

Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania page 78 list Joseph Hopwood, a farmer who lived in Hopwood, Pa. who married Anna White,daughter of Peter G.White who was a toll gate keeper on the national road for forty years. Peter died in Hopwood in 1886 Ancestry.com family trees list this Joesph asthe son of Moses Hopwood, whose father was also named Moses and that Moses father John Hopwood died in 1802 in Hopwood Fayette County, Pa. John's father was named Moses Andrew McClelland , a farmer of Fayette county , who died near Warrensburg, Missouri , in 1878 , aged seventy-five years; married Priscilla Hopwood , daughter of Moses , son of John De Hopwood , the founder of the town of Wood-stock . from Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania also; John Farr (2) married Lucinda Hopwood , daughter of John (1) Hopwood , a native of Virginia and a revolutionary soldier. He was a son of Moses Hopwood , who came to this country from England early in the eighteenth century. This website tells more about History of Hopwood United Methodist Church and Moses Hopwood Sr. http://www.gbgm-umc.org/hopwoodumc/History.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "betty" <trumpcard1@earthlink.net> To: <PAFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 10:46 PM Subject: [PAFAY] Hopwood > Can anybody tell me how Hopwood got its name? > > > > > > Mark's blog: http://accidentalwine.blogspot.com/ > > trumpcard1@earthlink.net > > >