Christopher Hopton

(My 3xGreat-Grandfather)

Details

Born:		1806

Father:		Anthony Hopton
Mother:		Esther Smith, daughter of John & Mary Smith, bap. 1771 Badsworth

Married:	2-Sep-1827, Leeds
Spouse:		Elizabeth Benn, daughter of James Benn

Died:		23-Jul-1841, of Typhus in the "House of recovery", Leeds

Children:	William Hopton 
		b. 1840 m. (1) 1862, m(2) 1870, d. 1916


Occupation:	Labourer
		Stuff Singer (one who singes (burns) coarse flax before it is dyed)
		Stuff Presser
		Slab dyer, possibly worked for his brother Joseph's business "Hopton Peniston & Rose"


Additional Information

Signature


Signature of Christopher, 1824 (as marriage witness of his brother John Smith Hopton)

		Unfortunately Christopher died aged only 35 years old.
		It appears he only had one surviving son, (I have found no reference to any earlier children).

		His widow Elizabeth had a daughter Jane Hopton(b.~1843), but she was the 'natural' daughter of 
		Christopher Pickering, to whom she was later married.

		There is no known contact with the rest of the Hopton family after Christopher's death.


Trade Directories
1834		Christopher	Stuff Singer	21, Concord St.






Burial
St. Marks Woodhouse:
Year	Name							Residence			Buried.	Age	
1841	Christopher Hopton, married man				York Road, Leeds		27 Jul	35 years



Census

1841:	12, St Vincent Street, Leeds 
		Christopher Hopton	Head	Slab dyer	M	35	Yorkshire
		Elizabeth Hopton	Wife			M	35	Yorkshire
		William Hopton		Son			S	1	Yorkshire


		




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