Hooper, Robert Lettis, 1730?-1797

Robert Hooper was a quartermaster during the Revolution, and served in amny other official and unofficial capacities in the Philadelphia area.

From the description of Scrapbook, 1912. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122489213

Robert Lettis Hooper Jr., was contracted for making land surveys in the area surrounding Fort Pitt and was engaged in other projects throughout the region for the colonial government for several years. He later became Deputy Quarter Master General in the Continental Army, and was responsible for the area covering Northampton, Bucks, Berks and Philadelphia counties in Pennsylvania, as well as Sussex County in New Jersey. After his service in the American cause, Hooper became one of the proprietors of the Durham Iron Works, and married Elizabeth Erskine in 1781, the widow of his colleague, Robert Erskine. Hooper also put to use his surveying skills in New Jersey; it was he who laid out the towns of Mine Hill and Bloomsbury.

From the description of Robert Lettis Hooper, Jr. surveyor's manual, 1764. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 53362271