Talk:John Hopwood

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From research at the National Archives I have been unable to verify the statements in various 19th Century/early 20th Century histories that this John Hopwood, who lived from 1745-1802 and was the founder of Woodstock/Monroe/Hopwood, PA.... 1) directly served in the military and   2) was an aide-de-camp to George Washington. In addition the DAR apparently now only allows membership through the records of John Hopwood's Patriotic/Civil Service in Virginia during the Revolutionary War, not through the military service claim.Shearonink (talk) 03:03, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Appalachia -> Chestnut Ridge
Changed the general term "Appalachia" to the more specific & descriptive terms of "Chestnut Ridge in Fayette County, Pennsylvania", footnoting & sourcing that information from a USGS Quadrangle map.Shearonink (talk) 18:06, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Primary Source Document "Charter of the Town of Woodstock"
Added the primary source document (& its Library of Congress citation) that provides much of the information available on the founding of Woodstock/Monroe/Hopwood. Shearonink (talk) 03:05, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

"Woodstock" plantation
Even though family oral-history and regional legends ascribe a Virginia "Woodstock Plantation" to John Hopwood's ownership prior to the family moving to Southwestern Pennsylvania and the subsequent founding of "Woodstock/Monroe/Hopwood, Pennsylvania", no proof of this assertion has yet been found by researchers in primary source materials.Shearonink (talk) 21:39, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Descent from Hopwood family of Hopwood Hall, U.K.?
Is there anything published about this man that establishes a descent from/ relationship to the Hopwood family that owned Hopwood Hall in England? An American actor, Hopwood DePree, has recently bought this house, claiming it to be his "ancestral home" on the basis that his maternal grandfather claimed descent from John Hopwood, and is making a big P.R. deal about it on T.V. and has written a book, etc., with nothing other than "family tradition" seemingly on offer. A COI contributor to DePree's article, relying on the fact that DePree's claims have been repeated in reliable sources (as though they were going to take the time to study his genealogy at length...), is putting a certain narrative across in the article that doesn't appear to be properly established. No published accounts of the U.K. Hopwoods list this John Hopwood amongst them, and at any rate the house passed into the Gregge family (later Gregge-Hopwood and just Hopwood) on the death of the last of the Hopwoods; one would imagine an American line would nonetheless inherit the family property/ money from the sale thereof? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.109.196.82 (talk) 00:12, 4 November 2021 (UTC)