Robert Hooper was a leading shipowner and merchant in Colonial Marblehead, Massachusetts, who made his fortune through the transatlantic fishing business. A Tory, Hooper was loyal to the British Crown. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| 1709/06/26 | Robert Hooper is born the son of Greenleaf Hooper. | Born | |||||
| 1745/00/00 | Greenleaf's son, Robert Hooper, expands the family residence by adding it's three-story Georgian facade flush with the street. | Home | Robert 'King' Hooper Mansion | Marblehead, MA | |||
| 1754/00/00 | A grand summer homes is built on Sylvan Street in Danvers, Massachusetts, for Robert Hooper. | Home | The Lindens | Washington, DC | |||
| 1767/00/00 | John Singleton Copley paints a portrait of Robert 'King' Hooper. The oil on canvas painting is on view at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Henry S McNeil Fund. | Subject | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1776/00/00 | The front door of the Lindens is shot at by a musket just before the American Revolution. Robert Hooper is a Tory, loyal to the British. | Life | The Lindens | Washington, DC | |||
| 1790/00/00 | Robert "King" Hooper dies in Marblehead, Massachusetts. All the ships in the harbour will display the symbols of naval mourning. | Died |
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