Hopping Family in Throopsville,
Cayuga County, New York

Descendents of Silas and Elizabeth Halstead Hopping

On the 1810 census for Aurelius, Cayuga County, the household of Silas Hopping included Silas, Elizabeth and possibly their son, Jacob and his wife, Betsy Kitchel Hopping.  Their son, Joseph Hopping and his wife, Catherine Smith Hopping were listed next.

On the 1820 census for Aurelius, Jacob is now the head of house and living next door to Joseph. Silas was apparently living with Joseph. In Mentz are other children of Silas and Elizabeth, Silas and his wife, Mary Hunt Hopping, Benjamin with wife Rhoda,  Caleb and his wife, Eunice Seymour and their sister, Ruth Hopping, husband William Swain.

The following information came from Catherine S Hopping Thomas Brink,
granddaughter of Silas and Elizabeth Hopping:

Mary was called Little Grandma because of her short stature.

On the 1870 census Caleb and his family were living in New Jersey and on the 1880 census they were living in Karne County, Texas where he was listed as a bridge keeper.

She married  John Thomas on February 10, 1833. They had four children,  Mary Melissa Thomas, Josephine Bininger Thomas, Cynthia Anne Thomas and one son, Charles H. Thomas who died at 11 months and is buried with his mother in the Throopsville Rural Cemetery.

John Thomas went to California with the Auburn and California Mining and Trading Company and his brother-in-law Daniel Hopping. He died November 1, 1850 and is buried in Calaveras County, CA.

Catherine married a second time to John Brink who came from the same location in NJ as the Hoppings. They had no children. When John died in 1891 his body was returned to New Jersey. I have not been able to find the location of the burial at this time.

Daniel was one of 30 men who formed the Auburn and California Mining and Trading Company and went to California during the gold rush. He appears on the 1850 census for Calaveras County, CA in the same household as his brother-in-law, John Thomas.

Daniel Hopping served as a Private in 3rd Light Artillery Battery A in the Civil War. He enlisted at the age of 44 on April 29, 1861 and received a disability discharge on March 24, 1862. Also shown as enlisting in Company B, 15th Cavalry Regiment on August 3, 1863 and was discharged August 8, 1863 in Syracuse.

Daniel died March 13, 1870 and is buried with Sophia in the Throopsville Rural cemetery.

He married three times, the first was Phoebe Jane Baxter. They had one child, Mary Catherine Hopping born April 15, 1849. Phoebe died July 17, 1861 and is buried  in Throop.

The second was Ellen M. VanDeusen and they had three children, Halstead Hopping born July 16, 1868, Maude Hunt Hopping born September 3, 1871 and Silas VanDusen Hopping born June 22, 1876. Ellen died August 5, 1880 and is buried in Laurel, Prince George’s Maryland in St. Philip’s cemetery on the VanDusen plot. With her is Maude Hopping, about 10 months old.

His third wife was widow Susan Jane Lee, who died 6/16/1911 and is buried with her family in Montour Falls. They had no children.

During the Civil War Francis joined the 75^th Co. E as a Second Lieutenant. In 1863 he was promoted to Captain. According to "Cayuga In The Field" after the battle of Winchester he was a prisoner and with others was sent to Richmond, VA and then Salisbury, NC. He rejoined his company in the Spring of 1865 and was mustered out 8/1865.

Francis died October 28, 1901 and is buried in the Throopsville Rural Cemetery.

Andrew and Sara had four children, Cora Elizabeth Hopping born January 22, 1854, Harry Douglas Hopping born August 28, 1855, Esther Bininger Hopping born 5/27/1860 and Andrew Howard Hopping born July 18, 1852.

Andrew died in 2/27/1877 at the age of 54 and is buried at Trinity Cemetery at 168th and Broadway, NYC, with several other family members.

The Biningers were a successful merchant family with many interests. Byron and Mary were traveling to China on the Union Jack in 1863 when it was captured by the Confederate Ship, Alabama. They were held prisoner on the ship and then put onshore in Brazil. They returned to New York City and set out again, successfully, to China. After seven years they returned to New York.

Mary died October 11, 1917 and Byron December 26, 1903. They are buried in Arlington Cemetery, Kearny, Hudson County, New Jersey.

Josephine Church died on July 2, 1870 from Bright’s disease at 29 years old. She planned for her children to be cared for by family members. Her daughter Annie was to be raised by Nelson and Annie on the farm. Mary Melissa Church was to be raised by Mary and Byron Bininger who had no children of their own. Byron Church was to be raised by his grandparents. He returned to the farm and lived with his father and second wife, Ann.

Josephine is buried in Glenside Cemetery in Wolcott with Adonijah who died December 26, 1896 and his parents, Noah and  Ann Wright Burgdurf Church.

Cynthia and Nelson had four children, Josephine White born November 11, 1869, Thomas Bininger White born July 1, 1873, George W White, born May 4, 1877, died August 22, 1877 and Mary Eunice White born November 13, 1881. Also giving a home to niece, Annie Church.

Nelson was a successful farmer and respected member of the Disciples Church in Throop. His parents were Washington White and Betsey Mary Campbell White. His parents gave the land for the building of the Disciples Church and Washington was a deacon.

Annie died April 20, 1913 and Nelson died November 10, 1919. They are both buried in the Throopsville Rural Cemetery.

Their son, Thomas,  married Grace Vorce and raised his family there, taking care of his parents until their deaths. The farm was sold and passed out of the family in the 1930s.

Alice Warren - mojo180@juno.com