Samuel HAPPER^[1]

- 1778

• Name	Samuel HAPPER
  Gender	Male
  probate	No probate order has been found for this will.
  Will	6 Apr 1775	St. Brides Parish, Norfolk Co, Virginia Colony   [2]
  	Samuel's will appointed his wife, Mary Happer, and his brother, William Happer, as executors. He signed his will on 6 April 1775. His signature was witnessed by David Porter, Charles Mayle, John Baxter and Edmund Hall.
  Death	Between 6 Apr 1775 and 17 Aug 1778  [2, 3]
  	Samuel died between 6 April 1775, the date of his will, and 17 August 1778, the date on which his wife, Mary, was named as head of household on that year's tithables.
  Person ID	I58147	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Dr. William HAPPER   d. 1757
  Mother	Sarah (UNKNOWN)   d. c.1764
  Family ID	F5036	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary PORTER   d. After 5 Dec 1784
  Children	1. Samuel HAPPER   d. c.1785   2. Elizabeth HAPPER   3. Mary HAPPER   d. 17 Aug 1821   4. Abigail Porter HAPPER   5. Thomas Walker HAPPER
  Family ID	F4980	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S2926] Elizabeth B. Wingo, compiler, Wingo, Norfolk County, Virginia Will Book 1, 1755 - 1772, ((Norfolk, VA: by the compiler, 1986)). pp. 10-11: William Happer will & p. 77: Sarah Happer will. [S170] Pamela W. McVey, compiler, McVey, Norfolk County, Virginia Will Book II 1772 - 1788., ((Virginia Beach, VA: by the compiler, 1986)). pp. 50-51: Samuel Happer will. [S4063] Elizabeth B. Wingo & W. Bruce Wingo, compilers, Wingo & Wingo, Norfolk County, Virginia, Tithables 1766 - 1780, (Norfolk, VA: by the compilers, 1985). p. 248.