WHY BROOZNOLL AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN
My 8th generation Grandfather Daniel Hoopes was born 05/27/1672 in Mooresholm,Skelton-in-Cleve, York, England. In the 10th month of 1683 Daniel, his Father Joshua and Mother Isabel traveled to America on William Penn's last ship the Providence. Penn granted Hoopes 500 acres of land located in what is now the West Chester/Westtown area of Pennsylvania. Daniel married Jane Worrilow on 12/10/1696 and built a small log cabin for his family to live in while he built them a house. The 2 story stone house was completed in 1723 and they called this place Brooznoll. Brooznoll means windy knoll, and was the name of the original Worrilow home in England. Daniel and Jane had 17 children and from those children came one of the largest families in the area. By 1930, Daniel's descendants numbered over 20,000. All of Daniel's 17 children lived and died within 20 miles of the Hoopes homestead called Brooznoll.