hi My name is Carole Gardner.I live in Massachusetts. I
have been doing my
roots for 20 years.My line is Joseph> Samuel> and Sarah Hoplins. Who was
born about 1750. Her mother was Honor Brown her father Samuel Hopkins.
They came from Kingston Rhode Island. She married Thomas Albro she died 10
January 1832. [email protected]
[email protected]
The Joseph Hopkins-Tucker name combination caught my eye.
Just
looking at my notebook of charts, I find:
Joseph Hopkins Sr.3, bn abt 1679/80, of Scituate, RI (IGI estimated
date), son of Thomas Hopkins Jr.2 and Mary Smith, married Martha, the
widow Tucker. How does this connect with Desire Tucker?
Joseph3 died 19 July 1749 Cumberland, RI (Virkus Compendium VI:196).
I descend in this manner:
Jonah Hopkins Sr.4, Rev. War, bn 15 Nov 1724 Scituate, m 19 Jun 1749
Gloucester, RI, d 18 Nov 1805 Foster, RI. He m Abigail Whitman5, dau
of John Whitman4 and Sarah Sprague4, bn 24 Nov 1728, d 1773 Foster.
Oliver Hopkins 5, Rev. War, bn 18 Jan 1756 Foster, RI, m 16 Jan 1777
Foster, d 7 Apr 1839 Lapeer, Cortland, NY, age 82. He m Susannah
Bennett5, dau of Josiah Bennett and Susannah/Sarah Bates, bn 19 Oct
1755 Scituate, RI, d 26 Sep 1845/47.
Gardner Hopkins6, b 24 Jul 1796 Foster, RI, m 1817 Scituate, RI, d 11
Dec 1880 Conneaut, Ashtabula, OH. He m Freelove Parker, b 12 Aug 1798
Scituate RI, d 8 Aug 1884 Conneaut, OH [who were her parents, anyway?
]
Amos "Crandall" Hopkins7, b 22 May 1825 Virgil, Cortland, NY, m 20
Nov 1845 Girard, Erie, PA, d 5 Nov 1904 Tilden, Antelope, Neb. He m
Thankful Otisca Ames, dau of Allen Ames and Nancy Glancy, b 25 May
1827 Granville/Greenville, Crawford, PA, d 29 Sep 1815, Tilden, Neb.
Nancy Freelove Hopkins8, b 18 Aug 1849/51 Wanen, Racine, WI, m 14 Aug
1869 Norfolk, Antelope, Neb., d 20 Jan 1879 Lake Luzerne, Warren, NY,
age 30. She m
Elias Waggoner Ives9, Civil War, son of John J. Ives8 (John E.,
Christopher, Lazarus, Lazarus, John, John, William) and Hannah N.
Waggoner [who were here parents?] b 22 Oct 1843 Lake Luzerne, NY, d
31 Oct 1921 Montague, NJ, bur Lake Luzerne, NY.
Wow! Am I finally going to solve the mystery of the widow Tucker?
Nancy in Schenectady
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Nancy Johnsen Curran in Schenectady
HOPKINS, Alexander;
Whereas, on Saturday, the 23rd of December
last, divers people were guilty of a highhanded riot in West Greenwich, greatly insulted
the colonel, broke the sword of the adjutant, and prevented the militia of the first
company from draughting or enlisting one-fourth part thereof, agreeably to an order of the
committee, appointed to act during the recess of the General Assembly ; and on Tuesday,
the 26th of the same month, gui1yy of another riot, and prevented the said draught and
enlistment.
And whereas, Alexander Hopkins, Tibbits Hopkins, Henry
Hopkins, William Sweet, Simon Whitford and Jonathan Mathewson, have been accused to this
House of being the principal persons who were active in said riot ; of whom, Tibbitts
Hopkins, Henry Hopkins and Simon Whitford, are now in jail, at Providence ; there being a
warrant issued against the said Alexander Hopkins, who hath hitherto secreted himself; a
warrant having been also issued against the said William Sweet, who by reason of sickness,
still remains at his own house ; and no warrant hath been yet granted for apprehending the
said Jonathan Mathewson ;---
It is therefore resolved, that His Honor the Governor be
requested to issue his warrant for apprehending the said Jonathan Mathewson ; and that the
sheriff of the county of Kent, use his utmost diligence to apprehend the said Alexander
Hopkins and Jonathan Mathewson, and commit them to jail in the county of Kent; and the
said William Sweet, when capable of being removed.
And that the said Alex. Hopkins, Henry Hopkins, Tibbits
Hopkins, Wm. Sweet and Jona. Mathewson, upon their entering into recognizance in the sum
of �25, each ; with surety for �25, for each, before any justice of the superior court,
to appear before the court, at their next term in the county of Kent; and to abide by the
judgment that shall be then and there given, they shall be dismissed from jail; otherwise,
that they remain confined until the meeting of said court; and that the attorney general
be required to prosecute them at said court, according to law.
(Jan., 1776)
Chosen as captain of the first company of militia for the
town of West Greenwich. (July 1776)
HOPKINS, Asa;
Directed to pay, out of the general treasury, sums to
individuals who helped suppress a riot. (Oct., 1784)
HOPKINS, Eseck;
Elected as one of two deputies of the General Assembly
for the town of North Providence. (May, 1771; May 1772; May 1773; May, 1778; Feb., 1780;
May,1780; May, 1781; May, 1782; May, 1783; May, 1784)
Appointed to a committee directed to prepare an act to
raise five hundred soldiers. (Oct., 1775)
Appointed as brigadier general of the militia of Newport.
(Oct., 1775)
Ordered by the General Assembly to return the sloop
Polly, which had been placed in his care, to the owners of the said sloop. (Oct. 1775)
Appointed to a committee to determine in what places to
erect batteries and entrenchments for the defense of the colony. (Oct., 1775)
Appointed to have the care, charge and management of the
several estates by him ordered to be tak
Would you please add my Hopkins family to the PA and RI
family sheets. It
is listed on the NY sheet. Thank You. Bess
1. CHANDLER HOPKINS wed Carefull Celissa Raymond 1886 Berne, NY
Chandler born 1779 Rhode Island---d. 6-20-1859 Carefull born Vt. 1790
d. 6-25-1865
Both are buried in Hatch Hollow Cemetery, Erie Co. PA Carefull is spelled
with two L's on the tombstone.
2a. son Sidney c1811 NY
2b. son Henry Durbin b 1814 NY d 1879 Phelps Co. MO
2c. son Moses Hopkins
2c. MOSES HOPKINS wed Elizabeth Perkins Wilcox
Moses born 1811 near Albany--d. 11-7-1879/80 Elizabeth born
11-5-1822 CT--d. 3-9-1890
1856 settled in Chautauqua County, NY
Children of Moses and Elizabeth Hopkins:
1. Oliver Perry Hopkins b. 2-17-1847 Mina, PA--d. 2-15-1905/7Mina, PA
2. Careful Celissa Hopkins b.4-23-1849 Mina/Chautauqua, NY--1/15/1905
wed 9-10-1869 Andrew Davids
3. John Clark Wilcox HOPKINS w. 7-23-1876 Amity, PA Frances Ellen DRAKE
John born Mina NY 9-23-1850---d. 3-4-1931 Frances 3-9-1857--d.
9-28-1932
Children of John and Frances Hopkins:
Ralph K. Warden Hopkins b. 11-11-1882 Union d. 1-26-1949
Pearl Luella b .6-12-1886 Amity Twp. d.6-18-1975 Corry, PA wed Bemis
Lex Elwin Hopkins b.12-24-1890 Chautauqua Co, NY d. 4-7-1953 PA
Perry Lynn Hopkins b. 5-28-1893 French Creek d. 5-14-1962 or 6-17-1962
Lee Bloss Hopkins b. 3-2-1896 Cutting, NY d. 6-16-1977 North East,
PA
Gladys Orabella Hopkins b. 1-11-1902 French Creek, PA w James Chetwood
4. Charles Henry Hopkins b. 6-30-1853 or 52---d.11--8-1919 no children
5. Hiram August Spencer Hopkins b.2-23-1855---d.4-1945 Chaut. Co.NY
6. William Chandler Hopkins b. 12-2-1856--d.? buried Union City, PA
[email protected]
This Hopkins is under NY Family Sheet, can you add it to
RI and PA, plus
any other place you want to on the Hopkins list. You are doing a great
job. Thanks Bess
1. CHANDLER HOPKINS wed Careful Celissa Raymond 1886 Berne, NY
b. 1779 Rhode Island---d. 6-20-1859 b. Vt. 1790 d. 6-25-1865
Hatch Hollow Cemetery Erie Co. PA Hatch Hollow Cemetery, Erie Co.PA
2a. son Sidney c1811 NY
2b. son Henry Durbin b 1814 NY d 1879 Phelps Co. MO
2c. son Moses Hopkins
2c. MOSES HOPKINS wed Elizabeth Perkins Wilcox
b. 1811 near Albany--d. 11-7-1879/80 b. 11-5-1822 CT--d. 3-9-1890
1856 settled in Chautauqua County, NY
Children of Moses and Elizabeth Hopkins:
1. Oliver Perry Hopkins b. 2-17-1847 Mina, PA--d. 2-15-1905/7Mina, PA
2. Careful Celissa Hopkins b.4-23-1849 Mina/Chautauqua, NY--1/15/1905
wed 9-10-1869 Andrew Davids
3. John Clark Wilcox HOPKINS w. 7-23-1876 Amity, PA Frances Ellen Drake
b. Mina NY 9-23-1850---d. 3-4-1931 b. 3-9-1857--d. 9-28-1932
Children of John and Frances Hopkins:
Ralph K. Warden Hopkins b. 11-11-1882 Union d. 1-26-1949
Pearl Luella b .6-12-1886 Amity Twp. d.6-18-1975 Corry, PA wed Bemis
Lex Elwin b.12-24-1890 Chautauqua Co, NY d. 4-7-1953 PA
Perry Lynn b. 5-28-1893 French Creek d. 5-14-1962 or 6-17-1962
Lee Bloss b. 3-2-1896 Cutting, NY d. 6-16-1977 North East, PA
Gladys Orabella b. 1-11-1902 French Creek, PA w James Chetwood
4. Charles Henry Hopkins b. 6-30-1853 or 52---d.11--8-1919 no children
5. Hiram August Spencer Hopkins b.2-23-1855---d.4-1945 Chaut. Co.NY
6. William Chandler Hopkins b. 12-2-1856--d.? buried Union City, PA
m 1878/9 Carrie Mae Ruggles d1879??
ch:1. Charles Augusta Hopkins (called Bill)b 11-9-1880---d.6-3-1936
buried Ripley, NY
2.Mildred Hopkins
[email protected]
Here is what I have in family group records for Oliver
Hopkins and
Susannah Bennett.
FAMILY GROUP RECORD-61
HUSBAND Oliver Hopkins RW 5 -190: BORN: 18 Jan 1756 Foster, Scituate, RI
DIED: 7 Apr 1839 Lapeer, Cortland, NY, age 82
BUR.: Highland Cem., Lapeer, NY
MARR: 16 Jan 1777 Foster/Scituate, Providence, RI
FATHER: Jonah Hopkins Rev War4 -357; MOTHER: Abigail Whitman 5-358
WIFE: Susannah Bennett -191: BORN: 19 Oct 1755 Scituate, RI
DIED: 26 Sep 1845/1847 Lapeer, NY, age 92
BUR.: Highland Cem, Lapeer, NY
FATHER: Josiah (twin) Bennett Elder4-389; MOTHER: Susannah/Sarah Bates
-793
CHILDREN
1. Stephen Hopkins-9494: BORN: Abt 1786 Scituate, RI
SPOUSE: Mary Davis-9495; MARR: 2 Feb 1801 Foster, Providence, RI
2. Bennett Hopkins-393: BORN: 1783 Foster, Providence, RI
DIED: 3 Feb 1859 Cortland, NY, 76y10m20d
BUR.: Highland Cem, Lapeer, NY
SPOUSE: Sarah Parker-3105, dau of William Parker
3. William Hopkins-395: BORN: Abt 1780
4. Jonah Hopkins-396: BORN: Abt 1782 Scituate, RI
SPOUSE: Snyder-9496
5. Ezra Hopkins-390: BORN: Abt 1784
6. Susan Hopkins-391: BORN: 1788 Foster, Scituate, RI
DIED: Feb 1872 Blodgett Mills, Cortland, NY
SPOUSE: Joseph Stafford-929; MARR: 15 Mar 1805/1807 NY
7. Esek /Esack Hopkins-394: BORN: Abt 1790 Scituate, RI
DIED: rem. to Kalamazoo, MI
8. Josiah Hopkins-392: BORN: Abt 1795 Scituate, RI
DIED: 21 Mar 1879 Lapeer, NY, age 86
BUR.: Highland Cemet, Lapeer, NY
SPOUSE: Lorena/Lura Ann ___
9. Serene Hopkins-397: BORN: Abt 1794 Scituate, RI
has other marriage
SPOUSE: Gilbert-8886
10. Gardner Hopkins 6 -88: BORN: 24 Jul 1796 Foster, RI [IGI A456638]
DIED: 11 Dec 1880 Conneaut/Amboy, Ashtabula,OH
BUR.:
SPOUSE: Freelove Parker; MARR: 1817 Scituate Twp, Providence, RI
11. Sheffield Hopkins-10091: BORN: 1799
DIED: Aft 1870 Lapeer, NY, age 71
HUSBAND - Oliver Hopkins RW 5 -190
DAR papers of Nina Janette Martin, claiming Oliver Hopkins as her patriot
ancestor. He served in the Rhode Island Militia, Revolutionary War.
He enlisted on April 25 1775, served nine months and ten days under
Capt. Kimball and Col. Hitchcock RI.
He enlisted again on Sept. 10 1776, served three months under Capt.
Williams and Col. Cook.
He enlisted again on October 20 1777, served one month and ten days
under Co. Paine and Col. Cornwall RI.
He enlisted again on July 1778, served 20 days as substitute for his
father Jonah Hopkins under Capt. Gideon Cornwall (Cornell?) and Col.
Green RI.
He enlisted last on Jan 1779, served one month under Capt. Edwards and
Col. Caldwell RI.
He applied for a pension Oct 2 1832. His residence at date of
application was Cortland Co., NY, age 76 years. Claim was allowed.
Married Jan 16, 1777, at Foster, RI, Susanna, daughter of Josiah
Bennett. She was allowed a pension on application executed Oct 28 1839,
while a resident of Virgil, NY, aged 84 years. A son Bennett was 57 years
old and resided at Virgil in 1839.
Death -- dropped dead, bu. Goodell Corns. near Marathon age 82.
-- Doubleday DAR papers.
DAR information from Elizabeth Stafford Doubleday, Mrs. F.J. Doubleday,
DAR Record, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington,
DC.
Children of Oliver Hopkins and Susanna Bennett:
Gardner, Josia, Esack, Jonah m. Snyder, Stephen, Bennett m. Parker, Susan
1788 m. Joseph Stafford, Serene m. 1st Gilbert, 2nd Perkins.
Cortland Co. History Society files say his 1778 enlistment was as
substitute for his father, Jonah Hopkins.
Residence of soldier at time of enlistment Scituate RI.
Residence at date of application Cortland Co NY, age 76, claim allowed
on an application executed Oct. 28 1839 while a resident of Virgil NY
aged 84. Widow received pension.
DAR papers of May Watrous Harmon also give information about Oliver
Hopkins.
REF: Rhode Island to Lapeer Pioneer: Rev. soldier, one of Washington's
men.
DAR records list him as a Private, RI, PNSR and WPNS
REF: O.W. Division F.R.W. 18045.
W.S. Revolutionary War Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions;
Washington DC, National number N.S.D.A.R. 35500.
A son Bennet was aged 57 years and resided at Virgil in 1839.
Cemetery records, Town of Lapeer, list him as having died April 7 1839,
aged 82 yrs. (I have photo of the gravestone.) Dod also in papers of
Elizabeth Stafford Doubleday.
In Highland Cemetery, Lapeer, Cortland Co., NY, are buried Oliver and
Susannah Bennett Hopkins, Bennett and Sarah Parker Hopkins, Angeline,
Josiah, Lura Ann (was that Josiah's wife Lorena?) William, Delucia and
Zeruah. William Parker, Sarah's father, is also in this plot.
REF: Cortland Co. Cemetery Records, compiled by Katherine Worden Crutts,
Cortland, NY, in 1932.
Declaration of pension claim is in my Hopkins file, with his signature.
Place of marriage stated as Foster RI in pension application.
Sutro CS 71, H794,195 "Colonial Hopkins and Some of Their Descendants
Compiled from the Notes of Timothy Hopkins" by Margaret Griffith, San
Francisco 1951 (ms)
This source names children and gives next generation about Susan Hopkins,
b 1788, marr Joseph Stafford.
WIFE - Susannah Bennett -191
Died at the age of 91 yrs, 11 months. Inscriptions on tombstone in
Highland Cemetery, 1 mile north of Hunts Corners on Park St. just back of
site of old cheese house, not far from Marathon, Cortland Co. NY. I took
photos of the little family cemetery and the individual gravestones in
May 1992.
Lapeer, Cortland Co., NY: Deaths 1847
Hopkins, Susannah, age 92, died 9/16/1847
REF: Vital Records of Rhode Island, Coventry - Births and Deaths 1-32
lists Bennet Susanna, Mar 9 1755. The two dates may be birth and
christening, or may be another Bennet family altogether.
Height: 6'2", as a suitor Oliver Hopkins, who was small and slim, who
didn't want his children to be small. He heard of Susanna, 6 ft tall, and
walked 50 miles to see her; wooed and won her. (Ref Mrs. Underwood)
A6p.222:Lena Conable
1839 Oct 28 Susanna, dau of Josiah Bennett, was allowed a pension on an
application executed Oct 28 1839 while a resident of Virgil, N.Y., aged
84 years. - Elizabeth Stafford Doubleday (Mrs. F.J. Doubleday)
A son Bennett was 57 years old and resided at Virgil in 1839.
CHILD 1 - Stephen Hopkins 6-9494
Stephen Hopkins -- this name is added October 1996, after consulting:
Sutro CS 71, H794,195 "Colonial Hopkins and Some of Their Descendants
Compiled from the Notes of Timothy Hopkins by Margaret Griffith, San
Francisco 1951 (ms) This source names children and gives next generation
about Susan Hopkins, b 1788, marr Joseph Stafford.
Says Joseph Stafford, born in Coventry or East Greenwich, RI, in 1784,
rem to NYS in 1800, settled in Otsego Co., later moved to Virgil, where
he spent most of his active years. He was a farmer.
CHILD 2 - Bennett Hopkins-393
D 2/3/1859, 76 y, 10 m, 20 d. - cemetery records. Katherine Worden
Crutts,
Cortland, NY 1932.
Bennett, d Feb 3 1859 ae 76 yr 10 m 20 days
Sarah, his wife, d July 3 1872 ae 87 yr 9 m.
Angeline, wife of Orlando, d Apr 27 1896 ae 75 yr
Susannah, wife of Oliver, d Sept 26 1847 ae 91 yr 11 m.
Oliver d Apr 7 1839 ae 82 yr.
Josiah d Mar 21 1879 ae 86 yr
William d Feb 5 1856 ae 36 yr 1 m 23 d
Lura Ann d Aug 26 1876 ae 61 yr 2 m 20 d
Delucia d Nov 19 1870 ae 61 yr 8 m 1 d
Zeruah d Mar 25 1887 ae 77 yr
Parker, Mr. William d Dec 31 1833 ae 78 yr.
1855 Census Lapeer, Cortland Co NY
Bennett Hopkins 72 RI farmer 40 yrs res.
Sarah 70 wf RI
40
Lura Ann 40 d Cort
40
Sheffield 37 s Cort cptr 37
Orlando 32 s Ohio
32
Carlom see Smith N L-2
Polly Ann
Delutia 46 Otsego weaver
46
Zerna 45 sr Cort
45
Sally see Harvey L-103
Samuel 46 RI farmer
22
Mary A. 36 Cort wf
Benjamin 13 Cort son
Deborah 11 Cort dau
Mianda 9 Cort dau
Hurbert 5 Cort son
Irving 3 Cort son
Ema V. 7/12 Cort dau
Cortland Co. NY land records
Bennett Hopkins grantor, Sheffield P. Hopkins grantee, O:32:114, deed
1859 4 1 Lapeer 080
Adolphus W. Hopkins grantor, Nelson Gardner grantee, 45:493, deed
1867:8:17, Marathon
Grantee book:
No Susannah Bennett, no Gardner Hopkins, no Freelove Hopkins, Yes
Adolphas and Adulphas.
Sarah Hopkins sold to Zaruah Hopkins land in Lapeer, 52:172 Lapeer 1871 4
13 Lapeer
CHILD 6 - Susan Hopkins-391
Janet Letson's line. I've lost touch with Janet Letson.
DAR papers of Nina Janette Martin, claiming Oliver Hopkins as her patriot
ancestors. He served in the Rhode Island Militia, Revolutionary War.
CHILD 7 - Esek /Esack Hopkins-394
DAR papers of Nina Janette Martin
Esack is listed on pension papers, married to ___ Snyder.
Sutro CS 71, H794,195 "Colonial Hopkins and Some of Their Descendants
Compiled from the Notes of Timothy Hopkins by Margaret Griffith, San
Francisco 1951 (ms): mentions Esek, says only that he rem to Kalamazoo,
Mich.
CHILD 8 - Josiah Hopkins-392
D 3/21/1879, age 86 yrs. - gravestone, cemetery records, Highland
Cemetery, Lapeer, NY. Josiah died Mar 21 1879 ae 86 yrs.
"Colonial Hopkins..." gives year of birth as 1795.
DAR papers of Elizabeth Staff Doubleday say he was born in 1793? and had
a daughter Zimi who married Caleb Crandall. Josiah's wife is not named.
CHILD 9 - Serene Hopkins-397
Other marriage: ____ Perkins-8885
CHILD 10 - Gardner Hopkins 6 -88: See his family group record for notes.
CHILD 11 - Sheffield Hopkins-10091
Sheffield Hopkins named in Mary Watrous Harmon file at Cortland
Historical Society.
Nancy Johnsen Curran
[email protected] or
[email protected]
Hello Hopkins cousins.
I have in my possession what appears to be several typewritten carbon
copies of Hopkins genealogy articles possibly published by James R. Arnold,
Editor of the Narragansett Historical Register., No. 30, Eddy Street (Room
29,) Providence R. I. The articles, written by someone identifying him or
herself only as A. H. in Providence, RI in 1830 through 1881, focus on the
Thomas Hopkins (b in England, 1616) line, son of William and Joanna Arnold
(1st cousin to Benedict) Hopkins of Providence, Rhode Island. It notes the
Thomas Hopkins line as then known, in and around Providence, Scituate and
Gloucester.
Can anyone identify the writer, or tell me about the articles or the
publication? I'd also like to insure the articles are not lost or
overlooked. It doesn't pertain to our line of Hopkins (that I'll ever be
able to prove).
I regret I don't have time to do lookups, but I'd be happy to photocopy and
send them to anyone for reproduction & mailing costs. (If anyone is
interested, there are about 90 pages, and it weighs less than 1 lb)
Karen
BANDT, FAUSCH, HOPKINS, LIVINGSTON, ORSBURN,
PAGELOW, POWELL, ROWAN, RUSSELL, TIGH, TURNER
check my website: http://www.alveus.com/rdoll/index.html
Hi,
Here is the information that I have in my database on the ancestors of
Samuel Hopkins who married Honor Brown.
Mike Goad
Ancestors of Samuel Hopkins
Generation No. 1
1. Samuel Hopkins, born Bef. 1704 (Source: From Bob Bell's handwritten
outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996); died April 14, 1790 (Source:
>From Bob Bell's handwritten outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996).
He was the son of 2. Joseph Hopkins and 3. Martha Whaley. He married (1)
Honor Brown April 23, 1730.
Notes for Samuel Hopkins:
b. 6 Jan 1693/4 or 1704
[From Bob Bell's handwritten outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996]
Generation No. 2
2. Joseph Hopkins, born March 08, 1666/67 in Roxbury, Suffolk, MA
(Source: Jacqueline Marshall <[email protected]>;
7/13/97); died May 15,
1735 in East Greewich RI (Source: Sandy Harris ([email protected]),
"Are
You Your Own Cousin."). He was the son of 4. William Hopkins and 5. Hannah
Andrews. He married 3. Martha Whaley 1699 (Source: "Sidney A. VanGilder"
<[email protected]>, http://members.aol.com/sidvangild/490.htm,
"Are
You Your Own Cousin.").
3. Martha Whaley, born 1680; died 1773. She was the daughter of 6.
Theophilus Whaley and 7. Elizabeth Mills.
Notes for Joseph Hopkins:
13 sept 1681 lived at Roxbury, moved to Kingston, RI
[From Bob Bell's handwritten outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996]
Marriage Notes for Joseph Hopkins and Phoebe Spenser:
"Are You Your Own Cousin" - says that Joseph, Jr was the child of Phebe and
Joseph.
Child of Joseph Hopkins and Phoebe Spenser is:
i. Phoebe Hopkins, born February 08, 1695/96 in Kingstown RI (Source:
>From Bob Bell's handwritten outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996);
married Johnathan Pitcher.
Children of Joseph Hopkins and Martha Whaley are:
i. Hannah Hopkins, married Charles Carr December 18, 1735 in East
Greenwich RI (Source: From Bob Bell's handwritten outline descendant tree
received 10 May 1996).
ii. William Hopkins, born November 06, 1695 (Source: From Bob Bell's
handwritten outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996); married Mary
Tibbets March 02, 1726/27.
iii. Joseph Hopkins , Jr, born April 08, 1698 in Kingstown RI (Source:
>From Bob Bell's handwritten outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996);
married Mary.
1 iv. Samuel Hopkins, born Bef. 1704; died April 14, 1790; married Honor
Brown April 23, 1730.
v. John Hopkins, born April 02, 1712 in Kingston RI (Source: From Bob
Bell's handwritten outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996); died 1791
in W. Greenwich RI (Source: From Bob Bell's handwritten outline descendant
tree received 10 May 1996); married Mercy Greens October 09, 1732 in East
Greenwich RI (Source: From Bob Bell's handwritten outline descendant tree
received 10 May 1996).
vi. Robert Hopkins, born June 02, 1713 in East Greenwich RI (Source: From
Bob Bell's handwritten outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996);
married Robey Carr October 16, 1743 in W. Greenwich RI (Source: From Bob
Bell's handwritten outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996).
vii. Thomas Hopkins, born Aft. 1714 (Source: From Bob Bell's handwritten
outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996).
viii. Theodosia Hopkins, born April 13, 1718 (Source: From Bob Bell's
handwritten outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996); married Othniel
Gorton June 03, 1736.
ix. Francis Hopkins, born Abt. 1720 (Source: From Bob Bell's handwritten
outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996); died 1778 in Washington
County, VA (Source: From Bob Bell's handwritten outline descendant tree
received 10 May 1996); married Mercy (Mary) Joslin September 01, 1743 in E
Greenwich, Kent Co, RI (Source: James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode
Island 1636 - 1850, (East Greenwich, Rhode Island), Vol 1, pp 38 and 43,
info e-mailed 22 Aug 1997 by Vircy Macatee ([email protected]).).
Notes for Francis Hopkins:
Hanged by William Campbell and negro Thomas ((From Bob Bell's handwritten
outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996)
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To: [email protected]
From: [email protected] (Sandy Harris)
Subject: Francis Hopkins
Hi Mike.....
Francis Hopkins is my 7th great-grandfather. I have a book called "Are You
Your Own Cousin?" by Claris Conner Phillips. In it is the account of the
hanging of Francis Hopkins (Tory, counterfeiter, horse thief, and general
trouble-maker). This information Mrs. Phillips got from another book:
"History of Southwest Virginia 1746-1788, Washington County, 1777-1870" by
Lewis Preston Summers. If you like (i.e.- if no one else has already done
it), I'll type it up and send it to you. Let me know. Also, of course, I'd
be interested in knowing how you descend from Francis Hopkins. I'm happy to
share info.
Oh, also (according to "Are You Your Own Cousin?"), for the parents of
Martha Whaley, I have Theophilas Whaley and Elizabeth Mills. It says that
after Joseph died, Martha married Robert Spencer, her sister's widower. I
don't know if there is a connection to Joseph's first wife, Phoebe Spencer.
It's too confusing for me.
Sandy Harris in rainy, damp Oregon
[email protected]
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>From Sandy Harris:
The following is excerpted from "Are You Your Own Cousin?", where it was
excerpted from "History of Southwest Virginia..............(etc.)"
The members of the County Court of Washington County were zealous Whigs
and so aggressive in the enforcement of their views, that it was difficult
for a
Tory to make his home anywhere within the bounds of this county without
being prosecuted to the full extent of the law. A majority of these men
recognized no distinction between an Indian who would scalp his wife and
children and an Anglo who lent his influence to a government offering every
inducement to the Indian to murder and plunder white settlers.
Col. William Campbell was particularly aggressive in his prosecution of the
Tories in the county, and, by reason thereof, was the object of special
hatred on their part.
At this time there lived in Washington County two men by the names of
Francis and William Hopkins. Francis Hopkins was a counterfeiter and, at the
May term of the County court in the year 1779, was tried on suspicion of
having counterfeited, erased and altered sundry treasury notes, the currency
of this commonwealth, knowing the same to be bad. (Note: In 1779 in VA, all
bank notes of the whole emissions of 20 May 1777, and 11 Apr 1778, were
removed from circulation since counterfeits had been issued by "our enemies
at New York and are found to be spreading, etc.") Francis was found guilty,
fined fifty dollars lawful money of Virginia, sentenced to six months in
prison, and ordered confined within the walls of the Fort at William Cocke's
(now C.L. Clyce's), on Renfro's creek, alias Spring Creek, until the county
gaol was completed. He was conveyed to Cocke's Fort, but, within a short
time thereafter, made his escape and began a series of very bold and daring
depredations upon the Whig settlers of the county. He organized a band of
Tories, whose occupation was to steal the horses of the settlers and
intimidate the citizens whenever possible. He went so far as to post notices
at and near the home of Colonel William Campbell, warning him that if he did
not desist from his prosecution of the loyal adherents of George III, a
terrible calamity would befall him, either in the loss of his property or
his life.
Charles B. Coale wrote: "On a quiet and beautiful Sabbath in the spring
time of the year 1780, Col. Campbell accompanied by his wife (who was a
sister of Patrick Henry), and several of their neighbors, attended a
religious service at the Presbyterian house of worship known as Ebbing
Spring Church in the upper end of this county. As they were returning to
their homes they happened to be conversing about the audacity of the Tory,
so bold and defiant in his declarations, and suspected of having posting
these notices above referred to. Just as they arrived at the top of a hill,
a short distance west of the present residence of Col. Hiram A Greever, they
observed a man on horseback on the opposite hill, coming towards them. Col.
Campbell was riding beside his wife, with an infant on before him. One of
them remarked that the individual meeting them was the Tory of whom they had
been speaking, probably now on a horse-stealing expedition, as he was
observed to be carrying a rope halter in his hand. Hearing this, Col.
Campbell, without halting, handed the infant over to its mother and dashed
out in front. Seeing the movement and recognizing the man he so feared and
hated, the Tory wheeled his horse and started back at quite a rapid gait,
pursued at full speed by Col. Campbell and one of the gentlemen of the
company, whose name was Thompson. Never, it may be presumed, either before
or since, has such a dashing and exciting race been witnessed upon that long
level between the residences of Col. Greever and Beattie's. Col. Campbell
dashed up alongside the fleeing Tory, who, seeing he would be caught, turned
short to the right down the bank and plunged into the river. As he struck
the water, Col. Campbell, who had left his companion in the rear, leaped in
beside him, grasped the Tory's holsters and threw them into the stream, and
then dragged him from his horse into the water. At this moment Mr. Thompson
rode up. They took their prisoner out on the bank and held what may be
termed a drum-head court. The Tory, bad as he was, had the virtue of being a
brave, candid man, at once acknowledged the truth of the charge preferred
against him and boldly declared his defiance and determination to take
horses wherever he could find them. But he was mistaken in his man, for in
less than ten minutes he was dangling from the limb of a large sycamore that
stood upon the bank of the river."
This is all that actually occurred in the county records; but Elmyra
Mcguire Royse, a Hopkins genealogist, wrote: 100 years later, Draper
(historian) started checking...and reports Francis was hanged by William
Campbell and a negro Thomas about 1778/79; it was said he was a Tory and
many other things...but from a very careful study, my conclusion is that the
occurrence was occasioned by the fact that the Scotch-Irish were unhappy
with the people who migrated down from CN, NJ, & NY...even in Draper's
account it appeared that Campbell chased Francis Hopkins and hanged him
only because HE WAS TOLD he was a trouble-maker, etc.
Mrs Royse believes the William in Draper's account was Francis' son, and
that he was the William Hopkins who was discharged by proclamation, etc.,
1782 Term Court, Sullivan Co., TN. However, he could have been Francis'
brother, William.
Generation No. 3
4. William Hopkins, born Abt. 1640 in Rocbury, MA (Source: Sandy Harris
([email protected]).); died November 05, 1688 in
Roxbury, Norfolk, MA
(Source: From Bob Bell's handwritten outline descendant tree received 10
May 1996; Ancestral File). He married 5. Hannah Andrews.
5. Hannah Andrews, born June 23, 1639 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA (Source:
Ancestral Files); died January 05, 1678/79 in Roxbury, Norfolk, MA (Source:
>From Bob Bell's handwritten outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996;
Ancestral File). She was the daughter of 10. Thomas Andrews and 11. Ann.
Notes for William Hopkins:
Died 28 April or 5 nov 1688
[From Bob Bell's handwritten outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996]
--------------------------------------------
From: Jacqueline Marshall <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
WILLIAM HOPKINS - NOTES -
Book, 'COLONIAL HOPKINS AND SOME OF THEIR DESCENDANTS' Compiled from the
Notes of Timothy Hopkins by Margaret Griffith, San Frnacisco, 1951.
Avaliable on microfilm from the Family Histroy Library of the LDS
Chruch. Sent to me (Jacqueline) by Doyle R. Hopkins.
Highlights [my{Jacqueline}notes]:
~William Hopkins first appears in the Town Records of Roxbury 19 Jan
1656. He is appointed grave digger for the town.
~It would seem that his three children baptized at Roxbury were children
of a first wife.
~No marriage record has been found between William Hopkins and Hannah
Andrews.
~22:2:1660: Record in Dorchester, Hannah, daughter of Thomas Andrews
requested a demittion to the Rocksbery Church.
~29:2:1660: She was admitted to the Roxbury Chruch.
~6:3:1660: The three children of William Hopkins were baptised.
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Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 18:09:59 -0400
From: Jacqueline Marshall <jmarshal @ jlc.net>
To: [email protected]
Subject: William Hopkins of Roxbury, MA
I didn't post this earlier because I was concerned that I had Roxbury
listed in the wrong county. I checked in 'Historical Data Relating to
Counties, Cities, & Towns in Massachusetts' prepared by William F.
Galvin, published by New England Historic & Genealogical Society, 1997.
This book did not give a county name, but I compared dates with 'The
Handy Book for Genealogists', Everton Publishers, 1981. I learned that
in 1630 when Roxbury was first mentioned in a list of plantations to be
taxed, there was no county. Suffolk County was created in 1643 and was
an original county. Norfolk county was created in 1793 out of a part of
Suffolk. The Handy Book lists Roxbury as a town in Norfolk county
created before 1800. In 1867 Roxbury was annexed by Boston which is
clearly in Suffolk County. I can now see why most New England
genealogists do not bother to write down a county when working in
colonial or early federal times! The Handy Book also said that the old
Norfolk records are now in Salem, Essex County. Most records were kept
by the town, not the counties, so perhaps Boston has the old Roxbury
records? The Mass. State Archives in Boston may have them. I will look
into this.
We were in Boston today to go to the Science Museum for my daughter's
birthday and I managed to convince my husband to drive out to Roxbury. It
isn't exactly in the nicest section of town these days. We did not
find anything that looked like an old town center. I had hoped to find
an old graveyard, but none presented itself in a quick drive-by. The
family wasn't real thrilled to be on this little side track, so we didn't
look very hard. Mabye another time. Our Uncle Neal is retired and knows
Boston very well, maybe after school starts he will take me back out there.
I'll look in some cemetery books in the meantime.
I wonder if the differences in the death of William Hopkins could be
from the date the will was written, and proved.
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Notes for Hannah Andrews:
Jacqueline Marshall <[email protected]>;
7/13/97 indicates Hannah as the
second wife and Hannah, William and Thomas as being from the first marriage.
More About Hannah Andrews:
Cause of Death: smallpox
Children of William Hopkins and Hannah Andrews are:
i. Hannah Hopkins, born January 03, 1656/57 in Roxbury, Suffolk, MA
(Source: From Bob Bell's handwritten outline descendant tree received 10
May 1996; Ancestral File); died 1692 in Jamaica? (Source: From Bob Bell's
handwritten outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996;Jacqueline
Marshall <[email protected]>; 7/13/97
(location)); married (1) Phillip Goss
Abt. 1678 in Lancaster, Worcestor, MA (Source: From Bob Bell's handwritten
outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996; Ancestral File); married (2)
John Murray March 23, 1686/87 in Port Royal, Jamaica (Source: From Bob
Bell's handwritten outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996).
Notes for Hannah Hopkins:
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 17:56:42 -0400
From: Jacqueline Marshall <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Hannah Hopkins & Philip Goss
Here is the story of Hannah Hopkins as told in 'Colonial Hopkins and
Some of Their Descendants' notes by Timothy Hopkins edited by Margaret
Griffith, San Francisco, 1951, beginning on page 76, sent to me 13 Sep
1996 by Doyle R. Hopkins.
"iii. Hannah, bapt. in the church in Roxbury by Rev. John Eliot 3 mo.
6 d. 1660; m. Philip Goss, a sailor, the son of John Goss. The date of
her marriage is unknown, but it was probably about 1678, as the Roxbury
records would indicate by the following entries:
1678 month 4 day 16. Hana Hopkins was censured in the Church with
admonication for fornication with her husband before yei wr maryed & for
flying away fro justice unto Road Island. (Record of the Commissioners
of the City of Boston, 6:93).
Month 10 day 9, 1678. Hannah Hopkins alias Goffe was called to
confesse her sins & manifest her reqentance for fornication & running
away to Road Island. She confessed & was absolved & received to take
hold on the covenant. (Roxbury Church Records, p 93).
The marriage was not a happy one, for in 1690 Goss applied for a divorce
on the grounds that she had left him and married another man in Jamica.
(Early Records of S.J.C. of Massachusetts, File 2553)
To the Honorable Simon Bradstreet Esq. Gov., Thomas Davenport Esq.
Dep. Gov., and the rest of the Honorable Magistrates Sitting in Court of
Assistants at Boston April 8, 1690. The humble Petition & Motion of
Philip Goss humbly showeth: That your petitioner about twelve or
fourteen years ago was marryed to Hannah Hopkins, daughter of William
Hopkins of Roxbury and lived with her some yeares, but the petitioner
being a saylor, and he being away at sea, the said Hannah removed to
Boston and went to Jamaica with one Thomas Waafe, and told him her
husband had sent for her to Jamaica, Mr. Waafe left her there, and since
that time he hath been there several times and saw said Hannah and she
informed that she was married to one John Murray, a Joyner, with whom
she now liveth and hath a child by him said Murray borne of her body as
she owned to Mr. Waafe & also to John Larkin whose evidences are now in
the hands of Worshipfull Jno Phillips Esq. I have alsoe a certificate
from the Clerke of ye Parish of Port Royall in Jamaica of her being
marryed to sd Murray. The premises being considered your petitioner
humbly requests the favor of this honorable Court that according to the
Laws of God & this Jurisdiction he may be Divorced from said Hannah.
She having broken covenant with him as may appear and your said
petitioner shall as in duty bound shall ever pray. Philip Goss
Thomas Warfe of Charlestowne aged about 43 years testifieth and saith
that about five yeares agoe one Hannah Goss the wife of Philip Goss
desired passage with me in Sloop Swan to Jamaica for herselfe and child
saying that she would goe to her husband there for (saith she) I have a
letter or his order to come to Jamaica & meet him there wee proceeded on
said voyage to Jamaica where I left her. Since that time I have often
seen her there, and do testify that she is there married to one Murray a
carpentr or joyner, as she herselfe owned to me several times. I saw
her with a childe which she said was murrays by her, and I heard him
often calling her wife and she calling him husband, further I testify
that being desired by Philip Goss to bring him a certificate of her
marriage I according went to ye clarke of the said parish of Port Royall
in Jamaica and saw it there entered in the Book of Records and I tooke a
copie of the same under sd Clarke's hand which I brought to New England
and delivered to philip Goss. Tomas Wharfe Sworn to before John
Phillipps, Asst, 1 Nov. 1689.
Jamaica SS These may certify all whom it may concern that John
Murray and Hannah Gosse being lawfully asked in ye parish Church in Port
Royall in ye Island aforesaid was Joined together in the holy bonds of
Matrimony ye twenty third day of March 1687. Witness my hand this eight
day of Septem 1788. Tho Marburne Clerk of ye ppish.
John Larkin aged about eight and thirty years witnesseth that Hannah
Goss wife of Philip is married in Jamaica to John Murray and that he had
seen them there and both owned that they were married and had a child. 1
Nov. 1690
John Holland of Boston being of full age testified accepted a letter
of Attorney from Philip Goss to bring a child of his from Jamaica, now
in the possession of his wife in Jamaica. Hannah refused to give up the
child saying that Philip Goss had one child of hers, that she had as
much right to him as I had, and as much money, etc. Sworn to 19 April
1690.
The following letter is addressed to William Hopkins of Roxbury from
his daughter Hannah Goss-Murrey: Horored Father, These are to Lett you
understand yt I am very well in health, hoping yt these few lines will
___ you all in the same blessed bee God for it. I cannot but wonder of
my not hearing from you in all this time wh I do think Long to hear from
yo yt I may understand of yor & my childs wellfare hoping yt in a small
time yt I shall see yo for I wish it very long & tedious till such time
as I am with yo & since I have been here in Jamaica I am married to a
Joyner and have wh is a sonne & about seaven months old. My child that
I brought out of new England who is very well & Desires to remember his
duty to yo & his kind love to all his friends in Generall soe having noe
more at ye present by with my and my husbands although unknown duty to
yo & to my mother with love & service to my brothers & Sisters & all ye
rest of my relacon in General and kind love to Mr. ffoster* & his wife &
tell him yt I would be with him in ___ time with Gods permission hoping
yt he is careful of my son & yt ___ they agree well together soe having
noe more at ye present by craving yor ___ for me I rep ___ yor ever
Dutiful Daughter. Hannah Murrey If you send me a letter please pray
Direct to ye care of Mrs. Hannah Hicks. [*Samuel Foster lived on land
adjoining that of William Hopkins in Roxbury. (Suffolk Deeds 19:99).]
Children (surname Goss):
1. Philip, bapt. in Roxbury 12 mo. 16 d. 1679 (16 Feb. 1679)
2. Hannah, bapt. in Roxbury 1 mo. 16 d. 1679 (16 March 1679); d. 1 mo.
20 d. 1679.
3. Mary, bapt. 22 Aug. 1680
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Marriage Notes for Hannah Hopkins and John Murray:
According toJacqueline Marshall <[email protected]>;
7/13/97, the marriage
date is 3 Mar instead.
ii. Ebenezer Hopkins, born Abt. 1659 in Roxbury, Norfolk, MA (Source:
>From Bob Bell's handwritten outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996);
died October 19, 1674 in Roxbury, Norfolk, MA (Source: Jacqueline Marshall
<[email protected]>; 7/13/97).
More About Ebenezer Hopkins:
Fact 1: July 05, 1674, bapt.
iii. Thomas Hopkins, born Bef. May 06, 1660 in Roxbury, Suffolk, MA
(Source: Jacqueline Marshall <[email protected]>;
7/13/97); died April 21,
1676 (Source: From Bob Bell's handwritten outline descendant tree received
10 May 1996).
Notes for Thomas Hopkins:
Soldier under Capt Samuel Wadsworth; Killed by Indians at Sudbury
[From Bob Bell's handwritten outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996]
More About Thomas Hopkins:
Fact 1: May 06, 1660, baptized (Source: From Bob Bell's handwritten outline
descendant tree received 10 May 1996)
iv. William Hopkins, born Bef. May 06, 1660 in Roxbury, Suffolk, MA
(Source: Jacqueline Marshall <[email protected]>;
7/13/97); died 1676 in
North Hampton, MA (Source: Ancestral Files).
Notes for William Hopkins:
Soldier at Northampton under Capt. Turner; Killed by Indians
[From Bob Bell's handwritten outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996]
More About William Hopkins:
Fact 1: May 06, 1660, baptized (Source: From Bob Bell's handwritten outline
descendant tree received 10 May 1996)
v. Mary Hopkins, born March 30, 1662 in Roxbury, Suffolk, MA (Source:
Jacqueline Marshall <[email protected]>;
7/13/97); died April 08, 1678 in
Roxbury, Suffolk, MA (Source: Jacqueline Marshall <[email protected]>;
7/13/97).
More About Mary Hopkins:
Cause of Death: smallpox
Fact 1: March 30, 1662, baptized (Source: From Bob Bell's handwritten
outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996)
vi. Samuel Hopkins, born November 15, 1663 (Source: Jacqueline Marshall
<[email protected]>; 7/13/97); died Aft. March
22, 1732/33 (Source: From Bob
Bell's handwritten outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996); married
Sussanna.
Notes for Samuel Hopkins:
Will was dated 3/22/1732 s. Kingston RI, "proved" 1/12/1738
[From Bob Bell's handwritten outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996]
vii. Margaret Hopkins, born February 18, 1664/65 (Source: From Bob Bell's
handwritten outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996).
More About Margaret Hopkins:
Fact 1: March 25, 1666, baptized in Roxbury
Fact 2: August 27, 1683, moved to Boston, Phillip Gosses (Source: From Bob
Bell's handwritten outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996, (marriage
oe servant?))
2 viii. Joseph Hopkins, born March 08, 1666/67 in Roxbury, Suffolk, MA;
died May 15, 1735 in East Greewich RI; married (1) Phoebe Spenser Bef.
February 08, 1695/96 in Kingston, RI; married (2) Martha Whaley 1699.
ix. Elizabeth Hopkins, born April 03, 1670 (Source: Jacqueline Marshall
<[email protected]>; 7/13/97).
More About Elizabeth Hopkins:
Fact 1: April 03, 1670, bapt.
x. Abigail Hopkins, born June 30, 1672 (Source: Jacqueline Marshall
<[email protected]>; 7/13/97).
More About Abigail Hopkins:
Fact 1: April 30, 1672, bapt.
xi. Bethia Hopkins, born December 05, 1675 (Source: Jacqueline Marshall
<[email protected]>; 7/13/97); died Abt. April
23, 1768 (Source: From Bob
Bell's handwritten outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996); married
Ichabod Davis?.
More About Bethia Hopkins:
Fact 1: December 05, 1675, bapt.
6. Theophilus Whaley, born 1617 in England (Source: Eric E. Walker,
e-mail ([email protected]) 20 May 1996); died Abt. 1720
in W. Greenwich RI
(Source: Eric E. Walker, e-mail ([email protected])
20 May 1996). He
married 7. Elizabeth Mills Bef. 1665.
7. Elizabeth Mills, born 1645 in VA (Source: Nancy Cluff Snyder
([email protected]) 8/13/96); died
1715.
Notes for Theophilus Whaley:
Theophilus Whaley (1617-about 1720)(!!)
He came to Rhode Island from Rappahannock Co., VA, where he sold
his
plantation in 1665. He was university-educated and born of wealthy parents,
waited upon hand and foot by servants until the age of 18, by his own
reported testimony. He was in VA before he was 21, and served there as a
military officer. He returned to England to serve in the Parliamentary army
under Oliver Cromwell, who may have been a close relative of his. If his
real identity has been deduced correctly (see below), his regiment took
part in the execution of Charles I in 1649, and its commander, an officer
named Hacker, was later executed.
It appears probable that Theophilus was actually Robert Whalley -
brother of Edward Whalley, one of the two regicide judges who fled England
and were concealed for some time in -- among other places -- Hadley,
Massachusetts. If this is true, "Theophilus" was an assumed name, designed
to cover his past after the ascension of Charles II to the throne in 1660.
About that time, "Theophilus" returned to VA and bought
land there,
where he married Elizabeth Mills (1645-1715) and where two or three of
their children were born. Sometime between 1665 and 1680 he came to Rhode
Island, settling at the head of Pettaquamscutt Pond in Narragansett. He
never spoke of his past while living in Rhode Island. He made his living
there by fishing, weaving, and teaching (he knew Greek, Latin and Hebrew),
and seems to have avoided public notice and public office, though he
sometimes penned deeds and other legal documents for less literate
neighbors. Mysterious visits to his home by distinguished men from Boston
and elsewhere enriched the humble life he had chosen to lead. During Queen
Anne's War, a warship dropped anchor in Narragansett Bay and its captain, a
kinsman of Theophilus Whaley bearing the same surname, sent a boat to
Whaley's landing to invite him aboard for dinner. Whaley at first accepted,
but changed his mind and did not go, explaining to a friend afterward that
he feared a trap had been laid to take him back to England. This story
seemed to confirm the suspicions of his contemporaries that he was himself
one of the regicide judges - a suspicion that inexplicably persisted long
after the movements of fugitive judges Goffe and Edward Whalley had become
well known.
He was on the tax rolls of Kingstown in 1687, and in 1709 or '10
he
acquired 120 acres at East Greenwich, which he gave to his only son Samuel
the next year. He was buried with military honors near the home of his
son-in-law Joseph Hopkins in West Greenwich.
Theophilus Whaley's children were Joan, Ann, Theodosia (my
ancestor),
Elizabeth, Martha (b. 1680), Lydia, and Samuel. Only Martha's birth date is
known, but all the children were born after his return to VA about 1660.
Since Elizabeth Mills was only 15 years old in 1660, it seems likely that
the marriage came a little later, though before 1665. I have no other
information about Elizabeth.
Eric
>From Eric W. Weber Mon, 20 May 1996 [email protected]
---------------------------------------------
Children of Theophilus Whaley and Elizabeth Mills are:
i. Theodosea Whaley, married Robert Spenser.
ii. Joan Whaley.
iii. Ann Whaley.
iv. Elizabeth Whaley.
v. Lydia Whaley.
3 vi. Martha Whaley, born 1680; died 1773; married Joseph Hopkins 1699.
vii. Samuel Whaley, born Abt. 1690 (Source: Keith Whaley,
[email protected]); married (1) Patience Hearndon; married (2) Hopkins.
Generation No. 4
10. Thomas Andrews, born 1608 in England (Source: Ancestral Files); died
August 20, 1667 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA (Source: From Bob Bell's
handwritten outline descendant tree received 10 May 1996). He was the son
of 20. Thomas Andrews and 21. <Unnamed>. He married 11. Ann.
11. Ann, born Abt. 1618 in Devon, England; died January 13, 1683/84 in
Dorchester, Suffolk, MA.
Children of Thomas Andrews and Ann are:
i. Thomas Andrews, died August 06, 1704 in Dorchester, Essex, MA; married
Phebe Goard.
5 ii. Hannah Andrews, born June 23, 1639 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA; died
January 05, 1678/79 in Roxbury, Norfolk, MA; married William Hopkins.
Generation No. 5
20. Thomas Andrews, born 1577 in Devonshire,,England; died August 21,
1643 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA. He married 21. <Unnamed>.
21. <Unnamed>, born 1579; died April 21, 1643 in Hingham, Mass.
Child of Thomas Andrews and is:
10 i. Thomas Andrews, born 1608 in England; died August 20, 1667 in
Dorchester, Suffolk, MA; married Ann.
At 01:35 PM 10/15/98 EDT, you wrote:
>I HAVE NOT POSTED FOR AWHILE HERE IS MY LINE
>
>Saraha Hopkins b abt 1750 mother Honor Brown father Samuel Hopkins mar Thomas
>Albro son of Alice Waite and Samuel Albro 22 Jan 1772 RI d 10 Jan 1832
>
>Samuel Hopkins b 6 Jan 1703/4 Kingston RI mother Martha Whalen father Joseph
>Hopkins mar Honor Brown her mother was Honor Huling father Alexander
Brown on
>23 Apr 1629/30 children Sarah,Joseph
>
>Joseph Hopkins b Mar or Apr 1667 mother Hannah Andrews father William Hopkins
>mar 1 Martha Whalen abt 1703 RI d 15 May 1735 RI children
Samuel,William,John,
>Robert, Thomas Hannah Theodra, Francis have their info
>
>William Hopkins b abt 1625-1630 mar Hannah Andrews died 8 nov 1688 Roxbury
>Machildren Hannah,William,Mary,Samuel,Margaret, Joeph, Elizabeth,
>Abigail,Abenezer,Bethia have their info
The Goad Family; Dover, AR, USA; mailto:[email protected]
A-The name of William Hopkins first appears in the Town
records of Roxbury 19 January 1656: Willyum Hopekins was chosen to dige graves for the
town, and he is to have for mens and wimmens graves, two shillings and for children under
10 years of age, he is to have twelve pence per child. (NEHGR 14:49). The next entry of
the name is in the baptismal records when on the "3 mo. 6 d. 1660" three
children of William Hopkins were baptized, William, Thomas, and Hannah. There seems to be
no record of his death although a date is given, 5 Nov. 1688. By what authority I am not
sure. His wife Hannah died of the smallpox 11month 5days 1678. (Roxbury VR) They were both
members of Rev. John Eliot’s Church.
If William were in Roxbury in 1656 as the foregoing
record would indicate, it is possible that the three children baptized there in 1660 were
the issue of a first marriage, and that he married Hannah Andrews, the daughter of Thomas
Andrews of Dorchester in 1660 or 1661 as a second wife, although there is no entry to the
effect that he was married before.
Hannah Andrews demitted from the Dorchester Church
22:2:1660. And was called Hannah, the daughter of Thomas Andrews. This was only a month
before the baptism of William’s three children, and had she been his wife, the
dismissal from the Dorchester Church would probably have so stated. The fourth child, Mary
was baptized in 1662, which would give time for a marriage in 1660 or 1661.
The record in the Dorchester church is as follows:
22:2:1660;
The day above said Hanan ye daughter of Thomas Andrews
desired a letter of demittion to Joyn to ye Church of Rocksbery although she was not a
stated member but by vertue of her parents covenant: and it was granted only bro. Breck (a
presbyterian) foster (an independent) & Mead would not act with ye Church. Dorchester
Church Records, 1891,
Page 22.
She was admitted to the Roxbury church a week later, 29th
of day 2nd month 1660year, and a week after her admittance came the baptism of the three
children of William Hopkins.The New England Historical and Genealogical Register states:
Susanna dau. Of Thomas Andrews married Hopkins (5:395) in
the record of Thomas Andrews will she is called Hanna Hopkins (Suffolk Probate Records,
File 658 The will was dated 6 August 1667 and proved 4days 6months 1673. He bequeathed to
his wife Ann who died 13 Jan. 1684 all of his estate during her natural life, and after
her death, to his only son Thomas, he to pay to daughter Hanna Hopkins seaven ponds in
current pay of New England an 20 s apecce to her children as they shall come of age. But
restricted to those born before the date of the will.. William Hopkins put in a caution
against the will, and witnesses to its execution testified that William Hopkins had told
them that the differences had been composed.
Of the two children mentioned in the foregoing will,
Thomas Andrews Jr, was baptized 23 June 1639 Dorchester Church Records, 1891 Page 151. As
not record of Hannah’s baptism is found in Dorchester, it is possible that she was
born in England.
In 1664 in a petition to the General Court from the
inhabitants of Dorchester, the names of Thomas Andrews, senior and junior appear.
Have no deeds of land to William Hopkins, but find
reference to land belonging to him
Abraham Newell sold to Isaac Newell, land called
Totman’s Rocks, "Late land of William Hopkins and Samuel Ruggles, bounded w. By
Dedhan highway and s. On road to Gamblin’s End, 24 Jan. 1671 (Suffolk Deeds, 7:309)
William Curtis of Roxbury to son Isaac, land bounded on
west by land lately of William Hopkins and the road leading to Gamblin’s End. (Ibid.
8:117)
Same land was sold and bounded the same (Ibid. 9:430
Same land was sold and bounded the same described
formerly of William Hopkins, 20 June 1698 (Ibid. 19:99)
In a list of soldiers credited with military service
under Capt. Danile Hinchman appears this entry: 27 August 1675 William Hopkins (Soldiers
in King Philips war, 1906, page 52 (Bodge) Again the name William Hopkins appears in the
list of Hampton Men under Capt. Will Turner, 7 April 1676 (Ibid. Page 241. This is the
list preceding the Falls Fight 19 May 1676. Thses entries may refer to William Hopkins of
Roxbury or to William Hopkins of Billerica His son.
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register,
5:389-402 has an account of the settlement and early history of Dorchesteer. See History
of the Town of Hingham 1893 for an account of Thomas Andrews.
Children of William
A-1. Hannah Hopkins Born Jan. 3, 1657 Bpt. Roxbury May 6,
1660 by Rev. John Eliot
Married 1678
Philip Goss Divorced him in April 4, 1690 Philip
remarried 3/29/1690 to Mary
Prescott in Concord, Mass
2nd Marriage March 23, 1687
John Murray
Record of the Commissioners of the City of Boston
6:93-Censured in the Church 1678
Roxbury Church records, Page 93/she confessed and was
absolved :
Early records of S>J>C. Of Mass, File 2553 Goss
applied for a divorce on the
grounds that she left him and married another man in
Jamaica
1. Philip Goss Bapt. In Roxbury 12 mo. 16D. 1679
2. Hannah bapt. In roxbury 1 month 16days 1679-Died
1month 20days 1679
3. Mary Goss bapt. 22 Aug. 1680
4. Son to John Murray Born Nov. 1, 1990 Jamaica
NOTE: "1678 Month 4 day 16 Hana Hopkins was censured
in the church with admonication for fornication with her gusband before yei was maryed
& for flying away from justice unto Road Island" Record of the Commissioners of
the City of Boston, 6:93
"Month 10 day 9, 1678 Hannah Hopkins alias Goffe was
called to confesse her sins and manifest her repentance for fornication and running away
to Road Island. She confessed and was absolved and received to take hold on the
convenant." Roxbury Church Records, Page 93: The marriage was not a happy one, for in
1690 Goss applied for a divorce on the grounds that she had left him and married another
man in Jamaica Early records of S.J.C. of Massachusetts, File 2553.
"To the Honble Simon Bradstreet Esqr Governr, Thomas
Davenport Esqr, Dep Govr and the rest of the Honble Magistrates sitting in Court of
Assistants at Boston April 8, 1690"
the homble petition and Motion of Philip Goss humbly
showeth that your petitioner about twelve or fourteen years ago was marryed to Hannah
Hopkins, daughter of William Hopkins of Roxbury and lived with her some yeares, but yor
petitioner being a saylor, and he being away at sea, the said Hannah removed to Boston and
went to Jamaica with one Thomas Waafe, and told him her husband had sent for her to
Jamaica, Mr. Waafe left her there, and since that time he hath been there several times
and saw said Hannah and she informed him that she was marryed to one John Murray, a
Joyner, with whom she now liveth and hath a child by him and Murray borne of her body as
she woned to Mr. Waafe and also to John Larkin whose evidences are now in the hands of
Worshipfull Jno Phillips Esqr. I have alsoe a certificate from the Clerke of ye Parish of
Port Royall in Jamica of her being Marryed to sd Murray. The promises being considered yor
petitioner humbly requests the favour of this honble Court that according to the Lawes of
God and this jurisdiction he may be Divorced from said Hannah she having broken covenant
with him as may appeare, and yor said petitioner shall as in duty bound shall ever pray.
Philip Goss.
"Thomas Wharfe of Charlestowne aged about 43 yeares
testifieth and saith that about five yeares agoe one Hannah Goss the wife of Philip Goss
Desired passage with me in Sloop Swan to Jamaica for herselfe and child saying that she
would goe to her husband there for (saith she) I have a letter or his order to come to
Jamaica and meet him there wee proceeded on said voyage to Jamaica where I left her. Since
that time I have often seen heer there, and do testify that she is there married to one
Murray, a carpenter or joyner, as she herselfe owned to me several times. I saw her with a
childe which she said was Murrays by her, and I head him often calling her wife and she
calling him husband, further I testify that being desired by Philip Goss to bring him a
certificate of her marriage I according went to ye Clarke of the said Parish of Port
Royall in Jamaica and saw it ther entered in the Book of Records and I tooke a copie of
the same under sad Clarke’s hand which I brought to New England and delivered to
Philip Goss, Thomas Wharfe" Sworn to befor John Phillipps, Asst, 1 Nov. 1689, Jamaica
S S
"These may certify all whom it may concern that John
Murray and Hannah Gosse being Lawfully asked in ye parish Church in Port Royall in ye
Island aforsaid was joined together in the holy bonds of Matrimony ye twenty-third day of
March 1687: Witness my hand this eight day of Septem 1688 Tho Marburne Clerk of ye ppish.
NOTE: The following letter is addressed to William
Hopkins of Roxbury from his daughter Hannah Goss -Murrey.
"These are to let you understand yt I am very well
in health, hoping yt these few lines will find you all in the same blessed be God for it.
I cannot but wonder of my not hearing from yo in all this time wh I do think Long to hear
from yo yt I may understand of yo & my childs wellfae hoping yt in a small time ty I
shall see yo for I wish it very long & tedious till such time as I am with yo &
since I have been here in Jamaica I am married to a Joyner and have wh is a sonne &
about seaven months old My child that I brought of New England who now is very well &
desires to remember his duty to yo & his kind love to all his friends in Gegerall soe
having noe more at ye present but with my and my husbands although unkown duty to yo &
to my mother with love & service to my brothers & sisters & all ye rest of my
relacon in General and kind love to Mr. Ffoster & his wife & tell him yt I would
be with him in time with Gods permission hopeing yt he is careful of my son & yt they
agree will together soe having noe more at ye present but craving yor for me I rep yor
ever Dutifull Daughter "Hannah Murrey"
A-2. William Hopkins Bpt May 6, 1660 Roxbury, Mass. Was a
soldier at northampton
under Capt Turner, He was Killed by indians in 1676.
A-3. Thomas Hopkins Bpt May 6, 1660 Roxbury , Mass.
Killed at Sudbury by Indians April 21, 1676, Command of Capt. Samuel Wadsworth (Edward
Cowell in a statement
sworn to 19 June 1676 says "I went back and buried
four men which were killed
whereof Thomas Hanley and Hopkinses son both of Roxbury
(Ibid. Page 226)
(Thomas Hopkins was reported in garrison at Marlborough a
town adjoining Sudbury
? 24 April three days after the fight. ) There was a
Thomas Hopkins of Mashantatack
Died in 1698. He married Sarah who died after 1699 He was
a freeman in 1678
(meaning he owned land) on 26 March 1688 he sold to
Edward Searle, Jr. 40 acres in
Mashantatack . He removed later to the other side of the
Pawtucket River, within the
limits of Providence. His will, dated 10 Oct. 1698, Prove
13 Jan. 1699, names his
wife executrix and gives to her his whole estate, house,
lands, goods and chattels:
inventory (Austin: Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode
Island 1887, page 105
A-3-1. Patience Hopkins
Married Feb. 2, 1699 in Warwick R. Island
John Gorton, the son of John and Margaret Weeden Gorton.
After Patience
death he married in Nantucket Nov. 17, 1717 Elizabeth
Pierce or percy.
A-3-1-1. Patience Gorton born. 12 Dec. 1700 Married
Ebenezer Cook
A-3-1-2. Benjamin Gorton Born in 1701 Died in 1775
A-3-1-3. Samuel Gorton born in 1703 Died 1723/4 Lost at
sea during a storm
A-3-1-4. Hopkins Gorton April 1704 Died March 27, 1725
Gravestone in Hartfort
A-3-1-5. William Gorton Married 1736 Lydia Collins
A-3-1-6. Priscilla Gorton
A-3-1-7. John Gorton Married 1 Hannah Champlin 2. Sarah
Babcock
A-3-1-8. Samuel Gorton married Mary Grant.
A-4. Mary Hopkins Bpt March 30, 1662-Died 1678 of
Smallpox
A-5. Samuel Hopkins Bpt November 15, 1663 Roxbury -Died
after 1732
Married Susanna:
Samuel ‘s Will was dated 22 March 1732, and Proved
12 Feb. 1738. His son Thomas, who had the lands before, was named executor. He left to his
wife Susanna the use of all movables while she remained a widow, and if she should marry,
what remained was to go to his daughter Mary Fowler, who was to inherit in any event, at
the death of his wife: also to grandson’s Thomas Whaley, 5 s and grandson Samuel
Whaley 5 s.
Page Three
A-5-1. Thomas Hopkins
Married in South Kingston R. I. March 20, 1728
Hannah Mumford
A-5-1-1. Thomas March 24, 1742 South Kingston R. I.
Married Aug. 20 1765 South Kingston R. I.
Hannah Baker
A-5-1-2. Mary Hopkins Aug. 6. 1745
A-5-2. Susanna Hopkins
married June 14, 1724 in South Kingston R. I.
Daniel Grinell, Jr.
A-5-3. Mary Hopkins
Married in south Kinston R. I Jan 15, 1720
Isaac or Thomas Fowler
A-5-4. A Daughter
Married Whaley
A-5-4-1. Thomas Whaley
A-5-4-2. Samuel Whaley
References Austin: Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode
Island 1887 Page 105
NEGHS 67: 285
A-6. Margaret Hopkins Born Feb. 18, 1666 Roxbury-Bpt
March 25, 1666 at Roxbury
Aug. 27, 1683 came to boston to live at the Philip
Gosses.
A-7. Joseph Hopkins Bpt March 8, 1667 Roxbury-Died May
15, 1735 East
Greenwich,R.I
Married Kinstown R. Island
Phoebe (Spenser)
A-7-1. William Hopkins Nov. 6, 1695 Kingstown Rhode
Island
Married 1726 East Greenwich by Thomas Spencer, Justice
Mary Tibbetts, Daughter of John Tibbetts born 1707
William and Mary lived in W. Greenwich when he was
deeding land to sons
in the years of 1758 and 1760
A-7-1-1. Tibbitts Hopkins B. Oct. 18, 1727 East Greenwich
Married Sept 17, 1752 West Greenwich
Else Andrews/Daughter of Charles Andrews of E. Greenwich
He was a private in Colonel Grary’s regiment in 1776
A-7-1-1-1. Elizabeth Hopkins B. Feb. 5, 1753 Married July
17, 1781 Nicholas Myers
A-7-1-1-2. William Hopkins B. Jan. 3, 1755 Married Aug.
1773 West Greenwich
May Barker
A-7-1-1-3. Charles Hopkins Born Jan. 17, 1758
A-7-1-1-4. Amos Hopkins Aug. 11, 1760
A-7-1-1-5. John Hopkins May 16, 1763
A-7-1-1-6. Maplet Hopkins Dec. 12, 1765
A-7-1-2. Elizabeth Hopkins Sept 22, 1729 East Greenwich
Married Sept 22, 1749
Thomas Reynolds-resided in West Greenwich
A-7-1-2-1. Samuel Reynolds Feb. 12, 1752 Died East
Greenwich Dec. 4, 1777
A-7-1-3. Anne Hopkins July 16, 1732 Married 1748 Peter
Albvro
A-7-1-5. Joseph Hopkins April 9, 1737 West Greenwich
Married July 1, 1759 to
Zilpha Gorton of Warwick Born Feb. 11, 1737 Daughter of
Othniel and
Theodosia Hopkins Gorton: He was a Captain.
A-7-1-5-1- Mary or Mercy Born Aug. 15, 1760 Died April
15, 1803
Married Sept 7, 1781 Warwick Rhode Island to
George Arnold Oct. 12, 1754 Warwick, R. I. Died
Stephentown, New York
March 22, 1829 Son of James Arnold, Sr. He resided in
Greenwich
and had charge of the County House .He served as
aide-de-camp to George
Washington
Children to Mary and George Arnold
A-7-1-5-1-1. Gorton Arnold Jan. 25, 1783 Married Mary
Sheldon
A-7-1-5-1-2. Benjamin Arnold Nov. 10, 1784 Married Sallie
Tabor
A-7-1-5-1-3. Zilpha Arnold Feb. 25, 1786 Married David
Taylor
A-7-1-5-1-4. Simon Arnold Oct. 4, 1787 Married Polly
Whitman
A-7-1-5-1-5. Joseph H. Arnold Feb. 17, 1789 Married
Susannah Gardner
A-7-1-5-1-6. Wate Arnold Sept 12, 1790 Married Burton
Briggs
A-7-1-5-1-7. Freelove Arnold April 16, 1792 Married Peleg
R. Thomas
A-7-1-5-1-8. Mary Arnold May 13, 1793 Married Daniel
Whitman
A-7-1-5-1-9. Phebe Arnold April 2, 1795 Married Claudius
Moffit
A-7-1-5-1-10. George A. Arnold Nov. 19, 1796 Married ____
DeBall
A-7-1-5-1-11. Avlacy Arnold Oct 1799 Married ___ Ford of
Mesopotamia Ohio
A-7-1-5-1-12. Elijah Arnold March 5, 1801 Married Eunice
M. Babcock
A-7-1-5-1-13. Minerva Arnold April 12, 1803 Married
Deacon_____Smith
A-7-1-6. Henry Hopkins Feb. 28, 1738 West Greenwich
A-7-1-7. Theodosia Hopkins May 5, 1744 West Greenwich
A-7-1-8. Avis Hopkins April 8, 1751
A-7-1-9. Eunice Hopkins Married 1772 Thomas Archers
A-7-2. Phoebe Hopkins Born Feb. 8, 1696 Kingstown R.
Island
Married Joathan Picher (Pitcher)
A-7 Joseph Hopkins Senior Married 2nd time
Martha Whaley 1680-Daughter of Theophilus Whaley and
Elizabeth mills
When Joseph Hopkins Died Martha Married Robert Spencer,
the Widower of her
Sister Theodosia. She died at the home of her Daughter
Theodosia and her Husband
Othniel Gorton
Children of Joseph Hopkins Sr. And Martha Whaley
A-7-3. Joseph Hopkins Jr. 1698 History to follow
A-7-4. Samuel Hopkins 1704 History to follow
A-7-5. John Hopkins 1712 History to follow
A-7-6. Robert Hopkins 1713 History to follow
A-7-7. Thomas Hopkins 1714 History to follow
A-7-8. Hannah Hopkins 1715 History to follow
A-7-9. Theodosia Hopkins 1718 History to follow
Joseph Hopkins Will May 15, 1735, I Joseph Hopkins of
East Greenwich in the County of Providence and Colony of Rhode Island : 1st to my loving
wife Martha Hopkins
2nd to my son Joseph Hopkins 5 Shillings, 3rd to my two
sons William and Samuel Hopkins My Homestead farm: 4th to my son John Hopkins 30 pounds:
5th to my son Robert Hopkins 1/2 my outdoor movables and 30 pounds: 6th to my son Thomas
Hopkins 30 Pounds to be paid at age of 21. If Thomas dies before 21 his share is
bequeathed to his three sisters Phebe, Hannah and Theodosia. 7Th to my dau. Phebe Picher
one good cow: 8th to my two daus. Hannah and Theodosia Hopkins 25 pounds each and one good
cow each: appoints sons William and Samuel as sole executors
A-7-3. Joseph Hopkins Jr. Born April 8, 1698 Kingstown R.
Island
Married Mary (Unknown last name)
Mary died somewhere between 1728 and 1733 they signed
jointly a Mortgage, Aug. 2, 1728 on 64 acres in East Greenwich, R. I. Which they occupied,
and Oct. 15, 1733 Joseph signed a Mortgage alone on 32 acres he occupied. Mary signed her
own name but joseph signed both by his mark: Joseph was made a free man in East Greenwich
in 1728: the Law said that to be a freeman, a man must be 21 years of age , a property
owner and the eldest son of a property owner:
1. Frances Hopkins -No birth record believe 1720
Married Sept 1, 1743 East Greenwich, R. I.
Mary Joslin Born Feb. 2, 1721/2 Daughter of Henry Joslin
and Elizabeth
Matteson: Records in East and West Greenwich show that he
bought and
sold land and records showing him living in R. I. Around
1758. May have
moved to New York
A-7-3-1. Frances Hopkins Believe 1720 East Greenwich Died
1780 Wash. Co. Virginia
Married Sept 1, 1743 East Greenwich Rhode Island
Mary Joslin Born Feb. 2, 1743 East Greenwich, Rhode
Island
Daughter of Henry Joslin and Elizabeth Mattelson
Frances and Mary had ten children
A-7-3-1-1- Henry Hopkins 1743 History to Follow
A-7-3-1-2. Sarah Hopkins 1744 History to Follow
A-7-3-1-3. Rachel Hopkins 1747 History to Follow
A-7-3-1-4. William Hopkins 1748 History to Follow
A-7-3-1-5. Gardner Hopkins 1750 History to Follow
A-7-3-1-6. Mary Hopkins 1753 History to Follow
A-7-3-1-7. Francis Hopkins Jr. 1756 History to Follow
A-7-3-1-8 Eldridge Hopkins 1759 History to Follow
A-7-3-1-9. Robert Hopkins 1760 History to Follow
A-7-3-1-10. Hannah Hopkins 1766 History to Follow
In 1779 in Virginia all Bank Notes of the whole emissions
of May 20, 1777 and April 11, 1778 were taken out of Circulation since Counterfeits had
been issued by our enemies at New York and are found to be spreading . In Wash. C. May 4,
1778 Francis Hopkins was held on suspicion of his feloniourly conterfeiting or erasing and
altering unsndry treasury notes: he said he was in no wise guilty. May 19, 1778 the Grand
Jury returned to the Bar and presented as followeth: Viz Francis Hopkins for knowingly
passing two bad ten dollar bills and buying bad money at an under rate. Aug. 19, 1778
Ordered that Francis Hopkins be fined 50 pounds lawful money of Virginia and 6 Months
inprisonment for passing counterfeit money. Aug. 20, 1778 Ordered the Francis Hopkins be
imprisoned within the walls of the Fort at William Cocks old Place on Renfroes Creek.
William Hopkins was one of his securities. April 22, 1779
paid to James Dysart Sheriff for summoning Court of Examination on Francis Hopkins.
Francis was hanged by William Campbell and negro Thomas about 1779 because they were told
he was a trouble maker
June 16, 1779 Estate of William Hopkins who had been
taken and committed to Gaol of this County for Treasonable practices against this state
had broken Gaol and escaped
be sold and money deposited in Treasury. March 22, 1780
indenture of Estate of William Hopkins. Sept 19, 1782 Joseph Cole was a security for the
good behavior of William Hopkins. May 20, 1783 William Hopkins forfeited above bond for
stealing a horse.
References: Gorton: Samuel Gorton and His Descendants
1907 Page 178
Early Records of S.J.C. of Mass. File 2034
Clemens: Early Marriage Records of the Hopkins Family
1916
A-7-3-1-1.Henry Hopkins Dec 2, 1743 Exeter R. I.Died in
Shelby Co. Ky.
Married July 26, 1769 Redding, Conn
Hannah Burr Born 1749 Chr. Oct. 15, 1749 Redding, Conn.
Daughter of Jabez Burr Sr. And Elizabeth Hull
Henry Hopkins and Hannah Burr Children numbered seven
A-7-3-1-1-1. Robert Hopkins 1779 Will Dated Dec. 31, 1807
Adair Co Will Book A.
Pages 141-143
Married Dec. 27, 1798 Green Co. Ky to Elizabeth Stone
Page Seven
Will
In the name of God Amen Dec. The 31 One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Seven : I Robert Hopkins of the County of Adair and State of Kentucky being
sick and weak in body and of Sound mind and (?) memory thankful to God and calling to mind
the mortaility of my body and that it is appointed for all men to die do make ordain
constitute and appoint this my last will and testament as follows viz:
I give unto my loving wife Elizabeth all my horses and
cows and one half my hogs and all my sheep with all other living stock whatever, also all
my household furniture whatever, also one (?) saddle also grain (? And (?) that is on my
premisas also to leave all my houses lands and tenaments and all the profit arriving from
them until my son William comes to the age of Twenty One years also having all my farming
utensils as long as she remains a widow also have a third of the profits of S. Land during
her natural life if she remains a widow. I give unto my son William my land where on I now
live and if my wife has a male child within 9 months of this day said child to be equal
herein the foresaid land I do hereby confirm this to be my last will and testament signed
Sealed and Delivered in Presence of others 31st day of December 1807: Robert Hopkins Seal
Joh Hugart, John Fotts- Adair County
At a County Court begun and held for Adair County on
Monday the 4th day of July 1808:
This last will and Testament of Robert Hopkins decd. Is
executed in Court and proven by the oath of John Fotts and John Hugart (?) (?) and ordered
to be recorded and on the motion of Elizabeth Hopkins and granted them they having taken
the oath (?) by loaw and executed and acknowledged Bond with William (?) and William
Hopkins in the penalty of
$500 Conditioned as the Law directs.
A-7-3-1-1-2. William Hopkins by 1779
A-7-3-1-1-3. John Hopkins Born Green or Adair Couty Died
Oct. 12, 1813-
Married 1803 Mary Hindman/ Dau. Of Alexander Hindman and
Mary Alex
A-7-3-1-1-3-1. Robert Hopkins (lived in Ringgold Co.
Iowa)
Married Harriet Coffey (Obit for Cabuis Coffey Hopkins, a
Son
A-7-3-1-1-3-1-1.James Alexander Hopkins Married Edith
Travis
A-7-3-1-1-3-1-1-1. Minnie Myrtle Hopkins Married George
Reeder
A-7-3-1-1-3-1-1-1-1. Hazel Reeder Married Charley
Roelofsz
A-7-3-1-1-3-1-1-1-1-1. Florence Roelofsz Married Carl
Winget
A-7-3-1-1-3-1-1-1-1-1-1.Norma Winget Married Roger Paul
A-7-3-1-1-3. John Hopkins (above)
2nd Marriage to Martha Moore-a Widow with Daughter Polly
A-7-3-1-1-3-2. Washington Hopkins (not yet 21 as of 1813)
John Hopkins Green County Kentucky Will Book 1, Pages 96
and 98
Will
In the name of ______amen (it was blank in the oringinal)
I John Hopkins being of sound mind and memory but weak in
body and calling to mind that is appointed my last will and testament. First I recommend
my Soul to the hands of almighty God who give it & my body to be buried in a decent
Christian manner and my property wherewith it has pleased God in this life to help me with
I dispose of in the following manner (viz) first I give and bequeath to beloved wife
Martha my big bay mare and saddle and the best bed and clothing belonging to it, cupboard
furniture and two of the best cows, all the potential one young roan mare, all the Hogs
and my lands with the improvement also three Heifers, all the geese and one young Bald
face mare and one twenty dollar note on Charles Cabanis I allow to be sold to pay my debts
and to my step daughter Polly Moore I give one young roan mare, to my son Washington
Hopkins I give
Page Eight
my young claybank horse and to my wife I give all my
farming tools of every discription
my wheelright tools of every discription to be divided in
two parcels and to be set up and sold and my wife to have the money and to be disposed of
as she thinks proper, also my rifle gun to be sold for the benifit of my wife. I also
appoint my wife Martha Hopkins, William McNabb and Aaron Blakeman my executors ratifing
this and no other to be my last will and Testament in testamony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal this 12 day of October 1813 John Hopkins Seal
John Chinault, John Emerson , D. McDaniel
At a County Court held for Green County at the Courthouse
as the 25th day of October 1813: The within will of John Hopkins was proven by the oath of
John Emerson and John Chinault to be the act and Deed of the said John Hopkins and that
they believed heirs at the time of exacuting. The same to do in his perfect mind and
memory and the same is ordered to be recorded which is done. Test James Allen (?)
A-7-3-1-1-4. Rachel Hopkins Married Nov. 3, 1804 John
Watkins
A-7-3-1-1-5. Hannah Hopkins Married April 10, 1807 Shelby
Co. Ky. To Martin James
A-7-3-1-1-6. Eliza Hopkins Married 1815 Shelby Co. Ky.
John James
A-7-3-1-1-7. Ester (Hester) Hopkins Abt 1780 Penn. Died
After 1846 Scott Indiana
Married Andrew Watkins
A-7-3-1-2. Sarah Hopkins Born Dec. 26, 1744 Married 27,
Jan. 1772 Thomas Albro
A-7-3-1-3. Rachel Hopkins May 21, 1747 East Greenwich
Rhode Island
A-7-3-1-4. William Hopkins Nov. 15. 1748 Warwick R.
Island-Died Dec. 2, 1831/2
Married around 1779 to Peace Scott who Died 1812-15
They had Seven Children:
A-7-3-1-4-1. Francis Hopkins Born before 1780 History
follows
A-7-3-1-4-2. Henry Hopkins Born April 24, 1779 (Bible
record Mrs. Royce) History F.
A-7-3-1-4-3. William Hopkins Born 1781 Virginia
A-7-3-1-4-4. Mary Hopkins Born 1784 Called Polly
A-7-3-1-4-5. Abiah Hopkins Born 1787 Ky.
A-7-3-1-4-6. Joslin J. Hopkins Born May 9, 1795 Clark Co.
Ky. (File)
A-7-3-1-4-7. Eldridge Hopkins Born Feb. 13, 1800 Kentucky
- History follows
William Hopkins 2nd Marriage Sept 9, 1815 Bath Co. Ky. To
Elizabeth Brinton
They had seven children
A-7-3-1-4-8. David Hopkins around 1815 Married March 19,
1839 Nicholas Co. Ky
to Elizabeth Hagin
A-7-3-1-4-9. Peace Hopkins Married Jan. 30, 1835 Nicholas
Co. Ky. William Boyd
2nd Marriage Sept 17, 1838 Nicholas Co. Timothy Scott
A-7-3-1-4-10. John K. Hopkins 1819 Ky. Married Dec. 18,
1845 Nicholas Co. Ky
Mary J. Campbell
A-7-3-1-4-11. Joseph Hopkins 1820 Nicholas Co. Ky.
Married Martha J. Morse
A-7-3-1-4-12. Walter Hopkins
A-7-3-1-4-13. Phoebe Hopkins Married Jan. 24, 1839
Samuel Everman
A-7-3-1-4-14. Caroline Hopkins born around 1826
Abstract of the Will of William Hopkins Dated October 4,
1831 Nicholas County Ky. Proved July Court, 1832. Wife, Elizabeth, Daughter Polly Owings,
Funds to rear and educate minor Children then living with him until yougest is age 14,
where upon estate to
be divided amongst 7 youngest Children : David, Peace,
John, Joseph, Walter, Phoebe and Caroline. Son, Joslin Hopkins, Executor.
Page Nine
A-7-3-1-4-1. Francis Hopkins Born 1776 (1780) two dates
given Different sources
Died Feb. 1838 Married Feb. 27, 1800 Mtgy Co. Kentucky
Catherine Elliott
2nd Marriage Sept 1815-1818 Gibson County Indiana
Sopia They moved to Texas
A-7-3-1-4-2. Henry Harrison Hopkins Born April 24, 1779
Bible record (Mrs. Royce)
Died around March 1844 Red River Texas
Married 1807
Elizabeth Born June 25, 1788 Died before 1844-Red River
County, Texas
She was not named in Henry’s Will(Presented for
Probate March 25, 1844
Red River County, Texas) was old Miller Co. Arkansas
Children of Henry Harrison Hopkins and Elizabeth
A-7-3-1-4-2-1. Eldridge Hopkins Dec. 26, 1897 Illinois
Married Harriet Day
A-7-3-1-4-2-2. Wesley Denton Hopkins Feb. 18, 1809
A-7-3-1-4-2-3. Jeanor Hopkins Feb. 18, 1809 Married Feb.
1, 1832 Warrick Co. Indiana
Emaline Baldwin
A-7-3-1-4-2-4, Eleanor Hopkins Feb. 18, 1811 Married 1st
Wm. Barker
2nd Thomas H. Brown
A-7-3-1-4-2-5. William Henry Harrison Hopkins Jan. 14,
1814 Indiana
Married Eliza_______
A-7-3-1-4-2-5-1. Benjamin F. Hopkins 1849
A-7-3-1-4-2-6. Mary Ann Hopkins Nov. 10, 1816 Married
Alford France
A-7-3-1-4-2-7. Andrew J. Hopkins Dec. 17, 1817 (must have
died before his father, was
not in his will )
A-7-3-1-4-2-8. Elizabeth Hopkins July 3, 1820 Indiana
Died 1881
Married Jan. 1, 1839 Warrick County Indiana Isaac El
McSwain
A-7-3-1-4-2-9. Joseph W. Hopkins Aug. 25, Not in fathers
will
A-7-3-1-4-2-10. Thomas Hopkins (not in Bible record, but
named in Fathers Will)
A-7-3-1-4-2-11. David Hopkins Aug. 9, 1827 Warrick County
Indiana
Married March 6, 1905 Lamar County Texas Ann Hargrave
A-7-3-1-4-2-12. Joslin Hopkins June 8, 1829 Warrick
County Indiana
Died 29 January 1883
Married 17 Jan. 1850 Louisa McFall
A-7-3-1-4-3. William Hopkins Born 1781 Virginia-Died Aug.
1856 Kentucky
Married by 1804 Kentucky
Sarah Smathers (Smithers) 1788 Died May 9, 1854 Near
Bloomfield,Davis
Co. Iowa
William Hopkins and Sarah Smathers had nine children
A-7-3-1-4-3-1. Abiah Hopkins 1804 Floyd County Kentucky
Married Nov. 26, 1824
Joseph Hiner
A-7-3-1-4-3-2. Eldridge Hopkins 1806 Floyd Co. Ky.
Married Jan. 31, 1828
Barthelomew Co. Ky Zillah Morris
A-7-3-1-4-3-3. Elizabeth Hopkins 1812 Floyd Co. Ky.
Married July 27, 1830
Hiram Shelton
A-7-3-1-4-3-4. Amanda Pease Hopkins 1814 Nicholas Co. Ky.
Died Nov. 20, 1870
Married Feb. 19, 1835 William A. Karr
A-7-3-1-4-3-5. Joseph Smathers Hopkins 1816 Nicholas Co.
Ky. Married Sept 1, 1835
Ascenath Morris
A-7-3-1-4-3-6. Ambrose Jones Hopkins 1818 Nicholas Co.
Ky.
Married July 2, 1839 Lovina Robbins
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A-7-3-1-4-3-7. Mary Ann Hopkins 1819 Nicholas Co. Ky.
Married Anderson Myers
A-7-3-1-4-3-8. William Ward Hopkins Feb. 11, 1823
Nicholas Co. Ky. Died Oct. 12,
1901 Miami Co. Kansas
Married Feb. 23, 1843 Decator Co. Indiana Caroline
Pleasant Robbins
Eleven Children to William and Caroline
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-1. Artemicia Hopkins Born 1843 Decater Co.
Ind. Married Wilcox
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-2. Eldridge Joshua Hopkins July 11, 1845
Davis Co. Ia.
Married Aug. 20, 1871
Sarah Ann Shriver Mar. 31, 1850 Logan Co. Ill-Died New
Lancaster
Kansas/ Daughter of Henry Shriver and Eizabeth
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-2-1. William Andrew Hopkins Aug. 8,
1872-Died March 8, 1914
Married Jan. 27, 1897 Carried Kirts
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-2-2. John Frank Hopkins Born Miami Co.
Kansas
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-2-3. Louella Hopkins Born 1875 New
Lancaster, Miami Co.
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-2-4. Carrie Evaline Hopkins Nov. 23, 1877
New Lancaster, Miami Co.
Died June 13, 1959
Married Sept 8, 1902 Clem C. Ripple
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-2-5. Henry Ward Hopkins Born Feb. 16,
1880-Died Oct. 21, 1955
Married Dec. 20, 1905
Any Ann Dickerson Sept 10, 1887 Bates Co. Mo.
Dau. Of Flavius Josephus Dickerson and Mary Ann Googe
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-2-5-1. Edna Clarice Hopkins July 20, 1906
Miami Co. Ky.
Died Dec. 27 1952
Married Nov. 27, 1931 Jones Granville
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-3. Amanda E. Hopkins 1847 Davis Co. Iowa
Married Charles Watson
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-4. William A. Hopkins Born 1849 Davis Co.
Iowa
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-5. Ambrose Taylor Hopkins 1854 Davis Co.
Iowa
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-6. Mary Ellen Hopkins Born 1857 Davis Co.
Iowa
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-7. Laura J. Hopkins 1859 Davis Co. Iowa
Married Will Epley
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-8. John Everett Hopkins Oct. 15, 1860 Davis
Co. Ia.
Married Dec. 16, 1884 Sarah Katherine Epley
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-9. Andrew Joseph Hopkins June 20, 1863
Davis Co. Iowa
Died Feb. 9, 1933 Miami, Kansas Burial New Landcaster,
Kansas
Married Nov. 28, 1885 Annie M. Gold
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-9-1. James Norval Hopkins July 1, 1886
Miami Co. Landcaster, Kansas
Died Dec. 19, 1949 Drexel Mo. Burial Landcaster, Kansas
Married Nov. 25, 1908 Paola, Kansas -Grace Lindsey
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-9-1-1. James Norval Hopkins July 1, 1886
Miami Co. Kansas
Died Dec. 19, 1949 Drexel Mo.
Married Nov. 25, 1908 Paola, Miami Co. Kansas
Grace Annis Lindsey Dec. 17, 1889 Linn Co. Kan.
Died Dec. 11, 1967 Grandview Jackson Co. Mo.
Buried in New Lancaster, Kansas
Dau. Of William Albert Lindsey and Blanche Richards
Page Eleven
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-9-1-2. Edmund Eldridge Hopkins April 4,
1911 Miami Co.
Died Oct. 6, 1970
Married Nov. 1, 1936 LaCygne, Linn Co. Kan
Berneice Englis Sept 2, 1913 Miami Co. Kan.
Dau. Of Harry Hiram and Ina Belle Masterson
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-9-1-2-1. Sandra Jean Hopkins May 28, 1950
Paola, Kan
Married Oct. 5, 1968 to Lawrence Eugene Ernst
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-9-1-3. Elsie Evelyn Hopkins Jan. 5, 1914
Miami Co. Kan.
Married July 2, 1936 Damon Barnes
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-9-1-4. Yelda Laura Hopkins July 31, 1918
Miami Co. Kan.
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-9-1-5. Illa Mae Hopkins Oct. 2, 1922
Married July 27, 1947
Karl L. Masters
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-9-2. Freda Mae Hopkins Jan. 17, 1896 Miami
Co. Kansas
Died Dec. 28, 1980
Married Feb. 17, 1916 to Frank Ellsworth Smith Dec. 21,
1892 Kan.
Died July 10, 1980 Kansas -son of Elijah Smith and Kate
Haney
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-9-2-1.Berl Elburn Smith May 13, 1917-Died
May 2, 1930
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-9-2-2. Wilma Bernadine Smith Oct. 22, 1920
Miami Co. Kansas
Married Jily 18, 1943 Herbert G. Homrighausen
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-9-3. Joseph Earl Hopkins Oct. 29, 1899
Miami Co. Kansas
Married Stella Hay
A-7-3-1-4-3-8-9-4. Omar Castle Hopkins Nov. 25, 1900
Miami Co. Kansas
A-7-3-1-4-3-9. Andrew Jackson Hopkins Sept 1, 1825
Nicholas County Ky.
Died November 26, 1912
Married March 30, 1845
Martha Jane Kerr
A-7-3-1-4-3-9-1.
A-7-3-1-4-3-9-2
A-7-3-1-4-3-9-3. Amanda E. Hopkins 1847 Davis Co. Iowa
Married Charles Watson
A-7-3-1-4-3-9-4. William A. Hopkins 1849 Davis Co. Iowa
A-7-3-1-4-3-9-5. Ambrose Taylor Hopkins 1854 Davis Co.
Iowa
A-7-3-1-4-3-9-6. Mary Ellen Hopkins Born 1857 Davis Co.
Iowa
A-7-3-1-4-3-9-7. Laura J. Hopkins 1859 Davis Co. Iowa
Married Will Epley
A-7-3-1-4-3-9-8. John Everett Hopkins Oct. 15, 1860 Davis
Co. Iowa
Died July 6, 1933
Married Dec. 16, 1884 to Sarah Katherine Epley
A-7-3-1-4-3-9-9. Andrew Joseph Hopkins Born June 20, 1863
Davis County Iowa
Died Feb. 9, 1933 Miami, Kansas-Burial in New Landcaster
Kan.
Married Nov. 28, 1885
Annia M. Gold
A-7-3-1-4-3-9-10. James Grant Hopkins Oct. 7, 1865 Miami
Kansas
Died Aug. 24, 1950 New Landcaster, Kansas
A-7-3-1-4-3-9-11. Charles H. Hopkins Dec. 24, Miami Kan.
-Died April 7, 1872
A-7-3-1-4-3-9-11-1. Leila Fern Hopkins Oct. 16 Near
Jingo, Miami Co. Kansas
Married Dec. 28, 1929 Perry Hennon
A-7-3-1-4-3-9-11-2. Marjorie Annis Hopkins Jan. 1911 New
Jingo, Died May 1960
Married Nov. 2, 1929 A. W. Job
A-7-3-1-4-3-9-11-3. Virgie Elinor Hopkins Feb. 18, 1914
Near Jingo
Married 1st Carl Miller
Married 2nd Robert McDermid
Married 3rd Al Hanlin
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A-7-3-1-4-3-9-11-4. Wanda Maxine Hopkins Aug. 15, 1919
Jungo, Kan.
Married 1941 C. W. Oster
A-7-3-1-4-3-9-11-5. Helen Grance Hopkins June 24, 1921
Jingo, Kan.
Married June 24, 1939 to Earnest Land
A-7-3-1-4-3-9-11-6. Bernard Eldon Hopkins Born Nov. 15,
1925 Jingo, Kan.
Married July 3, 1947 Lillian M. Land
A-7-3-1-4-3-9-11-6-1. David Eldon Hopkins
A-7-3-1-4-3-9-11-6-2. Ann Marie Hopkins
A-7-3-1-4-4. Mary Ann Hopkins Born 1784 Called Polly
Married 1804 Ky.
Samuel Owings
A-7-3-1-4-5. Abiah Hopkins June 1, 1787 Kentucky Died
after 1854 Texas
Married 1805 William Barker - She was widow in 1850
Census
Married Heyden -1740
A-7-3-1-4-6. Joslin J. Hopkins May 9, 1795 Clark Co. Ky.
Died Oct. 18, 1865 Nicholas County Kyl
Married March 17, 1817 Bath County Ky.
Elizabeth Boyd
2nd Marriage 1850-1860 Jane in Nicholas County, Kentucky
Joslin buried Old Hopkins Burial Plot near Moorefield
Kentucky on the old Mose Hopkins Farm. Aged 56 years 2
months
Probably both wives are buried here too/ stone are
missing
Children of Joslin and Elizabeth
A-7-3-1-4-6-1. Martha Ann Hopkins 1818-Married June 23
1835 Nicholas Co. Ky.
William Stephenson
A-7-3-1-4-6-2. William Boyd Hopkins Feb. 22, 1819 Died
May 29, 1885 Nicholas Co.
Married October 22, 1846 Nicholas Co. To Elizabeth
Whisner
A-7-3-1-4-6-3. Albert S. Hopkins 1820 Nicholas Co.
Married April 7, 1846
Margaret Bradshaw
A-7-3-1-4-6-4. Amanda Peace Hopkins 1822 Nicholas Co. Ky.
Died April 12, 1892 Ky.
Married Nov. 23, 1837 to James Walls
A-7-3-1-4-6-5. Drury B. Hopkins 1826 Nicholas Co. Ky.
Died Oct. 16, 1889 Nicholas
Married July 23, 1885 to Amanda J. Campbell
A-7-3-1-4-6-6. Emily J. Hopkins Nov. 15, 1830 Nicholas
Co. Ky.
Died May 24 1876 Nicholas County Ky.
Married 1848 to Herod Hopkins
A-7-3-1-4-6-7. Lydia Mary Hopkins 1833 Nicholas Co. Ky.
Died Fleming Co. Kentucky
Married Sept. 12, 1850 to Hiram Crain
A-7-3-1-4-6-8. Moses Jackson Hopkins 1836 Nicholas County
Kentucky
A-7-3-1-4-7. Eldridge Hopkins Born Feb. 13, 1800
Kentucky-Died June 22, 1831 Clinton
County, Indiana Buried in Buntin Cemetery in Clinton
County, Indiana
Married Dec. 19, 1822 by Jonathan Smith-Marriage Book A
Page 261
Nicholas County, Kentucky /Andrew Buntin signed Bond of
Marriage
Martha G. Buntin Born Aug. 29, 1802 Kentucky
Died Dec. 7, 1893 Oklahoma
On her stone in Sheridan Cemetery/stone now missing
Dearest mother thou hast left us/and they loss we deeply
feel/But tis God
that has bereft us/He can all our sorrows heal.
Children of Eldridge Hopkins and Martha G. Buntin
A-7-3-1-4-7-1. James Hopkins Oct. 29, 1823 History to
follow
A-7-3-1-4-7-2. Elizabeth Hopkins Born
A-7-3-1-4-7-3. William Hopkins Born
A-7-3-1-4-7-4. Alfred Eldridge Hopkins
Page Thirteen
A-7-3-1-4-7-1. James Hopkins Oct. 29, 1823 Nicholas
County, Kentucky
Died Jan. 5, 1919 Custer Co. Nebr.
Married Oct. 23, 1850 Boone County, Indiana
Mary Frances Snodgrass Born Oct. 31, 1831 Indiana
Died Jan. 5, 1919 Custer Co. Nebr Buried Janesville Cem
Berwyn, Nebr
Dau. Of Robert and Rebecca Snodgrass
James Hopkins and Mary Frances Snodgrass had Thirteen
Children
A-7-3-1-4-7-1-1.Martha Rebecca Hopkins Sept 24, 1851
Davenport, Iowa
Died Nov. Or Dec. 1916 South Dakota
Married April 11, 1875 Madison County Iowa
William John Liptrap Oct. 1, 1849 Batkley Bath County
Died April 3, 1904 Nebr,/son of Isaac Liptrap and Lucinda
A Vess
Martha and Wm. John had five children (have in files)
A-7-3-1-4-7-1-2.Nancy Jane HopkinsJune 6, 1853
Indianapolis Indiana
Died Sept 4, 1936 Custer County, Nebr.
Married Feb. 18, 1875 in Winterset, Madison County, Iowa
George Washington Allen 1836 New York-Died Jan. 20, 1907
Nebr.
Nancy and George had eleven children (have in files)
A-7-3-1-4-7-1-3.Alfred Eldridge HopkinsAug. 25, 1882
Butler County
Died May 19, 1961
Married July 5, 1904
Pearl Ann Young Jan. 11, 1885 Grinnell, Iowa
Alfred and Pearl had eight children (have in files)
A-7-3-1-4-7-1-4.Robert William Hopkins March 16,
1857-Died Sept 9, 1907
Married June 17, 1882 Nebraska
Emma Orcutt Lived Deer Creek Colo in 1919
A-7-3-1-4-7-1-5.Elizabeth Ann Hopkins Dec. 14, 1858
Indiana
Married June 30, 1885
William C. Haggard Born Tenn.
A-7-3-1-4-7-1-6.George Washington Hopkins Sept 12, 1860
Indiana
Died Aug. 12, 1934 Caldwell, Idaho
Married April 29, 1888 Nebraska
Martha Stark Nov. 27, 1934-Died March 7, 1954 Bur.
Caldwell Idaho
George and Martha had seven children (have in files)
A-7-3-1-4-7-1-7.John Guye Hopkins Aug. 2, 1862
Indiana-Died Nov. 16, 1943 Caldwell
Married April 5, 1885 Broken Bow Nebraska
May Belle Allen Sept 30, 1870 Des Moines Iowa
Died Jan. 1, 1948 Caldwell Idaho
John Guye and May Belle had Seven children (have in
files)
A-7-3-1-4-7-1-8.Mary Theresa Hopkins March 15, 1864
Married 1919 in Nebraska, Morrill County
Cal Brown
A-7-3-1-4-7-1-9.David Henry Hopkins June 1, 1868-Died
June 10, 1868
A-7-3-1-4-7-1-10.James Francis Hopkins Dec. 15, 1869
Madison Co. Iowa
Died July 20, 1944 Near Fairfield, Mo.
Married July 17, 1898 Berwyn Nebr.
Lulu Redmond March 15, 1879 Fairfield, Mo.
Died Feb. 10, 1934 Shawnee Ceme.
Dau. Of William H. Redmond and Eliza Ann Hicks (have in
Files)
Page Fourteen
A-7-3-1-4-7-1-11.Jesse Hopkins Sept 14, 1871 Madison
County, Iowa
Died April 19, 1944 Caldwell, Idaho
Married Oct. 22, 1894 Broken Bow, Nebraska
Hannah Overton Sept 18, 1878
Died May 31, 1907 Custer County, Nebraska
Dau. Of North L. Overton and Sarah J. Clifton
2nd Marriage 1914/15
Mary Liza Ball Overton (Widow of Henry Overton )
Born March 30, 1888-Died May 6, 1956 Idaho
Dau. Of Charles Ball and Lezzie Webb
Jesse and Mary had fourteen children (have in Files)
A-7-3-1-4-7-1-12.Miles Hopkins May 14, 1876 Madison
County, Iowa
Died 1950’s Colorado Mental Hospital
Married May 1, 1904
Clara Overton Nov. 26, 1883 Springfield Nebr.
Died Jan. 11, 1960/ Lived in Kendrick Colorado in 1919
Miles and Clara had three children (have in Files)
A-7-3-1-4-7-1-13.Samuel Hopkins Oct. 9, 1877 Winterset,
Madison Co. Iowa
Died 1951 North Platte, Nebraska
Married Feb. 2, 1902
Daisy May Ward 1883 North Platte, Nebr.-Died 1959
Samuel and Daisy had Seven Children (have in Files)
A-7-3-1-4-7-2. Elizabeth Hopkins Dec. 22, 1825 Nicholas
County, Kentucky
Died Jan. 27, 1897 in Edna, Oklahoma
Obit
Mrs. Prickett, a good Christian mother, aged 71 years
died at the home of her daughter southeast 35-6-22 six miles southeast of this city,
Wednesday night of Lagrippe, in connection with old age and dropsy. Her husband died three
years ago in Old Oklahoma. She leaves six children, all grown, five girls and one boy.
Three of the girls are married and live in Colorado, Washington and Montana respectively .
She will be buried in the east Enid cemetery tomorrow. (Mary Jane and William were already
deceased)
Married Nov. 29, 1849 Clinton County Indiana
John J. Prickett May 23, 1829 Virginia
Died in Old Oklahoma 1894(one census has John born in
Ohio)
Elizabeth Hopkins and John J. Had Eight Children
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-1.Martha Hannah Prickett May 6, 1851
Clinton Co. Indiana
Died March 7, 1928 in Trinidad Colorado/Lobar Pneumonia
Married June 5, 1873 Monroe County, Iowa
George W. Pople April 20, 1850-Died Aug. 23, 1924
Trinidad,Colo.
Martha and George had Six Children (have in Files)
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-2.Mary Jane Prickett Jan. 1, 1852 Clinton
County, Indiana
Died March 24, 1892 Beacon Iowa / Roll 2725 State
Mortality record
Page 142/ They have wrong date on Stone in Ceme.
Married Jan. 25, 1897 Chariton, Iowa -have Marriage Cert.
Gomer Thomas May 30, 1854 Aberdare, Wales Counties of
Glamorgan
and Brecon--Registration Districk Merzhyr Tydfil-Birth
record
Mary Jane and Gomer Thomas had five children -to be
listed later-
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-3.Elizabeth Catherine Prickett Nov. 22,
1854 Iowa -Died 1904 Kenton
Washington/ have picture taken in Coal Creek, Colorado
Married James Vowel Divorced
2nd Marriage to _______ Christensen (Have file)
Page Fifteen
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-4.Sarah Clemmentine Prickett Feb. 28, 1857
Iowa
Married
Dave Griffith Buried in Trinidad, Colorado
Sarah and Dave had five children (still working on this)
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-5.John Guy Prickett April 1, 1860 Iowa
Died Jan. 22, 1934 Tacoma Washington
Buried Mt. View Cemetery/ Never married / Cared for
Georgia
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-6.Georgia Ann Prickett Feb. 10, 1862 Iowa
Died June 6, 1932 Buried Mt. View Cemetery Tacoma,
Washington
Never Married
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-7.William Franklin Prickett April 17, 1864
Iowa Died March 7, 1867 Iowa
Believe he is buried in Chariton, Iowa - Where parents
lived
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-8.Trilla Lieu Prickett Sept 13, 1868
Chariton, Iowa
Died March 30, 1935 Tacoma, Washington / Mt. View Ceme.
Married Jan. 20, 1892 Enid Oklahoma- Taught school in
Myrtle Creek
John Ingle Sept 25, 1869 Near Kingfisher
Died June 3, 1960 Tacoma Wash. / Mt. View Ceme.
Trilla Lieu and John had six children (have files)
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-2. Mary Jane Prickett Jan. 1, 1852 Clinton
County Indiana
Died March 24, 1892 of Pnenmonia following Lagrippe, She
was sick
for 10 days/ Physician J. R. Cross M.D.
Married January 25th 1897 Chariton , Iowa
Gomer Thomas May 30, 1854 Aberdare, Wales
Died Feb. 2, 1924 at home of Son in Colfax Iowa
Obit of Gomer
Gomer Thomas was born in Wales May 30, 1854 He was united
in Marriage to Mary Jane Prickett in the year 1879 and to this union Five Children were
born. He is Survived by three children. Arthur of Colfax, Fred of Des Moines and one
Daughter in California. Two Sons David and Gomer preceded him in Death, Mr. Thomas has
three brothers and three Sisters, William of Des Moines, Edward of Colfax and David of
Montana, Two Sisters live in Texas and one in Oskaloosa, There are eleven Grandchildren.
Mr. Thomas came to the United States in 1871 and settled
at Beacon, Iowa. In 1901 he moved to Seevers Iowa and later to Colfax and made his home
with his son Arthur, where he passed away Sat. Morning Feb. 2, 1924 at age 69 years 8
months and 2 days. Mr. Thomas has been a great sufferer of Kidney trouble for several
years but during all his illness was most terderly cared for by M. And Mrs. Arthur Thomas
Rev. W.M.Brooks / Interment: Beacon Cemetery, Beacon,
Iowa.
Left out of Gomer’s death notice: They made their
home in Cleveland Iowa, lived on Oak Street. They lived there until after Aug. 30, 1889/
the mines closed and they town desolved
found they in Censes 1895 in Beacon: listed Gomer as a
widower with three Children a voter and a Baptist.
Mary Jane and Gomer had five children
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-2-1. Arthur Garfield Thomas Jan. 22, 1880
Cleveland, Iowa(no longer a
town) Lucus County, Ia
Died Nov. 18, 1941 Have Obit
Married Dec. 24, 1901 Severs, Iowa (no longer a town)
Jasper Co.Ia.
Mary Jane Pratt July 17, 1885 Excellcior (no longer a
town) Mahaska
Both buried in Colfax, Iowa Cemetery
Arthur and Mary Jane had ten children/ to be listed later
Page Sixteen
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-2-2. Verta Thomas Aug. 12, 1883 Cleveland
Iowa
Died Sept 13, 1978 Newton, Iowa nursing home/was
blind,deaf
in her later life
Buried Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa
Married 1919 to Earl Shaw No Children Earl Died
2nd Marriage Jim Canfield Died 1956 in Tacoma Washington
Jim Canfield was a Widow with Children when they married
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-2-3. Fredrick Arthur Thomas June 20, 1885
Cleveland Iowa Lucus Co.
Died Aug. 29, 1950 in a Nursing home
Buried Highland Memory Gardens, Des Moines
Married Nov. 7, 1908
Frances L. Barnes Jan. 17, 1891-Died June 1, 1957
Fredrick and Frances had Six children
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-2-3-1. Fred Clayton Thomas Jan. 24, 1910
Died Jan. 17, 1983
Married Dec. 6, 1930
Irene Frances Exline (Family File)
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-2-3-2. Theda Thomas Nov. 11, 1911 Colfax,
Iowa
Married Feb. 9, 1929 Des Moines, Iowa
Marion Cooper June 23, 1909-Died Oct. 5, 1982
Theda and Marion had 2 children (Family File)
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-2-3-3. Helen Thomas Dec. 29, 1914-May 29,
1986
Married June 13, 1936 Des Moines, Iowa
Norman Jones Sept 19, 1912-Aug. 7, 1968 (Family File)
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-2-3-4. Verla June Thomas Died at two years
of age
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-2-3-5. Arthur Jack Thomas April 4, 1922 Des
Moines, Iowa
Died of Cancer May 1995 Independence, Mo.
Married April 28, 1942 Lancaster Mo.
Edna Arlene Nickols Born Died Sept 1994 Ind. Mo.
Arthur and Edna had Four Children (Family File)
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-2-3-6. Blanche Edna Thomas March 4, 1926
Des Moines
Married Oct. 27, 1945
Homer Eugene Black Dec. 13, 1925 Divorced
Blanche and Homer had three children (Family-File)
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-2-4. Gomer Thomas Died infancy
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-2-5. David Thomas Born Aug. 30Th 1889 Died
infancy
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-2-1-1. Floyd William Thomas Born Aug. 6,
1902 Severs, Iowa
Died June 11, 1952 Colfax, Iowa -buried Colfax Cem.
Married Nov. 23, 1926 Divorced 1938
Alice McGown Born Dec. 28, 1908-Died July 5, 1946
Floyd and Alice had two Children (have family Files)
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-2-1-2.Dorothy Mae Thomas July 26, 1904
Severs, Iowa Jasper Co.
Died Feb. 1991 Rock Island, Illinois
Married June 12, 1922
John Jay Kennedy March 30, 1903 Iowa -Died Jan. 18, 1962
Ill.
Both buried in Colfax, Iowa Cemetery
Dorothy and John Jay Had 2 children (have family File)
Page Seventeen
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-2-1-3. Amelia Thomas Feb. 2, 1908 Severs,
Jasper County, Iowa
Died May 23, 1985 Colfax Iowa, At Home -Heart Attack
Married August 29, 1925 Maringo, Iowa by A.M. Stover,
Justice
Myron LeRoy Brant Oct. 29, 1905 Belle Plaine, Iowa
Died May 10, 1970 Methodist Hospital, Des Moines
Both Buried Colfax Cemetery
Amelia and Myron had four children
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-2-1-3-1. Imogene Roberts Feb. 16, 1926
Newton, Iowa
Married March 16, 1945 Colfax Methodist Church, Colfax,
Iowa
Robert Eugene Roberts October 24, 1927 Colfax, Iowa
Imogen and Robert had 2 children (have file)
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-2-1-3-2. Robert LeRoy Brant May 14, 1928
Newton Iowa
Married May 20, 1953
JoAnn Wilson Stephens July 13, 1931 Ames, Iowa
JoAnn was married before had son
Robert and JoAnn had four children (have File)
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-2-1-3-3. Doloris Brant May 1930-Lived 12
Days
Buried Baby cemetery in Newton
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-2-1-3-4. Barbara Lou Brant October 24, 1931
Newton, Iowa
Married June 11, 1950 Methodist Church Colfax, Iowa
Elston Eugene Ketels Aug. 15, 1928 Poweshiek Co. Iowa
Son of William J. Ketels and Vema Orea Warwick
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-2-1-3-4-1. Denton Eugene Ketels July 20,
1953 Cherry Point, N. C.
Married March 23, 1991 Cedar Falls, Iowa
Joan Klostermann Gravel Nov. 7, 1955 Dyersville, Iowa
dau. Of Art Klostermann and Verna Schlicte
A-7-3-1-4-7-2-2-1-3-4-2. Rhonda Lee Ketels Dec. 24, 1954
Des Moines, Iowa / Lived
Colfax, Iowa
Married Aug. 16, 1974 in Eldora / Methodist Church
Vern Hansen Sept. 3, 1950
Divorced
Married June 21 1980 in Eldora, Yard Wedding, Parents
yard
Edwin Earl Simpson June 5, 1952 Albia, Iowa
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Jan. 5, 1925
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A-7-3-1-4-7-2-2-1-5. Gomer Thomas Sept 26, 1912 Severs,
Iowa Jasper County
Died Feb. 5, 1996 Newton, Iowa Nursing Home
Buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Newton, Iowa
Married April 7, 1934 Newton, Iowa
Mary Jaunita Ettelson April 7, 1914 Newton Iowa
Died Jan. 1, 1997 in California of Pancreatic Cancer
Buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Newton Iowa
Gomer and Mary had two boys (have file on family)
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Jan. 28, 1917
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Colfax, Iowa
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Margaret Juanita Bales April 6, 1923 Newton
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Colfax Iowa
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Helen Darr Nov. 26, 1926
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Colfax, Iowa
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Betty Rawlins Feb. 7, 1925
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Arthur and Betty had one child (Family files)
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Died Aug. 12, 1935
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An Historical Sketch of The Town of Scituate, R.I.
Published by Order of the Town Council
Delivered in Scituate, Rhode Island
July 4, 1876
At the request of the Town Authorities
By C. C. Beaman
Phenix Capron & Campbell, Steam Book
and Job Printers 1877
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JOSEPH WILKINSON AND THE HOPKINS FAMILY
About the year 1703, Mr. Joseph Wilkinson, a son of Capt. Samuel
Wilkinson,Esq., of Providence, came to live in the northwest part of
Scituate, known
by its Indian name, Chapumishcook. He married Martha Pray, a grand-daughter
of one of the first settlers in the town. There was a
crooked road leading from Providence to this neighborhood at this time.
The first barn built in what is now Scituate was erected by him. He also
brought the first cow into the town, and a piece of meadow where he
pastured his cow, a little north, running into Foster, where the first hay
was cut had been created, it is supposed, by a beaver dam in the vicinity,
causing an overflow of water and rotting the trees so that they fell down
and gave an opportunity for the grass to grow. Mr. Wilkinson was a
surveyor, and much employed in this work in the town. In a deed of 1738 the
surveyor's return was made under his hand. His residence was on the estate
improved afterward by his great grandson, John Harris, Esq., in the most
northern turnpike, a pleasant spot and a valuable farm. At the raising of
his barn men came from Smithfield and Glocester to assist the Scituate
people in its raising. When they had raised it they all sat down upon a
large log and drank metheglin, a beverage made of honey and water and
fermented, often enriched with spices. Some eighty years ago an old man
named Hopkins, nearly eighty years of age, who was at the raising, and had a
fresh recollection of the event, came along, and related it to the family
resident there, and stated his participation in it. The barn had been taken
down a little while before he came. The house now standing on this farm is
quite a large one, as are also the barns. The house has been twice repaired
and enlarged by additions, but no part of the old Wilkinson house is
retained in it. Two magnificent chestnut trees are standing in a lot
opposite the house, of apparent great age. Some anecdotes connected with his
wife, whose maiden name was Martha Pray, illustrate the perils and heroism
of the early settlers. Her husband, being absent at work some two miles
off, she discovered a bear upon a sweet apple tree, shaking off the fruit
that he might devour it on the ground. As it was the only tree of the kind
they had, and highly valued Mrs. Wilkinson not a little regretted the
absence of her husband, whose gun kept loaded for such emergencies, was in
its place on the pegs at the side of the wall. The apples continued to fall
and rattle on the ground, and there was no other help at hand but the gun,
which Martha, in a fit of desperation, took into her hands and going out the
door which stood open, she took aim and fired. Dropping the gun on the
ground immediately after the discharge, alarmed and trembling at what she
had done, she ran back into the house and shut the door, afraid to look back
and see what she had done, or the effect of the shot. When Mr. Wilkinson
returned home, and was informed by his wife of what she had done, he went
out to the tree and found the bear dead on the ground, so that his faithful
and resolute wife
had not only saved the cherished apples, but had secured some good meat as
a supply.
This young married couple had also to guard their sheep by night from bears
and wolves by putting them in log enclosures near the house. On one
occasion they were awakened by a bear rolling the logs away in order to get
at the sheep, and had to get up and drive him away.
Another incident called for his wife's coolness, courage and wisdom.
Roving Indians sometimes called at the houses of the first settlers -- a
large party called at Mr. Wilkinson's house when none but his wife was at
home. From their appearance, as she could not understand their language,
she guessed that they wanted food, and she gave them all the provision she
had in meat and meal. They took it and withdrew into a field near, made a
fire and cooked and ate what had been given them, with great relish. It
was no small relief to Mrs. Wilkinson, though she manifested no alarm, when
they took departure.
They came back after a few days and brought some fine venison, which they
left, apparently as a return for Mrs. Wilkinson's favors, and as an
expression of their grateful sense of her kindness. In this way a
friendship was created with the Indians, and they were often welcome and
happy inmates of the Wilkinson household, and brought their baskets,
moccasins and manufactures to barter off for food and other things which
they wanted.
Mr. Wilkinson appears prominent in the first town meeting of Scituate after
it was set off from Providence. He is called Lieut. Wilkinson, was elected
a member of the Town Council and chosen Deputy.
Mr. William Hopkins, the only child of Major William Hopkins, of
Providence, married Ruth Wilkinson, daughter of "Capt. Samuel Wilkinson,
Esq.," as he was styled in public records, and immediately after his
marriage removed to a farm in Scituate in the neighborhood of Lieut.
Joseph Wilkinson, the brother of his wife. His house was small, but the
land was good -- probably not much cleared for tillage -- in 1765, or
thereabouts, when he took the place.
He is not much spoken of in the town records, and probably did not seek
office but gave himself steadily to the work of his farm and the care of
his family. His memory is chiefly connected with some of his children who
became illustrious and reflected great honor on their parents, and on the
state and nation. William was the first born. He went abroad, and was
presented at the court in England, and so took the favor of the King from
his fine manly appearance, that he was appointed Major by him. A part of
the coat he wore at court has been preserved by his descendants, and I have
seen it on exhibition at one of the late antiquarian exhibitions in
Providence. His other children were Stephen, John, Eseck, Samuel, Hope,
Abigail and Susanna.
Eseck, soon after the death of his father in the summer of 1738, a stout,
tall and handsome young man, then in the twentieth year of his age, bid
adieu to the old homestead and journeyed to Providence and became a sailor,
soon rising to the position of Captain. He married when he was twenty-five
years of age, Miss Desire Burroughs, daughter of Mr. Ezekiel Burroughs, of
Newport, and took up his residence there. His conspicuous services in the
war of the revolution, as the first commodore of the navy are well known.
His fleet, consisting of the ships Alfred, Capt. Dudley Saltonstall, and
the Columbus, Capt. Whipple, the brig Andrew Doria, Capt. Nicholas Biddle,
and the Cabot, Capt. John B. Hopkins, son of Eseck, and the sloops
Providence, Fly, Hornet and Wasp, put out to sea Feb. 17, 1776, with a
smart north-east wind, and cruising among the Bahama Islands, captured the
forts at New Providence, Nassau. This was a very fortunate affair, for the
heavy ordinance and stores taken proved quite acceptable to the country.
He captured two British armed vessels on his return.
The Commodore, or Admiral, as Washington addressed him, met with
difficulties in creating an efficient navy, and his force was wholly
inadequate to protect the long line of coast and meet the vessels of the
English navy, and he soon resigned and engaged in private armed vessels, as
did his lieutenant, the famous John Paul Jones. He was successful in
capturing many British vessels. In the collections of the Rhode Island
Historical Society is a French engraving of him, which has a splendid
figure and a handsome open countenance. It was circulated in France and
this country in the early part of the war. The Commodore's family clock
has been presented to Brown University, by his grand-daughter, Miss
Elizabeth Angell. He died in 1802, and was buried at North Providence.
Stephen Hopkins was still more distinguished than the Commodore. He was
born March 7, 1707. But little is known of his boyhood, but he must, with
the other sons of William, been early taught to labor on the farm.
There were no schools in his day, but his mother was a woman of marked
talents and character, and no doubt instructed him in many things. It has
come down to us that he inherited his abilities from her. His uncle
Wilkinson, the surveyor, probably instructed him in that art, for we find
him, still a youth, engaged in surveying. A strong passion for reading
characterized his mature life. I was permitted to examine his library,
which was large and valuable for the time. It would be interesting to know
what books he read when a boy -- procured at home, or obtained from
connections and friends, -- scarce, they probably were, and mostly of
religious character, but we may be sure he searched them thoroughly. Other
means of culture were at hand. The conversation of parents, of visitors at
his father's house, with visits to other families, added to his store of
knowledge. Letters were arriving from England; men and boys were returning
from voyages at sea. Rhode Island being quite a maritime place, a minister
would occasionally arrive from aboard and preach at a private house. If
the school master passed through the place he may have said something.
What other means had the boy Stephen Hopkins of education? Nature spread
before him a beautiful panorama. His father's house, built on high land,
overlooking a wide extent of country, presenting a succession of wooded
summits, rounded in the blue sky, the aspect of the heavens, radiant at
night, and the seasons,"Whither the blossom blows, the summer ray
Russets the plain, inspiring autumn gleams,
Or winter rises in the blackening east."
all teaching some important lesson, and moulding the character: Thus grew
up that youth, who became fond of poetry, and the author of some fine
pieces, which have been preserved. I have stood upon the spot where the
birth place of this signer of the Declaration of Independence drew out my
thoughts to consider the localities of the place as sending their influenes
to act upon his childhood. The foot-worn paths to the well, to the barn,
and to the road, on account of a change of houses, the old one being much
smaller, and built a little on the one side of the present structure, are
not discernible. The garden in front of the house, on the opposite side of
the road, and the family burying place, just outside of the garden walls,
reach back to ancient times. The graves of successive residents are there,
but no lines are on the stones that mark the last resting place of William
and Ruth Hopkins, the parents of Governor and Admiral Hopkins. Would it
not be well for the town of Scituate, on this centennial year, to put up in
that ground a monument of honor and gratitude to the memory of thoseparents?
Stephen Hopkins married, June 27, 1726, Sarah, the youngest daughter of
Major Silvanus Scott, of Providence. He married early, being only nineteen
years of age -- his wife was about the same age. To create a home and a
support for the newly married ones, the father of Stephen made him a gift
of seventy acres of land, and his grandfather, Thomas Hopkins, bestowed
upon his "loving grandson," as the will reads, an additional grant of
ninety acres. The grandfather of Sarah was Mr. Richard Scott, of
Providence, "gentleman," the term used to show his quality.
Four years after this marriage, the portion, now Scituate, was set off from
Providence, and Stephen Hopkins, then only twenty-three years of age, was
the Moderator chosen. This fact is significant of the very high opinion
entertained of him in his native town, as a man of business and competent
to preside over public meetings. Joseph Brown was chosen Town Clerk for
the first year, an office which included the registration of deeds, and
Stephen Hopkins was elected the year after, and this office he held for ten
successive years, and then resigned.
Mr. Hopkins removed to Providence in 1744, and purchased an estate on South
Main street, at the corner of what is now Hopkins street, named after him,
but formerly Bank lane, because the first bank in Rhode Island was located
at the foot of it.
He engaged in commerce at Providence, but was soon called to fill important
places in the State, as Chief Justice and Governor -- appointed to the
Judgeship in 1739. No man was so often chosen as Moderator of Town
Meetings in Providence. He assisted astronomers in making observations on
the transit of Venus, at Providence, having a high mathematical
reputation. His zeal for liberty led him in early life, and later, to
write and publish papers on the "Rights of the Colonies," and to hold
correspondence with distinguished patriots in various parts of the land.
His memory was very retentive, and his capacity great. He died July
13,1785.
Stephen Hopkins may stand forth as a representative of Block Island. Born
and educated there amid hardships and perils, and believed in and honored
by its people; his whole life, as it were, spent within its boundaries, and
in its service, in the critical and forming period of its history, he
represents its people.
Connected with the early settlers of this colony, on both the paternal and
maternal sides; his birth reaching back to its simplest or rudest
condition, and forward to the close of the American Revolution; his long,
active, conspicuous life, spent among its people, moving and acting among
them in constant and intimate contact with all classes and denominations,
in domestic relations, business operations, and political and religious
actions; assisting in framing, interpreting and executing their laws, and
trusted by them with almost every office in their gift, we may consider him
as a fair specimen of native growth, showing all the capabilities of soil
and culture.
It is to the honor of Rhode Island that she produced Stephen Hopkins; that
he was the son of immigrants who selected her territory for a home, and
that he was cradled, nurtured, approbated, exalted, and kept in public
service so long, with her full consent and honest pride. The existence of
such a man under such circumstances may certify, as a volume of true
history may declare, to the character of her settlers and the influence of
her institutions. There were true men and women who sought an asylum and
built their homes on the Narragansett Bay; and they were not wanting in
mental power, moral principle and heroic devotion to duty.
If these settlers maturing in their own native soil, and from their own
native seed, had produced no other evidence of their worthiness to take an
honorable place with the other New England colonies, the production of
Stephen Hopkins would of itself suffice. He was a working man, beginning
early and continuing late, covering half a century with his record
ofdiligence.
His farming and mercantile operations absorbed much of his time and thought
and strength. The business of surveying in the rough country in which he
lived involved much hardship and labor, and he had much of it to perform.
He was early engaged in attempts to develop the resources of the State in
mining. His public life made him the servant of all; and he was a close
and severe student, filling up all the spare hours of his life withreading.
The town records of Scituate attest that he was familiar with drudgery, and
his committee labors in Congress won for him the praise of John Adams, as a
business man. He owed much to his fine natural gifts, to the reputation
and assistance of his family connections, and to the open field which Rhode
Island offered at the time to a man of talent, tact and ambition -- all
three of which he possessed. But he, nevertheless, was indebted to his
close application, indefatigable labor, and resolute persistence in toil,
for his advancement. He thought it not beneath him to perform well the
humblest duty to execute faithfully the smallest trust, to excel in little
things, and he never dreamed of idleness as his portion, or conceived that
he could float into public favor and maintain influence without exertion.
He had a small and obscure position, like a rill on a wooded mountain side,
but he worked himself out of it, despite of obstacles, and became like a
river growing wider and wider as it proceeded from its source to the place
where it passed into the sea.
He was one of the people at all periods of his history. He had long been
placed over them in office, but he never outgrew his place among the, and
never lost his sense of fellowship and sympathy with the toil, exposure and
privations of the humblest citizen. His heart beat responsive to the
hearts of men; he was ever fighting their battles, considering them as his
own; therefore it was that he had such a weight of influence -- such a
power of directing movements, and dared to act with so much decision. As
an illustration of his readiness to bear his part in all the burdens of the
people we find his name, in 1757, heading a list of thirty-six men -- his
son George one of them -- who were ready to march against the French and
Indians, who had invaded the northern frontier, possessed themselves of
Fort McHenry, and were carrying death and devastation on their way. The
tidings of their retreat prevented the party from setting out.
In the taking of the Gaspee, in which his son, John B. Hopkins, took a
leading part, Mr. Hopkins being Chief Justice he asked the advice of the
Assembly what course he should pursue if the British government should
demand the men who destroyed her. He was told to use his own discretion,
to which he answerd, -- "Then, for the transportation for trial, I will
neither apprehend any person by my own order, nor suffer any executive
officer in the colony to do it."
In the North Burial Ground, of Providence, is his grave; and there his
State has erected a monument to his memory, on which, with other
commendations, is inscribed these words: "His name is engraved on the
immortal record of the Revolution, and can never die."
The children of Stephen Hopkins were Rufus, the first child, born Feb. 10,
1727; John, the second son, was born Nov. 11, 1728. Ruth, the eldest
daughter, was born in 1729, and named after her grandmother Hopkins. She
died in infancy in 1731, and was buried in Scituate. Lydia, the fourth
child, was born in 1732, and probably died young.
Silvanus the third son, was born Oct. 16, 1734. Simon was born Aug. 25,
1736, and George, the seventh and youngest child, was born in 1739.
All the sons except Simon, who died while a lad, were sailors, going to see
while boys, and all became masters of vessels but Silvanus, who became mate
at eighteen, and would have been captain soon after, had he lived. Rufus
was so far successful that he invested five hundred pounds in the Hope
furnace, Scituate, 1766, and became its superintendent. This furnace cast
cannon which were used in the army and navy during the revolutionary war.
There were two cannon usually cast at one time, and they were
afterwardsbored.
While living at the furnace he received the appointment of Judge, which he
held for several years. He was one of a committee appointed by Congress,
Dec. 14, 1775, to superintend the building of vessels of war. He was
concerned in the first cotton factory put up near the Hope furnace in
1807. Silvanus, one of his sons, was the first agent of the Hope
Manufacturing Company. Rufus Hopkins died in August, 1809, at the house of
Mr. Andrew Ralph, and was buried in the North Burial Gound, Providence. He
is said to have greatly resembled his father, and the likeness in the
picture of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, purporting to be
that of Gov. Hopkins, is his.
Capt. John Hopkins, the second son of Stephen, in 1753, sailed for Cadiz,
Spain, and died there July 20th, with the small pox, aged twenty-four
years. Silvanus, the third son of Stephen was killed by Indians after he
was cast away on the Cape Breton shore. Of the remaining children, Simon
died at Providence, at the age of seven years, and George, the youngest,
who married Ruth Smith, was lost at sea in the year 1775, with the vessel
he commanded.
An Historical Sketch of The Town of Scituate, R.I.
Published by Order of the Town Council
Delivered in Scituate, Rhode Island
July 4, 1876
At the request of the Town Authorities
By C. C. Beaman
Phenix Capron & Campbell, Steam Book
and Job Printers 1877
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APPENDIX
DEPUTIES, SENATORS, REPRESENTATIVES, ETC.
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DEPUTIES
1731 Stephen Hopkins
1732 Stephen Hopkins
1734 Capt. Thomas Hopkins
1735 Stephen Hopkins
1736 Stephen Hopkins
1737 Stephen Hopkins
1738 Stephen Hopkins
1741 Stephen Hopkins
1745 Ezekiel Hopkins
1746 Charles Hopkins
1772 Ezekiel Hopkins
1773 Rufus Hopkins.
1774 Rufus Hopkings
1775 Rufus Hopkins
1777 Timothy Hopkins, Esq.
1778 Timothy Hopkins, Esq.
1781 Rufus Hopkins, Esq.
1782 Rufus Hopkins, Esq.
1783 Rufus Hopkins, Esq.
1784 Rufus Hopkins, Esq.
1785 Rufus Hopkins, Esq.
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MODERATORS OF TOWN MEETINGS
Stephen Hopkins, 1730
Stephen Hopkins, 1733
Stephen Hopkins, 1737
Rufus Hopkins, 1778
Reuben Hopkins, 1779
Rufus Hopkins, 1780
Timothy Hopkins, 1781
Rufus Hopkins, 1781
Rufus Hopkins, 1786
Reuben Hopkins, 1787
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TOWN CLERKS
Stephen Hopkins, 1732
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TOWN TREASURERS
Timothy Hopkins, 1758
Jonathan Hopkins, 1779
Jonathan Hopkins, jr., 1780
Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence
by Rev. Charles A. Goodrich,
R.G.H. Huntington, 1841
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THE
RHODE ISLAND DELEGATION
STEPHEN
HOPKINS
Stephen Hopkins was a native of that part of Providence which is now called
Scituate, where he was born on the 7th of March, 1707. His parentage was
very respectable, being a descendant of Benedict Arnold, the first governor
of Rhode Island.
His early education was limited, being confined to the instruction imparted
in the common schools of the country. Yet it is recorded of him, that he
excelled in a knowledge of penmanship, and in the practical branches of
mathematics, particularly surveying.
For several years he followed the profession of a farmer. At an early
period, he was elected town clerk of Scituate, and some time after was
chosen a representative from that town to the general assembly. He was
subsequently appointed a justice of the peace, and a justice of one of the
courts of common pleas. In 1733, he became chief justice of that court.
In 1742, he disposed of his estate in Scituate, and removed to Providence,
where he erected a house, in which he continued to reside till his death.
In this latter place he entered into mercantile business, and was
extensively engaged in building and fitting out vessels.
When a representative from Scituate, he was elected speaker of the house of
representatives. To this latter once he was again chosen after his removal
to Providence, and continued to occupy the station for several successive
years, being a representative from the latter town. In 1751, he was chosen
chief justice of the superior court, in which office he continued till the
year 1754.
In this latter year he was appointed a commissioner from Rhode Island, to
the celebrated convention which met at Albany; which had for its object the
securing of the friendship of the five nations of Indians, in the
approaching French war, and an union between the several colonies ofAmerica.
In 1756, he was elected chief magistrate of the colony of Rhode Island,
which office he continued to hold, with but fear intervals, until the year
1767. In the discharge of the duties of this responsible station, he acted
with dignity and decision. The prosperity of his country lay near his
heart, nor did he hesitate to propose and support the measures, which,
appeared the best calculated to promote the interests of the colonies in
opposition to the encroachments of British power.
At an early period of the difficulties between the colonies and Great
Britain, he took an active and decided part in favour of the former. In a
pamphlet, entitled, "The rights of colonies examined," he exposed the
injustice of the stamp act, and various other acts of the British
government. This pamphlet was published by order of the general assembly,
in 1765.
The siege of fort William Henry, by the Marquis de Montcalm, 1757, and its
surrender to the force under that general, with the subsequent cruel
outrages and murders committed by the savages of the French army, are too
well known to need a recital in this place. It is necessary only to state,
that the greatest excitement prevailed throughout all the colonies. In this
excitement, the inhabitants of Rhode Island largely participated. An
agreement was entered into by a volunteer corps, couched in the
followingterms:
"Whereas the British colonies in America are invaded by a large army of
French and Indian enemies, who have already possessed themselves of fort
William Henry, and are now on their march to penetrate further into the
country, and from whom we have nothing to expect, should they succeed in
their enterprise, but death and devastation; and as his majesty’s principal
officers in the parts invaded, have in the most pressing and moving manner,
called on all his majesty's faithful subjects, for assistance to defend the
country: - Therefore, we, whose names are underwritten, thinking it our
duty to do every thing in our power, for the defence of our liberties,
families, and property, are willing, and have agreed to enter voluntarily
into the service of our country, and go in a warlike manner against the
common enemy; and hereby call upon and invite all our neighbors, who have
families and property to defend, to join with us in this undertaking,
promising to march as soon as we are two hundred and fifty in number,
recommending ourselves and our cause to the favourable protection of
Almighty God."
To this agreement, Mr. Hopkins was the first to affix his name, and was
chosen to command the company thus raised, which consisted of some of the
most distinguished men in Providence. Preparations for a speedy departure
for the field of action were made, but on the eve of their march,
intelligence arrived, that their services were no longer necessary, as the
progress of hostilities towards the south was not to be expected.
In 1774, Mr. Hopkins received the appointment of a delegate from Rhode
Island to the celebrated congress, which met at Philadelphia that year. In
this assembly he took his seat on the first day of the session, where he
became one of the most zealous advocates of the measures adopted by that
illustrious body of men.
In the year 1775 and 1776, he again represented Rhode Island in the
continental congress. In this latter year he had the honour of affixing his
name to the imperishable instrument, which declared the colonies to be
free, sovereign, and independent states. He recorded his name with a
trembling hand, the only instance in which a tremulous hand is visible
among the fifty-six patriots who then wrote their names. But it was in this
case only that the flesh was weak. Mr. Hopkins had for some time been
afflicted with a paralytic affection, which compelled him, when he wrote,
to guide his right hand with his left. The spirit of the man knew no fear,
in a case where life and liberty were at hazard.
In 1778, Mr. Hopkins was a delegate to congress for the last time. But in
several subsequent years, he was a member of the general assembly of Rhode
Island. The last year in which he thus served, was that of 1779, at which
time he was seventy-two years of age.
Mr. Hopkins lived to the 13th of July, 1785, when he closed his long, and
honourable and useful life, at the advanced age of 78. His last illness was
long, but to the period of his dissolution, he retained the full possession
of his faculties. A vast assemblage of persons, consisting of judges of the
courts, the president, professors and students of the college, together
with the citizens of the town, and inhabitants of the state, followed the
remains of this eminent man to his resting place in the grave.
Although the early education of Mr. Hopkins was limited, as has already
been observed, the vigour of his understanding enabled him to surmount his
early deficiencies, and an assiduous application to the pursuit of
knowledge, at length, placed him among the distinguished literary
characters of the day. He delighted in literature and science. He was
attentive to books, and a close observer of mankind; thus he went on
improving, until the period of his death. As a public speaker, he was
always clear, precise, pertinent, and powerful.
As a mathematician, Mr. Hopkins greatly excelled. Till in advanced age, he
was extensively employed in surveying lands. He was distinguished for great
exactness in his calculations, and an unusual knowledge of his business.
As a statesman and a patriot, he was not less distinguished. He was well
instructed in the science of politics; had an extensive knowledge of the
rights of his country, and proved himself, through a longer life than falls
to the lot of most men, an unshaken friend of his country, and an enemy to
civil and religious intolerance. He event to his grave honoured as a
skilful legislator, a righteous judge, an able representative, a dignified
and upright governor. Charity was an inmate of his habitation. To the cry
of suffering his ear was ever open, and in the relief of affliction he ever
delighted.
