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Descendants of John Hopkins

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  JOHN1 HOPKINS was born October 19, 1485 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, and died 1521 in Melcombe, Dorset, England.  He married ALICE SUTTON January 02, 1506/07 in Melcombe, Dorset, England.  She was born June 09, 1488 in Melcombe, Dorset, England.

 

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Marriage: January 02, 1506/07, Melcombe, Dorset, England

       

Child of JOHN HOPKINS and ALICE SUTTON is:

2.                i.    WILLIAM2 HOPKINS, b. September 17, 1508, Melcombe, Dorset, England.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  WILLIAM2 HOPKINS (JOHN1) was born September 17, 1508 in Melcombe, Dorset, England.  He married AGNES RILEY June 19, 1532 in Melcombe, Dorset, England.  She was born May 17, 1512 in Melcombe, Dorset, England.

 

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Marriage: June 19, 1532, Melcombe, Dorset, England

       

Child of WILLIAM HOPKINS and AGNES RILEY is:

3.                i.    WILLIAM3 HOPKINS, b. January 09, 1543/44, Melcombe, Dorset, England.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

3.  WILLIAM3 HOPKINS (WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born January 09, 1543/44 in Melcombe, Dorset, England.  He married ELIZABETH LANGESTOVE October 20, 1567 in Wednesbury, Stafford, England.  She was born June 15, 1547 in Wednesbury, Stafford, England.

 

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Marriage: October 20, 1567, Wednesbury, Stafford, England

       

Child of WILLIAM HOPKINS and ELIZABETH LANGESTOVE is:

4.                i.    WILLIAM4 HOPKINS, b. 1575, Chesselbourne, Dorchestshire, England.

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

4.  WILLIAM4 HOPKINS (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born 1575 in Chesselbourne, Dorchestshire, England.  He married JOANNA ARNOLD October 13, 1611 in Melcombe, Horsey D, England.  She was born November 30, 1577 in Lichester, Sommerset, England, and died March 10, 1620/21 in Yeovilton, England.

 

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Marriage: October 13, 1611, Melcombe, Horsey D, England

       

Children of WILLIAM HOPKINS and JOANNA ARNOLD are:

                   i.    WILLIAM5 HOPKINS.

                  ii.    FRANCES HOPKINS, b. May 28, 1614, Chesselborne, England; d. February 26, 1699/00, Dartmouth, Mass; m. WILLIAM MANN.

5.              iii.    THOMAS HOPKINS, b. April 07, 1616, Chesselbourne, Dorchestshire, England; d. December 27, 1692, Providence, Rhode Island.

                 iv.    ELIZABETH HOPKINS, b. July 03, 1619.

 

 

Generation No. 5

 

5.  THOMAS5 HOPKINS (WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born April 07, 1616 in Chesselbourne, Dorchestshire, England, and died December 27, 1692 in Providence, Rhode Island.  He married ELIZABETH ARNOLD Abt. 1646 in Providence, Rhode Island.  She was born November 23, 1611 in Chesselbourne, Dorchestshire, England, and died 1673.

 

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Marriage: Abt. 1646, Providence, Rhode Island

       

Children of THOMAS HOPKINS and ELIZABETH ARNOLD are:

                   i.    JOSEPH6 HOPKINS, b. 1646; d. Bef. 1676; m. ELIZABETH UNKNOWN.

6.               ii.    WILLIAM HOPKINS, b. 1647, Providence, Rhode Island; d. July 08, 1723, Providence, Rhode Island.

7.              iii.    THOMAS HOPKINS, b. 1650, Providence, Rhode Island; d. April 21, 1718, Providence, Rhode Island.

 

 

Generation No. 6

 

6.  WILLIAM6 HOPKINS (THOMAS5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born 1647 in Providence, Rhode Island, and died July 08, 1723 in Providence, Rhode Island.  He married ABIGAL WHIPPLE 1680, daughter of JOHN WHIPPLE.  She died 1725.

 

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Marriage: 1680

       

Children of WILLIAM HOPKINS and ABIGAL WHIPPLE are:

8.                i.    WILLIAM7 HOPKINS, b. 1680, Providence, Rhode Island; d. 1738, Providence, Rhode Island.

9.               ii.    THOMAS HOPKINS, b. Abt. 1680, Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island; d. Aft. 1746, Scituate, Rhode Island.

 

 

7.  THOMAS6 HOPKINS (THOMAS5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born 1650 in Providence, Rhode Island, and died April 21, 1718 in Providence, Rhode Island.  He married MARY SMITH April 01, 1678 in Providence, Rhode Island.  She died August 22, 1724 in Providence, Rhode Island.

 

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Marriage: April 01, 1678, Providence, Rhode Island

       

Children of THOMAS HOPKINS and MARY SMITH are:

10.              i.    WILLIAM7 HOPKINS, b. April 26, 1678; d. 1733, Scituate, Rhode Island.

11.             ii.    STEPHEN HOPKINS, b. March 07, 1706/07, Providence, Rhode Island; d. July 13, 1785, Providence, Rhode Island.

                 iii.    THOMAS HOPKINS, b. Bet. 1715 - 1725, Rhode Island; m. ELIZABETH MITCHEL; b. 1690, Scituate, Rhode Island.

 

 

Generation No. 7

 

8.  WILLIAM7 HOPKINS (WILLIAM6, THOMAS5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born 1680 in Providence, Rhode Island, and died 1738 in Providence, Rhode Island.  He married RUTH WILKINSON, daughter of SAMUEL WILKINSON and PLAIN WICKENDEN.  She was born Abt. 1675.

       

Children of WILLIAM HOPKINS and RUTH WILKINSON are:

                   i.    ABIGAL8 HOPKINS.

                  ii.    JOHN HOPKINS, d. February 01, 1744/45.

                 iii.    RUFUS HOPKINS.

                 iv.    SAMUEL HOPKINS.

                  v.    SUSANNA HOPKINS.

                 vi.    WILLIAM HOPKINS, b. Abt. 1705.

                vii.    HOPE HOPKINS, b. March 03, 1716/17; d. July 20, 1803.

12.          viii.    ESEK HOPKINS, b. April 26, 1718, Providence, Rhode Island; d. February 26, 1802, Providence, Rhode Island.

 

 

9.  THOMAS7 HOPKINS (WILLIAM6, THOMAS5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1680 in Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island, and died Aft. 1746 in Scituate, Rhode Island.  He married ELIZABETH MITCHEL.  She was born 1690 in Scituate, Rhode Island.

       

Children of THOMAS HOPKINS and ELIZABETH MITCHEL are:

                   i.    SARAH8 HOPKINS.

13.             ii.    REUBEN HOPKINS, b. July 01, 1717, Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island; d. January 09, 1792, Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island.

                 iii.    HANAN HOPKINS.

                 iv.    MERCY HOPKINS.

                  v.    JONATHON HOPKINS.

                 vi.    MARY HOPKINS.

                vii.    TIMOTHY HOPKINS.

               viii.    ELIZABETH HOPKINS.

                  ix.    ANNE HOPKINS.

                   x.    SUSANNAH HOPKINS, b. October 08, 1708; m. JUDAH BROWN II.

14.             xi.    BETHIAH HOPKINS, b. March 06, 1714/15; d. May 15, 1781, Rhode Island.

 

 

10.  WILLIAM7 HOPKINS (THOMAS6, THOMAS5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born April 26, 1678, and died 1733 in Scituate, Rhode Island.  He married DEBORAH ALLEN.  She was born May 07, 1691 in Attlebourough, MA, and died April 11, 1781 in Rhode Island.

       

Child of WILLIAM HOPKINS and DEBORAH ALLEN is:

15.              i.    JABEZ "JABISH"8 HOPKINS, b. July 15, 1713, Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island; d. July 01, 1790, Glouchester, Providence, Rhode Island.

 

 

11.  STEPHEN7 HOPKINS (THOMAS6, THOMAS5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born March 07, 1706/07 in Providence, Rhode Island, and died July 13, 1785 in Providence, Rhode Island.  He married SARAH SCOTT, daughter of SILVANUS SCOTT and JOANNA JENKES.  She was born 1707.

 

More About STEPHEN HOPKINS:

Burial: North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island

       

Children of STEPHEN HOPKINS and SARAH SCOTT are:

                   i.    RUFUS8 HOPKINS, b. February 10, 1726/27, Providence, Rhode Island; d. August 1809.

16.             ii.    JOHN HOPKINS, b. November 11, 1728, Providence, Rhode Island; d. July 20, 1753, Cadiz, Spain.

                 iii.    RUTH HOPKINS, b. October 03, 1731, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island; d. April 02, 1735, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island.

 

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Burial: Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island

 

                 iv.    LYDIA HOPKINS, b. January 06, 1731/32, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island; m. DANIEL TILLINGHAST.

                  v.    SILVANUS HOPKINS, b. October 16, 1734, Providence, Rhode Island; m. SARAH UNKNOWN.

                 vi.    SIMON HOPKINS, b. August 25, 1736, Providence, Rhode Island; d. April 04, 1744, Providence, Rhode Island.

                vii.    GEORGE HOPKINS, b. 1739, Providence, Rhode Island; d. 1775, Lost at Sea; m. RUTH SMITH.

 

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Burial: Sea

 

 

Generation No. 8

 

12.  ESEK8 HOPKINS (WILLIAM7, WILLIAM6, THOMAS5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born April 26, 1718 in Providence, Rhode Island, and died February 26, 1802 in Providence, Rhode Island.  He married DESIRE BURROUGHS, daughter of EZEKIAL BURROUGHS. 

       

Children of ESEK HOPKINS and DESIRE BURROUGHS are:

                   i.    CAPT. JOHN B.9 HOPKINS.

                  ii.    SARAH HOPKINS, d. December 05, 1757, Providence, Rhode Island.

                 iii.    SAMUEL HOPKINS, b. September 22, 1750.

 

 

13.  REUBEN8 HOPKINS (THOMAS7, WILLIAM6, THOMAS5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born July 01, 1717 in Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island, and died January 09, 1792 in Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island.  He married (1) KATHERINE HOPKINS November 25, 1742 in Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island.  She was born 1721 in Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island.  He married (2) ELIZABETH PARKER December 06, 1761 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island.  She was born 1717 in Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island.

 

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Marriage: November 25, 1742, Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island

 

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Marriage: December 06, 1761, Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island

       

Children of REUBEN HOPKINS and KATHERINE HOPKINS are:

                   i.    HANAN9 HOPKINS, b. March 01, 1743/44, Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island.

                  ii.    RUTH HOPKINS, b. November 22, 1745, Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island.

                 iii.    ABEL HOPKINS, b. April 08, 1748, Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island; m. MARY UNKNOWN.

                 iv.    REUBEN HOPKINS, b. October 21, 1750, Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island.

                  v.    PAUL HOPKINS, b. August 21, 1753, Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island.

                 vi.    CATHERINE HOPKINS, b. February 01, 1756, Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island.

                vii.    CHANA HOPKINS, b. January 19, 1758, Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island.

               viii.    SARAH HOPKINS, b. 1760, Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island.

 

 

14.  BETHIAH8 HOPKINS (THOMAS7, WILLIAM6, THOMAS5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born March 06, 1714/15, and died May 15, 1781 in Rhode Island.  She married JABEZ "JABISH" HOPKINS Abt. 1735, son of WILLIAM HOPKINS and DEBORAH ALLEN.  He was born July 15, 1713 in Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island, and died July 01, 1790 in Glouchester, Providence, Rhode Island.

 

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Marriage: Abt. 1735

       

Children of BETHIAH HOPKINS and JABEZ HOPKINS are:

17.              i.    SETH9 HOPKINS, b. Glouchester, Providence, Rhode Island.

18.             ii.    NEHEMIAH HOPKINS, b. March 06, 1737/38, Scituate, Rhode Island; d. Bet. 1830 - 1835, Lee Co., Virginia.

19.            iii.    BETHIAH HOPKINS, b. September 29, 1739, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island; d. September 16, 1773.

20.            iv.    ALCY "ALCE" HOPKINS, b. February 23, 1745/46, Scitauate, Providence, Rhode Island; d. August 06, 1843, Miller Mills, Herkimer, New York.

 

 

15.  JABEZ "JABISH"8 HOPKINS (WILLIAM7, THOMAS6, THOMAS5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born July 15, 1713 in Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island, and died July 01, 1790 in Glouchester, Providence, Rhode Island.  He married BETHIAH HOPKINS Abt. 1735, daughter of THOMAS HOPKINS and ELIZABETH MITCHEL.  She was born March 06, 1714/15, and died May 15, 1781 in Rhode Island.

 

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Marriage: Abt. 1735

       

Children are listed above under (14) Bethiah Hopkins.

 

16.  JOHN8 HOPKINS (STEPHEN7, THOMAS6, THOMAS5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born November 11, 1728 in Providence, Rhode Island, and died July 20, 1753 in Cadiz, Spain.  He married MARY GIBBS.  She was born Abt. 1730 in Rhode Island.

       

Child of JOHN HOPKINS and MARY GIBBS is:

                   i.    HANNAH9 HOPKINS, b. August 25, 1751, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island; m. JAMES BURROUGHS.

 

 

Generation No. 9

 

17.  SETH9 HOPKINS (JABEZ "JABISH"8, WILLIAM7, THOMAS6, THOMAS5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born in Glouchester, Providence, Rhode Island.  He married MARY DARLING.  She was born in Ebnezer, Rhode Island.

       

Child of SETH HOPKINS and MARY DARLING is:

                   i.    STEPHEN10 HOPKINS.

 

 

18.  NEHEMIAH9 HOPKINS (JABEZ "JABISH"8, WILLIAM7, THOMAS6, THOMAS5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born March 06, 1737/38 in Scituate, Rhode Island, and died Bet. 1830 - 1835 in Lee Co., Virginia.  He married ELIZABETH COLE March 11, 1762 in Bristol, Warren Co., Rhode Island.  She was born July 17, 1739 in Swansea, Ma.

 

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Marriage: March 11, 1762, Bristol, Warren Co., Rhode Island

       

Children of NEHEMIAH HOPKINS and ELIZABETH COLE are:

21.              i.    JABEZ "JABISH"10 HOPKINS, b. 1775, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island; d. Decator Co, Iowa.

22.             ii.    STEPHEN HOPKINS, SR., b. 1770, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island; d. August 16, 1837, Claiborne Co., Tennessee.

 

 

19.  BETHIAH9 HOPKINS (JABEZ "JABISH"8, WILLIAM7, THOMAS6, THOMAS5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born September 29, 1739 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, and died September 16, 1773.  She married JOHN WILLIAMS February 23, 1766 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, son of BENONI WILLIAMS.  He was born December 27, 1742 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, and died August 06, 1843 in Herkimer, New York.

 

More About JOHN WILLIAMS and BETHIAH HOPKINS:

Marriage: February 23, 1766, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island

       

Children of BETHIAH HOPKINS and JOHN WILLIAMS are:

                   i.    FESTUS10 WILLIAMS, b. 1767, Scitauate, Providence, Rhode Island; d. 1848; m. JEMIMA BENNETT, March 09, 1792, Foster, Providence, Rhode Island.

 

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Marriage: March 09, 1792, Foster, Providence, Rhode Island

 

                  ii.    BENONI WILLIAMS, b. 1768, Scitauate, Providence, Rhode Island; d. 1774.

                 iii.    FREELOVE WILLIAMS, b. August 19, 1769, Scitauate, Providence, Rhode Island; d. April 24, 1856, Providence, Rhode Island; m. ACHLIAH HOPKINS.

                 iv.    RHODA/RHOBA WILLIAMS, b. January 22, 1771, Foster, Providence, Rhode Island; d. May 27, 1868, Columbia, Herkimer, New York; m. MARTIN WARREN MCKOON, October 25, 1789, Foster, Providence, Rhode Island.

 

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Marriage: October 25, 1789, Foster, Providence, Rhode Island

 

                  v.    MERCY WILLIAMS, b. August 08, 1772, Foster, Providence, Rhode Island; d. Aft. 1810, Delaware Co. Ohio; m. (1) SOLOMON UNKNOWN; m. (2) STEPHEN SPRAGUE, February 10, 1793, Foster, Providence, Rhode Island.

 

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Marriage: February 10, 1793, Foster, Providence, Rhode Island

 

 

20.  ALCY "ALCE"9 HOPKINS (JABEZ "JABISH"8, WILLIAM7, THOMAS6, THOMAS5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born February 23, 1745/46 in Scitauate, Providence, Rhode Island, and died August 06, 1843 in Miller Mills, Herkimer, New York.  She married JOHN WILLIAMS February 23, 1774 in Glochester, Rhode Island, son of BENONI WILLIAMS.  He was born December 27, 1742 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, and died August 06, 1843 in Herkimer, New York.

 

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Marriage: February 23, 1774, Glochester, Rhode Island

       

Children of ALCY HOPKINS and JOHN WILLIAMS are:

                   i.    MOSES10 WILLIAMS, b. 1775, Glochester, Rhode Island.

                  ii.    EBER WILLIAMS, b. 1776, Herkimar Co., New York.

                 iii.    JOHN WILLIAMS, b. 1778, Herkimar Co., New York.

                 iv.    RUFUS WILLIAMS, b. 1780, Herkimar Co., New York.

                  v.    REUBEN WILLIAMS, b. July 27, 1782, Herkimar Co., New York.

                 vi.    NUMA WILLIAMS, b. 1783, Herkimar Co., New York.

                vii.    GEORGE H. WILLIAMS, b. August 21, 1784, Foster, Rhode Island.

               viii.    BETHIAH WILLIAMS, b. 1786, Herkimar Co., New York.

 

 

Generation No. 10

 

21.  JABEZ "JABISH"10 HOPKINS (NEHEMIAH9, JABEZ "JABISH"8, WILLIAM7, THOMAS6, THOMAS5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born 1775 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, and died in Decator Co, Iowa.  He married RACHEL CLOUSE April 14, 1801 in Abingdon, Washington Co., Virginia.  She was born 1782 in Washington Co., Virginia, and died in Washington Township, Appanoose Co., Iowa.

 

Marriage Notes for JABEZ HOPKINS and RACHEL CLOUSE:

 

Marriage listed in the Virginia Marriage Index 1740-1850 on Ancestry.com

 

More About JABEZ HOPKINS and RACHEL CLOUSE:

Marriage: April 14, 1801, Abingdon, Washington Co., Virginia

       

Children of JABEZ HOPKINS and RACHEL CLOUSE are:

                   i.    LUCINDA11 HOPKINS.

                  ii.    CELIA HOPKINS.

                 iii.    MARGARET HOPKINS.

                 iv.    ELVINA HOPKINS.

23.             v.    ADAM HOPKINS, b. 1803, Virginia; d. June 06, 1885, Unionville, Appanoose Co., Iowa.

24.            vi.    MARY ELLEN HOPKINS, b. March 29, 1803; d. 1866, Denver, Colorado.

                vii.    ALLEN HOPKINS, b. 1804.

25.          viii.    ELIJAH "LIGE" HOPKINS, b. 1812; d. 1890, Hancock Co., Tennessee.

26.             ix.    STEPHEN HOPKINS, b. October 15, 1822, Claiborne Co. Tennessee; d. September 25, 1910, Appanoose Co., Iowa.

27.              x.    JAMES MARTIN HOPKINS, b. 1825, Tennessee; d. October 06, 1914, Grand River, Decatur Co., Iowa.

28.             xi.    ANNA HOPKINS, b. January 24, 1807, Claiborne Co., Tennessee; d. February 17, Decator Co, Iowa.

 

 

22.  STEPHEN10