Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Hopkins was born in 1688, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Charles Hopkins, was 47 and her mother, Margaret Henchman, was 46. She married Jonathan Kimball on 22 July 1709, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 29 October 1766, in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 78.
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- Hannah Hopkins, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Wenham Vital Records - Deaths
- Hannah in entry for Jonathan Kemball, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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Name Meaning
English and Welsh (Glamorgan): variant of Hopkin with genitival or excrescent -s. In Ireland, where the name is also frequent, it is sometimes Gaelicized as Mac Oibicín.
History: Stephen Hopkins (c. 1580–1644) was a pilgrim on the Mayflower in 1620 and one of the founders of Plymouth Colony. At his death he left seven children and eighteen grandchildren.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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