Stephen Hopkins

Brief Life History of Stephen

When Stephen Hopkins was born on 17 August 1706, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Ebenezer Hopkins I, was 38 and his mother, Mary Butler, was 35. He married Jemima Bronson on 26 February 1730, in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 8 February 1767, in Amenia, Dutchess, New York Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 60, and was buried in Old Amenia Burying Ground, Amenia, Dutchess, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Stephen Hopkins
1706–1767
Jemima Bronson
1706–1792
Marriage: 26 February 1730
Lieutenant Noah Hopkins
1730–1805
Col. Roswell I Hopkins
1733–1827
Michael Hopkins
1734–1773
Ruth Hopkins
1738–1750
Maj. Waite Hopkins
1738–1779
Stephen Hopkins
1744–1813
Captain Benjamin Hopkins
1745–1780
General Reuben Hopkins
1748–1822
Mary Hopkins
1753–1753

Sources (26)

  • Stephen Hopkins, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Stephen Hopkins, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Stephen Hopkins, "United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975"

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1740

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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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