Robert Thomas Hopkins was born on 13 December 1817, in Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine, United States as the son of William Hopkins and Mary Lang. He married Susan Brainard King on 3 February 1848, in Winthrop, Kennebec, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Maine, United States for about 53 years. He died on 9 May 1908, in Manchester, Kennebec, Maine, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Manchester Forks Cemetery, Manchester, Kennebec, Maine, United States.
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.
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