Rebecca Hopkins (1813–1868) • FamilySearch

Rebecca Hopkins

1813–1868 (Age 55)
Wilson, Tennessee, United States

The Life of Rebecca

When Rebecca Hopkins was born in 1813, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States, her father, Stephen Hopkins, was 28 and her mother, Mary Adamson, was 22. She had at least 4 sons and 2 daughters with John Ayers Matheny. She died in 1868, at the age of 55.

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Spouse & Children

Parents & Siblings

Rebecca Hopkins

1813–1868

John Ayers Matheny

1811–1864

Colonel Henderson Matheny

1828–

Ruth Belle Matheny

1846–

Obadiah Matheny

1832–1852

Stephen Ayres Matheny

1837–1891

Sarah Ann Matheny

1844–1900

James Buchanan Matheny

1856–1928

Spouse & Children

Rebecca Hopkins

Female1813–1868Female

John Ayers Matheny
Male1811–1864Male

children

(6)

Colonel Henderson Matheny

Male1828–Male

Obadiah Matheny

Male1832–1852Male

Stephen Ayres Matheny

Male1837–1891Male

Sarah Ann Matheny

Female1844–1900Female

Ruth Belle Matheny

Female1846–Female

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Parents & Siblings

Stephen Hopkins
Male1785–1844Male
Mary Adamson
Female1791–1840Female

siblings

(15)

Mary Ann Hopkins

Female1809–1853Female

Sarah Hopkins

Female1810–1875Female

Rebecca Hopkins

Female1813–1868Female

Margaret " Peggy" Hopkins

Female1818–1865Female

John H Hopkins

Male1819–1857Male

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World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

Age 6

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.

1820 · Making States Equal

Age 7

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Age 17

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

Hopkins

Rebecca

1 English: patronymic from Hopkin . The surname is widespread throughout southern and central England, but is at its most common in South Wales.2 Irish (County Longford and western Ireland): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Oibicín, itself a Gaelicized form of an Anglo-Norman name. In other parts of the country this name is generally of English origin.

Possible Related Names

Hopkin

Sources (1)

Rebecca Hopkins in entry for James Buchenan Matheny, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"

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