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- 1605
- Wife of WILLIAM KELSEYMother of MARY KELSEY
- England
- Jennifer Allen
Apr 29, 2022 · Daughter of Isaac Allen and Katherine Jenckes. Wife of Joseph Hopkins, Sr. Sister of Alexander Allen; Katherine Allen; Nehemiah Allen; Deborah Hopkins and Sarah Allen. Half sister of Isaac Allen; Mary Weatherhead; Elizabeth Hopkins; Abigail Jenks; Martha Aldrich and 5 others.
- July 3, 1685
- November 28, 1708
However, the Hartford John Hopkins named his own daughter Bethia, but that Bethia is NOT the same person as the Bethia who married William Kelsey. Thus is is possible that John Hopkins and Kelsey's Bethia Hopkins might have been siblings (thus the two Bethias were aunt and niece)
There is one major problem: Bethia Hopkins is not the daughter of Stephen Hopkins. According to fellow genealogist Gregg Wager : The long tradition that assumes that William Kelsey’s wife’s name was “Bethia Hopkins” is based on Hinman’s misreading the 1663 record regarding William Kelsey’s daughter Bethia and her husband David Phillips.
William Kelsey is supposed to have been married to Bethia Hopkins, but there is no written proof of this. There were nine children in the family: Mark, Bethia, Priscilla, Mary, John, Abigail, Stephen, Daniel and William.
Bethia HOPKINS was born in the year 1605 in Newton, Gloucestershire, England, daughter of Stephen Hopkins and Constance Dudley. She was married in the year 1625 in England to William Kelsey, they had 15 children.
There is one major problem: Bethia Hopkins is not the daughter of Stephen Hopkins. According to fellow genealogist Gregg Wager : The long tradition that assumes that William Kelsey’s wife’s name was “Bethia Hopkins” is based on Hinman’s misreading the 1663 record regarding William Kelsey’s daughter Bethia and her husband David Phillips.
