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Stephen Hopkins died sometime between 6 June 1644, and 17 July of that year. He made his will on 6 June 1644, and requested that he be buried next to his deceased wife, Elizabeth. The inventory was taken on 17 July 1644, and mentions his deceased wife; his sons Giles and Caleb; his daughters Constance, Deborah, Damaris, Ruth and Elizabeth.
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The S.S. Stephen Hopkins was a Liberty ship-one of hundreds that freighted goods of war across the seven seas in World War II. There were guns on the Hopkins, but they were not intended for a pitched battle against a heavily armed foe. She had only the regular Liberty crew of 42 merchant seamen, plus about fifteen gunners of the naval armed guard.
DEATH: Plymouth between 6 June 1644 (date of will) and 17 July 1644 (probate of will). MARRIAGE: (1) By 1604 Mary _____. She was buried at Hursley, Hampshire, 9 May 1613 [TAG 73:169].
The SS Stephen Hopkins, named after Rhode Island's representative to the first Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence, was the only U.S. ship to sink a German surface warship.
Stephen Hopkins (by about 1579 – between 6 June and 17 July 1644) was a passenger on the Mayflower in 1620, one of 41 signatories of the Mayflower Compact, and an assistant to the governor of Plymouth Colony through 1636.
Stephen Hopkins was the only American merchant ship to sink an enemy surface raider during the war, though it did so at a high cost. Tannenfels, though also heavily damaged, eluded the British cruisers in the area and succeeded in returning to a port in occupied France.
Early on the morning of September 27, 1942 two German raiders suddenly appeared out of the morning mist to attack the SS Stephen Hopkins. Heavy guns of one raider pounded her hull, and machine gun fire from the other sprayed her decks at close quarters.
