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Other articles where Stephen Hopkins is discussed: Society of Friends: The age of quietism: …it thoroughly; in Rhode Island Stephen Hopkins, who was governor nine times, was disowned because he would not free the one enslaved person he owned. In 1790 a Quaker delegation, armed with a petition written and signed by Benjamin Franklin, appealed to the U.S. Congress for the abolition of slavery.
Apr 29, 2022 · Stephen Hopkins (March 7, 1707 – July 13, 1785) was an American political leader from Rhode Island who signed the Declaration of Independence. He served as the Chief Justice and Governor of colonial Rhode Island and was a Delegate to the Colonial Congress in Albany in 1754 and to the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776.
Jan 28, 2023 · Stephen Hopkins is not to be confused with the Declaration of Independence Signer Stephen Hopkins of Rhode Island, who had different family ties. Family Tree Chart. Parents: John Hopkins (1549 - 1593) - Born in England and had 4 children. Elizabeth Williams (1552 - 1593) - She birthed four children and outlived her husband. Spouse:
Feb 18, 2020 · Stephen Hopkins, signer of the Declaration of Independence Public domain image. Stephen Hopkins was born on March 7, 1707 in Providence, Rhode Island. There were no schools in the part of Providence where Stephen was raised, however his rather wealthy family had an immense number of books, which Stephen pored over night and day.
Jun 30, 2023 · Stephen Hopkins is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A058185. Stephen Hopkins is Notable. Stephen Hopkins was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. [1] He was the son of William Hopkins and Ruth Wilkinson, [2] and was born on March 7, 1707 in then Providence, Providence County ...
Rhode Island re-emerged as a separate colony. 1689–97. King William’s War: the French attack Block Island three times. 1703–13. Queen Anne’s War: Rhode Island supplied some soldiers; commissioned privateers. 1707. Stephen Hopkins born on March 7 in Cranston; the family later moves to a farm in Scituate. 1726. Marries Sarah Scott, both 19.
Jan 4, 2024 · Hopkins, for his part, became a justice of the peace in Scituate, Rhode Island, in 1730, and served multiple terms as Rhode Island’s governor in the mid-18th century. In 1753, he was a founding ...
