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Stephen Hopkins was a signer of the Mayflower Compact, signed at Provincetown, 11 November 1620. In the 1623 land division, he received six acres. The cattle division of 1627 lists he and his wife Elizabeth, with children Gyles, Caleb, Deborah, and daughter Constance and her husband Nicholas Snow. Stephen’s experiences in Jamestown made him ...
When Bethiah Hopkins was born on 24 February 1713, in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, her father, Thomas Hopkins II, was 27 and her mother, Elizabeth Mitchell, was 20. She married Jabez Hopkins on 4 May 1734, in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America.
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William Kelsey and Bethia Hopkins married back in England. Bethia Hopkins was not the daughter of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower. There were two Bethia Hopkins in Hartford at about the same time. The older of the two was the one who married William Kelsey and settled in Hartford. I am not aware of anyone who has found the parents of the ...
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.
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Bethia Hopkins was born about 1631, probably in England. Marriage 1: Bethia Hopkins married Samuel Stocking, son of George Stocking on 27 May 1652 at Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut. " Probate 11 November 1679 Bethia Hopkins is mentioned in the probate of the estate of John Hopkins (Immigrant) on 11 November 1679 as follows: A quit claim or Rec...
There is no record for Bethia's birth, and so her age has to be inferred by other documents. 'Bethia was under the legal age of 18 when her father wrote his will 1 Jan 1648/9. 1. " I, John Hopkins of Hartford do make this my last Will and Testament: 2. ... 3. Bethiah until 18 years of age and Stephen until 22 years of age Shall remain with and unde...
Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635,Volumes 1-6. (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011), 3:413."Hartford Records" in NEHGR vol 13 1859 p 141 Archive.org"A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records" volume 1, Charles Manwaring , R S Peck & Co: Hartford CT, 1904 http://archive.org/details/digestofearlycon00manw, page130."John Hopkins of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1634 : and some of his descendants" by Timothy Hopkins , 1932 SLC 929.273 H774ht download 948 pages from https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryM...- Female
- November 1, 1698
- Samuel Stocking, James Steele
Discover life events, stories and photos about Bethia Hopkins (1631–1692) of Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
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.
