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Dec 30, 1998 · I am not aware of anyone however who has found the parents of the Bethia Hopkins who married William Kelsey.There was a John Hopkins in Hartford at the same time as Kelsey's Bethia, but Bethia married back in England, so there is no reason to necessarily connect John and Bethia. However, the Hartford John Hopkins named his own daugher Bethia ...
The Bethia Hopkins who married William Kelsey has been proven NOT to be the daughter of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower.See a recent article in "The American Genealogist", July 1998, by Caleb Johnson, 73:161-171.
I too descend from William Kelsey (b.1600) and Bethia (b. abt 1613). I descend from their child Mark Kelsey b. 1634 in New Town , Ma. I have seen the postings as to who Bethia's parents were not and I thank those who have cleared the Mayflower myth up. I too wonder if there are any new clues to her parents.
the issue of Bethia Hopkins, who is widely now believed not to have been William Kelsey's wife, or the parents of Elizabeth Hammond, George Kelsey's wife. Some recent sources trace the line to John Hammond in 1475, where volume one has a diferent line. Is there anything new and definitive? I have several volumes of the 7 volume William Kelsey ...
I would like to find info on the parentage of a Bethia Hopkins, born 1605-1610 in Newton, England. She married a William Kelsey, they lived in Kellingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut until their deaths in about 1680. Thank you to anyone who can help me, and I am happy to share any information I have! The Bowerman Family:England? to MA to NY to Canada
Mark Kelsey (son of William Kelsey and Bethia Hopkins) 200, 201, 202 was born Bet. 1628 - 1632 in England 203, and died February 27, 1722/23 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT 204.He married Rebecca Hoskins on March 08, 1658/59 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT 204, daughter of John Hoskins and Ann Fyler. Notes for Mark Kelsey: [Kelsey.ftw]
Bethia Kelsey (b. Abt. 1630, d. date unknown) Bethia Kelsey (daughter of William Kelsey and Bethia Hopkins (?)) was born Abt. 1630, and died date unknown.
