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Nov 20, 2020 · Stephen Hopkins (l. 1581-1644 CE) was a passenger of the Mayflower on the voyage of 1620 CE which established the Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts, USA. He was the only member of the party with prior experience in North America, having taken part in a mission to supply the Jamestown Colony of Virginia in 1609 CE.
Stephen Hopkins was a cousin of Benedict Arnold, the famous Revolutionary War General who later turned traitor. Hopkins grew up on a farm in Scituate, Rhode Island. He had little formal education and his mother taught him his first lessons.
Dec 6, 2019 · Carpenters' Hall. Birth: March 7, 1707. Death: July 13, 1785 (age 78) Colony: Rhode Island. Occupation: Merchant, Politician, Judge. Significance: Signed The Declaration of Independence (at the age of 69); served as the Governor of Rhode Island; served as Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court; and co-founded Brown University.
Stephen Hopkins (March 7, 1707 – July 13, 1785) was a Founding Father of the United States, a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and a signer of the Continental Association and Declaration of Independence.
Signer. Rhode Island. Born in Scituate, Rhode Island, on 7 March 1707, Stephen Hopkins sat in the general assembly all but four of the years from 1732 to 1752, and held several other public offices before moving to Providence in 1742 to join his brother Esek in business.
Stephen Hopkins, a prominent Founding Father of the United States, served as a member and speaker of the Rhode Island Assembly. In 1754, he attended the Albany convention in New York where he reviewed Franklin's early plan of Union.
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.
