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Apr 29, 2022 · Signed: Declaration of Independence. Stephen Hopkins was native of part of Providence now called Scituate, where he was born 07 Mar 1707. His parentage was very respectable, being a descendant of Benedict Arnold, 1st Gov of RI. [Not Benedict Arnold of Revolutionary War fame.]
- North Providence, Rhode Island
- Sarah Hopkins, Anne Hopkins
- Rhode Island
- March 7, 1707
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Stephen Hopkins was the son of John and Elizabeth Hopkins, but there is little known of them. It seems as if he came from humble beginnings but, through his ability on the sea, rose to prominence. He married Mary Kent, and despite having children with her, his adventures would keep him away from England. He returned home after learning of her death...
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: Mary Kent (1583 - 1613)- She was the first wife of Hopkins and died 7 years prior to the voyage. Two of her children would travel to Plymouth. Elizabeth Fisher (1585 - 1639)- She had ...
The last Will and Testament of Mr. Stephen Hopkins exhibited upon the Oathes of mr Willm Bradford and Captaine Miles Standish at the generall Court holden at Plymouth the xxth of August Anno dm 1644 as it followeth in these wordes vizt. The sixt of June 1644 I Stephen Hopkins of Plymouth in New England being weake yet in good and prfect memory bles...
Jun 30, 2023 · Stephen Hopkins was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was the son of William Hopkins and Ruth Wilkinson, and was born on March 7, 1707 in then Providence, Providence County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
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- March 7, 1707
- Sarah (Scott) Hopkins, Ann (Smith) Hopkins
- July 13, 1785
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Stephen Hopkins voted to approve the Declaration of Independence on July 4 and signed the engrossed copy on August 2. He suffered from the “shaking palsy” which caused his signature on the Declaration to appear unsteady, and he used his left hand to steady his right.
Stephen Hopkins was a Founding Father of the United States and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was also a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses. Hopkins was born in Scituate, Rhode Island ...
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Stephen Hopkins, signer of the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island, was born 7 March 1707 at Cranston, Rhode Island. He married (1) Sarah Scott (1707-1753), daughter of Major Silvanus and Joanna Jenckes Scott. They had seven children.
Mar 20, 2024 · Stephen Hopkins (1581 – June or July 1644), born April 1581, 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.