Falk Relations: Hopkins Family

compiled by Steve Wilson, last updated December 4, 2015.
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John Hopkins♦ (d. Aug. 1593, Winchester), 1m. 28 Oct. 1574 at Upper Clatford, Hampshire, to Agnes Borrow (d. 1578, Upper Clatford), 2m. 28 July 1579 at Upper Clatford to Elizabeth Williams

William Hopkins (ch. by 1m., bap. 16 June 1575), m. 16 Apr. 1592 at Winchester to Constance Marline
Alice Hopkins (ch. by 1m., bap. 20 Mar. 1578, Upper Clatford)
Stephen Hopkins♦ (ch. by 2m., bap. 30 Apr. 1581, Upper Clatford, d. c. July 1644, Plymouth MA), 1m. by 1604 to Mary Kent (b. c. 1580, Ratlake, Hampshire, bur. 9 May 1613, Hursley, Hampshire), 2m. 19 Feb. 1618 at London to Elizabeth Fisher (d. c. 1640)

Elizabeth Hopkins (ch. by 1m., bap. 13 May 1604, Hursley)
Constance Hopkins (ch. by 1m., bap. 11 May 1606, Hursley, d. Oct. 1677, Eastham MA), m. by 1627 to Nicholas Snow (bap. 25 Jan. 1600, London, d. 15 Nov. 1676, Eastham MA)
Giles Hopkins (ch. by 1m., b. 30 Jan. 1608, Hursley, d. 5 Mar. 1688, Eastham MA), m. 9 Oct. 1639 at Plymouth MA to Catherine Whelden
Damaris Hopkins (ch. by 2m., b. c. 1618, England, d. by 1627)
Oceanus Hopkins (ch. by 2m., b. c. Oct. 1620, at sea, d. by 1623)
Caleb Hopkins (b. c. 1624, Plymouth MA, d. by 1651, Barbados)
Deborah Hopkins (b. c. 1626, Plymouth MA), m. 23 Apr. 1646 at Plymouth MA to Andrew Ring (b. c. 1617, Leiden, Holland, d. 23 Feb. 1692, Plymouth MA)
Damaris Hopkins (b. c. 1628, Plymouth MA), m. 10 June 1646 at Plymouth MA to Jacob Cooke (b. c. 1620, Netherlands, d. 7 July 1676, Plymouth MA)
Ruth Hopkins (b. c. 1630, Plymouth MA, d. by 1651)
Elizabeth Hopkins (b. c. 1632, Plymouth MA, d. by 1659)

Susanna Hopkins (ch. by 2m., bap. 24 June 1584, Upper Clatford)

Our Descent

John Hopkins (--1593), m. 1579 to Elizabeth Williams

Stephen Hopkins (1581-1644), m. by 1604 to Mary Kent (c1580-1613)

Constance Hopkins (1606-1677), m. by 1627 to Nicholas Snow (1600-1676)

Mary Snow (c1630-1704), m. 1650 to Thomas Paine (c1627-1706)

Mary Paine (c1652-1705), m. 1679 to Israel Cole (1653-1724)

Hannah Cole (1681-1717), m. 1703 to Samuel Higgins (1677-1761)

Israel Higgins (1706-1788), m. 1727 to Ruth Brown (1710-1768)

Jesse Higgins (1731-1778), m. 1772 to Keziah Stevens (1754-1832)

Samuel Higgins (1774-c1849), m. 1798 to Elizabeth Nims (1778-c1846)

Horatio Higgins (1812-1890), m. 1837 to Mary Jane Felch (1820-1898)

Harvey Alva Higgins (1864-1928), m. 1889 to Lillian Belle Agee (1868-1947)

Elsie Laura Higgins (1895-1959), m. 1915 to George Washington Falk (1895-1969)

Joseph Snow (c1634-1723), m. by 1667 to Mary ---

Ruth Snow (1679--), m. 1704 to James Brown (c1679--)

Ruth Brown (1710-1768), m. 1727 to Israel Higgins (1706-1788)

Jesse Higgins (1731-1778), m. 1772 to Keziah Stevens (1754-1832)

Samuel Higgins (1774-c1849), m. 1798 to Elizabeth Nims (1778-c1846)

Horatio Higgins (1812-1890), m. 1837 to Mary Jane Felch (1820-1898)

Harvey Alva Higgins (1864-1928), m. 1889 to Lillian Belle Agee (1868-1947)

Elsie Laura Higgins (1895-1959), m. 1915 to George Washington Falk (1895-1969)

Documentation ♦

John Hopkins (--1593): 1m. Agnes Borrow (--1578), 2m. Elizabeth Williams

28 Oct. 1574, "The 28th day of October Was married John Hopkns and Agnis Borrowe" [England, Upper Clatford, Marriages]
16 June 1575, "Wm the son of Jon Hopkins the 16th of June" [England, Upper Clatford, Baptisms]
20 Mar. 1578, "Alice the daughter of John Hopkins the 20th of March" [England, Upper Clatford, Baptisms]
28 July 1579, "John Hopkines to Elizabeth Williames the 28th day July" [England, Upper Clatford, Marriages]
30 Apr. 1581, "Stephen the son of John Hopkins the last of Aprill" [England, Upper Clatford, Baptisms]
24 June 1584, "Susanna ye daughter of John Hopkins the 24 of June" [England, Upper Clatford, Baptisms]
Christensen, Ernest Martin, "The Probable Parentage of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower", The American Genealogist, 74:241-249, Oct. 2004. "... John Hopkins who is found in the lay subsidies of 1586, 1589, and 1590 for the cathedral city of Winchester, which is next to Hursley. The administration on the estate of John Hopkins was granted on 4 October 1593 to his widow Elizabeth, with William Hopkins signing the bond."

Stephen Hopkins (1581-1644): 1m. Mary Kent (c1580-1613), 2m. Elizabeth Fisher (d. c. 1640)

13 May 1604, "Elizabetha filia Stephani Hopkyns fuit baptizata" [England, Hursley, Baptisms, in TAG 73:163]
11 May 1606, "Constancia filia Steph Hopkyns fuit baptizata" [England, Hursley, Baptisms, in TAG 73:163]
30 Jan. 1608, "Egidius filius Stephani Hopkyns fuit baptizatus" [England, Hursley, Baptisms, in TAG 73:163]
9 May 1613, "Mary Hopkines the wife of Steeven Hopkines was buried the ix day of May" [England, Hursley, Burials, in TAG 73:163]
1623, "The Falles of their grounds which came first ouer in the May-Floure, according as thier lotes were cast 1623. These lye one the South side of the brook to the woodward opposite to the former ... Steuen Hobkins 6 [acres]" [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 12:4]
c. 1626, "The Names of the Purchasers ... Steven Hopkins" [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 2:177]
22 May 1627, "... it was concluded by the whole Companie, that the cattell wch were the Companies, to wit, the Cowes & the Goates should be equally deuided ... The seauenth lott fell to Stephen Hopkins & his companie Joyned to 2 him his wife Elizabeth Hopkins 3 Gyles Hopkins 4 Caleb Hopkins 5 Debora Hopkins 6 Nicholas Snow 7 Constance Snow 8 William Pallmer 9 ffrances Pallmer 10 Willm Pallmer Jnor 11 John Billington Senor 12 Hellen Billington 13 ffrancis Billington. To this lott fell A black weining Calfe to wch was aded the Calfe of this yeare to come of the black Cow, wch fell to John Shaw & his Companie, wch pueing a bull they were to keepe it vngelt 5 yeares for common vse & after to make there best of it. Nothing belongeth of thes too, for ye copanye of ye first stock: but only half ye Increase. To this lott ther fell two shee goats: which goats they posses on the like terms which others doe their cattell." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 12:9-11]
1633, "The Names of the Freemen of the Incorporacon of Plymoth in New England, An: 1633. ... Stephen Hopkins ... Cowncell." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:3-4]
1 Jan. 1633, "Stephen Hopkins ... were chosen for the Councell the same yeare at the same Court, who held & received the oath." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:5]
2 Jan. 1633, "... the psons heere under menconed were rated for publike use ... to be brought in by each pson as they are heere under written, rated in corne at vis p bushell, at or before the last of November next ensuing, to such place as shall be heereafter appointed to receiue the same. And for default heereof, the value to be doubled, & accordingly leavied by the publick officer for yt end. ... Stephen Hopkins 01:07:00" [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:9-11]
10 Jan. 1633, "Thomas Brian, the servt of Samuell Eedy, was brought before the Govr, & ... Steph Hopkins ..., Assistants, because the said Thomas had runne away & absented himselfe fiue daies from his masters service, and being lost in the woods, & fownd by an Indian, was forced to returne; and for this his offence was privately whipped before the Govr & Cowncell aforemenconed." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:7]
1 July 1633, "These things following were determined & enacted ... That Capt Myles Standish, John Done, Stephen Hopkins, Josuah Prat, Edward Bangs, Jonathan Brewster, & Robt Heeks devide the medow ground in the bay equally, according to the proporcon of shares formerly devided to the purchasers at or before the last of Aug. next ensuing." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:14]
1 July 1633, "Orders about mowing of Grasse for the prnt Yeare, 1633 ... That Mr Hopkins & Tho. Clarke where they mowed last yeare, except George Sowles cow, as before appointed." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:14-15]
11 Nov. 1633, "Phineas Prat appointed to take into his possession all the goods and chattels of Godbert Godbertson & Zarah, his wife, & safely to preserue them, according to an inventory presented upon oath to be true & just by Mr Joh. Done & Mr Steph. Hopkins." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:19]
25 Nov. 1633, "That whereas John Thorp, carpenter, late of Duxburrow, in the liberties of Plymouth aforesaid, deceased, dyed indebted far more then the estate of the said John would make good, insomuch as Alice, his wife, durst not administer, it was ordered, that Capt Myles Standish, gent., & Stephen Hopkins should enter upon his estate, according to an inventory presented upon oath by the said Alice, his wife, in the behalfe of the Court, that so the creditors might be satisfyed, so far as the estate will make good, and the widow be freed from & acquitted of all & all manr of claime or claimes or demands by all & every his creditors whatsoever." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:20]
1 Jan. 1634, "Mr Stephen Hopkins chosen to the office of Assistants to the said Govr, & to enter thereupon wth the said Govr elect as aforesaid." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:21]
2 Jan. 1634, "... the psons heerunder menconed were rated for publick use by ... Stephen Hopkins ... to be brought in by each pson as they are heerunder written, rated in corne at vjss p bushell, at or before the last of Novbr next ensuing, to such place as shall be heerafter appointed to receiue the same; and for default heerof, the value to be doubled, & accordingly levied by the publick officer for that end. ... Steph Hopkins 01:10:00" [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:26-29]
1 Oct. 1634, "... it was determined concerning the trade that it to continue in the hands of the parteners till the next Court, all other persons excluded as formerly; and for furthering of a course for hereafter, wer made choyse of seuerall persons to treate with the now parteners. The persons made choyce of wer Mr St. Hopkins, ...they hauing concluded to mete together about the midle of Nouember." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:31]
1 Jan. 1635, "At the same time wer elected for Asistants, to enter with the Gouernour the day aboue mentioned, and to continue the whole yeare, - ... Mr Steuen Hopkins" [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:32]
3 Mar. 1635, "Mr Hopkins ... Assistants, entered vpon their places." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:33]
5 Jan. 1636, "... Steuen Hopkins ... [chosen] Asistants." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:36]
5 Jan. 1636, "Jane Warden sued --- Weekes for 50li, which she had lent him, to be paid vpon demande. He was ordered to put so much goods into ye hands of Mr Hopkins & Kenelemne Winslow as should countrauele ye money, & had 3 months time alowed to sell them, or other good, to make her paymente." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:36]
1 Mar. 1636, "Mr Stephen Hopkins ... being chosen to assist the Govr in case of justice, as the Councell of this corporacon, rd the oath." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:37]
14 Mar. 1636, "... concerning the Hey Grownds for Plymoth & Duxburrough. The placs heereafter menconed were assigned to the severall psons, for their prnt use the yeare 1636, vizt:- ... That Mr Hopkins mow the marsh between Thomas Clarke and George Sowle, as aforesaid. That Mr Hopkins & Tho. Clarke haue that up the river, as formerly." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:39-41]
7 June 1636, "John Tisdale, yeoman, entreth an accon of battery against Steven Hopkins, Assistant to the govmt, by whom the said John was dangerously wounded, as he affirmeth." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:41]
7 June 1636, "... an accon of battery was tried between John Tisdale, yeoman, plaintiffe, & Stephen Hopkins, Assistant to the governmt, deft, wherein the deft, Stephen Hopkins, was cast in fiue pownds starling to our sov. lord the King, whose peace he had broken, wch he ought after a speciall manner to haue kept, and also in forty shillings to the plaintiffe, both wch he was adjudged to pay." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:42]
7 Nov. 1636, "The lands at the fishing point, neer Slowly Field, being viewed & fownd too little for Tho. Pope, Rich. Clough, & Rich. Wright, at fiue acres p pson, by consent was equally devided between them. Memorand. That a way was left between them & the lands of Stephen Hopkins next adjoyning." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:46]
3 Jan. 1637, "At the genall Court held at New Plymouth ... before ... Steeven Hopkins ... Assistants ... It is ordered by the Court That ... Mr Hopkins ... shall treate wth those that haue the trade in theire hands & to prpare such conclusions concning the same That the Court being made acquainted therewth and approueing thereof may conclude the same wth them." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 11:25]
7 Mar. 1637, "The Names of the Freeman ... Steephen Hopkins, gen." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:52-53]
7 Mar. 1637, "The Names of the Freeman ... Steephen Hopkins, gen. ... Concerning the trade of beaver, corne, & beads, &c, wth the Indians, it is agreed, by the consent of the Court, that they that now haue yt shall hold yt vntill the next Court, the begining of June; and then further conference to be had for the mannageing thereof, that such further course may be taken therein as shalbe thought fitt. And in the meane season, Mr Hopkins, Mr Atwood, Mr Done, & Jonathan Brewster shalbe added to the Gounor and Assistants, to aduise vpon such pposicons and wayes so as the said trade may be still continued to the benefit of the collony." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:54]
20 Mar. 1637, "... these Hey Grownds were assigned to the Inhabitants of Plymouth, Eele Riuer, & Ducksbury. To eich pson as followeth, for theire vxe this prute yeare following, vizt, 1637; and then were psons also appoynted to veiwe all the hey grounds wthin the limitts scually followinge, before the next Court, that eich man may be assigned a procon as shalbe thought convenyent. Tho Messenger, Mr Hopkins, Manasseth Kempton, Edward Banges, were appoynted to veiw the hey grounds betwixt the Eele Riuer and the towne of Plymouth ... To Mr Hopkins & Thomas Clark, the hey ground they had the last yere." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:55-57]
7 June 1637, "It is concluded and enacted by the Court, that the colony of New Plymouth shall send forth ayd to assist them of Massachusetts Bay and Conectacutt in their warrs against the Pequin Indians, in reveng of the innocent blood of the English wch the sd Pequins haue barbarously shed, and refuse to giue satisfaccon for. It is also enacted by the Court, that there shalbe thirty psons sent for land service, and as many others as shalbe sufficient to mannage the barque. Leiftennant William Holmes is elected to goe leader of the said company. Mr Thomas Prence is also elected by lott to be for the counsell of warr, and to goe forth wth them ... The Names of the Souldiers that willingly offer themselues to goe vpon the sd Service, wth Mr Prince & the Leiftent. Voluntaries ... Mr Steephen Hopkins ... It is also enacted by the Court, that Mr Hopkins and John Winslow for the towne of Plymouth, Mr Howland and Jonathan Brewster for the towne of Ducksborrow, and Mr Gilson and Edward Forster for the towne of Scituate, shalbe added to the Gounor and Assistants to assesse men towards the charges of the souldiers that are to be sent forth for the ayde of the Mattachusetts Bay and Connectacutt. ... Whereas, according to the order of the Court, the Gounor and Assistants, wth the help of Mr Hopkins and John Winslow for the towne of Plymouth, Mr Howland and Jonathan Brewster for the towne of Ducksborrow, and Mr Gilson & Edward Foster for the towne of Scituate, haue mett together & considered of the charge in setting forth the souldiers, and fynd that it will amount vnto the sume of two hundred pounds, the wch is appoynted & concluded to be payd in manner following, vizt: one hundred pounds by the towneship of Plymouth & the liberties thereof, fifty pounds by the towneship of Duckborrow, and thother fifty pounds by the towneship of Scituate." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:60-62]
7 June 1637, "Whereas the trade of beauer, &c, is now likely to goe to decay, in regard that they wch haue had it will not any longer hold yt, the Court hath referred it to the Gounor and Assistants to advise and consider a way and course how the said trade may be vpholden for the good of the whole collony; and for the better advisement therein haue joyned to the Gounor and Assistants Mr Hopkins, Mr Atwood, Mr Done, Thomas Willet, & John Winslow for Plymouth, Mr John Howland and Jonathan Brewster for Ducksborrow, and Josias Winslow for Scituate; and what way and course they shall agree and conclude vpon, the whole colony doth consent vnto." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:62]
7 July 1637, "It is agreed, that the heigh wayes, both for horse, cart, and foote, shalbe as followeth: ... To the Eele Riuer, from Plymouth. The wayes now in vse to Wellingsley bridge, and so the creeke, where wee allowe fiftie foote from the banke, & from the corner at Raph Wallens. The vpper way to Thomas Clarkes still; the lower way from Raph Wallens right out to Holmans Rock; allowed fourty foote on the west side, and so straight to Manasseth Kemptons ground, whose fence is to be remoued twenty foote inward, and so passing betweene two rocks at the brooke, straight to Edward Banges, leaueing his house west, and so along, leaueing Nicholas Snowes house east, & so to Mr Hopkins house, leaueing it east, and so vp the valley to Thomas Clarkes vper stile, the foote way to be continued from Mr Hopkins, in the old path, belowe Thomas Clarkes, to the heigh way. The heigh way from Thomas Clarks stille to passe betweene his house and his hoggs coate downe to George Soules, next the riur, and the said Georg to allow a sufficient way from thence ou the riuer by a bridge, and so to another heighway alowed for that neighbourhood; to the wch neighbourhood we allow a way from Mr Hopkins house downe to a p that leads to the fishing poynt; from whence wee allow a way to Robert Bartletts, leaueing his house east, and so alonge, leaueing Thomas Littles east, & Mris Warrens west, and so to Richard Churches, leaueing his house on the west side; so to a place of comon ground, which is still to be left betweene." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:59-60]
17 July 1637, "Steephen Hopkins of Plymouth gent hath the day & yeare aboue said for and in consideracon of the sume of threescore pounds of lawfull money of England to be payd in manner and forme following That is to say thirtie pounds of lawfull money of England at or vpon the first day of May next ensuing the date hereof and thother thirty pounds at or vpon the twenty ninth day of September next ensuing the foresaid payment Hath freely & absolutely bargained sould alienated enfeoffed & confirmed vnto Georg Boare of Scituate yeom All that his Messuage houses tennements outhouses lying and being at the Broken Wharfe towards the Eele Riuer together wth the six shares of lands therevnto belonging containeing six score acres together wth all and singler the meadowes pastures Comons and all & singuler thapprtencs therevnto belonging & all his interrest right title clayme & demaund of and into the said prmisss and euery pte & pcell thereof To haue & to hols the said Messuage houses lands tennemnts & prmisss wth all and singuler their appurtences vnto the said George Boare his heires and assignes foreur To the onely pper vse & behoofe of him the said Georg Boare his heires & assignes foreuer." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 12:21]
2 Oct. 1637, "Whereas diuers were appoynted to take a view of the meadow grounds betwixt the Eele Riuer and South riuer, that there might be an equall diuision of them to eich man, and fynding the same by estimacon to amount vnto fiue hundred acrees, or thereabouts, the Court doth order, that Mr Willm Brewster, Mr Steephen Hopkins, Mr John Done, and John Winslowe, for the towne of Plymouth, Edward Banges for the Eele Riuer, Mr John Browne for Joanes Riuer, and Jonathan Brewster and Edmond Chaundler for Ducksborrow, shalbe added to the Guonor and Assistants, to agree vpon an equall course for the diuision of them, and to depute some certaine psons afterwards to make the said diuision." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:67]
2 Oct. 1637, "Georg Clark complaynes agst Edward Dotey ... The jury names were these:- Mr Stephen Hopkins ..." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 8:6-7]
2 Oct. 1637, "Presentments by the Grand Inquest. Mr Stephen Hopkins, first psentment, (for suffering men to drink in his house vpon the Lords day, before the meeting be ended, and also vpon the Lords day, both before & after the meetings, servants & others to drink more then for ordinary refreshing) is respited vntill the next Court, that the testimony of John Barnes be had therein. Releasd. Mr Steephen Hopkins, psented for suffering servants and others to sit drinkeing in his house, (contrary to the orders of this Court,) and to play at shouell board, & such like misdemeanors, is therefore fined fourty shillings. Releasd." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:68]
2 Jan. 1638, "Presentments by the Grand Jury. 1. William Renolds is psented for being drunck at Mr Hopkins his house, that he lay vnder the table, vomitting in a beastly manner, and was taken vp betweene two. The witnes hereof is Abraham Warr, als Hoop, als Pottle, and sayth that there was in company Francis Sprague, Samuell Nash, & Georg Partrich. Renolds fined & discharged June 5th, 1638. 2. Mr Hopkins is psented for sufferinge excessiue drinking in his house, as old Palmer, James Coale, & William Renolds. John Winslow, Widdow Palmer, Widdow Palmers man, Thomas Little, witnesss & Stepheen Tracy. Acquitted." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:75]
5 Feb. 1638, "... Mr Stephen Hopkins requesteth a graunt of lands towards the Six Mile Brooke." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:76]
5 June 1638, "Presentments by the Grand Jury ... Mr Steephen Hopkins is psented for selling beere for ijd the quart, not worth jd a quart. Witness, Kenelme Winslow. Fined." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:87]
7 Aug. 1638, "Liberty is graunted to Mr Steephen Hopkins to erect a house at Mattacheese, and cutt hey there this yeare to winter his cattle, puided that it be not to wthdraw him from the towne of Plymouth." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:93]
4 Sep. 1638, "Fynes & Psentments ... Mr Steephen Hopkins, vpon two psentmnts against him the last Court, and three psentmnts this court, for selling wine, beere, strong waters, and nutmeggs at excessiue rates, is fyned vli." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:97]
30 Nov. 1638, "Memorand ... That Mr Steephen Hopkins doth acknowledg that for and in consideracon of the sume of six pounds sterl to him in hand payd by Josias Cooke hath freely & absolutely bargained & sould vnto the said Josias Cooke all those his six acrees of land lying on the South side of the Towne brooke of Plymouth to the woodward and all his right title and interrest of and into the same To haue & to hold the said six acrees of land wth all & singuler thapprtences therevnto belonging vnto the said Josias Cook his heires & Assignes foreuer to the onely proper vse & behoofe of him the said Josias Cook his heires & Assignes for euer." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 12:39]
4 Feb. 1639, "Concerning Mr Steephen Hopkins and Dorothy Temple, his servant, the Court doth order, wth one consent, that in regard by her couenant of indenture shee hath yet aboue two yeares to serue him, that the said Mr Hopkins shall keepe her and her child, or puide shee may be kept wth food and rayment during the said terme; and if he refuse so to doe, that then the collony puide for her, & Mr Hopkins to pay it. ... Mr Steephen Hopkins is committed to ward for his contempt to the Court, and shall so remayne comitted vntill hee shall either receiue his servant Dorothy Temple, or els puide for her elsewhere at his owne charge during the terme shee hath yet to serue him." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:111-112]
8 Feb. 1639, "Memorand: That whereas Dorothy Temple, a mayde servant dwelling wth Mr Steephen Hopkins, was begotten wth child in his service by Arthur Peach, who was executed for murther and roberry by the heigh way before the said child was borne, the said Steephen Hopkins hath concluded and agreed wth Mr John Holmes, of Plymouth, for three pounds sterl., and other consideracons to him in hand payd, to discharge the said Steephen Hopkins and the colony of the said Dorothy Temple and her child foreuer; and the said Dorothy is to serue all the residue of her tyme wth the said John Holmes, according to her indenture." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:113]
3 Dec. 1639, "Mr Steephen Hopkins, vpon his psentment for selling a lookeing glasse for 16d, the like whereof was bought in the Bay for ixd, is referred to further informacon ... Mr Steephen Hopkins, for selling strong water wthout lycence, proued & confessed in Court, is fyned iijli." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:137]
1 June 1640, "Mr John Done, Thomas Willett, Mr John Reynor are graunted tenn ... of meddow a peece in the meddow by Joanes Riuer, called ... and Nathaniell Sowther a pcell of ... acres, Phineas Pratt fiue acres, Manasseth Kempton ... acrees, & Mr Hopkins ..." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:154]
2 Nov. 1640, "These seuall psons following are graunted meddowing in the North Meddow by Joanes Riuer:- ... To Mr Stephen Hopkins twelue acres." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 1:166]
7 Dec. 1641, "The Attachments taken out agst James Luxford ... Thomas Sheriue & Willm Browne compld agst James Luxford, in an action of trespas vpon the caes, to the dam ... Goods attached, 4 goats & a lamb in Samuell Eddys and Josuah Pratts hand, prized at 33s; in Groomes hands, 4s 4d; in Thom Lettis hands, viijs; Georg Clarks hands, 18d. ... Stephen Hopkins for 12li 10s." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 8:24-28]
24 Jan. 1642, "The Contributors for building of a Bark of 40 or 50 Tunn, estimated at the Charge of 200li. ... Mr Hopkins, xvjth part" [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 2:31]
5 Apr. 1642, "Jonathan Hatch, by the consent of the Court, is appoynted to dwell wth Mr Steephen Hopkins, & the said Mr Hopkins to haue a speciall care of him." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 2:38]
8 June 1642, "Memorand That Willm Chase doth acknowledg That for and in consideracon of the sume of fiue pounds he oweth to mr Stephen Hopkins and for the secureing of the said debt vnto him hath bargained assigned set ouer and mortgaged All that his house and lands in Yarmouth containeing Eight acrees of vpland and six acres more llying at the Stoney coue wth all & singuler thapprtencs thervnto belonging and all his Right title and Interrest of and into the said prmisss and euery pt & parcell thereof To haue and to hold the said house and lands wth their apprtences vnto the said Steephen Hopkins his heires and Assignes for eu to the onely pper use and behoofe of him the said Steephen Hopkins his heires and Assignes for euer Prouided alwayes That if the said Willm Chase doe sattisfye and pay or cause to be sattisfyed and payd vnto the said Steephen Hopkins or his Assignes the said sume of fiue pounds in money Corne or cattell at or vpon the first day of November next ensuing the date hereof That then the mortgage to be voyd or els to remayne in full force and strengh." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 12:83-84]
1643, "The Names of the Freemen of eich Towne. Plymouth. Mr Steephen Hopkins, dead" [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 7:173-174]
19 Apr. 1643, "It is agreed upon that John Smyth shalbe the Cowe Keep for this yeare to keep the Townes Cowes and shall have fourty bushells of Indian Corne for his paynes and a paire of shoes to be equally levyd upon every man according to the number of Cowes that they shall have kept by him ... The Corne levyed for the Cow Keeps psent use ... Mr Hopkins 1 pottle." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Town Records, in PTR 1:13-14]
9 Oct. 1643, "... for elecion of Comittees for the Court and psons to be of the Counsell of warr for the Towne &c ... Mr Hopkins ... To be of the Counsell of war for the Towne. Mr Hopkins ... are chosen to be Raters to rate and assesse the charges of this yeare for this Towne for the fortyfycation work donn about the ordinance, for the building of the watchhouse and the officers wages (but not the bridge causey except it be finished.)." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Town Records, in PTR 1:15-16]
7 Nov. 1643, "The Juries Names. Mr Stephen Hopkins ... " [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 8:35-36]
20 Aug. 1644, "Captaine Miles Standish & Mr Willm Bradford deposed to the last will & testament of Mr Steephen Hopkins, deceased. Caleb Hopkins, constituted executr thereof, exhibited an inventory ... all his goods & cattells vpon his oath." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 2:75]
20 Aug. 1644, "The last Will and Testament of Mr. Stephen Hopkins ... at the generall Court holden at Plyouth 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 ... do ordaine and make this to be my last will and testament ... my body to be buryed as neare as convenyently may be to my wyfe Deceased ... to my sonn Giles Hopkins my great Bull ... to Stephen Hopkins my sonn Giles his sonne twenty shillings ... to my daughter Constanc Snow the wyfe of Nicholas Snow my mare ... to my daughter Deborah Hopkins the brodhorned black cowe and her calf and half the Cowe called Motley ... unto my daughter Damaris Hopkins the Cowe called Damaris heiffer and the white faced calf and half the cowe called Mottley ... to my daughter Ruth the Cowe called Red Cole and her calfe and a Bull at Yarmouth ... and half the curld Cowe ... to my daughter Elizabeth the Cowe called Smykins and her calf an thother half of the Curld Cowe wth Ruth and an yearelinge heiffer wth out a tayle ... unto my foure daughters that is to say Deborah Hopkins Damaris Hopkins Ruth Hopkins and Elizabeth Hopkins all the mooveable goods the wch do belong to my house as linnen wollen beds bedcloathes pott kettles pewter or whatsoevr ... foure silver spoones ... I do also by this will make Caleb Hopkins my sonn and heire apparent giveing ... my house and lands at Plymouth ... all such land wch of Right is Rightly due to me and not at prsent in my reall possession ... one paire or yooke of oxen and the hyer of them ... all my debts wch are now oweing unto me ... my daughters aforesaid shall have free recourse to my house in Plymouth ..." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Old Colony Wills, 1:61, in MD 2:12-14]
28 Oct. 1644, "Memorand That Caleb Hopkins sonn and heire vnto Mr Steephen Hopkins of Plymouth deceased hath freely and absolutely giuen graunted enfeoffed and confirmed vnto Gyles Hopkins of Yarmouth Planter one hundred acrees of those lands taken up for the Purchasors of Satuckquett wch said lands do acrue vnto the said Steephen as a Purchasor To haue and to hold the said hundred acrees of lands wth all and singuler thapprtencs therevnto belonging vnto the said Gyles Hopkins his heires and Assignes foreuer to the onely pper vse and behoofe of him the said Giles Hopkins his heires and Assignes foreur &c." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 12:104]
21 Nov. 1644, "Memorand: that whereas Francis Billington is endebted vnto Caleb Hopkins, as executor vnto Mr Steeven Hopkins, his naturall father, deceased, the sum of three pounds sterl, in consideracon that the said Caleb Hopkins shall forbeare the said Francis Billington the said three pounds vntill the first of December come twelue months, the said Francis Billington assigneth, mortgageth, and maketh ouer vnto the said Caleb Hopkins, for the secureing of the said debt of three pounds, one blacke cowe now in the hands of the said Francis, not to be sold or alliened any wayes to any man vntill the said debt of three pounds be satisfyed vnto the said Caleb Hopkins, or his assignes." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 2:78-79]
26 Sep. 1645, "Memorand That Josias Cooke doth acknowledg That for an in consideracon of one heiffer to him in hand payd and deliued by Gyles Rickett Sen of Plym weaver wherof he doth acknowledg him self fully satisfyed and payd hath freely and absolutely bargained and sold vnto the said Gyles Rickett All those his nine acrees of vpland lying at Taughtacanteist hill on the south side Plymouth brooke six acrees whereof was lately purchased of mr Steeven Hopkins and thother three acrees of Samuell Ffuller wth all and euery thapprtencs therevnto belonging and all his Right title & interrest of and into the same and euery pt & pcell thereof To haue and to hold the said Nine acrees of vpland wth all and singuler thapprtencs therevnto belonging vnto the said Giles Rickett his heires and Assignes for eu and to the onely pper use & behoofe of him the said Gyles Rickett his heires and Assignes for euer." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 12:114]
c. 1650, "Passengers in the Mayflower ... Mr. Stephen Hopkins and Elizabeth his wife, and two children called Giles and Constanta, a daughter, both by a former wife. And two more by this wife called Damaris and Oceanus; the last was born at sea. And two servants called Edward Doty and Edward Lester." [William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647]
29 June 1652, "The Court haue agreed with Captaine Standish about the house that was Mr Hopkinses, in which hee is to see that a convenient place bee made to keepe the common stocke of powder and shott, and the countrie to make other vse therof as they shall haue occation for the meetings of the comitties & juryes and other such like vses; and it is to bee repaired att the countryes charge, provided, that when the owners doe make vse therof, they are to make satisfaction for the repairing therof." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 3:14]
24 June 1685, "To all people to whom these psents shall com, Nathaniell Wood, alias Attwood, of New Plymouth ... for & in consideration of the full & just sum of four pounds of curant mony of New England aforesaid, to mee in hand by Mr Nathaniell Clarke, of the town & colony of New Plimouth ... confirme vnto the said Nathaniell Clarke, & to his heires ... all that my small pention, platt, or portion of land, scituate, lyeing, & being in the towne of Plimouth aforesaid, & is bounded toward the south p the lands formerly of Mr Stephen Hopkins, deceased, but late in the tenure of James Cole ..." [Massachusetts, Plymouth, Court Records, in PCR 6:161-162]
Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, 1995. In 2:986-989, a summary and sources for Stephen Hopkins, including: "... MIGRATION: 1620 on Mayflower, FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth, OCCUPATION: Tanner and merchant ... EDUCATION: He signed his will. The inventory included 'diverse books' valued at 12s. ... BIRTH: By about 1582 based on estimated date of first marriage. ... MARRIAGE: ... (2) St. Mary Matfellon, Whitechapel, London, 19 Feb. 1617/8 Elizabeth Fisher. She died at Plymouth sometime in the early 1640s before her husband, who desired to be buried next to her; Bradford indicated that both she and her husband had lived in Plymouth above twenty years. ... COMMENTS: It has been suggested but not proved that Stephen Hopkins was son of Stephen Hopkins, a clothier of Wortley, Wooten Underedge, Gloucestershire. There was a Stephen Hopkins who was the minister's clerk on the vessel Sea Venture which met with a hurricane in 1609 while on a voyage to Virginia. One of one hundred and fifty survivors marooned on Bermuda, he fomented a mutiny and was sentenced to death, but 'so penitent he was and made so much moan, alleging the ruin of his wife and children in this his trespass,' that his friends procured a pardon from the Governor."
Austin, John D., compiler, Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations, 1988. On p. 1-3, "Stephen Hopkins was probably the man of that name hired as a minister's clerk aboard the Sea Venture, a vessel that sailed 2 June 1609 for Virginia, the party arriving 24 May 1610. No evidence has been found of Hopkins' residence in Virginia, and it is presumed that he soon returned to his family in England. In 1620, he joined the Mayflower company as a merchant adventurer, residing then just outside London Wall near Aldgate. His family was the largest aboard, and a fourth child was born on the voyage. He was called a tanner or leathermaker at the time of the voyage; later, a merchant and planter. His first residence at Plymoouth was on the slope from the highway to the beach, not far from Plymouth Rock. He built a house at Yarmouth but returned to Plymouth and gave the Yarmouth dwelling to son Giles, who remained there."
Bowman, George Ernest, "The Will and Inventory of Stephen Hopkins", The Mayflower Descendant, 2:12-17, Jan. 1900. "The exact date of the death of Stephen Hopkins is unknown, but he must have died at Plymouth, in the year 1644, between June 6, the day his will was made, and July 17, the day his inventory was taken."
Davis, William Thomas, ed., Records of the Town of Plymouth, v. 1-3, 1889. Transcriptions of the town records of Plymouth mentions Stephen Hopkins, abbreviated PTR in above references.
Doherty, Kieran, Sea Venture: Shipwreck, Survival, and the Salvation of the First English Colony in the New World, 2007. On p. 249-250: "Stephen Hopkins. The preachy man who served as an assistant to the Reverend Richard Bucke on board the Sea Venture, and who was sentenced to death for mutiny and then reprieved in Bermuda, returned to England sometime around 1612. His first wife - her name is thought to be Mary - died in 1613 and he married for a second time, in 1618, to a woman named Elizabeth Fisher. In 1620, Hopkins took ship for the New World for a second time, sailing with the nonconformist Pilgrims on the Mayflower. Eventually, Hopkins - who was one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact - became a man of some consequence in Plymouth Colony, acting as an emissary to the native people of the region. Still, he managed to get in trouble with the somewhat stodgy Pilgrim fathers several times, being charged with assault, price gouging, and failure to properly regulate the amount of alcohol consumed in his dwelling. Hopkins died in June or early July 1644. His wife, Elizabeth, died in Plymouth in 1649."
Higgins, Mrs. Katharine Chapin, Richard Higgins, A Resident and Pioneer Settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his Descendants, 1918. On p. 21-22: "Stephen Hopkins ... was the 14th Signer of the Mayflower Compact. He brought with him his servants Edward Doty and Edward Lister. Stephen was intelligent, robust, enterprising, and practical, quick to see a point, and fertile in expedients, was not averse to a setto with anyone who crossed his path."
Johnson, Caleb, "The True Origin of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower", The American Genealogist, 73:161-171, July 1998. "It has been claimed for nearly seventy years that Stephen Hopkins, a passenger on the Mayflower in 1620, was born at Wortley, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England. Additionally, it has been claimed that his first wife was Constance Dudley, though this claim was made without any supporting evidence. This article will show that Stephen Hopkins was, in fact, from an entirely different part of England, and will disprove the long-standing Constance Dudley myth. Additionally, evidence will be presented supporting the conclusion that Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower was indeed the same man as the Stephen Hopkins who sailed for Jamestown, Virginia, on the Sea Venture in 1609 and was wrecked in Bermuda, as has long been speculated ... Stephen and Mary Hopkins were the parents of Elizabeth, Constance, and Giles ... an administration on the estate of Mary Hopkins in 1613. Her estate inventory was dated 10 May 1613, and administration was granted on 12 May 1613 to 'Roberto Lyte [vir] gard de hursly' and 'Thome Syms vir supra[vi]sor p[er] paurer' during the minority of 'Constance, Eliza et Egidij' (in that order). The inventory follows ... 'An inventory of the goods and Chattells of / Mary Hopkins of Hursley in the Countie of / South[amp]ton widowe deceased'"
Pagel, William Rush, A Mayflower Lineage of Twelve Generations Principally Through Paine and Cross, 1974. On p. 4-14: "There is no absolute agreement among researchers as to the number of children born to Stephen Hopkins by his two wives. Counting all of the children who have been listed by various authorities, there is a total of twelve possible offspring ... by the first wife, Constance Dudley, 1. Constance ... 2. William ... 3. Giles ... 4. Stephen, Jr. ... by the second wife, Elizabeth Fisher, 5. Damaris ... 6. Oceanus ... 7. Deborah ... 8. Caleb ... 9. Damaris ... 10. Ruth ... 11. Jane ... 12. Elizabeth ... Jane was in Bermuda in 1655 ... In the Bermuda records of Jane's trial it is stated 'the jury of the Commonwealth of England doth present Jane Hopkins, one of the passengers in the Mayflower, for that she hath felonously and wickedly consulted and covenanted with the Devil ...' Jane was tried and executed"
Philbrick, Nathaniel, Mayflower: A Voyage to War, 2006. On p. 25-26: "It was in Southampton that [the Leideners] met the so-called Strangers - passengers recruited by the Adventurers to take the places of those who had chosen to remain in Holland ... Stephen Hopkins was making his second trip to America. Eleven years earlier in 1609 he had sailed on the Sea Venture for Virginia, only to become shipwrecked in Bermuda - an incident that became the basis for Shakespeare's The Tempest. While on Bermuda, Hopkins had been part of an attempted mutiny and been sentenced to hang, but pleading tearfully for his life, he was, at the last minute, given a reprieve. Hopkins spent two years in Jamestown before returning to England and was now accompanied by his pregnant wife, Elizabeth; his son, Giles; and daughters Constance and Damaris, along with two servants, Edward Doty and Edward Leister."
Pulsifer, David, ed., Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England, v. 9-12, 1859-1861. Transcriptions of the court records of Plymouth mentions Stephen Hopkins, abbreviated PCR in above references. Acts of the Commissioners in v. 9-10, Laws in v. 11, Deeds &c. in v. 12.
Shurtleff, Nathaniel B., ed., Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England, v. 1-8, 1855-1857. Transcriptions of the court records of Plymouth mentions Stephen Hopkins, abbreviated PCR in above references. Court Orders in v. 1-6, Miscellaneous Records in v. 7, Judicial Acts in v. 8.
Stratton, Eugene Aubrey, Plymouth Colony: Its History & People, 1620-1691, 1986. On p. 308-310: "Hopkins, Stephen - He most likely was the Stephen Hopkins who sailed on the Seaventure to Virginia in 1609, but was shipwrecked in Bermuda, where he was almost hanged for mutiny. He spent two years in Jamestown, where he learned much of later use to the Plymouth colonists (Adventurers of Purse and Person - Virginia 1607-1625, ed. by Annie Lash Jester with Martha Woodroof Hiden, 2nd ed. (1964), p. 213-17). See also the excellent account of his family in Dawes-Gates 2:443-51, which includes the reasoning for believing that the Stephen Hopkins of Virginia was identical with the one of Plymouth. Hopkins arrived at Plymouth on the 1620 Mayflower accompanied by his wife, Elizabeth, and his sons Giles and Oceanus, and daughters Constance and Damaris, Oceanus having been born at sea on the Mayflower, plus two servants, Edward Doty and Edward Leister. Damaris died during the early years, and Hopkins and his wife later had a second daughter Damaris. He was probably also one of the dissenters at Plymouth whose actions led to the necessity for drafting the Mayflower Compact. Bradford ... and Mourt's Relation ... tell how in 1621 the colonists sent Mr. Edward Winslow and Mr. Stephen Hopkins on a mission to visit Massasoit. Mourt's Relation ... also shows how Hopkins warned colonists on an early expedition about an Indian trap to catch deer, and how Bradford, not hearing the warning, stepped on the trap and was immediately caught by his leg. When Samoset first came to the settlement on 16 February 1620/21, the Englishmen were suspicious of him, and they 'lodged him that night at Steven Hopkins house, and watched him' ... Hopkins was an Assistant at least as early as 1633, and he continued in 1634, 1635, and 1636. He was on the original freeman list, and he was a volunteer in the Pequot War (PCR 1:61). Keeping in mind the delicate balance in Plymouth between 'covenant' and 'noncovenant' colonists, it is reasonable to assume that Hopkins must have been a leader of the non-Separatist settlers, and in his career at Plymouth can be seen some of the ambiguity that attached to the non-Separatists living in a Separatist colony. On 7 June 1636, at a time when Hopkins was an Assistant, the General Court found him guilty of battery against John Tisdale, and he was fined £5, and ordered to pay Tisdale forty shillings, the court observing that he had broken the King's peace, 'wch he ought after a speciall manner to have kept' (PCR 1:42). ... He dated his will 6 June 1644, inventory 17 July 1644, ... Ralph D. Phillips, "Hopkins Family of Wortley, Gloucestershire - Possible Ancestry of Stephen Hopkins," TAG 39:95, suggests that he might have come from the parish of Wotten-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, but the evidence is not sufficient to say positively. Some writers, such as Banks in English Ancestry, pp. 61-64, and Jacobus in Waterman Family, 1:86, have felt that his wife, Elizabeth, may have been Elizabeth Fisher, whom a Stephen Hopkins married at London 19 February 1617/18 - Mourt's Relation, p. 15, states that he was of London. If so, she would have been a second wife, for the births of some of his children would predate this marriage. ..."
Virkus, Frederick Adams, ed., Immigrant Ancestors: A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America before 1750, 1986. On p. 39: "Hopkins, Stephen (1583-1644), came in the Mayflower, 1620; as commissioner with Gov. Winslow, made treaty of peace with Massasoit, 1621; mem. expdn. which crushed Neponset's conspiracy, 1623; asst., 1633-36; mem. Council of War for the Colony, 1642-44; in Pequot War, 1637; m Constance Dudley; m 2d, 1617, or earlier, Elizabeth Fisher (d bet 1640-44)."
Willison, George F., Saints and Strangers, 1945. On p. 441: "Mayflower ... Strangers ... Hopkins, Master Stephen (c.1585-1644) - of Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire. Shipwrecked on Bermuda while on way to Virginia and condemned to death for leading mutiny there, 1609-10; joined to Captain Standish for 'counsel and advice on First Discovery, being only one of passengers with any knowledge of New World; accompanies Winslow on visit to Massasoit at Sowams, 1621; Purchaser, 1626; asst. governor, 1633-36, and probably 1624-32; frequently in conflict with authorities in later years. ---, Mrs. Elizabeth (---) ( -c.1640) - Hopkins' second wife. Bore five more children at Plymouth (Giles and Constance were Hopkins' children by 1st wife)."