Hopkins, Abigail

1644 - 1691  (46 years)

• Name	Hopkins, Abigail  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
  Birth	12 Oct 1644	Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA   [2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13]
  	20190805HAv- re-worked: Hopkins, Giles (8) facts Plymouth Colony, p.307 -A son of Stephen Hopkins, q.v., Giles came to Plymouth with his father on the 1620 Mayflower, and on 9 October 1639 he married Catherine Wheldon (PCR 1:134; MD 13:85). The will of Giles [p.308] Hopkins of Eastham, dated 19 January 1682/83, codicil 5 March 1688/89, proved 16 April 1690, mentioned - his wife "Catorne," and - sons Stephen, William, Caleb, and Joshua (MD 1:110). MD 7:236-37 gives the births of his children, as later recorded at Eastham, as Mary, November 1640; Stephen, September 1642; John, 1643 (died at age of three months); Abigail, October 1644; Deborah, June 1648; Caleb, January 1650/51; Ruth, June 1653; Joshua, June 1657; William, 9 January 1660/61; and Elizabeth, November 1664 (died one month old).
  Gender	Female
  Mayflower desc_1	Stephanie Watson Davis from Giles Hopkins  [16]
  	20251123GHLn- 22 November 2025 Stephanie Watson Davis I descend from Hopkins as well! Giles Hopkins 1607-1688 Catherine Whelden 1617-1688 Abigail Hopkins 1644-1691 William Merrick 1643-1732 Nathaniel Merrick 1675-1743 Alice Freeman 1673-1756 Ebenezer King 1700-1790 Mercy Merrick 1704-1775 Jonathan O'Kiley 1721-1799 Priscilla King 1732-1768 Sylvanus Kelley 1755-1830 Ruth A. Kniffen 1759-1843 Jonathan Kelley 1786-1835 Anna Mayes 1795-1865 William J. Kelley 1817-1901 Susan Bellows 1818-1890 Orlando Hawver 1854-1930 Cora Jane Kelley 1860-1933 James Elmer Hawver 1885-1930 Ethel Gertrude Varney 1887-1970 Frank Ellsworth Potter 1906-1979 Dorac Ellen Hawver 1911-2001 Frank Chas Woodcock 1930-2009 Jeannette Potter Charles Watson 1944- Denise Woodcock Stephanie Watson Davis
  FSID	LTXW-J4H  [17, 18, 19, 20, 21]
  Death	22 Apr 1691	Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA   [2, 3, 9]
  Person ID	I111097	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	Hopkins, Gyles,   b. 1609, Hursley, Hampshire, England d. 1689, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Whelden, Catherine,   c. 6 Mar 1617, Basford, Nottinghamshire, England d. Aft 16 Apr 1688, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age ~ 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	9 Oct 1639	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F592	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Merrick, William,   b. 15 Sep 1643, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA d. 30 Oct 1732, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 89 years)
  Children	1. Merrick, Lieutenant Nathaniel,   b. 1675, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA d. 13 Nov 1743, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F62775	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 12 Oct 1644 - Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA Death - 22 Apr 1691 - Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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MD 7:236-37 gives the births of his children, as later recorded at Eastham, as Mary, November 1640; Stephen, September 1642; John, 1643 (died at age of three months); Abigail, October 1644; Deborah, June 1648; Caleb, January 1650/51; Ruth, June 1653; Joshua, June 1657; William, 9 January 1660/61; and Elizabeth, November 1664 (died one month old). 20190805HAv- re-worked: Hopkins, Giles (8) facts Plymouth Colony, p.307 -A son of Stephen Hopkins, q.v., Giles came to Plymouth with his father on the 1620 Mayflower, and on 9 October 1639 he married Catherine Wheldon (PCR 1:134; MD 13:85). The will of Giles [p.308] Hopkins of Eastham, dated 19 January 1682/83, codicil 5 March 1688/89, proved 16 April 1690, mentioned - his wife "Catorne," and - sons Stephen, William, Caleb, and Joshua (MD 1:110). MD 7:236-37 gives the births of his children, as later recorded at Eastham, as Mary, November 1640; Stephen, September 1642; John, 1643 (died at age of three months); Abigail, October 1644; Deborah, June 1648; Caleb, January 1650/51; Ruth, June 1653; Joshua, June 1657; William, 9 January 1660/61; and Elizabeth, November 1664 (died one month old). 20190805HAv- re-worked: Hopkins, Giles (8) facts Plymouth Colony, p.307 -A son of Stephen Hopkins, q.v., Giles came to Plymouth with his father on the 1620 Mayflower, and on 9 October 1639 he married Catherine Wheldon (PCR 1:134; MD 13:85). The will of Giles [p.308] Hopkins of Eastham, dated 19 January 1682/83, codicil 5 March 1688/89, proved 16 April 1690, mentioned - his wife "Catorne," and - sons Stephen, William, Caleb, and Joshua (MD 1:110). MD 7:236-37 gives the births of his children, as later recorded at Eastham, as Mary, November 1640; Stephen, September 1642; John, 1643 (died at age of three months); Abigail, October 1644; Deborah, June 1648; Caleb, January 1650/51; Ruth, June 1653; Joshua, June 1657; William, 9 January 1660/61; and Elizabeth, November 1664 (died one month old). 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TNG ID: I111097

FSID: LTXW-J4H