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From STEPHEN HOPKINS of the Mayflower, 66 descendants who fought (*= father & son fought):
Joseph Snow (Thankful Snow, Nicholas Snow, Mark Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Isaac Snow (Jonathan Snow, Nicholas Snow, Mark Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Mark Snow (Jonathan Snow, Nicholas Snow, Mark Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Nicolas Snow (Nathaniel Snow, Nicholas Snow, Mark Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
David Snow (Jonathan Snow, Prence Snow, Mark Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Reuben Hinckley (Lydia Snow, Thomas Snow, Mark Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Elknah Hinckley (Lydia Snow, Thomas Snow, Mark Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Thomas Snow (Thomas Snow, Thomas Snow, Mark Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Daniel Paine (Jonathan Paine, Thomas Paine, Mary Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Edward White (Abigail Paine, Thomas Paine, Mary Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Ephraim Paine (Joshua Paine, Thomas Paine, Mary Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Barnabas Paine (Joshua Paine, Thomas Paine, Mary Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Elisha Cleveland (Abigail Paine, Elisha Paine, Mary Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Josiah Cleveland (Abigail Paine, Elisha Paine, Mary Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
John Cleveland (Abigail Paine, Elisha Paine, Mary Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Ebenezer Cleveland (Abigail Paine, Elisha Paine, Mary Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Aaron Cleveland (Abigail Paine, Elisha Paine, Mary Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Abraham Paine (Abraham Paine, Elisha Paine, Mary Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Elisha Paine (Elisha Paine, Elisha Paine, Mary Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Levi Adams (Doane Paine, Elisha Paine, Mary Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
David Adams (Levi Adams, Doane Paine, Elisha Paine, Mary Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Barnabas Freeman (Mary Paine, John Paine, Mary Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Ebenezer Cook (Mercy Paine, John Paine, Mary Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Joseph Paine (Richard Paine, Joseph Paine, Mary Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Israel Higgins Jr (Israel Higgins Sr, Hannah Cole, Mary Paine, Mary Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Jeremiah Walker (Jeremiah Walker, Jabez Walker, Sarah Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Solomon Smith (Susanna Snow, Benjamin Snow, Joseph Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Simeon Brown (Joseph Brown, Ruth Snow, Joseph Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Joshua Cook (Zilpha Brown, Ruth Snow, Joseph Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Israel Higgins (Ruth Brown, Ruth Snow, Joseph Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Silvenis Higgins (Ruth Brown, Ruth Snow, Joseph Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
William Smith (Mercy Snow, Stephen Snow, Joseph Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS) [died in action]
Benjamin Smith (Ruth Snow, Stephen Snow, Joseph Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Heman King (Ebenezer King, Bathshuah Snow, Joseph Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Benjamin Smith (John Smith, Bethiah Snow, Stephen Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Thomas Smith (John Smith, Bethiah Snow, Stephen Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Seth Smith (Seth Smith, Bethiah Snow, Stephen Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Ebenezer Snow (Susanna Snow, Ebenezer Snow, Stephen Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Aaron Snow (Susanna Snow, Ebenezer Snow, Stephen Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Jedediah Snow (Susanna Snow, Ebenezer Snow, Stephen Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Elnathan Snow (Thomas Snow, Ebenezer Snow, Stephen Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Nathaniel Snow (Nathaniel Snow, Ebenezer Snow, Stephen Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Samuel Snow (Nathaniel Snow, Ebenezer Snow, Stephen Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Moses Snow (Aaron Snow, Ebenezer Snow, Stephen Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Ensign Nickerson (Bathshuah Snow, Ebenezer Snow, Stephen Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Barzillai King* (Ebenezer King, Bathshuah Snow, Stephen Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Nathaniel King* (Barzillai King*, Ebenezer King, Bathshuah Snow, Stephen Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
John Yates (Thankful King, Roger King, Bathshua Snow, Stephen Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Solomon Wright (Phebe Smalley, Rebecca Snow, John Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
David Smalley (James Smalley, Rebecca Snow, John Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Ebenezer Snow (William Snow, Isaac Snow, John Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Samuel Nye (Mary Snow, John Snow, John Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
John Snow (Isaac Snow, John Snow, John Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Elisha Snow (Isaac Snow, John Snow, John Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Joseph Snow (Isaac Snow, John Snow, John Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Samuel Snow (Isaac Snow, John Snow, John Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Sylvanus Snow (Anthony Snow, John Snow, John Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Ephraim Harding (Nathan Harding, Hannah Rogers, Elizabeth Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Edward Snow (Silvanus Snow, Jabez Snow, Jabez Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
also (Hannah Cole, Israel Cole, Mary Paine, Mary Snow, CONSTANCE HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Jonathan Hopkins* (Joseph Hopkins, Stephen Hopkins, Gyles Hopkins, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Joseph Hopkins* (Jonathan Hopkins*, Joseph Hopkins, Stephen Hopkins, Gyles Hopkins, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Elijah Hopkins (Sylvanus Hopkins, Judah Hopkins, Stephen Hopkins, GILES HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Miles Cook (Thomas Cook, Thomas Cooke, Richard Cooke, Deborah Hopkins, GILES HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
David Godfrey (David Godfrey, Deborah Cooke, Deborah Hopkins, GILES HOPKINS, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
Tisdale Hodges (Mercy Cooke, John Cooke, Caleb Cooke, Damaris Hopkins, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
James Doty (Edward Doty, John Doty, John Doty, Elizabeth Cooke, Damaris Hopkins, STEPHEN HOPKINS)
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Will of Stephen Hopkins
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 blessed be God yet considering the fraile estate of all men I do ordaine and make this to be my last will and testament in manner and forme following and first I do committ my body to the earth from whence it was taken, and my soule to the Lord who gave it, my body to b eburyed as neare as convenyently may be to my wyfe Deceased And first my will is that out of my whole estate my funerall expences be discharged secondly that out of the remayneing part of my said estate that all my lawfull Debts be payd thirdly I do bequeath by this my will to my sonn Giles Hopkins my great Bull wch is now in the hands of Mris Warren. Also I do give to Stephen Hopkins my sonn Giles his sonne twenty shillings in Mris Warrens hands for the hire of the said Bull Also I give and bequeath to my daughter Constanc Snow the wyfe of Nicholas Snow my mare also I give unto my daughter Deborah Hopkins the brodhorned black cowe and her calf and half the Cowe called Motley Also I doe give and bequeath unto my daughter Damaris Hopkins the Cowe called Damaris heiffer and the white faced calf and half the cowe called Mottley Also I give to my daughter Ruth the Cowe called Red Cole and her calfe and a Bull at Yarmouth wch is in the keepeing of Giles Hopkins wch is an yeare and advantage old and half the curld Cowe Also I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth the Cowe called Smykins and her calf and thother half of the Curld Cowe wth Ruth and an yearelinge heiffer wth out a tayle in the keeping of Gyles Hopkins at Yarmouth Also I do give and bequeath 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 are moveable belonging to my said house of what kynd soever and not named by their prticular names all wch said mooveables to be equally devided amongst my said daughters foure silver spoones that is to say to eich of them one, And in case any of my said daughters should be taken away by death before they be marryed that then the part of their division to be equally devided amongst the Survivors. I do also by this my will make Caleb Hopkins my sonn and heire apparent giveing and bequeathing unto my said sonn aforesaid all my Right title and interrest to my house and lands at Plymouth wth all the Right title and interrest wch doth might or of Right doth or may hereafter belong unto mee, as also I give unto my saide heire all such land wch of Right is Rightly due unto me and not at prsent in my reall possession wch belongs unto me by right of my first comeing into this land or by any other due Right, as by such freedome or otherwise giveing unto my said heire my full & whole and entire Right in all divisions allottments appoyntments or distributions whatsoever to all or any pt of the said lande at any tyme or tymes so to be disposed Also I do give moreover unto my foresaid heire one paire or yooke of oxen and the hyer of them wch are in the hands of Richard Church as may appeare by bill under his hand Also I do give unto my said heire Caleb Hopkins all my debts wch are now oweing unto me, or at the day of my death may be oweing unto mee either by booke bill or bills or any other way rightfully due unto mee ffurthermore my will is that my daughters aforesaid shall have free recourse to my house in Plymouth upon any occation there to abide and remayne for such tyme as any of them shall thinke meete and convenyent & they single persons And for the faythfull prformance of this my will I do make and ordayne my aforesaid sonn and heire Caleb Hopkins my true and lawfull Executor ffurther I do by this my will appoynt and make my said sonn and Captaine Miles Standish joyntly supervisors of this my will according to the true meaneing of the same that is to say that my Executor & supervisor shall make the severall divisions parts or porcons legacies or whatsoever doth appertaine to the fullfilling of this my will It is also my will that my Executr & Supervisor shall advise devise and dispose by the best wayes & meanes they cann for the disposeing in marriage or other wise for the best advancnt of the estate of the forenamed Deborah Damaris Ruth and Elizabeth Hopkins Thus trusting in the Lord my will shalbe truly prformed according to the true meaneing of the same I committ the whole Disposeing hereof to the Lord that hee may direct you herein
June 6th 1644
Witnesses hereof By me Steven Hopkins
Myles Standish
William Bradford
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Pilgrim Criminal Records
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Even the Pilgrims were not always perfect "Christian angels". In fact, some racked up quite a criminal history. It could certainly be noted,
however, that the Pilgrims who did rack up criminal histories all belonged to the London contingent, and were not the religious Separatists from Leyden. This list is not meant to be comprehensive.
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STEPHEN HOPKINS:
1607: Mutiny on ship bound for Virginia. Sentenced to death, but sentence commuted on behalf of his wife and children.
1636: Assault and Battery of John Tisdale, fined £5. 40s.
1637: Disorderly Conduct: Allowing drinking and scuffleboard in his house on a Sunday, allowing servants to get drunk.
1638: Disorderly Conduct: Allowing three friends to get drunk at his house
1638: Price Fixing: Selling beer and nutmeg above the accepted price limit
1638: Breach of Contract: Failing to properly provide for his servant Dorothy Temple per his contract.
1639: Illegal Sale of Alcohol without a License
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Hopkins, Stephen
Plymouth Colony, p.308
-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.
Plymouth Colony, p.308
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 (Ford) 1:219, and Mourt's Relation, p. 40, tell how in 1621 the colonists sent Mr. Edward Winslow and Mr. Stephen Hopkins on a mission to visit Massasoit. Mourt's Relation, pp. 7-8, 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" (Mourt's Relation, p. 33). 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).
Plymouth Colony, p.308
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 [p.309] he ought after a speciall manner to have kept" (PCR 1:42). On 2 October 1637 he was presented twice, first for suffering men to drink in his house on the Lord's day before meeting ended, and for allowing servants and others to drink more than proper for ordinary refreshing, and second for suffering servants and others to sit drinking in his house contrary to orders of the court, and to play at shovel board and like misdemeanors (PCR 1:68). On 2 January 1637/38 Hopkins was presented for suffering excessive drinking in his house "as old Palmer, James Coale, & William Renolds" (PCR 1:75). On 5 June 1638 he was presented for selling beer for two pence a quart which was not worth a penny a quart, and for selling wine at excessive rates "to the oppressing & impovishing of the colony"; he was fined £5 for some of these offenses, including selling strong waters and nutmegs at excessive rates (PCR 1:87, 97). In the Dorothy Temple case (see text) he was "committed to ward for his contempt to the Court, and shall so remayne comitted untill hee shall either receive his servant Dorothy Temple, or els pvide for her elsewhere at his owne charge during the terme shee hath yet to serve him" (PCR 1:112). On 3 December 1639 he was presented for selling a looking glass for sixteen pence which could be bought in the Bay Colony for nine pence, and he was also fined £3 for selling strong water without license" (PCR 1:137). Jonathan Hatch, who from the records seems to have been a recurring disciplinary problem in the colony, on 5 April 1642 was ordered by the court to dwell with Mr. Stephen Hopkins, "& the said Mr Hopkins to have a speciall care of him" (PCR 2:38).
Plymouth Colony, p.309
He dated his will 6 June 1644, inventory 17 July 1644, and mentioned his deceased wife; sons Giles and Caleb; daughter Constance, wife of Nicholas Snow; daughters Deborah, Damaris, Ruth and Elizabeth; and grandson Stephen, son of his son Giles (MD 2:12). 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. Dawes-Gates 2:443, citing the London marriage record, states that his wife was "undoubtedly" Elizabeth Fisher. Timothy Hopkins, "Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower and Some of His Descendants," NEHGR 102:46, 98, 197, 257, 103:24, 85, 166, 304, 104:52, 123, 213, 296, 105:32, 100, covers some of his early generations, but it is not documented. George E. Bowman wrote an article in MD 5:47 to consolidate much of the early information known about his family. A popularized biography of Stephen Hopkins was written by Margaret Hodges, Hopkins of the Mayflower-Portrait of a Dissenter (New York, 1972). Claims that a John Hopkins of Hartford, Connecticut, was his son are baseless. By his first wife he had Constance, who married Nicholas Snow, and [p.310] Giles, who married Catherine Wheldon. By Elizabeth Fisher he had the Damaris, who died young; Oceanus, who died young; Caleb, who died at Barbados as an adult without issue; Deborah, who married Andrew Ring; the second Damaris, who married Jacob Cooke, son of Francis; Ruth, who died without issue; and Elizabeth, who died without issue (Dawes-Gates, 2:449).
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From D.A.C. Stephen Hopkins born Eng., was the 14th signer of the Mayflower Compact; was in the first encounter with the Indians; was a member of Standish's Military Company formed 1621; also served as Governor's Asst. 1633-1636 and was a member of the Council of War for Plymouth colony 1642. He died 1644; married 1st Constance Dudley.
Children of Stephen by 1st wife:
1. Constance Hopkins, b. 1605; m. Nicholas Snow.
2. Giles Hopkins, b. ca 1607; m. Catherine Wheldon (Weldon) Oct. 9, 1639.
Children of Stephen Hopkins and Elizabeth Fisher:
1. Damaris Hopkins, b. 1619; d. young.
2. Oceanus Hopkins, b. 1620 on Mayflower; d. before 1627.
3. Caleb Hopkins, b. 1623.
4. Deborah Hopkins, b. 1625; m. Andrew Ring.
5. Damaris Hopkins, b. 1627.
6. Ruth Hopkins.
7. Elizabeth Hopkins.
MAYFLOWER PASSENGER - GILES or GYLES HOPKINS
Giles Hopkins, (Stephen) came on Mayflower with father; m. Catherine Wheldon Oct. 9, 1639 (Plymouth Colonial Vital Records). She was daughter of Gabruel Wheldon of Yarnouth. Giles died after Mch. 15, 1689, when he made a codicil to this will (Mayflower Descendants I, p. 110) and April 26, 1690, when his will was probated (Mayflower Descendant II, p. 117). His widow survived.
Children of Giles and Catherin Wheldon (Weldon):
1. Mary Hopkins, b. Nov. 1640; m. Samuel Smith Jan. 3, 1665. See Smith.
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From The Mayflower Society, (*Mary Kent Hopkins mentioned here):
Stephen Hopkins was one of the most adventurous of the passengers aboard the Mayflower. He traveled with his second wife, Elizabeth (Fisher) Hopkins, and children Constanta, Giles and Damaris. Elizabeth was pregnant during the voyage and gave birth to a son Oceanus while at sea. Two indentured servants accompanied the family, Edward Doty and Edward Leister.
Stephen was baptized at All Saints Church, at Upper Clatford, Hampshire, England, on the last of April, 1581, the son of John and Elizabeth (Williams) Hopkins. He died at Plymouth, between 6 June and 17 July 1644. Stephen married 1) before 13 May 1604, Mary Kent; he married 2) at St. Mary Matfellon, Whitechapel, Middlesex, 19 February 1617/18, Elizabeth Fisher.
This was not Stephen’s first voyage to the New World. In 1609 he signed on as a minister’s clerk, aboard the Sea Venture at Plymouth, England, the flagship of a fleet of seven headed to Jamestown, along with Jamestown’s Governor Sir Thomas Gates and the Rev. Richard Buck. Stephen left his wife Mary and three children behind and would be gone seven years. After a hurricane which sent their damaged ship to Bermuda, they spent many months repairing it so they could continue to Jamestown. During this time, Stephen argued that the Governor had no authority over them while they were on land. He was found guilty of “Mutinie and Rebellion” and sentenced to death. He was so penitent, asking the court to consider the plight of his wife and children, that he was pardoned. The group eventually made their way to Jamestown and spent the next few years rebuilding the colony. When Stephen returned to England by 1616, he learned that his first wife had died.
Stephen Hopkins was a signer of the Mayflower Compact, signed at Provincetown, 11 November 1620. In the 1623 land division, he received six acres. The cattle division of 1627 lists he and his wife Elizabeth, with children Gyles, Caleb, Deborah, and daughter Constance and her husband Nicholas Snow.
Stephen’s experiences in Jamestown made him valuable to the Plymouth settlement. He helped determine a suitable place to settle, and his dealings with the Native Americans were especially helpful. When Samoset and Squanto began their visits to Plymouth in 1621, they were housed in Stephen Hopkins’ home. It was also Hopkins who was chosen by Governor Carver to go with Edward Winslow and first approach Massasoit.
Stephen went on to serve as an Assistant of the Governor for many years, however he sometimes found himself on the other side of the law. In 1636, in his office as Assistant, he was fined £5.40s for breaking the King’s peace in dangerously wounding John Tisdale. At least three times he was fined for allowing men to drink excessively at his house, and several times fined for charging excessive prices for liquor and goods.
Children of Stephen and Mary (Kent) Hopkins:
- Elizabeth Hopkins, baptized at Hursley, 13 May 1604; died after 1613.
- Constance Hopkins, baptized at Hursley, May 11, 1606; died at Eastham, mid-October, 1677; married at Plymouth, circa 1626, Nicholas Snow and they had 12 children: Mark, Mary, Sarah, Joseph, Stephen, John, Elizabeth, Jabez and Ruth Snow, as well as three children whose names are not known. The possibility that one of the three unknowns may be the wife of Daniel Doane has not yet been proven.
- Giles Hopkins, baptized at Hursley, 30 January. 1607/08; died at Eastham, between 5 March 1688/89 and 16 April 1690; married at Plymouth, 9 October 1639, Katherine Whelden and had ten children: Mary, Stephen, John, Abigail, Deborah, Caleb, Ruth, Joshua, William and Elizabeth Hopkins.
Children of Stephen and Elizabeth (Fisher) Hopkins:
4. Damaris Hopkins, born in England, circa 1618; died young, after 22 May 1627.
5. Oceanus Hopkins, born at sea on the Mayflower, between 16 September and 11 November 1620; died before 22 May 1627.
6. Caleb Hopkins, born at Plymouth, circa 1623; died at Barbados between 6 June 1644 and 3 April 1651; no known issue.
7. Deborah Hopkins, born at Plymouth, circa 1624-26; died prob. at Plymouth, before 1674; married at Plymouth, 23 April 1646, Andrew Ring; they had six children: Elizabeth, William, Eleazer, Mary, Deborah and Susanna Ring.
8. Damaris Hopkins, born in Plymouth, circa 1628; died prob. at Plymouth, between 20 October 1666 and 18 November 1669; married prob. at Plymouth, soon after 10 June 1646, Jacob2 Cooke, (Francis1) and had seven children: Elizabeth, Caleb, Jacob, Mary, Martha, Francis and Ruth Cooke
9. Ruth Hopkins, born in Plymouth, circa 1630; died between 30 November 1644 and 3 April 1651; no further record.
10. Elizabeth Hopkins, born circa 1632 in Plymouth; died unmarried after October 1657 and possibly before 29 September 1659.
Sources:
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Stephen Hopkins, by John D. Austin, vol. 6. Plymouth, 2001.
Mayflower Passenger References, (from contemporary records and scholarly journals), by Susan E. Roser. 2011. pp. 249-63.
“Research into the English Origins of Mary and Elizabeth, the Wives of Stephen Hopkins,” by Simon Neal, Mayflower Quarterly 79 [March 2013]: 52-78.
“Investigation Into the Origins of Mary and Elizabeth, the Wives of Stephen Hopkins,” by Simon Neal, Mayflower Quarterly 78 [June 2012]: 122-139.
“Investigation Into the Origins of Mary, Wife of Stephen Hopkins of Hursley,” by Simon Neal, Mayflower Descendant 61 [Spring 2012]: 38-59; Mayflower Descendant 61 [Autumn 2012]: 134-154. [Detailed investigation into the Kent and Back families of Hursley, identifying Stephen’s wife Mary as Mary Kent alias Back, daughter of Robert Kent alias Back and Joan Machell.]
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Stephen Hopkins married his first wife, Mary Kent alias Back, daughter of Robert and Joan (Machell) Kent alias Back, by 1604 in England . She was born say 1583 and was buried at Hursley, Hampshire, England on 9 May 1613. Her burial record identifies her as a widow because she died thinking she was, Stephen having been shipwrecked in Bermuda enroute to Jamestown. T hey had 3 children: Elizabeth (who died in England), Constance Snow, and Giles. See Anderson's The Mayflower Migration, an update of his Great Migration Begins and The Pilgrim Migration.
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Burial: All Saints Churchyard
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1984955/all-saints-churchyard
Find A Grave contributor Ramona Michael adds:
Mary and Stephen's daughter, Constance Hopkins Snow, #8634 is unlinked because she is designated "famous". She came over on the Mayflower with her father, Stephen, her step-mother, Elizabeth Fisher Hopkins, her younger brother, Giles, and her half-sister, Damaris. Half-brother, Oceanus, was born onboard the Mayflower on the trip to America.
Constance's mother, Mary ____ (maiden name undocumented) died in 1613. Her older sister, Elizabeth, either died prior to the voyage of the Mayflower or stayed behind in England, as she is not listed on the passenger list.
It is believed that Mary Kent is the name of his first wife at this time. "FIRST MARRIAGE: Mary, possibly the daughter of Robert and Joan (Machell) Kent of Hursley, co. Hampshire, prior to 1604".
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From The Mayflower Society, (*Mary Kent Hopkins mentioned here):
Stephen Hopkins was one of the most adventurous of the passengers aboard the Mayflower. He traveled with his second wife, Elizabeth (Fisher) Hopkins, and children Constanta, Giles and Damaris. Elizabeth was pregnant during the voyage and gave birth to a son Oceanus while at sea. Two indentured servants accompanied the family, Edward Doty and Edward Leister.
Stephen was baptized at All Saints Church, at Upper Clatford, Hampshire, England, on the last of April, 1581, the son of John and Elizabeth (Williams) Hopkins. He died at Plymouth, between 6 June and 17 July 1644. Stephen married 1) before 13 May 1604, Mary Kent; he married 2) at St. Mary Matfellon, Whitechapel, Middlesex, 19 February 1617/18, Elizabeth Fisher.
This was not Stephen’s first voyage to the New World. In 1609 he signed on as a minister’s clerk, aboard the Sea Venture at Plymouth, England, the flagship of a fleet of seven headed to Jamestown, along with Jamestown’s Governor Sir Thomas Gates and the Rev. Richard Buck. Stephen left his wife Mary and three children behind and would be gone seven years. After a hurricane which sent their damaged ship to Bermuda, they spent many months repairing it so they could continue to Jamestown. During this time, Stephen argued that the Governor had no authority over them while they were on land. He was found guilty of “Mutinie and Rebellion” and sentenced to death. He was so penitent, asking the court to consider the plight of his wife and children, that he was pardoned. The group eventually made their way to Jamestown and spent the next few years rebuilding the colony. When Stephen returned to England by 1616, he learned that his first wife had died.
Stephen Hopkins was a signer of the Mayflower Compact, signed at Provincetown, 11 November 1620. In the 1623 land division, he received six acres. The cattle division of 1627 lists he and his wife Elizabeth, with children Gyles, Caleb, Deborah, and daughter Constance and her husband Nicholas Snow.
Stephen’s experiences in Jamestown made him valuable to the Plymouth settlement. He helped determine a suitable place to settle, and his dealings with the Native Americans were especially helpful. When Samoset and Squanto began their visits to Plymouth in 1621, they were housed in Stephen Hopkins’ home. It was also Hopkins who was chosen by Governor Carver to go with Edward Winslow and first approach Massasoit.
Stephen went on to serve as an Assistant of the Governor for many years, however he sometimes found himself on the other side of the law. In 1636, in his office as Assistant, he was fined £5.40s for breaking the King’s peace in dangerously wounding John Tisdale. At least three times he was fined for allowing men to drink excessively at his house, and several times fined for charging excessive prices for liquor and goods.
Children of Stephen and Mary (Kent) Hopkins:
Elizabeth Hopkins, baptized at Hursley, 13 May 1604; died after 1613.
Constance Hopkins, baptized at Hursley, May 11, 1606; died at Eastham, mid-October, 1677; married at Plymouth, circa 1626, Nicholas Snow and they had 12 children: Mark, Mary, Sarah, Joseph, Stephen, John, Elizabeth, Jabez and Ruth Snow, as well as three children whose names are not known. The possibility that one of the three unknowns may be the wife of Daniel Doane has not yet been proven.
Giles Hopkins, baptized at Hursley, 30 January. 1607/08; died at Eastham, between 5 March 1688/89 and 16 April 1690; married at Plymouth, 9 October 1639, Katherine Whelden and had ten children: Mary, Stephen, John, Abigail, Deborah, Caleb, Ruth, Joshua, William and Elizabeth Hopkins.
Children of Stephen and Elizabeth (Fisher) Hopkins:
4. Damaris Hopkins, born in England, circa 1618; died young, after 22 May 1627.
5. Oceanus Hopkins, born at sea on the Mayflower, between 16 September and 11 November 1620; died before 22 May 1627.
6. Caleb Hopkins, born at Plymouth, circa 1623; died at Barbados between 6 June 1644 and 3 April 1651; no known issue.
7. Deborah Hopkins, born at Plymouth, circa 1624-26; died prob. at Plymouth, before 1674; married at Plymouth, 23 April 1646, Andrew Ring; they had six children: Elizabeth, William, Eleazer, Mary, Deborah and Susanna Ring.
8. Damaris Hopkins, born in Plymouth, circa 1628; died prob. at Plymouth, between 20 October 1666 and 18 November 1669; married prob. at Plymouth, soon after 10 June 1646, Jacob2 Cooke, (Francis1) and had seven children: Elizabeth, Caleb, Jacob, Mary, Martha, Francis and Ruth Cooke
9. Ruth Hopkins, born in Plymouth, circa 1630; died between 30 November 1644 and 3 April 1651; no further record.
10. Elizabeth Hopkins, born circa 1632 in Plymouth; died unmarried after October 1657 and possibly before 29 September 1659.
Sources:
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Stephen Hopkins, by John D. Austin, vol. 6. Plymouth, 2001.
Mayflower Passenger References, (from contemporary records and scholarly journals), by Susan E. Roser. 2011. pp. 249-63.
“Research into the English Origins of Mary and Elizabeth, the Wives of Stephen Hopkins,” by Simon Neal, Mayflower Quarterly 79 [March 2013]: 52-78.
“Investigation Into the Origins of Mary and Elizabeth, the Wives of Stephen Hopkins,” by Simon Neal, Mayflower Quarterly 78 [June 2012]: 122-139.
“Investigation Into the Origins of Mary, Wife of Stephen Hopkins of Hursley,” by Simon Neal, Mayflower Descendant 61 [Spring 2012]: 38-59; Mayflower Descendant 61 [Autumn 2012]: 134-154. [Detailed investigation into the Kent and Back families of Hursley, identifying Stephen’s wife Mary as Mary Kent alias Back, daughter of Robert Kent alias Back and Joan Machell.]
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The following is based on the extensive research of author Simon Neal:
Stephen Hopkins' spouses:
Mary Kent is believed to be the first wife of Stephen Hopkins, born in Ratlake, Hampshire, in about 1580, the daughter of Robert and Joan Kent. Robert's father may have been named Andrew Kent. Joan's maiden name was probably Machill, or a variation thereof such as Machell, based on documents of the time. Research indicates Joan's parents' names were sometimes given as Robert and Joan Machell and that she (Joan the younger) had a brother Giles and sister Elizabeth. Giles and Elizabeth also appear as the names of two of Mary's children.[15][16]:58
Per Neal, the Machell and Kent families may have been able to trace their ancestries back to ancient times when they first appeared at the manor (then castle) of Merdon in Hursley parish, which could have been as early as the 13th century.[15]
On 20 November 1558, per the bequests of the will of Thomas Backe of the parish of Hursley, Robert Machyll (Machill) is cited as being an Overseer, Witness and one of those who had taken his estate inventory on 2 December 1558. Robert Machill was the father of Joan Kent and grandfather of Mary Kent, wife of Stephen Hopkins.[16]:59
Robert Machell, father of Joan Kent, appears in court records for the manor of Merdon, Hursley, Hants., on 26 October 1559.[15]:131,137
On 28 April 1560 Robert Machyll (Machill) is recorded in the Hampshire Record Office as being involved, with two others, in the estate inventory of Margaret Backe, late the wife of Andrew Backe of the parish of Hursley.[15]:53
The will of Robert Machell of Hursley, Hants., per the Hampshire Record Office. Will date: 24 January 1575, proved 25 April 1575. Persons mentioned in the will were Joan (wife), Giles (son), and Elizabeth and Joan (the younger) (daughters). Joan (the younger) would later be the mother of Mary Kent.[15]
Documents for the 1588 rental of the manor of Merdon at Hursley, Hants. lists Robert Kent, father of Mary Kent, renting at Ratlake for 5s a sum total of 46 acres (19 ha) consisting of house, orchard, garden yard, etc.[16]:60
Mary's father, Robert Kent, died when she was young, leaving her mother Joan a widow. Mary's ancestry is difficult to research, but author Simon Neal determined that she had originally come from the Hursley area. No marriage record has been found for Mary and Stephen who had three children together between probably 1603 and 1608 – Elizabeth, the eldest, Constance, and Giles. The baptism records for the three children have been located in the parish registers of Hursley, Hampshire. It is known that after their marriage around 1602 or before, Mary and Stephen resided with her mother Joan where they ran a small alehouse. Stephen departed for America in 1609, with his children being left in the care of his wife Mary and her mother Joan. In 1620 Stephen, his second wife Elizabeth and children Giles and Constance were Mayflower passengers.[15]:126–127,138
Manorial court documents relating to the manor of Merdon list the following court date and charge: 3 Sept. 3 James I (1605): Alehouse keepers – Joan Kent (and two others named) are charged with being common tipplers and have broken the assize of bread and ale. Therefore each of them is in mercy (fined) 4 pence. Joan Kent was the mother of Mary Kent, wife of Stephen Hopkins.[16]:62
Joan Machill's brother Giles was named in the manorial court for the manor of Merdon, Hursley, Hampshire, for a minor offense with a date of 3 October 1611. At the time Giles Machill was recorded as innkeeper of the Star and his sister Joan Kent was the alehouse keeper.[16]:64
In 1611 Joan died at about age 50, leaving the three Hopkins children in Mary's care. Mary died in 1613, at about age 33, with her burial entry appearing in parish registers on 9 May 1613 where she is described as the wife of Stephen Hopkins. Her inventory and administration were held on 12 May 1613 where it was noted she was the mother of Elizabeth, Giles and Constance and that she was a widow although at the time Stephen Hopkins was very much alive in Virginia. This may have been an error since apparently some monies from his employment at Jamestown did reach his wife and she may have known he was alive. In 1614 Hopkins received a letter at Jamestown informing him of his wife's death and shortly thereafter came back to England to care for his orphaned children.[15]:126[7]:164,165
Per author Neal, the Kent family continued its line through Giles Kent, Mary's probable brother, and continued to flourish in Hursley throughout the 17th century.[15]:138
Stephen Hopkins came on the Mayflower with Elizabeth Hopkins, possibly his second wife, although her situation is not clear and she may have been Hopkins' third or even fourth wife. His children Giles and Constance, are referred to by Bradford as being children of a former wife, who may have been Hopkins' first wife, although this also is not clear. This wife was also probably the mother of an older daughter Elizabeth who may have been deceased prior to the Mayflower departure.[15]:122 Author Simon Neal, in a June 2012 Mayflower Quarterly article on this family, for purposes of convenience, assumes Elizabeth to be Hopkins' second wife and the mother of Giles and Constance to be children of the unknown first wife. The identity of his wife Elizabeth is unknown, although there is a marriage record in the parish registers of St. Mary Whitechapel in London for a Stephen Hopkins to Elizabeth Fisher on 19 February 1617/18, and it has been commonly established that this is the second marriage of Mayflower passenger Stephen Hopkins. Although it cannot be particularly assumed that this was Hopkins' second marriage, it does fit into the time period.[15]:122 Although there is no evidence found to date of what happened to the Stephen Hopkins and Elizabeth Fisher who married at St. Mary Whitechapel, author Simon Neal assumes that they were the Mayflower couple for the purposes of his research on this family. A search by Neal of baptisms in St. Mary Whitechapel in the second half of the 16th century reveals an Elizabeth Fisher who was baptized on 3 March 1582, but her father is not named and it is almost impossible to find out anything about her family. This Elizabeth would have been about age 35 when she married Stephen Hopkins and would have been close to his age, as he was thought to have been born about 1581.[15]:123
Neal concludes that it is not possible to trace the origins of the Elizabeth Fisher who married Stephen Hopkins in the parish of St. Mary Whitechapel. She could have been from that parish or somewhere nearby in London or Stepney and of the Fisher family of Great Coates in North-east Lincolnshire. Neal emphasizes that there is no conclusive evidence that this is the same couple who embarked on the Mayflower but is assumed by most genealogists to be so.[15]:125 Elizabeth had already died when her husband Stephen wrote his will on 6 June 1644, as in it he asks to be buried next to his deceased wife Elizabeth.[7]:167
Children of Stephen Hopkins and his wife Mary, baptized in the parish of Hursley, co. Hampshire, England:
Elizabeth Hopkins was baptized on 13 March 1603/04. She was alive at her mother's death in 1613, but nothing else is known of her. As she did not board the Mayflower with her family, it is assumed she may have been married or deceased. Author Caleb Johnson believes she had died prior to the Mayflower sailing. This theory is given credence by the fact that Hopkins and his second wife Elizabeth also had a daughter named Elizabeth, born about 1632.[7]:165
Constance Hopkins was baptized on 11 May 1606 and died in Eastham, Plymouth Colony, in mid-October 1677. She was a Mayflower passenger in 1620. By 22 May 1627 she had married Nicholas Snow in Plymouth and had twelve children. Her husband was a passenger on the ship Anne in 1623 and died on 15 November 1676. Both Constance and Nicholas were probably buried in Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, where memorial plaques for each were placed in 1966 by descendants.[13]:307,354[17]:234,236
Giles Hopkins was baptized on 30 January 1607/08 and died in Eastham between 5 March 1688/9 and 16 April 1690. He was buried in Cove Burying Ground, Eastham. He was a Mayflower passenger in 1620. On 9 October 1639 he married Catherine Wheldon in Plymouth. Shortly thereafter they moved to Yarmouth, living there for about five years before moving to Eastham. They had ten children. Catherine was listed in his will (as "Catorne") but likely died sometime shortly after him.[17][13]:307,308[18]
Children of Stephen and Elizabeth Hopkins:[5][19]
Damaris (1) was born about 1618 in England and died young in Plymouth. Mayflower passenger.
Oceanus[20] was born at sea on the Mayflower voyage in the fall of 1620. He died by 22 May 1627.
Caleb was born in Plymouth about 1624. He became a seaman and died at Barbados between 1644 and 1651.
Deborah was born in Plymouth about 1626 and died probably before 1674. She married Andrew Ring at Plymouth on 23 April 1646 and had six children.
Damaris (2) was born in Plymouth about 1627-8 and died in Plymouth between January 1665/6 and 18 November 1669. She married Jacob Cooke after 10 June 1646 and had seven children. Jacob was a son of Pilgrim Francis Cooke.
Ruth was born about 1630 and died in Plymouth between 30 November 1644 and spring 1651. She was unmarried.
Elizabeth was born in Plymouth about 1632 and probably died before 6 October 1659. She was unmarried.[5][19]
Will and death
Stephen Hopkins died sometime between 6 June 1644, and 17 July of that year. He made his will on 6 June 1644, and requested that he be buried next to his deceased wife, Elizabeth. The inventory was taken on 17 July 1644, and mentions his deceased wife; his sons Giles and Caleb; his daughters Constance, Deborah, Damaris, Ruth and Elizabeth. It was probated 20 August 1644. The burial place of Stephen Hopkins is unknown.[7]:160[13]:309[21]
Servants on the Mayflower with the Hopkins family
Edward Doty. Servant, aged likely between 21 and 25. He signed the Mayflower Compact, with his name spelled as "Doten". He had a long, controversial life in Plymouth Colony, dying about 1655.[7]:132–137,164[13]:283–285,413[8]:51
Edward Leister. As reported by William Bradford, he came on the Mayflower as a servant to Stephen Hopkins. He signed the Mayflower Compact, where his name was spelled as "Liester". He may have been in his early twenties and possibly came from the area of London where the Hopkins family resided before boarding the Mayflower. The Plymouth division of cattle in 1627 does not list him, and he may have left the area by that time. William Bradford reported he "went to Virginia, and ther dyed", although no record of Leister in Virginia has been found.[7]:165,180–181[13]:317,413[8]:68
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