Roswell Hopkins Sr. (1733 - 1827)

Born 18 May 1733 in Harwinton, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Cook) Hopkins — married about 1752 in Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut

Husband of Mary (Lee) Hopkins — married 1 Jul 1804 in Vermont

Descendants

Died 1827 at about age 93 in Vergennes, Addison, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Colonel Roswell Hopkins Sr. served with 6th Regiment, Dutchess County Militia, New York Militia during the American Revolution.

Roswell Hopkins Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A058133.

Roswell Hopkins was born on 13 May 1733 at Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut.^[1] He was a son of Stephen Hopkins and Jemima (Bronson) Hopkins.^[2][3]

Roswell moved with his father's family from Harwinton, Connecticut, to Nine Partners, Dutchess County, New York, where he became a prominent citizen. Around 1754, he was appointed a Justice of the Peace by the Crown, and continued in that capacity for about thirty years, even with his military duties.^[2]

About 1752, he married Mary Cook in Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut.^[2] The children of Roswell and Mary (Cook) Hopkins were:^[2]

1. Mary (1753-1753)
2. Jemima (1755-1813)
3. Roswell, b. 17 May 1757, m1. Lydia Dewey, m2. Mary Armstrong^[1]
4. Mary "Polly", b. 22 Jun 1760, m1. Daniel Reed, m2. John Jerome^[1]
5. Isaac, b. 22 May 1762, m1. Lucy Waterhouse, m2. Abigail Smith^[1]
6. Dorcas, b. 9 Aug 1765, m. Stephen Platt
7. Ruth, b. 12 Dec 1770, m1. John Winchell, m2. Calvin Spencer^[1]
8. Hannah, b. 29 Sep 1771, m. Cyrenius Crosby
9. Selina (1774-1797), m. Anthony Wheeler^[1]
10. Betsey, b. 23 Jul 1776, m1. Stevenson Palmer, m2. Henry Cronch
11. Waity (1779-1856), m. Nathaniel Rudd^[1]

Roswell Hopkins was a militia officer during the American Revolution. In 1775, he began his service as Lieutenant Colonel of the 3rd Regiment, New York Levies.^[4] By Mar 1778, he was promoted to Colonel^[5] and was in command of the 6th Regiment of Dutchess Militia, New York.^[6][7][1] He remained with the Dutchess Militia until 1781.^[8]

In 1784, the Hopkins family moved to Bennington, Vermont.^[2][9] The 1800 census lists Roswell as a head of household at Vergennes, Addison, Vermont.^[10]

Mary died on 24 Jul 1803, and Roswell remarried, to Mary Lee, widow of Captain Paine Converse.^[2] After his second wife died, Roswell married for a third time, to Ruth Squires.^[2]

Roswell Hopkins passed away on 18 May 1827 at Charlotte, Chittenden County, Vermont.^[1] He lies buried at Vergennes Burying Ground, Addison County, Vermont.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 8 Nov 2023), "Record of Roswell Hopkins", Ancestor # A058133.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Hopkins, Timothy, John Hopkins of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1634, and some of his descendants, pp. 41, 42, 121
3. ↑ Ancestry Record 1034 #451800 Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) for Roswell Hopkins; Waterbury Vital Records 1686-1853, p. 177
4. ↑ Service Record of Lt. Col. Roswell Hopkins
5. ↑ Letter from President George Washington to Colonel Roswell Hopkins, Jul 22, 1778
6. ↑ Roberts, James A. New York in the Revolution as colony and state, p. 144
7. ↑ Service Record of Colonel Roswell Hopkins
8. ↑ Heitman. Historical register of officers of the Continental Army during the war of the revolution, April 1775, to December, 1783, p. 300.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKP-7BJ : accessed 5 February 2021), Roswell Hopkins, Amenia, Dutchess, New York, United States; citing p. 122, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm 568,146.
10. ↑ Ancestry Record 7590 #511536 Roswell S Hopkins in the 1800 United States Federal Census
11. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #101920581 Col Roswell Hopkins

See also:

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
• Foley, Janet Wethy. Early Settlers of New York State, Their Ancestors and Descendants (T.J. Foley, Akron, N.Y., 1940-1942) Vol. 7-9, Page 392