Born in Earls Colne, Essex, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of John (Brownson) Bronson
and Frances (Hills) Bronson
Sister of
Mary (Brownson) Gaylord, John Brownson, John Brownson, Sarah (Bronson) Kilbourne, Jacob Bronson, John Bronson Sr., Isaac Bronson and Abraham (Brownson) Bronson
Wife of
Stephen Hopkins
— married
4 Mar 1657 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
Descendants 
Mother of
Dorcas (Hopkins) Webster, John Hopkins, Joseph Hopkins, Stephen Hopkins, Ebenezer Hopkins and Mary Hopkins
Died
at age 63
in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
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Biography
Dorcas (Brownson) Hopkins immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
Dorcas (Brownson) Hopkins was born in Earls Colne, Essex, England.
- This person is an ancestor of President Millard Fillmore[1]
Dorcus Brownson was born in 1633 at Earls Colne, Essex, England[2] and was baptized there December 19, 1633.[3] She came with her parents to New England and married Stephen Hopkins in Hartford, Connecticut before March 4, 1657.[4]. She died (or was buried) May 13, 1697[5].
Links to Other Wikitree Documents
- Also recorded, in part, by the wider Earls Colne Project Person B1066
Sources
- Source: S802 Title: Bronson lineage, 1636-1917 by Sibley, Harriet (Bronson), Mrs., 1873-?
- ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009, p ?
- ↑ History of the Towns of New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut, 1703-1882, by Samuel Orcutt (Case, Lockwood and Brainard, Hartford, Conn., 1882) Orcutt gives no date. p. 668.
- ↑ Earls Colne, Essex: Records of an English Village, Baptism register 1620 to 1639 (D/P209/1/2) 19.12.1633 (Saturday 19 December 1633) document 6704659 "Dorcas daughter of Jn Brownson junior and Fran Brownson christened 19.12.1633" https://www.essexarchivesonline.co.uk/Result_Details.aspx?ID=45573
- ↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011) Vol. II, p. 788. HOPKINS, Stephen (?1634-1689) & Dorcas [BRONSON](ca 1639-1697); ?ca 1657; Hartford
- ↑ Source: #S802 page: https://archive.org/details/bronsonlineage1600sibl/page/8/mode/2up?q=dorcas Page: 8 Accessed 24 Sept., 2023 Text: Dorcas ; m. Stcplieu Hopkins of Hartford, father of John of Waterbury and d. May 13, 1697 Certainty of Data: 3
See also:
- Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
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https://www.essexarchivesonline.co.uk/Result_Details.aspx?ID=45573
Her last name at birth is Brownson.
We also consider how else the family spelled its name during the same time period.
1. Most online sources list Connecticut as birth place, usually about 1637 2. Most list John Bronson as father 3. I have only seen Frances Hills as mother. Doesn't mean that the others are not listed in other sources. 4. My source is George Falk Ancestry and Connections @ RootsWeb's World Connection. A connection from there to Ancestry.com lists: U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Military, and a few others. Does not mean they are even vaguely reliable.