Edmund Hopkins (1767 - 1826)

Born 27 Feb 1767 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Martha Cary (Jones) Hopkins — married about 1796 in Henderson County, Kentucky [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 17 Sep 1826 at age 59 in Henderson County, Kentucky

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Biography

While Edmund was born in Virginia, he, like his brothers, moved to Henderson, Kentucky following the War for Independence. He becomes a landowner and farmer. surveyor and commissioner. In 1796 he marries Martha Cary Jones. According to Kentucky obituaries, 1787-1854, both Edmund and Martha died on their plantation and were buried somewhere on the property. The exact location seems to have been lost to time.

Sources

• Birth_"Family Search"_https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZ7G-4DT source_"Virginia, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZ7G-4DT : accessed 11 Jan 2014), Edmund Hopkins, 1767.

• From "Heritage Quest Online"_http://persi.heritagequestonline.com_Hopkins of Virginia and Related Families, by Walter Lee Hopkins, Richmond, Va: J.W Fergusson & Sons, 1931, 455pgs. On page 14 is listed children 5,6, and 7 of Samuel Hopkins and Isabella Taylor. Child #7 is Edmund showing his birth as 27 Oct 1767 and death in 1826.

• Title: Decendants of Arthur Hopkins, M.D. of Virginia compiled by Carol Shabowski Sheedy

• There are mentions of Edmund Hopkins in The History of Henderson by Edmund Starling. Open source copy can be found on Google Books_http://books.google.com.

Acknowledgements

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