Sylvanus Hopkins (1716 - aft. 1772)

Born 14 Feb 1716 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Berry) Hopkins — married 23 Jun 1738 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Mary (Sprague) Hopkins — married about 27 Feb 1772 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died after 1772 after age 55 in Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

Born Sylvanus Hopkins, son of Judah and Hannah (Mayo) Hopkins was born 14 Feb 1715/6^[1][2] in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts.^[3][4]

He married in Harwich, Massachusetts, 30 Nov 1738, Ruth Berry, d/o Judah Berry. They were both admitted to the Harwich Church 5 Aug 1739.^[4]

The couple lived in Harwich and Brewster, Massachusetts. They probably lived in Mansfield, Connecticut.

Sylvanus appears on the tax lists of southern Dutchess County, New York from 1760 to 1762.^[5] On January 24, 1763, he and his wife mortgaged land in Putnam County, New York.^[4] From 1767 to 1770, he was taxed as a farmer at the South Precinct of Dutchess County.^[6]

A marriage intention between a Sylvanus Hopkins of Kent, Connecticut and Mrs. Mary Bucknam of Malden, was filed 27 Feb 1772 (found in the Malden Vital Records).^[4][7] The only Sylvanus Hopkins this could be for would be this Sylvanus Hopkins, as there was no other Sylvanus Hopkins in Connecticut old enough to marry at that time, let alone residing anywhere near Kent, Connecticut.

In 1776, a Sylvanus Hopkins was taxed at Hardwick, in Worcester County, Massachusetts.^[8]

Children:^[4] (All except the first Judah are listed in Mayflower Births and Deaths.^[1]

1. Elijah bpt in Brewster 28 June 1741
2. Judah bpt in Mansfield, 10 July 1743; prob. died young
3. Desire b. May 1745; bpt in Brewster 2 Jun 1745
4. Anna b. 5 Jun 1747
5. Rebecca b. 27 Sep 1748 or 1749; bpt Brewster 10 Sep 1749
6. Judah b. 25 Oct 1751
7. Josiah bpt Brewster 28 July 1754
8. Azubah bpt Brewster 1 Aug 1756.

According to an article published in the Chatham Courier on Feb. 26, 1942, Sylvanus had an additional son, Sylvanus Jr., b. 13 April 1761.^[9]

Sylvanus was born in 1716. He passed away in 1757.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths, From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. Vol. 2. p. 86.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Volume 82 SAR member # 1620. 4Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011; Data: Sylvanus Hopkins b. 14 Feb 1716; d. ___; m. Ruth Berry.
3. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} "Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower and Some of His Descendants. New England Historical and Genealogical Register 102:197 (1948) Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
5. ↑ Pilgrim Hopkins Heritage Society: From the Cape to Connecticut, p. 4
6. ↑ Dutchess county, New York, Tax Lists 1718-1787, p. 270
7. ↑ Malden. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
8. ↑ Lucius Robinson Page, History of Hardwick, Massachusetts: With a Genealogical Register, page 297.
9. ↑ Wheeler, Mary L. "Mayflower Hopkins." The Chatham Courier, (26 Feb 1942); Chatham, Columbia Co., New York. Link at Fulton History

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