Katherine (Hopkins) Dye (abt. 1673)

Born about 1673 in Richmond County, Virginia Colony, British America

Ancestors

Wife of Arthur Dye — married 1693 in Richmond County, Virginia

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Lunenburg Parish, Richmond County, Virginia Colony, British America [uncertain]

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Biography

There is no record showing the name of the wife of Arthur Dye, but the available evidence indicates that she was a daughter of Robert Hopkins, Sr. Her name is often given as Katherine (Catherine), which comes from a misreading of the will of her brother George Hopkins. As indicated in other records, George had sisters named Jane and Katherine, either of whom could have been the wife of Arthur Dye. The evidence indicating that Arthur Dye's wife was a daughter of Robert Hopkins, Sr. is as follows:

1. The godfather of Arthur Dye's son Avery Dye was Avery Naylor, the third husband of Katherine (Fauntleroy?). Katherine's first husband (and the father of her children) was Robert Hopkins, Sr.

2. Arthur Dye owned a plot of land together with Robert Hopkins, Jr. (son of Robert, Sr.). Such an arrangement strongly suggests a family connection, quite likely a wedding gift to Arthur from the Hopkins family.

3. Arthur's grandson Fauntleroy Dye named a son Martin Hopkins Dye, suggesting both Hopkins and Fauntleroy in the Dye family's ancestry. (There are only two spots in Fauntleroy Dye's family tree where the name Fauntleroy could appear, and one of them is with Katherine, wife of Robert Hopkins -- see below.)

4. Robert Hopkins, Sr. had a son George Hopkins who in 1685 deeded cattle to his sisters Jane and Katherine. One of these sisters is the presumed wife of Arthur Dye.

5. Later in life, George Hopkins married Frances (Newman) (McMillion) (Wilson), who was the mother-in-law of Arthur Dye's son Avery. (Avery Dye married Katherine MacMelion.) George Hopkins' will mentioned Catherine Dye as wife of Avery Dye and daughter of George's wife Frances.

6. Just to make things more confusing: After George Hopkins' mother Katherine (Fauntleroy?) (Hopkins) (Naylor) died, Avery Naylor married Patience (Newman) Ford, the sister of George Hopkins' wife Frances (Newman) (Mackmellion) (Wilson) Hopkins.

7. The resultant misunderstanding of the relationships of the people mentioned in George Hopkins's will has led to widespread confusion about the given names of Arthur and Avery Dye, with many internet family trees showing the name "Arthur Avery Dye" for both father and son. This appears to be based on the false conclusion that in his will George Hopkins meant to say "Arthur" instead of "Avery" Dye as the husband of his wife's daughter Catherine. This confusion has led to the inaccurate presumption that Arthur Dye's wife's name was named Catherine. We don't know the name of Arthur Dye's wife!

6. Avery Naylor, god-father of Avery Dye, lived on land called "Naylor's Hole", which bordered a deep spot (or hole) in the river where ships could dock. This land was half of a tract (the other half was owned by Robert Hopkins, Jr.) which had been originally patented by immigrant 'Moore Fauntleroy (who gave up the patent right). The land adjoined Fauntleroy land, and a Fauntleroy descendant later bought all this land back from the Hopkins heirs and the heirs of Avery Naylor's third wife.^[1] This leads to the supposition that the maiden name of Robert Hopkins' wife Katherine was Fauntleroy, which would make her the likely daughter of immigrant George Fauntleroy, younger brother of Col. Moore Fauntleroy, about whom nothing more is known after brother Moore transported him to Virginia in 1643.^[2][3][4] Robert and Katherine Hopkins did indeed name a son George and Avery Dye Sr. and Catherine Mackmillion named their youngest son Fauntleroy.

Sources

1. ↑ See Chris Kraft's Fauntleroy research.
2. ↑ Harrison Dwight Cavanagh, Colonial Chesapeake Families, vol. 1, p. 192.
3. ↑ Terry Mason's Family History Site, citing The Virginia History Magazine, vol. 1, p. 4.
4. ↑ The Fauntleroy Family, by Mary Emily Fauntleroy.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Hopkins-1428 created through the import of Dulaney, Kelley Family Tree.ged on Aug 1, 2011 by Christina Marshall.

• WikiTree profile Hopkins-1550 created through the import of Descendants of John Smith.GED on Aug 22, 2011 by Jeff Smith.

• Hopkins-3803 was created by Dawn Griffis through the import of Griffis Ragland Alsford Wrighton Family Tree_2014-01-29.ged on Jan 29, 2014.

• Thanks to Catherine Ehlert for starting this profile.