Matthew
Alexander
Hopkins
Born in Burlington, Lawrence, Ohio, United States
Ancestors 
Son of William Augustus Hopkins
and Ruinda (Dunn) Hopkins
Brother of
William Ezra Hopkins, Stephen Augustus Hopkins, Silas Marvin Hopkins, Sarah Louise Hopkins, Lucinda Ruinda Hopkins, Henry Harvey Hopkins, Edwin Joel Hopkins, Charles Pomeroy Hopkins and Bettie Eliza (Hopkins) Farrington
Husband of
Permelia Northrup (Merritt) Hopkins
— married
7 Apr 1840 in Parkman, Geauga, Ohio, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Phadima Angeline Hopkins, William Leonard Hopkins, Jane Permelia Hopkins, Richard Henry Hopkins, Ruinda Daphne Hopkins, Warren Mathew Hopkins, Warren Matthew Hopkins, Charles Rhodes Hopkins, Mary Marena Hopkins, Edwin Stephen Hopkins and Frank Orman Hopkins
Died
at age 91
in Parkman, Geauga, Ohio, United States
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Biography
Matthew was born in 1820. Matthew Hopkins ... He passed away in 1911. [1]
Married, Permelia Northrup Merritt, April 28, 1840, Parkman, Ohio. (Newspaper Clipping.)
Parents of eleven children.
Sources
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Guy Hopkins, Saturday, October 18, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
- 1870 United States Federal Census, Parkman, Geauga, Ohio, Mather Howkins, age 50 years, Farmer, Page # 7.
- Ohio Death Records, Parkman, Geauga, Ohio, 1908 - 1932, 1938 - 2007.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #83026301, Overlook Cemetery, Parkman, Geauga County, Ohio, USA.
- Information posted online attributed to family tree maker page of Roger R. Landers provided more detailed dates for the date and place of birth.
Marriage
"Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDVW-YXJ : 10 February 2018), Mathew A. Hopkins and Pamelia Merritt, 07 Apr 1840; citing Parkman, Geauga, Ohio, reference ; FHL microfilm 20,256.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Matthew by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Matthew by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- John Hopkins
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup r-m269, FTDNA kit #B61663 +
Y-Chromosome Test 67 markers, haplogroup r-m269, FTDNA kit #B61663, MitoYDNA ID B61663 [compare]
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~3.12%
Charlene (Kozlowski) Ferris :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LJ5888769 [compare], Ancestry member Charliefk
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~1.56%
Dorothy (McKenzie) M :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
James Blank :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A918726 [compare], yourDNAportal JAM5f617a7e, Ancestry member jamesb5864
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Ref: "John Hopkins and some of His Descendants" -- Timothy Hopkins 1931