Uzal
Hopkins
Born after in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Caleb Hopkins
and Ruth (Hull) Hopkins
Brother of
Abijah Hopkins, Rosanna (Hopkins) Hampton, Martha (Hopkins) Park, Mary Hopkins, Prudence (Hopkins) Mills, Rhoda (Hopkins) Davis, Matilda (Hopkins) Roe and Phebe Ellen (Hopkins) Kenrick
Husband of
Rebecca Stewart
— married
3 Jun 1800 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
before age 56
in Bayou Sara, West Feliciana, Louisiana, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Nov 2014
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Biography
Uzal was born in 1790. Uzal Hopkins ... He passed away in 1837.
Democrat who served in the Pennsylvania state senate 10th District 1832-1836.
"Mrs. McDaniel is the daughter of Uzal Hopkins, who died in ’37. He was a prominent person in Montour county, was an ardent Democrat and ably represented his county in the State Legislature. He was one of the contractors in building the Lehigh canal. He died while engaged in contracts in the south. Her grandfather, Caleb Hopkins, was a prominent Episcopal minister. Through his exertion a church was built at Bloomsburg. Mrs. McDaniel (nee Almira Hopkins) was married to Mr. McDaniels at the home of her uncle, Benjamin Frick, of Catawissa. They went at once to Pottsville, where they resided, Mr. McDaniel being engaged on the Schuylkill Canal. During the war he ran a tug boat for the government, carrying supplies to the army during the McClellan campagn. In ’72 they removed to Lehighton, the birthplace of Mr. McDaniel"[1]
Sources
- ↑ Carbon Democrat, January 13, 1833. Retrieved from http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/PACARBON/2010-12/1292689794
- Find-a-Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=133769584
- http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/PACARBON/2010-12/1292689794
- Hopkins family record via descendent Linda Goodson
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Uzal by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Uzal:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Uzal by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Uzal:
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~0.78%
Lisa (Blackburn) Roller
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BH1322392 [compare], Ancestry member LisaRoller
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~0.78%
Janette (Blackburn) Doolittle :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch DQ4997608 [compare]
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