Joseph Hopkins (1752 - 1809)

Born 10 Mar 1752 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Higgins) Hopkins — married 12 Jan 1770 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 8 Apr 1809 at age 57 in Frenchman Bay, Hancock, Maine, USA

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Biography

Joseph Hopkins was born 10 Mar 1752^[1] in Eastham, Massachusetts. He was the son of Isaac Hopkins and Thankful Smith. ^[2]

m. Mary Higgins, daughter of Zaccheus Higgins and Rebecca Young, 11 Jan 1770^[3] at Orleans^[4] or Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts;

He died 8 Apr 1809^{[citation needed]} Frenchman Bay, Hancock, Maine

Joseph Hopkins married Mary Higgins and they had children ^[5]:

• i. Smith Hopkins; b. 13 Oct 1770^[6] at Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts; m. Rebecca Higgins, daughter of Solomon Higgins and Bethiah Chase, 25 Dec 1789 at Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts; m. Prudence Sargent, daughter of William Sargent and Temperance Doane, 11 Aug 1822; m. Temperance Doane, daughter of Seth Doane and Elizabeth Cole, 11 Aug 1822; m. Polly (--?--) 6 May 1830 at Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine; d. 19 Jan 1861 at Eden, Hancock, Maine, at age 90.
• ii. Thankful Hopkins; b. 28 Jul 1772^[7] at Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts; Marriage banns for her and William Wasgatt were published 2 Nov 1790 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; m. William Wasgatt, son of Thomas Wasgatt and Margaret Davis, Jan 1791 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; m. Elisha Cousins, son of Elisha Cousins and Bathsheba Hamor, 4 Apr 1799 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; d. 23 Jan 1852 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, at age 79; she was buried at Old County Road Cemetery, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine.
• iii. Rebecca Hopkins; b. 25 Oct 1774^[8] at Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts; d. 4 Sep 1854 at Hancock, Hancock, Maine, at age 79.
• iv. Susanna Hopkins; b. 24 Nov 1776^[9] at Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts; b. 1784; m. Robert Douglass 27 Mar 1801 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; d. Apr 1858 at Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine, at age 81.
• v. Mary Hopkins; b. 5 Apr 1779^[10] at Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts; m. Ephraim Haynes, son of Ephraim Haynes and Zelphia Finney, 27 Dec 1798 at Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine; d. 21 Jun 1838 at age 59; she was buried at Haynes (Ephraim) Cemetery, Trenton, Hancock, Maine.
• vi. Giles Hopkins; b. 30 Mar 1780 at Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts; m. Martha Doane, daughter of Seth Doane and Elizabeth Cole, 1801 at Hancock, Maine; d. 3 Apr 1847 at age 67.
• vii. Joseph Hopkins; b. 20 Oct 1783^[11] at Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts; d. 8 Apr 1809 at Frenchmans Bay, Hancock, Maine, at age 25.
• viii. Priscilla Hopkins; b. 22 Jul 1785^[12] at Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts; m. Nathaniel Mayo, son of Joseph Mayo and Ruth Snow, 13 Aug 1803 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; d. 20 Dec 1858 at Eden, Hancock, Maine, at age 73; age about 70 years.
• ix. Sally Hopkins; b. 28 Jul 1788^[13] at Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts; m. Jonathan Doane, son of Seth Doane and Elizabeth Cole, 22 Aug 1804 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; d. 9 Apr 1856 at Eden, Hancock, Maine, at age 67.
• x. Seth Hopkins; b. 25 Apr 1791^[14] at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; m. Jane Hamor, daughter of Daniel Hamor and Polly Hopkins, 12 Dec 1811 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; d. 29 Apr 1879 at Eden, Hancock, Maine, at age 88. Note: Seth might not be the tenth child mentioned in "Mayflower Births"

Name: Joseph Hopkins

Home in 1790:^[15] Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine

Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 2

Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1

Free White Persons - Females: 7

Number of Household Members: 10

Sources

1. ↑ New England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society Volume Number: Vol. 102 page 258.
2. ↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC4N-WXG : 9 February 2018), Joseph Hopkins and Mary Higgins, 12 Jan 1770; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 778,358.
4. ↑ Orleans Birth Marriages Intention Deaths, 1743-1798; Vol. 5 6
5. ↑ 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.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-PB3 : 10 February 2018), Smith Hopkins, 13 Oct 1770; citing ORLEANS,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 905,406.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-LPN : 10 February 2018), Thankful Hopkins, 28 Jul 1772; citing ORLEANS,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 905,406.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-25J : 10 February 2018), Rebecah Hopkins, 25 Oct 1774; citing ORLEANS,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 905,406 . This Rebecca was the one who married George Crabtree. They are buried together at Riverside Cemetery in Hancock, Hancock, Maine.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-2MB : 10 February 2018), Susanna Hopkins, 24 Nov 1776; citing ORLEANS,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 905,406.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDX-YSQ : 10 February 2018), Mary Hopkins, 05 Apr 1779; citing , EASTHAM, BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 778,357.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-T5P : 10 February 2018), Joseph Hopkins, 20 Oct 1783; citing ORLEANS,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 905,406.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-LZB : 10 February 2018), Prissilla Hopkins, 22 Jul 1785; citing ORLEANS,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 905,406.
13. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDF-44F : 10 February 2018), Sally Hopkins, 28 Jul 1788; citing , EASTHAM, BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 778,357.
14. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4CZ-NXQ : 10 February 2018), Seth Hopkins, 25 Apr 1791; citing BAR HARBOR,HANCOCK,MAINE; FHL microfilm 10,616.
15. ↑ 1790; Census Place: Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; Series: M637; Roll: 2; Page: 85; Image: 62; Family History Library Film: 0568142