Grace (Unknown) Hopkins

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Biography

Grace [Brooke?] ^[1] was wed to Dennis Hopkins before 1673, probably in Talbot county, Maryland. Dennis and Grace are believed to have had at least three children: ^{[2] [3]}

1. Richard Hopkins;
2. Dennis Hopkins;
3. Grace Hopkins.

On 28 May 1685 Dennis and Grace witnessed two marriages at Betty's Cove Meetinghouse. ^[4]

On 2 April 1686 Dennis and Grace witnessed the marriage of James Berry, boatwright, and Sarah Woolchurch at the house of Henry Woolchurch.

In 1702 Dennis Hopkins and his wife Grace conveyed to Gilbert Livesey of Liverpoole, England, mariner, a one-acre lot in the town of Williamstadt. ^[5]

On 25 May 1702 Dennis Hopkins and his wife Grace purchased Lot #5 in Oxford (one acre lot). ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Grace's maiden name is uncertain, but thought by some to be Brooke, though no source confirms this outright. - Albertus
2. ↑ Rootsweb Hopkins of Talbot County, Maryland
3. ↑ Hopkins of Talbot County Maryland Text: "When and where Dennis Hopkins Sr. married his wife Grace is unknown. Grace might have been a Brooke. The births of their children are not recorded. Dennis and Grace probably had at least two sons -- Dennis Jr. and Richard. There are two land records abstracted by Barnes & Wright which support a conclusion that Dennis Jr. and Richard Hopkins were brothers. … Dennis and Grace most likely had a daughter Grace because of the will of Judith Brooke, who left personality to Grace Hopkins Jr. July 1 l, 1673 (by personality was meant personal belongings) although Grace Hopkins Jr. was almost certainly a young child in 1673. It may be that Judith Brooke left personal items to her granddaughter and that Grace, wife of Dennis, was the daughter of Judith Brooke. I do not, however, believe that Grace Hopkins Jr. was the Grace who married Peter Harwood for reasons which I present below."
4. ↑ McGhee, pp. 22, 23
5. ↑ Barnes and Wright, p. 212; Talbot Land Records, v. 9, p. 123
6. ↑ Oswald Tilghman, History of Talbot County Maryland, 1661-1861, Vol. The Town and Port of Oxford, page 340

Acknowledgements

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