Mindwell Hayden (Dewey) Hopkins (1737 - 1785)

Born 29 Nov 1737 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Waite Hopkins — married 1760 in Great Nine Partners, Dutchess, New York

Descendants

Died 21 Jun 1785 at age 47 in Bennington, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Mindwell was born on 29 November 1737, in Westfield, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Jedediah Dewey and Mindwell Hayden. Mindwell was baptised on 4 December 1737.^[1]

Mindwell died (age 48) on 21 June 1781 in Bennington, Vermont, United States.^[2] She is buried in the Old Bennington Cemetery in Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont.^[3]

The inscription from her tombstone:

To the MEMORY of Mrs. Mindwell Hopkins, Relict of Major WAIT HOPKINS. Who died June 21st 1785. In the 48th Year of her Age. Major Hopkins was killed during the War on an Island in Lake George. Through Mortal Life in Virtue's Paths They trod. Nor could Temptation wean her Soul from God: When the last Trumpet rends the ethereal Skies There shall her sleeping Dust with Joy arise.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
   Citing FHL microfilm: 185469;
   FamilySearch (accessed 22 December 2021)
   Mindwell Dewey baptism on 4 Dec 1737 in Westfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America.
2. ↑ Death Registration: "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
   Citing FHL microfilm: 0027586; Record number: 2742;
   FamilySearch (accessed 22 December 2021)
   FamilySearch Image
   Mindwell Hopkins death 21 Jun 1781 (age 48) in Bennington, Vermont, United States.
3. ↑ Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22440283/mindwell-hayden-hopkins : accessed 22 December 2021), memorial page for Mrs Mindwell Hayden Dewey Hopkins (29 Nov 1737–21 Jun 1785), Find A Grave: Memorial #22440283, citing Old Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by A AAA American (contributor 47337652).

• Dewey, Albert and Louis Marinus. Life of George Dewey, Rear Admiral, U. S. N., and Dewey Family History. Pub: 1898, Westfield, MA: Dewey Publishing Company. p. 869-870. https://archive.org/details/lifeofgeorgedewe00dewe/page/868/mode/2up?view=theater

• Hopkins, Timothy, John Hopkins of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1634, and some of his descendants, Pub: 1932, Stanford University Press; page 125

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22440283/mindwell-hayden-hopkins: accessed 05 August 2023), memorial page for Mrs Mindwell Hayden Dewey Hopkins (29 Nov 1737–21 Jun 1785), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22440283, citing Old Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, USA; Maintained by A AAA American (contributor 47337652).