Samuel Hopkins was born in Maryland before 1770. [1]
Given the 1820 Census, both he and his wife would have been born between 1776 and 1794.
His parents have not yet been identified.
"Maryland Family Sheets" for the name Hopkins mentions this family and states that "several family members have had no success at getting back in our line." [2]
1808 Marriage
On 14 December 1808 in Baltimore County, Maryland, he married Mary W. Hinks (1770-1834) [3][2]
War of 1812
There are two entries for a Samuel Hopkins, during the British Invasion of Maryland, 1812-1815. [4]
Samuel Hopkins, Private, Capt Hayward's Company, 4th Regiment. (Talbot County)
Samuel Hopkins, Private, Capt. Linthicum's Company, 22d Regiment. (The 22nd Regiment was part of the 8th Brigade and drew men from Calvert and Anne Arundel Counties.)
National Road
Samuel Hopkins was said to have been a surveyor of the National Road from Baltimore to Cumberland. [2]
1820 Census
Samuel Hopkins was in District 5, Anne Arundel County, Maryland when the 1820 census was taken on August 7th, 1820. The 1820 Census does not give the names of others, but it gives their sex and ages. The Census does not give the relationship of the others, who may be family, distant relatives, hired hands, and slaves. The Census occurred 12 years after their marriage, so the 2 extra free white persons over age 26 were not their children, but possibly siblings, or other residents of the household. [5]
Free White Persons, Male 26-44: 2 (Samuel Hopkins and 1 other, born between 1776 and 1794)
Free White Persons, Female, 26-44: 2 (Mary Hinks Hopkins and 1 other)
Free White Persons, Female, 10-15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Slaves - Females - 45 and over: 1
Slaves - Males - 14 thru 25: 1
Slaves - Males - Under 14: 2
Slaves - Females - Under 14: 1
Out of the 12 people in the household, 7 were free and 5 were enslaved. Four were engaged in agriculture. We do not know how these were counted; a conjecture would be that these included the 2 adult free white males and the two older slaves.
1825 Death
He died in 1825 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. [1] Alternatively, he died before August 1825 in the Howard District, Anne Arundel County. (Note, the Howard District became Howard County in 1851).
Children
Catharine Hopkins(1814–1850)
Jonathan E Hopkins(1817–1912) born in Howard District, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
David E. Hopkins(1819–1896) born in Howard District, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA
Eliza Hopkins
They had the following children: [2] The children would have been born in the time frame 1809-1825.
Sarah, born, say, 1810
Catherine, born, say, 1812
Johnathan, born, say, 1814
David E, born, say, 1816. David was a sheriff in Howard County in 1865-67. [2]
↑ Ancestry.com. Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp.. Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850. Most of the records in this index may be found at the Maryland Historical Society or the Family History Library. More specific source information is listed with each entry. Original marriage licenses should be located at the county clerk's office.
↑ William M. Marine. The British Invasion of Maryland, 1812-1815. Louis Henry Dielman, editor. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1977. Originally published 1913. page 328 The two references to Samuel Hopkins appear on page 328, the identification of the regiments and their locations appears on page 201. Accessed 5/7/2019 jhd
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