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Nathaniel Hopkins (abt. 1684 - 1766)

Nathaniel Hopkins
Born about in Eastham, Plymouth Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 26 May 1707 in Harwich, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 82 in Harwich, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

Nathaniel Hokins was born about the middle of March 1684 in Eastham, (then) Plymouth Colony, the son of Stephen and Mary (Merrick) Hopkins.[1]

Nathaniel and Mercy Mayo were married on 26 May 1707 in Harwich. She was born on 23 April 1688 in Hingham, the daughter of John and Hannah (Freeman) Mayo, and a descendant of Mayflower passenger William Brewster.[1]

Mercy died probably in Harwich after 25 March 1765.[1] Nathaniel died in Harwich on 13 September 1766 in his 82nd year and was buried in the Old Cemetery in Brewster.[1]

Children with Mercy Herrick, all recorded Harwich:
  1. David Hopkins, b. 13 Jul 1707[1][2]
  2. Jeremiah Hopkins, b. 14 Mar 1708/9; not in father's will of 1765.[1][3]
  3. Elizabeth Hopkins, b. 21 Apr 1711[1][4]
  4. Nathaniel Hopkins, b. 01 Sep1 1713; prob. d. bef. 15 Sep 1717 when a later sibling was given the same name.[1]
  5. Bethiah Hopkins, b. 19 Aug 1715; not mentioned in father's will of 1765, probably not the woman who d. in March of 1726.[1]
  6. Nathaniel Hopkins, b. 15 Sep 1717.[1][5]
  7. Marcy (Mercy) Hopkins, b. 21 Feb 1719/20.[1][6]
  8. Reuben Hopkins, b. 04 Apr 1722.[1][7]
  9. Samuel Hopkins, b. 30 Aug 1724.[1][8]
  10. James Hopkins, b. 20 Mar 1726/7; not mentioned in father's 1765 will.[1]
  11. Theophilus Hopkins, b. 13 Mar 1728/9.[1][9] m. Tabitha Elbridge. Son Theophilus hopkins Jr.

Research notes

This wife & child are not shown as his in Mayflower Families, Hopkins.

Children with Lydia
  1. Elisha Hopkins Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD8-TF5 Elisha Hopkins, 1738.

Sources

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 John D. Austin, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol 6, Stephen Hopkins, Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 [3rd edition], Pages 22-23, 86-87.
  2. Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6G-CX5 David Hopkins, 1707.
  3. Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6G-C73 Jeremiah Hopkins, 1708
  4. Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6L-YLT Elizebeth Hopkins, 1711.
  5. Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6G-ZZ1 Nathanaell Hopkins, 1717.
  6. Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6L-B7G Marcy Hopkins, 1719.
  7. Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6G-CVT Ruben Hopkins, 1722.
  8. Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6G-Z7V Samuell Hopkins, 1724.
  9. Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6G-H3L Theophalous Hopkins, 1728.

See also:

  • Mayflower Families Through Five Generations; Volume 6 (Stephen Hopkins), John D. Austin, General Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth, Massachusetts; 1992, Page number: entry 92, page 117
  • Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 04 November 2020), memorial page for Nathaniel Hopkins (16 Mar 1685–13 Sep 1766), Find A Grave: Memorial #8900811, citing Old Burying Ground, Brewster, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by William Hopkins (contributor 46621096). (Includes gravestone photo.)
  • Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.




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Hopkins-7428 and Hopkins-103 appear to represent the same person because: Same person??
posted by Terry Phillips
Hopkins-7428 and Hopkins-3634 appear to represent the same person because: Same person??
posted by Terry Phillips
Hopkins-5996 and Hopkins-209 appear to represent the same person because: Appears to be duplicated, please approve merge. Wife's and children do not match, but all other match. Needs research by managers.
posted by Mildred Guilbeau
Hopkins-209 and Hopkins-3634 do not represent the same person because: Not a match
posted by Lola (Hopkins) Kelley
Hopkins-209 and Hopkins-103 are not ready to be merged because: Parents are different, need to do more research
posted by Ann (Thompson) Johnson
Hopkins-209 and Hopkins-103 appear to represent the same person because: I don't know which parents are right, or wihich one was married to Mercy Mayo.

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