William Hopkins (abt. 1633 - 1688)

Born about 1633 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Hannah Susannah (Andrews) Hopkins — married 1656 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 8 Nov 1688 at about age 55 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

William was born about 1630-1640 in Roxbury, Massachusetts ^[1], no record has been found and married Hannah Andrews on 1655 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts^[2]. William died on November 8,1688. ^[3]

Appointed gravedigger of Roxbury, 1657.^[4]

Lost a son, speculated to be either Thomas or William, in the Attack on Sudbury, 21 April 1676.^[5]

Extracted from "The Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England" by James Savage; NEHGR 14:49; Roxbury VR; Rosemary markham's website William Hopkins was born in England about 1625. His parentage is unknown at this time. The name of hs first wife is unknown, they were probably married in England. William first appears in the Town records of Roxbury early in 1656. He is chosen to dig graves for the town, two shillings for adults and twelve pence for children under 10 years of age. The next entry of his name is in the baptismal records when on the "3 mo. 6 d. 1660" three children of William Hopkins were baptized, William, Thomas, and Hannah. This might be close to the time that his first wife died. He soon married Hannah Andrews of Dorchester, who asked to be transferred from the church at that town to the church at Roxbury on April 22, 1660. Roxbury records list only the birth of daughter Hannah on January 3, 1657 and death of son Ebenezer in 1674. William's son Thomas was in Wadsworth's Company under Capt. Turner and was killed by Indians on April 21, 1676. There is no record of his death although a date is given, November 5, 1688. His wife Hannah died of smallpox on January 5, 1678/9. Both William and Hannah were members of Rev. John Eliot's Church.

Sources

1. ↑ Laura Jones Green, Family bible notes
2. ↑ Need source
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH58-RH6 : 5 November 2017), William Hopkins, 08 Nov 1688; citing Death, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 741,320.
4. ↑ Annual Report of The Cemetery Department of The City of Boston (Municipal Printing Office, Boston, 1904) "Fiscal Year 1903-1904", Page 41
5. ↑ Need source

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 02 March 2017, 19:50), entry for William Hopkins(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L61N-1VM); contributed by various users.

• Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=26783583-637d-4de6-a8ff-5c026359f6c5&tid=21920874&pid=668

Note: Woodland Cemetery Hopkins Memorial William (-1688) to Pardon (1813-1890)

• https://familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/9529903