Ezekiel Hopkins (1690 - 1762)

Born 22 Feb 1690 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Jenks) Hopkins — married 1720 in Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 29 Jul 1762 at age 72 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island

Biography

Ezekiel Hopkins was born on February 22, 1690, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. His parents were Thomas Hopkins and Mary Smith. ^[1]

He married Elizabeth Jenks about 1720. This date is based on the first known child born.

Together they had 8 children:

1. Daniel Hopkins
2. Katharine Hopkins
3. Nicholas Hopkins
4. Ezekiel Hopkins
5. Charles Hopkins
6. Patience Hopkins
7. Mary Hopkins
8. Abigail Hopkins

He died on July 29, 1762, in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island. ^[2]

Ezekiel wrote his will on 18 September 1761 in Scituate.^[2] He mentions his wife Elizabeth, his sons, Daniel, Ezekiel, Charles, and Nicholas; and his daughters, Patience, Abigail, Mary, and Catherine (who is deceased at the time). He mentions his grandchildren by his daughter Catherine and her husband Reuben Hopkins, Ruth, Catherine, and Sarah Hopkins.

Research Notes

• Ezekiel Hopkins's will (with note also about his wife Elizabeth's will): Nellie M.C. Beaman (compiler), abstracts of wills, continued from issue to issue in The Rhode Island Genealogical Register, which was online at GenealogyLibrary as images of scanned text, Vol. 1, No. 3, JAN 1979, p. 134, Scituate wills. Beaman refers to pp. 461-62, which might be the location of the will in the original records.
• Abstract of Ezekiel's will with dates written and proved, which give a bracket of time in which he died. In this same source, Vol. 1, No. 4, APR 1979, p. 212, Scituate wills (in which Beaman refers to p. 81, which might be the location of the original will in the record book) is similar information for Elizabeth, wife of Ezekiel. (ELIZABETH'S SURNAME OF BIRTH REMAINS UNKNOWN.) We know from this source that her will was written September 11, 1763, and proved May 21, 1768. She refers to her husband Ezekiel Hopkins, dec'd, and names sons Daniel, Ezekiel, Charles, and Nicholas Hopkins, all of Scituate; daughters Katherine, dec'd, and, all of Scituate, Patience Seaman, Mary Baxter, and Abigail Hopkins.

Sources

1. ↑ Gosney Family Records: Wisda, Georgia (Gosney) Mrs. 1878-. Gosney Family Records: 1740-1940, And Related Families. [Corydon, Ind.: Lew M. O'Bannon publishing co., 1940. Page 241 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89062879564?urlappend=%3Bseq=247
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Scituate, Rhode Island. Probate and Town Council Records, Vol 1-3, Vol 1 p. 461-462, Images 242-243, Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9079/007649084_00242#. * (Click here for free image)

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Hopkins-2371 created through the import of Hopkins-Elci Family Tree.ged on Jul 9, 2012 by Kristen Crandall.