Capt.
Caleb
Hopkins
Born in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Hopkins
and Deborah (Bickford) Hopkins
Brother of
Samuel Hopkins [half], Hannah (Hopkins) Lewis [half], Thomas Hopkins, Rebecca (Hopkins) Covell [half], Deborah Hopkins, Apphia (Hopkins) Young, Deborah (Hopkins) Wiley and Mary Hopkins
Husband of
Thankful (Paine) Hopkins
— married
21 Apr 1766 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Hugh Hopkins, Caleb Hopkins, Samuel Paine Hopkins, Deborah (Hopkins) Harding, Solomon Hopkins, Jeremiah Hopkins, Lemuel Hopkins, William Covil Hopkins and Thomas Hopkins
Died
at age 93
in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Sep 2010
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Biography
Sergeant Caleb Hopkins served with Essex County, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Caleb Hopkins is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A057938.
Caleb was born on 6 Jul 1743 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony to Thomas Hopkins and Deborah (Bickford) Hopkins .[1] He married Thankful (Paine) Hopkins on 21 Apr 1766 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[2] They had 11 children during their marriage.[3] Caleb died on 8 Dec 1836 at age 93 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts.[4]
Caleb is a direct descendent of Mayflower passengers Stephen Hopkins and his son Giles Hopkins.
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCW1-QPP : 15 January 2020), Caleb Hopkins, 1743.
- ↑ Hopkins and Thankful Paine, 21 Apr 1766; citing Marriage, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009744.
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LTSN-9H5
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 20 September 2021), memorial page for Caleb Hopkins (6 Jul 1743–8 Dec 1836Find A Grave: Memorial #9338870, citing Old North Cemetery, Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493).
- "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRZ-8ZR : accessed 16 May 2022), Caleb Hopkins, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 66, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 13; FHL microfilm 205,611.
- "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C3X5-W?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RM7%3A1588792207 : 24 January 2018), Massachusetts, vol 8, Hmelen, Thomas-Jypson, Joseph > image 236 of 1031; citing various published state rosters, United States.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Caleb by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Caleb:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Caleb by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Caleb:
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~3.12%
Richard Bradbury
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member richardbradbury
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~1.56%
John Collins :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A615063 [compare], Ancestry member Collins_JohnR
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