Capt
Silas
Hopkins
UE
Born in Monmouthshire, Wales
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Abijah Hopkins
[uncertain]
and Elizabeth (King) Hopkins
[uncertain]
Brother of
Elias Hopkins, Benjamin Hopkins, Ephriam Hopkins, Peter Hopkins [half], Peter Hopkins, Abijah Hopkins, Caleb Hopkins and Elizabeth Hopkins
Husband of
Mary (Swayze) Hopkins
— married
5 May 1763 in West Findlay, Washington, Pennsylvania
Descendants 
Father of
Isreal Swayze Hopkins, Smith Hopkins, Mehetable (Hopkins) Dewitt, Obadiah Hopkins, Peter Hopkins, Azubah Hopkins, Silas Hopkins, Lydia Hopkins, Joseph Hopkins, Mary Hopkins, Elizabeth Hopkins, Benjamin Hopkins, Ephraim Hopkins, Caleb Hopkins and Gabriel Hopkins
Died
at age 77
in Hamilton, Wentworth, Upper Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Mar 2011
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Silas Hopkins was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated
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Biography
Capt. Silas Hopkins UE was born on May 9, 1741, in Monmouthshire, Wales.[1]
Note
- Note: He was a captain with the New Jersey Volunteers from 1776-1777. He and his family came to Canada in 1802.
Silas was a cattle driver (drove cattle to Niagra to be sold to the British Army) on the American frontier after the Revolution...Later (After1801) he lived in Canada." -Recollection from writings of Esther Summers- descendant.
Silas was remembered as "a good specimen of an English country gentleman with a cocked hat, knee breeches, long stockings, low shoes with large silver buckles"- recollection of granddaughter Azubah Hogan Gilliland- from writings of Esther Summers
"he belonged first to the Colonial Army and then for some reason switched to the British side. His wife was nee Mary Swayze who was related to William Seward of the then (*actually later under Abraham Lincoln) White House as his mother (*actually grandmother) was also Mary Swayze. The two Marys were cousins. For his actions in the Revolutionary War, Capt. Silas Hopkins was imprisioned for 3 years and fined 1000 pounds, but was given a pardon personally by George Washington. (speculated because of the intercession of Seward family?)"-from writings of Orrena Hanley, descendant of Silas Hopkins.
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #93563477 Capt. Silas Hopkins
Burial
- Burial:
- Date: Nov 1818
- Place: Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93563477/silas-hopkins
- Source S54
- Abbreviation: Public Member Trees
- Title: Public Member Trees
- Author: Ancestry.com
Family records and Letters written to Anona Shaw Blackburn, now in posession of Lisa Blackburn Roller.
Event
- Event: Captain New Jersey Volunteers
- Type: Military Service
- Date: 1776-1777
- Place: New Jersey, USA
Immigration
- Immigration: see note - Ronald Cox's Ancestors, Cousins and their allied families
- Date: Jun 1801
- Place: Canada
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Silas 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 Silas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Silas 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 Silas:
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~1.56%
Dean Oldershaw
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
Robert Baber :
23andMe, GEDmatch T414646 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T414646 [compare], FTDNA kit #N49450
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~1.56%
Vicki Cullis :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A850790 [compare], Ancestry member Figtoria
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~1.56%
Robert Roycroft :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Adri Oldershaw :
23andMe, GEDmatch PT4339159 [compare]
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https://services.dar.org/members/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A058170
edited by Stephanie Enns
Hopkins, Senr., Silas /Res: H District/ It was said he accepted of a pardon from Genl Washington I. S. Niagara Stamped Book.
Link- Land Petitions of Upper Canada, 1763-1865 "Hopkins" Hopkins, Silas 1799