Bible of Sarah McCleary Hopkins (1792-1875)

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The following appears on p. 1 of the APPENDIX TO PART I: ORIGINAL SOURCES OF VITAL STATISTICS in

• HOPKINS FAMILY IN AMERICA: ILLINOIS PIONEERS: Descendants of Scotch Irish Emigrants, Connecticut - Rhode Island, Circum. 1720, Robert H. Hopkins, 1940. [This document is a three-inch thick manuscript, photocopied from a carbon-copy of the original. No copyright or publication information has been found.] Robert Hiram Hopkins (1884-1946) lived in Maplewood, New Jersey in 1940.

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Transcribed from the Original Sources Where the Record was Made at First Hand by Those Having Intimate Knowledge of the Facts.

Old Bible Originally Owned by Mrs. Sarah McCleary Hopkins.

Information Transcribed by Judge Jacob Hawken Hopkins.

Column 1. Births

Thomas McCleary. March 4, 1754.

Sarah Montgomery. February 16, 1760.

Samuel McCleary. September 2, 1782.

Martha McCleary. August 16, 1784.

Thomas McCleary. February 8, 1786.

Column 2. Births.

Daniel McCleary. September 1788.

Thomas McCleary. July 7, 1790.

Sarah McCleary. September 30, 1792.

Betsy McCleary. September 12, 1798.

John McCleary. September 4, 1802.

Column 3. Births.

David McCleary. January 23, 1794.

David McCleary. July 3, 1796.

Column 4. Deaths.

Thomas McCleary. September 3, 1814.

Sarah Montgomery. September 16, 1814.

Column 5. Births and Deaths

Thomas Montgomery Hopkins. April 23, 1818. June 11, 1888. (Other data indicates he was born April 30.)

Henry Hopkins. May 19, 1820. (Other data indicates he was born July.)

Robert Hopkins. June 30, 1822. June 1, 1878.) Twins.

Rufus Hopkins. June 30, 1822. July 14, 1875.) Twins.

Sarah Hopkins. January 7, 1825. (Other data indicates she was born 1824. In a letter in her own hand dated January 7, 1907 she said "I am 83 years old the 7th. of Jan." That was her birthday.)

Judge Jacob Hawken Hopkins says, "It is apparent to me from this record that Thomas McCleary and Sarah Montgomery, the first names mentioned in Column 1, were husband and wife, and that the Sarah McCleary born September 30, 1792, mentioned in Column 2, was my grandmother and your (R.H.H's) great grandmother. The record also shows that this Sarah Hopkins died December 12, 1875. It is also apparent from the dates of births in Columns 1 and 2 that all the names following those of Thomas McCleary and Sarah Montgomery were children of that marriage. The two McCleary's mentioned in Column 3, I cannot account for, unless they were also children of that marriage. You will notice that the given names are the same and that there are also two Thomas McCleary's in Columns 1 and 2. This may be accounted for on the theory that in each case the first child born died and the same name was given to the next child.

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See also: Bible of Robert Hopkins (1795-1865)