Hopkins Family History

Hopkins Family History/Genealogy


Stephen Hopkins and his daughter Constance or Constanta arrived on the Mayflower in 1620.

Constance married Nicholas Snow who arrived on the Anne in 1623.


Cousins descended from Stephen Hopkins:

Cindi Wafstet (wafstet@worldnet.att.net) Cindi's Web page
Ken Saccocia (kensac@silcom.com)
Thomas Colwell Payne (PAYNETC@aol.com)
Barry Merrill Thayer Rummel (monitor@sprynet.com)
Jim W. Snow (snowjob@azstarnet.com)
Barry Rhodes Bjorkman (bjorkman@sierra.net)
Leslie Blank (LBQU99B@prodigy.com)
Mary Alice Short (QKBC43A@prodigy.com)
David C. Blackwell (dblackwell@s1.drc.com)
Carol Woo (c..woo@worldnet.att.net)
Joan Marie Lafferty Caldwell (caldwell@cpatch.com)
Martha Schaller Cavenagh (martysc@ix.netcom.com)
Ernest M Christensen (MouseMHS51@aol.com)
Robert Cooper Moor, Jr (bobmoor@ravenet.com)
Betty Webb Styer (bettywebb@aol.com)
Sydney H. Moate (bmoate@northcoast.com)
Muriel Cushing (cardinal16@juno.com)
Donald Webster Thompson, Sr. (dthomps@bellsouth.net)
Nancy Woodward Pope (d-npope@cape.com)
Deena Cross (deenacr@aol.com)
Roberta Hall (BobiHall@aol.com)
Judith Morr Johnson (cwj@gte.net)
L. Gordon Smith (SmithJ1234@aol.com)
Virginia Deagan (gdeagan@gulf.net)
Patricia Rowell (pjrowell@nccn.net)
David B. Hall (bobihall@aol.com)
Francine Jacques (fjacques@aol.com)
Kenneth R. Whittemore, Jr. (kwhittemore@hotmail.com)
Scott William Melendez (Scott@Melendez.com)
Gary L. Smith Merrill (ozobryum@mail.netnitco.net)
Donald Kelly (jdk@direct.ca)


References: "Mayflower Descendants and Their Marriages" by John T. Landis; Mentioned in his father's will; NEGHR, multiple references. "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" Clarence Almon Torrey, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore 1985. p692. !MARRIAGE: "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" as noted above, pp692, 634. !DEATH: "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" as noted above, p.692 !BIRTH: `Stephen Hopkins MFIP' by John D Austin (1989) p12 BIRTH: `Mayflower Families-Stephen Hopkins' by John D Austin (1992) p19 -"b. prob. Plymouth ca. 1636" MARRIAGE: `Stephen Hopkins MFIP' by John D Austin (1989) p12 MARRIAGES: `Mayflower Families-Stephen Hopkins' by John D Austin (1992) p19 -"The marriage of Stephen and Susannah was twice recorded at Eastham, once with date of 13 Dec. 1665, well after b. of their oldest child." DEATH: `Stephen Hopkins MFIP' by John D Austin (1989) p12 DEATH: `Mayflower Families-Stephen Hopkins' by John D Austin (1992) p19 RESIDENCE: `Mayflower Families-Stephen Hopkins' by John D Austin (1992) p19 -"Stephen Snow res. in what is now East Orleans." WILL: `Mayflower Families-Stephen Hopkins' by John D Austin (1992) p19 -"His will, calling him of Eastham and dated 2 Apr 1697, was proved 10 Jan. 1705/6. He mentioned sons Micaiah Snow, (executor) and Ebenezer Snow, requiring them to "maintain their mother dureing her Life out of the proffits of my Land with what was hers before Marriage"; ten acres "which was given to me by my father Nicholas Snow," and dau. Mehetabel. A receipt of heirs, dated 21 May 1706, was signed by his widow Mary Snow, Ebenezer Snow, John King, Wm Cole, John Smith and Mahittable Snow "al of us or our wives Children of...Stephen Snow deceased."


Subject: Stephen Hopkins

Richard Weening on 4/26/97 12:34 PM said:

>>>>Anne Harrison on 4/15/97 6:00 AM said:>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> Through my Grandmothers family I am a granddaughter of Stephen Hopkins. I would like to contact other descendants of Stephen Hopkins to compare trees and add on to my family lines. Thanks, Anne.>>>>

>>Mark Young on 4/15/97 7:59 AM said:>> >>>>I too am descended from Stephen Hopkins. I have a lot of names in the tree and may be able to fill out your lines and you could probably do the same for me. Let me know when you get this message. For the time being, I can be reached at youngmd@juno.com, but that probably will change by tonight to youngmd@akula.com.>>

>>Like both of you, I have Stephen in my files, you can contact me at - history@execpc.com Thank You, Joyce

Some Hopkins references:

De Costa, B.F. "Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower." The New England Historical
and Genealogical Register. 133: 300-305. July, 1879.

Hayward, Kendall Payne. "The Adventure of Stephen Hopkins." The Mayflower
Quarterly 51(1): 5-9. February, 1985.

Hodges, Margaret. Hopkins of the Mayflower. New York: Farrar, Straus &
Giroux, 1972.

Jourdain, Silvester. "A Discovery of the Bermudas, Otherwise Called the Isle of
Devils." in Wright, Louis B., ed. A Voyage to Virginia in 1609. Charlottesville:
University of Virginia, 1964.

Kolb, Avery. "The Tempest." American Heritage. 34(3) : 26-35. April/May,
1983.

Maitland, Charmian. "Stephen Hopkins in England." The Mayflower Quarterly
51(1): 7-9. February, 1985.

Stachey, William. "A True Repository of the Wreck and Redemption of Sir
Thomas Gates, Knight." in Wright, Louis B., ed. A Voyage to Virginia in 1609.
Charlottesville: University of Virginia, 1964.


My ancestry:

Stephen Hopkins and his daughter Constance arrived on the Mayflower
in 1620.

Constance married Nicholas Snow who arrived on the Anne in 1623.

JOHN SNOW, b. 1638, Plymouth or, Eastham, Mass; d. Bef. April 4, 1692;
m. MARY SMALLEY, September 19, 1667, Eastham, Mass.

Smalley, Mary (1647 - 1703)
b. 11 DEC 1647 in Plymouth, , MA
d. 22 NOV 1703 in Eastham, , MA
father: Smalley, John(~1610 - 1692)
mother: Walden, Ann(~1620 - )
spouse: Snow, John (~1638 - 1692)
- m. 19 SEP 1667 in Eastham, Barnstable, Mass
----------child: Snow, Hannah (1670 - )

Snow, Hannah (1670 - )
b. 26 AUG 1670 in Eastham, , MA
father: Snow, John(~1638 - 1692)
mother: Smalley, Mary(1647 - 1703)
spouse: Doan, Hezekiah (1672 - 1752)
- m. ABT 1690 in Eastham, , MA
----------child: Doan, Hezekiah (1712 - 1760)

Doan, Hezekiah (1712 - 1760)
b. 30 MAR 1712 in Truro, , Mass
d. 1760 in Wilmington, , NC
father: Doan, Hezekiah(1672 - 1752)
mother: Snow, Hannah(1670 - )
spouse: Bickford, Thankful (1714 - )
- m. 7 OCT 1731 in Truro, , MA

Hezekiah Doane. Born ca 1737.24 Hezekiah died in 1809.24
Hezekiah married Sarah Bland. Sarah died in 1814.

Hannah DOANE
  Father: Hezekiah DOANE
  Mother: Sarah BLAND
married Jonathan CLAYPOLE 19 Mar 1808
Nicholas Co., KY

John CLAYPOOLE
     BIRTH: 01 OCT 1810, Nicholas Co, KY
     DEATH: 18 MAR 1856, Vermillion Co, IL
     BURIAL: Vermillion Co, IL - Walnut Corners Cem.
   Father: Jonathan CLAYPOOLE
   Mother: Hannah Doan CLAYPOOLE
   Married Ruth Ann WIGGINS

Elizabeth Ann CLAYPOOLE WELLS
     BIRTH: 07 AUG 1833, KY
     DEATH: 27 OCT 1908, Mt. Olivet, KY
     BURIAL: Mt. Olivet Cemetery
  Father: John CLAYPOOLE
  Mother: Ruth_Ann WIGGINS CLAYPOOLE STEEN
  Married Mordecai WELLS on 21 MAR 1852,
     Nicholas Co, KY (03 FEB 1853?)

David Riley WELLS
     BIRTH: 17 MAR 1863, Illinois, Vermillion Co.
     DEATH: 01 SEP 1936, Mt. Olivet, KY
     BURIAL: Mt. Olivet, KY, Mt. Olivet Cemetery
     OCCUPATION: Teacher/Farmer/Preacher
  Father: Mordecai WELLS
  Mother: Elizabeth Ann CLAYPOOLE WELLS
  Married: Mary Elizabeth OVERBEY WELLS
     on 24 SEP 1890, Robertson, Co.
      
D.R. Wells was my great grandfather

  -Jon

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