Stephens, coleman street, london, on 22 december 1609. Who landed at plymouth, massachusetts, december 1620 silver books. A valuable book for the mayflowerstephen hopkins enthusiast. Margaret griffith typescript genealogy beginning with the seventh generation of descendants of stephen hopkins of the mayflower. The story of stephen hopkins starts in england, where he left his wife and children in search of new land. He sailed on mayflower with his second wife elizabeth fisher, three children, and servants edward doty and edward lester. Cape cod series history and genealogy of the mayflower planters by hills. Stephen hopkins mayflower interesting facts genealogybank. Well, it wasnt exactly a vacationbut pilgrim stephen hopkins lived on the island of bermuda for over a year, from 1609 to 1610. Stephen1 and giles2 hopkins, mayflower passengers, and some of their descendants, contributor names hawes, james w.
Stephen hopkins 1581 june or july 1644 was born on 29 october 1581, and was a passenger on the mayflower in 1620, one of 41 signatories of the mayflower compact, and an assistant to the governor of plymouth colony through 1636. He was one of the first children to be born on the mayflower while enroute to america. Silver books and mfip please contact sylvie carlson, sales manager in the sales office in plymouth. Bermuda castaway, jamestown survivor, and mayflower pilgrim. Below are some interesting facts about stephen hopkins and his connection to the mayflower. Bermuda castaway, jamestown survivor, and mayflower. I could have saved myself a lot of pointing and clicking if id just found this book first. Stephen1 and giles2 hopkins mayflower passengers and some of their descendants by hawes 2. Book printed material image 7 of stephen1 and giles2 hopkins, mayflower passengers, and some of their descendants, about this item.
Stephen hopkins was born about 1576 in england,pos sibly in hampshire. Stephen hopkins lived in hursley, hampshire by may 1604, when his daughter mary was baptized. A mayflower families gsmd publication, part of the silver books. Stephen hopkins biography mayflower heritage and history. Bit by bit, mack extracts from early extant writings an intimate and insightful account of stephen hopkins of. Bit by bit, mack extracts from early extant writings an intimate and insightful account of stephen hopkins of the mayflower. Description stephen hopkins, volume 6, 3rd edition a mayflower families gsmd publication, part of the silver books. Stephen hopkins volume 6 john howland volume 23 part 1. The book is a nice presentation of what has to be a lot of.
The pilgrim hopkins heritage society was founded in 2005 to perpetuate the memory of the hopkins family who arrived on the mayflower in 1620. Stephen was a fairly active member of the pilgrim group shortly after arrival, perhaps a result of his being one of the few individuals who had been to virginia previously. John howland of the mayflower volume 1 through desire 2 is permanently out of print. Mayflower families through five generations, volume six, third edition, stephen hopkins the american genealogist 73. He was also an assistant to the governor of plymouth colony in 1636. He was born in england, married there, and he died in plymouth, mass. The alleged son william is based on wottonunderedge records and does not need further comment since the wortley origin will be disproven.
Stephen hopkins was baptized in 1581 at upper clatford, hampshire, england. He died in plymouth between june 6 and july 17,1644. Ive edited it to make it more interesting for you, and it contains information about the life of stephen hopkins. Stephen1 and giles2 hopkins, mayflower passengers, and. Hopkins and his wife are now both dead, but they lived above twenty years in this place and had one son and four daughters born here. I bought this book because i believe that i am an ancestor of stephen hopkins. Except we dont know where stephen of the mayflower is buried. His children giles and constance, are referred to by bradford as being children of a former wife, who may have been hopkins first wife, although this also is not clear. Click on the volume of interest to see pricing information and to order them from. Hopkins was born in 1581 at upper clatford, hampshire, england and was the son of john and elizabeth hopkins.
I found this book about stephen hopkins, mayflower passenger, while researching family history. Stephen hopkins 1581 1644 he was a passenger on the mayflower in 1620, and signed the mayflower compact. Do you have access to mayflower silver books or pink. Stephen hopkins, bermuda castaway, jamestown survivor and mayflower pilgrim, and is the creator of the website. The hopkins silver book leaves off with gen 3, the birth of martha cooke, and refers readers to the cooke volume. Its the most exhaustive collection of information about him that ive ever come across. This unpublished material is a continuation of an article that appeared in the.
When samoset first approached the settlers, he spent the night in stephen hopkins house. In the spring of 1621, plymouth colony sent stephen hopkins to make. Lucie, okeechobee and martin counties hopkins colony welcomes guests and members from other colonies, who wish to attend any meeting. Stephen hopkins march 7, 1707 july, 1785 was a governor of the colony of rhode island and providence plantations, a chief justice of the rhode island supreme court, and a signer of the declaration of independence. Their son became a seaman and died at barbadoes, one daughter died here, and two are married. This information is taken from the book, the history and genealogy of the mayflower planters. Title stephen1 and giles2 hopkins, mayflower passengers, and some of their descendants, contributor names hawes, james w. Hopkins attended the albany congress of 1754 where he. All the formal portraits that people have been copying of the seated man in the gold vest is supposed to be a. He was born sometime between september 6 and november 9, 1620, to a tanner and merchant named stephen hopkins, and his wife elizabeth. Four generations from children lydia, hannah, joseph, jabez, ruth and isaac.
Click on the names below to see their relationship charts. Stephen hopkins the society of the descendants of the. Stephen hopkins was born during the reign of queen elizabeth i and came of age as england was experiencing great economic growth, increased overseas exploration, and a renaissance in the arts. Interesting article and according to your ancestry we are distant cousins. Stephen hopkins won the governorship of rhode island in 1755, and was governor several times through 1766, competing with samuel ward for the annual election for the governorship. These books are noted for being very well documented, highly accurate, and are the best quality genealogy on mayflower families available today. Stephen hopkins, jamestown settler, mayflower pilgrim. New information is given and is accepted by the gsmd. Stephen hopkins colony of the society of mayflower descendants in the state of florida the stephen hopkins colony serves the treasure and space coasts of florida, which includes brevard, indian river, st.
Stephen hopkins of the mayflower and his descendants for four generations. Stephen hopkins came on the mayflower with elizabeth hopkins, possibly his second wife, although her situation is not clear and she may have been hopkins third or even fourth wife. Elizabeth was pregnant when the voyage began, and she delivered a son while on board who she named oceanus. Stephen hopkins and his second wife, elizabeth were among those who sailed for other reasons. In 1620, stephen hopkins brought his wife, and children constance, giles, and damaris on the mayflower child elizabeth apparently had died.
Any one who is researching the events surrounding the mayflower pilgrims should definitely read this book. John smith at jamestown, virginia colony and this new world knowledge would serve the pilgrims well. I have built on another relatives genealogy work and am descended from william and mary brewster, thomas rogers thru son joseph who was a child on the mayflower and stephen and mary hopkins thru giles and catherine weldon. Stephen hopkins from caleb johnsons a brief history of the mayflower from caleb johnsons will of stephen hopkins. He apparently left there, leaving his family behind, in. Named oceanus because of his birth at sea, he unfortunately died before the. Jonathan mack has written an unforgettable story of stephen hopkins and how his indenture of seven years at jamestown later helped in the settlement of plymouth colony.
See more ideas about stephen hopkins, pilgrim and may flowers. He was an independent, outspoken man who couldnt be pigeon holed into pious or trouble maker. It has so much detail backed by extensive research. Hodges claims that stephen, son of stephen hopkins, the mayflower passenger, was baptized at st.
Ivory soule, zerviah cushman soule, isaiah cushman, josiah, martha cooke cushman, damaris hopkins cooke, stephen hopkins of the mayflower. Mayflower adventurer stephen hopkins how wise then. The author notes, i have described hopkins of the mayflower as a portrait rather than a biography because too few facts are known about stephen hopkins to make the writing of a fulllength biography possible at the present time 1972. Descendants of stephen hopkins 14 generations from the mayflower to deon of west pubnico. Elizabeth was pregnant when the voyage began, and she delivered a. The general society of mayflower descendants has published a series of genealogical books that trace the first four to six generations of descendants for each mayflower passenger. The families, the voyage, and the founding of america by rebecca fraser.
I thought the book i ordered was about all of the families who came to the usa on the mayflower, including my ancestors including samuel fuller and john howland instead, it was just about one of the families not related to me the stephen hopkins family. He was from a prominent rhode island family, the grandson of william hopkins who served the colony for 40 years as deputy, assistant, speaker of the house of deputies. Because the book talks about an individual who was at both jamestown and was on the mayflower, it has. If i had to pick a favorite mayflower ancestor, stephen hopkins would be the winner.
Stephen hopkins of the mayflower and his descendants for. Stephen hopkins of the mayflower and some of his descendants timothy hopkins. Stephen hopkins 1581 june or july 1644 was born on 29 october 1581, and was a. Some people were using that stephen hopkins stone for that of mayflower stephen on their trees.
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