Person:Joseph Hopkins (33)

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Joseph Hopkins
b.Est 1674 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.3 Nov 1712 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 4 Mar 1656/57
  1. Dorcas HopkinsEst 1661 - Aft 1694/95
  2. Lieutenant John HopkinsCal 1662 - 1732
  3. Stephen HopkinsCal 1663 - 1703
  4. Ebenezer HopkinsAbt 1668 - Bef 1711
  5. Mary HopkinsCal 1670 - 1743
  6. Joseph HopkinsEst 1674 - 1712
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Joseph HopkinsEst 1674 - 1712
  • W.  Hannah PeckEst 1678 - Aft 1735/36
m. 27 Apr 1699
  1. Mary Hopkins1699/00 - 1760
  2. Dorcas Hopkins1704/05 - 1747
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Joseph Hopkins
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1674 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesEstimate based on date of marriage.
Marriage 27 Apr 1699 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Hannah Peck
Death[1][2] 3 Nov 1712 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Probate[2] 6 Nov 1712 Administration to Hannah Hopkins, the widow, and Samuel Sedgwick.
Estate Inventory[2] 26 Nov 1712
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 6. Joseph3 Hopkins, in Hopkins, Timothy. John Hopkins of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1634, and Some of His Descendants. (Palo Alto, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1932)
    25.

    "6. Joseph3 (Hopkins) (Stephen,2 John), b. at Hartford, Connecticut; … He owned the covenant in the First Church 23 February 1695-96 and was admitted 12 April 1696. … Administration on his estate was granted 6 November 1712 to his widow and his brother-in-law Capt Samuel Sedgwick. (Inventory £350-09-09.) On 6 December 1714, John Porter was appointed guardian to the five children of Joseph Hopkins, but on 4 February 1723-24 Thomas4 Hopkins appears as guardian of his daughter Dorcas.4 (Hartford Probate Records, 8:235.)"

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hopkins, Joseph, Hartford, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    2:235-36.

    "Probate Records. Vol. VIII, 1710 to 1715. Page 150.

    Hopkins, Joseph, Hartford. Died 3 November, 1712. invt. £193-18-08. Taken 26 November, 1712, by Robert Sandford and Nathaniel Goodwin, Jr.

    Court Record, Page 96—6 November, 1712: Adms. granted to Hannah Hopkins, the widow, and Samuel Sedgewick.

    Page 221—6 December, 1714: Capt. Samuel Sedgewick and Hannah Porter, Adms., exhibit an account of their Adms: Have paid in debts and charges, £123-05-10; Inventory, £350-09-09; There remains to be dist. of real estate, £246-00-00 To Hannah Porter, late Hannah Hopkins, widow (dowry in lands). To Joseph Hopkins, eldest son, £52-13-04; To Mary, Hannah, Dorcas and Ruth Hopkins, to each, £41-06-08

    And appoint John Shepherd, Thomas Richards and James Ensign, distributors. This Court appoint John Porter of Hartford to be guardian to Mary Hopkins, 15 years of age, Hannah 12, Dorcas 10, Ruth 8, and Joseph 4 years, children of Joseph Hopkins, decd. John Porter and Samuel Sedgewick recog., £200.

    Page 37 (Vol. X) 4 February, 1723-4: This Court appoint Thomas Hopkins of Hartford to be guardian to Dorcas Hopkins, a minor 18 years of age. Rec, £50.

    Page 38—4 February, 1723-4: Thomas Hopkins, as guardian unto Dorcas Hopkins of Hartford, minor, moved to this Court that her former guardian John Porter of Hartford may be accountable for his guardianship to sd. minor. Order by this Court, that the sd. John Porter have liberty the 1st Tuesday of March next to make up his account of guardianship with sd. minor's guardian; but if he should neglect to do the same within sd. time, that then he appear at this Court on the sd. 1st Tuesday in March and render an account of his sd. guardianship, upon the forfeiture of his recognizance.

    Court Record, Page 38—4 February, 1723-4: Whereas, Thomas Hopkins of Hartford, having purchased the right of Mary Harris and Anna Hopkins, two of the heirs of Joseph Hopkins, late of Hartford, decd., in and unto the houseing, barn and lands of the sd. decd, lying together in Hartford, bounding south on highway, west on the land of the sd. Thomas Hopkins, north on the land of John Bunce, and east on the land of James Handerson; and whereas, there hath never yet been any distribution of the sd. estate set out by meets and bounds so that the heirs may have their proper parts and portions, and the sd. Thomas Hopkins as a purchaser, and also as guardian to Dorcas Hopkins, daughter of the sd. decd., moved to this Court that the sd. houseing, barn and land may be laid out by meets and bounds, that the heirs may know their parts: This Court appoint Lt. Thomas Seymour, Sergt. James Ensign and Mr. John Whiting of Hartford to distribute and divide, by meets and bounds, the sd. parcel of land and buildings thereon erected, to the relict of the sd. decd., her dowry therein for her improvement during life, and to the heirs according to former distribution made in value, vizt., to the sd. Thomas Hopkins in right of Mary Harris and Hannah Hopkins, both to the value of £50-06-08; to Dorcas Hopkins, to the value of £20; to Ruth Hopkins, to the value of £29-13-04.

    Page 39—3 March, 1723-4: Report of the distributors."

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