Person:Samuel Hopkins (32)

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Gen. Samuel Hopkins
m. 25 Jan 1749/50
  1. Gen. Samuel Hopkins1753 - 1819
  2. Catherine Hopkins1755 -
  3. James Hopkins1755 - 1758
  4. Elizabeth Hopkins1759 -
  5. John Hopkins1762 -
  6. Mary Hopkins1764 -
  7. Edmund Hopkins1767 - 1826
m. 18 Jan 1783
  1. Samuel Goode Hopkins1784 - 1833
  2. Lucinda Bugg Hopkins1786 - 1873
  3. Elizabeth Branch Hopkins1788 - 1853
  4. Nancy Taylor Hopkins1789 - 1819
  5. Jacob Bugg Hopkins1790 - 1848
  6. Sarah Pettus Hopkins1794 - 1836
  7. Martha Isabella Hopkins1796 - 1822
  8. Mary Boush Hopkins1798 - 1874
Facts and Events
Name Gen. Samuel Hopkins
Gender Male
Birth? 9 Apr 1753 Albemarle County, Virginia
Marriage 18 Jan 1783 Mecklenburg County, Virginiato Elizabeth Branch Bugg
Death? 16 Sep 1819 Henderson County, Kentucky
Reference Number? Q1648099?


"Hopkinsville", Christian County, Kentucky

The name "Hopkinsville " was adopted in honor of Gen. Samuel Hopkins, a gallant officer of the Revolutionary army, and a native of Albemarle County, Va. [Source: http://www.kentuckygenealogy.org/christian/hopkinsville_christian_county.htm]


Information on Samuel Hopkins

The tombstone of Gen. Samuel Hopkins leans against a treee in a overgrown cemetery off HWY 351 in Henderson September 18, 2009. It reads "Sacred to the memory of Gen. L. Samuel Hopkins who was born 9 April 1753 & died Sept. 16, 1819. [Source: Darrin Phegley, dphegley@thegleaner.com]