Person:Stephen Hopkins (19)

Stephen Hopkins
b.Est 1633
d.Bet 28 Sep 1689 and 6 Nov 1689
m. Bef 1631
  1. Bethia HopkinsEst 1631 - Bef 1695
  2. Stephen HopkinsEst 1633 - 1689
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
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] Stephen Hopkins
Gender Male
Birth[1][7] Est 1633
Other[6][8] 26 Feb 1656/57 Admitted freeman of Hartford.
Marriage Bef 4 Mar 1656/57 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Dorcas Brownson
Will[4][5] 28 Sep 1689 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death[4][5] Bet 28 Sep 1689 and 6 Nov 1689 Between date of will and date of probate
Estate Inventory[4][5] 6 Nov 1689 £591-09-06. Taken by James Steele sen. and Joseph Mygatt.
Probate[5] 6 Nov 1689 Will proved.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 John Hopkins, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
    3:413.

    Stephen Hopkins, b. say 1633.

  2. Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    2:462.

    HOPKINS, STEPHEN, Hartford, only s. of John, freem. 1657, m. Dorcas, d. of John Bronson, and d. Oct. 1689, in his will ment. six ch. John, Stephen, Ebenezer, Joseph, Dorcas, w. of Jonathan Webster; and Mary, wh. m. Samuel Sedgwick. His will. d. 13 May 1697. The s. John had eight ch. of wh. one was Samuel, Y. C. 1718, min. of West Springfield; and ano. Timothy was f. of Samuel, Y. C. 1741, of Newport, the Rev. amiab. and ingenious elaborater of the theolog. syst. that bears his name. See Eliot's Biog. Dict.

  3. Barbour, Lucius Barnes. Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977)
    314.

    Stephen Hopkins s of John & Jane born 1634 died Oct 1689 mar Dorcas Bronson who died May 13, 1697 dau of John Bronson of Farm. Children: John m Hannah Strong; Stephen m/1 Sarah Judd m/2 Hannah; Ebenezer m Mary Butler; Joseph m Hanna Peck; Dorcas m Jonathan Webster May 11, 1681 (Hartford Town Record); Mary m Samuel Sedgwick. Freeman 1654; chosen townsman 1668. 1672.

  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Coddington, John Insley. The Brownson, Bronson, or Brunson Family of Earl's Colne, Essex, England, - Connecticut, and South Carolina. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (1962-1963)
    38:204.

    '... Stephen Hopkins of Hartford, b. ca. 1635-6, d. at Hartford between 28 Sept. [date of will] and 6 Nov. 1689 [date of inventory], son of John and Jane Hopkins of Hartford.'

  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:470-71.
  6. Hopkins, Timothy. John Hopkins of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1634, and Some of His Descendants. (Palo Alto, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1932)
    11.

    On 26 February 1656-57 he was made a freeman of Hartford (Connecticut Colonial Records, 1:292) and was chosen townsman in 1668 and 1672 (Trumbull's Memorial History of Hartford, 1:247). He owned a grist mill in Hartford which was left to his heirs, and in response to a proposal of the inhabitants of Mattatuck (Waterbury) erected a mill there by 5 February 1680. Stephen, however, did not remove from Hartford, but sent his son John3 to operate this mill which, with its allotment of land, became his property. (Bronson's and Anderson's Histories of Waterbury.)

  7. Father immigrated about 1634, based on land grants and freemanship.S1 Because both Stephen's birth and the immigration date are estimated, it is not clear whether he was born in England or in the colonies.
  8. In 1646 all male persons in Connecticut above 16 were required to take the oath of fidelity, and three magistrates could give this oath and make freemen upon certificates of good behavior (Connecticut Colonial Records, 1:37, under date of April 9, 1646)- On March 9, 1658-59, it was ordered that for the future none shall be presented to be made freemen until they have fulfilled the age of 21 years and have £30 of personal estate. (Ibid., 1:331.)