Person:Joseph Hopkins (41)

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Joseph Hopkins
b.28 May 1689 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.22 Mar 1738/39 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  • F.  Joseph Hopkins (add)
  • M.  Ruth Long (add)
m. 1 Dec 1686
  1. Joseph Hopkins1689 - 1738/39
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Joseph Hopkins1689 - 1738/39
  • W.  Ruth Moore1689 - 1730/31
m. 29 Mar 1711
  1. Ruth Hopkins1711/12 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 14 Sep 1731
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Facts and Events
Name[5] Joseph Hopkins
Gender Male
Birth[1] 28 May 1689 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Christening[2] 1 Nov 1691 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 29 Mar 1711 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Ruth Moore
Marriage 14 Sep 1731 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Elizabeth Damon
Death[3][4] 22 Mar 1738/39 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Joslyn, Roger D. Vital Records of Charlestown, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1984-1995)
    p. 143.

    Joseph, son of Joseph & Ruth Hopkins, b. May 28, 1689.

  2. ↑ First Church (Charlestown, Massachusetts), and James Frothingham, ed. Hunnewell. Records of the First Church in Charlestown, 1632-1789. (Boston, Mass, 1880)
    p. 82.

    1691.
    [month] 9 [day] 1 Joseph. S. of Joseph (Deceased & Ruth Hopkins [baptized].
    [Note: In old-styles dates, the ninth month is November. More info may be found here.]

  3. ↑ Find A Grave: Phipps Street Cemetery, Charlestown, MA, in Find A Grave
    Joseph Hopkins.

    Here lyes Buried
    ye Body of Mr
    JOSEPH HOPKINS
    Who Departed this
    life March 22nd Anno
    Domini 17385/9 in ye 50th
    [year of his Age]
    [Note: the text given in brackets is buried, and its content was presumed based on typical usage. Further note that the memorial page lists his wife as Hannah Miller, even though the marriage of Joseph Hopkins and Hannah Miller occurred on 7 Jun 1739, over 2 months after the death date on this gravestone.]

  4. ↑ Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. (American Ancestors, 2014)
    Case 11830: Joseph Hopkins 1739.

    Will of "Joseph Hopkins of Charlestown", dated 14 Oct 1731, proved 9 Apr 1739, names wife Elizabeth Hopkins one third, other two thirds "unto my Children". Friends Mr Joseph Austin, cur[r]ier, and Mr Joseph Rand, cordwainer, to be executors.
    9 Apr 1743: Joseph Rand, the surviving executor, hath refused to accept of his Trust, widow Elizabeth Hopkins, along with David Wood, baker, and Joseph Hopkins, hatter, granted administration with will annexed. Bond given 1 May 1739.
    15 Jun 1739: Inventory of Mr Jos. Hopkins late of Charlestown.
    14 Mar 1742: Accounting of administrators allowed, "Mr Badger one of the guardians for the 4 children under age, & content".

  5. ↑ Wyman, Thomas Bellows. The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Massachusetts: in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818. (Boston, Mass.: David Clapp and Son, 1879)
    Vol. 1, p. 516.

    Joseph Hopkins [#2], s/o Joseph Hopkins and Ruth Long, b. 28 May 1689, bp. "1 (9) 1691" [see baptism record cited above], d. 22 Mar 1738-9, m. (1) 29 Mar 1711 Ruth More, m. (2) 14 Sep 1731 Elizabeth Carter.

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