Person talk:Bethia Hopkins (9)

Alternate birth date [4 August 2011]

I'm wondering what the source is for the alternate birth date (abt 1641). It seems unlikely that a girl born that late would be marrying in 1652.--jaques1724 09:02, 4 August 2011 (EDT)

It's based on a transcribed record through the ancestry.com online record database.--Jlbailey01 10:01, 4 August 2011 (EDT)

It's actually on page 7 of the Hopkins genealogy. There is a 2002 article by Robert Charles Anderson, "Bethia² Hopkins Did Not Marry at Age 11," TAG 77:25-27, which addresses this issue and summarized on her person page. I'll be able to check it out later today--jaques1724 10:37 4 August 2011 (EDT)--jaques1724 19:30, 2 July 2012 (EDT)