Saturday, April 20, 2019

Surname Saturday -- HOPKINS (England to colonial New England)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.

I am working in the 9th great-grandmothers by Ahnentafel number, and I am up to Ancestor #2289 who is Constance HOPKINS (1606-1677). [Note: the more recent ancestral families have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through two generations in this HOPKINS family line is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

34.  Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)
35.  Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869)

70.  Thomas Dill (1755-1839)
71.  Hannah Horton (1761-1797)

142.  Nathaniel Horton (1720-1771)
143.  Eunice Snow (1722-1816)

286.  Jabez Snow (1697-1760)

287.  Elizabeth Paine (1702-1772)

572.  Jabez Snow (1670-1750)
573.  Elizabeth Treat (1676-1755)

1144. Jabez Snow (1642-1690)
1145.  Elizabeth Smith (1648-1733)

2288.  Nicholas Snow, born about 1604 in England; died 15 November 1676 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.  He married  22 May 1627 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
2289.  Constance Hopkins, born before 11 May 1606 in Hursley, Hampshire, England; died 25 November 1677 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Nicholas Snow and Constance Hopkins are:
*  Mark Snow (1628-1695), married (1) 1655 Anne Cook (1636-1656); (2) 1660 Jane Prence (1637-1712).
*  Mary Snow (1630-1704), married 1650 Thomas Paine (1627-1706).
*  Sarah Snow (1632-1697), married 1655 William Walker (1620-1703).
*  Joseph Snow (1634-1723), married 1659 Mary LNU (1640-1729).
*  Stephen Snow (1636-1705), married 1663 Susanna Deane (1634-1701).
*  John Snow (1638-1692), married 1669 Mary Smalley (1647-1703).
*  Elizabeth Snow (1640-1678), married 1665 Thomas Rogers (1638-1678).
Jabez Snow (1642-1690), married 1670 Elizabeth Smith (1648-1733).
*  Ruth Snow (1644-1717), married 1666 John Cole (1644-1725).
*  Constance Snow (1646-1682), married 1667 Daniel Doane (1636-1712).

4578.  Stephen Hopkins, born before 30 April 1581 in Upper Clatford, Hampshire, England; died before 7 July 1644.  He was the son of 9156. John Hopkins and 9157. Elizabeth Williams.  He married before 13 March 1603/4 in Hampshire, England.
4579.  Mary Kent alias Back, born about 1580 in Hampshire, England; died before 09 May 1613 in Hursley, Hampshire, England.

Children of Stephen Hopkins and Mary Kent are:
Constance Hopkins (1606-1677), married 1627 Nicholas Snow (1600-1676).
*  Giles Hopkins (1608-1690), married 1639 Katherine Whelden (1617-1689).

Information about the Hopkins family was obtained from:

*  Caleb Johnson, "The True Origin of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower," The American Genealogist, Volume 73, Number 3 (July 1998), Pages 161-171.

*  Ernest M. Christensen, "The Probable Parentage of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower," The American Genealogist, Volume 79, Number 4, (October 2004), Pages 241-249.

*  John D. Austin, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Six: Stephen Hopkins (Plymouth, Mass. : General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001), Third Edition, Stephen Hopkins.

*  Robert Charles Anderson (editor), The Great Migration Begins, Volume II (Boston : NEHGS, 1995) pages 986-989, Stephen Hopkins sketch.

I have done no original research for this Snow or Hopkins family.

NOTE:  Shirley Edmonds provided additional information on Stephen Hopkins and Nicholas Snow and I have edited this blog post.  My thanks to Shirley.

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