Thomas Hopkins (settler)
Thomas Hopkins | |
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Born | baptized 7 April 1616 |
Died | 1684 Oyster Bay, New York |
Education | signed name with a mark |
Occupation(s) | Commissioner, Deputy |
Children | William, Thomas, Joseph who married Elizabeth and had two children |
Parent(s) | William Hopkins and Joane Arnold |
Relatives | Nephew of William Arnold First cousin of Governor Benedict Arnold Great grandfather of Governor Stephen Hopkins and Commodore Esek Hopkins |
Thomas Hopkins (1616–1684) was an early settler of
Hopkins was baptized in Yeovilton, county Somerset, England on 7 April 1616, the son of William Hopkins and Joane (Arnold) Hopkins.[1] His mother was the sister of early Providence settler William Arnold and the daughter of Nicholas and Alice (Gully) Arnold of Northover and Ilchester in Somerset.[1][2] Hopkins' mother died when he was five years old, after which he and his sister Frances were probably taken into the family of their Uncle William Arnold, and most writers on his early history agree that he sailed to New England at age 19 with his uncle's family in 1635.[3] On the same ship was his first cousin Benedict Arnold, also aged 19, the future governor of the Rhode Island colony.
The Arnolds first settled in
From 1652 to 1672, Hopkins served in a number of civic positions in Providence, including Commissioner, Deputy, and member of the Town Council.
See also
Images
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Town layout of Providence with Hopkins' lot ninth from bottom
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Detail showing Hopkins' lot overlaid on contemporary map
References
- ^ a b Moriarty 1944, p. 224.
- ^ Anderson, Sanborn & Sanborn 1999, pp. 84, 89.
- ^ Arnold 1935, p. 25.
- ^ Bicknell 1920, pp. 143, 158.
- ^ a b c d Austin 1887, p. 324.
- ^ Ancestors of Frank Herbert Davol and his wife Phebe Downing Willits;showing Mayflower descent from John Alden, James Chilton ... John Cooke ... Priscilla Mullines, Richard Warren. F.H. Hitchcock. 22 July 2021.
Bibliography
- ISBN 0-88082-110-8.
- Arnold, Elisha Stephen (1935). The Arnold Memorial: William Arnold of Providence and Pawtuxet, 1587–1675, and a genealogy of his descendants. Rutland, VT: Tuttle Publishing Company. OCLC 6882845.
- ISBN 978-0-8063-0006-1.
- Bicknell, Thomas Williams (1920). The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Vol. 1. New York: The American Historical Society. pp. 143, 158.
- Moriarty, G. Andrews (April 1944). "Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island". The American Genealogist. 20: 224.
- Ancestors of Frank Herbert Davol and His Wife, Phebe Downing Willits. F.H. Hitchcock. 22 July 2021.
External links
- Rhode Island History from the State of Rhode Island General Assembly website. See Chapter 2, Colonial Era.