After hannahs death in 1719, judah was remarried on 12 may 1720 to another hannah mayo, a cousin of. Nehgs to digitize the fifth generation of mayflower descendants. Caleb hopkins, son of stephen 1 hopkins and elizabeth fisher. June, 2018boston, massachusettsnew england historic genealogical society nehgs has announced the release of an invaluable resource. Published by the general society of mayflower descendants, the silver genealogy books trace the first four to six generations of descendants for each mayflower passengers. Austin published an excellent and extensive account of stephen hopkins and his descendants as the sixth volume in the five generations project of the general society of mayflower descendants cited herein as mf6.
The smaller pink books are mayflower families in progress mfip, and are produced as new information becomes available. Sparrow snow, samuel, jabez, jabez, constance hopkins snow, stephen hopkins of the mayflower. Lucie, okeechobee and martin counties hopkins colony welcomes guests and members from other colonies, who wish to attend any meeting. We brought cheese, dried fruit, ships biscuit, salted fish, salted pork, dried peas, dried beans, rice, and other things. The incident was between him and edward leister, a fellow servant of stephen hopkins. In 1620, stephen hopkins brought his wife, and children constance, giles, and damaris on the mayflower child elizabeth apparently had died. A mayflower families gsmd publication, part of the silver books. Do you have access to mayflower silver books or pink. Caleb johnson xlibris corporation, nov 20, 2007 reference 269 pages. Who landed at plymouth, massachusetts, december 1620 silver books. Have some info on stephen hopkins of mayflower through colemcclure line. Stephen hopkins 1581 1644 he was a passenger on the mayflower in 1620, and signed the mayflower compact.
Mary hopkins 3 giles2, stephen 1 was born in nov 1640. Stephen was the only mayflower passenger who had previously been to the new world. The books are generally considered the best genealogy on mayflower families available today. Constance came to plymouth on the mayflower with her father, stepmother elizabeth, her brother giles and halfsister damaris. Stephen hopkins was born about 1576 in england,pos sibly in hampshire.
It can be done, so i encourage anyone to have patience and try not to get lost with bad information. Baptism, birth, marriage, marriage intentions, deeds, death, and burial records. These books are noted for being very well documented, highly accurate, and are the best quality genealogy on mayflower. Add tags for mayflower families through five generations. The society encourages research on stephen hopkins, one of the most colorful and independentminded mayflower passengers, on his first wife, mary, his second wife, elizabeth, and on their descendants. Books and articles massachusetts society of mayflower. Hi all, so, my grandfather eugene coleman shepherd 19352016 passed away a couple years ago and ive been continuing his research.
The general society of mayflower descendants has published a series of genealogical books that trace the first four to six generations of descendants for each mayflower passenger. After being hauled back aboard he went on to have notable direct descendants including the bush and baldwin families. Stephen hopkins family tree along with family connections to other famous kin. Elizabeth was pregnant when the voyage began, and she delivered a son while on board who she named oceanus. The mayflower society has silver books which document lineage for each of the passengers that have descendants. Stephen hopkins, jamestown settler, mayflower pilgrim. All information in the database is derived from the original printed books published by the general society of mayflower descendants, the. The third was invented years ago when someone decided that stephen hopkins of the mayflower 15811644 was the unnamed, nongendered child of of a stephen hopkins in gloucestershire. If stephen hopkins had done nothing more than to help found plimoth plantation, he would deserve a place in history.
Based largely on the genealogy of mayflower planter stephen hopkins, this work includes both his male and female lines through a number of generations. Edward doty volumes added to mayflower families fifth. Stephen hopkins director born 1958, jamaicanborn film and television director. Because the book talks about an individual who was at both jamestown and was on the mayflower, it has some interesting stories about both locations. According to his records, we descend from stephen hopkins, the mayflower passenger and one of the people who signed the mayflower compact. Stephen hopkins mayflower passenger facts for kids. The first one would be difficult to prove because thomas snow is not given as a son of joseph snow in the stephen hopkins mayflower silver book. What do you eat to feed the baby while you are on the mayflower. Mayflower families through five generations abebooks. Deborah hopkins, daughter of stephen 1 hopkins and elizabeth fisher. Stephen hopkins 1581 june or july 1644 was born on 29 october 1581, and was a passenger on the mayflower in 1620, one of 41 signatories of the mayflower compact, and an assistant to the governor of plymouth colony through 1636.
Oceanus hopkins was the son of stephen hopkins and elizabeth fisher hopkins oceanus latin for ocean was born at sea, on the mayflower, during the voyage of the mayflower from england to america, between 16 september and 11 november 1620. These books are noted for being very well documented, highly accurate, and are the best quality genealogy on mayflower families available today. Nehgs to digitize the fifth generation of mayflower. Descendants of steven hopkins of the mayflower, mayflower families through five generations, volume six, hopkins, published by gsmd various years always research the newest edition because things change. We have added a new volume to the searchable database of authenticated mayflower pilgrim genealogies, mayflower families fifth generation descendants, 17001880 hopkins, stephen vol. Documenting mayflower descendants for the 400th anniversary. Massachusetts society of mayflower descendants research. The mayflower was supposed to land in the colony of virginia, but the ship was damaged and they were forced to land 21 november at cape cod now called provincetown harbor. Bermuda castaway, jamestown survivor, and mayflower pilgrim. Any one who is researching the events surrounding the mayflower pilgrims should definitely read this book.
In the 1633 list of plymouth freemen stephen hopkins is near the head of the list, included among the assistants pcr 1. I believe he took this information from ancestry public member trees, as i cannot find any record that actually links my 6th greatgrandmother, jerusha brown murch, to her supposed mayflower ancestors. Oceanus hopkins, son of stephen 1 hopkins and elizabeth fisher b. Newspaper evidence for peregrine or peregrin white and his descendants. Mayflower families through five generations, volume six. Stephen hopkins, story of his life, the shipwreck of the sea venture, jameestown, the mayflower and plymouth colony 1581 1644 sea venture bermuda jamestown mayflower plymouth. These avidly collected books are an invaluable tool in genealogy research. See more ideas about stephen hopkins, may flowers and plymouth colony. Stephen hopkins was baptized in 1581 at upper clatford, hampshire, england. Jan 08, 20 stephen hopkins 1580 1644 wiki was alexs 11th great grandfather. Stephen hopkins was baptized on the 30 th of april, 1581 in upper clatford, hampshire, england. It should be noted that the longstanding constance dudley myth was disproven in 1998.
Mayflower families silver books lake havasu genealogical. The standard reference is the silver book published by the general society of mayflower descendants. I bought this book because i believe that i am an ancestor of stephen hopkins. This book has been reprinted with no changes in 2007. We have added a new volume to the searchable database of authenticated mayflower pilgrim genealogies, mayflower families fifth generation descendants, 17001880. Through that agreement, gsmd made its silver books resource available to nehgs for the purpose of digitization and indexing. The families, the voyage, and the founding of america by rebecca fraser is a free netgalley ebook that i read in late november. Written as a character study within the framework of history, it almost shouldve been called plymouth, due to the extent of the timeline beyond the first mayflower voyage 16201704 and the outcomes of. Ancestor charts showing the family relationships of stephen hopkins c1582c1644 to other famous people. He sailed on mayflower with his second wife elizabeth fisher, three children, and servants edward doty and edward lester. He worked as a tanner and merchant and was recruited by the company of merchant adventurers of london to provide the governance for the colony and to assist with.
The pilgrim hopkins heritage society was founded in 2005 to perpetuate the memory of the hopkins family who arrived on the mayflower in 1620. It turns out that one of the mayflower compacts signers was a man named stephen hopkins. Stephen hopkins 1581 1644 my family history, stephen. The new england historical and genealogical register. Stephen was back in england by 1617, when he married elizabeth fisher, but apparently had every intention of bringing his family back to virginia. Stephen hopkins colony of the society of mayflower descendants in the state of florida the stephen hopkins colony serves the treasure and space coasts of florida, which includes brevard, indian river, st. She was baptised on 11 may 1606, hursley, hampshire, england. Stephen hopkins settled both jamestown and plymouth, and many believe shakespeare based a character on him. Within months of landing at plymouth, edward fought in what bradford called the first duel fought in new england. Description stephen hopkins, volume 6, 3rd edition a mayflower families gsmd publication, part of the silver books. Hopkins left plymouth, england on 16 september 1620.
Our pink mayflower families in progress mfip booklets are silver books in the making. Stephen hopkins was born about 1576 in england,possibly in hampshire. It contains information that was taken from several sources including pilgrim hopkins heritage society lineage papers and the mayflower families through five generations books. What you do is document with birth, marriage, and death records to the point that you get to the silver books. Stephen hopkins lived in hursley, hampshire by may 1604, when his daughter mary was baptized. I also have many of the published vital records for the towns on the cape, if its of any use. He might have gotten there sooner but for a shipwreck a shipwreck that probably inspired shakespeare to write the tempest.
Damaris hopkins, son of stephen 1 hopkins and elizabeth fisher d. He died in plymouth between june 6 and july 17,1644. John howland arrived on the mayflower 1620 as did edward doty, my ancestor. Zebulon bisbee, grace ripley bisbee, lydia ring ripley, samuel ring, eleazer, deborah hopkins ring, stephen hopkins.
He apparently left there, leaving his family behind, in 1608. However no indication on the baptism record on 29 oct 1581 that it was son of or daughter of. He was also an assistant to the governor of plymouth colony in 1636. Known as the silver books because of their distinctive covers, the mayflower families through five generations series from the general society of mayflower. He traveled on mayflower as a servant to stephen hopkins. He was married 14 april 1702 at eastham to hannah mayo, daughter of samuel and ruth mayo and a descendent of william brewster of the mayflower. Sparrow 17861869 oh turned out also to be a hopkins via his mother, so betsys second, gen. He worked as a tanner and merchant and was recruited by the company of merchant adventurers of london to provide. Mayflower families through five generations, volume six, third edition, stephen hopkins the american genealogist 73. Nov 25, 20 lots of good info from your article, and the hopkins silver book was invaluable in getting started in my mayflower society application which was approved in june 2019, after nearly eight years. Since four of hopkins children intermarried with descendants of many of the first comers to plymouth and cape cod, this work is brimming with mayflower connections. Lessons from the life of stephen hopkins plymouth rock. Opinion the thanksgiving story youve probably never. Sparrows birth is in the hopkins silver book as gen 6, making betsy a gen.
Descendants of stephen hopkins generation 2 cont giles hopkins and catherine whelden were married in oct 1639. The story of stephen hopkins starts in england, where he left his wife and children in search of new land. Hopkins was born in 1581 at upper clatford, hampshire, england and was the son of john and elizabeth hopkins. How to prove someone is a direct descendant of a prominent. Constance hopkins was baptized at hursley, hampshire, england 11 may 1606, the daughter of stephen hopkins. See more ideas about stephen hopkins, plymouth and may flowers. I thought the book i ordered was about all of the families who came to the usa on the mayflower, including my ancestors including samuel fuller and john howland instead, it was just about one of the families not related to me the stephen hopkins family. Descendants of stephen hopkins of the mayflower generation no. New england historic genealogical society announces the. The silver books trace the first five generations of mayflower descendants. Mayflower families through five generations history of the five generations project of the general society of mayflower descendants the concept of this genealogical project was first formally conceived by george e.
Mayflower families through five generations, volume six, hopkins, published by general society of mayflower descendants, 1992 was born abt. Most scholars today think he was the same hopkins who was marooned on bermuda, and that puts a new spin. The mayflower families fifth generation descendants, 17001880 database is a result of a collaboration between nehgs and gsmd announced in july of 2017. Stephen hopkins added to mayflower families fifth generation. The pilgrim hopkins heritage society database is a work in progress. The following announcement was written by the new england historic genealogical society.
Known first as the five generations project these books, also called the silver books, are now being researched beyond the first five generations. Til about john howland a passenger of the mayflower who fell overboard during the voyage. The silver books provide biographical and genealogical information on the mayflower pilgrim descendants. Stephen was the only passenger to have previously been in jamestown prior to his arrival in plymouth. Our pink mayflower families in progress mfip booklets are silver books in. Giles hopkins was baptized on 30 january 16078 in hursley, hampshire, england, to parents stephen hopkins and his first wife mary kent. The hopkins silver book lists stephen hopkinss daughter damaris, who married jacob cooke and became the mother of elizabeth cooke, but then directs readers to the doty volumes where they learn that elizabeth married john doty, son of pilgrim edward. Stephen hopkins biography mayflower heritage and history.
Is stephen hopkins 17071785, signer of declaration of independence and native of scituate who later lived in providence, ri and stephen hopkins, 1620 mayflower passenger related. Though he wasnt among the first jamestown settlers, he did arrive within the first three years. Aug 05, 2016 as descendants of francis eaton, one of the original signers of the mayflower compact and ships carpenter, we are trying to update the more recent generations of eaton families to follow up on the last silver book published by the mayflower society which details only 5 completed generations. Bowman in boston and herbert folger in san francisco in the early 1900s. Genealogy charts for stephen hopkins may include up to 30 generations of ancestors with source citations. Descendants of the pilgrims who landed at plymouth, mass. Silver books and mfip please contact sylvie carlson, sales manager in the sales office in plymouth. Of plymouth plantation, 16201647, samuel eliot morison, ed.
The mission of the massachusetts society of mayflower descendants is to gather together to honor and perpetuate the memory of our mayflower ancestors and the ideals of american freedoms and democracy, which have evolved from the mayflower compact signed by the pilgrim fathers when they reached cape cod shores in november, 1620. Books and articles massachusetts society of mayflower descendants. The tracing of the descendants of the mayflower passengers. Did my hopkins chest sail on the mayflower part 2 youtube. Apr, 2020 just met my lost brother from plymouth mass.
It has so much detail backed by extensive research. He apparently left there, leaving his family behind, in. The adventures he would experience due to his desire for liberty of conscience could scarcely be equaled by any other who would come on the mayflower. The goldstandard reference for his later life is the silver book published by the general society of mayflower descendants. John howland of the mayflower volume 1 through desire 2 is permanently out of print. The largest online database of authenticated mayflower pilgrim genealogies now makes it easy to learn whether one is descended from a pilgrim. Many of the newer silver books are blue because the printer is unable to make the silver binding. In list of plymouth colony freemen, 7 march 16367 as steephen hopkins, gen.
The stores for a ships journey are much like the food we eat during the wintertime. Great source for mayflower five generations silver books. He was the son of stephen and mary merrick hopkins. Roser was named the new researcher, to update and carry further to the 7th generation, the stephen hopkins silver book. December 1620 volume i by kellogg, lucy mary ed and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Stephen was a fairly active member of the pilgrim group shortly after arrival, perhaps a result of his being one of the few individuals who had been to virginia previously. Stephen hopkins mayflower passenger simple english.
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