Some Descendants of Joshua Hopkins (Giles, Stephen) and Mary Cole of Eastham

  1. John Hopkins was born on 16 Apr 1683/4 in Eastham. [VRE, 7;15] He died on 24 Jun 1700 in Eastham. [VRE, 7;15]
  2. Abigail Hopkins was born on 9 Mar 1685/6 in Eastham. [VRE, 7;15] She married John Taylor on 3 Sep 1713 in Eastham. [VRE, 4;142]
  3. Elisha Hopkins was born on 17 Dec 1688 in Eastham. [VRE, 7;15] He died on 1 Feb 1741 in Chatham, Massachusetts. [TS] He married Experience Scudder on 9 Oct 1712 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. [TS] Experience, the daughter of John Scudder and Elizabeth Hamblen, was born on 28 Apr 1692 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. [NENS, p. 6] She died after 1756 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. [TS] She married second Rev. Samuel Osborn on 19 Oct 1743 in Boston. [TS] He married first Jedidah Smith on 1 Jan 1710 Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts. [TS]
    1. Elisha Hopkins was born on 1721 in Chatham, Massachusett. [TS] He died after 16 Jan 1795 in Barrington, Nova Scotia. [TS] He married Hannah Wing on 12 Jul 1753 in Harwich, Massachusetts. [TS] Hannah, the daughter of Samuel and Mercy Wing, was born on 15 Feb 1733 in Harwich, Massachusetts. [TS] She died after 17 Oct 1796 in Barrington. [TS]
      1. Samuel Hopkins was born in 1757 in Chatham, Massachusetts. [TS] He died on 10 Sep 1840 in Barrington. [TS] He was buried in the Hopkins Family Plot, Shelrose Island, N.S. [TS] He married Rebecca Pannel on 20 Dec 1781 Barrington. [TS] Rebecca was born in 1761 in Boston, Massachusetts. [TS] She died on 10 Jun 1838 in Cape Sable Island, N.S. [TS]
        1. Samuel Hopkins was born on 1 Dec 1791 in Barrington. [TS] He died in 1870. [TS] He married Hannah Atwood on 3 Apr 1817 in Barrington. [TS]
        2. Lucretia Hopkins was born in 1805 in Barrington. [TS] She died on 7 Mar 1888 in Barrington. [TS] She was buried in the old Riverdale Cemetery in Barrington. [TS] She married Smith Atwood in 1830 in Barrington. [TS]
      2. Marcy Hopkins was born on 24 Mar 1763 in Barrington. [BANS, p. 7] She died in 1850. [TS] She married David Wood on 2 Nov 1779 in Barrington. [TS] David, the son of Samuel Wood and Lydia Ripley, was born on 27 Feb 1761 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts and died on 6 Mar 1799 in Barrington. [TS]
        1. Mercy Wood was born on 15 Oct 1789 in Barrington. [TS] She died on 15 Jan 1878 in Barrington. [TS] She married Elisha Atwood on 15 Jan 1809 in Barrington. [TS]
        2. Alethia Wood was born on 15 Apr 1791 in Barringon. [TS] She died on 25 Oct 1880 in Barrington. [TS] She is buried in the old Riverdale Cemetery in Barrington. [TS] She married Knowles Atwood on 2 Jan 1811 in Barrington. [TS]
      3. Elisha Hopkins was born on 22 Jun 1765 in Barrington. [BANS, p. 7] He died on Oct 1836 in Bear Point in Barrington. [TS] He married Bethia Wilson on 17 Dec 1790 in Barrington. [TS] Bethia, the daughter of Henry Wilson and Sarah Chase was born on 25 Jan 1771 in Barrington. [TS]
        1. Edward Hopkins was born on 6 Jan 1792 in Barrington. [TS] He died on 13 Dec 1875 in Shag Harbour in Barrington. [TS] He married Polly Nickerson on 27 Dec 1814 in Barrington. [TS]
          1. Isaac Hopkins was born on 3 Jan 1831 in Barrington. [TS] He died on 7 Feb 1905 in Barrington. [TS][BANS, does not give the day] He married Christiana Crowell in 1855 in Shag Harbour. [TS]
        2. Sarah Hopkins was born on 19 Sep 1797 in Barrington. [TS] She married Stephen Knowles Atwood [HBT, p. 435] on 20 Dec 1821 in Barrington. [BANS, p. 126]
      4. Edward Hopkins was born on 27 Jun 1767 in Barrington. [BANS, p. 7] He died on 15 Oct 1836 in Barrington. [TS] He married Hannah Hinckley in 1789 in Barrington. [TS] Hannah was born on Birth 15 Oct 1770 in Barrington and died in 1842 in Barrington. [TS]
        1. Thomas Edward Hopkins was born on 20 Feb 1793 in Barrington. [TS] He died in Barrington. [TS] He married Mary Crowell on 25 Jan 1814 in Barrington. [TS] Mary, the daughter of Moses Crowell and Mary Wilson, was born on 15 Jul 1794 in Barrington and died on 25 Jan 1876 in Barrington. [TS]
          1. Seth Hopkins was born on 15 Dec 1827 in Barrington. He died before 1881. He married Deborah Atwood as her second husband.
      5. Isaac Hopkins was born on 15 Oct 1770 in Barrington. [BANS, p. 7]
      6. Seth Hopkins was born on 15 Apr 1774 in Barrington. [BANS, p. 7]
    2. Elizabeth Hopkins married Benjamin Godfrey. [NENS, p. 9, Elizabeth the sister of Elisha and John]
      1. Benjamin Godfrey married Bethia Atwood on 27 Jul 1762. [NENS, p. 9]
  4. Lydia Hopkins was born on 1 Apr 1692 in Eastham. [VRE, 7;15]
  5. Mary Hopkins was born on 20 Jan 1694/5 in Eastham. [VRE, 7;15] She may be the Mary Hopkins who married Joseph Smith on 24 Jun 1715. [LEFR, pp. 66-7]
  6. Joshua Hopkins was born on 20 Feb 1697/8 in Eastham. [VRE, 7;15]
  7. Hannah Hopkins was born on 25 Mar 1700 in Eastham. [VRE, 7;15]
  8. Phebe Hopkins was born on 11 Mar 1702 in Eastham. [VRE, 7;15]

References

VRE Bowman, George, "Eastham, Mass., Vital Records: Literally translated from the original records," The Mayflower Descendant 3; 178-181, 329-231; 4; 29-34, 140-142; 5; 22-23; 195-198; 6; 12-16; 712-20; 7, 1905, ; 12-20; 8, 1906, 12-13; 12, 1913, 52-55, 141, 227.
HBT Crowell, Edwin, A History of Barrington Township and Vicinity, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, 1604-1870, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, unknown.
NENS Crowell, Fred E., New Englanders in Nova Scotia, Manuscript R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org., New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.
LEFR Lamont, Belle Eldredge, Lamont-Eldredge Family Records, Albion, NY, unknown, 1948.
BANS No Author, Barrington & Argyle, Nova Scotia Vital Records, Online Database, AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.
TS Smith, Tom, Public member story posted by tomsmith140 on ancestry.com.

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