i notice that your page and many other suggest that jacob was the son of samuel and elizabeth hopkins
the book called
"burgess genealogy memorial of the family of thomas and dorothy burgess who were settled at sandwich in the plymouth colony in 1637"
by ebenezer burgess and published in 1865 suggests that this jacob was called jacob jr in 3 separate records: his admission to the church in yarmouth, his marriage to ruth wood, and his letter of transfer to the church in middleborough, thus confirming that he was the son of samuel's borther jacob. i welcome correction on this and any insights.
