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Captain John Hopkins

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ulster, Ireland
Death: June 01, 1791 (58-59)
Rockingham County, Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: McGaheysville, Rockingham County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Captain John Hopkins, I and Catherine Hopkins
Husband of Jean Frances Hopkins
Father of Mary Jane Poage; Sarah A. Crawford; Rebecca Poage; Martha Jane Poage; Hannah Amanda Shanklin and 10 others
Brother of Sarah Whipple; Ruth Hopkins and Anna Hopkins
Half brother of William Hopkins; Archibald Hopkins and Mary Blair

Occupation: Find A Grave Memorial #: 21066297; Revolutionary War soldier
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About Captain John Hopkins

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of CAPTAIN. DAR Ancestor # A058054

https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/john-hopkins_22319422



D.A.R. # 58752

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21066297/john-hopkins

John Hopkins

BIRTH 1732 Ireland

DEATH 1791 (aged 58–59)

BURIAL Peaked Mountain Cemetery McGaheysville, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA MEMORIAL ID 21066297

D.A.R. # 58752

Father of Archibald Hopkins (m. 1785 Elizabeth Pogue) who also fought in the Revolutionary War.

The 1905 photo shows the large brick house with 4 fireplaces that pioneer John Hopkins built in Rockingham Co., VA in 1760.

Family Members

Spouse

Jean Frances Gordon Hopkins 1739–1814 (m. 1759)

Children
Archibald Hopkins 1760–1848

John Hopkins 1763–1842

Hannah Hopkins Shanklin 1769–1817
Ruth Hopkins 1772–1834

Thomas B. Hopkins 1773–1834

Ann Hopkins Rice 1780–1850

Gravesite Details John Hopkins died before June 4, 1791.

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Captain John Hopkins's Timeline

1732
1732
Ulster, Ireland
1761
September 1761
Rockingham County, Virginia, Colonial America
November 1, 1761
Rockingham, Virginia, United States
1761
1765
January 14, 1765
Rockingham County, Province of Virginia, Colonial America
1767
September 14, 1767
Rockingham County, VA, United States
1769
1769
Rockingham, Rockingham County, Virginia, United States
1772
1772
Rockingham County, Virginia, United States
1773
April 8, 1773
Rockingham, Virginia, United States