Dorcas Hopkins

Biography

Dorcas BRONSON was born on 19 Dec 1633 in Earl's Coln, Essex Co., ENG. She immigrated on 8 Oct 1635 to Boston, Suffolk Co., MA. She died on 13 May 1697 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.(4269) She arrived on the ship Defence.(4270) Parents: John Bronson & Francis Hills (see notes)

She was married to Stephen HOPKINS about 1656 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.(4271) (4272) Children were: Dorcas HOPKINS, John HOPKINS, Stephen HOPKINS, Ebenezer HOPKINS, Joseph HOPKINS, Mary HOPKINS

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Dorcas Bronson

Born in England on 1638 to John Bronson and Frances Hills.

Dorcas married Stephen Hopkins and had 8 children.

She passed away on 1697 in Hartford Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

Family Members

• Parents John Bronson 1614-1680 & Frances Hills 1606-1691 Spouse(s) Stephen Hopkins 1634-1689 Children

1. Dorcas Hopkins 1681-1735
2. Elizabeth Hopkins
3. Webster Hopkins 1663-1732
4. Stephen Hopkins 1655-1733
5. John Hopkins 1662-1732
6. Ebenezer Hopkins 1680-1711
7. Joseph Hopkins 1662-1712
8. Mary Hopkins 1669-1743

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Dorcas Bronson Hopkins

• Birth: 19 Dec 1633 Earls Colne, Braintree District, Essex, England
• Death: 13 May 1697 (aged 63) Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
• Burial: Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Memorial #: 53262267

Bio: Dorcas BRONSON is the daughter of John BRONSON b. abt 1600 England and of Sarah VENTRIS.

Family Members

• Parents John Bronson 1602-1680 Frances Hills Bronson 1605-1691
• Spouse Stephen Hopkins 1630-1689 Siblings
• Mary Bronson Wyatt Graves 1627-1688
• Sarah Bronson Kilbourn 1629-1711
• John Bronson 1631-1711
• Isaac Bronson 1645-1719
• Abraham Bronson 1647-1719 Children
• Dorcas Hopkins Webster 1659-1697
• John Hopkins 1662-1732
• Ebenezer Hopkins 1668-1711
• Mary Hopkins Sedgwick 1670-1743

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• Created by: Linda A Foote-Martin (47221015)
• Added: 4 Jun 2010
• URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53262267/dorcas-hopkins
• Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 August 2018), memorial page for Dorcas Bronson Hopkins (19 Dec 1633–13 May 1697), Find A Grave Memorial no. 53262267, citing Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Linda A Foote-Martin (contributor 47221015) .

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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bronson-33

This person is an ancestor of President Millard Fillmore[1]

Dorcus Bronson was born in 1633 at Earls Colne, Essex, England[2] and was baptized there December 19, 1633.[3] She came with her parents to New England and married Stephen Hopkins in Hartford, Connecticut before March 4, 1657. She died May 13, 1697.[4]

Birth

ABT 1637 Farmington, Hartford, CT[5] Christening

19 DEC 1633 Earl's Colone, Essex, England Burial

13 MAY 1697 Marriage

4 MAR 1656/57

References

1. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~steeles/Steele/d32.htm#P1196
2. Updated from FamilySearch Family Tree via mother Frances Bronson (born Hills) by SmartCopy: Sep 14 2015, 22:54:47 UTC
3. Updated from FamilySearch Family Tree via mother Frances Bronson (born Hills) by SmartCopy: Sep 14 2015, 22:54:47 UTC
4. Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 3 2020, 7:44:42 UTC
5. Coddington, John Insley. “The Brownson, Bronson, or Brunson Family of Earl’s Colne, Essex, England, Connecticut, and South Carolina.” The American Genealogist 152/ Volume 38 (1962) pgs. 193-211. < AmericanAncestors > 38:204. 'Dorcas, bapt. at Earl's Colne 19 Dec. 1633; d. at Hartford, Conn., 13 May 1697.'
6. Coddington, John Insley. The Brownson, Bronson, or Brunson Family of Earl's Colne, Essex, England, - Connecticut, and South Carolina. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (1962-1963) 38:195. 'Parish Registers of St. Andrew's Church, Earl's Colne, Essex ... BAPTISMS ... 1633 Dorcas dau. of John Brownson junr. & Francis his wife, 19 Dec.'
7. https://josfamilyhistory.com/htm/hopkins/bronson/bronson1-4a.htm#dorc4
8. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Dorcas_Brownson_%284%29
9. WikiTree contributors, "Dorcas (Brownson) Hopkins (1633-1697)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brownson-471 : accessed 17 June 2024). Cites
   1. Source: S802 Title: Bronson lineage, 1636-1917 by Sibley, Harriet (Bronson), Mrs., 1873-?
   2. Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009, p ?
   3. History of the Towns of New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut, 1703-1882, by Samuel Orcutt (Case, Lockwood and Brainard, Hartford, Conn., 1882) Orcutt gives no date. p. 668.
   4. Earls Colne, Essex: Records of an English Village, Baptism register 1620 to 1639 (D/P209/1/2) 19.12.1633 (Saturday 19 December 1633) document 6704659 "Dorcas daughter of Jn Brownson junior and Fran Brownson christened 19.12.1633" https://www.essexarchivesonline.co.uk/Result_Details.aspx?ID=45573
   5. New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011) Vol. II, p. 788. HOPKINS, Stephen (?1634-1689) & Dorcas [BRONSON](ca 1639-1697); ?ca 1657; Hartford
   6. Source: #S802 page: https://archive.org/details/bronsonlineage1600sibl/page/8/mode/2up?... Page: 8 Accessed 24 Sept., 2023 Text: Dorcas ; m. Stcplieu Hopkins of Hartford, father of John of Waterbury and d. May 13, 1697 Certainty of Data: 3 See also:
   7. Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).