Ebenezer Hopkins

"Haddonfield was founded by Elizabeth Haddon (1680–1762), whose Quaker father, John Haddon, bought a 500 acres (2.0 km2) tract of land in the English colony of West Jersey to escape religious persecution. Elizabeth set sail alone from Southwark, England to the New World in 1701. Shortly after her arrival, she made a marriage proposal to John Estaugh, a Quaker minister, and they were married in 1702. The town was named for John Haddon, though he never came to the United States.[36]" ~ wikipedia

This Elizabeth Estaugh (Haddon) is Ebenezer Hopkins aunt who brought him to West Jersey when he was 5 year old.

"Ebenezer Hopkins was brought to West Jersey in 1723, when he was five, by his aunt Elizabeth Haddon Estaugh. Elizabeth had come to West Jersey in 1701, as her father's representative, to manage their property there. She settled on a farm near present-day Haddonfield. She married John Estaugh on December 1, 1702. John Estaugh died while on a Friends mission to Tortola, West Indies on October 6, 1742 at the age of 66. Elizabeth lived to be 82, dying on March 30, 1762.

Since the Estaughs had no children, and there were no male heirs in John Haddon's family (see John Haddon's will), John and Elizabeth decided to adopt her sister's youngest son Ebenezer as the heir to the Haddon estate, to manage it after their deaths. Unfortunately, Ebenezer died before Elizabeth did. Ebenezer wasn't adopted formally, but he was raised by Elizabeth and John from the age of five, with very little contact with his father and mother.

Elizabeth Haddon Estaugh's House Note: The book Elizabeth Haddon Estaugh, 1680-1762, has a wealth of details about Elizabeth, the Haddon family, and about the early days of Haddonfield. It was written by Jeffery M. Dorwart and Elizabeth A. Lyons. It's available through the Historical Society of Haddonfield.

In 1737, when he was 19, Ebenezer (1718-1757) married Sarah Lord (1717-1796), daughter of James Lord and Elizabeth Clarke of Woodbury. (See an abstract of their Marriage Certificate.) They had seven children, the third of whom was named Haddon.

Ebenezer was a prominent man in West Jersey, partly owing to his position as heir to the Haddon lands and business interests. But he was also active in local affairs, serving as tax collector, overseer of the poor, and surveyor and overseer of roads for the county. He was elected as a representative to the legislature in 1745, and appointed Clerk of the Monthly Meeting in 1749. He didn't farm his lands to any great extent, but was primarily engaged in financial and civic pursuits.

Ebenezer died in 1757 of smallpox, which his children also contracted but survived. After his death, Sarah devoted herself to the proper raising of her children, with the active participation of Elizabeth Haddon Estaugh. She moved into town and lived in the small house that is now in front of the library of the Haddonfield Historical Society."

from: http://home.comcast.net/~adhopkins/jersey.htm