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Henry Kent Hopkins, Sr.

Also Known As: "Harry"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
Death: November 20, 1929 (56)
Place of Burial: Kings County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Henry Coman Hopkins and Susan Wells Hopkins
Husband of Louise Amelia Hopkins
Father of Henry Kent Hopkins, Jr.
Brother of Gerald Wells Hopkins and Ethel Graham

Occupation: Farmer, warehouse clerk
Managed by: Jessica Marie German
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About Henry Kent Hopkins, Sr.

HENRY AUGUSTUS,8 son of Zenas,7 Zenas,6 moved to New York City in 1835, where, as a wholesale grocer, he became a prominent business man. He mar. 1st, June 2, 1845, Sarah M. Wells, who d. May 11, 1856, aged 32. He mar. 2d Amelia C., widow of Geo. O. Russell of Middletown, Ct.

Henry A. and Sarah M. Wells Kent had children :

I. Susan Wells, b. Jan. 20, 1846 ; mar. Oct. 10, 1872, Henry C. Hopkins, a banker and broker.

They had chil. :

  • 1. Henry Kent. b. Aug. 16, 1873.
  • 2. Gerald Wells, b. Oct. 8, 1875.
  • 3. Ethel Hopkins, b. Nov. 28, 1881.

II. Henry A.,9 b. Apl. 28, 1848 ; d. San Francisco June 6, 1878 ; unmarried ; aged 30.

III. Fanny E., b. Dec. 2, 1850; mar. Dec. 27, 1877, Col. Joseph P. Sanger, U.S.A. and had chil. :

  • 1. Edith Kent, b. Jan. 1, 1879.
  • 2. Walter Prentiss, b. Aug. 14, 1881.

IV. Sheldon L.,9 b. Jan. 25, 1853; mar. Dec. 25, 1882, Sarah Faster. He is a broker, and member of the N.Y. Stock Exchange, 1897.

V. Walter L.,9 b. Aug. 11, 1855; an accountant; mar. Nov. 17, 1880, Caroline Humphreys. They have children:

  • 1. Percy George,10 now a manufacturer.
  • 2. Sarah Wells.
  • 3. Henry Augustus.10

Bibliographic information:

  • Genealogies of the Different Families Bearing the Name of Kent in the United States Together ...
  • by Lloyd Vernon Briggs
  • Published 1898
  • Publisher Rockwell & Churchill press
  • Year 1898
  • Pages 387
  • Possible copyright status NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
  • Language English
  • Digitizing sponsor Google
  • Book from the collections of Harvard University
  • Collection americana
  • Page 217
  • Identifier-access http://www.archive.org/details/genealogiesdiff00briggoog

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79. Henry Coman Hopkins 6 (Alicia H.,5 Samuel M.,4 Samuel,3 Henry, 2 Henry 1), son of Alicia Harriet Blatchford and Nathaniel Fuller Hopkins, was born May 2, 1845, at New York; married October 10, 1872, at Brooklyn, New York, Susan Wells Kent, born January 20, 1846, at Brooklyn, New York, died May 18, 1910, at Brooklyn, New York, daughter of Henry Augustus Kent, Esq., of Brooklyn.

Children :

146. I. Henry Kent Hopkins, bom Aug. 16, 1873 ; married Louise Amelia de Gard. +

147. II. Gerald Wells Hopkins, born Oct. 3, 1875; married Georgianna Washington Grunthol.+

148. III. Ethel Hopkins, born Nov. 28, 1881, at Brooklyn, New York.

146. Henry Kent Hopkins 7 (Henry C., 6 Alicia H.,5 Samuel M.,4 Samuel,3 Henry,2 Henry 1), son of Henry Coman Hopkins and Susan Wells Kent, was bom August 16, 1873, at Brooklyn, New York ; married August 23, 1899, at Brooklyn, New York, Louise Amelia de Gard, born August 11, 1870, at Brooklyn, New York, died May 18, 1910, at Brooklyn, daughter of Maurice de Gard, of Staten Island, New York.

Child:

238. I. Henry Kent Hopkins, Jr., born Oct. 15, 1900, at Brooklyn, N. Y.

Bibliographic information:

  • Blatchford memorial II : a genealogical record of the family of Rev. Samuel Blatchford, D.D., with some mention of allied families, also autobiographical sketch of Rev. Dr. Blatchford from "The Blatchford memorial".
  • by Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914
  • Published 1912
  • Topics Blatchford, Samuel, 1820-1893, Blatchford family
  • Publisher [s.l.] : Privately printed
  • Pages 192
  • Possible copyright status NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
  • Language English
  • Call number b5238957
  • Digitizing sponsor MSN
  • Book contributor New York Public Library
  • Collection newyorkpubliclibrary; americana
  • Scanfactors 10
  • Full catalog record MARCXML
  • Pages 85 and 97
  • Identifier-access http://www.archive.org/details/blatchfordmemori00blat

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Henry Kent Hopkins, Sr.'s Timeline

1873
August 16, 1873
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
1900
October 15, 1900
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
1929
November 20, 1929
Age 56
November 23, 1929
Age 56
Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States