Joanna Hopkins

Not the wife of David Dudley

Joanna Arnold, daughter of Nicholas Arnold and Alice Gulley, was baptized November 30, 1577 in Ilchester, Somerset, England, and was buried at St. Bartholomew in Yeovilton, Somerset, England on 10 March 10, 1620/21.She married William Hopkins on 13 October 1611. He was born say 1677; his parents are unknown.

Family

Children of Joanna Arnold and William Hopkins are:

1. Frances Hopkins, bp 28 May 1614, probably at Ilchester, Somerset, England (Parish registers are not available to confirm this); d. 1700, Dartmouth, Mass. Married William Mann.
2. Thomas Hopkins, bp 7 April 1616 at Ilchester, Somerset, England; d. 1684, Littleworth Plan, Oyster Bay, N.Y. Married Elizabeth.
3. Elizabeth Hopkins, bp 3 July 1619, probably at Ilchester, Somerset, England (Parish registers are not available to confirm this); d. 1655, Providence, RI. Married Edward Inman.

Her two oldest children accompanied her brother William Arnold to New England in 1635.[4] Her son Thomas became a founding settler of the Providence Plantation with Roger Williams, and established the Hopkins family of Rhode Island. Rhode Island's statesman, governor, and signer of the US Declaration of Independence, Stephen Hopkins, is a descendant.

Origins

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156354853/nicholas-arnold

Nicholas Arnold was born Northover, Somersetshire, England about 1545, buried Ilchester, Somersetshire, England 26 Jan 1622/3, and married (1) about 1570 Alice Gully, the daughter of John and Alice Gully. Nicholas m. (2) about 1598 Grace _______, who is the wife mentioned in his will. Nicholas was a tailor, and likely spent his apprenticeship in the village of Northover as a young man. About 1575 he moved with his wife and daughter about half a mile across the River Yeo to the larger town of Ilchester, and there established himself as a merchant tailor. The mention of his occupation in his oldest daughter's baptismal record, and in his wife's burial record suggest that he was a prominent tailor, and probably a member of the Tailors Guild.

Children, first seven with first wife, last three with second wife; the first baptized in Northover, and the remaining born and baptized in Ilchester:

• Tomsine, bp 4 Jan 1571[/2?], m. Ilchester 5 Oct 1595 Robert HACKER. The baptism of their seven children is recorded in William Arnold's family record.
• Joane, bp 30 Nov 1577, bur. Yeovilton, Somersetshire, Eng. 10 Mar 1621/2, m. ca 1612 William HOPKINS. Her two oldest children accompanied her brother William Arnold to America in 1635.
• Margery, bp 30 Aug 1581, m. Northover 1603 Thomas BARNARD.
• William, b. 24 Jun 1587, m. Christian PEAK and sailed to North America in 1635 with his wife and four children.
• Robert, bp 18 Oct 1593.
• Agnes, b. ca 1595, buried Ilchester Oct 1595. She is not included in William Arnold's family record.
• Elizabeth, b. 9 Apr 1596, d. an infant. The fact that William Arnold gives her birth and not baptism in his family record suggests that she died too soon after birth to be baptized. She and her mother probably died within a very short time of each other and may have been buried in a common grave.
• Thomas, bp 18 Apr 1599, witnessed his father's will in 1622; m. (1) ca 1622 Margaret, who was buried at Ilchester 18 Oct 1623; m. (2) Jane. This is not the Thomas Arnold who came to Rhode Island about the same time as William Arnold, as had been thought for many years.
• Daughter, b. ca 1601. In his will, Nicholas Arnold mentions his two unnamed youngest daughters, children of his second wife. No name has been found for this one.
• Eleanor, bp 31 Jul 1603.

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675. Joanna Arnold. Born ca 1577 at Ilchester, Somerset. Baptized on 30 Nov 1577 at Ilchester.8 Joanna died at Yeovilton, England, in Mar 1621/2. Buried on 10 Mar 1621/2 in St. Bartholomew, Yeovilton.8

Joanna married William Hopkins. Born ca 1577. William, of Yeovilton.

Children: 2568 (old list of children)
i.Frances (ca1614-1700) 2569
ii.Thomas (ca1616-1684) 2570
iii.Elizabeth (ca1619-ca1655) 2571
iv.Grace (ca1621-) [NO: born after mother died]

References

• Hubbard, Edwin. Early Records of the Arnold Family. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (1879). Vol. 33:427 < link to Family Bible >. This article reprints a handwritten record dating back to the family of the immigrant WIlliam Arnold. Subsequent research has validated some of the dates, and thus the record appears original and trustworthy. The first section was written by William ‘the settler’ Arnold himself, the next by his son Benedict Arnold, the third by his son Josiah Arnold (1646), and the fourth by Josiah Arnold Jr. (1707).
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Joanna_Arnold_(2)
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Arnold-207 cites
  • 1. Hubbard, Edwin. “Early Records of the Arnold Family.” New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol 33. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1879. pp 427, 428 < GoogleBooks >
  • 2. "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N21P-2ZJ : 13 March 2020), Johan Arnold in entry for Will Hopkins, 1611.
  • 3. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N521-5QM : 21 March 2020), Thomas Hopkins, 1616.
  • 4. Arnold, Elisha Stephen, The Arnold Memorial: William Arnold of Providence and Pawtuxet, 1587-1675, and a Genealogy of his Descendants. Page 20. < Archive.Org >
• Find A Grave: Memorial #156355877. Burial: St Bartholomew Churchyard, Yeovilton, South Somerset District, Somerset, England https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156355877
• http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I41&tree=L21