Joseph Hopkins, Sr.

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Joseph Hopkins

BIRTH 1679 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA

DEATH 19 Jul 1740 (aged 60–61)

Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA

BURIAL Unknown

Son of Thomas Hopkins 1658-1718 & Mary Smith 1656-1724.

Grandson of Thomas Hopkins 1610-1683 & Elizabeth Arnold.

Great grandson of William Hopkins 1588-1670 & Joanna Arnold who came to America from England in 1634/1636.

First married Bethia Allen 1685-1692. Married second Martha Tucker 1688-1740.

Father of:

Oziel Joseph 1710-1800 Jonah 1724-1805 Jeremiah 1726-1786 Abner 1728- Dorcas 1730-1816

Family Members

Parents Thomas Hopkins 1650–1718

Mary Smith Hopkins 1655 – unknown

Spouse Martha Tucker Hopkins 1688–1740

Siblings William Hopkins 1678–1723

Thomas Hopkins 1685 – unknown

Amos Hopkins 1700–1769

Children
Jonah Hopkins 1724–1805

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Joseph Hopkins (abt. 1689 - 1740)

Born about 1689 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

Son of Thomas Hopkins and Mary (Smith) Hopkins

Brother of William Hopkins, Thomas Hopkins III and Ezekiel Hopkins

Husband of Bethia (Allen) Hopkins — married 1700 in Providence, RI

Husband of Martha (Tucker) Hopkins — married 1711 in Providence, RI

Father of Desire Tucker and Jonah Hopkins

Died 19 Jul 1740 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island

Biography

Birth:

User ID: E8942DDC-4ADF-4C69-B4D8-207742EE6CD1 Record ID Number: MH:IF326

Date: 1689

Place: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Married Bethia Allen in Providence, RI in 1700

Children from marriage with Bethia Allen:

Oziel Hopkins 1707 Scituate, Providence, RI

Joseph Hopkins 1710 Scituate, Providence, RI

Married Martha Tucker in 1711 in Providence, RI

Children from marriage with Martha Tucker:

Jonah Hopkins 11/15/1724 Scituate, Providence, RI

Oziel Hopkins 1722 Scituate, Providence, RI

Jeremiah Hopkins 1723 Scituate, Providence, RI

Abner Hopkins 1724 Scituate, Providence, RI

Dorcas Hopkins 1726 Scituate, Providence, RI

Death

Death: User ID: 6539CECF-321B-4E10-A39A-3038834EC5FD Record ID Number: MH:IF325 Date: 19 JUL 1740 Place: Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Sources

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hopkins_(politician)

Reference: ancestry.com:

'Joseph Hopkins

Born in Providence, Rhode Island, USA on 1679

to Thomas Hopkins and Mary Smith.

Joseph married Bethia Allen and had 2 children.

Joseph married Martha Tucker and had 5 children.

He passed away on 19 Jul 1749 in July.

Family Members

Parents

Thomas Hopkins 1656-1718

Mary Smith 1656-1724

Spouse(s)

Bethia Allen 1685-1692

Martha Tucker 168-1740

Children

Oziel Hopkins 1707-1768

Joseph Hopkins 1710-1800

Jonah Hopkins 1724-1805

Oziel Hopkins 1722-1816

Jeremiah Hopkins 1726-1786

Abner Hopkins 1728-Unknown

Dorcas Hopkins 1730-1816 '

'He probably spent his early married life on the Attleborough side of the river,

in the neighborhood of his wife Bethiah Allen and family

who lived adjacent to his father's homestead in present Lincoln, RI.

Before 1708, February 9 - 1711, February 2- His wife Bethiah Allen died.

1713, November 28- He sold to Andrew Hartley, of Attleborough, MA,

"50 acres of land in the North Purchase, lying by the new road that goeth to the wading river."

Circa 1720- Settled in Scituate/Foster, RI with most of his siblings.

All of his siblings settled in either Scituate/Foster or Glocester, RI.

He built a house near Round Hill circa 1720, which is still standing

on Tucker Hollow Road, Foster, RI, at the bottom of the hollow near a shallow pond.

The house is owned (1989) by James Alan and Landen Lucinda Egan.

1720, June 6- Selected Hogg Constable with two others

at a Providence town meeting moderated by his uncle William Hopkins.

1721- He built a horse powered gristmill a little northeast

of the junction of the road toward Killingly and the Ponagansett River, now Foster, RI.

1723- By this year his brothers Ezekiel and William had built the town's first waterpowered gristmill and sawmill on the Ponagensett. The house built by Ezekiel Hopkins circa 1720 still stands at the corner of Winsor Road and the old Danielson Turnpike, a little east of the mill pond, Foster, RI.

1729, November 9- He purchased 157 acres of undivided land in Providence Township west of the Seven Mile Line in the area soon to became Scituate, RI in 1730/1. He purchased this land from Roger Williams (not the same man who founded RI) for 15 pounds and 16 shillings.

1733, November 10 - Documented as a resident of Scituate, RI- the part which was set off as Foster, RI in 1781. He made a gift deed to his son Oziel, of 100 acres of land, and on 23 November 1733, a simuliar deed to his son Joseph, Jr. of "a part of his homestead farm" situated therein. This land was at or near Round Hill, which later came under the Town of Foster, RI when it was set off from Scituate in 1781.

Siblings: Thomas (c.1679-c.1746) married Elizabeth, William (born 1680's) married Deborah Allen of Issac, Elizabeth died 26 February 1731, Mary who married Robert Davis, Rachel, Zebedee (1697-1789) married Susanna Jenckes of Daniel and Catherine Balcom Jenckes, settled in Glocester, RI, Elisha, Sr. married Mercy Waide, settled in Glocester, Ezekell (Ezekiel) died in 1762 married Elizabeth Jenckes-sister of Susanna, Amos died 1769 married Sarah Smith of Joseph and Elizabeth Hawkins Smith, Jeremiah died 26 April 1733, and Ann.

Before 1708, February 9 - 1711, February 2- His wife Bethiah Allen died.

1713, November 28- He sold to Andrew Hartley, of Attleborough, MA, "50 acres of land in the North Purchase, lying by the new road that goeth to the wading river."

Circa 1720- Settled in Scituate/Foster, RI with most of his siblings. All of his siblings settled in either Scituate/Foster or Glocester, RI.

He built a house near Round Hill circa 1720, which is still standing on Tucker Hollow Road, Foster, RI, at the bottom of the hollow near a shallow pond. The house is owned (1989) by James Alan and Landen Lucinda Egan.

1720, June 6- Selected Hogg Constable with two others at a Providence town meeting moderated by his uncle William Hopkins.

1721- He built a horse powered gristmill a little northeast of the junction of the road toward Killingly and the Ponagansett River, now Foster, RI.

1723- By this year his brothers Ezekiel and William had built the town's first waterpowered gristmill and sawmill on the Ponagensett. The house built by Ezekiel Hopkins circa 1720 still stands at the corner of Winsor Road and the old Danielson Turnpike, a little east of the mill pond, Foster, RI.

1729, November 9- He purchased 157 acres of undivided land in Providence Township west of the Seven Mile Line in the area soon to became Scituate, RI in 1730/1. He purchased this land from Roger Williams (not the same man who founded RI) for 15 pounds and 16 shillings.

1733, November 10 - Documented as a resident of Scituate, RI- the part which was set off as Foster, RI in 1781. He made a gift deed to his son Oziel, of 100 acres of land, and on 23 November 1733, a simuliar deed to his son Joseph, Jr. of "a part of his homestead farm" situated therein. This land was at or near Round Hill, which later came under the Town of Foster, RI when it was set off from Scituate in 1781.

Siblings: Thomas (c.1679-c.1746) married Elizabeth, William (born 1680's) married Deborah Allen of Issac, Elizabeth died 26 February 1731, Mary who married Robert Davis, Rachel, Zebedee (1697-1789) married Susanna Jenckes of Daniel and Catherine Balcom Jenckes, settled in Glocester, RI, Elisha, Sr. married Mercy Waide, settled in Glocester, Ezekell (Ezekiel) died in 1762 married Elizabeth Jenckes-sister of Susanna, Amos died 1769 married Sarah Smith of Joseph and Elizabeth Hawkins Smith, Jeremiah died 26 April 1733, and Ann.