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Joseph Hopkins

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: before April 08, 1809
Mount Desert, Hancock County, Maine, United States (Drowned in Frenchman's Bay, Mt Desert, Maine)
Immediate Family:

Son of Isaac Hopkins and Thankful Hopkins (Smith)
Husband of Mary Hopkins
Father of Smith Hopkins; Thankful Cousins; Rebecca Hopkins; Mary Hopkins; Giles Hopkins and 5 others
Brother of Thankful Snow; Mary Hopkins; Priscilla Young; Susannah Hopkins; Jonathan Hopkins and 3 others
Half brother of James Hopkins and Anna Hopkins

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About Joseph Hopkins

Joseph and his son Joseph drowned in Frenchman's Bay, their boat upsetting while they were transporting young cattle from one of the Porcupine Islands to Hulls Cove.

Joseph Hopkins

b.Mar. 10, 1750 Eastham, MA, son of Isaac Hopkins and Thankful Smith d.Mt. Desert, ME m.Jan. 12, 1770 Mary Higgins d/o Zaccheus and Rebecca (Young) Higgins

CHILDREN included:

   Smith Hopkins b.Oct.13, 1770 bapt. Feb. 21, 1780 m.Nov. 4, 1789 Rebecca Higgins d/o Solomon and Bethiah (Chase) Higgins
   Thankful Hopkins b.July 28, 1772 bapt.Feb. 21, 1780 m.(1)William Wasgatt m.(2)Elisha Cousins, Jr.
   Rebecca Hopkins b.Oct. 25, 1774 bapt. Feb. 21, 1780 m.______ Crabtree, of Hancock
   Susannah Hopkins b.Nov. 24, 1776 bapt. Feb. 21, 1780 m.______ Douglas, of Trenton
   Mary Hopkins b.Apr. 5, 1779 bapt.Feb. 21, 1780 m._______ Hayes, of Trenton
   Giles Hopkins b.March 30, 1781 bapt.April 1, 1781
   Joseph Hopkins b.Oct. 20, 1783 bapt. Oct. 26, 1783
   Priscilla Hopkins b.July 22, 1785 bapt.July 31, 1785 m.______ Mayo, of Eden
   Sally Hopkins b.July 28, 1788 bapt.Sept. 7, 1788 m._______ Doane, of Eden
   Seth Hopkins b.ca.1790 m.Jane Hamor(?)
   Anna Hopkins m.John Taylor, Jr. 

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Joseph Hopkins's Timeline

1750
March 10, 1750
Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
1770
October 13, 1770
Orleans, Barnstable County, MA, United States
1772
July 28, 1772
Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
1774
October 25, 1774
1776
November 24, 1776
1779
April 5, 1779
1781
March 30, 1781
1783
October 20, 1783
Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
1785
July 22, 1785