Sarah Hopkinson

Sarah Wheeler, married 2nd to Caleb Hopkinson, Sr., of Bradford, now Groveland, June 12, 1701, and died Oct. 24, 1732, aged 80. Gravestone in Groveland Cemetery.

Mother of Captain John Spofford, Mary Spofford, David Spofford, Jonathan Spofford, Martha Spofford, Ebenezer Spofford, Nathaniel Spofford and Sarah Spofford. 

Sources

1. Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America (1914).  By Albert Gallatin Wheeler.  page 396. "Under #5401: David Wheeler, s/o John and Ann Wheeler, who married Sarah Wise: "It is claimed that he also had a daughter, Sarah, who was his first child. It is very probable that she married March 29, 1675, John Spofford". [In fact, it says it was his daughter right in the marriage record of Sarah Wheeler to John Spofford. If she is the oldest child of David and Sarah, she was born before brother John, b. 5 Dec 1653. Given that a marriage in 1675 suggests a birth before 1657 to be of legal age, there is a slight chance she could squeeze between John and Abigail, and be born in a small window in late 1654 to early 1655, but this seems less likely than that she was born in the 3 1/2 year gap between the parent's marriage in 11 May 1650 and John's birth at the end of 1653.]"
2. ↑ 3.0 3.1 91-5. Caleb2 Hopkinson, in Jewett, Amos Everett, [Editor], and George Brainard [Compiler] Blodgette. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts: A Genealogical Record of the Families who Settled in Rowley before 1700 with Several Generations of their Descendants. (Rowley, Mass.: Amos Everett Jewett (Newcomb & Gauss Co., Printers, Salem, Mass.), 1933), 162. "… Sarah, widow of John Spofford. … She died 24 Oct., 1732, aged 80 years (G. S. Groveland)."
3. Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Bradford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1907), 329. "Hopkinson, Sarah, Mrs. [died] Oct. 24, 1732, in her 81st y. GR2 [Age 80, so birth calculates to about 1652. GR2=Ancient Burying Ground at East Bradford, afterwards Groveland.]"

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• http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_7.htm#32

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Had 8 children

Wife of John Spofford (1st) and Caleb Hopkinson (2nd). Daughter of David Wheeler and Sarah Wise. Mother of Captain John Spofford, Mary Spofford, David Spofford, Jonathan Spofford, Martha Spofford, Ebenezer Spofford, Nathaniel Spofford and Sarah Spofford.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jul 14 2022, 14:19:53 UTC

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