Thomas Hopkins, Sr., of Oyster Bay

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Thomas Hopkins

Born baptized 7 April 1616
Yeovilton, Somerset, England
Died 1684
Oyster Bay, New York
Education signed name with a mark
Occupation(s) Commissioner, Deputy
Children William, Thomas, Joseph who married Elizabeth and had two children
Parent(s) William Hopkins and Joane Arnold
Relatives Nephew of William Arnold
First cousin of Governor Benedict Arnold
Great grandfather of Governor Stephen Hopkins and Commodore Esek Hopkins
Thomas Hopkins (settler)

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Re: WIKIPEDIA for him. Some of "old family info" is wrong. There is no Nicholas Hopkins/Mary Poole. See how they got invented at http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.hopkins/5435/mb.ashx -- Not a clue related to Mayflower Stephen Hopkins.

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Thomas Hopkins

BIRTH 7 Apr 1616 Ilchester, South Somerset District, Somerset, England

DEATH Oct 1684 (aged 68) Sea Cliff, Nassau County, New York, USA

Son of William Hopkins and Joanna (Arnold) Hopkins.

Children: William Hopkins, Thomas Hopkins Jr, and Joseph Hopkins(father of Ichabod Hopkins).

William Hopkins 1575–1647

Joane Arnold Hopkins 1577–1622

Spouse Elizabeth Hopkins 1625 – unknown (m. 1648)

Siblings

Frances Hopkins Mann 1614–1699

Half Siblings

Elizabeth Hopkins Wakeman 1610–1658

Children

William Hopkins 1647–1723

Thomas Hopkins 1650–1718

WIKIPEDIA

Thomas Hopkins

• Born baptized 7 April 1616 Yeovilton, Somerset, England
• Died 1684 Oyster Bay, New York
• Education signed name with a mark
• Occupation Commissioner, Deputy
• Wife Elizabeth
• Children William, Thomas, Joseph who married Elizabeth and had two children
• Parent(s) William Hopkins and Joane Arnold
• Relatives Nephew of William Arnold
• First cousin of Governor Benedict Arnold
• Great grandfather of Governor Stephen Hopkins

Thomas Hopkins (1616–1684) was an early settler of Providence Plantations and the great grandfather of Stephen Hopkins who was many times colonial governor of Rhode Island and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Hopkins was baptized in Yeovilton, county Somerset, England on 7 April 1616, the son of William Hopkins and Joane (Arnold) Hopkins.[1] His mother was the sister of early Providence settler William Arnold and the daughter of Nicholas and Alice (Gully) Arnold of Northover and Ilchester in Somerset.[1][2] Hopkins' mother died when he was five years old, after which he and his sister Frances were probably taken into the family of their Uncle William Arnold, and most writers on his early history agree that he sailed to New England at age 19 with his uncle's family in 1635.[3] On the same ship was his first cousin Benedict Arnold, also aged 19, the future governor of the Rhode Island colony.

The Arnolds first settled in Hingham in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, but they remained there less than a year. They joined Roger Williams in April 1636 and were among the first settlers of Providence Plantations. Soon after, they were the first English settlers on the Pawtuxet River, the southern edge of Williams's Providence purchase.[4] Hopkins was not yet of age when they settled here, but when he reached his majority he was one of 39 signers of an agreement in 1640 to form a government in Providence, signing his name with a mark.[5]

From 1652 to 1672, Hopkins served in a number of civic positions in Providence, including Commissioner, Deputy, and member of the Town Council.[5] In 1676, King Philip's War raged in Rhode Island, and all of the Pawtuxet settlement and most of Providence were destroyed. Hopkins' oldest sons William and Thomas either remained in Providence or returned there shortly after the war. After the death of his youngest son Joseph[6], Hopkins, his daughter-in-law Elizabeth and her two children Ichabod and Anna, moved to Oyster Bay on Long Island in the Province of New York and remained there.[5] His daughter-in-law Elizabeth then married Richard Kirby. Hopkins was living in the home of Kirby when he died in 1684.[5]

Contents 1 See also 2 Images 3 References 3.1 Bibliography 4 External links See also[edit] flag United States portal flag New England portal flag Rhode Island portal Biography portal List of early settlers of Rhode Island Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Images[edit]

Town layout of Providence with Hopkins' lot ninth from bottom

Detail showing Hopkins' lot overlaid on contemporary map

References[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b Moriarty 1944, p. 224. ^ Anderson, Sanborn & Sanborn 1999, pp. 84,89. ^ Arnold 1935, p. 25. ^ Bicknell 1920, pp. 143,158. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Austin 1887, p. 324. ^ https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89066039397;view=1up;seq=141 Bibliography[edit] Anderson, Robert Charles; Sanborn, George F. Jr.; Sanborn, Melinde L. (1999). The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England 1634–1635. Vol. I A–B. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society. ISBN 0-88082-110-8. Arnold, Elisha Stephen (1935). The Arnold Memorial: William Arnold of Providence and Pawtuxet, 1587–1675, and a genealogy of his descendants. Rutland, VT: Tuttle Publishing Company. OCLC 6882845. Austin, John Osborne (1887). Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island. Albany, New York: J. Munsell's Sons. ISBN 978-0-8063-0006-1. Bicknell, Thomas Williams (1920). The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Vol. 1. New York: The American Historical Society. pp. 143, 158. Moriarty, G. Andrews (April 1944). "Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island". The American Genealogist. 20: 224. "Ancestors of Frank Herbert Davol and His Wife, Phebe Downing Willits". External links[edit] Rhode Island History from the State of Rhode Island General Assembly website. See Chapter 2, Colonial Era. tr=-][54

Thomas, Sr. made a permanent settlement a little west of the Pawtucket or Balckstone River about 10 miles north of his first assigned home lot in the center of Providence, RI. This settlement was located in the territory of old Providence known as Louisquisset (Lime Rock), which was set off as Smithfield in 1731 and as Lincoln in 1871. Thomas, Jr. settled upon the old homestead until his death in 1718.

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1635, May 1- He sailed from Dartmouth, England with his uncle William Arnold and family.

1635, June 24- The group arrived in Massachusetts Bay.

They resided in Hingham, MA for a short time.

1636, April 20- Thomas and the Arnold family settled in Providence, RI.

1636, September 1- He along with his sister Frances (Hopkins) Mann are enumerated in the Family Census of Masshassuck and Pawtuxet, RI.

1637 or 1638, October 3- He is one of 51 who "have paid all their purchase money and have quittances." Therefore, he and the others received land Roger Williams, Founder of RI, had recently purchased from the native Americans and the land was divided into "home lots" or "six acre lots." He was assigned a share of land in the southern part of Providence, RI- the fourth lot south of what is now Power Street, running east form the town street.

He later made a permanent settlement a little west of the Pawtucket or Balckstone River about 10 miles north of his first assigned home lot in the center of Providence, RI. This settlement was located in the territory of old Providence known as Louisquisset (Lime Rock), which was set off as Smithfield in 1731 and as Lincoln in 1871. His son Thomas, Jr. settled upon the old homestead until his death in 1718.

1640, July 27- He and 38 others signed an agreement for a form of government at Providence, RI. Some give the date 10 June 1637 for when this document was originally signed.

1646, February 21- Sergeant of Providence, RI.

1650, September 2- Taxed 13 shillings and 4 pence.

1651/2, March 7- He is one of 12 signers of the Providence Oath of Allegiance to the "Commonwealth of England as it is now established without a King or House of Lords."

1652, 59, and 60- Commisioner of the General Assembly.

1655-Freeman.

1660- He is ninth on alist of "home lot" and "6 acre lot" owners.

1665, February 19- He had lot 93 in a division of lands.

1665-67, 1672- Deputy at the General Assembly held at Newport, RI.

1667, May 30- Swore allegiance to his Majestye King Charles II.

1667-72: Town Council.

1675- He removed to Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York at the outbreak of King Phillip's War where he remained until his death in September 1684.

Siblings: Frances bapt. 28 May 1614, Elizabeth bapt. 3 July 1619, and Grace bapt. 7 February 1622-died in infancy.

Thomas Hopkins emigrated to America about the year 1634/5 and settled in Providence, RI about 1640. He at first was assigned a home share of land situated near the south end of the town. Six other shares of land were assigned to him, as shown by "THE HOME LOTS of the EARLY SETTLERS" published by Charles W. Hopkins in June 1886.

The earliest family records tell of Thomas Hopkins, a son of William Hopkins, who was born in 1616, and resided in Providence, RI in 1640. He was one of thirty nine who signed an agreement for a form of government for the town, and was made a freeman in 1655. He held several offices, among them that of deputy to the General Court in 1665-66-67-72. About the time of the outbreak of King Philip's War he removed to Oyster Bay, NY accompanied by a son who died before his father.

He came from England to Boston before settling in Providence. He was assigned a share of land near the south end of town, the fourth lot south of Power Street. He subsequently had other lands assigned to him and settled for a time on a tract of land west of the Pawtucket, or Blackstone River.

These outlying settlements were more exposed to the incursion of the red men in their warfare against the settlers at the time of King Philip's War, and their homes were mostly abandoned, some seeking refuge in the garrison houses prepared for that purpose, some on the island of Rhode Island and others to more remote regions where greater protection seemed probable.

The island of Long Island proved an asylum for many and became a permanent home for some who preferred to remain as residents there rather than return to their early settlement. Among those that decided thus was Thomas Hopkins, then about sixty years old, with a part of his family. His two sons, William and Thomas, "staid and went not away," and took their chances as to the result of the conflict.

"Immigrant" Thomas Hopkins = Elizabeth (Arnold) Hopkins Thomas b. 1616, Somerset, England; circa November 23, 1621 Ilchester, Somerset, England b. 1616 - d. 1684, New York Thomas Hopkins was an immigrant arriving in New England around 1640, maybe as early as 1635. [There was a Stephen Hopkins on the Mayflower but he was not a direct ancestor of our Hopkins line. If the Mayflower Stephen Hopkins is related to this line the connection would be several generations back in England.] Thomas Hopkins may have come to America with his uncle, William Arnold [brother of his mother, Joanna Arnold Hopkins]. Some researchers list Thomas' wife as his 1st cousin Elizabeth Arnold (daughter of William Arnold) but others say Elizabeth married William Carpenter. Therefore, Thomas' wife is considered to be unknown at this point and the subject needs further research. One of Thomas' great grandsons (through his son, William) was Stephen Hopkins who was the Governor of Rhode Island & signer of the Declaration of Independence.

1635, May 1- He sailed from Dartmouth, England with his uncle William Arnold and family.

1635, June 24- The group arrived in Massachusetts Bay.

They resided in Hingham, MA for a short time.

1636, April 20- Thomas and the Arnold family settled in Providence, RI.

1636, September 1- He along with his sister Frances (Hopkins) Mann are enumerated in the Family Census of Masshassuck and Pawtuxet, RI.

1637 or 1638, October 3- He is one of 51 who "have paid all their purchase money and have quittances." Therefore, he and the others received land Roger Williams, Founder of RI, had recently purchased from the native Americans and the land was divided into "home lots" or "six acre lots." He was assigned a share of land in the southern part of Providence, RI- the fourth lot south of what is now Power Street, running east form the town street.

He later made a permanent settlement a little west of the Pawtucket or Balckstone River about 10 miles north of his first assigned home lot in the center of Providence, RI. This settlement was located in the territory of old Providence known as Louisquisset (Lime Rock), which was set off as Smithfield in 1731 and as Lincoln in 1871. His son Thomas, Jr. settled upon the old homestead until his death in 1718.

1640, July 27- He and 38 others signed an agreement for a form of government at Providence, RI. Some give the date 10 June 1637 for when this document was originally signed.

1646, February 21- Sergeant of Providence, RI.

1650, September 2- Taxed 13 shillings and 4 pence.

1651/2, March 7- He is one of 12 signers of the Providence Oath of Allegiance to the "Commonwealth of England as it is now established without a King or House of Lords."

1652, 59, and 60- Commisioner of the General Assembly.

1655-Freeman.

1660- He is ninth on alist of "home lot" and "6 acre lot" owners.

1665, February 19- He had lot 93 in a division of lands.

1665-67, 1672- Deputy at the General Assembly held at Newport, RI.

1667, May 30- Swore allegiance to his Majestye King Charles II.

1667-72: Town Council.

1675- He removed to Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York at the outbreak of King Phillip's War where he remained until his death in September 1684.

Siblings: Frances bapt. 28 May 1614, Elizabeth bapt. 3 July 1619, and Grace bapt. 7 February 1622-died in infancy.

Thomas Hopkins emigrated to America about the year 1634/5 and settled in Providence, RI about 1640. He at first was assigned a home share of land situated near the south end of the town. Six other shares of land were assigned to him, as shown by "THE HOME LOTS of the EARLY SETTLERS" published by Charles W. Hopkins in June 1886.

The earliest family records tell of Thomas Hopkins, a son of William Hopkins, who was born in 1616, and resided in Providence, RI in 1640. He was one of thirty nine who signed an agreement for a form of government for the town, and was made a freeman in 1655. He held several offices, among them that of deputy to the General Court in 1665-66-67-72. About the time of the outbreak of King Philip's War he removed to Oyster Bay, NY accompanied by a son who died before his father.

He came from England to Boston before settling in Providence. He was assigned a share of land near the south end of town, the fourth lot south of Power Street. He subsequently had other lands assigned to him and settled for a time on a tract of land west of the Pawtucket, or Blackstone River.

These outlying settlements were more exposed to the incursion of the red men in their warfare against the settlers at the time of King Philip's War, and their homes were mostly abandoned, some seeking refuge in the garrison houses prepared for that purpose, some on the island of Rhode Island and others to more remote regions where greater protection seemed probable.

The island of Long Island proved an asylum for many and became a permanent home for some who preferred to remain as residents there rather than return to their early settlement. Among those that decided thus was Thomas Hopkins, then about sixty years old, with a part of his family. His two sons, William and Thomas, "staid and went not away," and took their chances as to the result of the conflict.

"Immigrant" Thomas Hopkins = Elizabeth (Arnold) Hopkins Thomas b. 1616, Somerset, England; circa November 23, 1621 Ilchester, Somerset, England b. 1616 - d. 1684, New York Thomas Hopkins was an immigrant arriving in New England around 1640, maybe as early as 1635. [There was a Stephen Hopkins on the Mayflower but he was not a direct ancestor of our Hopkins line. If the Mayflower Stephen Hopkins is related to this line the connection would be several generations back in England.] Thomas Hopkins may have come to America with his uncle, William Arnold [brother of his mother, Joanna Arnold Hopkins]. Some researchers list Thomas' wife as his 1st cousin Elizabeth Arnold (daughter of William Arnold) but others say Elizabeth married William Carpenter. Therefore, Thomas' wife is considered to be unknown at this point and the subject needs further research. One of Thomas' great grandsons (through his son, William) was Stephen Hopkins who was the Governor of Rhode Island & signer of the Declaration of Independence. -------------------- Sailed from England and arrived in Boston 6/24/1935

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Thomas Hopkins (son of William Hopkins and Joanna Arnold) was born April 16, 1616 in Yeovilton, Somerset, England, and died 1684 in Littleworth Plan, Oyster Bay, N.Y..He married Elizabeth Arnold on 1645 in Providence, Rhode Island.

Includes NotesNotes for Thomas Hopkins: Notes on Thomas Hopkins of Providence, R.I. ca 1640 and his son Thomas Hopkins (2) and his Descendants by A. Holbrook1889 NOTES ON THE HOPKINS FAMILY Genealogical and Biographical By a Descendant. Introduction. Reference to "One Line of the Hopkins Family," published by the writer of this, in 1881, shows that the genealogical record therein, is confined to the descendants of William Hopkins, (2) son of the first Thomas, while his brother Thomas's name appears on page 10, noted as having died April 21, 1718, and thenceforward dropped from consideration. It is proposed in this publication to take up the unconsidered descendants of the second Thomas, so far as particulars relative to them of a genealogical character have been obtained, not assuming that it approaches to a full record of such descendants which is left for others better circumstanced for the work to develop. In connection with this arrangement, the families appearing in the earlier work will be simply tabulated, to show their relation to those appearing as descendant fo the brother to whom this later work is more particularly devoted. It may be well to observe here, that after the first publication referred to was issued, important information was obtained from investigation of records at Oyster Bay, Long Island, which showed that Thomas Hopkins, the first, of Rhode Island, died their in the summer or early fall of 1684, while residing with a daughter Elizabeth, who was then the wife of Richard Kirby, by whom she had children probably as follows viz, William, Thomas, Elizabeth, and Mary, as would appear by Richard Kirby's will, made Oct. 27, 1688, and probated Jan. 10, 1688-9.She also had children, probably by a former husband named Ichabod and Anne Hopkins.These facts were entirely new and unanticipated by the writer of this, and believed to be so by all in any way connected to the Hopkins family in Rhode Island. But they effectively clear up a doubt regarding the time that Thomas died, and established the fact that he had, at least, a third child, of which no record existed in Rhode Island.This Elizabeth, it is supposed, was a daughter-in-law of Thomas and former wife of a son of his who had deceased before this settlement of a part of the family on Long Island, or soon after that event, which probably occurred about the time of the breaking out of King Philip's Indian war in 1675, and was prompted by a desire to escape the perils incident to that struggle. ______________________

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Thomas Hopkins (1) was the son of William and Joanna (Arnold) Hopkins, born in England Apr. 7, 1616, emigrated to America and settled in Providence, R.I., about the year 1640.He at first was assigned to a home share of land situated near the south end of the town, it being the fourth lot south of what is now known as Power street, running east from the town street.Six other shares of land were successively assigned to him, as shown by "The Home Lots of the Early Settler," published by Charles W. Hopkins, in June 1886. pg. 3 These were all located in the near vicinity of the town proper, none prebably being outside of a radius of five miles from its centre.In addition to these, as the growth of population required outlying regione to be utilized, other divisions of territory were made and assigned to the original proprietors in shares of larger dimensions. On one of these last named, Thomas made a permanent settlement.Its location was a little west ofthe Pawtucket or Blackstone river, about ten miles north of his first assigned home lot. These outlying settlements were more exposed to the incursion of the red men in their warfare against the settlers at the time of King Philip's war, and their homes were mostly abandoned, some seeking refuge in the garrison houses prepared for that purpose, some on the island of Rhode Island and others to more remote regions where greater protection seemed probable. The island of Long Island proved an asylum for many and became a permanent home for some who prefered to remain as residents there rather than return to their early settlement.Among those that thus decided was Thomas Hopkins, then about sixty years old, with a part of his family.His two sons, William and Thomas, "staid and went not away," as the quaint expression of the times terms it, and took their chanches as to the result of the conflict. The son, Major William (2) retained a residence upon or near the early settlement, while his brother Thomas, (2) home is known to have been at the place noted as the outlying settlement referred to. There has been much speculation relative as to what was the name of Thomas's wife.As nothing conclusive has been advanced since the publication of the earlier book on this line, nothing new can be presented in regard to it. pg. 4 Children 2. IWILLIAM, (2) b. about 1647, d. July 8, 1723 3. IITHOMAS, (2) b. about 1650, d. April 21, 1718 All of the lands received by Thomas Hopkins in 1640 were aportioned out to him, and others, by Roger Willaims.Williams had received the lands as a gift from local Indians (no patent lands were received by King Charles of England).Narraganset sachems (cheifs) Canonicus and Miantonomo first deeded the land to Roger Williams. Eventually, the King of England did give the Providence settlers, what England accepted,legal title to the lands. More About Thomas Hopkins: Burial: Providence, Rhode Island. More About Thomas Hopkins and Elizabeth Arnold: Marriage: 1645, Providence, Rhode Island. Children of Thomas Hopkins and Elizabeth Arnold are:

   Icabod Hopkins, b. 1642.

   +William Hopkins, b. 1647, Providence, Rhode Island, d. 1723, Providence, Rhode Island.

   +Thomas Hopkins, b. 1650, Providence, Rhode Island, d. April 21, 1718, Providence, Rhode Island.

   +Joseph Hopkins, b. 1646, Providence, Rhode Island, d. 1685, Providence, Rhode Island.

   Elizabeth Hopkins, b. 1655.

Thomas HOPKINS (William ) was born 7 Apr 1616 in Chesselbourne, England. He died 1684 in Oyster Bay, New York. Thomas was born 7 Apr 1616.

Thomas married Elizabeth ARNOLD daughter of William ARNOLD and Christian PEAKE. Elizabeth was born 23 Nov 1614 in Ilchester, Somerset, England. She died 1675 in ,, RI.

They had the following children:

   + 	5 	M 	i 	Thomas HOPKINS was born 1650. He died 21 Apr 1718.

     	6 	M 	ii 	Unknown Son HOPKINS died BEF. 1676.

   + 	7 	M 	iii 	William HOPKINS , Major was born 1647. He died 8 Jul 1723. 

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All that follows is from John Osborne Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of R.I. [reprint, 1958]. The compact of 1640 was the document which set up the government for the colony of Providence.

P. 129: William Mann, d. before 1650, m. Frances Hopkins, b. 1614, d. 26 Feb 1700. She was dau. of William & Joanna (Arnold) Hopkins. Frances died in Dartmouth, Mass., at the home of her son-in-law, John Lapham. In addition to Mary, William and Frances had a son Abraham, who died 26 Feb 1695, unmarried.

From appendix (p. 466) made up of a column of Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary, which appeared for years in The American Genealogist:

Mann, William. He was from Yeovilton and Ilchester, co. Somerset. His wife Frances was bapt. at Yeovilton 28 May 1614, the daughter of William and Joan (Arnold) Hopkins of Yeovilton. They came to New England in 1635 with his wife's uncle, William Arnold, the early settler of Providence.

P. 120: John Latham was born 1635, died 1710, married 6 Apr 1672 Mary Mann. They had the following children: Mary, b. 1 Mar 1674, Providence; d. 10 Jul 1675. John, b. 13 Dec 1677, Newport, died after 1747, m. 3 Apr 1700 Mary Russell, b. 10 Jul 1683, dau. of Joseph & Elizabeth Russell William, b. 29 Nov 1679, Newport, d. 8 Aug 1702, unmarried. Thomas, b. 30 Sep 1682, Dartmouth, d. 8 May 1704, unmarried. Mary, b. 5 Oct 1686, Dartmouth, m.(1) 26 Aug 1709 Charles Dyer, d. 7 Jan 1727, son of Charles & Mary Dyer; m.(2) 21 Nov 1734 John Colvin, b. 19 Apr 1681, d. 1 Jul 1764, son of John & Dorothy Colvin. Nicholas, b. 1 Apr 1689, Dartmouth, d. 1758, m. 1 Dec 1726 Mercy ARnold, dau. of John & Mary (Mowry) Arnold.

Austin begins the Hopkins family with William's son Thomas, but there is this note in the appendix (p. 464):

Hopkins, Thomas, was the son of William Hopkins of Yeovilton, Co. Somerset, by his wife Joan (bp. at Ilchester, co. Somerset, 30 Nov. 1577), daughter of Nicholas Arnold of Ilchester and his first wife Alice Gulley. Joan was sister of William Arnold, the early settler of Providence. Thomas Hopkins was bapt. at Yeovilton 7 Apr 1616. He came to New England in 1635 with his uncle William Arnold. He was the great-grandfather of Gov. Stephen Hopkins, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and of Esek Hopkins, the first Commander-in-Chief of the American Navy. __________________________ end _____________________________ http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/HOPKINS/1997-08/08706...

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IMMIGRANT Thomas Hopkins (b. 07 April 1616, d. Abt. 10 November 1684) Thomas Hopkins (son of William Hopkins and Joanna Arnold) was born 07 April 1616 in Bp. Yeovilto, Somersetshire, England1245, and died Abt. 10 November 1684 in Oyster Bay, Nassau Co., NY1245. He married Elizabeth.

Notes for Thomas Hopkins: From The Great Migration Begins by Anderson: Somerby incorrectly stated that Elizabeth Arnold, daughter of the immigrant William Arnold, married Thomas Hopkins (NEHGR 33:436), an error also printed by Savage (Savage 1:67, 2:462) Savage and Somerby may have fallen into this error as a side effect of the known connection between the Hopkins and Arnold families through the marriage of Joan Arnold, sister of William Arnold the immigrant, to Thimas Hopkins, father of the immigrant of the same name. Thomas Hopkins of Providence was the son of William and Joan (Arnold) Hopkins, and therefore nephew of William Arnold (RIHS 14:47)

Thomas Hopkins was the son of William Hopkins of Yeovilton, England, and his wife Joan Arnold. He was baptized at Yeovilton, 7 April 1616. He came to new England with his uncle, William Arnold. He was the great-grandfather of Gov. Stephen Hopkins, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and of Esek Hopkins, the first Commander-in-chief of the American Navy (R.I Hist. Soc. Coll., Vol. 14, p. 47.) Ref: The American Genealogist, Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island.

References: Comm Biogr Record Abridged Compendium

Thomas Hopkins emigrated to America about the year 1635 and settled in Providence, RI about 1640. He at first was assigned a home share of land situated near the south end of the town. Six other shares of land were assigned to him, as shown by "THE HOME LOTS of the EARLY SETTLERS" published by Charles W. Hopkins in June 1886. The earliest family records tell of Thomas Hopkins, a son of William Hopkins, who was born in 1616, and resided in Providence, RI in 1640. He was one of thirty nine who signed an agreement for a form of government for the town, and was made a freeman in 1655. He held several offices, among them that of deputy to the General Court in 1665-66-67-72. About the time of the outbreak of King Philip's War he removed to Oyster Bay, NY accompanied by a son who died before his father. He came from England to Boston before settling in Providence. He was assigned a share of land near the south end of town, the fourth lot south of Power Street. He subsequently had other lands assigned to him and settled for a time on a tract of land west of the Pawtucket, or Blackstone River. These outlying settlements were more exposed to the incursion of the red men in their warfare against the settlers at the time of King Philip's War, and their homes were mostly abandoned, some seeking refuge in the garrison houses prepared for that purpose, some on the island of Rhode Island and others to more remote regions where greater protection seemed probable. The island of Long Island proved an asylum for many and became a permanent home for some who preferred to remain as residents there rather than return to their early settlement. Among those that decided thus was Thomas Hopkins, then about sixty years old, with a part of his family. His two sons, William and Thomas, "staid and went not away," and took their chances as to the result of the conflict. Ref: Genealogies of RI Families

.Thomas Hopkins died at Oyster Bay NY.

Thomas Hopkins

Found 10 Records, 9 Photos and 2,568,965 Family Trees Born in Somerset, England on 1610 to William Hopkins and Joanna Arnold.

Thomas married Elizabeth Arnold and had 4 children. He passed away on 1683 in Oyster Bay, L, New York, USA.

Family Members

Parents William Hopkins 1588-1670

Joanna Arnold 1571-1620

Spouse(s) Elizabeth Arnold 1623-1675

Children

Joseph Hopkins 1651-1685

William Hopkins 1649-1723

Thomas Hopkins 1656-1718

Elizabeth Hopkins 1655-Unknown

Emigrated to British colonial America, 1635.
Residence, 1641: Providence, Rhode Island