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Ruth Hopkins[1, 2, 3, 4]

Female 1630 - 1651  (~ 14 years)


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  • Name Ruth Hopkins 
    Birth SAY 1630  Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Gender Female 
    Death After 30 Nov 1644 and Before spring 1651  [4] 
    Person ID I11023  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 20 Nov 2019 

    Father Stephen Hopkins,   b. Abt 1581, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 6 Jun 1644 and 17 Jul 1644, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Fisher   d. Bef 1640, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 19 Feb 1617/8  St. Mary Matfellon, Whitechapel, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Notes 
    • Stephen Hopkins was one of only a few passengers on the Mayflower to have made a prior trip to America. He came in 1609 on the Sea Venture headed for Jamestown, in Virginia. But instead, they were marooned on an island, where the 150 passengers were stranded for nine months. Hopkins led an uprising challenging the governor's authority and was sentenced to death. But he begged and moaned about the ruin of his wife, and so was pardoned. The company built two vessels and escaped the island. After spending two years in Jamestown, Hopkins returned to England.

      Stephen Hopkins brought with him on the Mayflower his wife Elizabeth, children Giles and Constance by his first marriage, and Damaris by his second marriage. A son Oceanus was born while the Mayflower was at sea. Stephen participated in the early exploring missions and was an "ambassador" along with Myles Standish for Indian relations.

      In 1636, Hopkins was fined for the battery of John Tisdale, in 1637 he was found guilty of allowing men to drink on a Sunday at his house, and in 1638 he was fined for not dealing fairly with an apprentice-girl, Dorothy Temple. He was also charged with several other crimes, including selling glass at too high a price, selling illegal intoxicants, and was often fined for allowing men to get drunk at his house. However, this in no way indicated he was disloyal to the Colony--in fact he was a prominent member, Assistant governor from about 1633 until 1636, and volunteered to fight in the Pequot War of 1637. [8]
    Family ID F3619  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - SAY 1630 - Plymouth, British America Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S221] Bacon and Allied Families, 361, 00048.

    2.  2.  [S765] Mayflower Births & Deaths, Vol. 2, 1, 00764.

    3.  3.  [S925] Mayflower Increasings, 62, 00921.

    4.  4.  [S576] TGMSP, Stephen Hopkins, 00516.

    5.  5.  [S80] Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, 145, 00224.

    6.  6.  [S346] Mayflower Families, Vol. 06, 7, 00376.

    7.  7.  [S348] Mayflower Families, Vol. 12, 46, 00372.

    8.  8.  [S480] TMD, 00371.