The Families of James and Mary Cross Healey
&
Benjamin and Sarah Haddon Hopkins
There are strong indications that these two women, Mary Cross Healey and Sarah Haddon Hopkins, were at least good friends, and possibly relatives. Consider that:
- Mary Healey named two of her daughters Sarah and one son Benjamin.
- Sarah Hopkins named her second daughter Mary.
- Mary Healey was a witness to the birth of four of Sarah Hopkins’ children.
- Sarah Hopkins was a witness to the birth of five of Mary Healey’s children.
- Both women lived in Bermondsey prior to their marriages.
- Both husbands were gardeners.
- Both families lived in Georges parish after 1712.
The following is a list of their childrens’ known birth records:
| James and Mary Healey Children |
Benjamin and Sarah Hopkins Children |
| Surname |
Name |
Date |
Surname
| Name |
Date |
| Healey |
Richard |
3d 6m 1702 |
| Haley |
James |
27d 5m 1703 |
| Healey |
Mary |
3d 5m 1704 |
| Healey |
Richard |
3d 6m 1703 |
| Healey |
Dorcase |
6d 5m 1705 |
| Healey |
James |
12d 5m 1706 |
| Healey |
Richard |
13d 12m 1707 |
Hopkins |
Elizabeth |
1d 10m 1707 |
| Healey |
Mary |
23d 12m 1708 |
Hopkins |
Mary |
3d 1m 1708/9 |
| Healey |
Sarah |
1d 12m 1709 |
Hopkins |
Sarah |
14d 5m 1710 |
| Healey |
Paul |
4d 7m 1711 |
Hopkins |
unnamed |
5d 7m 1711 |
| Healey |
Joshua |
19d 8m 1712 |
Hopkins |
Elizabeth |
4d 7m 1712 |
| Healey |
Benjamin |
7d 8m 1714 |
Hopkins |
Haddon |
18d 10m 1713 |
| Healey |
Joseph |
7d 8m 1714 |
Hopkins |
Haddon |
14d 11m 1714 |
| Healey |
Sarah |
29d 1m 1716 |
Hopkins |
Benjamin |
8d 5m 1716 |
| Healey |
Dorcas |
15d 2m 1717 |
| Healey |
Jacob |
15d 6m 1718 |
Hopkins |
Ebenezer |
20d 4m 1718 |
| Healey |
Dorcas |
19d 10m 1719 |
Hopkins |
Hannah |
22d 6m 1719 |
| Healey |
Richard |
28d 1m 1721 |
Hopkins |
Benjamin |
28d 5m 1721 |
| Healey |
Hannah |
9d 8m 1722 |
Hopkins |
John |
28d 5m 1721 |
Connections Among the Cross, Healey, Hopkins, Robins and
Stuchbury Families
- Both John Robins and Giles Stuchbury were witnesses to William Hopkins’ will in 1705.
- Robert Pate was called a "loving friend" in William Hopkins' will, and given a trust to oversee.
- Giles and John Stuchbury were witnesses to the marriage of Robert Pate..
- John Robins married Jane Cross in 1702. Giles Stuchbury was one of the relations at that marriage.
- Both Paul Cross and William Hopkins were witnesses (relations were not listed separately) to the marriage of Giles Stuchbury and Sarah Lawrance Taylor in 1677.
- There was a village in Northamptonshire named Stuchbury or Stotesbury, which was near Helmdon.
- Giles Stuchbury’s father was from Foscott, Oxfordshire, which is only a few miles from the village of Stuchbury.
- John Robins’ father was from Banbury, Oxfordshire, whish is near Northamptonshire.
- James Healey's father was from Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire, which is about 40 miles from Farthingstone.
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This file was last updated on 10/8/2016.