Unidentified Hopkinses

In researching the William and Katheryn Hopkins family from Southwark, I've come across some Hopkinses I can't identify. They may or may not be related. I'm listing these "stray" Hopkinses below in hopes someone might have researched them and can identify them for me. If you recognize any of these people, please contact me via this link: ahopkins@alum.mit.edu

London and Middlesex

From Boyd's Marriage Index

Groom Surname	Groom Name	Bride Surname	Bride Name	County	Year	Parish
Hopkins	Wm.	Pomfry	Win.	Middlesex	1630	St Martin in the Fields

From St. Martin in the Fields Church Records

John, a son of William and Winifred Hopkins was baptized at St. Martin in the Fields Church on 4 Mar 1632.
A second son, William, was baptized by this couple on 31 Aug 1634. A third son, also William, was baptized on 8/6/1637.
At the same church, a William Hopkins and wife Katherin baptized a daughter Anna on 10/2/1639.
Again, at the same church, a William Hopkins and wife Catherin baptized a son William on 11/24/1669. (See note below.)

A list of the other Hopkins births at St. Martin in the Fields for this time period follows:

Surname	Name	Father	Mother	Date
Hopkins	Thomas			19 Jan 1606
Hopkins	Edward			21 Jun 1607
Hopkins	Mary	Randall		20 Nov 1608
Hopkins	Prisilla	Ran.		20 Feb 1610
Hopkins	Elizabeth			20 Dec 1618
Hopkins	Catherine	Samuel	Ann	20 May 1627
Hopkins	Susan	Samuel	Ann	4 Jan 1629
Hopkins	John	William	Winifred	4 Mar 1632
Hopkins	Martha	Jacob	Margaret	1 Aug 1633
Hopkins	William	William	Winifred	31 Aug 1634
Hopkins	Charles	Jacob	Margaret	6 Sep 1634
Hopkins	Alice	David	Grace	21 Aug 1634

From St. Mary, St. Marylebone Church Records

Groom Surname	Groom Name	Bride Surname	Bride Name	Date
Hopkins	James	Baldwin	Frances Elizabeth	13 May 1799
Hopkins	James	Mobbs	Mary	1 Jun 1783
Hopkins	John	West	Margt.	28 Dec 1671
Hopkins	John	Brown	Mary	26 Mar 1799
Hopkins	John	Allwood	Sarah (widow)	28 Sep 1794
Hopkins	John	Lush	Margaret	3 Mar 1790
Hopkins	Joseph	Broom	Sarah	16 Jun 1776
Hopkins	Silas	Ellison	Ann	3 Jul 1801
Hopkins	Thomas	Cutler	Elizabeth	14 Apr 1788
Hopkins	Thomas	Higginson	Martha	17 Jun 1782
Hopkins	Willm.	Cather.		7 Jan 1668 (see note below)
Hopkinson	Matthew	Rouse	Mary	13 Dec 1768

Note: It's very tempting to think that the William and Catherin who baptized a son William on 11/24/1669 at Martin in the Fields, are the same couple who married at St. Marylebone on 7 Jan 1668, and are also William and Katheryn Hopkins of Southwark.

About 22 months elapsed between these two events, which would be a long time for a first child to wait, but this might not have been the first. Another problem is that William and Katheryn's first son William recorded in the Quaker records was born on 20 Aug 1670. But again, he may not have been their first, just the first entered into the Quaker records.

However, it seems like a long shot to say that these three couples are in fact all the same couple. Some pretty convincing proof needs to be found to justify this tempting theory. (back)

From London & Middlesex QM records:

Surname	Name	Death Date	Age	Cause
Hopkins	Thomas	15d 10m 1674	37	Dropsie and hortise? Ffeaver

Residence: Clerkenwell
Occupatioon: Taylor

Surname	Name	Death Date	Age	Cause
Hopkins	Mary	13d 12m 1683/84	33	Small pox

Residence: Giles in the Fields

Groom Surname	Groom Name	Bride Surname	Bride Name	Groom's Occupation	Wedding Date
Hopkins	John	Turner	Mary	Shipwright	28d 4m 1687

Groom's Residence: Poplar

Surname	Name	Death Date	Age	Cause
Hopkins	Thomas	31d 11m 1699	91	Age

Residence: Martins in the Fields

Surname	Name	Death Date	Age	Cause
Hopkins	Richard	5d 3m (May) 1700	60	Gangreen

Residence: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Buried in Chequer Ally burying ground.

Groom Surname	Groom Name	Bride Surname	Bride Name	Groom's Occupation	Wedding Date
Hopkins	Mathew	Lively	Anna	Scrivinor	1d 9m (Nov) 1705

Note: Mathew's name was often given as Hopkinson.
Groom's Residence: Anns, Westminster
Groom's Father: Thomas Hopkins, dec'd, Apothecary of Olave Jury, London.

Groom Surname	Groom Name	Bride Surname	Bride Name	Groom's Occupation	Wedding Date
Hopkins	Anthony	Lund	Mary	Glover	6d 5m (Mar) 1710

Groom's Residence: Fetter Lane, London
Groom's Father: Daniel Hopkins, Glover, of Shipston upon Stower, Worcester.

Surname	Name	Death Date	Age	Cause
Hopkins	Mary	24d 11m 1715/16	80	Stoppage

Residence: Martins in the Fields

Surname	Name	Death Date	Age	Cause	Father
Hopkins	Jane	18d 11m (Jan) 1722	15	Small Pox	Nathanl:

Residence: James, Clerkenwell

Surname	Name	Death Date	Age	Cause
Hopkins	Daniel	27d 10m 1761	73	the Stone

Occupation: Glazier
Residence: Stepney

I've compiled a list of London and Middlesex Hopkins will and probate references, which I've put into a separate rtf file because of its length. Please click on this link to access it.

Southwark

From Christ Church, Southwark Records

Surname	Name	Father	Mother	Date	Parish
Hopkins	Charles	Charles	Elizabeth	31 Oct 1675	Christ Church, Southwark
Hopkins	Mary	Charles	Elizabeth	28 Aug 1677	Christ Church, Southwark
Hopkins	Donna	Charles	Elizabeth	28 Aug 1677	Christ Church, Southwark
Hopkins	Elizabeth	Charles	Elizabeth	7 Sep 1679	Christ Church, Southwark

This Hopkins family doesn't appear to be related to William's family, and the naming pattern is different. They also live in a different parish.

From London & Middlesex QM Records

Surname	Name	Death Date	Age	Cause
Hopkins	Archelus	2d 1m 1673/4	20	a Surfit

Residence: Georges, Southwark, Servant to Richard Stubbs, a Carpenter.

Groom Surname	Groom Name	Bride Surname	Bride Name	Groom's Occupation	Wedding Date
Hopkins	Benedict	Pratt	Mary	Lath Bender	22d 10m 1674

Groom's Residence: Blackffryers, London.
Witnesses: James Parke, Jasper Batt, Gilbert Hutton, John Potter, Wm: Gibson, John Budd, Wm: Peache, Simon Marshall, John Tubbuck, Wm: Taylor, Timothy Trigg, John Hodgkins, Mathew Roper, Rowland, Price, Tho: May, John Dooblye, ffrancis Little, Rowland Price, John Welch, Hen: Marlaine, Peter Price Jn:, Jno: Read, Ellis Hookes, Henry Hackney, Elizabeth Somerset, Joane Gilbert, Anne Hutson, Ruth Grove, Susanah Dew, Hannah Doggett, Edith Woodrow, Mary Soare, Eliz: Taylor, Elinor White, Eliz: Dallamount, Eliz: Ellwood, Mary Burgopud?

Year	Groom Surname	Groom Name	Bride Surname	Bride Name
1676	Holcroft	Jeremy	Walker	Martha

Wedding Date: 22d 1m 1676
Witnesses: Mary Holcroft, ffrances Walker, Mary Walker, Mary Hopkins and others.
This Mary Hopkins isn't part of William's family. She may be the Mary Hopkins, daughter of William Hopkins of Farthingstone, who married William Lawrence in 1695 at the Bull & Mouth.

Groom Surname	Groom Name	Bride Surname	Bride Name	Groom's Occupation	Wedding Date
Hopkins	William	Warner	Ann	Wollen Draper	11d 1m (Mar) 1696/7

Groom's Residence: Jordans in Gyles Chalfont Parish, Bucks
Groom's Father: William Hopkins, dec'd, Yeoman of Farthingstone, Northamptonshire
Relations at Marriage: IsaacWarner, Ann Warner, Wm. Lawrence, Simon Warner, Mary Lawrence, Hen: Hopkins, Isaac Warner Junr, Jno. Warner, Bridget Russell.
This William Hopkins isn't unknown, but his relationship to my William Hopkins is unknown.

Year	Groom Surname	Groom Name	Bride Surname	Bride Name
1700	Hartley	John	Lewis	Elizabeth

Wedding Date
24d 8m 1700
Witnesses: Geo: Chalkley, Wm: Daile, Thos: Haines, Jno: Gopsill, Jos: Wasey, Jno: Gopsill junr, Robt. Hodgkins, Wm: Tidmarsh, Edwd: Hopkins, Susan Gopsill, Pat: West, Elizth: Grice, Mary Jobson Senr, Amy Parker, Elizth: Wasey, Jane Ward and others.

Edward also isn't a part of the William Hopkins family. William the Younger had a son named Edward, but he was born in 1702.

I've compiled a list of Hopkins marriages in St. George's parish in Southwark. The list is a little long for this page, so I'm providing a link to a separate page in rtf format. This file lists marriages from the early 1600s through the 1680s.

Following is a translation of an entry I found in the PCC Administrations. It is for a William Hopkins, who apparently died in or before 1650.

Prob 6/25 Folio 165, 1650
William Hopkins
On the ninth day [of a month and year specified in an earlier entry] issued forth a commission to Thomas Glover, one of the creditors of William Hopkins, late of the parish of Saint George Southwark deceased, to administer the goods, rights and credits of the said deceased, he being sworn well etc [to administer the same]. [Account to be submitted by the feast of St] Blaise Inventory.

I've composed a list of Hopkins wills and administrations for Southwark and vicinity, which is contained in an rtf file. Please click on this link to access it.

This file was last updated on 7/13/2019.