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Abigail Hopkins 1644–1691 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: OCT 1644

Birth Location: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)

Death Date: BEF 1691

Death Location: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)

Father: Giles Hopkins

Mother: Catherine Whelden

Spouse(s): William Merrick

Children(s): Nathaniel Merrick, Ruth Merrick, Samuel Merrick, Hannah Merrick, John Merrick, William Merrick, Rebecca Merrick, Stephen Merrick, Benjamin Merrick, Joshua Merrick

Abigail Hopkins was born in 1644 in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable), the child of Giles Hopkins And Catherine Catone Whelden. Abigail Hopkins married William Merrick, and had children including Benjamin Merrick, Hannah Merrick, John Merrick, Joshua Merrick, Nathaniel Merrick, Rebecca Merrick, Ruth Merrick, Samuel Merrick, Stephen Merrick, William Merrick. Abigail Hopkins passed away in 1691 in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable).

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Biography

  • Abigail Hopkins was born in 1644 in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable), the child of Giles Hopkins And Catherine Catone Whelden.
  • Abigail Hopkins married William Merrick, and had children including Benjamin Merrick, Hannah Merrick, John Merrick, Joshua Merrick, Nathaniel Merrick, Rebecca Merrick, Ruth Merrick, Samuel Merrick, Stephen Merrick, William Merrick.
  • Abigail Hopkins passed away in 1691 in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable).

Immediate Family

Parents

Giles Hopkins
1608–1689
Birth Location: Hursley, Winchester, Hampshire, England
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Catherine Whelden
1618–1688
Birth Location: Yarmouth, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
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Spouses(s)

William Merrick
1643–1732
Birth Location: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
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Children(s)

Nathaniel Merrick
1675–1743
Birth Location: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
NM
Ruth Merrick
1684–1766
Birth Location: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
RM
Samuel Merrick
–1714
Birth Location: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
SM
Hannah Merrick
1676–1738
Birth Location: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
HM
John Merrick
1680–1753
Birth Location: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
JM
William Merrick
1670–1670
Birth Location: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
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Rebecca Merrick
1668–1723
Birth Location: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
RM
Stephen Merrick
1673–1731
Birth Location: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
SM
Benjamin Merrick
1674–1743
Birth Location: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
BM
Joshua Merrick
1680–1736
Birth Location: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
JM

Abigail Hopkins's Ancestors

Self
Abigail Hopkins
1644–1691
Birth Place: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Parents
Giles Hopkins
1608–1689
Hursley, Winchester, Hampshire, England
Catherine (Catone) Whelden
1618–1688
Yarmouth, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Grandparents
Stephen Hopkins
1581–1644
Wortley, Wotton Underedge, Gloucestershire, England
Mary Kent
1580–1613
Hampshire, England
Gabriel Whelden
1591–1654
England
Margaret Diguina
1600–1638
of Yarmouth, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Great-Grandparents
Nicholas Hopkins
1548–
Mary Pool(e)
1552–1581
Quadequina
1575–1632
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Abigail Hopkins's Descendants

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Abigail Hopkins (OCT 1644–BEF 1691) m. William Merrick (15 SEP 1643–AFT 30 OCT 1732)
  1. 1. Nathaniel Merrick 1675–1743 m. Alice Freeman 1673–1756
    1. 1. Hannah Merrick 1700–1764 m. John Snow 1700–1766
      1. 1. Hannah Snow 1725–
      2. 2. Enos Snow 1726–
      3. 3. Phoebe Snow 1728– m. Ebenezer Higgins 1701–1778
      4. 4. Jonathan Snow 1730–
      5. 5. Abigail Snow 1731–
      6. 6. Mehitable Snow 1733–
      7. 7. Gideon Snow 1736–
      8. 8. William Snow 1738–
      9. 9. Eli Snow 1740–
      10. 10. David Snow 1742–
    2. 2. Constant Merrick 1701–1792 m. Sarah Freeman 1704–
    3. 3. Benjamin Merrick 1717–1792
    4. 4. Sarah Merrick 1720–
    5. 5. William ((Myrick)) Merrick 1706–1742 m. Elizabeth Osborn(e) –1798
      1. 1. William ((Myrick)) Merrick 1734–1795 m. Phebe Smith –1766
      2. 2. Elizabeth ((Myrick)) Merrick 1742–1816 m. Thomas Doane 1737–1783
    6. 6. Mercy Merrick 1704– m. Ebenezer King 1700–1790
    7. 7. Gideon Merrick 1708–1740
    8. 8. Priscilla Merrick 1710–
    9. 9. Ruth Merrick 1712–
    10. 10. Alice Merrick 1715–
  2. 2. Ruth Merrick 1684–1766 m. Samuel Sears 1687–1726 m. Chillingsworth Foster 1680–1764
    1. 1. Abigail Sears 1711–1740 m. Peter Hale 1715–
    2. 2. Mercy Sears 1713–1740 m. Philip Howes 1705–1787
    3. 3. Ruth Sears 1715–1761 m. Joseph Sears 1708–1779
      1. 1. Isaac Sears 1734–1759
      2. 2. Stephen Sears 1736– m. Elizabeth Sears 1736–
        1. 1. Isaac Sears 1763–1816 m. Sarah Eldredge 1763–
        2. 2. Mary Sears 1759–
        3. 3. Ruth Sears 1761–
        4. 4. Larned Sears 1766–1822 m. Keziah Baker –1857
        5. 5. Levi Sears 1770–1825 m. Jerusha Foster 1774–1858
        6. 6. Joseph Sears 1776–1843 m. Marabah Howes 1779–1857
        7. 7. Washington Sears 1781–
        8. 8. Greene Sears 1781–
        9. 9. Stephen Sears 1773– m. Lydia ((MNU)) Sears 1771–
      3. 3. Larned Sears 1738–1760
      4. 4. Joseph Sears 1746–
      5. 5. Ruth Sears 1740–1771 m. James Wing 1733–1791
    4. 4. Desire Sears 1716–1790 m. Lemuel Freeman 1717–1790
      1. 1. Desire Freeman 1736–
      2. 2. Ruth Freeman 1739–1812
      3. 3. Mary Freeman 1741–1767
      4. 4. Grace Freeman 1743–
      5. 5. Lemuel Freeman 1746–
      6. 6. Seth Freeman 1750–
      7. 7. Cyrenius Freeman 1758–1785
      8. 8. Isaac Freeman 1759–1823
    5. 5. Mary Sears 1718–1761 m. Joseph Snow –1761
    6. 6. Hannah Sears 1720–1760 m. Isaac Foster 1718–1777
    7. 7. Samuel Sears 1721–1774 m. Desire Howes 1726–1804
      1. 1. Elizabeth Sears 1764–1798
      2. 2. Mary Sears 1764–1794
      3. 3. Samuel Sears 1763–1783
    8. 8. Isaac Sears 1723–1724
    9. 9. Seth Sears 1725–1770 m. Kezia Wing –1770
  3. 3. Samuel Merrick –1714
  4. 4. Hannah Merrick 1676–1738 m. John Snow 1678–1738
  5. 5. John Merrick 1680–1753 m. Ann Sears 1674–1745 m. Hannah Young 1693–1783
  6. 6. William Merrick 1670–1670
  7. 7. Rebecca Merrick 1668–1723 m. Jonathan Sparrow 1665–1739
    1. 1. Jonathan Sparrow 1695–1790 m. Dorcas Vickery 1698–1776
    2. 2. Joseph Sparrow 1698– m. Hannah Doane 1700–
      1. 1. Hannah Sparrow 1738– m. Joshua Higgins 1732–
        1. 1. Hatfield Higgins 1762–
        2. 2. Zenas Higgins 1764–1765
        3. 3. Zenas Higgins 1766–1766
        4. 4. Priscilla Higgins 1767–1768
        5. 5. Joshua Higgins 1769–
      2. 2. Mary Sparrow 1726– m. Elkanah Linnell 1727–
        1. 1. Elkanah Linnell 1753–
        2. 2. Joseph Linnell 1754–
        3. 3. Benjamin Linnell 1756–
        4. 4. Joshua Linnell 1759–
        5. 5. Edmund Linnell 1761–
        6. 6. Rebecca Linnell 1763–
        7. 7. Mary Linnell 1766–
      3. 3. Abigail Sparrow 1729– m. Moses Crosby 1726–
      4. 4. Lydia Sparrow 1731– m. Isaac King 1730–
      5. 5. Hannah Sparrow 1734–
      6. 6. Joseph Sparrow 1736–
      7. 7. Rebecca Sparrow 1741–
    3. 3. Hannah Sparrow 1694– m. John Hurd 1688–1770
      1. 1. Sarah Hurd 1711–1770 m. Seth (Simon) Covell 1702–1804
        1. 1. John Ichabod 1733–1806
        2. 2. Seth Covell 1735–1768
        3. 3. Jerusha Covell 1735–1801
        4. 4. Lemuel Covell 1737–1761
        5. 5. Jane Covell 1741–1836
        6. 6. Henry Covell 1745–1832
        7. 7. Sarah Covell 1746–
        8. 8. Simeon (John) Covell 1748–1798
        9. 9. Zaccheus Covell 1740–1810 m. Patience Rogers 1741–
    4. 4. Abigail Sparrow –1740 m. Samuel Mayo 1684–1761
      1. 1. Lois Mayo 1725–1768 m. Barnabas Howes 1724–1777
        1. 1. Kimball Howes 1750–1820 m. Elizabeth Howes 1749–1824
        2. 2. Sparrow Howes 1752–
        3. 3. Barnabas Howes 1755–
        4. 4. Phebe Howes 1758–
        5. 5. Enos Howes 1760–
        6. 6. Betty Howes 1764–
        7. 7. Lois Howes 1772–
        8. 8. Hannah Howes 1774–
      2. 2. Rebecca Mayo 1713– m. Paul Higgins 1708–
        1. 1. Abigail Higgins 1738–1759 m. Beriah Higgins 1705–
    5. 5. Rebecca Sparrow 1700–1736 m. Joshua Paine 1697–1775
  8. 8. Stephen Merrick 1673–1731 m. Deborah Snow 1678–1732
    1. 1. Joshua Merrick 1708–
    2. 2. Snow Merrick 1709–
    3. 3. Deborah Merrick 1712–
    4. 4. Samuel Merrick 1714–
    5. 5. Oliver Merrick 1716–
    6. 6. Thomas Merrick 1718–1796 m. Hannah Hopkins 1722–1771
      1. 1. Phebe Merrick 1771–
      2. 2. Huldy Merrick 1771–
    7. 7. Simeon Merrick 1721–
    8. 8. Jabez Merrick 1722–
    9. 9. Jethro Merrick 1725–
  9. 9. Benjamin Merrick 1674–1743 m. Rachel Holmes 1677–1757 m. Rebecca Doane 1680–1740
    1. 1. Abigail Merrick 1699–1743 m. Joseph Mayo 1696–1773
      1. 1. Eunice Mayo 1738–
      2. 2. Elizabeth Mayo 1733–1733
      3. 3. Isaac Mayo 1733– m. Huldah Baker 1737–
      4. 4. Elizabeth Mayo 1731–
      5. 5. Abigail Mayo 1727–
      6. 6. Thomas Mayo 1725–1776
        1. 1. Isaac Mayo 1758–
        2. 2. Ebenezer Mayo 1757–
        3. 3. Asa Mayo 1755–
        4. 4. Thomas Mayo 1753–
        5. 5. Hannah Mayo 1764–
        6. 6. Elnathan Mayo 1762–
        7. 7. Maria Mayo 1761–
        8. 8. Desire Mayo 1767–
        9. 9. Elizabeth Mayo 1771–
      7. 7. Lydia Mayo 1721–
      8. 8. Moses Mayo 1720–
      9. 9. Joseph Mayo 1718– m. Sarah Cobb 1720–1804
      10. 10. Nathan Mayo 1736– m. Anna Freeman 1735–
        1. 1. Lydia Mayo 1759–1839 m. Enoch Clark(e) 1754–1816
    2. 2. John Merrick 1709–1743 m. Frances Clark(e) –1785
    3. 3. Isaac Merrick 1713–
    4. 4. Nathaniel Merrick 1714–1743
    5. 5. Benjamin Merrick 1719–1743
    6. 6. Rebecca Merrick 1711–1743 m. John Baker 1704–1751
  10. 10. Joshua Merrick 1680–1736 m. Lydia Mayo 1694–1745
    1. 1. Thomas Merrick 1717–1745
    2. 2. Seth Merrick 1720– m. Elizabeth Brown 1724–1795
      1. 1. John Merrick 1760–1834 m. Lois Cook(e) 1768–1838
        1. 1. John Merrick 1794–1876 m. Mary (Ann) Reynolds 1793–1844
    3. 3. Joseph Merrick 1722–
    4. 4. Abigail Merrick 1724– m. Nathaniel Hopkins 1717–1765
    5. 5. Lydia Merrick 1726–1726
    6. 6. Barnabas Merrick 1728–
    7. 7. Hannah Merrick 1731–
    8. 8. Mary Merrick 1734–
    9. 9. Bezaleel Merrick 1736–

Abigail Hopkins's Timeline

2 Records

1644
OCT 1644
Birth of Abigail Hopkins in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
1691
BEF 1691
Age 47
Death of Abigail Hopkins in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: OCT 1644
    Event Place: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
    Record Source:
    [1] Early Settlers of Eastham, pg. 9
    [2] John D Austin (1992), <i>Mayflower Families-Stephen Hopkins<i>, Hopkins #17, p 28

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: BEF 1691
    Event Place: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
    Record Source: John D Austin (1992), <i>Mayflower Families-Stephen Hopkins<i>, Hopkins #17, p 28
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