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William "Will" Hopkins 1575–1647 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1575

Birth Location: Yeovilton, Somerset, England

Death Date: 19 Jul 1647

Death Location: Yeovilton, Somerset, England

Father: Sir Hopkins

Mother: Mary Poole

Spouse(s): Joanna Arnold, Helen Vickaris

Children(s): Richard Hopkins, Elizabeth Hopkins, Frances Hopkins, Thomas Hopkins, Grace Hopkins, William Hopkins, Elizabeth Hopkins, George HOPKINS

The story of William "Will" Hopkins began in 1575 in Yeovilton, Somerset, England. William "Will" Hopkins married Helen Vickaris, Joanna Elizabeth Arnold, Mary, Temperance Alsope, and had children including Elizabeth Hopkins, Frances Hopkins, George Hopkins, Grace Hopkins, Richard Hopkins, Thomas Hopkins, William Dudley Hopkins. William "Will" Hopkins passed away in 1647 in Yeovilton, Somerset, England.

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Biography

  • The story of William "Will" Hopkins began in 1575 in Yeovilton, Somerset, England.
  • William "Will" Hopkins married Helen Vickaris, Joanna Elizabeth Arnold, Mary, Temperance Alsope, and had children including Elizabeth Hopkins, Frances Hopkins, George Hopkins, Grace Hopkins, Richard Hopkins, Thomas Hopkins, William Dudley Hopkins.
  • William "Will" Hopkins passed away in 1647 in Yeovilton, Somerset, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Hopkins's Ancestors

Self
William Hopkins
1575–1647
Birth Place: Yeovilton, Somerset, England
Parents
Sir John Hopkins
1548–1593
Upper Clatford, Test Valley Borough, Hampshire, England
Mary Poole
1552–1633
Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Rev (William "Stephen " Hobkeson\de) Hopkins
1518–1591
Shalford, Norfolk, England or Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Elizabeth (Mordaunt Alice Fisher) (Hopkins)
1520–1550
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Blood"
1490–1556
Ann Mescall
1480–1550
Sir Knight
1500–1557
Lady Mordaunt
1506–1532
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Hopkins
1470–1520
Mary Andrews
1472–1531
Sir Knight
1480–1548
Margaretha Frowick
1480–1562
John Viscount
1483–1562
Lady Turvey
1483–1562

William Hopkins's Descendants

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William ("Will") Hopkins (1575–19 Jul 1647) m. Joanna (Elizabeth) Arnold (30 Nov 1577–3 Dec 1622) m. Helen Vickaris (1580–16 Mar 1658)
  1. 1. Richard Hopkins 1595–1665 m. Dau Davis 1600–1663
    1. 1. Dennis Hopkins 1647–1722 m. Grace BROOKE 1647–1685
      1. 1. Dennis (Hopkins) II 1668–1739 m. Elizabeth DeBruley 1675–1738
        1. 1. Joshua Hopkins 1715–1760 m. Sarah Watts 1721–1783
        2. 2. John Hopkins 1698–1770
        3. 3. Dennis Hopkins 1699–1786
        4. 4. Richard Hopkins 1702–1754
        5. 5. Samuel Hopkins 1706–1794
        6. 6. Susanna Hopkins 1707–1748
        7. 7. Sarah Hopkins 1710–1739
        8. 8. Rachel Hopkins 1770–1856
      2. 2. Grace Hopkins 1701–
      3. 3. Richard Hopkins 1667–1754
    2. 2. Thomas Hopkins 1625–
    3. 3. Robert Hopkins 1624–1661
  2. 2. Elizabeth Hopkins 1619–1654
  3. 3. Frances Hopkins 1614–1699 m. William Mann 1610–1651
  4. 4. Thomas Hopkins 1607–1685 m. Elizabeth Arnold 1611–1685
  5. 5. Grace Hopkins 1621–1621
  6. 6. William (Dudley) Hopkins 1611–1684
  7. 7. Elizabeth Hopkins 1610–1658
  8. 8. George HOPKINS 1610–1711

William Hopkins's Timeline

4 Records

1575
1575
Birth of William "Will" Hopkins in Yeovilton, Somerset, England
Yeovilton, Somerset, England
1575
1575
Birth of William "Will" Hopkins in Yeovilton, Somerset, England
Yeovilton, Somerset, England
1647
19 Jul 1647
Age 72
Death of William "Will" Hopkins in Worcestershire, England
Worcestershire, England
1647
19 Jul 1647
Age 72
Death of William "Will" Hopkins in Yeovilton, Somerset, England
Yeovilton, Somerset, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1575
    Event Place: Yeovilton, Somerset, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] Millennium File
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1575
    Event Place: Yeovilton, Somerset, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 03 Jun 1597
    Event Place: Devonshire, England
    Record Source: Devon, England, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1620
    Event Place: Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Massachusetts; Year: 1620; Page Number: 5

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Record Source: Devon, England, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 Jul 1647
    Event Place: Worcestershire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 Jul 1647
    Event Place: Yeovilton, Somerset, England

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