HOPKINS, Giles Mayflower Passenger 1620

1608 - 1690  (~ 81 years)

• Name	HOPKINS, Giles   [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	Mayflower Passenger 1620
  Christening	30 Jan 1607/8	Hursley, Hampshire, England   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	11 Nov 1620	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
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  		HISTORY - PASSAGE 1620 - Mayflower Passenger
  Will	19 Jan 1682/3	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
  	Giles Hopkins 19 January 1682/3 To all Christian people to whome these presents shall com know ye that I Giles Hopkins of Eastham being sick and weak of Body and yet of perfit memory do declare this as my Last will and Testament on this ninteenth day of January in ye year of our Lord 1682 I bequeath my Body to ye grave in decent burial when this Temporal Life of mine shall have an end and my soul to god that gave it in hopes of a blessed Resurection at ye Last day 2ly my will is that my son Stephen Hopkins shall possess and Injoy all my Upland and meadow Lying and being at Satuckit that is to say all my upland and meadow on ye southerly side of ye bounds of ye Towne of eastham that is to say all my Right and title Intrest and claime to all those Lands from ye head of Namescakit to ye southermost part of ye long pond where mannomoyet cart way goes over to Satuckit and from thence to ye head of manomoyet river and so as our Line shall run over to ye south sea all ye Lands between thos bounds and ye westermost bounds of ye purchesers at satuckit river all these Lands I give Unto my son Stephen Hopkins and to his heirs forever: and half my stock of cattill for and in consideration of ye above sd Land and half stock of cattel my will is that after my decease my son Stephen Hopkins shall take ye care and oversight and maintaine my son William Hopkins during his natural Life in a comfortable decent manner. 3ly my will is that all my Lands at Palmet both purchesed and unpurchesed both meadows and upland and all my Lands at Pochet and my third part of Samsons neck and what other Lands shall fall unto me as a purcheser from ye fore mentioned Bounds of my son Stephen Hopkinses Lands and potanomacot all these fore specified Lands I give unto my sons Caleb and Joshua Hopkins to be equaly devided between them: further my will is that if either of my sons Joshua or Caleb Hopkins dye having no Issew that then these Lands which I have given them to be equally devided between them fall to him that surviveth. 4ly. I give unto my wife Catorne Hopkins and to my son William Hopkins the improvment of too acres of meadow Lying at ye head of Rock Harbor during my wifes Life and ye one half of that too acres I give Unto my son william during his Life and after ye decease of and after ye decease of my wife and son william I do give this above sd too acres of meadow to my son Joshua Hopkins and his heirs forever: as also after my decease I give Unto my son Joshua Hopkins a parcel of meadow Lying at ye mouth of Rock Harbor according to ye bounds thereof specified in ye Towne Records of Lands: it I give unto my son Caleb Hopkins a parcel of meadow Lying at Little Nameskeket according to ye bounds thereof specified in ye Towne Book of Records of Lands. It. I give unto my wife my now dwelling House and halfe my Land and halfe my orchard that is by my house: by Land I mean half my Land that is about my house both fenced and Unfenced during my wifes natural Life, and then ye above sd housing and Lands to fall unto my son Joshua Hopkins; the other half of my Land and orchard I give to my son Joshua Hopkins after my death that is to say ye other half of my Lands Liying about my house. It. I give unto my son Caleb Hopkins one pair of plow Irons. It. I give Unto my son Joshua Hopkins one payer of plow Irons. It. I give Unto my son Joshua Hopkins my carte and wheels. It. I give unto my wife ye other half of my stock and moveables I say to my wife and my son William or what parse of ye moveables my wife shall see cause to bestow on my son William Hopkins. It. I do appoint my son Stephen Hopkins to be my true and Lawful executor of this my Last will and testament to pay what is payable and Receive what is due. And to ye truth and verity hereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal ye day and year above written. Signed and sealed in presence of us, ye mark of Jonathan Sparrow. Giles Hopkins (seal) Samuel Knowles. Jonathan Sparrow and Samuel Knowles witnesses to this will made oath in Court ye: 16 th: of April 1690 that they saw ye above sd Giles Hopkins signe seal and declare this to be his Last will and Testament. Attest Joseph Lothrop. Clerk. I ye above sd Giles Hopkins do declare where as by ye providence of God my Life has been prolonged unto me and by Reason of age and disabillity of Body Lam Incapatiated to provide for my owne support and my wifes, my will further is that my son Stephen Hopkins from this time and forward shall possess and Injoy all my stock and moveable estate provided he take effectual care for mine and my wifes Comfortable Support during our natural Lives witness my hand and seal this fifth day of march 1688/9. Witness Mark Snow Giles Hopkins (seal) Jonath Sparrow The within mentioned Mark Snow and Jonathan Sparrow made oath in Court April ye: 16 : 1690 that they saw Giles Hopkins within mentioned signe seal and declare ye latter part of this will within mentioned to be his Last will and Testament. Attest. Joseph Lothrop, Clerk. Duly Compared with the original and entered April ye: 22 : 1690. Attest. Joseph Lothrop, Recorder. http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/PrimarySources/WillsAndProbates/GilesHopkins.php
  Death	Between 5 Mar 1688/9 and 16 Apr 1690	Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States   [5, 6]
  Person ID	I01427	Schuler
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	HOPKINS, Stephen Mayflower Passenger 1620,   c. 30 Apr 1581, Upper Clatford, Hampshire, England d. Between 6 Jun 1644 and 17 Jun 1644, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age ~ 63 years)
  Mother	HOPKINS, Mary ()   d. 1613, Hursley, Hampshire, England
  Marriage	Bef 1604	England   [3, 7]
  Family ID	F00623	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	WHELDON, Catherine,   b. Abt 1620, England d. 15 Mar 1688, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 68 years)
  Marriage	09 Oct 1639	Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States   [2, 8]
  Children	+ 1. HOPKINS, Mary,   b. Nov 1640, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States d. 02 Jul 1700, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 59 years) + 2. HOPKINS, Stephen,   b. Sep 1642, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States d. 10 Oct 1718, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 76 years)   3. HOPKINS, John,   b. 1643, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States d. 1643, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (Age 0 years) + 4. HOPKINS, Abigail,   b. Oct 1644, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States + 5. HOPKINS, Deborah,   b. Jun 1648, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States d. Between 28 Feb 1686/87 and 07 Dec 1727, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 38 years)   6. HOPKINS, Caleb,   b. Jan 1651, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States + 7. HOPKINS, Ruth,   b. Jun 1653, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States   8. HOPKINS, Joshua,   b. Jun 1657, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States   9. HOPKINS, William,   b. 09 Jan 1661, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States d. 1689 (Age 27 years)   10. HOPKINS, Elizabeth,   b. Nov 1664, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States d. Dec 1664, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 0 years)
  Family ID	F00622	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Christening - 30 Jan 1607/8 - Hursley, Hampshire, England Immigration - 11 Nov 1620 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 09 Oct 1639 - Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Will - 19 Jan 1682/3 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Death - Between 5 Mar 1688/9 and 16 Apr 1690 - Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Notes from Austin's Five Generation Book, Third Edition: 3. GILES(2) HOPKINS(Stephen1) bp Hursley, Hampshire, England 30 Jan 1607/8; d. Eastham bet 5 March 1688/9 and 16 April 1690. His given name was also rendered as Gyles. He m. Plymouth 9 Oct 1639 CATHERINE WHELDEN, who d Eastham after 5 March 1688/9, undoubtedly dau. of Gaberiel Whelden of Malden and Yarmouth. Her given was also rendered at Katherne and Catorne. Giles Hopkins came on the Mayflower with his family. He volunteered with his father and brother Celeb to go against the Pequot Indians in 1637. He moved from Plymouth to Yarmouth in late 1638 or early 1639 and prob. met his wife there. They occupied the first traditionally built by the English on Cape Cod below Sandwich. [6] Notes from Norman Schuler and Bobby Kirkland SOURCE: See: Stephen Hopkins. Source: Mayflower Families through Five Generations Vol. 6 second edition, Stephen Hopkins. GILES HOPKINS : HIS MARRIAGE 9 October 1639 : “Gyles Hopkins & Katherne Wheldon marryed the ixth Octobr, 1639.” Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 1, p. 134. GILES HOPKINS : HIS CHILDREN Gyles and Catherine Whelden Hopkins had 10 children : Mary, born 1640; Steven, born 1642; John, born 1643 (died 3 months old) ; Abigail, born 1644; Deborah, born 1648; Caleb, born 1650; Ruth, born 1653; Joshua, born 1657; William, born 1660; and Elizabeth, born 1664. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 6 (Plymouth, MA : General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1992), p. 11 Giles Hopkins died between 5 March 1688/89, the date of a codicil to his will, and 16 April 1690, the date on which his will was admitted to probate 1637, Giles volunteered to go with his father and brother, Caleb, to fight against the Pequot Indians in 1637. By early 1639, he had moved from Plymouth to Yarmouth on Cape Cod. He and Catherine lived in the first house built by the English on Cape Cod south of Sandwich. Giles was made a surveyor of Highways in Yarmouth in 1643. He moved to Eastham on the Cape in 1644 where he also served as highway surveyor. Records Checked 5-19-09 MAS

  
  

• Sources

  [S00096] Ancestry.com, ANCESTRY.COM - Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009), Database online., database online. Record for Giles Hopkins [S00088] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Database online., database online. Record for Giles Hopkins [S00119] Anderson, Robert Charles, Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1630-1633, Vol I-III, The, (New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011), Hopkins, Stephen. [S00091] John G. Austin, Hopkins, Stephen, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, (The Mayflower Society of Massachusetts; Location: New York State Library; Date: 2001). [S00093] Caleb Johnson, MayflowerHistory.com, (www.mayflowerhistory.com), document online. (Reliability: 3). [S00091] John G. Austin, Hopkins, Stephen, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, (The Mayflower Society of Massachusetts; Location: New York State Library; Date: 2001), 8 (Reliability: 3). [S00087] Caleb Johnson, Hopkins, Stephen: The Probable Parentage of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower, (Name: The American Genealogist, Vol. 79. No. 4; Location: PO Box 398, Demorest, GA 30535-0398; Date: 1998;), PDF Version of the Article. [S00095] McCarter Family Website, http://www.mccarterfamily.com/tree/b86.htm.