Stephen Hopkins, Governor

1707 - 1785  (78 years)

• Name	Stephen Hopkins
  Suffix	Governor
  Birth	7 Mar 1707	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Jul 1785	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Burial	North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Person ID	I2568	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2013

  
  

  Father	William Hopkins, Jr.,   b. Abt 1682, of, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 1738, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island (Age ~ 56 years)
  Mother	Ruth Wilkinson,   b. 31 Jan 1685/1686, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island d. 1731, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 44 years)
  Family ID	F1418	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Scott,   b. 15 Jun 1707   d. 9 Sep 1753, , , Rhode Island (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	9 Oct 1726
  Children	+ 1. Rufus Hopkins, Captain,   b. 10 Feb 1727/1728, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island d. 14 Apr 1813, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 85 years) + 2. John Hopkins,   b. 6 Nov 1728, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island d. 1752, St. Andero, Spain (Age 23 years)   3. Ruth Hopkins,   b. 11 Oct 1731, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island   4. Lydia Hopkins,   b. 6 Jan 1733, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island   5. Sylvanus Hopkins,   b. 30 Nov 1734, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island d. 23 Apr 1753, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 18 years)   6. Simon Hopkins,   b. 26 Aug 1736, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island d. 2 Apr 1744 (Age 7 years)   7. George Hopkins, Capt.,   b. 11 Jan 1739, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island
  Family ID	F1420	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Ann Smith,   b. 5 Oct 1717, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 26 Jan 1782 (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	1755
  Family ID	F1421	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 7 Mar 1707 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Death - 13 Jul 1785 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Burial - - North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Gravestone of Stephen Hopkins

  
  

• Notes

  !NOTE: Colonial governor of Rhode Island and signer of the Declaration of Independence. !SOURCE: Charles M. Whipple, Jr., Sons and Daughters of Jesse: A 360 Year History of the Whipple Family (Oklahoma City: Southwestern Press, 1976), p. 13. !SOURCE: Genealogies of Rhode Island Families from Rhode Island Periodicals (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1983), 2:19. !SOURCE: World Book Encyclopedia. !SOURCE: International Genealogical Index, version 3.06. !SOURCE: Email from Emily Davis (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 24 Mar 1998. !SOURCE: Email from Hugh Hudson (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 5 June 2010. Adds day and month of death and death place. !SOURCE: Email from Hugh Hudson (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 17 Jul 2013. Cites Find a Grave web site (burial place).