Whipple Database
Database of the Whipple One-Name Study (WONS)
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
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Headstones Gravestone of Stephen Hopkins
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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).
- !NOTE: Colonial governor of Rhode Island and signer of the Declaration of Independence.