Sarah Scott

1707 - 1753  (46 years)

• Name	Sarah Scott
  Birth	15 Jun 1707
  Gender	Female
  Death	9 Sep 1753	, , Rhode Island
  Burial	North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Person ID	I6531	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2013

  
  

  Father	Silvanus Scott,   b. 10 Nov 1672, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 13 Jun 1742, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Joanna Jenckes,   b. 1672, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 12 May 1756, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	1692	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Family ID	F3759	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Stephen Hopkins, Governor,   b. 7 Mar 1707, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 13 Jul 1785, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 78 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

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 9 Sep 1753 - , , Rhode Island Burial - - North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Gravestone of Sarah (Scott) Hopkins

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: Genealogies of Rhode Island Families from Rhode Island Periodicals (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1983), 2:19. !SOURCE: Email from Emily Davis (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 24 Mar 1998. !SOURCE: M.M. Wilkinson, _Genealogy of Wilkinson and Kindred Families_ (Shelby, Miss.: Shelby Book Store, 1949), p. 82. Identifies Sarah as the wife of Stephen Hopkins, governor of Rhode Island and signer of the Declaration of Independence; also identifies Sarah as the daughter of Sylvanus Scott and Joanna Jencks. Gives birth date 24 Jun 1707; previous sources gave 15 Jun 1707. !SOURCE: GEDCOM file sent by Clayton J. Olney to Weldon Whipple, 16 Apr 2002. !SOURCE: Email from Hugh Hudson (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 17 Jul 2013. Cites Find a Grave web site (burial place).