Elizabeth (Williams) Hopkins (abt. 1552 - aft. 1593)

Born about 1552 in Upper Clatford, Hampshire, England [uncertain]

Wife of John Hopkins — married 28 Jul 1579 in Upper Clatford, Hampshire, England

Descendants

Died after 4 Sep 1593 after about age 41 in London, London, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Elizabeth (Williams) Hopkins was born about 1552 in Upper Clatford, Hampshire, England.

Elizabeth (~27) married (2) John Hopkins (~30) (~1549 - <1593) on 28 Jul 1579 in Upper Clatford.^[1] Their children were:

1. Stephen Hopkins (<1581 - ~1644) He was a passenger on the Mayflower and a settler of Plymouth Colony in New England.^[1]
2. Susanna Hopkins (~1584 - ~1647).

Elizabeth died after 4 Sep 1593 in London, London aged >41.^[2]

Research notes

• Her 1552 birth date is a hold-over from an erroneous mother (Mary Poole/Poore/Poley) for Stephen, erroneously copied on many trees. Elizabeth got married 1579 and it doesn't look like she was married before and there's no way of telling her age (or John's). If she was born in '52 she'd have been 27. That was old for a first marriage back then.

• We don't know her actual birth or death dates or locations or parents. The Morgan Williams and the Elizabeth Breyton in the real world weren't even in the same generation, much less married to each other or parents of the Elizabeth Williams who married John Hopkins. Morgan Williams did have a daughter named Elizabeth who married Robert Whitney. Elizabeth Breyton was the GRANDMOTHER of Morgan's daughter's husband. Research the mother of Sybil Baskerville.^[3]

• In Winchester, the widow Elizabeth was appointed administrator of John Hopkins's estate (he having died end of August since his inventory was 4 September 1593) on 4 October 1593, with William Hopkins (probably not Stephen's older half-brother since he was born around 1575 and wouldn't be of age) signing the bond.^[4]

• There is no such place as "Duglam, England" which you'll see quite often in copied trees from Ancestry.com.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Ernest Martin Christensen, "The Probable Parentage of Stephen¹ Hopkins of the Mayflower" The American Genealogist Vol. 79(2004):241-49. (Link by $ubscription.) Cites Upper Clatford, Parish Register, 1570-1624, Hampshire Record Office, Winchester, Volume/S 11M69/PR1.

   1574: "The 28th day of October Was married John Hopkns and Agnis Borrowe"

   1579: "John Hopkines to Elizabeth Williames the 28th day of July"

2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #145993572
3. ↑ http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.hopkins/5435/mb.ashx
4. ↑ Caleb Johnson, in his book "Here Shall I Die Ashore," p.23, reports, "The widow Elizabeth was taxed twice in 1594."