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• Birth	24 Jul 1796	Foster, Providence Co., Rhode Island   [7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Dec 1879	Amboy, Ashtabula Co., Ohio   [10, 11, 12, 13]
  	Cause: apoplexy (stroke)
  Buried	Amboy cemetery, Ashtabula Co., Ohio   [14]
  Person ID	I48674	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Oliver HOPKINS, , Rev War, b. 18 Jan 1756, Foster, Providence Co., Rhode Island
  Mother	Susannah BENNETT, b. 19 Oct 1755, Preston, Connecticut
  Family ID	F21598	Group Sheet
  Family	Freelove PARKER, b. 12 Aug 1798, Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island
  Married	1817	probably New York   [15, 16, 17]
  Children	1. Henry H. HOPKINS, b. 1820, Virgil, Cortland Co., New York   2. Cyrene (Irene) HOPKINS, b. 14 Feb 1822, Virgil, Cortland Co., New York > 3. Zilpha Ann HOPKINS, b. 18 Dec 1823, Virgil, Cortland Co., New York   4. Phoebe HOPKINS, b. 1824, Virgil, Cortland Co., New York   5. Amos Crandall HOPKINS, b. 22 May 1825, Virgil, Cortland Co., New York   6. William Gideon HOPKINS, b. 1830, Virgil, Cortland Co., New York   7. Jeptha HOPKINS, b. 17 Apr 1833, Virgil, Cortland Co., New York   8. Drusilla Debrorah HOPKINS, b. 19 Feb 1835, Virgil, Cortland Co., New York   9. Susan Amelia HOPKINS, b. 18 Jun 1837, Virgil, Cortland Co., New York   10. Josephine Maria HOPKINS, b. 1840, Amboy, Ashtabula Co., Ohio   11. Rufus HOPKINS, b. Abt 1843, Amboy, Ashtabula Co., Ohio   12. Helen Mary HOPKINS, b. 16 Feb 1847, Amboy, Ashtabula Co., Ohio
  Family ID	F20956	Group Sheet

• Notes

  1835 census Virgil Gardner had 3 acres, 1 cattle, 4 sheep and 2 hogs, the family manufactured in the preceeding year: 11 yards fulled cloth; 20 yards, not fulled cloth-wool; 40 yards linen cotton. (sent by Lucy Nan Kent Christmas 1988) Conneaut Reporter--December 25, 1879 "HOPKINS--In Amboy, Dec. 10th, Instantly of apoplexy, at his residence, Gardner Hopkins, aged 84 years. He was a native of Rhode Island and the last of a family of ten children of Oliver Hopkins, a soldier of the Revolution." Ashtabula Telegraph 26 Dec. 1879 (copy sent by Peggy Kimbell) CONNEAUT My Dear Old Telegraph:--"The cold chilly winds of December are upon us, and if we have all done our duty we are prepared for them, as we have had sufficient warning. Last week two quite sudden deaths occurred in out midst. One a Mr. Garner Hopkins, who lived near Amboy station, had been threshing for a neighbor with a flail, came home and while sitting in his chair with the family, suddenly ceased to breathe, and that was all the struggle he had to pass away. He was a very robust, hearty man for one of his age--85. Some fifty years ago he was a resident of Ashtabula, and lived near Bunker Hill. The other was Stephen B. Hopkins, a nephew of Garner. He had been a resident of the borough for the past eight years. He was formerly from Pierpont, and I believe was one of the pioneers of that township. He was one of the most successful deer hunters on the Reserve. The Hopkins family were natives of Rhode Island, and descended of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence." {Stephen Hopkins, Signer of the Declaration of Independence was actually a second cousin twice removed.} "Gardner Hopkins was born in 1796 at Foster, Rhode Island. He married Freelove Parker, who was born August 12, 1798 at Scituate, Rhode Island. The marriage took place in 1817. They were located at Virgil, Courtland County, New York, where he followed the occupation of farming. Gardner was a cooper by trade, but being poor, not getting on as well as he wished and with a view of bettering the family's condition, he determined to pull up stakes and go west. They moved to Amboy, Ashtabula County, Ohio, four miles west of Conneaut, Ohio, on the Western Reserve, where he did some farming." (Hopkins genealogy)

• Sources

  [S555] Obit Hopkins, Amos Crandall, 1904. [S552] CD 200 Disk 3, Vol. VI, Lineage Records, 196. Oliver (1756-1839) [S563] Hopkins Family by Romayne Kent Clarke, via Lucy Nan Kent. "Grandma Kent's father was Gardiner Hopkins. I have his and his wife's pictures, but no name for her other than Mrs. Gardiner H. [S564] Family group sheet, Curran, Nancy J. 1998, Aug 21 Hopkins. DAR (Doubleday) [S565] WFT Vol 6, #2640, Hopkins/Bennett/Aldrich/Bartlett, (Broderland Software Co., Inc). Gardner & Freelove agree with previous info [S546] Ancestors of Gardner Hopkins, 1932, Olive Bancroft, Alma & Bertine Wightman via Barnes, Bernice via Womack, Dorothy 2001, (About 1932 updates in my copy). [S549] CD 200 Disk 3, Volume VII, Lineage Records, The Compendium of American Genealogy, (Broderbund Software, Inc), 196. [S540] Family Group Sheet, Kent, Lucy Nan, Hopkins, Torgersen, Tom Torgersen, (Oct. 30, 1993). July 24, 1796 [S550] Family group sheet, Curan, Nancy J. 1998, Aug 30 Hopkins. IGI A456638 [S551] Obit Hopkins, Gardner sent by Lucy Nan Kent, Conneaut Reporter, (Dec. 25, 1879). Hopkins--In Amboy, Dec 10, Instantly of apoplexy, at his residence, Gardner Hopkins; aged 84 years. He was a native of Rhode Island & last of a family of 10 children of Oliver Hopkins, a soldier of the Revolution. [S552] CD 200 Disk 3, Vol. VI, Lineage Records, 196. Amboy, O.;says 1884 [S553] Headstone Hopkins, Gardiner d 1879, Lucy Nan Kent. Gardner Hopkins Aged 84 Years [S550] Family group sheet, Curan, Nancy J. 1998, Aug 30 Hopkins. 11 Dec. 1880***SAR #130021 file has same date as family group sheet 2/18/2000 [S554] letter Hopkins, dated 1994, Aug. 5 Lucy Nan Kent. [S565] WFT Vol 6, #2640, Hopkins/Bennett/Aldrich/Bartlett, (Broderland Software Co., Inc). [S540] Family Group Sheet, Kent, Lucy Nan, Hopkins, Torgersen, Tom Torgersen, (Oct. 30, 1993). 1817 Providence, Rhode Island [S550] Family group sheet, Curan, Nancy J. 1998, Aug 30 Hopkins. Scituate twn. Providence, Rhode Island