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• Suffix	, Rev War
  Birth	18 Jan 1756	Foster, Providence Co., Rhode Island   [7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Apr 1839	Highland Cem. Lapeer, Cortland Co., New York   [9]
  Died	7 Apr 1839	Lapeer, Cortland Co., New York   [10, 11, 12, 13]
  Person ID	I48686	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2005 00:00:00
  Family	Susannah BENNETT, b. 19 Oct 1755, Preston, Connecticut
  Married	16 Jan 1777	Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island   [3, 14, 15]
  Children	1. William HOPKINS, b. Abt 1779   2. Stephen HOPKINS, b. 1780, Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island   3. Bennett B. HOPKINS, b. 1783, Foster, Providence Co., Rhode Island   4. Susannah HOPKINS, b. 1788, Foster, Providence Co., Rhode Island   5. Jonah HOPKINS, b. 1792 > 6. Gardner HOPKINS, b. 24 Jul 1796, Foster, Providence Co., Rhode Island   7. Esek HOPKINS, b. 1797, Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island   8. Josiah HOPKINS, b. 1799, Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island   9. Cyrene\Serene HOPKINS, b. 1800
  Family ID	F21598	Group Sheet

• Notes

  OBIT of Gardner Hopkins:He was a native of Rhode Island and the last of a family of 10 children of Oliver Hopkins, a soldier of the Revolution. Mrs Doubleday DAR application names 7, so still need proof of other 3. Information came from Nancy Curran: DAR papers of Nina Janette Martin, claiming Oliver Hopkins as patriot ancestor. He served in the Rhode Island Militia, Rev. War. He was my grandmother's (Susan Hopkins Stafford) father and my great-grandfather. Death--dropped dead, buried Goodell Corners, near Marathon age 82. DAR papers of May Watrous Harmon also give information about Oliver Hopkins. REF: Rhode Island to Lapeer Pioneer: Rev. soldier, one of Washington's men. DAR records list him as a Private, Rhode Island, PNSR & WPNS REF: O.W. Division F.R.W. 18045 National #35500 DAR papers (Mrs. Elizabeth H. Doubleday DAR ID # 38209) Elizabeth Stafford Doubleday. (Susan) (my ref) Mrs. Minnie Peck Fisher DAR ID # 21204 descent from Oliver through son Josiah Hopkins & wife Orilla Taylor (my ref) Mrs. Margaret Fisher Filbrick DAR ID # 160700 daughter of above Cortland Co., History Society files says his 1778 enlistment was as substitute for his father, Jonah Hopkins. Residence of soldier at time of enlistment Scituate Rhode Island. Cortland Co History verifies that this Oliver is the son of Jonah. The Oliver in Otsego Co., New York 1800, appears to be the Oliver that ends up in Cortland Co., New York. DAR: Children of Oliver & Susanna Bennett: Gardner, Josiah, Jonah m Snyder, Stephen, Bennett m Parker, Susan 1788 m Joseph Stafford, Serene m 1st Gilbert, 2nd Perkins #2640--Steven 1778, Bennett 1778, Susan 1792, Josiah 1799, Gardner 1796, (William Giden) 1792, (Jonathan 1804, Esek 1810 these cannot be correct dates) #4000--Stephen b 1790, Bennett b 1783, Susan b 1788, Jonah b 1792, Gardner b 1795, Eseck b 1797, Syrene b 1800, William Abt,. 1779 (Wright/Schonewolf Nancy Curran-Stephen abt 1786, William abt 1780, Jonah abt 1782, Ezra abt 1784, Susan b 1788, Esek/Esack, abt 1790, Josiah abt 1795, Serene abt 1794, Gardner b 1796, Sheffield b 1799 Children from Hopkins research 1926 Stephen, Bennett, William, Josiah, Gardner, Susan, Jonathan & Esek Letter dated Feb. 7, 1933 to Mrs. Rosine F. Paul from a search for Revolutionary War records:...pension claim W. 18045..Oliver was the son of Jonah Hopkins, was b in 1756 at Scituate (later Foster)...Oliver Hopkins enlisted & served as a private with the Rhode Island troops, as follows- Oct. 25, 1775, 9 mo. 10 days in Capt. Stephen Kimball's co. in Col. Hitchcock's regiment; from Sept. 10, 1776, 3 months in Capt. James Williams' co. in Col. John Cocke's reg; Oct. 20, 1777, 40 days in Capt. Isaac Paine's co. in Col. Cornwall's reg. & was in General Gideon Cornwall's co. in Col. Greene's reg. and was in Gen. Sullivan's expedition; from Jan. 1, 1779, one month as substitute for his father, in Capt. Edwards' co. in Col. John Caldwell's reg; very soon after, one month in Capt. Isaac Hopkins' (no relationship to Oliver shown) Co. in Col. John Caldwell reg. Pension allowed resident of Virgil, Cortland Co., New York He died Apr. 7, 1839 He married Jan. 18, 1777 at Foster, Rhode Island, Susanna Bennet, the daughter of Josiah Bennet...The widow was allowed pension Oct. 28, 1839, 84 years living Virgil, New York Their son, Bennet was living in Virgil, New York 1839 aged 57. **e-mail of July 11, 1999 from Beverly Schonewolf--"I finally got my approved Mayflower supplemental for Richard Warren through Jonah Hopkins. It was approved June 16, 1999, so you should be able to use my General Society #65029, State #3467 as a reference thereafter. They made several "corrections" and additions, including Providence VR 1:65, & Rhode Island VR 3:1:21, and Rhode Island Gen. Reg 3:301 and they wrote "Weak" beside Oliver Hopkins name." OLIVER HOPKINS-transcribed by Beverly Schonewolf online at Cortland Co., New York genweb page State of New York County of Cortland. In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 On this second day of October 1832 in open Court being a court of Common Pleas now sitting Oliver Hopkins aged 76 years, a resident of the town of Virgil in the County and State aforesaid being first duly sworn according to law on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed on the seventh day of June 1832. I enlisted at Providence in Rhode Island and joined the army at Boston on the 25th day of April 1775 under the command of Capt. Stephen Kimball, Lieut. Jonathan Smith and in Col. Hitchcock's regiment and Served nine months and ten days. I was at Roxbury at the time of the Battle of Bunker's Hill and was discharged. About the tenth day of September 1776 I again entered the service and served three months under Capt. James Williams, Lieut. Bacon and in Col. John Cook's Regiment in the town County and State of Rhode Island. We were guarding the shore when the British came in and the troops went to a place called Howland's Ferry and I was there again discharged. I again Entered the army about the 20th day of October 1777 at Providence in Rhode Island and served under Capt. Isaac Pain and Col. Cornwall. It was what was called Gen. Spencer's Expedition and Served forty days. In the latter part of July 1778 I again entered the Service under Capt. Gideon Cornwall and Col. Green in the town of Middletown and Served twenty days in Gen. Sullivan's Expedition and was discharged. About the first day of Jan 1779 I entered the Service under Capt. Edwards, Col. John Caldwell in the town of Warwick State of Rhode Island, we were guarding the Shore. This service was done as a Substitute for Jonah Hopkins my father one month. I then went right on and served one month more in Capt. Isaac Hopkins Company and under the said Col. Caldwell as a Substitute for Oliver Carver. He Hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, he further says that he served in the Revolutionary Army one year four months and a half. 1st I was born in a town now called Foster in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island in the year 1756. 2nd I have no record of my age 3rd Lived in Scituate now called Foster when I entered the service. 4th I went as a volunteer except the two times that I went as a substitute as Stated in my deposition one month for Jonah Hopkins my father and one month for Oliver Carver 5th I have Stated under what officers I served in my deposition 6th I received a discharge for my first nine months Service at Boston, Signed by Lieut. Col. Cornwall. I know not where it is now. Signed, Oliver Hopkins On the twenty eighth day of October Eighteen Hundred & Thirty Nine Personally appeared before the Subscriber William Berry Esq a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cortland and State of New York the same being a Court of record, Susanna Hopkins resident of Virgil in the County of Cortland and State of New York aged Eighty four years Who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the pension made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836 - That She is the Widow of Oliver Hopkins who was a Pensioner under Act of Congress Passed 7th June 1832. She further declares that she was married to the said Oliver Hopkins on the Sixteenth day of January Seventeen Hundred and seventy seven 1777 in the Town of Foster in the county of Providence in the State of Rhode Island by a priest by the name of John Williams - That her Husband the aforesaid Oliver Hopkins died on the Seventh day of April Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Nine and that She has remained a Widow ____ that ___ as Will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto I Josiah Westcott of Scituate in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island aged 58 years do say upon oath that I am the town clerk of the Town of Scituate and have been for twenty five years ______, and that as such am keeper of the Records of Marriages in Said Town, that I have carefully examined the Records of marriages in Said Town for the Year 1777, by which it appears that Oliver Hopkins of Scituate Son of Jonah Hopkins and Susanna Bennet of Scituate Daughter of Josiah Bennet were lawfully Joined together in Marriage on the Sixteenth day of January Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven, the ______ is a true copy of the record with the exception of the state which is _____ on the Record in ______ legable as follows, I certify that Oliver Hopkins of Scituate, Son of Jonah Hopkins and Susanna Bennet of Scituate daughter of Josiah Bennet, were lawfully Joined together in Marriage on the 16th day of January Anno Domini 1777. By me the__________ John Williams January 21, 1778, John Wescott Town Clerk, I Josiah Westcott above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the County town and State aforesaid & that the above is a true extract from the records of Said Town, with the exception above named as ___________ by me John Wescott town Clerk. Sworn before me, Jonas Titus, Public Notary, February 15th 1840 On the Twenty Eighth day of October Eighteen Hundred and Thirty nine personally appeared before the Subscriber William Berry Esqr. a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County of Cortland and State of New York Bennet Hopkins Resident of Virgil in Said County of Cortland aged Fifty Seven Years, Who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is a son of Oliver Hopkins and Susanna Hopkins - the anxed applicant for a pension, he further says that Oliver Hopkins his father was the identical person described in the anxed Pension Certificate No 20403 and that Oliver Hopkins this deponent's father died on the Seventh day of April Eighteen Hundred & Thirty Nine 1839 and that his mother Susanna Hopkins has remained a widow ever since his father's death - and further this deponent sayth not.

• Sources

  [S551] Obit Hopkins, Gardner sent by Lucy Nan Kent, Conneaut Reporter, (Dec. 25, 1879). [S552] CD 200 Disk 3, Vol. VI, Lineage Records, 196. Oliver (1756-1839) [S549] CD 200 Disk 3, Volume VII, Lineage Records, The Compendium of American Genealogy, (Broderbund Software, Inc), 116. [S581] letter Hopkins, dated 1992, July 27, Lucy Nan Kent. "The father of Gardner Hopkins is OLIVER Hopkins." [S582] Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Scituate, James Newell Arnold, Editor of Narragansett Historical Register, (Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., Providence Rhode Island 1892), 18. Oliver of Jonah m [S583] DAR Lineage Books Oliver Hopkins DAR ID # 21204 Peck/Fisher, (Ancestry Hometown). gr.-granddaughter of Oliver Hopkins [S552] CD 200 Disk 3, Vol. VI, Lineage Records, 196. Oliver 1756-1839), Foster, R.I. [S568] DAR Lineage Books Oliver Hopkins DAR ID # 38209 Doubleday, (Ancestry Hometown). 1756-1839 [S569] Abstract of Graves of Rev. Patriots: Vol 2, Ancestry Hometown Library, 36. [S552] CD 200 Disk 3, Vol. VI, Lineage Records. [S569] Abstract of Graves of Rev. Patriots: Vol 2, Ancestry Hometown Library. Hopkins, Oliver, Highland Cem, Lapeer, Cortland Co., New York 36 [S570] Headstone Hopkins, Oliver d 1839, Lucy Nan Kent. [S571] New York Cortland Co., Cemetery Records, Town of Lapeer, Highland Cemetery, (sent by Beverly Schonewolf), pg 1. [S552] CD 200 Disk 3, Vol. VI, Lineage Records, 196. m 1777, Susannah Bennett (1755-1847) [S582] Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Scituate, James Newell Arnold, Editor of Narragansett Historical Register, (Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., Providence Rhode Island 1892), page 8 & 18. Oliver of Jonah and susannah Bennett, of Josiah; m by Elder John Williams, Jan 16, 1777