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• Birth	19 Oct 1755	Preston, Connecticut   [3, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Buried	Sep 1847	Highland Cem. Lapeer, Virgil Co., New York   [7]
  Died	26 Sep 1847	Virgil, Cortland Co., New York   [3, 8, 9, 10]
  Person ID	I49354	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	01 May 2005 00:00:00
  Family	Oliver HOPKINS, , Rev War, b. 18 Jan 1756, Foster, Providence Co., Rhode Island
  Married	16 Jan 1777	Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island   [3, 11, 12]
  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	Information from Nancy J. Curran Aug. 21, 1998 As a suitor, Oliver Hopkins, small & slim, who didn't want small children, heard of Susanna 6' 2" tall and walked 50 miles to see her; wooed and won her. (ref. Mrs. Underwood) A6p.222:Lena Conable

• Sources

  [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), 38. [S552] CD 200 Disk 3, Vol. VI, Lineage Records, 196. Susannah Bennett [S549] CD 200 Disk 3, Volume VII, Lineage Records, The Compendium of American Genealogy, (Broderbund Software, Inc), 116. [S583] DAR Lineage Books Oliver Hopkins DAR ID # 21204 Peck/Fisher, (Ancestry Hometown). Oliver Hopkins and Susanna Bennett, his wif [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), 38. recorded Scituate Vital Records [S552] CD 200 Disk 3, Vol. VI, Lineage Records, 196. 1755-1847 [S564] Family group sheet, Curran, Nancy J. 1998, Aug 21 Hopkins. Died at the age of 91yrs, 11 months, Inscriptions on tombstone in Highland Cemetery [S552] CD 200 Disk 3, Vol. VI, Lineage Records, 196. [S564] Family group sheet, Curran, Nancy J. 1998, Aug 21 Hopkins. died age 92 Sept 16, 1847 [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