Governor Stephen Hopkins

1707 - 1785  (78 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 14 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Stephen Hopkins
  Prefix	Governor
  Birth	7 Mar 1707	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Jul 1785	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
  Burial	13 Jul 1785	North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
  Initiatory (LDS)	24 Aug 1877
  FamilySearch ID	L13C-CMX
  Headstones	Submit Headstone Photo
  Person ID	I31083	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	William Hopkins, Jr,   b. Abt 1682, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States d. 29 Oct 1738, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Ruth Wilkinson,   b. 31 Jan 1686, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States d. 1731, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	2 Jan 1703	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
  Family ID	F12265	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 7 Mar 1707 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Death - 13 Jul 1785 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Burial - 13 Jul 1785 - North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Hopkins, Stephen b1707 - Portrait

  
  

• Notes

  NOTE: Colonial governor of Rhode Island and signer of the Declaratio n o f Independence. SOURCE: Charles M. Whipple, Jr., Sons and Daughters of Jesse: A 360 Ye a r History of the Whipple Family (Oklahoma City: Southwestern Press, 197 6) , p. 13. SOURCE: Genealogies of Rhode Island Families from Rhode Island Periodica l s (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1983), 2:19. SOURCE: World Book Encyclopedia. SOURCE: International Genealogical Index, version 3.06. SOURCE: Email from Emily Davis (EDavis5389 at aol dot com) to Weldon Whi p ple, 24 Mar 1998. SOURCE: Email from Hugh Hudson (hugh dot hudson at usa dot net) to Weld o n Whipple, 5 June 2010. Adds day and month of death and death place.