Constance Hopkins

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name
Constance Hopkins
aka
[Constanta Hopkins, Constant Snow, Constance Snow]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Mayflower passenger of 1620, a daughter of Stephen Hopkins by a former wife, who came with him, her stepmother Elizabeth and her brother Giles. She married Nicholas Snow and lived at Eastham, where by about 1651 she had twelve children; widowed in 1676, she died there in 1677. Probably the mother of Ruth (Snow) Cole, through whom Hope (Holdershaw) Ellingwood descends from her.
died
date
c. mid-Oct 1677
place
Eastham, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[will-nicholas-snow-1676]
note
"Constant Snow which was the Wife of Nicholas Snow died about the Midle of October in the year 1677" (Eastham records).
events
what
Sailed on the Mayflower
date
1620
place
Plymouth, Devon, England
sources
[book-bradford-history-of-plymouth-plantation]
note
With her father Stephen Hopkins, her brother Giles and her stepmother Elizabeth.
father
id
stephen-hopkins-fl1620
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[book-bradford-history-of-plymouth-plantation, will-nicholas-snow-1676]
note
Bradford's list of the Mayflower passengers: "Mr. Steven Hopkins, & Elizabeth, his wife, and 2. children, caled Giles, and Constanta, a doughter, both by a former wife"; and about 1651, "His doughter Constanta is also maried, and hath 12. children." That Constant Snow of Eastham was she is the editors' note to her husband's will (MD 3:167, citing MD 2:12, 118).

Constance came over on the Mayflower in 1620 with her father Stephen Hopkins, her brother Giles and her stepmother Elizabeth; Bradford lists "Giles, and Constanta, a doughter, both by a former wife" (source). She married Nicholas Snow and made her home at Eastham, and about 1651 Bradford could write that she "is also maried, and hath 12. children, all of them living, and one of them maried."

King Philip's War reached the family in her last years. Her son Mark Snow sat on Eastham's town council of war from 29 Feb 1675/6 (Records of the Colony of New Plymouth 5:186), and her grandson John Walker, probably the son of her daughter Sarah (Snow) Walker, was killed with Capt. Michael Pierce near Pawtucket on 26 Mar 1676 (Soldiers in King Philip's War, p. 360; Freeman, History of Cape Cod 2:367n). Her husband died that November, leaving her his stock and movables "for the Comfort and support of her life," and she administered his estate with her sons Mark and John. She died about the middle of October 1677 (record). See Nicholas Snow.

Ruth, who married John Cole, was probably her daughter, and through Ruth she is an ancestor of Hope (Holdershaw) Ellingwood.

Research: Cape Cod ancestry of Hope Holdershaw and Hannah Brown.

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  2. name: Constance Hopkins
  3. aka: [Constanta Hopkins, Constant Snow, Constance Snow]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Mayflower passenger of 1620, a daughter of Stephen Hopkins by a former wife, who came with him,
  8. her stepmother Elizabeth and her brother Giles. She married Nicholas Snow and lived at Eastham,
  9. where by about 1651 she had twelve children; widowed in 1676, she died there in 1677. Probably the
  10. mother of Ruth (Snow) Cole, through whom Hope (Holdershaw) Ellingwood descends from her.
  11. died:
  12. date: c. mid-Oct 1677
  13. place: Eastham, Massachusetts
  14. basis: documented
  15. confidence: proven
  16. sources: [will-nicholas-snow-1676]
  17. note: '"Constant Snow which was the Wife of Nicholas Snow died about the Midle of October in the year 1677" (Eastham records).'
  18. events:
  19. - what: Sailed on the Mayflower
  20. date: "1620"
  21. place: Plymouth, Devon, England
  22. sources: [book-bradford-history-of-plymouth-plantation]
  23. note: "With her father Stephen Hopkins, her brother Giles and her stepmother Elizabeth."
  24. father:
  25. id: stephen-hopkins-fl1620
  26. basis: documented
  27. confidence: proven
  28. sources: [book-bradford-history-of-plymouth-plantation, will-nicholas-snow-1676]
  29. note: 'Bradford''s list of the Mayflower passengers: "Mr. Steven Hopkins, & Elizabeth, his wife, and 2. children, caled Giles, and Constanta, a doughter, both by a former wife"; and about 1651, "His doughter Constanta is also maried, and hath 12. children." That Constant Snow of Eastham was she is the editors'' note to her husband''s will (MD 3:167, citing MD 2:12, 118).'
  30. ---
  32. Constance came over on the *Mayflower* in 1620 with her father Stephen Hopkins, her brother Giles
  33. and her stepmother Elizabeth; Bradford lists "Giles, and Constanta, a doughter, both by a former
  34. wife" ([source](/files/sources/book-bradford-history-of-plymouth-plantation/)). She married Nicholas Snow
  35. and made her home at Eastham, and about 1651 Bradford could write that she "is also maried, and hath
  36. 12. children, all of them living, and one of them maried."
  38. King Philip's War reached the family in her last years. Her son Mark Snow sat on Eastham's town
  39. council of war from 29 Feb 1675/6 ([*Records of the Colony of New Plymouth*](/files/sources/records-plymouth-colony/)
  40. 5:186), and her grandson John Walker, probably the son of her daughter Sarah (Snow) Walker, was
  41. killed with Capt. Michael Pierce near Pawtucket on 26 Mar 1676 ([*Soldiers in King Philip's
  42. War*](/files/sources/book-bodge-1906-soldiers-king-philips-war/), p. 360; Freeman, [*History of Cape
  43. Cod*](/files/sources/book-freeman-1862-history-of-cape-cod/) 2:367n). Her husband died that November,
  44. leaving her his stock and movables "for the Comfort and support of her life," and she administered
  45. his estate with her sons Mark and John. She died about the middle of October 1677
  46. ([record](/files/sources/will-nicholas-snow-1676/)). See [Nicholas Snow](/people/nicholas-snow-d1676/).
  48. Ruth, who married John Cole, was probably her daughter, and through Ruth she is an ancestor of Hope
  49. (Holdershaw) Ellingwood.
  51. Research: `research/ellingwood/Ellingwood_Cape_Cod.md`.
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