Stephen Hopkins

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name
Stephen Hopkins
aka
[Steven Hopkins, Steeuen Hopkins]
sex
male
access
public
summary
Passenger on the Mayflower in 1620 with his second wife Elizabeth and four children, one of them Oceanus, born at sea. In the first weeks he went ashore with Myles Standish's armed party and in the shallop that sounded Plymouth harbour, lodged Samoset in his house, and went with Edward Winslow to Massasoit in 1621; he was dead by about 1651. Father of Constance (Hopkins) Snow.
died
date
bef. c. 1651
place
Plymouth Colony
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[book-bradford-history-of-plymouth-plantation]
note
Bradford, writing about 1651: "Mr. Hopkins and his wife are now both dead, but they lived above 20. years in this place." His will (1644) has not been read here.
events
what
Sailed on the Mayflower
date
1620
place
Plymouth, Devon, England
sources
[book-bradford-history-of-plymouth-plantation]
note
With his wife Elizabeth, his children Giles and Constance and Damaris, and two servants; Oceanus was born at sea.
what
Ashore with Standish
date
15 Nov 1620
place
Provincetown, Massachusetts
sources
[book-mourt-1622-relation]
note
With the armed party Myles Standish led ashore on Cape Cod from the Mayflower.
what
The First Encounter
date
8 Dec 1620
place
Eastham, Massachusetts
sources
[book-mourt-1622-relation]
note
One of the ten men in the shallop attacked on the shore of Cape Cod at dawn.
what
Sounded Plymouth harbour
date
Dec 1620
place
Plymouth, Massachusetts
sources
[book-mourt-1622-relation]
note
In the shallop that sounded the harbour where the Pilgrims settled.
what
Journey to Massasoit
date
Jul 1621
place
Warren, Rhode Island
sources
[book-bradford-history-of-plymouth-plantation]
note
Sent with Edward Winslow and Squanto forty miles inland to Massasoit at Sowams, now Warren.
spouses
name
Elizabeth
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[book-bradford-history-of-plymouth-plantation]
note
His second wife, on the Mayflower with him; mother of Damaris and Oceanus ("the last was borne at sea") and of a son and four daughters born at Plymouth. Constance and Giles were "by a former wife," whose name Bradford does not give.

A passenger on the Mayflower in 1620, and the father of Constance (Hopkins) Snow. Bradford's list: "Mr. Steven Hopkins, & Elizabeth, his wife, and 2. children, caled Giles, and Constanta, a doughter, both by a former wife; and 2. more by this wife, caled Damaris & Oceanus; the last was borne at sea; and 2. servants, called Edward Doty and Edward Litster" (source).

On Cape Cod, in the first weeks, he went with the armed party that Myles Standish led ashore on 15 Nov 1620, "vnto whom was adioyned for counsell and advise, William Bradford, Stephen Hopkins, and Edward Tilley," and with the ten men in the shallop on 6 December, among "three of London, Richard Warren, Steeuen Hopkins, and Edward [Doten]," who met the First Encounter two days later and sounded Plymouth harbour (source). On the first march it was he who explained an Indian deer trap they came upon, "Stephen Hopkins sayd, it had beene to catch some Deere," just before Bradford, coming up behind, set it off and "was immediately caught by the leg." When Samoset walked into the settlement in March 1621 and would not leave at nightfall, "we lodged him that night at Steven Hopkins house, and watched him." In July 1621 the colony sent "Mr. Edward Winslow & Mr. Hopkins, with ye foresaid Squanto for ther guid" to Massasoit, forty miles inland, with "a suite of cloaths, and a horsemans coate"; they "found but short commons, and came both weary & hungrie home." Bradford's summary, about 1651: "Mr. Hopkins and his wife are now both dead, but they lived above 20. years in this place, and had one sone and 4. doughters borne here ... But his sone Giles is maried, and hath 4. children. His doughter Constanta is also maried, and hath 12. children, all of them living, and one of them maried."

He is an ancestor of the Ellingwoods through Constance, her daughter Ruth (Snow) Cole and the Coles of Eastham, down to Hope (Holdershaw) Ellingwood (probable at the Snow-Cole step). Richard Warren and John Tilley, his companions in the shallop, are ancestors in this archive too, on Frances Holbrook's side.

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

  1. ---
  2. name: Stephen Hopkins
  3. aka: [Steven Hopkins, Steeuen Hopkins]
  4. sex: male
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Passenger on the Mayflower in 1620 with his second wife Elizabeth and four children, one of them
  8. Oceanus, born at sea. In the first weeks he went ashore with Myles Standish's armed party and in
  9. the shallop that sounded Plymouth harbour, lodged Samoset in his house, and went with Edward
  10. Winslow to Massasoit in 1621; he was dead by about 1651. Father of Constance (Hopkins) Snow.
  11. died:
  12. date: bef. c. 1651
  13. place: Plymouth Colony
  14. basis: documented
  15. confidence: proven
  16. sources: [book-bradford-history-of-plymouth-plantation]
  17. note: 'Bradford, writing about 1651: "Mr. Hopkins and his wife are now both dead, but they lived above 20. years in this place." His will (1644) has not been read here.'
  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 his wife Elizabeth, his children Giles and Constance and Damaris, and two servants; Oceanus was born at sea."
  24. - what: Ashore with Standish
  25. date: "15 Nov 1620"
  26. place: Provincetown, Massachusetts
  27. sources: [book-mourt-1622-relation]
  28. note: "With the armed party Myles Standish led ashore on Cape Cod from the Mayflower."
  29. - what: The First Encounter
  30. date: "8 Dec 1620"
  31. place: Eastham, Massachusetts
  32. sources: [book-mourt-1622-relation]
  33. note: "One of the ten men in the shallop attacked on the shore of Cape Cod at dawn."
  34. - what: Sounded Plymouth harbour
  35. date: "Dec 1620"
  36. place: Plymouth, Massachusetts
  37. sources: [book-mourt-1622-relation]
  38. note: "In the shallop that sounded the harbour where the Pilgrims settled."
  39. - what: Journey to Massasoit
  40. date: "Jul 1621"
  41. place: Warren, Rhode Island
  42. sources: [book-bradford-history-of-plymouth-plantation]
  43. note: "Sent with Edward Winslow and Squanto forty miles inland to Massasoit at Sowams, now Warren."
  44. spouses:
  45. - name: Elizabeth
  46. basis: documented
  47. confidence: proven
  48. sources: [book-bradford-history-of-plymouth-plantation]
  49. note: 'His second wife, on the Mayflower with him; mother of Damaris and Oceanus ("the last was borne at sea") and of a son and four daughters born at Plymouth. Constance and Giles were "by a former wife," whose name Bradford does not give.'
  50. ---
  52. A passenger on the *Mayflower* in 1620, and the father of Constance (Hopkins) Snow. Bradford's list:
  53. "Mr. Steven Hopkins, & Elizabeth, his wife, and 2. children, caled Giles, and Constanta, a doughter,
  54. both by a former wife; and 2. more by this wife, caled Damaris & Oceanus; the last was borne at sea;
  55. and 2. servants, called Edward Doty and Edward Litster"
  56. ([source](/files/sources/book-bradford-history-of-plymouth-plantation/)).
  58. On Cape Cod, in the first weeks, he went with the armed party that Myles Standish led ashore on 15 Nov
  59. 1620, "vnto whom was adioyned for counsell and advise, William Bradford, Stephen Hopkins, and Edward
  60. Tilley," and with the ten men in the shallop on 6 December, among "three of London, Richard Warren,
  61. Steeuen Hopkins, and Edward [Doten]," who met the First Encounter two days later and sounded Plymouth
  62. harbour ([source](/files/sources/book-mourt-1622-relation/)). On the first march it was he who explained an
  63. Indian deer trap they came upon, "Stephen Hopkins sayd, it had beene to catch some Deere," just before
  64. Bradford, coming up behind, set it off and "was immediately caught by the leg." When Samoset walked
  65. into the settlement in March 1621 and would not leave at nightfall, "we lodged him that night at Steven
  66. Hopkins house, and watched him." In July 1621 the colony sent "Mr. Edward
  67. Winslow & Mr. Hopkins, with ye foresaid Squanto for ther guid" to Massasoit, forty miles inland, with
  68. "a suite of cloaths, and a horsemans coate"; they "found but short commons, and came both weary &
  69. hungrie home." Bradford's summary, about 1651: "Mr. Hopkins and his wife are now both dead, but they
  70. lived above 20. years in this place, and had one sone and 4. doughters borne here ... But his sone
  71. Giles is maried, and hath 4. children. His doughter Constanta is also maried, and hath 12. children,
  72. all of them living, and one of them maried."
  74. He is an ancestor of the Ellingwoods through Constance, her daughter Ruth (Snow) Cole and the Coles of
  75. Eastham, down to Hope (Holdershaw) Ellingwood (probable at the Snow-Cole step). Richard Warren and
  76. John Tilley, his companions in the shallop, are ancestors in this archive too, on Frances Holbrook's
  77. side.
  79. Research: `research/ellingwood/Ellingwood_Cape_Cod.md`.
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