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Rufus Hopkins (Captain)

BIRTH: 10 Feb 1727/1728, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island
DEATH: 14 Apr 1813, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island
BURIAL: North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
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TITLE: Captain

Father: Stephen Hopkins (7 Mar 1707 - 13 Jul 1785)
Mother: Sarah Scott (15 Jun 1707 - 9 Sep 1753)

Family 1: Sarah Olney (31 Mar 1732 - 2 Oct 1785)

MARRIAGE: 11 Nov 1759, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

+Stephen Hopkins (1 Jan 1762 - 2 Jun 1830)
+Silvanus Hopkins (25 Jun 1764 - ____)
Rufus Hopkins (15 Nov 1771 - 29 Aug 1773)
Joseph Olney Hopkins (20 Mar 1774 - 5 Jan 1792)

Family 2: Abigail Angell (28 Jun 1729 - 21 Jul 1758)

MARRIAGE: 28 Nov 1741

                                                                                          _____________________
                                                                                         |                     
                                                                   _Thomas Hopkins ______|_____________________
                                                                  | (1616 - 1684)                              
                                             _William Hopkins ____|
                                            | (1647 - 1723) m 1682|
                                            |                     |                       _____________________
                                            |                     |                      |                     
                                            |                     |______________________|_____________________
                                            |                                                                  
                       _William Hopkins ____|
                      | (1682 - 1738)       |
                      |                     |                                             _____________________
                      |                     |                                            |                     
                      |                     |                      _John Whipple ________|_____________________
                      |                     |                     | (1617 - 1685) m 1638                       
                      |                     |_Abigail Whipple ____|
                      |                       (1657 - 1725) m 1682|
                      |                                           |                       _____________________
                      |                                           |                      |                     
                      |                                           |_Sarah _______________|_____________________
                      |                                             (1624 - 1666) m 1638                       
 _Stephen Hopkins ____|
| (1707 - 1785) m 1726|
|                     |                                                                   _____________________
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|                     |                                            _Lawrence Wilkinson __|_____________________
|                     |                                           | (1620 - 1692)                              
|                     |                      _Samuel Wilkinson ___|
|                     |                     | (.... - 1727) m 1672|
|                     |                     |                     |                       _Christopher Smith __
|                     |                     |                     |                      | (1600 - 1676) m 1625
|                     |                     |                     |_Susanna Smith _______|_Alice ______________
|                     |                     |                       (1625 - 1662)          (1600 - 1681)       
|                     |_Ruth Wilkinson _____|
|                       (1685 - 1731)       |
|                                           |                                             _____________________
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|                                           |                      _William Wickenden ___|_____________________
|                                           |                     |                                            
|                                           |_Plain Wickenden ____|
|                                              m 1672             |
|                                                                 |                       _____________________
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|                                                                 |_Eleanor Sherringham _|_____________________
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|--Rufus Hopkins 
|  (1727 - 1813)
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|                                                                  _Richard Scott _______|_____________________
|                                                                 |                                            
|                                            _John Scott _________|
|                                           | (1640 - 1677) m 1672|
|                                           |                     |                       _____________________
|                                           |                     |                      |                     
|                                           |                     |_Catherine Marbury ___|_____________________
|                                           |                                                                  
|                      _Silvanus Scott _____|
|                     | (1672 - 1742) m 1692|
|                     |                     |                                             _____________________
|                     |                     |                                            |                     
|                     |                     |                      _John Brown __________|_____________________
|                     |                     |                     |                                            
|                     |                     |_Rebecca Brown ______|
|                     |                       (1642 - 1707) m 1672|
|                     |                                           |                       _____________________
|                     |                                           |                      |                     
|                     |                                           |______________________|_____________________
|                     |                                                                                        
|_Sarah Scott ________|
  (1707 - 1753) m 1726|
                      |                                                                   _____________________
                      |                                                                  |                     
                      |                                            _Joseph Jencks _______|_____________________
                      |                                           | (1602 - 1683)                              
                      |                      _Joseph Jenckes _____|
                      |                     | (1632 - 1717)       |
                      |                     |                     |                       _____________________
                      |                     |                     |                      |                     
                      |                     |                     |______________________|_____________________
                      |                     |                                                                  
                      |_Joanna Jenckes _____|
                        (1672 - 1756) m 1692|
                                            |                                             _____________________
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                                            |                      ______________________|_____________________
                                            |                     |                                            
                                            |_Esther Ballard _____|
                                              (1633 - 1717)       |
                                                                  |                       _____________________
                                                                  |                      |                     
                                                                  |______________________|_____________________

Notes

!SOURCE: Israel Wilkinson, _Memoirs of the Wilkinson Family in America_ (Jacksonville, Ill.: Davis & Penniman, 1869), p. 80.

!SOURCE: Avery F. Angell, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Angell, Who Settled in Providence, 1636 (Providence, A. Crawford Greene, 1872), p. 21.

!SOURCE: GEDCOM file sent by Clayton J. Olney to Weldon Whipple, 16 Apr 2002.

!SOURCE: Email from Hugh Hudson (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 17 Jul 2013. Cites Find a Grave web site (marriage date, death date, burial place).

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