06 July 2021

Stephen Hopkins Update


Mayflower History


The baptism records of Stephen Hopkins' children Giles and Constance, as well as an additional child Elizabeth, were discovered in the parish registers of Hursley, Hampshire, England.

And there in Hursley, on 9 May 1613, Mary Hopkins the wife of Stephen was buried. Mary's children Giles, Constance, and Elizabeth are all named in her probate estate papers dated 10 May 1613 and on file at the Hampshire Records Office (file: 1613AD/046).


From The American Genealogist, Whole Number 291, Volume 73, Number 3, July 1998:

The True Origin of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower, With Evidence of His Earlier Presence in Virginia, by Caleb Johnson



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