Stephen Hopkins

1581 - 1644  (63 years)   Has 2 ancestors and 45 descendants in this family tree.

Stephen Nicholas Hopkins

1548 - 1615  (66 years)

Birth	15 Jul 1548	Dorset, England
Died	9 May 1615	London, England
Family	Mary Ann Poole,   b. 1552, Badley, Suffolk, England
Children	+ 1. Stephen Hopkins,   b. 30 Apr 1581, Upper Clatford, Hampshire, England

Mary Ann Poole

1552 -

Birth	1552	Badley, Suffolk, England
Died	Upper Clatford, Hampshire, England
Family	Stephen Nicholas Hopkins,   b. 15 Jul 1548, Dorset, England
Children	+ 1. Stephen Hopkins,   b. 30 Apr 1581, Upper Clatford, Hampshire, England

Elizabeth Fisher

1582 - 1639  (57 years)

Birth	1582	City of London, London, England
Died	2 Feb 1639	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Mother	Isabel Smith,   b. Portenskill, Cumberland, England
Family	Stephen Hopkins,   b. 30 Apr 1581, Upper Clatford, Hampshire, England
Married	19 Feb 1617	Saint Marys Matfelon Church, Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, London, England
Children	+ 1. Bethia Hester Hopkins,   b. 13 Mar 1605, Newton, Lancashire, England

Bethia Hester Hopkins

1605 - 1680  (74 years)

Birth	13 Mar 1605	Newton, Lancashire, England
Died	1680	Killingworth, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
Father	Stephen Hopkins,   b. 30 Apr 1581, Upper Clatford, Hampshire, England
Mother	Elizabeth Fisher,   b. 1582, City of London, London, England
Married	19 Feb 1617	Saint Marys Matfelon Church, Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, London, England
Family	William Kelsey,   b. 1600, Chelmsford, Essex, England
Married	1625	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Children	+ 1. Abigail Kelsey,   b. 19 Apr 1645, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America

• Name	Stephen Hopkins
  Birth	30 Apr 1581	Upper Clatford, Hampshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	Jul 1644	Upper Clatford, Hampshire, England
  Person ID	I3358	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Stephen Nicholas Hopkins,   b. 15 Jul 1548, Dorset, England d. 9 May 1615, London, England (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Poole,   b. 1552, Badley, Suffolk, England d. Upper Clatford, Hampshire, England
  Family ID	F1308	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Fisher,   b. 1582, City of London, London, England d. 2 Feb 1639, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	19 Feb 1617	Saint Marys Matfelon Church, Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, London, England
  Children	+ 1. Bethia Hester Hopkins,   b. 13 Mar 1605, Newton, Lancashire, England d. 1680, Killingworth, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F1307	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2026

  
  

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It has long been claimed that the Hopkins family was from Wortley, Gloucester, but this was disproven in 1998 with the discovery of his true origins in Hursley.  Stephen Hopkins went with the ship Sea Venture on a voyage to Jamestown, Virginia in 1609 as a minister's clerk, but the ship wrecked in the "Isle of Devils" (Bermuda). Stranded on an island for ten months, the passengers and crew survived on turtles, birds, and wild pigs. Six months into the castaway, Stephen Hopkins and several others organized a mutiny against the current governor. The mutiny was discovered and Stephen was sentenced to death. However, he pleaded with sorrow and tears. "So penitent he was, and made so much moan, alleging the ruin of his wife and children in this his trespass, as it wrought in the hearts of all the better sorts of the company". He managed to get his sentence commuted. Eventually the castaways built a small ship and sailed themselves to Jamestown. How long Stephen remained in Jamestown is not known. However, while he was gone, his wife Mary died. She was buried in Hursley on 9 May 1613, and left behind a probate estate which mentions her children Elizabeth, Constance and Giles. Stephen was back in England by 1617, when he married Elizabeth Fisher, but apparently had every intention of bringing his family back to Virginia. Their first child, Damaris, was born about 1618. In 1620, Stephen Hopkins brought his wife, and children Constance, Giles, and Damaris on the Mayflower (child Elizabeth apparently had died). Stephen was a fairly active member of the Pilgrim group shortly after arrival, perhaps a result of his being one of the few individuals who had been to Virginia previously. He was a part of all the early exploring missions, and was used as an "expert" on Native Americans for the first few contacts. While out exploring, Stephen recognized and identified an Indian deer trap. And when Samoset walked into Plymouth and welcomed the English, he was housed in Stephen Hopkins' house for the night. Stephen was also sent on several of the ambassadorial missions to meet with the various Indian groups in the region. Stephen was an assistant to the governor through 1636, and volunteered for the Pequot War of 1637 but was never called to serve. By the late 1630s, however, Stephen began to occasionally run afoul of the Plymouth authorities, as he apparently opened up a shop and served alcohol. In 1636 he got into a fight with John Tisdale and seriously wounded him. In 1637, he was fined for allowing drinking and shuffleboard playing on Sunday. Early the next year he was fined for allowing people to drink excessively in his house: guest William Reynolds was fined, but the others were acquitted. In 1638 he was twice fined for selling beer at twice the actual value, and in 1639 he was fined for selling a looking glass for twice what it would cost if bought in the Bay Colony. Also in 1638, Stephen Hopkins' maidservant got pregnant from Arthur Peach, who was subsequently executed for murdering an Indian. The Plymouth Court ruled he was financially responsible for her and her child for the next two years (the amount remaining on her term of service). Stephen, in contempt of court, threw Dorothy out of his household and refused to provide for her, so the court committed him to custody. John Holmes stepped in and purchased Dorothy's remaining two years of service from him: agreeing to support her and child. Stephen died in 1644, and made out a will, asking to be buried near his wife, and naming his surviving children. ; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-style: normal; text-align: left; margin-left: -17px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; margin-right: -17px; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">image-block sqs-block-image sqs-text-ready" style="height: auto; position: relative; clear: both; padding: 17px;" data-block-type="5">>tion-nonek-image-button; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; margin: 0px; display: block; line-height: normal; appearance: button; padding: 0px;" data-lightbox-theme="dark" data-description="<p class="">The parish church of Upper Clatford as it would have looked at the time Stephen Hopkins was baptized there in 1581.</p>">View fullsize" class="text-align: center; line-height: 0;" data-animation-role="image">looked at the time Stephen Hopkins was baptized there in 1581. : 17px;" data-block-type="5">owline-outer-wrapper">verflow: hidden; position: relative; padding-bottom: 271px; text-align: center; line-height: 0;" data-animation-role="image">of land in Hursley where the "Star Inn" used to be located. This Inn was run by Stephen Hopkins' wife Mary's side of the family. ass="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-text-ready" style="height: auto; position: relative; clear: both; padding: 17px;" data-block-type="5">s-block-content"> individual-animation-none sqs-block-image-buttonal-align: baseline; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; margin: 0px; display: block; line-height: normal; appearance: button; padding: 0px;" data-lightbox-theme="dark" data-description="<p class="">This is the Old Hursley church in Hursley, Hampshire, where Stephen and Mary Hopkins baptized their children Elizabeth, Constance, and Giles. 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margin: 1em 0px; line-height: 1.68em;">This is the beach that the Sea Venture castaways, including Stephen Hopkins, first came ashore after their shipwreck in Bermuda. ass="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-text-ready" style="height: auto; position: relative; clear: both; padding: 17px;" data-block-type="5">s-block-content"> individual-animation-none sqs-block-image-buttonal-align: baseline; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; margin: 0px; display: block; line-height: normal; appearance: button; padding: 0px;" data-lightbox-theme="dark" data-description="<p class="">A full-scale reproduction of the ship <em>Deliverance</em>, one of the two ships that the <em>Sea Venture</em> castaways built to escape Bermuda for Jamestown, Virginia in 1610.</p>">View fullsize has-aspect-ratio" style="cursor: pointer; max-width: none; height: 271px; width: 361px; vertical-align: middle; position: absolute; left: 0px; display: block; top: 0px; border: 0px;" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/50a02efce4b046b42952af27/1353689714478-Q7B25NPTWPBJGNQLFS0S/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kDHPSfPanjkWqhH6pl6g5ph7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0mwONMR1ELp49Lyc52iWr5dNb1QJw9casjKdtTg1_-y4jz4ptJBmI9gQmbjSQnNGng/IMG_0059.JPG?format=500w" alt="A full-scale reproduction of the ship Deliverance , one of the two ships that the Sea Venture castaways built to escape Bermuda for Jamestown, Virginia in 1610." data-image-resolution="500w" data-type="image" data-image-id="50afaa72e4b054abacd285f0" data-load="false" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-image-dimensions="2500x1875" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/50a02efce4b046b42952af27/1353689714478-Q7B25NPTWPBJGNQLFS0S/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kDHPSfPanjkWqhH6pl6g5ph7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0mwONMR1ELp49Lyc52iWr5dNb1QJw9casjKdtTg1_-y4jz4ptJBmI9gQmbjSQnNGng/IMG_0059.JPG" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/50a02efce4b046b42952af27/1353689714478-Q7B25NPTWPBJGNQLFS0S/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kDHPSfPanjkWqhH6pl6g5ph7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0mwONMR1ELp49Lyc52iWr5dNb1QJw9casjKdtTg1_-y4jz4ptJBmI9gQmbjSQnNGng/IMG_0059.JPG" /> Venture castaways built to escape Bermuda for Jamestown, Virginia in 1610. : 17px;" data-block-type="5">owline-outer-wrapper">verflow: hidden; position: relative; padding-bottom: 271px; text-align: center; line-height: 0;" data-animation-role="image">n on the Norman Court Farm in Upper Clatford, Hampshire. The Hopkins and Williams families had some farmland here as early as the 1550s.