Rev. Samuel Hopkins graduated from Yale in 1718.In 1720 he was 2nd pastor of West Springfield's First Congregational Church.On June 28,1727 he married Esther Edwards in Windsor,CT.Rev. Hopkins is given credit for introducing maple sugar to the public in 1752.He wrote an account of the Indian way of making it in a published pamphlet(pg 138 of West Springfield Centennial Book)
Rev. Samuel Hopkins graduated from Yale in 1718.In 1720 he was 2nd pastor of West Springfield's First Congregational Church.On June 28,1727 he married Esther Edwards in Windsor,CT.Rev. Hopkins is given credit for introducing maple sugar to the public in 1752.He wrote an account of the Indian way of making it in a published pamphlet(pg 138 of West Springfield Centennial Book)
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"Here Rests ye Body of
ye Rev'd. MR. SAMLL. HOPKINS
In whom a Sound Judgement
Solid Learning Candour
Piety Sincerity Constancy
& universal Benevolence
combin'd to form an excellent
Minister a Kind Husband
Parent & Friend who Decs'd
October the 6th A:D 1755
In the 62nd Year of His Age &
36th Year of His Miniftry"
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