No birth record exists for Arthur, but he was likely born ca. 1690 - 1700, as his parents are also unknown. Arthur married Elizabeth, likely ca. 1723-5. Despite the claim made in some genealogy compilations, Elizabeth's parents are unproven and hence unknown.
The earliest record found of Dr. Arthur Hopkins is from 1731, when he was noted living in Hanover County, which was formed in 1720 from New Kent. Some say Arthur received his medical training at the 'School of Medicine and Surgery' in London, while other sources indicate Arthur received his medical training in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Dr. Arthur Hopkins and Dr. William Cabell were great friends as they may have immigrated together, to Virginia, between 1720-23. They remained close through the years, since a child of each of them had married one another.
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Note: please do not place a picture here of what some have erroneously attributed on many Ancestry family trees since 2012, to be of Dr. Arthur Hopkins SR. It's actually a picture of the fifth Chief Justice of Alabama's Supreme Court Arthur Francis Hopkins (1794-1865), who in reality was a great grandson of this Dr. Arthur Hopkins. After many attempts requesting Ancestry delete said picture from the many public profiles of this Arthur Hopkins (d.ca. 1767), the misappropriated picture still remains on many "Public Ancestry trees" under this Dr. Arthur Hopkins SR..
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Dr. Arthur Hopkins was a major landowner in Virginia and became one of Goochland county's Gentleman Justices. From 20 Apr 1732 to 16 Sep 1765, he secured 19 patents for land in Goochland, Albemarle and Fluvanna Cos., aggregating 15,449 acres. He held Commission as 'Colonel of Horse'; gave bond as High Sheriff of Goochland County; was a member of the Virginia House of Burgess 1739-41; was commissioned a captain and a Vestryman of St. James Northam Parish. Dr. Arthur Hopkins became close personal friends with Gov./Pres. Thomas Jefferson's father - Peter Jefferson, while they were both serving in the Virginia House of Burgess.
Dr. Arthur Hopkins' will was recorded March 12, 1767, in Albemarle County, VA, having been written May 31, 1765. He was buried in Albemarle Co. about one and a half miles northwest of the town of Scottsville, about four hundred yards south of the concrete road running from Scottsville to Charlottesville, Va., on the farm now (1928) standing in the name of Dorothy Pitts, daughter and heir of John Pitts, deceased. During the month of April, 1928, the writer visited the site of the old homestead and graveyard of Dr. Arthur Hopkins, which was situated on a beautiful rolling hill, overlooking the James River, and where you can see the surrounding country for miles. The site of the graveyard has been cultivated over for years and there is nothing to show the remains of a graveyard except some small pieces of tombstone scattered here and there, or the site of his home except an old ice-house. He was told by Mr. George T. Omohundro, who has been Commissioner of the Revenue for Albemarle County for 26 years, a descendant of Dr. Arthur Hopkins, and who has a very fine plantation and mansion about two miles from the graveyard site, that the owner of the farm, many years ago, hauled the tombstones to a rock pile in order to make way for the unobstructed cultivation of the plot upon which the old graveyard was located.
Much of the above from Hopkins of Virginia (1931); by Walter Lee Hopkins.
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As early as 1732, Dr. Arthur Hopkins, who resided on one of the branches of Byrd Creek in Goochland, purchased a second tract of 400 acres where Milton now stands; a third on 1 Feb 1738 for 400 acres in Goochland on the branches of Elk Run of the Byrd; a fourth in 1748 for nearly 2300 acres on Totier Creek, and a fifth in 1765 for over 1400 acres between Hardware and Totier, which had been granted to Hardin Burnley, but forfeited for failure to pay the quit rents. Elk Run of the Byrd being the documented location where John Haden's family, and hence one of his daughter's Mary Haden had lived for a time. Mary Haden is claimed to have married Arthur's son William.
He died in 1766/7. He and his wife Elizabeth had *** eight children, Samuel, John, Arthur JR, William, James, Lucy the wife of George Robinson of Pittsylvania, Mary the wife of Col. Joseph Cabell Sr., and Isabel.
Samuel Hopkins married Isabella Taylor, a cousin of President Madison's grandmother, and of President Taylor's grandfather, and an aunt of John Taylor, of Caroline. Their son Samuel was Lieutenant Colonel of the Tenth Virginia in the Revolution, and General in Kentucky in the war of 1812, for whom Hopkins County and Hopkinsville in that State were named.
Arthur Hopkins JR went to Kentucky, and died unmarried.
William Hopkins SR lived in Albemarle County, on Totier Creek.
He married Elizabeth Moon, daughter of Jacob Moon, and died in 1820.
As noted below, this was likely his son William the Junior
His children were known to be:
1) Ann, the wife of Peter Porter, who removed to Missouri,
2) Mildred, the wife of James Thomas,
3)Jane, the wife of Littleberry Moon, and mother of
... Samuel O. Moon,
... Mary,
... Margaret,
... Isabel, the wife of Henry Turner, and mother of the venerable William H. Turner,
4) Elizabeth, the wife of Jesse Haden,
5) Samuel — the last two emigrated to Kentucky — and
6) William, who had his home in the vicinity of Scottsville, married Rebecca Estis, and died in 1832. His children were:
... Mary, the wife of lyain B. Jones,
... Martha, the wife of John H. Henderson, James, and
... Margaret, the wife of Moses Arnold.
Note: As stated in "History of Albemarle County", this was most likely his son, known as "Capt" William the Junior, born ca. 1767; died before 1832; married 3X times.
+ his 1st m. was 8 Oct 1789 to Elizabeth Moon;
+ his 2nd m. was 17 Sep 1806 to Mary "Polly" Nichols Haden; b. 13 Feb 1788; d. bef 1825
"Polly" was the daughter of Benjamin Haden, the son of John Haden Sr., thereby meaning, Mary "Polly" Nichols Haden had married her 1st cousin.
+ his 3rd m. was Tues. 4 Jan 1825 to Rebecca Estes, by Rev. Hatch, as was noted in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 62, No. 1 (Jan., 1954), p. 131, as was extracted from the Charlottesville newspaper, The Central Gazette.
James Hopkins, the son of Dr. Arthur, was the accomplished physician who settled in Nelson County, and was basely murdered in 1803. His will written in 1802, instructed his executors to have him "buried next to his parents" on their Totier Creek homestead.
Mary Hopkins married Col. Joseph Cabell Sr.. Their daughter Mary Cabell, became the wife of John Breckinridge, then of Botetourt County, but subsequently United States Senator from Kentucky, and Mr. Jefferson's Attorney General. Mr. [Joseph] Cabell, who had bought the glebe of St. Anne's on the south fork of Totier Creek, presented it to his daughter, and there Mr. Breckinridge made his residence from 1785 to 1793, when he removed to Kentucky. During that time he was a member of the Albemarle bar, and in 1792 in the interval between the resignation of the first John Nicholas, and the appointment of the second, as Clerk of the county, he acted as Clerk protern. His two eldest children were born in Albemarle, one of whom was the father of the Vice President.
Much of the above from Albemarle County in Virginia (1901); by Rev Edgar Woods.
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Documented/known children of Dr. Arthur and Elizabeth Hopkins:
List shows more children than other sources and is subject to revision. Some dates are estimations, where the marriage date is the birth of a child, from the Douglas Register.
*** indicates one of the eight children listed in 'History of Albemarle County Virginia'.
The five children not appearing are all female: Elizabeth, Ann, Jane, Frances, Amelia.
1) *** Dr. Samuel Hopkins (abt 1725 - 13 Dec 1796/Mecklenburg Co VA)
+ m. Isabella Taylor (26 Jun 1725 - 1786) on 25 Jun 1750.
Known child: General Samuel Hopkins
2) *** John M Hopkins (abt 1726 - bef 20 Jul 1807)
married before 11 Feb 1763 (when daughter Judith born in Douglas Register) to
+ Mary Martin, sister of Ann Sparks Martin - wife of 6) Dr James Hopkins, below.
From Virginia Magazine of History and Biography:
1774 - was Justice of Goochland County (V. 22, p. 316).
1779, Sep - was sworn as Lt. Colonel in Goochland County ( V. 23, p. 305).
1781, Aug - resigned his Commission as Colonel (V. 23, p. 83).
1784 - was a member of the Virginia Legislature (V. 32, p. 301).
3) *** Arthur Hopkins JR. (abt 1727 - 26 Sep 1776/Pittsylvania Co VA)
+ m. 7 Sep 1762 in Lunenbur Co, Virginia
Judith Jefferson (President Thomas Jefferson's 1st cousin).
4) Elizabeth (Hopkins) Smith (abt 1728 - 17 Nov 1807/Pittsylvania Co VA)
married 4 Apr 1758 (Douglass Register) to
+ John Smith Sr. (23 Sep 1725 - 1775) .
5)) Anne (Hopkins) Smith (abt 1732 - aft 10 Jan 1781/Bedford Co VA)
married before 23 Nov 1751 (Douglas Register) when 1st child born
+ Guy Bowker Smith (26 Jul 1728 - aft 10 Jan 1781) .
6) *** Dr. James Hopkins (d. 4 Mar 1803/Albemarle Co VA)
+ m. Ann Sparks Martin, sister of Mary Martin - wife of 2) John M. Hopkins, above.
7) *** Mary (Hopkins) Cabell (Jan 1735 - 12 Jul 1811/Amherst Co VA)
+ m. on 20 Oct 1752 to Col. Joseph Cabell Sr. (19 Sep 1732 - 01 Mar 1798).
Joseph was s/o Dr. William Cabell, who was Mary's father's good friend.
Their known children were:
Dr. Joseph Cabell Jr. m. Pocahontas Rebecca Bolling
Mary Hopkins Cabell m. John Breckinridge
Ann Cabell m. Robert Carter Harrison
8) Jane (Hopkins) Davis (abt 1738 - ____)
+ m. William Davis (____ - 1801).
9) *** William Hopkins Sr. (ca. 1740 - 18 Dec 1820/Albemarle Co VA)
+ m. Mary Haden (abt 1747 - ____), d/o John Haden Sr. & Jean Moseley.
The "History of Albemarle County" states William's wife was Elizabeth Moon, daughter of Jacob Moon, but that was most likely his son, William the Junior.
A known child of theirs was
William Hopkins Jr: b.ca. 1767; d bef 1832
his 1st m. was 8 Oct 1789 to Elizabeth Moon;
his 2nd m. was 17 Sep 1806 to Mary "Polly" Nichols Haden; b. 13 Feb 1788; d. bef 1825
"Polly" was the daughter of Benjamin Haden, the son of John Haden Sr., thereby meaning, Mary "Polly" Nichols Haden had married her 1st cousin.
his 3rd m. was 4 Jun 1825 to Rebecca Estes.
10) Frances (Hopkins) Davis (abt 1740-1810/Mecklenburg Co VA)
+ m. John Davis (abt 1755).
11) *** Lucy (Hopkins) Robertson (1741 - 29 Oct 1817)
+ m. 1760 to George Robertson Jr. (1740 - 1793).
12) Amelia (Hopkins) Davis (abt 1742-____)
+ m. Baxter Davis (abt 1725).
13) *** Isabella Hopkins (1748 - 1803/Mecklenberg Co VA)
+ m1. Peartree Smith (13 Jun 1748 - 07 Nov 1779).
+ m2. Joseph Townes (1759 - Jun 1824).
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Some of the properties Dr./Col. Arthur Hopkins once held title to - not a complete list:
11 Jun 1724: on the petition of Arthur Hopkins, Gent., leave was granted him to take up 1,000 acres in one tract lying on Camp Creek Source: Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia, IV, p. 70. Unfortunately the early deeds of transfer concerning lands recorded in Hanover County, were destroyed by fire during the burning of Richmond in 1865. This first record known to exist for Arthur, was one that was spared in the 1865 destruction.
In 1732, eight grants were made, confined to the James River and the western base of South West Mountain. One of these was made to Thomas Goolsby for twelve hundred acres "on the north side of the Fluvanna," that is, the James; another in the same region to Edward Scott for five hundred and fifty acres "at a place called Totier;" another for four hundred acres to John Key, the head of a family which subsequently owned all the land between the South West Mountain and the river from Edgemont to the bend below the Free Bridge ; and another to DR. ARTHUR HOPKINS for four hundred acres "on the south side of the Rivanna, running to the mouth of a creek below Red Bank Falls, called Lewis' Creek." This last entry included the site of the future town of Milton.
21 Jan. 1734 O.S. ('old style'), Order Book 3, p. 314
Road to be cleared. Ordered that a Road be cleared from Horseley's Bridge to the new Bridge at Little Licking Hole Creek/ ARTHUR HOPKINS is appointed Surveyor thereof & the titheables of ARTHUR HOPKINS, John Mosebey, Martin Dunkin, George Southerland, Sylvester Prophet, Thomas Wharton, & John Richards are ordered to assist in clearing the same./.
21 Aug 1734; ARTHUR HOPKINS, 2000a, NL, Goochland County, above the Byrd on N. side of James R; at Ebenezer Adams; fork of Dog Cr. on Col. John Martin, (p. 273) .
21 Nov. 1734; ARTHUR HOPKINS, 200a, (p. 359) Goochland County, upper side of the Little Byrd on N. side of James R.; at c. of Johan Lawson; Robert Horsley; George Payne; Thomas Muriel.
6 March 1735: Arthur has land on the Little Byrd/Bird Creek, Goochland County, Virginia Wills and Deeds 1734-1736, Book 2, Pages 93-94, , Jonas Lawson and Elizabeth, his wife, of Goochland County, to JOHN MOSELEY of same, planter, for £54, 200 acres where Lawson lately dwelt, which was part of 400 acres patented by Jonas Lawson 16 January 1727, which was before granted by said Jonas Lawson unto Robert Horsley, late of Hanover County, deceased also 1 (one) other tract patented by said Lawson 21 November 1734, starting on west side of Little Byrd Creek to lines of Charles Bond, George Payne and ARTHUR HOPKINS. Wit: Arthur Hopkins, John Pettus and Patrick Mullen. Signed: Jonas (X) Lawson and Elizabeth (X) Lawson. Recorded 20 May 1735.
18 Mar 1735: deed from Arthur Hopkins of Goochland to his son John.
17 May 1737: O.S., p. 139
Road to Be Cleared & Tithables....John Cobb is appointed Surveyor of the Road from Henry Webbís to the Bird Creek and it is ordered that his own Capt. Massies, James Sheltons, Thomas Stones and Jonas Lawson's tithables do work on that Road and it is ordered that Tithables without the Road are to be added to the Road of which DOCTOR HOPKINS is Surveyor.
3 Oct 1739: Peter Jefferson to Jane Isham (Randolph) Jefferson; security, Arthur Hopkins; witness, H. Wood (Marriage Bonds in Goochland County). This is the marriage of President Thomas Jefferson's parents.
7 Jun 1740 / Rec. 15 Jul 1740: Col. William Randolph of St James Parish, Goochland to ARTHUR HOPKINS, Gent. for 100 £ land on north side of north branch of James River, 350 acres, commonly called "Doge Pint"., aka "Dogspoint" (from "Goochland Wills & Deeds (book 3)1736-1742", Benj. B. Weisiger III, 1984, p316). In 1764, this land was bought from Hopkins, by John Haden, the father of Mary Haden who married Arthur's son, William Hopkins ,
15 Nov 1743: Mosbys ferry Landing to be Viewed. ARTHUR HOPKINS, Benjamin Cocke & William Cabell Gent. are Appointed to View the Landings on both sides the River at Mosbys ferry and Report to the next Court which is the most Conveinents place. O.S. ('old style' order book 5), p. 310
20 Nov. 1744: Benjamin Cocke is Appointed Surveyor of the road from Pleasants Beaver dam Bridge to Little Lickinghole. Ordered that all the Titheables on the North side the River road above Lickinghole except John Smiths and Mr Massies lower Quarter be added to MR HOPKINS Gang. John Massie is Appointed Surveyor of the road in the room of William Walton. George Payne Junr is Appointed Surveyor of Paynes road in the room of James Hopper and that the said Harper be added to MR HOPKINS Gang. O.S.('old style' order book 5), p. 508 Surveyor of Road.
11 April 1750: Jerimiah Wade of Cumberland County, and Pierce Wade and Thomas Cothon of Albemarle County, executors f the estate of Joseph Ballenger, sold to John Britt of Goochland County, for 60 pounds, 128 acres on Byrd Creek, in Goochland County, on which Britt then lived. Bounded by the stream and lands of JOHN HADEN, Bryan Connely and ARTHUR HOPKINS....
acknowledged 15 May 1750.
In 1761, Arthur Hopkins who purchased Clover Forest in 1753 for 11 pounds, 15 schillings, sold it to the Rev. William Douglas(s) and his wife "Nicky" or "Nicholas". Whether as his permanent home or just a farm to supplement his income and table, it is not known how they occupied Clover Forest, They are nonetheless, credited with building what is today the oldest section of the house (the lower part of the west wing). Their purchasing of the property in 1761, is seen as the birth of Clover Forest.
Patents for Dr. Arthur Hopkins in 1748 and 1765, totaled nearly four thousand acres, on Totier and Ballenger's Creeks.
Note: The Samuel Hopkins that was attached to this memorial was NOT a son of Arthur's, but was his grandson. He should not have been included in the family links below, so please do not link him as a child of Arthur's again. Said Samuel is noted within this biography as one of Arthur's grandchildren.
No birth record exists for Arthur, but he was likely born ca. 1690 - 1700, as his parents are also unknown. Arthur married Elizabeth, likely ca. 1723-5. Despite the claim made in some genealogy compilations, Elizabeth's parents are unproven and hence unknown.
The earliest record found of Dr. Arthur Hopkins is from 1731, when he was noted living in Hanover County, which was formed in 1720 from New Kent. Some say Arthur received his medical training at the 'School of Medicine and Surgery' in London, while other sources indicate Arthur received his medical training in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Dr. Arthur Hopkins and Dr. William Cabell were great friends as they may have immigrated together, to Virginia, between 1720-23. They remained close through the years, since a child of each of them had married one another.
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Note: please do not place a picture here of what some have erroneously attributed on many Ancestry family trees since 2012, to be of Dr. Arthur Hopkins SR. It's actually a picture of the fifth Chief Justice of Alabama's Supreme Court Arthur Francis Hopkins (1794-1865), who in reality was a great grandson of this Dr. Arthur Hopkins. After many attempts requesting Ancestry delete said picture from the many public profiles of this Arthur Hopkins (d.ca. 1767), the misappropriated picture still remains on many "Public Ancestry trees" under this Dr. Arthur Hopkins SR..
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Dr. Arthur Hopkins was a major landowner in Virginia and became one of Goochland county's Gentleman Justices. From 20 Apr 1732 to 16 Sep 1765, he secured 19 patents for land in Goochland, Albemarle and Fluvanna Cos., aggregating 15,449 acres. He held Commission as 'Colonel of Horse'; gave bond as High Sheriff of Goochland County; was a member of the Virginia House of Burgess 1739-41; was commissioned a captain and a Vestryman of St. James Northam Parish. Dr. Arthur Hopkins became close personal friends with Gov./Pres. Thomas Jefferson's father - Peter Jefferson, while they were both serving in the Virginia House of Burgess.
Dr. Arthur Hopkins' will was recorded March 12, 1767, in Albemarle County, VA, having been written May 31, 1765. He was buried in Albemarle Co. about one and a half miles northwest of the town of Scottsville, about four hundred yards south of the concrete road running from Scottsville to Charlottesville, Va., on the farm now (1928) standing in the name of Dorothy Pitts, daughter and heir of John Pitts, deceased. During the month of April, 1928, the writer visited the site of the old homestead and graveyard of Dr. Arthur Hopkins, which was situated on a beautiful rolling hill, overlooking the James River, and where you can see the surrounding country for miles. The site of the graveyard has been cultivated over for years and there is nothing to show the remains of a graveyard except some small pieces of tombstone scattered here and there, or the site of his home except an old ice-house. He was told by Mr. George T. Omohundro, who has been Commissioner of the Revenue for Albemarle County for 26 years, a descendant of Dr. Arthur Hopkins, and who has a very fine plantation and mansion about two miles from the graveyard site, that the owner of the farm, many years ago, hauled the tombstones to a rock pile in order to make way for the unobstructed cultivation of the plot upon which the old graveyard was located.
Much of the above from Hopkins of Virginia (1931); by Walter Lee Hopkins.
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As early as 1732, Dr. Arthur Hopkins, who resided on one of the branches of Byrd Creek in Goochland, purchased a second tract of 400 acres where Milton now stands; a third on 1 Feb 1738 for 400 acres in Goochland on the branches of Elk Run of the Byrd; a fourth in 1748 for nearly 2300 acres on Totier Creek, and a fifth in 1765 for over 1400 acres between Hardware and Totier, which had been granted to Hardin Burnley, but forfeited for failure to pay the quit rents. Elk Run of the Byrd being the documented location where John Haden's family, and hence one of his daughter's Mary Haden had lived for a time. Mary Haden is claimed to have married Arthur's son William.
He died in 1766/7. He and his wife Elizabeth had *** eight children, Samuel, John, Arthur JR, William, James, Lucy the wife of George Robinson of Pittsylvania, Mary the wife of Col. Joseph Cabell Sr., and Isabel.
Samuel Hopkins married Isabella Taylor, a cousin of President Madison's grandmother, and of President Taylor's grandfather, and an aunt of John Taylor, of Caroline. Their son Samuel was Lieutenant Colonel of the Tenth Virginia in the Revolution, and General in Kentucky in the war of 1812, for whom Hopkins County and Hopkinsville in that State were named.
Arthur Hopkins JR went to Kentucky, and died unmarried.
William Hopkins SR lived in Albemarle County, on Totier Creek.
He married Elizabeth Moon, daughter of Jacob Moon, and died in 1820.
As noted below, this was likely his son William the Junior
His children were known to be:
1) Ann, the wife of Peter Porter, who removed to Missouri,
2) Mildred, the wife of James Thomas,
3)Jane, the wife of Littleberry Moon, and mother of
... Samuel O. Moon,
... Mary,
... Margaret,
... Isabel, the wife of Henry Turner, and mother of the venerable William H. Turner,
4) Elizabeth, the wife of Jesse Haden,
5) Samuel — the last two emigrated to Kentucky — and
6) William, who had his home in the vicinity of Scottsville, married Rebecca Estis, and died in 1832. His children were:
... Mary, the wife of lyain B. Jones,
... Martha, the wife of John H. Henderson, James, and
... Margaret, the wife of Moses Arnold.
Note: As stated in "History of Albemarle County", this was most likely his son, known as "Capt" William the Junior, born ca. 1767; died before 1832; married 3X times.
+ his 1st m. was 8 Oct 1789 to Elizabeth Moon;
+ his 2nd m. was 17 Sep 1806 to Mary "Polly" Nichols Haden; b. 13 Feb 1788; d. bef 1825
"Polly" was the daughter of Benjamin Haden, the son of John Haden Sr., thereby meaning, Mary "Polly" Nichols Haden had married her 1st cousin.
+ his 3rd m. was Tues. 4 Jan 1825 to Rebecca Estes, by Rev. Hatch, as was noted in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 62, No. 1 (Jan., 1954), p. 131, as was extracted from the Charlottesville newspaper, The Central Gazette.
James Hopkins, the son of Dr. Arthur, was the accomplished physician who settled in Nelson County, and was basely murdered in 1803. His will written in 1802, instructed his executors to have him "buried next to his parents" on their Totier Creek homestead.
Mary Hopkins married Col. Joseph Cabell Sr.. Their daughter Mary Cabell, became the wife of John Breckinridge, then of Botetourt County, but subsequently United States Senator from Kentucky, and Mr. Jefferson's Attorney General. Mr. [Joseph] Cabell, who had bought the glebe of St. Anne's on the south fork of Totier Creek, presented it to his daughter, and there Mr. Breckinridge made his residence from 1785 to 1793, when he removed to Kentucky. During that time he was a member of the Albemarle bar, and in 1792 in the interval between the resignation of the first John Nicholas, and the appointment of the second, as Clerk of the county, he acted as Clerk protern. His two eldest children were born in Albemarle, one of whom was the father of the Vice President.
Much of the above from Albemarle County in Virginia (1901); by Rev Edgar Woods.
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Documented/known children of Dr. Arthur and Elizabeth Hopkins:
List shows more children than other sources and is subject to revision. Some dates are estimations, where the marriage date is the birth of a child, from the Douglas Register.
*** indicates one of the eight children listed in 'History of Albemarle County Virginia'.
The five children not appearing are all female: Elizabeth, Ann, Jane, Frances, Amelia.
1) *** Dr. Samuel Hopkins (abt 1725 - 13 Dec 1796/Mecklenburg Co VA)
+ m. Isabella Taylor (26 Jun 1725 - 1786) on 25 Jun 1750.
Known child: General Samuel Hopkins
2) *** John M Hopkins (abt 1726 - bef 20 Jul 1807)
married before 11 Feb 1763 (when daughter Judith born in Douglas Register) to
+ Mary Martin, sister of Ann Sparks Martin - wife of 6) Dr James Hopkins, below.
From Virginia Magazine of History and Biography:
1774 - was Justice of Goochland County (V. 22, p. 316).
1779, Sep - was sworn as Lt. Colonel in Goochland County ( V. 23, p. 305).
1781, Aug - resigned his Commission as Colonel (V. 23, p. 83).
1784 - was a member of the Virginia Legislature (V. 32, p. 301).
3) *** Arthur Hopkins JR. (abt 1727 - 26 Sep 1776/Pittsylvania Co VA)
+ m. 7 Sep 1762 in Lunenbur Co, Virginia
Judith Jefferson (President Thomas Jefferson's 1st cousin).
4) Elizabeth (Hopkins) Smith (abt 1728 - 17 Nov 1807/Pittsylvania Co VA)
married 4 Apr 1758 (Douglass Register) to
+ John Smith Sr. (23 Sep 1725 - 1775) .
5)) Anne (Hopkins) Smith (abt 1732 - aft 10 Jan 1781/Bedford Co VA)
married before 23 Nov 1751 (Douglas Register) when 1st child born
+ Guy Bowker Smith (26 Jul 1728 - aft 10 Jan 1781) .
6) *** Dr. James Hopkins (d. 4 Mar 1803/Albemarle Co VA)
+ m. Ann Sparks Martin, sister of Mary Martin - wife of 2) John M. Hopkins, above.
7) *** Mary (Hopkins) Cabell (Jan 1735 - 12 Jul 1811/Amherst Co VA)
+ m. on 20 Oct 1752 to Col. Joseph Cabell Sr. (19 Sep 1732 - 01 Mar 1798).
Joseph was s/o Dr. William Cabell, who was Mary's father's good friend.
Their known children were:
Dr. Joseph Cabell Jr. m. Pocahontas Rebecca Bolling
Mary Hopkins Cabell m. John Breckinridge
Ann Cabell m. Robert Carter Harrison
8) Jane (Hopkins) Davis (abt 1738 - ____)
+ m. William Davis (____ - 1801).
9) *** William Hopkins Sr. (ca. 1740 - 18 Dec 1820/Albemarle Co VA)
+ m. Mary Haden (abt 1747 - ____), d/o John Haden Sr. & Jean Moseley.
The "History of Albemarle County" states William's wife was Elizabeth Moon, daughter of Jacob Moon, but that was most likely his son, William the Junior.
A known child of theirs was
William Hopkins Jr: b.ca. 1767; d bef 1832
his 1st m. was 8 Oct 1789 to Elizabeth Moon;
his 2nd m. was 17 Sep 1806 to Mary "Polly" Nichols Haden; b. 13 Feb 1788; d. bef 1825
"Polly" was the daughter of Benjamin Haden, the son of John Haden Sr., thereby meaning, Mary "Polly" Nichols Haden had married her 1st cousin.
his 3rd m. was 4 Jun 1825 to Rebecca Estes.
10) Frances (Hopkins) Davis (abt 1740-1810/Mecklenburg Co VA)
+ m. John Davis (abt 1755).
11) *** Lucy (Hopkins) Robertson (1741 - 29 Oct 1817)
+ m. 1760 to George Robertson Jr. (1740 - 1793).
12) Amelia (Hopkins) Davis (abt 1742-____)
+ m. Baxter Davis (abt 1725).
13) *** Isabella Hopkins (1748 - 1803/Mecklenberg Co VA)
+ m1. Peartree Smith (13 Jun 1748 - 07 Nov 1779).
+ m2. Joseph Townes (1759 - Jun 1824).
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Some of the properties Dr./Col. Arthur Hopkins once held title to - not a complete list:
11 Jun 1724: on the petition of Arthur Hopkins, Gent., leave was granted him to take up 1,000 acres in one tract lying on Camp Creek Source: Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia, IV, p. 70. Unfortunately the early deeds of transfer concerning lands recorded in Hanover County, were destroyed by fire during the burning of Richmond in 1865. This first record known to exist for Arthur, was one that was spared in the 1865 destruction.
In 1732, eight grants were made, confined to the James River and the western base of South West Mountain. One of these was made to Thomas Goolsby for twelve hundred acres "on the north side of the Fluvanna," that is, the James; another in the same region to Edward Scott for five hundred and fifty acres "at a place called Totier;" another for four hundred acres to John Key, the head of a family which subsequently owned all the land between the South West Mountain and the river from Edgemont to the bend below the Free Bridge ; and another to DR. ARTHUR HOPKINS for four hundred acres "on the south side of the Rivanna, running to the mouth of a creek below Red Bank Falls, called Lewis' Creek." This last entry included the site of the future town of Milton.
21 Jan. 1734 O.S. ('old style'), Order Book 3, p. 314
Road to be cleared. Ordered that a Road be cleared from Horseley's Bridge to the new Bridge at Little Licking Hole Creek/ ARTHUR HOPKINS is appointed Surveyor thereof & the titheables of ARTHUR HOPKINS, John Mosebey, Martin Dunkin, George Southerland, Sylvester Prophet, Thomas Wharton, & John Richards are ordered to assist in clearing the same./.
21 Aug 1734; ARTHUR HOPKINS, 2000a, NL, Goochland County, above the Byrd on N. side of James R; at Ebenezer Adams; fork of Dog Cr. on Col. John Martin, (p. 273) .
21 Nov. 1734; ARTHUR HOPKINS, 200a, (p. 359) Goochland County, upper side of the Little Byrd on N. side of James R.; at c. of Johan Lawson; Robert Horsley; George Payne; Thomas Muriel.
6 March 1735: Arthur has land on the Little Byrd/Bird Creek, Goochland County, Virginia Wills and Deeds 1734-1736, Book 2, Pages 93-94, , Jonas Lawson and Elizabeth, his wife, of Goochland County, to JOHN MOSELEY of same, planter, for £54, 200 acres where Lawson lately dwelt, which was part of 400 acres patented by Jonas Lawson 16 January 1727, which was before granted by said Jonas Lawson unto Robert Horsley, late of Hanover County, deceased also 1 (one) other tract patented by said Lawson 21 November 1734, starting on west side of Little Byrd Creek to lines of Charles Bond, George Payne and ARTHUR HOPKINS. Wit: Arthur Hopkins, John Pettus and Patrick Mullen. Signed: Jonas (X) Lawson and Elizabeth (X) Lawson. Recorded 20 May 1735.
18 Mar 1735: deed from Arthur Hopkins of Goochland to his son John.
17 May 1737: O.S., p. 139
Road to Be Cleared & Tithables....John Cobb is appointed Surveyor of the Road from Henry Webbís to the Bird Creek and it is ordered that his own Capt. Massies, James Sheltons, Thomas Stones and Jonas Lawson's tithables do work on that Road and it is ordered that Tithables without the Road are to be added to the Road of which DOCTOR HOPKINS is Surveyor.
3 Oct 1739: Peter Jefferson to Jane Isham (Randolph) Jefferson; security, Arthur Hopkins; witness, H. Wood (Marriage Bonds in Goochland County). This is the marriage of President Thomas Jefferson's parents.
7 Jun 1740 / Rec. 15 Jul 1740: Col. William Randolph of St James Parish, Goochland to ARTHUR HOPKINS, Gent. for 100 £ land on north side of north branch of James River, 350 acres, commonly called "Doge Pint"., aka "Dogspoint" (from "Goochland Wills & Deeds (book 3)1736-1742", Benj. B. Weisiger III, 1984, p316). In 1764, this land was bought from Hopkins, by John Haden, the father of Mary Haden who married Arthur's son, William Hopkins ,
15 Nov 1743: Mosbys ferry Landing to be Viewed. ARTHUR HOPKINS, Benjamin Cocke & William Cabell Gent. are Appointed to View the Landings on both sides the River at Mosbys ferry and Report to the next Court which is the most Conveinents place. O.S. ('old style' order book 5), p. 310
20 Nov. 1744: Benjamin Cocke is Appointed Surveyor of the road from Pleasants Beaver dam Bridge to Little Lickinghole. Ordered that all the Titheables on the North side the River road above Lickinghole except John Smiths and Mr Massies lower Quarter be added to MR HOPKINS Gang. John Massie is Appointed Surveyor of the road in the room of William Walton. George Payne Junr is Appointed Surveyor of Paynes road in the room of James Hopper and that the said Harper be added to MR HOPKINS Gang. O.S.('old style' order book 5), p. 508 Surveyor of Road.
11 April 1750: Jerimiah Wade of Cumberland County, and Pierce Wade and Thomas Cothon of Albemarle County, executors f the estate of Joseph Ballenger, sold to John Britt of Goochland County, for 60 pounds, 128 acres on Byrd Creek, in Goochland County, on which Britt then lived. Bounded by the stream and lands of JOHN HADEN, Bryan Connely and ARTHUR HOPKINS....
acknowledged 15 May 1750.
In 1761, Arthur Hopkins who purchased Clover Forest in 1753 for 11 pounds, 15 schillings, sold it to the Rev. William Douglas(s) and his wife "Nicky" or "Nicholas". Whether as his permanent home or just a farm to supplement his income and table, it is not known how they occupied Clover Forest, They are nonetheless, credited with building what is today the oldest section of the house (the lower part of the west wing). Their purchasing of the property in 1761, is seen as the birth of Clover Forest.
Patents for Dr. Arthur Hopkins in 1748 and 1765, totaled nearly four thousand acres, on Totier and Ballenger's Creeks.
Note: The Samuel Hopkins that was attached to this memorial was NOT a son of Arthur's, but was his grandson. He should not have been included in the family links below, so please do not link him as a child of Arthur's again. Said Samuel is noted within this biography as one of Arthur's grandchildren.
Gravesite Details
Exact location is unknown. Descendant Walter Lee Hopkins reported in 1928, the family graveyard was on Dr. Hopkin's homestead, about a mile and a half northwest of Scottsville, in a cultivated field with no evidence remaining of any gravestones.
