Nathaniel Hopkins is the great grandson of Stephen Hopkins and grandson of Giles Hopkins, both of whom were passengers on the Mayflower. Giles' son Stephen, married Mary Merrick 05/22/1667 in Eastham, MA. They had nine children, the 6th being Nathaniel, born in March of 1684. On May 26, 1707 in Harwich MA he married Mercy Mayo, daughter of John Mayo (1656-1726) and Hannah Freeman (1664-1744). They had 10 children. Nathaniel was a blacksmith by trade. He apparently was a pleasant jovial man, as his gravestone displays a winged head with a rare chubby, smiling face. It is carved in the style of William Coye of Plymouth. His marker reads:
Here Lies buried
Mr Nathanell
Hopkins Who
Dec'd Sept ye
13th 1766
in ye 82d year
of his Age
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Nathanel Hopkins the sonne of Steven Hopkins was borne about the middle of March 1684 THE MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT Vol II page 16
Orleans was settled in 1693 by Pilgrims from the Plymouth Colony who were dissatisfied with the poor soil and small tracts of land granted to them. The town was officially separated from Eastham and incorporated in 1797. It was named in honor of Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans -https://en.wikipedia.org
Here Lies buried
Mr Nathanell
Hopkins Who
Dec'd Sept ye
13th 1766
in ye 82d year
of his Age
http://www.capecodgravestones.com/
brewsterpixweb/hopk66br.html
Nathanel Hopkins the sonne of Steven Hopkins was borne about the middle of March 1684 THE MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT Vol II page 16
Orleans was settled in 1693 by Pilgrims from the Plymouth Colony who were dissatisfied with the poor soil and small tracts of land granted to them. The town was officially separated from Eastham and incorporated in 1797. It was named in honor of Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans -https://en.wikipedia.org
Nathaniel Hopkins is the great grandson of Stephen Hopkins and grandson of Giles Hopkins, both of whom were passengers on the Mayflower. Giles' son Stephen, married Mary Merrick 05/22/1667 in Eastham, MA. They had nine children, the 6th being Nathaniel, born in March of 1684. On May 26, 1707 in Harwich MA he married Mercy Mayo, daughter of John Mayo (1656-1726) and Hannah Freeman (1664-1744). They had 10 children. Nathaniel was a blacksmith by trade. He apparently was a pleasant jovial man, as his gravestone displays a winged head with a rare chubby, smiling face. It is carved in the style of William Coye of Plymouth. His marker reads:
Here Lies buried
Mr Nathanell
Hopkins Who
Dec'd Sept ye
13th 1766
in ye 82d year
of his Age
http://www.capecodgravestones.com/
brewsterpixweb/hopk66br.html
Nathanel Hopkins the sonne of Steven Hopkins was borne about the middle of March 1684 THE MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT Vol II page 16
Orleans was settled in 1693 by Pilgrims from the Plymouth Colony who were dissatisfied with the poor soil and small tracts of land granted to them. The town was officially separated from Eastham and incorporated in 1797. It was named in honor of Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans -https://en.wikipedia.org
Here Lies buried
Mr Nathanell
Hopkins Who
Dec'd Sept ye
13th 1766
in ye 82d year
of his Age
http://www.capecodgravestones.com/
brewsterpixweb/hopk66br.html
Nathanel Hopkins the sonne of Steven Hopkins was borne about the middle of March 1684 THE MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT Vol II page 16
Orleans was settled in 1693 by Pilgrims from the Plymouth Colony who were dissatisfied with the poor soil and small tracts of land granted to them. The town was officially separated from Eastham and incorporated in 1797. It was named in honor of Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans -https://en.wikipedia.org
Inscription
Here Lies buried
Mr. Nathanell
Hopkins Who
Dec'd Sept ye
13th 1 7 6 6
in ye 82d year
of his Age
On the day Nathaniel died he was 81 years old, and Ætatis suæ (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of his Age) 82, meaning he was born AFTER Sept. 13, 1684. This further indicates that his recorded birth in the Orleans, Mass. vital records as "March 1684" in the old Julian calendar was actually Mar. 1684/5 in the modern calendar.
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