Giles Hopkins

Bef 1607 - 1690  (> 83 years)

• Name	Giles Hopkins  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Birth	Bef 30 Jan 1607	Hampshire, England   [4]
  Baptism	30 Jan 1607	Hampshire, England
  Gender	Male
  FSID	GL82-6JJ
  Burial	1690	Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
  Death	26 Apr 1690	Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States   [5, 6]
  Person ID	I125	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Stephen Hopkins,   b. 30 Apr 1581, Hampshire, England d. 6 Jun 1644, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Kent,   b. Abt 1580, New Hampshire, United States d. 7 May 1613, New Hampshire, United States (Age 33 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	9 May 1599	London, England
  Family ID	F140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Wheldon,   b. Bef 6 Mar 1617, Nottinghamshire, England d. 5 Mar 1688, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (Age > 71 years)
  Marriage	9 Oct 1639	Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States   [4]
  Children	+ 1. Stephen Hopkins,   b. 16 Sep 1642, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States d. 10 Oct 1718, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Abigail Hopkins,   b. 12 Oct 1644, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States d. 22 Apr 1691, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Deborah Hopkins,   b. Jun 1648, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States d. 7 Dec 1727, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  The Hopkins family of the Mayflower was not from Wortley, Gloucester as h a d b e e n p reviously speculated and published. Giles came with his family on the Mayflower in 1620, at the age of 12. H e v o l u n teered for service in the 1637 Pequot War but was not called. He m a r r i e d Catherine Wheldon in 1639 at Plymouth; the family moved shortly t h e r e a fter to Yarmouth, living there for about five years before moving o n t o s e t t le at Eastham, where he died sometime between 1688 and 1690. The Hopkins family of the Mayflower was not from Wortley, Gloucester as h a d b e e n p reviously speculated and published. Giles came with his family on the Mayflower in 1620, at the age of 12. H e v o l u n teered for service in the 1637 Pequot War but was not called. He m a r r i e d Catherine Wheldon in 1639 at Plymouth; the family moved shortly t h e r e a fter to Yarmouth, living there for about five years before moving o n t o s e t t le at Eastham, where he died sometime between 1688 and 1690.

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		_Mayflower
  		Giles Hopkins
  		Giles Hopkins Marker

  
  

• Sources

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