Family: Stephen Hopkins / Elizabeth Fisher (F3619)  ^[1] 

• Male Stephen Hopkins

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1581	England
  Death	Between 6 Jun 1644 and 17 Jul 1644	Plymouth, British America
  Burial
  Marriage	19 Feb 1617/8  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]	St. Mary Matfellon, Whitechapel, London, Middlesex, England  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Other Spouse	Mary ________ | F3618
  Marriage	Bef 1604
  Father	John Hopkins | F3629 Group Sheet
  Mother	Elizabeth Williams | F3629 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Elizabeth Fisher

  
  

  Birth
  Death	Bef 1640	Plymouth, British America
  Burial
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Female Damaris Hopkins

  
  

  Birth	1618/9
  Death	Abt 1627/8	Plymouth, British America
  Burial

  
  

  Male Oceanus Hopkins

  
  

  Birth	late 1620	at sea
  Death	BY 1627
  Burial

  
  

  Male Caleb Hopkins

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1622	Plymouth, British America
  Death	Between 1644 and 1651	Barbados
  Burial

  
  

  Female Deborah Hopkins

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1624/5	Plymouth, British America
  Death	Bef 1674
  Burial
  Spouse	Andrew Ring | F7557
  Marriage	23 Apr 1646	Plymouth, British America

  
  

  Female Damaris Hopkins

  
  

  Birth	SAY 1628	Plymouth, British America
  Death	Between 17 Jan 1665/6 and 18 Nov 1669	Plymouth Plantation, British America
  Burial
  Spouse	Jacob Cook | F4207
  Marriage	Aft 10 Jun 1646	Plymouth Plantation, British America

  
  

  Female Ruth Hopkins

  
  

  Birth	SAY 1630	Plymouth, British America
  Death	After 30 Nov 1644 and Before spring 1651
  Burial

  
  

  Female Elizabeth Hopkins

  
  

  Birth	SAY 1632	Plymouth, British America
  Death	BY 6 Oct 1659
  Burial

  
  

• Notes

  Stephen Hopkins was one of only a few passengers on the Mayflower to have made a prior trip to America. He came in 1609 on the Sea Venture headed for Jamestown, in Virginia. But instead, they were marooned on an island, where the 150 passengers were stranded for nine months. Hopkins led an uprising challenging the governor's authority and was sentenced to death. But he begged and moaned about the ruin of his wife, and so was pardoned. The company built two vessels and escaped the island. After spending two years in Jamestown, Hopkins returned to England. Stephen Hopkins brought with him on the Mayflower his wife Elizabeth, children Giles and Constance by his first marriage, and Damaris by his second marriage. A son Oceanus was born while the Mayflower was at sea. Stephen participated in the early exploring missions and was an "ambassador" along with Myles Standish for Indian relations. In 1636, Hopkins was fined for the battery of John Tisdale, in 1637 he was found guilty of allowing men to drink on a Sunday at his house, and in 1638 he was fined for not dealing fairly with an apprentice-girl, Dorothy Temple. He was also charged with several other crimes, including selling glass at too high a price, selling illegal intoxicants, and was often fined for allowing men to get drunk at his house. However, this in no way indicated he was disloyal to the Colony--in fact he was a prominent member, Assistant governor from about 1633 until 1636, and volunteered to fight in the Pequot War of 1637. [8]

  
  

• Sources

  [S259] NEHGS Register, 1:51, 00390. [S80] Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, 145, 00224. [S221] Bacon and Allied Families, 361, 00048. [S346] Mayflower Families, Vol. 06, 7, 00376. [S348] Mayflower Families, Vol. 12, 46, 00372. [S925] Mayflower Increasings, 62, 00921. [S576] TGMSP, Stephen Hopkins, 00516. [S480] TMD, 00371.