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PROPERTY: 25 slaves, 1790; assessed value
£563.0.0, including 20 slaves and plate, 1793; as-
sessed value £725.0.0., including 24 slaves and 34
oz. plate, 1800; assessed value $822.45, including
27 slaves and 34 oz. plate, 1813. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: ca. 319 acres in St. Mary's County (in-
herited from his father and probably his brother).
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST
ELECTION AND DEATH: patented 358 acres in St.
Mary's County, 1796; owned 935 acres in St.
Mary's County from 1808 until death. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED: will probated in December 1817 in
St. Mary's County. PERSONAL PROPERTY, re-
quested no appraisal of his estate. LAND: 935 acres
in St. Mary's County.
HOPEWELL, RICHARD (?-ca. 1745). BORN by
1681. NATIVE: second generation. RESIDED: in ei-
ther Harvey Hundred or Resurrection Hundred,
St. Mary's County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FA-
THER: Hugh Hopewell (?-1690), an immigrant.
MOTHER OR STEPMOTHER: Ann, who subse-
quently married by 1695 John Duckworth. BROTH-
ERS: Francis; Hugh; and Joseph. SISTER: Ann, who
married first, by 1724 Adam Bell (?-1718), and
second, Thomas Aisquith (?-1761). MARRIED
Elizabeth. CHILDREN. SONS: Richard (?-1732); Jo-
seph; Hugh; John; Thomas Francis (?-1747); and
William. DAUGHTERS: Ann; Mary; Susannah; and
Elizabeth. PRIVATE CAREER, EDUCATION: literate.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican, All Faiths
Parish, St. Mary's County. SOCIAL STATUS AND
ACTIVITIES: Gent., 1734. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
probably a planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE
SERVICE: Lower House, St. Mary's County, 1732-
1734. LOCAL OFFICES: All Faiths Parish Vestry,
St. Mary's County, in office 1708; justice, St.
Mary's County, 1720-1722 (records not com-
plete), 1730-at least 1733 (quorum, by 1730-at
least 1733); sheriff, St. Mary's County, in office
1724-1726 and 1735-1738. MILITARY SERVICE:
captain, by 1723. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 2,122 acres in Kent,
Talbot, and St. Mary's counties (150 acres by pur-
chase; 1,672 acres inherited from his father). SIG-
NIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST
ELECTION AND DEATH: acquired 222 acres in St.
Mary's County, ca. 1733; sold 800 acres in Kent
County, 1734. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will pro-
bated on January 6, ca. 1745, in St. Mary's
County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, at least
£655.3.5 current money (including 16 slaves).
LAND: 1,544 acres in Talbot and St. Mary's
counties.
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HOPKINS, NATHANIEL (?-1739/40). BORN
by 1680; second son. NATIVE: second generation,
immigrated in 1680 as a minor with his parents.
RESIDED: near Snow Hill, Somerset County (later
became part of Worcester County). FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: Samuel Hopkins (ca. 1636-
1711). MOTHER: Hannah. BROTHER: Samuel Hop-
kins (1668-1744). SISTERS: Hannah, who married
William Whittington (ca. 1650-1720); Temper-
ance, who married Andrew Durrickson. MARRIED
by 1699 Dennis, daughter of Matthew Scarborough
(ca. 1649-1724). CHILDREN. SONS: Matthew; Sam-
uel; and Hampton. DAUGHTERS: Mary; Hannah,
who married by 1739 (first name unknown) Mur-
ray; and Dennis, who married by 1739 (first name
unknown) Johnson. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCA-
TION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Presbyte-
rian, Snow Hill Congregation, Worcester County.
SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Mr., 1720. OC-
CUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Somerset
County, 1722-1724. MILITARY SERVICE: captain,
by 1724. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT
FIRST ELECTION: 450 acres in Somerset County
(300 acres inherited from his father; 150 acres
through his marriage). WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED:
will probated on March 20, 1739/40, in Somerset
County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: his will mentioned
1 slave. LAND: probably 450 acres in Somerset
County.
HOPKINS, SAMUEL (ca. 1636-171 1). BORN ca.
1636. IMMIGRATED: in 1680 as a free adult with
his wife and four children from Virginia. RESIDED:
in Somerset County. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
moved from Connecticut to Accomack County,
Virginia, by 1678. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER:
probably Samuel Hopkins, who was in New Ha-
ven Colony by 1639. MARRIED in December 1667
Hannah, probably the daughter of Capt. Nathan-
iel Turner (?-1646), of New Haven, Connecticut, a
merchant who traded in the Delaware Bay area.
CHILDREN. SONS: Samuel Hopkins (1668-1744),
who married Jennet; Nathaniel Hopkins (?-
1739/40). DAUGHTERS: Hannah (1670-?), who
married William Whittington (ca. 1650-1720);
Temperance, who married Andreas Durrickson.
PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: Presbyterian. SOCIAL STATUS AND
ACTIVITIES: no title on arrival in Maryland. OCCU-
PATIONAL PROFILE: attorney for Richard Daug-
han, a mariner of London, England, 1690; planter.
PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Associa-
tors' Convention, Somerset County, 1689-1692.
LOCAL OFFICES: justice, Somerset County, 1687-
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