James C. Hopkins was born 15 December 1785 in Brewster, Barnstable County, Massachusetts to Elkanah Hopkins (1734-1819) and Deborah Chipman (1738-) and died 22 March 1847 Died at Sea, Atlantic Ocean of unspecified causes. He married Abigail Chase (1772-1861) 10 October 1822 in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
Research Notes
George E. Bowman, Harwich, Massachusetts Vital Records 1694-1850, Page 271, transcribed from Vol. 4, p. 3, Birth of James Hopkins, father Elkanah, mother Deborah Chipman, birth December 15, 1785.
James C. Hopkins married Abigail "Nabby" Chase in 1822. Her first husband was James' brother John Hopkins b. 1770. She married (2) to Obadiah Baker, and after his death, married (3) James C. Hopkins. Her daughter Fanny from her first marriage (and his niece) lived with them and the three were buried near each other.
Will of James C. Hopkins of Brewster, dated 22 February 1847 bequests one dollar to each of 3 siblings, brother Perez, sister Ruth Handy and sister Polly Baker. The rest of his estate is bequeathed to his wife Nabby Hopkins and in the event of her death or marriage to another man, his estate will then go to "my said wife's daughter Fanny Hopkins..."
Siblings
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Peres Hopkins (1767-1854) | |||
John Hopkins (1767-1767) | |||
John Hopkins (1770-) | |||
Ebenezer Hopkins (1783-) | |||
James Hopkins (1785-1847) | 15 December 1785 Brewster, Barnstable County, Massachusetts | 22 March 1847 Died at Sea, Atlantic Ocean | Abigail Chase (1772-1861) |
Ruth Hopkins (1791-) | |||
Polly Hopkins (1793-) |
Vital Records
Dillingham Gravestone

- Location: Dillingham Cemetery, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
References
- Here Shall I Die Ashore - The Story of Stephen Hopkins: Bermuda Castaway, Jamestown Survivor, and Mayflower Pilgrim by noted genealogist and early American historian Caleb Johnson. A very exhaustive collection of Family History of this famous English colonist and his descendants.
- Caleb Johnson, The American Genealogist 73:161-171, “The True English Origins of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower”, July 1998. His first wife was not Constance Dudley, though this erroneous name is given by older references.
- Hopkins in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
- James Hopkins
- James Hopkins at Find A Grave #13518040
- History of Cape Cod by Frederick Freeman (2 Vol, 1600+ pages, Publ 2017) - The Annals of Barnstable County, and of Its Several Towns, State of the art technology restores many rare local records and histories.