RNT Family History

Hopkins, Constance

Female 1606 - 1677  (71 years)


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  • Name Hopkins, Constance 
    Born 1606  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 11 May 1606  Hursley, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Oct 1677  Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried , Orleans, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2150  Taylor
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2004 

    Father Hopkins, Stephen,   b. Between 1578 - 1580, , Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1644, , Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Mary,   b. BET. 1578 - 1580, , , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1617, , , England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Married 1605  Hursley, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F805  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mayflower Pilgrim Family Genealogies through Five Generations (Volume Six, Second Edition - Stephen Hopkins)
      by John D. Austin

      Biographical Summary
      Constance Hopkins was baptized on 11 May 1606 in Hursley, Hampshire, England, to parents Stephen Hopkins
      and his first wife Mary. It should be noted that the long-standing Constance Dudley myth was disproven in 1998: the Hopkins family of the Mayflower was not from Wortley, Gloucester as had been previously speculated and published.

      Constance came with her father Stephen, step-mother Elizabeth, brother Giles, and step-sister Damaris on the Mayflower in 1620, at the age of 14. Constance's future husband, Nicholas Snow, arrived on the ship Anne in 1623. Nicholas and Constance Snow were married shortly before the 1627 Division of Cattle, and lived in Plymouth for a time. Around 1645, the family moved to Eastham.

      William Bradford, writing in 1651, stated that Constance Hopkins had 12 children "all of them living". Only 9 can be documented with existing records. Constance, wife of Daniel Doane, is quite probably one of the three "missing" children, but unfortunately there is no conclusive proof.