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Caleb HOPKINS Sr (1684-1741) m. Mercy FREEMAN (1702-1784)
s/o Caleb HOPKINS (1648-1728) and Mary WILLIAMS (1660-1709)
d/o Constant FREEMAN (1669-1745) and Jane TREAT (1675-1729)
p/o Simeon HOPKINS (1730-1821)
1684 Caleb HOPKINS Sr born at Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts (one source says 1680: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941 (The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 17 Oct 1927, 6203; 9 Nov 1927, 6203, Vol 83, p. 271) (one source says his parents were married 10 May 1692 in Barnstable, MA so this birth date may be wrong) [Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2, p.59] [The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011, Vol 102, p.50 confirms the 1684 date]
31 Aug 1702 Mercy FREEMAN born at Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts ["Hopkins Notes," in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography, 16:35, January 1914. Caleb Hopkins m. Truro 8 Oct 1719 Mercy, the daughter of Constant Freeman and Jane Treat] [Vital Records of Chatham, Mass., in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography, 8:244. Mercy ffreeman the Daughter of Constant and Jane ffreeman was Born the thirty first day of august Anno Dom 1702] [Treat, John Harvey. The Treat family: a genealogy of Trott, Tratt and Treat for fifteen generations and four hundred and fifty years in England and America; containing more than fifteen hundred families in America, 186. Children of Constant Freeman and Jane Treat: Mercy, b. 31 Aug 1702, d. Dec 1786, m. (1) 8 Oct 1719 Caleb Hopkins, m. (2) 28 Jun 1749 Benjamin HIggins, m. (3) 5 Dec 1771 Ebenezer Dyer] [The Treat Family : A genealogy of Trott, Tratt, and Treat : for fifteen generations, p186 (doc)] [MA Town Vital Records or Orleans, MA confirm birth date and names of parents (2doc)]
8 Oct 1719 Caleb HOPKINS Sr and Mercy FREEMAN married at Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts; Mercy FREEMAN married (2) Benjamin HIGGINS and (3) Ebenezer DYER [Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0945516] [MA Vital Town Records confirm names and date of marriage (doc)] [Freeman Genealogy : Freeman, Frederick in three parts, Viz : I Memorial of Edmund Freeman of Sandwich, p. 362 (doc)] [The Treat Family : A genealogy of Trott, Tratt, and Treat : for fifteen generations, p186 (doc)] [A history of the Cobb family, pt 1-3, p.16 (doc)]
28 Jul 1720 son Constant HOPKINS born at Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died 15 Jun 1800
18 Jul 1722 dau Mary HOPKINS born at Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died 21 Oct 1795; married John CROSS on 21 Oct 1747 at Boston, MA
30 May 1724 dau Thankful HOPKINS born at Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died 1806; married Elisha PAINE on 22 Jun 1746
28 Jul 1726 son Caleb HOPKINS Jr born at Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died 30 Sep 1799; married Mary PAINE on 15 Jun 1777 (served in Rev War: SAR 39635 (doc)]
27 Jul 1728 son Jonathan HOPKINS born at Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died at sea
7 Feb 1730 son Simeon HOPKINS born at Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died 1 Sep 1821 at Harpswell, Cumberland, ME; married Betty COBB on 28 Aug 1755 at Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts [A history of the Cobb family, pt 1-3, p.16 (doc)]
26 Apr 1734 dau Mercy HOPKINS born at Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died 26 Apr 1817; married John GROZIER
16 Aug 1736 son James HOPKINS born at Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; died 8 Jun 1782 at Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; married Mehetable FREEMAN
10 Jan 1738 son Joshua HOPKINS born at Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died at sea
21 Aug 1741 dau Abiel HOPKINS born at Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died 25 Sep 1771 at Eastham, Barnstable, MA; married Solomon PEPPER on 16 Oct 1769 at Orleans, MA
21 Oct 1741 Caleb HOPKINS Sr died (age 57) at Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts; buried at Old North Cemetery at Truro (Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots) [Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2, p.59]
28 Jun 1749 Mercy FREEMAN married (2) Benjamin Higgins at Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts (no children) [The Treat Family : A genealogy of Trott, Tratt, and Treat : for fifteen generations, p186 (doc)] [Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0945516]
5 Dec 1771 Mercy FREEMMAN married (3) Ebenezer DYER at Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts (one child) [The Treat Family : A genealogy of Trott, Tratt, and Treat : for fifteen generations, p186 (doc)] [Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0945516]
10 Nov 1784 Mercy FREEMAN died (age 82) at Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts ["Records from Old North Cemetery, Truro", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography,12:235. Dyer, Mercy, wife of Ebenezer, died in December, 1786, aged 84 years. [Birth about 1702] (grave marker)