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The
HOPKIN/HOPKINS Family of C18th Lenton, Notts.
Family name
derived from the pet name for Robert (meaning "fame bright")
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Distribution of the family
name in 1881
showing a South Wales and South/West Midlands
focus.
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Seeking
ancestry and relatives of the following family:
Humphrey
HOPKIN married
Sarah (of
unknown family) prior to 1738. Humphrey may be the one buried at
Holy Trinity, Lenton on 2.2.1759 (NBI).
Couple had the
following children baptised at Lenton, Notts.: John
HOPKIN (c.
14.11.1738; d. by 1742), John
HOPKIN (c.
2.5.1742) and Sarah
HOPKIN (c.
13.2.1749). Sarah
HOPKIN of
Lenton had a son William
HOPKIN aka
William
BLATHERWICK (c.
1.1771). She then married as HOPKINS William
BLATHERWICK,
Carpenter of Bulcote on 31.3.1771 at Lenton.
Note: There are
references to a number of Humphrey HOPKINs in Lenton for over 120
years (c1720-1841+). It may be a popular regional name of
indicative of a family connection.
At Ilkeston in
1768 a bastardy case was brought against John HOPKIN of
Lenton, Notts farmer by Elizabeth FULLWOOD single, with a
female child.
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