Bethia HOPKINS is NOT of Mayflower descent
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In reply to:
Re: Bethia HOPKINS/1610, Newton, Essex, Eng.
Sandy McDougall 12/30/98
It has been disproven that Bethia Hopkins was the daughter of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower (it has also been disproven that Constance Dudley was a wife of that Stephen).
I am not aware of anyone however who has found the parents of the Bethia Hopkins who married William Kelsey.There was a John Hopkins in Hartford at the same time as Kelsey's Bethia, but Bethia married back in England, so there is no reason to necessarily connect John and Bethia. However, the Hartford John Hopkins named his own daugher Bethia, but that Bethia is NOT the same person as the Bethia who married William Kelsey.The commonality of names makes me think that John Hopkins and Kelsey's Bethia Hopkins might be siblings, but that is only speculation.
I am not aware of anyone however who has found the parents of the Bethia Hopkins who married William Kelsey.There was a John Hopkins in Hartford at the same time as Kelsey's Bethia, but Bethia married back in England, so there is no reason to necessarily connect John and Bethia. However, the Hartford John Hopkins named his own daugher Bethia, but that Bethia is NOT the same person as the Bethia who married William Kelsey.The commonality of names makes me think that John Hopkins and Kelsey's Bethia Hopkins might be siblings, but that is only speculation.