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Thomas is on the Providence, Rhode Island Colony, freeman list dated 1 March 1672 (Old or New Style?).1 He and his brother inherited their father's land at Mosketo Cove, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York Colony, Thomas having one hundred forty acres and William eighty, according to a landowner list dated 11 November 1686.2

Thomas's will, inventory and administration:3

The last will and testament of Thomas Hopkins of this Towne of Providence, I Thomas Hopkins I being sick and weake of body yet by the blessing of God of sound and parfect sence and memory and I knowing that all people are subject To mortallity and not knowing how soone it may please God to remove mee out of this life, I make this my Last Will and Testament hereby makeing void all former wills by me made and ratefieing and confirming this instrement to stand in force as my last will and testament

first I bequeathe my sperit to God that gave it and my body to the Earth to be decently buried att the desscression of my executerex and executor here after named

seacondly I give to my eldest son Thomas Hopkins the one third parte of all my land that is adjoyning to my house and it is that parte that my said son his house standeth on, hee leaveing on the north nnd and on the south end, each one third parte of the afore said land and I also give to my said son five acres of land adjoyning to Pautucket River and all so I give to my said son the one half of my meadow that is in the grate meadow att Shanegachaconett all the said land I give to my son Thomas Hopkins his heirs or assigns for ever infesimple

thirdly I give to my son William Hopkins one third parte of all my land where I now dwell after the decease of my loveing wife Mary Hopkins it being the south parte of the land where I dwell and is bounded on the north with the land which I gave to my son Thomas Hopkins, the afore said land I give to my son William his heirs or assigns for ever infesimple

fourthly I give to my son Joseph Hopkins all my upland lieing att Shenegachaconet and my parte of meadow in the slang att Shenagachaconet the sd land and meadow I give to my son Joseph Hopkins his heirs or assigns for ever infesimple

fifthly I give to my son Zebede Hopkins one third parte the land which | dwell on which is the north parte and is bounded on the south with the land which I gave to my son Thomas Hopkins and I all so give to my son Zebede the one half of my meadow in the grate meadow att Shanagachaconet all the said land and meadow I give to my son Zebede Hopkins his heirs or assigns for ever infesimple, and I doe bind my said son to pay to my daughter Anne Hopkins when shee shall attaine to the age of twenty and one years or att the day of marraige which shall first happen sixthly I give to my son Elisha Hopkins sixty and four acres of land situate about one mile and an half west from my house it being in two parts which land I give to my son Elisha Hopkins his heirs or assigns for ever infesimple

seaventhly I give to my son Ezekell Hopkins all my land that is laid out to mee on the west side of the seaven mile line and one quarter of common on the west side of the sd line all which land and common I give to my sd son Ezekell Hopkins his heirs or assigns for ever infesimple

Eightly I give to my two sons Amos and Jeremiah Hopkins equall to them all my undevided land on the west side of the seaven mile line and half my right of commonage on the west side of the seaven mile line all which donations of land and commonage I give to my two sons Amos and Jeremiah Hopkins to them there heires or assigns forever infesimple

Ninthly I give to my three daughters namely Elizabeth Hopkins and Mary Hopkins and Rachall Hopkins to each of them ten pounds in or as money to be paid to them by my executors in three years after my decease

Tenthly I do constetute and appoynt my loveing wife Mary Hopkins my executrix and my loveing son William Hopkins my executor joyntly to execute this my last will and testament: to pay all my debts and to receive all my just dues and to see my body decently buried, and in confirmation of this my last will and testament I have here unto sett my hand and scale this 26th day of Aprill in this yeare of our Lord: 1711, and tenth yeare of the reign of our sovereign Lady Anne over England Queene, and signed and sealled in the presence of us

William Hopkins
Eliezer Arnold
Samuel Comestock

memorandum I give to my four sons Thomas Hopkins William Hopkins and Zebede Hopkins and Elisha Hopkins equall to them all my right of common on the east side of the seaven mile line, and I give to my son William Hopkins my forty foot lott in the towne streete and my share of thach cove

his
Thomas X Hopkins
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on the back side of the will it was written as followeth

Att a Towne Councill held att Providence the 19th day of May anno dom: 1718 the within will was examined appoved and allowed to be the last will and testament of Leiutt Thomas Hopkins deceased

as attest Richard Waterman clerke
Recorded this 3rd day of June anno dom: 1718
pr mee Richard Waterman clerke

A true inventory of all and singulior the goods and chattles and creadits of Thomas Hopkins of Providence who deceased Aprill the 21: 1718: Praised May ye first : 1718

by us:

Daniel Jencks
Job Whipple
Samuel Wilkinson

Imprimis his weareing apparrill 07-15-00
Item a testament and parte of another 00-03-00
Item a feather bead and bead stead & other furniture belonging to it 10-00-00
Item a blanket 3 sheetes and some old lining 02-10 -00
Item about 12 yeards of cotten and wooll cloath 02-14-00
Item to lining yearne 01-00-00
Item a warming pan and chamber pott 00-18-00
Item an oald chest and a box 00-10-00
Item two woll beds in the chamber 10-00-00
Item To rye in the chamber 00-18-00
Item a chest 00-06-00
Item two iron potts & a iron kettle 02-00-00
Item a frying pan & a bell mettle skillitt 00-16-00
Item one puter platter four basons and five porringers 01-00-00
Item a bell mettle maurter a stone jug & two glass bottles 00 -09-00
Item To spoones 00-03-00
Item To two tables 00-00-00
Item To five cheairs 00-09-00
Item To two spining wheles 00-10-00
Item a gun and a sword 02-00-00
Item a tramel and a iron peele 00-10-00
Item a smootheing iron & heaters and candle stick 00-05-00
Item three narrow axes 00-10-00
Item to beetle rings and wedges 00-06-00
Item a plow and plow irons and a chaine 01-06-00
Item To coopers tooles 01-06-00
Item a yoake and cleavis & pin and broad hoes 00-09-06
Item a carte and wheles 02-07-06
Item to three bells 00-10-00
Item hors trases taile chaines and haims 00-12-00
Item a crasscut saw 00-15-00
Item one horse 10-00-00
Item a yoake of oxen 12-00-00
Item three cows three yeare and vantages 16-00-00
Item To nine swine 05-04-00
Item To fourteene sheepe and three lambs 05-12-00
Item To sheepes woll 00-06-00
Item To Indian corne in the crib 02-08-00
Item To pork in a tub 01-00-00
Item To coopers timber 02-05-00
Item To tobaco 00-06-00
Item To wots 00-15-00

Totall sum errors excepted 109-15-00

as witness our hands the day and yeare above sd

Daniel Jenckes
Job Whipple
Samll Wilkinson

On the back side of the inventory it was written as followeth att a towne councill held att Providence the 19th day of May anno dom 1718

The within inventory was examined approved and allowed attest Richard Waterman clerke recorded this 3rd day of June 1718 pr mee Richard Waterman clerke

Where as Leiutt Thomas Hopkins of Providence in the Colony of Rhoad Island and Providence Plantations in New England, cooper, who departed this life the twenty first day of Aprill anno dom: 1718 did in his last will and testament name and appoynt his rellect widdow Mary Hopkins his executrix and his son William Hopkins of Providence afore sd Executor to his sd will, and they haveing exhebited an inventory of the moveable esstate of the said Thomas Hopkins to the towne councill of sd Providence which was by them accepted.

These are there fore to order and fully Jmpower you the said Mary Hopkins and William Hopkins above named to take into your care and custody all and singulior the goods and moveable esstate of the above named Thomas Hopkins deceased, and the debts due to said esstate and on the same to administer, in order to pay his debts and discharge legasies and performe his will

Given att a towne councill held att Providence this 19th day of May in the fourth yeare of his majestyes reign George King of Greate Brittan &c anno dom : 1718

Signed and sealled by order of the councill and on theire behalfes pr mee Richard Waterman clerke

Recorded this 3rd day of June 1718

pr mee Richard Waterman clerke of the Towne Councill of Providence

children of children of Thomas Hopkins and Mary Smith:

Thomas
William
Joseph
Ezekial
Elizabeth
Mary
Rachel
Zebedee b. 22 February 1697? (source?)
Elisha
Ezekial?
Amos
Jeremiah
Ann

vital records sources: "Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850," James N. Arnold (Providence:1892), vol. 2, part 1, p. 268.

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3. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, vol. 16 (Boston: 1901), 64.