Whipple Database
Database of the Whipple One-Name Study (WONS)
Abigail Hopkins
1723 - 1772 (49 years)-
Name Abigail Hopkins Birth 1723 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Gender Female Death 30 Jan 1772 Burial North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Person ID I15541 Whipple Descendants Last Modified 18 Nov 2009
Father William Hopkins, Jr., b. Abt 1682, of, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 1738, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island (Age ~ 56 years) Mother Ruth Wilkinson, b. 31 Jan 1685/1686, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island d. 1731, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 44 years) Family ID F1418 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Nathan Angell, b. Feb 1718, of, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 20 Mar 1808 (Age ~ 90 years) Children 1. Nathaniel Angell, b. 13 May 1744, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island 2. Susannah Angell, b. 29 Apr 1746, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 6 Feb 1781 (Age 34 years) 3. Rosabella Angell, b. 8 Sep 1748, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 1783 (Age 34 years) 4. Samuel Angell, b. 4 Jun 1753, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 9 Apr 1783 (Age 29 years) + 5. Sarah Angell, b. 30 Oct 1757, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 15 Feb 1788, , , Rhode Island (Age 30 years) 6. Abigail Angell, b. 10 Aug 1760, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island + 7. Nathan Angell, b. 20 Nov 1768, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 11 Jun 1814 (Age 45 years) Family ID F8369 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map Birth - 1723 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Burial - - North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - !SOURCE: International Genealogical Index, version 3.06. Gives name Susannah Hopkins, born about 1724.
!SOURCE: Avery F. Angell, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Angell, Who Settled in Providence, 1636 (Providence, A. Crawford Greene, 1872), p. 44-45. Gives name Abigail Hopkins.
!NAME: "There has been considerable misunderstanding about the name of his first wife. A visit to their graves, which ard in a good state of preservation, in the North Burying Ground, in Providence, reveals the names and dates [of Abigail Hopkins, b. 1723, d. 1772]." --A.F. Angell
!IDENTITY: "All accounts agree that the first wife of Nathan, who was the mother of all his children, was a sister of Com. Esek and Gov. Stephen Hopkins, and daughter of William Hopkins, of Scituate [R.I.]" --A.F. Angell
!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 13 Aug 2001. Cites records of the North Burial ground, which give her name as Abigale Angel, c1724 - 30 Jan 1772.
- !SOURCE: International Genealogical Index, version 3.06. Gives name Susannah Hopkins, born about 1724.